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Almanao for Tomorrow.
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UAIONIO DIRECTORY.
Maw Communication of Old
W. No. 108. l'. and A. M., will
lta rooms. October 6th,
Welcok gm Work, E. A.
All M our MI.“ cordially
WU nvltodl.
Iraternaly yours.
ROBERT M. WILCOX. M'y.
SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION
QUESTION.
W recurrence of this issue in local
oil brings to the public mind and
M public consideration and action a
lion of as much, if ilot of more,
tailed than any before the. people
the‘bown election next Monday. lil
Monday's issue of The. Sentinel a
ndent over the signature of
L." discussed this matter, and his
{views so coincide with those of The
”libel that we repeat them here.
lays:
t ill a question that Is little under-
1%“ by many. while a great many
more are indifferent about it. This is
a. question that involves the large one,
that or substituting an autocratic for
O. democratic form of government——
the centralizing of power into bureau-
erotic boards and commissioners. gov-
Went by commissions instead of by
the people. The favorite argument of
those in favor of consolidation of the
Schools is that Norwalk is one of the
few remaining towns in the state that
still retains the district system. This
Should be considered a tribute to the
intelligence of Norwaik citizens, and
proves, if anything. the desire to keep
Mutation of school management in
ads of the people. The sensi-
bib thing, if any, to do would he to
abolish the board of school visitors,
and instead of giving them more pow-
ers, to! curtail theln. if it were pos-
‘sibie. This is one of the institutions
“that is outworn by time and it has
been responsible for ninetenths of the
strife and sectional feeling that has ex-
isted throughout the town. With the
' matters that at present come within
their authority their acts have not
been satisfactory or popular. We
‘ Should bt‘ careful before We delegate
more powers to them. Eternal vigil-
ance. the price of liberty, is as true to
, day as when littered by the noble Lin-
coin The cure for the evils of demo-
‘_;_OI'HCY‘IR men-.1101 less, democracy.
Let us retain e1ery measure of self-
govornment that we possess maintain
. and jealously guard the present dis-
. trict system, where the humblest citi-
san has the right to be heard and have
a voice in the management of the
ischoois where his children are taught,
and not encourage the great tendency
, towards a bureaucratic government so
' «popular in certain quarters and that
is stealthily and insidiously, step by
step, little by little, stealing away the
people's liberties."
The reasons advanced for consolida-
tion have no force unless it be for the
neutralization of power, and the plac-
7_ ing of a most vital institution in the
“control of an oligarchy. The people
should keep in mind that prerogatives
; once surrendered are rarely, if ever,
recovered, except by extreme nloasv
urea. As it is now the people of the
districts can be heard. and they can
act independently. Under the proposi
ed consolidation scheme, the districts
, must take what the school visitors will
give them. A vote for consolidation
01‘ school districts is to vote to surren-
der a most. sacred right, that of a
voice in, our greatest institution-the
public school system, The best govern-
meat is that "of the people. for the
people, by the people.”
TOWN TAX COLLECTORSHIP.
Throughout the whole town there
has developed a spontaneous and en-
thusiastic Iapproval of the candidacy of
Robert G. Mitchell for town tax col.
lector. There is a dispoaition on the
part of the public to cast aside party
lines, as was the case when Sidney
Guthrie, the retiring collector, who
now goes back, at least for the present,
to private life, was endorsed by the
Democrats, and to elect Mr. Mitchell
irrespective of whether he is a Repub~
, lien or a Democrat. As a matter of
t, Mr. Mitchell's name will appear
on the regular Democratic ticket, but
it" will be an easy matter for those
,. actors casting a Republican ballot to
flintply attach a pastor bearing his
poms or to write his name at the pro-
‘ifipoint on the, ballot.
in the upheaval in local politics, with
re on the part. of the people to
representative citizens to be
for office, Mr. Mitchell
brightly, for he has all of the
lied demanded by the Popular
”nutritious along this line during
present week.
his newspaper, military and
, , iiations. Mr. Mitchell has be-
Ig‘mtouo of the best known citizens
‘ town. and he has hundreds of
We in both parties who will be
I treat-their friendship for him
' as him their vote, realizing
‘ bath. time that be is thoroughly
‘bless him.
T and muesli: fitted to 90m tho could be in any way flounactod with
duties of the oflco. The pogltlon 1. the Evil One, his views or his perma-
nent abode. We did not overestimate
0;; with; most immruutist issue in the potency of the taliio appeal
09° 011.- IOI' many WWII" 0' Drama, opera. burlosq e, vaudeville
dollars peas through the collector's sketch, and movingpict re show unite
bands every year. Mr. Mitchell has i? “Outflow" kiwi);- III“: “:3? “’9
now ev an n e n uneo rams
ingusntmeg positions at high trust may now he represents as living on
on e won MHIIINI himself an exclusive diet of devliled crabs and
in an MIG and conscientious eleven-foot Jelly. and‘ the hapless
manner. He has 51.9 IWI experience heroine may be crooning her baby to
as a tax collector, having served the sleep with the Golden “If '0" from
City of South Norwnlk falthf u i G°““°d' Bu" “new" “ch mum"
“ I’ II ial imitation, makes no pretenses-to be
that capacity anything else. test y r the same
u.- Mitchell is a member of Uncas managers made these at ten ring with
T e, _ . _ the strains of the Merr Widow. Be-
”b I 0 R M” Washington Camp, fore that they may buy been in the
P. 0- 8- of Au the Norwalk p‘nx.pong bunniesa' '9
Yacht Club, Old Well Hook and “And again we have n quarrel with
Ladder Company, and a director of the the kind of imitation thuE is less frank
South Norwalk Public Library. He was I)“: is at least lnteliigei I‘ if theatre
born in the City of South N m managers are now in full bus and cry
0"“ after plays that mingle business with
and educated in the public schools love, they do the can if good' drama
here. For fourteen years, Mr. Mitchell "0 harm. It i: legitim totfor dualism;
to seize on t e om nail ques on o
3:; (100:3: 0:3“ with} the National the day and turn it to its uses. And.
0 e e o onnecticut. lie in fact. if the playwright were allowed
was captain of Company D and an aide to attack this subject of apital and Is.-
on the stall of Brigadier General lins- bur plus duty versus 10' e. in all sin-
seii Frost, ill which capacity be con; eerily, It might give “3’ I" the course
tlnued until the recent disbandin if of time, something as no r to real life
. - - g I [13 we have perhaps had on the stage.
the staff. But because Mr. Charles ieln, coming
. . us a pioneer into the deli . made a tre-
THEATRICAL BELL-WETHERS. inendous hit with n play‘ that showed
Under the above caption, The New II king of finance "I "mm“ with a
York Fvenin rout i'int 'n (lit rl i ”mg “I” “III" “I“ ”m“ secretary
‘ ' I5 I’ II“ II 0 II but is In reality the daughter of his
IIIIII WIII IUIGI‘ESI 0“? readers, as It bittel'est, enemy, it has been accepted
pays our popular feiiow-towusman and that all plays of Anlcricar business life
successful dramatic author the high IIII'III' show II struggle “MIMI“ a money
, king and his secretary win is the dis-
tompliment of having a host of ilni- guised daughter, “a,“ lie, or moth~
tutors. Tile Post says: er-in-law of ills bitterest enemy. This
“All art is imitation. The average stupid mimicry goes “1110] further. Be.-
Amerlcau play. for instance, is art be- I’I‘IIII" II IIIIIY ”I ‘I‘II'WIIIII‘ III“ “III’WIIIS
cause it imitates some other play that 0;”) ,3 hnfédouiitlfilllarachelrs‘ has twgn
has made a hit. Foreigners say that we 11 gm sure '83' 0 own I m ‘ w m I e
' bilc wants is n plav with as few
are prejudiced against what is tr'adi ,Iu . , '
iionai and what '3 old. But however hulacters in it as possille. Straight
true this may be of our political lvcrboardgo the uaikin, ladies and
_ . gentlemen, the comic in er, the son
methods. 0'" social standards, and “I irette, the innocent. prait liig children,
lain phases of our business morality. he eccen ric old man, out four adults,
the‘charge will not hold against oiil 'hree adultswwho kllOWn'bui that tip
'3': grgramghdh‘lffete. lmhmoiilile‘. (lirow- wo adult standard may lie close upon
~ I)“ II II us our I on I on ”“II' ls—walk through three ling acts. All!
nations from season to season, Pusli- f
—-——..
‘ . lthor play that scores a il l happens to
III: 3:131:12 Eggzlhuxngsfngofiidil mi :how the same stage set ing through
devising situations after the manner oi u" its I?” acts. Away 1‘93"" "men
...... ..
the young author, the young poet, iii! 1,,” snow. Success. 1-0,. lion“, time in
young painter. and the young musician ome, abides in the satin: simply-fur-
that all the world wants is something .,
new. Your fortune is made if yoi IiIlllmeblgrgIS-Ialfizh IIMIIOI from 0‘"
“strike a fresh note” in fiction Oi
_ _ ' We are not concerned ere with 1hr
politics. .or linen collars, ”I "'I'III'II mention of an upliftedtI theatre as
Sigcghfihzrirhgulei‘ielg 9:38:13" ”3' igninst a degraded and cominerclalised
g ' e y y u a e I’“ ' ‘boatre. We wonder only‘why theutri
lie is not unite 11p to anything that ‘al managers should be 30 wofuily
they haven I been “II I“ '0‘ some years 'acking in that intelligent appreciation
before. The safest thing for a muna- 3f the new and the origin‘ui, which "I
ger to produce is something very like every other walk of business life ,3 a
My? cteble lmanager “$1”st ttlhe :Il'iem lecessary condition of sutlcess. After
I" II I “I yI'III' 9 0 or e ow all. it is only the first and second imi-
had a play with only live people til it. tatlons of n play like “Tim Lion and
Write me one with oilly four. The 0111 . ..
er fcllow's play dealt with love and he Mouse that pay. Th9 bird, fourth.
business. Write me a Mary about bust
ness and love. The other t’cllow’s play
has a husband in it who is a ' cad.
Write me a play about a husband who
is a sconndrel. And if the young dra~
inatist should protest that it was im~
possible to follow directions without
turning out. a play that could not be
told from the other feiiow's play. the
manager would fallmpon his neck and
lfth, and twelfth imitations fall more
1nd more ignominiouslyl But. the
theeplike managerial intelligence
:lings to the old pntll, until by the law
if accident a new play tiIat is really
low secures :1 hearing aid success.
And immediately the limit goes off
uelter-skeiter in the direitlon of the
new bell. Once more there is only a
particular kind of play the managers
want. because that is who the public,
. the poor. scapegoat public. wants,
‘We have no quarrel withimltation nothing else.
on the stage, or in any other branch .
of art, when the imitation is either I-
frank or intelligent. We are now, for TAKEN To THE HOSPITAL
example, in. a Welter of Satanisln. Sa-
lome and. the Devil divide theatrical Stephen Farrington. 8’" H” ‘ Violent
America between them. But We have R‘IIUIW' Attack.
nlo amidst: 1131111112; the! limiinslona 01f Stephen Farrington, Sn, has been
me in aonso eorgna anceo ,
the daughter of Herodlas, and we are acting strangely for a M‘Ik' and last
no, alarmed because 8m“. Honda” night he became so Violebt that the
instead of walking up and down the ambulance was called. and IN! W115 IIIII‘
earth seeking whom he may devour, on to the Norwalk Hospi i,
need merely wait at home till even the Farrington went to Bar ey i’oiey's
“SIflDdIDS Room Only" HIE“ IS but up. grocery store in Mourns street, during
When the success of the advertising the evening, and asked Foley if he
00W WIIICII Kaye New York its two was a Catholic. Poley ial a member.
nonulur infernal plays. was assured. of the Jewish race and religion, and
We predicted that in a short time there naturally denied being a Ciktholic. The
would be a dozen companies playing answer so affcted Earring oil's disor-
“Fsust.” a half-dozen companies sing- dered mind that he picked up a cab-
ing “Enlist," aquarter-dozen companies page, and declared he would kill l’ol-
singing “Metlstofele,” and a revival ey. Dr. J. w. Volllner was called to
of every other play and opera that quiet Farrington. l
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hearted scoffcrs! is there nothninu, cunnucnus "if "URWALK
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that will touch your wmldiy
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«lolldntion of School 1511111 his No"
ten or printed lllt‘ii-tili.
The polls will be 1-|Ii'il for said piir
poses from it o'clock in the forenoon
until 5 o‘clock iii the afternoon,
the Town House, so called, for 1
First Votlilg District:
Hose house, on Franklin street, South
Norwnlk, for the Second Voting Dis-
trict: and at the new fire house,
Van Zandt street,
the Third Voting District.
NOTICE
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good standing ill the profession has
1111' same privilege at the hospital
mat the members of the staff have.
except Whtli that inenlbei is on dut1,
Annual Town Meeting which happens one month in ten,nnd1
that one monih it is his duty to 1isit
the hospital daily and giie his ser
The inhabitants, 19.“; voters, of u... ”('08 free of charge to the patients in
Town of Norwalk, are hereby notified IIII‘ words Any patient has the priv.
and warned that the Annual Town “”3“ ”I BIICII SI‘FIICI’H “'99 OI (‘IIMKP
Meeting of said town will be held 011 I'll"! Ibo doctor on dutv. if he is not
the first Monday of October 190R. for “IIIIIIK I0 accept the services of the
the following purposes, to wit -—
doctor on duty than he must leave the
1__vpo elect Ill ballot. IIII (,f [hulllflbplifll or become. a prim“. patient
irltuons and IIIiOxliiiiilll" Minors
consolidated. Those in favor
ih flu- words "Consolidation
rich ol Districts Yt‘n" vritti‘n or pré
llel'edti, and thus opposed s
Dated at Norwalk aforesaid.
29th day of September, 1908.
annual» swans.
humans 13. spun,
JOHN D . lNlil,
Selectmen of the Town of Norwalk.
830
at the Putnam
East Norwslk, for
this
town officers except town clerk and IN“ pay for II“? 119111095 of the doctor
town treasurer and excepting such of 11 iloin he compels to make spei ial
licern as may by lawpfbo appointed by ‘II‘III-‘I I0 III" hOSiIIlnI to see him Has
the selectmen.
2—1‘0 determine. by Iniiliil, “hemp, the Will” over it (01111] not be as suc-
nny person shall be lief-used to soil “'SSIHIIi' conducted iii any other man-
pitals are conducted along this line
in lll‘l‘.
said town. All tliosi- in sun of grain. When i 'piosh' inn in charge visits
lug such license shall give 111 a ballot IIW hfiBiiII
with the words “License You" printed N0“ ward hiakv .5 tin ruuuds from bed
or written thereon. and all those up I“ III‘II with him She has taken his
[KiSl‘d shall give ill :1 ballot. with the “III?” III theproviousdny and has seen
words "License No“ print-1| or written I" II IIIIII they have been carried out
thereon.
film’i‘o determine.
, the pulse iii charge of
is familiar with uni ll cusp. and has tak
I”. ballot, whether on the doctor" 3 place during his ub-
1110 school districts of the town shall “NICK 'IIIII SIH‘II him the benefit of her
of trained observation of the patient; has
such consolidation slinli drposii iu III!‘ k: iii an accurate rrioril of all the
‘mx provided for illill purpose 11 ballot ‘YIIIIIIUIW “NI uIW‘iI that record to
of the doctor at the bedside of each pa-
of Hunt. The doctor is tiieiebi bettei
all enabled to study the case than by any
ioposlt a bullet with tile 11'ords“l(on I’IIII‘I III’IIIUII 0" “ml" any OIIIPI' (‘01!
writ- dition, ulld by «such bedside all the lit-
ill
be
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Como and go. They come with
a flouriah of trumpbta: their go-
ing is by the gum ahoa route.
Fancy Coffees are a joke by the
time they roach the cup. Pretty
packages generally hide poor
Our I
Coffees
Are Fresh
Pure and healthy. We grind by
power. in a jiffy. If the time of
aalo. Try our Mocha and Java
at 251: a pound. lt‘haa a nation-
al reputation as tho but at tho
price. if you' vo never tried it
you are losing something mora‘
than the money oavlngo—you’
are losing cofloo satisfaction.
The UnionifP’acilic
Tea CO, I‘,
126 Washingtiih‘Sireét,
Tel. 5426.5
tle details are arranged for the next The Patient—But look here! Iiow
lweiit‘y- foul hours.
{do 1 know all the times I'm getting
doctui in (barge is responsible “59'“ treatment? The Healer—Don.
the wards were opened
once to each doctor?
would be demoralizing.
ing a training school
thin to doctor or nurse
Ifor”L tlilc Welfare 0, the patient for the worry, l'll semi you an itemized blll. .
conduct of the nurses for the proper Life. .
diet of each pullout, and is the one to . . “--.”- .-.—“-.....—
whoul complaints should be made. If
to all the doc-
tors iil the town who would be re-
spogsible for the proper management
0 t on ards, and how could the nurse
ill charge give her personal nttend- Fairfield County _Savings Bank
There would sometimes be a num- Norwalk “ '
, Lona. Se t, 17, 1908.
her of busy, hurried doctors in the At a meeting of the Bogrd of Direct
wards. at the same time, each anxious ors of the Fairileld County Saving”
1: see their patients and get away to '
t eir other duties, and the term of ser- rate of four 4) er cent 0
. r annulil
Vice of each doctor, instead of being was (1.101”de to elepositursp from thr-
one month in ten, would be twelve earnings of the six months endlng Sep.
months a year. it would mean that «-, mpnr 301p, 1908.
twenty doctors would be doing thi The same will be entered on pass-
work that 0m- might do; the confusion hooks and paid on and after October
Bunk. held this day, a dividend at lhv
A8 a manor 10m, 1908.
of fact we have a splendid hospital ‘
with a corps of llnises as good as it is SEYMOUR CURTIS, TN“.
possible to procure We are conduct- . .. .- .__.
. with regular
studies and weekly lectures by the * SWEET
stall. »
The stuff of physicians and nurses
lake pride in their work, and are 111- _ "
ways striving for the best. results.
Now Mr Fditor, if any of your road-
ers of yourself have ally question to
ask oi uni specific charges to make. .
and will ask such questions, or make
such charges over their signatures i
will be glad to answer the question, if 0
they come within my department or 8 gallon a gallon
in1cstigate such charges if thin pm
Very truly yours, LOUIS JOSBIOff,
L. M ALLEN
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