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The scenes were true to life in the
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— ranch Office, None-lit.
WEdItanet Room.
jade—Business Office.
I4 déadlter'e “Residence.
LBS-54M Edltor'e Residence-
oxtrcme, bringing into’pluy the ap-
paratus of the tire dcpurtuwnt, hotbed
and ilrouteuin uniform. The lighting?
the flames scene in the fourth not,_
when fire botched forth, rescues uuulc, ‘
including u leap into II life. not. was
most effective. and made a fitting cit
max to the production.
«Miniature Almanac for
rises 7: 14; sets 4:26
Tomorrow.
High tide 6:29 a. m.; 6: 53 p. m.
The play opens up at the home 01
Maggie. McGowan, widow of a dcut‘
fireman, Michael McGowan. to whicl.
a young woman and her baby daugh-
ter, llot; have (II no. to seek shelter. llc
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limited—at 8 o'.clock
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MASONIc DIRECTORY.
Die Welt Lodge, No. 108. F. and A.M .
Meets tn Masonic Building, South
Main street. 1st. and lid Tuesdays of
each month—July and August ex-
All Master
Masons cordially invited. Charles
Mills, W M. Robert M. Wilcox,
ler Chapter, No. 38, R. A. M.
Meets in Masonic Building, South
Main street. 2d and 4th Tuesdays of
soil month—July and August ex-
canted—at 8 o c'loak. All Boysl Arch
Masons cordially invited. Thaddeus
Guyer, H. P. Robert M. Wilcox, Sec
Mir Chap No. 52. Order Eaetc'rn Star
. fleets in Masonic Building, South
Main street, 2d and 4th Wednesdays
each month—July and August ex-
causc of her ma huge, the young wom
an’s father has disowued her. 'l‘ht
father discovers her there and" murders
her. From that polntuuttl the finale
the thread of the atory'is carried on at
the headquarters of Old Well Hook
and Ladder Company, where Dot grows
up into it. young lady and narrowly cs
capes being murdered by the grand
father, who furnished the thrilling last
scene by setting fire to thc Wilton
Motlowan’s house. Three courtships
are woven into the. play.
in addition to the regular play, also
thorc were u number of clever spec
inltics by the amateur talent and trial
by professional talent. kindly furnished
by theI management. of Music Hall.
The cast of characters in The, Fire
Brigade was:
«Pad—4" 714580,.01001‘ A“ mem- Captain Paul Williams ........
M of 0.. E S. cordially mVIWd ”m‘py DO Long
Hrs. Amelia Becker. W. M. M" Ida. Charles Brandon. chief. H. Cutlrye
Sharer. 39° Patrick ()‘lI‘ttIhorty. foreman .......
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_ ‘Gi‘ont l’mg‘m’” ““5 “0“" “"“k‘ 1" Tommy Wilcox, nozzlcuutn ........
urgery. Hero, is a qun in Putcr- (loo.0\'cr10b
N...) who lost his nose by n-u. Jnke Parsons, nu old-timer ........
son of acanccrous growth, and now It I ii I - I‘ 1020-5333}:
, ~ , i) ,l, 11‘ lll‘Wi-l my. . . . I l'llll C lit t‘ '50
he has hlll‘l it replaced b“. one. of 1““ Joseph Andrews ...... Wm. Mcl’horaon
v-finh‘m “‘0 “We? homo“ "T "15 Dnstlo Rhoudcs ............ (led. lllrsi
body has been encased in n plaster vomccr Pullout..." ...... .Art-hle Nash
can to Insure rigidity, and when the Imiihfgomd ---------- ]- 3‘“: $231212
" ' , _ it . ran on ........ .aur . . II
,wound is hosted the finger “1“,!” “m The Merry Widow. . .l.illla.n Crawford
\putnted and left 0" ""3 man 5 face. l’olly Weston ....... Beatrice Coleman
I‘Thi‘fe‘ operation so far has been succcsI Little Doc: ............ Gladys Smith
"DtIt,’ 10 years tutti. .ltuth S‘ De Loni:
c '1 appearance of the owner.
full line of fresh fish
pond in Cut’htlls market
bridge.
adv
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inbuilt] it is expected that the finger
' ill in time answer all the purposes
of. a nose, besides improving the in-
will
on
You will find prices in the]
Assisted by the Old Well Hook and
Ladder Company, No 1, 111 full uni
form. I-
The Fire Fightcrs~Samuol Norris.
ttichnld “tight. Olin ‘i'oungs. Howard
b" '/.etui‘t’ Edward lt‘IlalIotty. lI‘r‘cdeIick
incl liaison, Hairy Fetus lIIing Bradley.
AIIthuI t‘uucy and olhots
Well
I hornet-I and tire apparatus
'the stage.
Samuel Holmes. driver. with the Old
of the boxes.
Hook and
ladder
Company
in action on
The Specialty List.
1 My Tommy Boy,
Miss Vilcatricc Coleman.
Special lt‘oaiure, ,
Courtesy of tho Mnungom
"Hall.
lt‘lromcu‘s Grand (‘horus
out of Music
()pcntug Act
When w.- Ran wm. tho Old Machine.
loo, Coffin and Chi
The Man With the
Hose,
ladder
u-un, .
and the
.loo carter anti Chorus.
Special Feature,
Courtesy of tho Managom
liull.
out of Music
"trend (‘horus Opening Act llll.
Kitty Dooley,
Itunic Conoily. Eva
Chorus.
’lh What Lovely
specialty,
ll
Geo. Iiirst.
Special Feature,
Courtesy of tho Manugem
Hull.
Drctun.
llognrdus and
hobo
out. of Music
i 1 Should, duett front The Runaways,
Geo. Overton and ltealrtcc Coleman.
Miss Lillian Crunford a
McGowan was simply a
‘Ie inning to end,
to. co convulscd mount
a the Widow
scream from
and had tho and
musty .loo
CaIlor. an an lrlshmnu would tcrtalu-
'y puss muster on ‘the ould sod."
'lctuIzc Hirst as DIme i
right there with the goods.
and
thoudos was
(loot go H
Cnffroy was a dignified and pleasing
Thief Charles Brandon. of the tire de-
partment, and certainly
Mice and cleverly rescued Dot.
orido ot' the fire house,
relopctl,
floor-go Ovorton was It (I
nozzlcman and made lou
Polly Weston. Miss Donn
graced that
the
who, it dc.-
waa his long lost daughter.
upper young,
. ntlrontly to
too (‘olemlm
who acted naturally and thoroughli
pleased the audience. G
In .lnko
cor go Collin.
’nrsons. related by-gone times
like It rout old times, and Frank An-
derson was a clever
acting 01‘ Miss IInIIrtI
Edith Brandon was It: lllll
nowshoy.
Bogurduu. as
The
at and plans
tag. and William McPherson acted the
butt of the villain to n "'l‘."
(llndyn
Smith also mndo a. winsotuo little Dot
in the first not. Archie
like a rent "copper," and
ad firemen were right at
minute. Everybody connected with the:
Nash looked
the uniform
homo ovot'y
production. in fact, worked hard for its
success and to all are duc
much credit.
Chief llnrold F. Clark and assistant
officers of the department
Chlct‘ t‘.A id.
and lt‘tIIIIIIcr
Winchester occupied one
published at $1. 50 for
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advise the utliteted and to disseminate
information. I
in four cases out of five tuberculosis
in consumption. but it may take the
form of other diseases until recently
regarded as distinct. it is world-widen—
tn ('Ireauluud, in Siberia, in Australia,
in India, III the ironies as well as in
all other lands where mankind dwall
in houses. it is'uot only everywhere,
but, unlike other devastating diseases
and plagues, "has no periods, of rest.
in 'Europe. Russia has the. highest
ttontltrato from consumption, due to
a low standard of living, overcrowding
in llDVBliUllliCd"l‘OOllll-l in winter, and
the use of turn which harbor germs.
England and Wales have the lowest
death rntowlowcr than Denver. San
Francisco, Albany, New York. St.
Louis, Philadelphia or l'lnrtford;
though not so low as Buffalo, 'Mllwuu-
koe, Mlneapolis.’ Pittaburg or Salt Lake
City.- in England the dread disease
has been diminishing for seventy
years; III New York, London. Paris and
Vienna it has been diminishing for
twenty~fonr years.
Occupations have something to do
with it. in England and Wales mlu-
crs. hotel stimulants and unoccupied
males are mostly afflicted—the last
two caused, perhaps, by alcoholism.
Filomnkers and putters are subject to
it, on account, of dust, peddlcrs, on ac-
count of exposure. in this country
stonevtnasons. printers, hookkcopers,
salesmen. batters, cigar-Inukers and
pattern have the highest death-rate;
sailors. brahoman and minors the low
est. in the. United States alone 150,000
a your perish from this dlseusowt’ur
more than in a devastating war.
Consumption used to be thought
hereditary and incurable, except in
the earliest stages. but, when some
years ago Dr. Koch discovered n in.
bcIIclo bacillus which caused the dis-
case, a now cra dawned._ it is now
widely believed that the disease is not
hereditary. but is communicable;
that. it in also preventable and curable.
if this be. so, those who formerly wr-I-c
thought to have inherited it, caught ll.
The better undorsttutdmg oi the ”HI
gin of tly.I disease throws u new light
on all the fuels that were formerly luv
torprctcd in another sense. The bat-ll:
his that reason the disease may hunt
in tho aid, survives cold, can only be
destroyed by burning: the disgusting»
habit of spittluk spreads the diseascfl
tho bacillus is in the sputum of those'
who have it; the sputum drive. and
with sweeping or any disturbance.
rises in the air of the rooms where the
invalida abide. it. rises in the dust of‘
the streets; it is taken into the air
passages and lungs of the hpulthy;
it. grows and multiplies ibctt- and in It
condition of low vitality effctts lodg
meat and spreads and begins its dead»
1y w.ork
The natural conditions that me least
favorable to it are sunshine abundant
air currents. dry at. i .z....t I'I certain
altitude. in tenement dislt'lt'la where
35% live llitlf‘ti.lllllllIl\\'(I in 1: room the
death rate is nearly Wm null mic-butt
times that in other touctuout districts
where only 10,2. tleI two in II room, its
causes ate mcrcrowdinll. poverty. lII~
sutllcicut food, had air and othernn-
sanitary conditions.
These facts puinl. out It life saving
wuy-r-‘u special hospital tor the county.
where the iIII‘IIllIls are provided with
good sanitary conditions and Ircsb uir
-»—-whoro they sit-op outdoors, or with
thcit bonds outdoors, where the sptr
IIIIII is lll'l‘Vt’lllWl from getting: abroad.
wth-I- IItIIIIIIIunicnlion of the disease is
impossible, and win-re cures l‘llll bt‘
cil‘ot‘lotl.
’l‘lua Norwatlt lloxpttr l h. In no room
fm the treatment of couaumpttvos and
does not recoiu'I them The Ili‘ldgo- ,
port llospltul rIccoitcs them only in
the first. stages
Dr. Arthur Shadwcll, an authority on
the subject, says that “if the. supersti-
tious dread of the outer air. particular-
ly at night. could be abolished in ordi-
nary life. utoro would be done for pub-
lic health than by the most coolly dov-
vicos for cluttlus: microbes. Not. only
consumptivca but the other respiratory
diseases are chiefly lomeutod by the
universal practice or breathing vitlnt
ed air in stuffy and or or -tdhctte
rooms." '
While. there is no special cure for
consumption. there is a way by which
it may be gradually diminished and
with .general attention to the. subject
it may he sometimes almost eliminat-
ed.
lermany‘ has provided extensively
for the treatment of the disease among
the poor, and it. is said that 70% of
all those treated are either cured or
are rendered able to return to work.
have been appointed in this town,
special representatives of the move-
ment centering III Bridgeport to ad-
vance the (‘ouutv Hospital plan with
auxiliary dispensaries ‘in the impor-
tant towns. and a committee of ladies
are actively at work to the same end.
Stamps bearing the Red Cross are of-
fered for sale. the proceeds of which
go to this humane work, and checks
in further aid will be forwarded to
the, proper central authorities and ae-
knowlodged. There is no more intel-
ligont philanthropy, or one promising
a greater return in the saving of ham-
an life. and when in due season the
, Mayor and Common Council take up
the subject of mad Improvement with
the purpose‘ or laying dust on the prin.
cipal thoroughfares, one incident of
that improvement will be mitigation of
the Spread of disease by bacilli floating
in the air. assaulting the feeble and
husky alike with the germs of disease
from which by individual effort the
people are powerless to protect them-
selves.
u—There‘s nothing so good for a sore
throat as Dr. Thomas‘ Eclectrtc Oll.
Cures it in a few hours. Relieves any
pain In any part. ‘
THAW’O AUNT DEAD.
A Thaw 8'5 3! ars old, aunt. of Harry
K Thaw die on Tuesday night at
the F‘i‘lenda' Ayslurn for the Insane.
at Frankford. a suburb. The fact that
the insane was used in the second
trial of Harry Thaw for the murder
of Stamford White, when a defense or
. Insanity was advanced In behalf or
“last night. in Red Men's Hall.
Dr. W. J. Tracey and‘ Dr. Sharer '
pannmnnym Dec.1’lj.’“-—Harriet .-
she was an inmate of the asylum for "
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10 P.‘ M.
75c'Touris‘t Toilet
Rolls, 50c
Handsome CI-(Iionne Cchrcd Rub—
ber Rolls. fastened with snap:
pockets complete. ‘l'logular The
value.
FRIDAY 50c.
75c Sash Buckle,
50c
llollcd (told Pluto Pin 01' Bucklc,
set with coral. latte. turquoise, etc.
Our 751‘ louder.
FRIDAY 50¢;
$1.25 Renaissance
Scatis, 75c
Yard Scarf, all llnon, bcnuti~
patterned. with Renaissance
lltg $l.25 vuluc. 75c.
17c Handkerchiefs,
12 l-ZC '
Men's or Wot‘ncn'a All Linen
Embroidered Initial llandkorelItofs.
ltig We value.
FRIDAY Izg/Zc.
75c Comb and Brush
Set, 50c
llnntlaomc Wood (‘omb and
lirush Sci, Sterling silver mounted:
put. tip in II ucai box. llig The value.
AT 50c.
114.
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$1.00 White Waiéts,
750
White Lawn Waists, embroidery
or tut-c trimmed, all new 1900 mod-
Our $1.00 special.
FRIDAY 756. *‘
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(Its,
set Covers. lace trim
neck. Regular 250 quality.
Store Open Until
10 P. M.
25c Corset Cover,
18c
Dainty new styles In Muslin (lor-
and ribbon
FRIDAY 18c.
Children’s 15c Black
Hose, llc
or Girls‘ Ribbed School
double solo and knee; good
Hoyt."
”use,
tz'uo value.
2i». 28, .,0 only.
89c . Boys’ Sweaters,
49c
Bovs' (.Icv Coat Sweaters, sizes
Regular 890 value.
FR I DAY 49c.
‘FRIDAY 11c PAI'R.
25c Boys’, Suspend-
ers, 190
Boys’ Suspenders, in fancy
boxes; best grade elastic.
FRIDAY 19c.
$7.00 RefleétoScope
$5.00
The modern Magic Lantern, per-
fectly safe, a new way to use your
souvenir post. cards; it will make
six fool paintings of your card col-
lection. Sea demonstration in
basement all day Friday.
$1.25 Dolls, 8%
Largo Dolls jointed body, shoes
and stockings. 3L;
FRIDAY 89c.
’5. leader
$1.00 Pajamas, 796
Men’s Flannclette Pajamas, pret-
tily trimmed, dainty colors; sizes
14 to up in. Sold regularly $1.00.
FRIDAY 79c.
$1.25 Wrist Bag,
$1.00
All the uou‘cat shapcs in our rog-
IIlar SI
all, colors,
FRIDAY $1.00.
2;)
llhgs. all leathers and in
35c Celluloid Boxes,
25c
Glove and Handkerchief Boxes.
hand painted and silk trimmed.
[looks like a 50c value. See them.
AT 25c.
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LADY JENNINGS some. 7
at Annual Meeting,
Lady Jennings Lodge. Shepherds oi
Ilcthlehom. held its annual meeting,
The of-
fleets W‘cu‘ elected and will be publicly
installed on Wednesdtu evening. l.III_-
nary tith. The. officers are:
C(uumundor ——.\iiss Mary llatris.
Vice Commundcr~Mian Bella Rowe.
Past Commander-Mrs. Rose Short.
Murslmla—Miss Lucy Howard.
Gulde—dilrs. Fannie .l. .loyeo.
rcasurer—Churies Solker.
Accountant~Mrs. Lucy C. Mosher.
Chaplain—Mrs. Annie Merriam.
inside (them—fluorite llcrtina
Outside Guardwtlcorge Wilson.
Master of Cercmoutea—«WilliamIH.
Mosher.
Musician—Mrs Alice 'I‘heis
Miss MaryIHarris Chosen Commands. ’
made. by Chief Engineer .1. Norman
GIFT FROM ROUND STONE CLUB.
George H. Caffrey's Acting Appreciat~
ed by His Friends.
George H. Cnilrey. the popular
young engineer of the South Norwalk
other of the Connecticut Company, was
presented with a handsome floral
pit-cc \\"cdnosday evening at l-loyt's
Theatre, where he so eapably took
the part. of Chief llratniotuiu tho play
"The Fire Brigade," arranged under
the auspices of Old Well Hook until
Ladder Company. This token was a
trifld‘rom tho Rolled Stone Club, which
is composed, practically. of the differ-
ent departments of the local division
or the Connecticut Company. The. ac-
tunl presenttftiou at the.theatro. was
llarmmer. The piece was very artis-
tically gotten up and represented a
_ .. r *—
qudc Itp ot‘ various handsome flowers.
MI. Cat‘i’rey‘s work was especially
appreciated by his fellow members of
the cost and by his many friends, in
view of the circumstances surround-
ing his appearance. On Tuesday after-
hour. he left for his home in Freehold.
N. .l., having received word that his
mother lay at death’s door, but he
promised before going that he would
return in time for the performance it“
there was a possibility of his being
able to. Yesterday. there was a slight
improvement in his mother's condition
and last evening found him inl‘thc
cast, but realizing that his mother.
who has been critically ill for a long‘
time continued in a very serious eon»
dition.
There. Is nothing more acceptable
than an elegant, carving set. for Xmas.
The Norwatk Hardware store has n
round stone except. that. instead of
full and complete stock. Read the
having a hard surface, the. latter wastadv.
Trustee—~Willium it Masher
Ff
and
CV
Thaw.
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Egg Economy
Egg Enioyment
Is it cheaper to lose 2 or 3 eggs
, out of a dozen and suspect there remaining - , _. - .
. ones or to pay a fair price for 12 good, fine, - .‘
~~1 - rich eggs that you can pouch or boil and enjoy ‘
- one of them?
. en buy the guaranteed eggs in sealed
boxes of a dozen each. They cost but a trifle
more than the other kind.
Strictly Fancy Eggs at a reasonable price. _ ‘
Blue Ribbon
If your grocer can 'I supply you. rm‘m ua‘»
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