ball a line mixture for the child-
M’s stookihh.
F. A. Lane
b1 WAOHINGTON STREET.
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WEATHER FORECAST».
For Norwalk and vicinity:. Fair to
night; Saturday partly cloudy. l‘or
Connecticut: Partly cloudy tonight;
Saturdayk increasing cloudiness, prob-
bably snow by night; moderate north-
west winds becoming variable. A Alls-
turbance central this morning in Nor-
thern Texas northeastwald to Upper
Michigan. Cloudy Weather also pre-
vails in the Lake region and along the
(lull! coast. An area of high pressure.
central over Ollie its producing pleas-
ant weather in the eastein districts
The temperatlire changes have been
slight in all sections except the ex-
treme northwest, where there has been
a fall or from 10 to 15 degrees and
they are not below zero. Conditions
iavor for this vicinity fair weather and
not much change in temperature, fol-
lowed on Saturday by increasing cloud-
iness and probably light snow or rain.
by Saturday night or Sunday morning.
i
WEATHER A YEAR AGO.
Temperature; Low. 2' ; high, 33.
Cloudy.
m \
-~-Siiver plated Nut Picks, 23c u sot;
note with cracker, 50c, at tho llood
store.
E. C. Ncwnlail,,ot’ Concord. N. it.
the guest of relatives on School street.
~Il‘or Christmas, a (liilotto Surety
llazor. A line linc lit. 1“. E. Lueltwood
Alt Co’s.
Attend the great three hours solo at
(L J. Mints & Co’s tonight. The adv.
will tell youabout it.
—Xmas Umbrellas & Canes. O'Brien.
A despatch was received in South
Norwnlir last. evening about than
o‘clock from Mrs. Chester Fitch. who
was Iormerly Miss Pansy May Slov-
eus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. ll.
Stevens. of Barton, telling of her safe
arrival in St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs.
Fitch will reside there.
—-lloys' tan and black extra high out
Shoes, at Conneally & Brackcn's.
Word was received Wednesday in
the otllce of the highway commissioner
ut the state capitol, in Hartford, tilut
lommissioncr James H: Mnclionuili.
who has been ill at his home in New
Haven, was steadily improving and
that ho Would probably be in his ol~
lice again the first of next week.
~Blno llats. Derbles. Nappod iiuls.
(laps. Cases and Umbrellas for Xmas
O'Brien.
Court Narruk, No. 68 F,. of A, mot
lust night..at‘ll.s hall, Water ntl'ovl.
Norwaik, and made arrangements for
the installation or oilICers. The poor
nlittee on the 0th annual ball whic -h is
to be given at the armory on January
21. reported progress. Before the
(lance there will be an entertainment
by weli~known performers.
~Boyo' Caps. Boyl' Caps. O'Brien.
8t. Androw'u Mission, Winnipnuk
will hold its Christmas exercises to
night. A program-has been arranged
of musical solectiono and landings.
There will be a Christmas tree on
which will he presents for tlun pupils
or the Sunday school. A Santa i iuuu
, will present the gifts. The chapel llitu
been pmttlly decorated [or the mun
sion, and refreshments will be. served.
m
it
-»ldrnerson Bhooo.
Conneuiiy
llruchen.
The special features at the south
Nor-walk Baptist Charo uuuuy oven-
inu will include the C tmllu move-
ulr with the pastor’- greeting, Immut-
i'uily printed in the Christmas colors.
the musical program by the quortelte
and the address. Living a Year in tho
World. It is said that the welcome at
this church is distinctive. No one set.
by the mini P. Morgan with
out his coniiol Idiots“ on.
video‘s “W W- 0‘3"“.
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new
HOLIDAY
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anemone
Launch Works
Boat Frames set up and ready to
plank.
All kinds of repair work.
Launches at all sixes built to order
by competent workmen. .
OysterShehPothorwalk
A. J. Hand 8: Company
ElEfllllllll ElllilllEElli lllll
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JOBBINO AND REPAIRING
Hoyt'o Theatre Building, South Nor-
walk, Conn. Phone 423
David W." Raymond
Funeral Director and Embaimer
19 North Main street. South Norwalk.
Residence, 6 Washington Street.
Telephone at office. 3364.
Telephone at house, 693.
NORWALK
Savings SOciety
INCORPORATED 104’.
Deposits over $3,775,000
George M. Holmes, Pro-t.
Wm. A. Curtis, Vice-Pun.
Mark A. Ella. any I. Than.
The annual growth of the forests of
the United States is not more than
twelve cubic feel an acre.
—Nlce Derhlee‘ for Xmas. O'lirlon.
iHE Gm [NER’S Pllti
‘ Still
Undecided
. About
That Gift?
SLIPPERS
SHOES
RUBBERS
LEGGINS
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BANK BOOK
for i‘hrisllnus for the
boy or girl will make a
p r o N ii iii upprmrinlml
now and even more in
the future years.
You can open the do
count how (for any
amount from u dollar
upi and brinu in the
signature curd lli‘tor
tillrintlnuu.
South Norwnlk
Trust Co.
4 per eentuon Savings
Chfidmas Present:
at Coleman’s
lflnoflmll Watches. Peril e
llnydvr alleles. Air Rifles, Box.
log liiovon, Punt-hind ban. Krone
mils l‘ml'nb hells llullolltilnbs Roller
fikltm Fountain l’rns. root Billie. and
the intranet line or Xmas Post Cards
in «ma.
mmrmmwsmu
remain and Candies
F. El. Baxter’ s, Drugghit
om amines ““ “ »
Give a Man
Anything be can use or wear. and you hit them on the
head. if you got hie gift at a mon’ a store.
We can help you solve all of your gilt problems in a
tidy with our big stocks of gifts for men—the things men
buy for thunuiveo—asuch as .
Give a“ Boy
3 new overcoat or suit or rector and you are sure to make_
him feel good; and he will feel good in our good clothes
for boys-
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EVERYTHING APPROPRIATELY BOXED l
Overcoate Reefer: Suits
Sweaters Capo Toquu
Gloves Blouses Hosiery
Neckwear Hats Underwear
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Two sroaas:
14 80. Main St.
Masonic Building,
So. Norwalk.
Norwalk.
WOW
WITHOUT THE DmT .
()ur Oats come to you as clean as it is pontillilo. to make them.
We use the utmost rare to make clean deliveries.
“’Gd‘l'iztlllti that when you buy oats you don‘t want to pay for any
l'
\ou unlit all Ontswund t'ilat is just uhui. we give you.
Quality First, Last and All the Time.
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Proprietor
Bonnie ilorse Feed
Ilonnie Dairy Feed
lionnie Poultry Feud
linnnlr Stork Feed
l‘lonnio Scratching Feed
lionnlo Little Chick Fund
AAA ISiliiii an 223 25. iii.
Frost Fteh.1oc lb.: Haddock. 10c 02.; Jack Shad. 12c ib.: Whiting, 6c lb.,
5 the for 25¢: Hake. 8c Ila: Weaktioh. 12: lb.: Rock-way Long Clams, 35c qt.
Bluefish. Fresh Cod Halibut, Spanish Mackerel. Smelt. New Iodiord and
Sea Escsiiope, Greenport Oysters. Long and Round Clams.
CuAbllrs Bridge Fish Market.
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l‘luti'tl \‘i'ulo (ut (lines and Cloths than l'tt‘l bolorc
No. 3 Main Street.
Norwaik, Conn.
96 Washington Street.
South Normllt. Conn.
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Frames and Picture Framing
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The South Norwalk Dividend Notice
Tm“ Company TbeSoutllNorwIlll Savings Built
some NORWALK. cons. 3m, Nomi. Conn.
TM 'l‘rusteoe “5" ordered W" "1' At a meetinl of the directors of this
torrent at the rate or 4% per ennum bank held this down dividend at the
be ”mum in “Wilt”! 81! tile! my. filth of tour f cent per annum Willi
inns Department. tor the current nix frl‘mdt‘f' inflormd'm mu
months ending December iii-t. was ”a,” The mm ,m beenter‘doli'il
payable on and after January loth. pauper and paid on and after Jan.
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mu ltyallfldi’ er the board or Dinettes.
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abnormal“!
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filer a long time." retorted Mrs. Ii‘ibbe.
‘ you've just got? The one you've been
9 i
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Furnishings House Celts lath hobo; l
Overcoat: Rainoosto Suits i
Sweaters ’ Gloves Hate nutmeg.» 1
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A bee in the boot W F sublet
Forum loud. .
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‘mmumneolmwue
Dita Wide AM Duo-om
“John. door. may i interest you last
a mm limb lumbar. Turns.
“Yes. dear," replied Tithe. laying
down hie paper.
"I mt to talk to you about my
Arm. 1 m simply worried to death
About it."
"‘What dress Is it. my deer"!
that need another. do you?
lust ordered one?
“John! How
thing? You know
You
You’ve
it you any Fuchs
haven’t had 0 dress
"Anyway. you said i could have it. ”
“0. did I? Well how about the one
talking about so long?"
“That's the one i mean."
"I am”quite sure you told me the
other day that you'had ordered it."
“Well, you never more than hall lis-
ten to what i say." She produced two
patterns. "Now, I want you to tell me
honestly which of these you like bet.
ter. Please put your mind on it for
Just a moment."
Tibbs took the patterns and eyed
them languldiy.
ll"ilt’hen did you get them?" he
asked.
. "Those are the same ones I showed
you before."
Tibbs looked at them a little more
closely.
“So they are," he admitted. "lint
why are you asking lne about them
again? Do you think i'll change my
mind?"
“Which one do you really like?" she
went onrlgnoring his question.
"i told you the other day I liked the
light one." he unsw.ercd rather ab-
ruptly. and tossed them illto her lap.
"l‘hat' s Just the trouble. Men have
such queer taste. i hoped you‘d like
the dark one."
“Do you like the dark one better?"
asked her husband.
" ‘No. it does not make u partitie ol
difference to me. Auntie likes the
dark one better though. and Mabel
likes the light one, but sho' 3 going to
not a light one made the same way,
and i didn t halibtllem to be so nearly
alike. We go out together so much.
yen know. But Mabel was aw in! nice
about it. She thought it might be
nice it they were something alike.
Goodness i I dout neat to make a
mistake.’
" i don't see how you can make a
mistake,’ said her husband, reassuring
iy. "It you like them both it makes
no ditleronce Which one you take.
Shut your eyes and grab."
“Why can't, you treat it seriously?
1 summer: you mes slowly rau‘l under-
stand."
'l admit I don't understand. \ou
asked my advice and i gave it the best
I could,’ he replied.
Well what it it
about the dark one?"
'l thought it looked rather cheap.
tllal‘ n all. ’
"Now isn't that funny. \Ou think
the dark one looks (heap and i think
the light one looks cheap and besides
it seems kind of mmrnou. 'l‘hnl' s the
reason i ordered the dark 0le."
“So you‘ in ordered it after all? You
just said \ou dldnt OrilCl it“
'What i said was that l didn t order
it the other day.“
"iiul what is the argument {or it it‘s
all settled ?"
"I can change the order easily
enough or coulsc i w'ouldn t think oi
taking the dark one if you think it
IOoku l‘.’honp‘
“i didn't say it looked cheap.“
"You certainly did. You said it look
ell rill-up."
"Well, if I did. i didn't mean it.
What i meant was that it looked com»
parativl-iy rireup. ("omparcd to the
other one. you know,"
“Maybe it does, but that's one rcu~
eon i like it."
"Well. it i can't not the dark one.
pfirhapn I'll take the light one alter
a .
“What do you nunu by not being
lllllu to got it'.’ I thought “in said you
had already ordered it. "
" ldld. but Ml. While. you know,
only has the samples. He has to send
out and buy tiu- mull-rial after you so
Icrt it. lie said he'd call me up this
evening and tell me whether he could
not it or not. He know. l'm worried
to death. Thore‘ n the telephone not
ill bA-l that in who it is.
"Now whal do you think at that?
Isn‘t it exasperation?" ahe oxriaimed
upon her return after a long convertin-
tion with the tailor.
“What'u wrong, now?"
He says he can't not the dark one."
"‘l’hat‘a good!" exciaiuwd ilnr hue-
band. That puts an end to tile whole
argument."
"Why. Jilllll, how stupid! Don't you
son that he tells am he can‘t not the
dark one because he wants to sell me
the light one?"
“i don't see that that loiiows at all
iir2 doesn‘t raro which one hA- soila
you. lie wants you to be satisfied."
"Then that makes it worse. it the
dark one in really all sold out, it
proves what i thought-«that it is the
boat one. Goodness! i don’t know
what in the world to do!”
“You‘ it have to do something What
did you tell him?"
"i told him to go ahead with the
right one What else could i tell him?“
"i told him to go ahead with tho
light one What else could I tell binll'
'l‘ihbn heaven I sigh oi reiiut and
picked up his paper.
“Now just one more question. John
and i won't bother you any me. How
would you have the skirt to waistl-
ed or plain? truer re mailing them
both ways. New auntie thistle-w."
“Gracious!" interrupted Tibia. The
log and jerking out his slob. V”l ab
Wt W All MW annulment.
l'ln boil in hour into an it in. But I’ll
not be out lute. Don't wait up "~Phlh
you don't like
Suspenders,
Gloves,
Bath Robes, -
House Coats
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Knit Ties at $1.00 . 8
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ohm;
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Now is your time to lay in a supply of FLOUE,’
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tililirs began. did not reach the scene
during the lighting. “lie was a low
miles distant when the government
troops were routed and it is possible
that some five hundred men escaped
with him.
After Zeiayu'u trenches had been
shelled they were lnlten by assault.
In the trenches wore several women
who preferred risking their lives In the
conflict. to starvation in camp. These
women were armed with rifles and
fought courageously. One of them was
wounded and later brought to the hos-
pital here. A large proportion of the
prisoners were found to be boys under
it} years of age. They accepted defeat
as thought it was very.weicmne.
Gen. Gonzales. the vanquished load-
i'I‘ of the government troops today
shared the quarters of Gen. Estrada
and is eating the latter‘s rations with
great relish and smoking,r insurgent to-
bacco as though he, enjoyed it.
The second day's lighting began at
9 o'clock in the morning. The first
day‘s conflict has driven the enemy
back to the main fortifications at ril-
luuA- or llorroro, where for three weeks
they had been stringing Trim and dig-
ging ircnrhcn. The country in that
vlnlnliy has been artiaily cleared oi
underbrusb. lull i. remains more like
a jungle than otherwise. The position
or the govermuent troops behind their
elubunkulenis and barbed wire proved
lulexpeotedly strong. However, the
provisiounis who believed that they
{send the oppressive rule or Madris or
as the only alternative in the event 0!
defeat. the muiiation of intervention
by the l’nited Stains, bore themselves
with a show of vulor that should ever
relieve them from tillI charge. of being
comic opera uoldiors. indeed there
was nothing comic in the lighting and
the hundred dead. the one hundred
and fifty wounded. many having arms
or legs shuttered, new the surviving
insurgents soluothinx to think about.
Today widows and orphans may be
soon wondering about the streets
keeping Yet no expression oi re
met is board The provisionals admit
their heavy losses and notlmnie times
of the enemy at about an equal num
bur
Gen. Chamorro. (ten, Dias and Gen
Mainly first faced the earthy 'l‘hA
tugs Pioneer and Blanca upon whicl
were mounted Holohklu guns hail
buried in sand. steamed up a creel
tributary to the Mind River upor
ubibh the viliaau of neuron is ritual
ml. For hours they shelled the village
the gunners maintaining great new
may Zoiala's tree is frequently left
the trenches and a vnncing lbrougi
the jungles met the insurgents in ham
to hand conflict 'i'ioee dnnhell wort
followed in each instance by a retreat
to the trenches and a forward move
meal by the provisionals. who cut tlu
wire entanglements with their mach
ates. in these brushes many wort
killed or wounded.
(ten Chantal-re, who lordle u twice
North Agroytrah‘fidv; iw'tml‘lar‘
lull in wt rem
nag; a pistol and invariably killinl
his men «airtight. lieu. Dino. who is
«in to be pmul of his ilmieb blood.
disdained Ale did channel»
cover Dial: walked Arrest amid a hail
of White Aim the In dill! m.
whoermM «.yihosld ,
. N- ”firm
to, and rooms tress their“, and“
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Dlaz turned his pistol upon the mall I
and commanded him to get behind’a
stump. “
these skirmishes and the conduct '0!
both leaders and men who knew for . !
what they were fighting and that death .,
{or many was imminent was worthy
of the greatest admiration Chamorro,
who has been fighting for twenty
years. is idolized by his men. He ewo
cheerfully when his troopers expo
themselves and good-naturally pusher
them lwhind the cover or stumps an
tangled underbrush. Chamorro was in .
active cmnmand of the battle, Estrada“;
having merely laid out the general
plan. As the evening approached and
the enemy still resisted after repeated
assaults the insurgents wavered from
physical exhaustion. but their courage
never failed.
The generaiship 0! Menu on Monday
is generally praised. and in fact but
for his timely arrival it is quite pose
sibie that the outcome of the battle
would have been whollydiilerent. ln-
dced at one time the position of the
insurgents was desperate. Chamorro ' ’
and Dlaz had moved on the main (or-
titloatious at Rerreo and Tetumbln
Hill and Mona was under orders .to
cover the lines of retreat from Decree.
CHmerms AT THE. Fnosesl.
KINDERGARTEN.
interesting Exercises at the School til ""
Wall Street, Yesterday.
'i‘hirty happy children gathered with
parents and lriends for the Christmas
exercises or the Frocbei Kindergarten.‘ "
These were held in the school room."_‘
In “all street, yesterday morning at ’
10 o‘clock. "
When the little folks arrived they
found the hall prettliy decorated with, 8‘
Christmas bells and evergreens. while g,
on the platform stood the Christmas, ,
tree~the center of attraction [or thaw1
children. .
in one corner of the room hang of
large red stocking. with the motto
“Loving and Giving,” beside it. The.
nice c! this stocking might. have dis.
couraged Santa Claim. but these ch n
dreu quickly tilled it with toys the ”
had brought tor children less tortuno
than themselves. Many of these he
later sent to the Day Nursery.
The program opened with the ID“..-
waa followed by the singing or a’ “Good;
Morning Song" and a prayer. Anton].
other song: on the program 'wero “0
seats Claus." "blurryh curtain
“The Teddy Bear liuiidbyll’ flint...
six children. and "The Sandmnn .
which Muster Lloyd bolus who tit
sandman .
Recitatiuns were glean by Mill
rarer, llaIi. Janet Orawtord. W
Percy. Rachel Harris, Alias dam
and Master Lloyd Deiioernd Aim
mbrlier.
At the conclusion or- thou
the children gave one on two "to
ring exercises, and colored
hour or mos. » t '
neon «Alina on and given
la little Nit.
ann- violin mu-
There was no farce about ‘
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