‘on campaign against un-‘
sispvhss its parrollei in South
iii. where the civic league . is
. us; upon the feasibility of girl
_ ‘u‘biic a chance to view stere-
,”‘piotures of some of the pro
nthat city which presents a
4116-1109! and out'at-fhe-toe up
be. in other states. pictures of
kind have been known to appeal
accuracy more forcefully than all the
fig find all the personal appeals
0 average civlcucomlmlttee can
' . Such pictures of course are
. only for the eyes ‘or real-
is They are not usually. spread
‘cast inconnection with any pub
y campaign intended to win new
tries or to beckon an increased
“oship of a progressive type—ritu-
Sentinel. ‘
.tr
is
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY.
w
Mendsy, pacembsrvzt, 1900.
ohn'Xeily, aged 13, and ' Willie
,a‘ged lo'years, broke through the
,, t the Halon Mill Pond in Norwaik
both were drowned. .
. no Benedict, alias George i’JomA
3.. was arrested in South Norwaiit
passing worthless checks on sever-
Norwsilt people. ~
‘rwsurv vsans aoo TODAY.
0...“—
res-say. December 24. use.
, uhlil'y had a 875,000 are, supposed-
ofiihoondiary origin. Osborn Brothi
‘ other yard, several freight cars
done it Beebe's hat factory, the,
tonic Railroad freight house.
fiharnsownod by George Barnum,
half the machine shop of C. it;
were burned.
“ ' l
. drding to the preliminary roll of
' “-‘Iisiocticut legislature, Charles.
hell. of New Haven. Democrat,:
is Twelfth District. appears to'
"baby" of the 1911 Senate. as
lily 25 years old, and another
1.; Archibald McNeil, Jr.. of
i. "Twenty-second District,
the “nosr baby," being only,
3 his senior-b. The elitist liners-1
. a note, one ., line
of 'rgdnm, Twenty-eighth Dis-j
rfiouubiicsn. . .
‘ ‘ dill-ea of the thirtyviive mem-'
‘ the Bonita-are clssiaded all,
mu ‘; rats ,8; lawyers 6;
jars it; clothlorshr
2:
lab} 1 Principal lzl hab-
otur agent 1; foreman ; as-
, nerihisndont
i' 1-34 ‘
worried into in the 'Bon‘ste:
i-uh the whole“ thing. as there
, ' ' sols, benedicts to six heel»
; ethereis one widower. aes-
“ We! Judson,‘ef Stratford, was
Mouse in 18“ and 1895 and the
in: till)! Add 1907. .
farmer 1911 will have us
" u““f“.‘i.‘:‘ill’o‘li'“°“f. u“
20, H _ouse. are,
Statute. the married man have
3 ., tiring msiorlty..ths shares
, i "‘ llows; rriel retrain-sis
' ' 1m lfr. . lie oldoat member,
‘ a rs to ho Stephen
n. of lip, on. 84 years old.
‘ - " ~ r and of kinflo’sgehllns o5;
“slim swrna .w o are ,
' . sitcoms. one o has
lost of who.
_ Connecticut lodges of the Brother
, hood of Railway Trainmen will send
j their. representatives to New Haven.
. *___ “ten ' to George A. Parsons. special
mat of the bureau of labor statistics,
and hence its avoidable number of
W all War the state, especially from the
, of this country will be considered and
. taken'toward securing a remedy for
checked, is likelp to have serious of-
r'elsewhere that English hats of various
country as hats oi
porters thus escape a considerable part
if: requirements are enforced.
through udder valuation; just so much
of the protectidn that the tariff affords
- . .. the American batting industry is lost.
‘W 1' insurance 1" banbury. turera fought valiant
' , iy, a revamp}, o to retain the duty
. 1; 'MMSOT 1; upon forum
,l’roeu a fight to paves" the require-
ments of the law carried out.
man familiar with trade conditions
logic in greater numbers than ever
, and paste in the back of your direc-
‘ n'. . . .
- anhur Autumn.
“ The-Argon not or.
1,. iii floutll Osborn Ave, E. N... 8534
’ 301m “.VBMII‘, ' :
.3 Railroad Ave. 31278
P. w. Brooks.
lull
l
uni
December 29. for a conference to be
held at' the ilotei‘Garde. it is ex-
pected that representatives will be
present from the H. A. Bishop lodge.
of Bridgeport. the Elm City lodge, of
New Eleven. the R. J. Costello
lodge. of Waterbury, the Thames Riv-
er lodge. of New Dundee. the Semis
phore lodge, of East Hartford, slid the
Charter Oak lodge. of Hartford. J.
W. Fredenburg, of New Haven. is the
president of the Connecticut branch
of the order. and w: H. Murray. of
.Dsnhui'y. is the secretary. This con-
ference is for the purpose of consider
ing bills to be presented to the next
legislature.
it is quite probable that the dele-
gates will consider a bill which was
introduced by Representative Malone.
of'Bristol, in the last legislature con-
cerning the number of men to he em»
played on trains and‘providing for a
specilipdsjpuinber to be employed on
all ‘ ‘ . and freight trains
which'ars run in this state. Peter
O'Hern, a representative of the iegls
iativo board of the Brotherhood and
secretary of the Stamford lodge, who
has previously looked after the inter
sets of the railroad men in getting
bills before the legislature, has writ-
lnf timing him of the conference.
a trainmen are said to be" dissat-
isfied with the not passed by the last
legislature. for they want a specified
nuniber crimes to be employed on all
passenger and freight trains. propon
tional lo the length of the train. They
argue that it is unsafe for many
trains to be operated as they are. An
engineer on a long train is sometimes
unable to see the signals of the oper-
atives which are stationed far apart,
accidents are caused. Delegates from
railroad centers. will confer on that
date. ‘
.3 HATS uuosrwawso. U
W
Foreign-Made Product Said to Escape ‘
Proper Duty.
At, a" meeting of the hat manufad
turers' association, a phase of the for
also list competition question that is
of material importance to the hat trade
it is expected that the steps will be
‘anevil that if permitted to go up-
fect upon the industry.
‘his evil is the undervaluatlou of line
no te hats for the purpose of reduc-
ing 1 e amount of duty upon them. it
has come to the attention of promi-
nent members of the trade here and
grades” are being brought into this
, cheaper grades
than they really are and that the im-
of the duty that rightfully should be
paid upon them.
The question of foreign-made hate is
serious enough. even when the full for
but
when a portion of the duty is evaded
. hats and they are
ready, apparently, to moire just as
Just how extensively the local hat
trade is affected by imported hats has
always been a question upon which
hu’ve‘diiiered, but it is said that hat
imports are increasing constantly and
that, hats of the hotter grades are com-
boioro. All this is going to mean con»
stant vigilance on the part of the hat
manufacturing industry in this coun-
try in maintaining the protection that
the tariff upon foreign hats adorns.
NIW TELEPHONIQ.
installed
Twenty New“ instrument
in the Past Week.
Following is a list of new telephones
which have been installed since the
issuing of the last list. Gut thisout.
Blinder-win Chili. ...........li”'2
Bis.«iN........'.......193~i
my ~ ,
illiilfli
- gniilllk'lllllilf Ill,
. night by special one» out» as s
.. u .
Mm but a man wit «boat
lillliillll
Enthusiastic sitting of the First
Brotherth in the Country--
Fxpsnslon Plans Are Made
v-..M-m-.. “ i
The Brotherhood of Norseman of
America held its regular iii-monthly
meeting last night at 218 State street.
Bridgeport. it was a very enthusim
tic meeting with speeches and with a.
feeling of good will the Brotherhood
starts out with many good objects in
view. it intends to embrace within
its Brotherhood all Norwegians of
birth’and descent. and its main object
is to fraternlse all Norwegians into an
organization that will be a great factor
for good in them. .
it is new a regular body with a
membership of eighty and in order to
increase its membership it has been
unanimously voted to tender President
0. J. Johnson. one of the most powv
oriul Socialists in Bridgeport, the elli-
cisnt organiser. with power to secure
all Norwegians in Bridgeport. Stam-
ford. South Norwalli and outlying
towns in the state to affiliate with the
Bridgeport Brotherhood.
There will be formed a grand lodge
with headquarters in Bridgeport. Mr.
Johnson accepted the honors present-
ed him in a speech wherein he stated
that he could see the dawn of a finit-
ed Brotherhood of Norseman in Ameri-
cs,a Brotherhood never before organ-
land with such brotherly love as the
Brotherhood would. exemplify in its
work among the Norseman on this can
tlnent. Said Mr. Johnson: "We are at
last come to the conclusion that in un-
ion there is strength." ,.
With the closing of the meeting it
was decided at his request that every
member work together in harmony
and as a committee of one, each mom»
ber should secure one more Norweg
lan application for the next meeting
until every Norwegian in Bridgeport
is in the organization.
The next meeting will be in Con-
cordia Hall. Bridgeport. January 5.
w“<»‘
WILL HAVE CHRIGTMAB TREE.
a“-
Palestine Cattle and Queen Victoria
. Assembly Plan Festival.
Palestine Castle and Queen Victoria
Assembly, Degree of Naomi, A. 0. K.
ofthe M. (3.. will hold a family reun-
1, in. their hall in Washington street
Monday, when the husbands and
their wives and children will unite in
Christmas fesllcities. There will be a
tree for the children and dinner will
he served from 6 until 8 o‘clock. There
will be music and games for all and
a general happy time is anticipated.
More will he souvenirs for'the ladies
and guests from Seaside Castle. of
iliidgapori, and Columbia Castle. of
Stamford. will be present.
Tt-iie BRUNETTE’B HMR MADE lN-
re A PIE. ANGRY WIFE'S
, REVENGE.
ST. mule. Dec. 22.——A pie made with
bruueettc hair was the dainty dish
which Mrs. Sadie Gernhnrdt planned to
set before her husband after she had
found another woman's dark brown
dresses in his suit case on his return
trom.a trip to Texas. Mrs. (lumbar-at
is suing for a divorce. and the story of
her unique plan for revenge was told
in the disposition of her mother. Mrs.
Emy A. inckny which was filed in the
circuit court. today. After she had tee
tilled as to the hair being found in the
strip, Mrs. lacksy was asked:
"What became of that hair!"
“i belive Sadie was going lo bsiier
ituii'i‘to a pie for her husband." she re-
p O . '
"Why? Because she found it in his
grip and it had no right to be there."
"Wood that kind of hair make a
good pie?" '
"i don’t think it would."
"Did your daughter bake the pie?"
"No. she gave up the idea."
in her deposition Mrs. lackay said
that besides the lock of brown hair her
daughter also found in her husband‘s
grip a copy of a telegram.
hJW’hero did he say he found the
r ' ‘
' "lie at first said it was lost a John
and later said that. he found. it on‘o
train. When my doc liter found it in
the grip it was in ii a personal note
book, which he usually carried in his
waistcoat pocket next to his heart."
mods—mp. —.—-
watooua srsssoas tooos so
oust. .
Welcome Stronger Lodge. Sons of
autism". will holdaflhrisimas and
New Year’s social on Frills evening
of out west at theiodge ital in Mala
street. Norwallr. This will be for the
members of the or dilation and their
families and an ela rats program is
being arranged. . “ ’-
lfiohaal Ollisn was arrested last
result ofssorlia' . . in Railroads»
Ha was ‘wi branch :3
was ass/install dillolilly sacs - i
notauhtii 3‘9th ciontod Gill-am uh
“armyfio lie“ «so was con and.
ital oadayniornl M”
mm, . array.
/ ' Vittorio ‘arsii "to x
tissues that. am ' “to": all.
a. 7
u... use
ilili-
of the most successful Christmas business in the history of the Boston Store.
means a tremendous slaughter of prices.
. i ‘ Books
At less than half price. All the
'. most popular titles. Such books
at formerly sold at 81.60; never
sold less than Ul.08-'i'he ini-
postor, The Under Dog, Rest
Harrow, Clever Betsy and many
‘ others. Tonight
86c
Regular 50c Books, famous sto-
ries. Tonight
: Alger and lienty series; regular
. 25c books. Tonight. each
so
Ready for o record‘brenliiug at-
tendance at the
Toy Department
ONE~THIRD L588 REGULAR
PRICE-:8.
For the final rush of the last.
night We will offer our entire
stock of Toys at the lowest
I:pricoa that ever prevailed.
SLEDS AT HALF PRICE
Leather Goods
A great variety offered tonight
away below value. We mention
one special inducement.
GENUINE SEAL AND WAL-
RUS WRiBT BAGS. single or
double strap handle. moire or
leather lined. ilflsd with purse:
all colors; 33 value. Tonight.
.‘l-liour Sale
$1.97
Be Sure to Visit the Basement—-
We quote only a few brief liiutu.
a
I
Suspenders
m rsncv HOLIDAY eoxcs
Large assortment. many styles;
regular 76c and :1 values. 'l‘o-
nlght .
65c
Unusual Xmas
Handkerchief ' ,
Values ‘ '
Lndies' all lines initial Hand-
kerchiefs. with fancy embroid-
ered wreath; regular sold at 25c.
Tonight :i-ilour Sale
17c each
Novelties
Prices cut ridiculously low in
order to close out our entire Hol-
l‘oiiight we say. good-bye to all Holiday Merchandise, which
, .
lday line.
Wonderful Values in China
A: Merry Christmas to All I
/
’ ,
Women s Gloves
l-clasp Msnnish Gloves. in Tans
and English Reds, and Mocha
Kid Gloves. in Gray, Brown and
Tan. embroidered in self and
white stitching; ovary pair was
rooted. Special tonight 3-Hour
M $1.15
Underskirt Values
. We have about 12 dozen Gray
Knit Petticoats. regularly sold
at 25c. Tonight :i-iiour Sale
' . 12'/zc
Flanncleltc Underskirts, in as-
sortcd blue and white and pink-v
and White stripes. all sizes; reg.
ul‘rly sold at 39c. Tonight 3~
Hour Sale a
25c
s
1
THE _ BOSTON STORE A
Cor. Main and Wall Streets,
N orwalk, Con
cumsruas FlS‘tll/AL.
m
Held by the Sunday School of the
South Nomlk Congregational
loam
The annual Christmas exercises of
the South Nor-walls Congregational
Sunday school wore held Thursday
night. and were thoroughly enjoyed.
Santa Claus was imporsonnied by
Frank H. Gleason. who filled the char.
actor to perfection. The giiifts were
distributed in a novel way. an im‘
mouse grab bag having been provided
by Mrs. Lawrence A. Douglass. and
much fun resulted. There was vocal
and instrumental music and refresh,
merits of ice cream. calls and rooted
tionery were served: The committee
was composed of bliss Winona 0.
Noah. Mrs. William H. Swords and
,Mrs. Lawrence A. Douglass. The par-
ticipants in the program Were as fol-
n": , . . A .. . .
‘Mr. Jariey ......... - .. Edgar w. use
Eiooutionist Mrs. L A. Doullass
Organ Grinder ........ Philip Gleason
lied Riding Hood Helen Douglass
Rip Van Winkle George F. route
Prlrns Donna Emile Nash
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bprstt
Mrs. 8. Lawrence and James Paul
scare Crow ........ 0. nodding
Statute of Utterly Louis Beers
Miss lioffat lssOIvor
indian Chief ....... . .. .l. Gotham
‘i‘hmi‘ligglos ..... . Miss Viola Voight
Teddy Roosevelt ...... air. Pep
fiiimgstta like Mentions ad
Bobbie Skirt . . . . . WI: Hattie Clarita
.Bantswoma......... F. . Gleason
Peter and John. "the tennis." were
"presented by Louis Doors and
was Sifts. ,
ADVIll‘l’iOlo tmssa.
Below is a list of letters remaining
uncalled for at the following post oil
out for the current «all.
_ loath Notation.
is. L. Anderson.
orrsnco .l. Andrews.
Bolas. «
alter Burch. .
hire. a. bucolic. .
‘ lsaish Clark. ..-, f
hum Clemons. ~
lira. sinus moans.
James ”mum. L,
dli’d'hmt '*
I! or . ~’
.. rs. .
- mass Helm.
“‘ u Mil.
at
‘~ i.
. .,
.ilialoguowiluexpoctod minus. Cast of
CHRISTMAS EXCERISEB OF THE
BROAD RiVER SCHOOL
The Christmas oxerdises of the
llroad River school were given at the
Broad River chapel. yesterday after-
noon at 2 o'clock. The following pro-
gram was given by the pupils:
Singing-~Glad Christmas Day. School.
Recilann—~Llhrlstmas Greeting. Olga.
Schede.
Recitation ----- Helping Santa. May Ste-
vans.
ltocitation~hittlo Fullls'
inert Lloyd.
Roclilllmv-Paas it lly. James Cava-
naugh.
Recitation —~-The Coming of Santa, Jen-5
nie Peel.
Recitation~~luat Like lilo. Elinor Gill.}
Dialoguefllielplng Santa, J a Pool.
Rilssoll Gill, Harold ll Fred
(Kellogg. Dorothy Payne. chances
Redd; sister. May Stevens: brotherfl
ilarold 'lnter: lather, Archer lieu-
dricli: . mother. Margery Gillies;
, grandmother, Evelyn Payne; Santa.
imagine Newman.
fungi g-~8onln Claus Song. School.
Recitation“Chrlsitnas Dream. Esther
Gandrup.
Reoitstiqnwcmistmas Fairies. Miriam ‘
Buttery. .
Recitatiow—Just Before Christmas. Al-
fred Aiken. ,
Welcome.
Piano Solo-llliss Laura Carr.
i
At Beckmanii’s“
Have Your Order Filled Here
New York Prices
Prevail
\
as m as wasnmorou er. “
.-
Select Groceries
Holiday Specialties
Teas, Coffees
Wines, Liquors
Beers, Ales ,
Champagnes,Cordials
Phone 440 sou-m nonwaut
Recitation~Wisboa Sterling Slur-gas.
characters: Mrs. Billings. Miss
Mary Carnithers: children. Jacob
liolfanl. limos Gill. George Wiper,
Mary Cavanaugh, Florence oat.‘
Ella (labia; Mrs. Townsend. Miss
Leela Fiddler; her son Algernon. Al-
fred Alien. 7
Refinance-«Du smelting, Clifford liai-
a.
llecitiistion-Quoations. iris Essquolls.
Reoll tlonwl have Dear Old Santa.
Mil rad Malian. .
Solo—mining Itsr. Mary Cavauaugb.
Recitation-4 (testis Reminder. lfary
Osvana h.
”flint-(lid Ohrillmwtido, infidel.
At the conclusion of the program
the pupils of the primary ratios shar-
edin the mutants of a m . The
pupils were each prsssnudwith s to
of may by the teachers. and three: .
the ills of the committee. air..-
lllls. also was prostates Mill on on-
:33" Liam elaboration parents
friends were present tonsil)! this
oasrolsaa. , ; .. .
plums: stunt espresso. i
strias‘rsssisrmssu‘ «steam
ll softhsirmnmlngaboratorsaud
. Inwlm- ‘L.
i
mum. '
rib. ping. Raisins
t lb. bag Carolina Rica...
rail-Washington 8t.
feat
s
: . . . . , ‘
Useful Souvenirs FREE
in addition to the usual Checks with Spices, Extracts, Cocoa,
Chocolate, Tapioca. Soaps, Tea; Coffee. etc. - _
Holiday {Bargains
3:.
The Union Pacific Tea Company
Tel. gas-g. _
4 Extra Specials _ I
Stampsfreo will. range to listing it... . u so. ,
museum was 2 mammals . 25c»:
Add To Co
amonlsoros‘srrsoura
" dilemmas“:
1 lb. bag sprinkles. . . . .5c
3 lb. bag arellaa Rice. . . .sgc
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