he Doll
lie held more tin soldiers than he
was able to count, he had a drum and
a bat and ball. a fire engine with real
balls on it. marbles and a black lamb
that made a loud "baa" when he w“.
god its head But he didn't hat/a It
doll. Ever ‘aince he could remember
Norman and wanted a doll. From
the time when he saw the little girl in
‘ the train hugging the baby to her he
voted to have one for his own. He
had been with his Aunt Martha at
the time and had asked.
"What in that, 'tlen‘t a really baby,
a ltt"‘
Rowaytonv
Rowavrou FIRE ALARM
mermcrs
m—filghland Ave. to N. Y., N. H. d:
R
»l3—-lllckory Illui’f and Fiell Island.
,14-~Pine Point and Iloton Point.
21—Long Island bound to McKinley St.
~“Central‘,” McKinley St. to Pen-
, noyer St. '
‘22-»Penn0yer' St. to Cross St.
'23w0ross St. to Railroad.
24—Railroad to Brookslde.
West Side.
'15~—White Bridge IIoIth to Broohsldo.
16-wWhite Bridge S. E. to L. I. Sound.
:1'l--White Bridge. S. W. to L. I. Sound
One stroke of the fire ball at odd
times indicates testing.
TWo strokes of tire bell,
fire is out.
[Four strokes of fire bell.
1-1.1-1, water to be shut off.
' A third or more alarms indicate ner-
lous lire.
thus, 1-1,
thus,
... -_..._4__.._-—«—.
Jack 'Diebouvt, of New York, was at
the family‘s summer home in (ludll'pp
street, yesterday.
4“»
The regular business meeting of the
Hollands» Social Club will be held to-
‘mor‘mw‘ afternoon at 3 o'clock.
' George Scudde’r. 'of Logan street.
went to HIIntiIIgtol,'\Long Island, to
spend Sunday with his parents.
. Mrs. Mary Themes. of ltowayton
avenue. who has been iserlously ill
I was able to sit up for a short. time yes
@I'day. “‘
. "Miss Carrie Petty. teacher in the
Marvin school. in East Norwnl‘h, is to
make her home here for the next, few
Weeks. ,
,r
Percy-R. Chiltendou. of Brooklyn,
pencdyhis‘ summer reside’uvr at Toko‘
a finite, today. ’l‘ho clIuIIl‘fij-ur and onto»
affluent: arrived this morning.
Mr. and Mrs,.L. L. Stockton. of New
York, who spent two summons ill
Hltkoly liluilg nor? there yotsoldui
and extract lo niriioiui Hill lll(ll infant
[eon that out of Illivueek, for the sum
. trier.
«Wm—w.“
Mr. and Mrs William lloW-IIloI-i of
Effilnmford. spent Sunday It lth inpmin
and Mrs John ll IN‘VVilll‘lH lir. lie
3 Waters hits a ninety dais' l< Hun- of iIiI-
; fiance and will spend tho linu- in New
. York alato.
Andrew Johnson and family haw
innovod from tho Sammie plow to
‘fitnmfol‘d, and l’roelon lioyd will more
into the Sammie place. and a Non
’Yorlt family will take (the bount- mean
5 ed by Mr. lloyd.
_ George is). Curtis, aorretury of tilt“
‘ :Normtlk Turin. illllli. lIIIa plurod his
, yacht in conuuiualon off the club house
at Hickory lilufl‘. The draft has been
_ titurmtulilv overhauled by Captain it.
16 Murrill, of Norwnlh.
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. (immortal-n William F“ Clarita new
irty dune foot racer nIrIVed at hm
Hickory bluff. Saturday, and warn vori‘
flrorabll’t'nnlinonted on by viistorn to
club house «anteater.
”3”“
dating of the Woman a Study
loll wan to have noon hold
hing. baa been poatponed uni
day. May 19th, at which titan
held at the bomb of hire. A.
I Went tilde avenue.
'Wmmmfi’
Ina chariot than: a mm It
1 _
-urduy. with the Monarch A. 0.. of Strut-l
‘ , Illlllli, In the Norolon lloinhln Engine
bprth off the. Norwallt Ynf‘lli Club. at
y‘d
i
Darien
and
Newton
I'Iaroid Bates is ill of tonslltis.
w...” __ it
The King’s Eli-d bridge is undergoing "
extensive repairs.
W
L. Ii. Hutton. of New York, is on
Norotou Hill for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson, of New
York. are here for the summer.
William T. Andrewa is an applicant
for admission to the bar.
Deputy Sheriff Ambrose Brewer, of
. Noroton Heights. spent Tuesday here.
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William Ziegler has purchased a
fine pair of show horses in New York.
Charles Smith, who has been spend
big a few days at Uniouvllie‘, Conn,
haa'returncd.
Dr. and Mrs. fiamnel (irant mid fam-
ily are at their home on Gracie all‘oot.
for the summer. ‘ '
Sherwood had
as their guests. recently Mr. and Mrs.“
Roberts .Ferguaou.
Mr. and Mrs. A W.
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Manager Smith‘s hoya riauhed. Bat-
ford. Scanlon and Halpln did the hon- »
ore for the locals.
II
The uncount of Margaret Wallill as
«medium or the will of the late 'Ihoi'ir
as Walsh, of Ilurlen, has been allowed
by Judge Lockwood.
Wm
William (I. Rungee. of (iretmwioh.
has been appointed counsel for tho
l‘omIeulh-ut Automobile . nssorinilon
for the lownu of Greenwich. Slnmford
Ind and Ilurlon.
Jill‘s? _?‘(‘l‘l‘..\' Lnu'roIIue, ll! re. Wile
illilil Moe. Mrs. Roscoe. bliss Itllu
Moo and Miss Lillian Ferny spout
\Vl-‘tllll‘fidily afternoon with hire. Wil-
lluln Schwab. of Noroton Heights.
WWW
The teachers of the Center School
\‘lNllt'tl in 0ill~til~ltinl schools Mondays
Misses ltuiII lluiinrd and Eleanor Chnv
pin wont in Newton and Stamford:
Mien ltutil Thomas and It). All. Stone
were at tiuulh Not-walk. Misses [told
and Miller visited Noroiuu.
.'l‘lIu Nomlon A. (i. will present, to
t.‘o., "The Star Bout.” The cast in:
Kid tilenaon. Jock Lynuh. Elbows lilo-
Fudtiun, Richard Dundnlu: referee and
tight promoter. William ll}. Cullen; the
air]. Ella Moe; Elbows' backer. Wal-
ler ilumdalo. The play is for the bent»
fit of the club. banning will follow.
a.» a... “.me
The alone of Thursday did much
damage “hora. Lorne hailntoneu fell;
and did a great deal of damage. The
alone oonaervalorlua of William Zia:-
lor and Aaron i’hoipa Htullflwere se-
verely damaged. Limitnlng struck
the chimney of John .1). 'tlrimminn’n
home, on Coilunder‘a Point. and knocln
at; it into a heap of bricks.
a.
The Women‘s Relief Corns. vieit ,7
the bowlers Home. last veal/t, an
treated inmate: to no entertainment.
at... delegation was hendtnl by Prohi-
but r. A. Warren, of manure Sara-
H w‘
ntlnel want ads. bring results.
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1 chance. for with a final warning not
‘baby, she disappeared in the doorway.l
to Make any noise or to touch the
The boy stood absolutely still l
Kenna: this doll after she had zone.
was t e rat tin .
.9 “939 to a doll ”3:3 fifigyewgrgaf: lNew Haven and Hartford Railroad
finitely loveller close at hand than lcomP‘W 1” to consolidate the superin-
froma distance. He put out his band. tendencies» WWW“ New York and
the temptation to touch the velvety Boston, putting one man at the, head of
cheeks was too strong Then he the entire division.
if??? b all???“ she shill?” Whit: are six eunoflmndents, vial: G. N
1 n egan o cry. one e was
know that he had disobeyed and she Wde“‘“’ Show “"9’ C S. Lake'
might not be willing to play with him ‘ WeateIn, A’ R03" 01d Colony, A‘ W'
after that. lie deliberately turned 11“an ”03m“ A D’°°*”’P”°V‘d°"“"‘
his back on ituth; It was easier not i A. W ”MW"! Midland
to touch a he (“fl not see the doill Which one 0‘ thew mam Wm. be
lying. so wonderful. before him. given the responnible position of on.
When Beanie came out she carried a perlntendent’ of the entire road be-
;whoie armful of clothes which she ltween New York and Boston if this
transferred ‘0 Norman lpositlon is created, is hard to say. i:
Credence is given in railroad circles
today to the report that the New York,
I
All” 808m", MASS.
At preheat there ~
Vicermident hernia M. inane—l
bury. of Bradford and
department
iommnhder Richard J. Cutbill of
South Norwalk, accompanied‘ube
corps. ' ‘
W
Memorial Day morning. the Boy
Scouts will hold an athletic meet at
Whitney's. A three-legged race. bioy
ole ”lace, polodnmp. climbing content
running and standing broad Jumpu.
swimming and potato race comprise
the list of events. A pair of running
shoes will be awarded the. best sprint
or. while the next Scout gets a watch
fob and goldwrlng.
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JAPAN'S Y. M. B. A.
m
The Letters Stand for Young Men's
Buddhist Association.
Japanese Buddhism in remarkable;
for the great number of sects into:
which the believers are divided. Every
conceivable tendency of thought. ll
represented by a different grouping.
Of late there has moreover been great;
activity in the formation of Buddhist;
societies among the educated people.
Among organizations recently
formed the Great Japan Young Men‘s
Buddhist Asaooiutlon.
among the studenta of the different
Toklo universities. is perhaps the
most'ilnporinnt. Many of its older
members have attained high position
in the social and political world. says
the Atlantic. and the society there
fore enjoys a roanidorable inflamed
among the intellectual clamor.
It in-
tluden among its members adherents
of all the different sects of Buddhism.
Iu i872 Prince lwalturu went to
America and Europe at tho head of a
mission. Kumo who uncommodn 0d
the mission In the capacity of an our
poll on Chinese and literary unbier is.
was detailed with another member to
make an investigation of the state of;
religion in the Went.
,, In their zeal to begin work they.
early on the mirage actuated a Roman l
priest and quostlonml lilln:
(.flillOllI
about Western religion. They not an
urcount of the Ten t: olmmandmun a
and of the Trinity; but noon the ta.
bleu uoro turned and they wore them
Stllmfl mentioned on the religion if
Japan.
'i‘bo nnauors uhli ll they saw Iiil:
not satisfy either themselves or timirl
heurors. So a council of nor nan
hold in tin.» smoking room that night
What altitude should the mission iuho
when questioned about Japanese I :-li
uicn‘! ll wan first suggested that;
tiny might claim Buddhism an the N
lgion of Japan but it had to be run
leaned that there was no one in the
mission who knew enough, of Iimh
hisln to giro a trustworthy account if
it. oapvclnlly on dorlrlnul mailers.
l‘onfnainnlsm might be lihlltfi‘i‘d.
but this would not help matters. re
Ut‘t‘lilt‘illlllfl look upon the tiorti‘illrn
of the areal none as moroly a millim-
ethical system. Shinto \vIIs ruled out.
as it Willi then too little known in tin
West, and ulru horauee a mutant
which lurks snared lumka and we
whore obeorvunoes are an arrbiliu
minht not particularly improea the
\Vfl'lcf‘n mind. There remained on
ultm'nutivn but. to ruufenn that Japan
bud no mlmlmwmn unfortunate flltll:
atlon. hemmed heathen are neuridw
ad but little better than wild beauty“
in the West.
Tam-mo an can. ’
"Really. Juno." remonotrated her
mlatroas. "you mint learn to be more
«refill and test the one before you
mix them in‘the puddingl Now, a good
way orienting in to take an on in
your hand. wink. it around 1. few
times and then place it to your ear.
If it given out a pleasant. intimation
sound you may then be quite sure that
it is fresh and good. "
Like a dutiful cook Jone promised
in burn to obey an Inlntrsss's tantrum
an hailed award for dinner. .
At use there who to have been but
hither! custard. But at the around inn
event Ilene appeared upon the scene ,
h othingtoah wimataanltw
which works -
tlquI and that same audit there wan
"It‘s a doll" alto bud replied. and
he had said no more at the time. But
later, when the family was all assent»
bled he had remarked with irrelevan-
by:
“Mother, I wlsht I had a doll."
"0. little sissy, little girl boyl”-hls
aunt had returned. “The idea of a'
bop wanting a doll. They‘re only for
girls." And she had laughed at, him.
Norman hated to he laughed at worse
than he hated anything else except.
to be called a little sissy, and he'
said no more about the doll.
But. the foot that ho said nothing
did not prevent his thinking about it.
. When he went over to the park where
the children played ho
wintfully at the little girls with dolls“
and wonder why dolls Weren't made
for boys. too. Ono. day he thought
that if he had a doll nobody would
need to know, he could fire back be-
hind the bunhea where there wasn't:
anybody, and play to his heart's coon
tent. But how could he got a dollfl
, He would have to ask for it. and than
1they would all know.
Norman was out in the front yard.
playing store with roll sand and pe
.bles and grass, and a beautiful pair
of scales that his father had brought
him the night before. He had weigh-
ed out and measured lnnuinernble tiny
packages of sugar and refine. tying
them up in great learns from the
moplc tree under which he was play-
lns. He had delivered so many pan
coin to his mother in the kitchen that
the» said she wouldn't flood anything
snore from the More for two weeks.
Then he decided to tulle some rice
and some dandelion stems, over to
the neighbor's house. She must need
something from the store. its crawl.
led through a hole llililvr the hedge
land started around to lilo back porch
next door. Half nay mound he stop-
ped in amusement. 'l‘lwro was a
Entrance little girl sitting there, a lit;
-. tie girl with tight pigtails and a prot-
ty blue dress. llo turtlril to go back.
than he thought that rlit' would he a
good one to buy at hie slurp. lie bur-k
rind on down the walk. and when he‘
was quite near flor he bailed:
"Minnie! Want anything from the
ixror mine today? Got lino things to-
day, lady!"
The little girl hold up her finger
warningly, and tau-honed lilnfio come
closer.
"Sh!" she said in a loud whisper.
“The baby'u built an them. you'll wake
her up if you lillli so loud and it. took
me no long ll: rmk her to sleep to
day; aho ianl fooling good."
: Slit! pointed with It plump forefinger
l
l
f
i
to n pliiou on the them behind her.
Norman upprmubed on Union. went
up the steps or the porch, and over
lie the reckor. ’l‘hnro. aouud asleep.
over the most beautiful dull ho had
lever unnamed film li: ul tight sunny
little uurla all oier her head her
cheuite were on pink as the lovely
a pretty dimple in her rhiII. Norman
drew in his breath sharply Willi do
.light. That wait a dull'. ile turned
to the little girl and naked in a low
voice. so as not to dlaiurb the sleeper.
“Where doesn't she fool good?"
“'1 don't know. “molly." returned
the dollle'a mother. “lint alto didn't
Want to no to t-lluup a hit. and i had to
walk up and down. and rork bar and
every time i thought «he was asleep
and wont to put her to bed. she druid."
"I’oer doll!" counnontod Norma
loftiy.
“Db you mustn't any doll! sum a
baby. and her name a Ruth. My name‘-
. Bunnie. What in yum name?"
A "My name in Norman Gray. i live
over ibarof where do you live? I
never law you before."
"1 litre in the city. i iunt came here
to see my Aunt neutrino. Do yon--
Ohi i‘ve been talking too loud. and
I've waited up the baby.“ finale
leaned over and plotted up the doll.
carried it to her brunet and began to
urban gently. "liaahnbr. Baby. Hill!“
shy. babyl" The dolls eyes closed
min. and Norman thought the van
weep p.
“Latin play henna” ho suggested.
"You can he mother and vii no father.
and we can both take oars of the
' baby" Norman longed to for bid
hand: upon the deli, but roadshow he
didn‘t like to nah. lie was afraid that
u ould look i
h- ‘the cradle rocked beforelabe would
ribbon at her throat and she had such .
nestle would finial: he am a altar ‘
‘ d . ,,
l Then she returned and a moment
later brought out a miniature blanket, l
which she hollowed in the curve of
‘her arms. Into the hollow went the
lbsby. and Bessie tucked the edges of ‘
the cover well around her. At tbol
i lent moment Norman remembered his
express wagon; it would be fine to
marry the clothes in that and after- .
.wnrd It would make a good bad for
ithe baby. He ran home and soon
came back with it. Then the little:
family went to take up its quarterd
on the piazza across the strait.
A pile of boards in the corner made
a good dining room table. the express
wagon by the aieps was the bedroom. 5
and under it Bessie carefully folded \
the baby' a wardrobe "its night time i
now." Norman said "and we Is all got
ito sleep while the baby does. That
:atep is your bed and this is mine."
‘ the stretched himself out on the bot-
tom step, and Bonnie lay down on the
i stop next to the top. where the baby's
lbed utood. She pushed the wagon
aback and forth a few times. explain-
i in; that the baby always had to have
sleep. Then the whole family slept.
It was only a moment that Norman
was quiet. After that. he opened first
one eye and then the other, yawned
mightily and not up. “My goodness!
"’1 morning!" he exclaimed. "Mother!
Get up! it's time for breakfast."
Bennie sat up. and rubbed her eyes.
"so It is!" she cried. "it must be 8
o‘clock."
"It's time to dress the baby. isn't
it?” asked Norman. Beanie nodded her
head. ”l'll do it now." she said. She,
lifted the doll from her bed. the doll'b
eyes opened wide. and for the. first
time Norman saw that they were a
deep. pure blue. That was Junt the
right color for eyes to be. The nighb
fleeting glimpno of a plump. pink body
before Bennie had slipped sonic dainty
white clothes over the early head.
town name off. and Norman had a:
i
lis held in. very high esteem
i
i
I
i
fns‘ a railroad man.
Norman thought that nothing was :
over so lovaly as the doll when she ;
zwas all dressed She had ting
red bows on the shoulders and a red
sash.
kiss on the doll'a chubby fare.
Now he spoke.
"What. are We going to have for
hreahfaat. mother?" he asked.
"Egan." roplimi Donnie. of retiree.
and coffee and bread. But I have to
make the buds before. I make the
breakfast. l‘apa, will you hold the
baby and Hi make them now."
Would be hold the baby!
be! He held out his arms in silence.
lie was too happy to speak. “You
careful not to let her fall nhe might
be killer." warned the little mother.
She animated the baby under her chin
for a remnant. kluaod her: and held
her out in Norman.
The doll reeled awkwardly in his
unaccustomed arms. "8hr: dooan't
. know me yet." he apologlard to line
held the doll moaned tight agalnal
him. {somehow she didn't iii the way
aha did into llmio'a neck. lie lifted
her a trifle higher. no that the doil‘a
cheek rented mllllif his own. it
“wasn't warm and responsive as be had
expected to find it-wit won only cold
and stiff. She didn‘t cuddle at all. ‘
The tighter he held her the more
uncomfortable it was. Something was
wrong. lie looked into the duli'a eyes
was no friendly glance in reply. 8nd-
deal: he wished that Beanie would
count and take her.
nicer to watch beanie lure the baby
than to love her himself. He turned
hash to the hence and walked my
unfairly, he who had strolled on slow
it away a few minutes before. It
counted to him that he had gone I
mt distance. his stumbled up the
Item beanie bad just finished malt-
ing up this braille. and was looking
down at him.
He held forth the doll yer-y greatly.
but very decisively. “Take the baby.
mother. and kiss her , a stud. “nailing
like it better to he wt *
ii. loom absent
in buy the h
, , lieu .
j and “tinted her again;
. lib
faeigngpw diff ‘
and smiled reaaaurlngly. but there:
red i
shoes and sucks a white dross with i
Beanie tied a mile of a rod bow '
on the aide of her head and. as a lln- i
inning touch she printed a sounding ’
Nero
Inna had aloud watching in ailenccgc
i thing of a wonder in its day
Would 5
. Previously to January I.
can take her for a little walk and be
e f’ifitifwilii.
;ilwontyrono new equpanlos.
lie. as he walked down the path. Ila -.
it wan so. much .
El. Lake. of the Westernrdivislon is
the man whom many consider the most
prohflhle it is known that Supt Lake
by the
well-informed
powers that be. and
; railroad men figure that he will be ele‘
voted to the position. if the report of
a creation proves true. During the
. w years that he has been with the
New Haven road, coming from down-
south. he has shown wonderful ability
At present his
office is located in Waterbury, where
‘ it was moved comparatively recently.
It seems to be the policy of the road
to reduce these superintendenciss as
much as pouaible. it in only a few
years ago that there were eight dlvis~ >
.ions and batik in the time of Presl-
I dent Charles P Clark. Charless
liens predecessor. there were sixteen
divisions between New York and Boa
ston.
.Meb
.—
Hla Source of inspiration.
The young Women members of an
lndisna literary club were one day on-
tertaining a "lion" in the shape of a
novelist of that State. when they fell
to talking of the sources of inspira-
llu‘ow . ‘
"What furnishes your inspiration,
Mr. 80 and 80?” asked one young
woman.
"It comes from my wife." was the
reply.
. “How charming!" exclaimed the
dab in chorus. “flow. lovely and
.denlistlcl"
The novelist smiled sadly. “Yea."
ountinued be. "when my muse shlka,.
or i feel like looting a hit. the wife's
demand for a new frock or for addi
tional household funds spurs me to
renewed effort. and my pogaaua be,
glue to bump himself in real earnedt." .
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Age of Trinity Church.
The present Trinity Church was
built between 1539 and lSiS but the
site on which it stands harks back to
the beginning of things in New York
will“. fit the time it elude into the
possession of the church New York
was but a village olualerod around
the Battery. with never a dream of its
future greatness. Tho spire atop the
church today is 285 feet highwsome
seienty
years ago. but surrounded by ally-
scrapers an it is today it appears to
be but a dwarf.
‘ Automobiles in Detroit.
The city of Detroit manufactures
more automobiles than any other city
in the World. but few appreciate the
marvelous growth of the indunlry.
ulna. there
were twelve automobile Iuanufaclur~
era in Detroit, with a capitalization of
During the year of 1909
with a
capitalization of 34.000.000. began the
manufacturing of automobiles in De-
7, trek-National Magazines
The
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of a pair of glasses lion in their
being titled right. We employ ex»
perlonued Ocuiietswfirndnnte phy-
sicians -~lo examine eyes and goat»
autos satisfaction.
hiainblllhod iii years.
THAMER
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we
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m3» So. Norwslk
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MAT-
TERS.
South Norwalk Council to Observe its
Second Anniversary.
The Knights of Columbus of South
Norwalk are arranging several affairs
for the next few weeds. ‘
A solemn high mass for the repose
of the deceased members is to bé held
in St. Joseph’s Church at the conven-
ience of Father Carroll.
The final treat and presentation of
card table will take plat-e on June 15‘.
Plans have just been started to make
this night an exceedingly line one for
those who will be on hand.
New names were handed in at
Thursday’s meeting for the retreat to
be held at Keyser island. June 2nd.
The clam bake in to be held next.
month which will be the second annl‘
\ersary. .
Think of the pleasure apolied-of-
the unnlacessaly pain and discomfort
you ve bade—then DECIDE. to have
your eyes examined today. -
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specialty» it's done exactly and relief
is certain if we fit your eyes.
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