WHAT an I?
”either the weak and comfort the
. weary. I make homes contented
. dud happy.
.VI transform cold and miserable
beings into creatures of joy and
ladness.
9
,«make pleasant the bleak and Gottlit‘bs
dreary day; of all the year. K
I» turn cheerless Winter into gen- Men 3 Women andV.
ial Summer and make a change ofV
_,: climate unnecessary. !
V.AIAM ooAm >~ , , iSiippers at 50c to $2
have health and strength. I'
M
I
UNDER THE MIS-
TLETOE—DON'T MISD
THE OPPORTUNITY.
We take the opportunity of
again wishing our friends and put-
rons all the compliments of the
season, and of assuring them that
any orders for ready-made Clothes
intrusied to us will be attended to
in such a manner as to insure their
good will and (outiuued patronage.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
$7 8r $10
11 NORTH MAIN ST.
'There..is no more
«Gootl Comfortable
Children’s Fancy
w‘|__ MAX WLEV i “.0; (lur illothus i.,odae .\'o. in,
l
i
m wasumarou eraser BRIDGE . W"; "Mm,”
SOUTH NORWALK
Conheally &
Bracken
welcome Christmas
»;Giit.than a Pair of
5-Ocents
‘to$2.50
ConheaIIy &
Bracken
IPAWASHINGTON 81’.
Tel.“ 863-4
An Ideal “New Years
2. _ ~SPEOIAL HOLIDAY BOXES
TB. J. REYNOLDS. Mfr.
Gift for “Hint”
ROGER LUDLOW ‘
“with rmmotshaen
V ‘ A new pair of shoes? Where did
‘ feather beds.
.you let me know ahead of little.
For your New
Year’s ' Gift
NOACK’S
36 NORTH MAIN ST.
George finds His Son
Georgew'What does this mean?
vou get them?
Son—~Mnmmn telephoned iii to
Wm. Effrou. 35 Fort St., East Ner-
walk. who pays to lb. for rags and
best prices for rubbersFmetals and
He doesn't go
around with bells, and 35 Fort St.‘
must be on the wagon. and the '
driver must give you a duplicate
bill with name and address. i
am taking orders out of town. if
TWIN CITY
NUGGE'I‘A
LITTLE GEM
CIGARS
x
ALL DEALERS
“Henry W kens AV_
" CHRlsTMAS.
17 NORTH MAIN ST.
' PHONE 336-5.
BUY
Hazelton
COAL
The B. Hershfield 8; Son 00.
Tel. 294. 122 Water It.
_, . (cmt tcry.
" {submerged when China
”——
CANES, sasxsrs,
ADETO’Z'OREERA... A
we was now READY FOR
7 COME EARLY 2’
ANO‘ AVOID THE RUSH. -
SPECIAL—5 La. sox A837. 2
cuocouras, $1.00.
PIPES, .2—
by
More .girls are strengthened
Deposit
n
V oath Norwaik Saunas
«W... ......~... -_‘..
“Fifth grade this year, Tommy?"
‘ try”; flit”
“Y‘ou’ re in .decirnVals of fractions
nVV,ow no doubt?"
“No, sir. l'm in rochet work and
clay modeling now. “—Louisville (.‘oar- the first
ler Journal. .- *
The woman who, learns how‘ to
A man nevercatches any fish with
. the. yarn he spins about’them.
-wm... :— *__._
Did You Got Money for
Christmas 3
it in
«be drawing interest, assnst the“ thiso when yoa‘hi
William 0., Nico".
William C‘. Nicoll. a prominent law:
yet of Newark, N. J., who died at his
home on Thursday nuiminx, had been
for many yours a summer resident of
Belle island, and had among his Artemis
a large number of residents of this
city. The funeral was hcld Sunday.
Funeral of JIMOI Caleldy.
James Cassidy, the
road in New Canaan avenue Sunday
morning, has no relatives nearer than
Massachusetts. lie will be buried by
tho town tomorrow.
Funeral of C. A. Burr
The funeral services of Charles A.
liurr, ot".\'orwnllr, the veteran fire-
fighter will be bold li‘rom his into home
on Wednesday at 30 O'clock, and in-
ltcimcnt will follow in the .\V‘oru-hlk
ltev. Frank D. Torrey, pas-
. tor of thc Norwnlk Methodist (i'hurch,
will oiliciatc. The members ”.f tlIc
INorwnllr Fire Dcpartmcnt will turn
I out, In II body in honor of the dccenscd,
who for t'oriy years had been a Inchi-
her of ’l hocnlx Engihc (‘omuam and
for thirty scals their lroiIsuIcr. ’I‘hc
pnll beams will he thIcc incmbcrs
l. i).
llurr was a prom-
.oi which Mr.
. "L... ._....,.....
PASSING OF WHITE RACE.
:Annc Warner Discourses on the End
i of Present Civilization.
l l \voudcr how soon all we of the
white race will learn lilo llillil lesson
and ~rcm‘cti'ully‘us mans Olliti‘
rcliolurs— A out of school into the larger
world, of which wc, as othcr school
children, arc lurucly ignorant. livery
race lives its lii'c and divs its drain,
illlil ali‘the hut,- and outcryns to war.
diyoicc. chucuhs.Vwoman. and all tizc
rest of the useless clatter are but the
marks oi man's rebellion when he stars
tiI inevitable close at hand.
it in ii pitilully iimilml view that
sees this world as the only cud; al-
push~~
throat as pitifully limited as the tiny
brain that can conceive a tihilie soul
VllvinIz u singly human life. Why do
“we or the white race chat our wings
.so cruelly, because our day is almost
ovcr here? a "hero" uli‘.’ Are there
no other planes on which the lllvine
will can inaction? is our end here
any more of an end than the. death
of any one of us is the dcuth of his
country?
One would suppose. to read the daily
pnpcru. that the universe was to bc
awaken. or
that tnél Japanese managed to extol
entirely outside of tpe Maternal Par»
pose We allow that the Egyptians,
,the Minions. and the Roman be-
came decadent and passed away. and
we scream and shriek when the signs
that. preceded their fall come flashing
among us. One would think that by
some natural perversity women grew
fiat-chested and then ended flourish.
lag cleIlaatlou. Whereas, the truth
is that every unnatural development
of modern life‘ is an effect and not a
cause, and merely marks the ending
of the material manifestation of one
klnd-‘of man. .
No man knows the. secret of life, but
"many men dare to declare that Death
is no secret at all, that it is simple,
clear. and final.
' Our race has several centuries to
live yet, because we must each live
here, until we have learned both so
crets; Then, when the mortal really
understands the meaning of what he
professes to believe now, it will not
be so vital a thing to hlru who fishes
in what water or who buys and sells
upon what shore We shall hardly
make as dignified an “inward end as
the Romans did before the Goths but
we shall step onward and upward,
.wluged by better Vivork (in higher
nes. Each ‘race has had ltsidls.
'tinct kind of problems given it to do,
lands the Roman had his and we labor
inowua-t ours.
There is no excuse for faltering or
loitering because the end approaches
The last nail is as much needed as
'.we should be gone, now.
There is no reason to complain nbr
to regret. Tomorrow is the time in
cook will never knbw the terrors of which to do better not yesterday, '
ldlehtss.
i There is no need for fear. , The lur-
born child «loss not fear, and we are
just as blind, as safe, and as certain
Vof a future life _.as he
But the thing to do is to throw away
the silly chase alter patent medicine
to restore youth. beganse‘no amount
of steel-plates ‘1le granite-fronted.
t0.
earthworks can restore strength
the aged race—and to apply ourselves
earnestly-to the teaching ofwtne “lit.
tie ones."-Anne ‘Wsmer in Thelma—
don Opinion. ‘ ‘ ,‘
Some day there is sure to be a real
.eruylng opportunity for you in one Of
the As'snai‘iai {finder nes.; Every
day they“ a fishnet ”Every day
more and more people “turn t8 than,
r._
V’ ....wlth ."nn erase hotness“ .
-4... ... WWW s...—
" my mulls.
nurserylnan '
found lying dead by the aide.of tbe‘
if we were not necessary
1...”
TUESDAY, DEC. 26, 1911
lllllll ill lilll SIREN
WALL STREET. 10: 10 Va m. --Le- ~
high Valley. was the brominent fea-
ture of titerst‘ock market today, when ‘
trading was resumed after the triple
holiday period. Opening with a gain
of 1-2, It was forced upward quickly to
a point above the previous close. V Cau-
adlan I’aI-iiictalso advanced a point.
{rue list in general was irregular.
t‘hnngcs were small.
WALL STIREE’I‘, ii a. in.~TlIe
slight buying movement in evidence
at the opening was not continued. The
list fell back a fraction and became
stagnant at the. recession.V hellish
zVuiley was offered freely on the ad-
'vunce‘ and reacted 11A to below last
wet-it's closing. Great. Northern tire
(‘criilicaics fell 1%,. Dcnver and lilo
(:rmidc and the lhfithlchcm Miter-i.
stocks gained 'l and American Agri-
cultural ('AlIcnIiI'ul Md. 7.‘_.
m
WALL S'l'lilillil’i‘, Noon.~-’l‘rading in
stocks fell to nominal proportions dur-
ing the morning. The market remain-
cd in the hands of professional open
ators. whose hchrish sentiment was
rcilcried in tho reactionary character
oi‘ the list. .\lorcmcnts were narrow,
except in the chaos of a low stocks.
Lollirzh Valley and irchi Northern
Ui't' (‘cl'llilcnlcs wore lilo marked ex-
ceptions. lJ‘lllKll Valley gave way
sluggishly until it touched on. H. coup
parcd with let; M, the highest price
on rccord, made earlier. Its “'(“llls-
ucss was [snort-d by tho otlu-r active
slacks, which continued downward at
a level slightly below Friday‘s close.
fllcul .\'oithcru (ire (Ml‘rlifltulés also
Iiovcimicd dccidcd wr .,lkucss falling 3
points to mile; Smut short selling
was utiribuicd to uuconiirnicd II pom:
that ii (tbuhttc would he made in tho
prcsldcncy of the t‘oinpuuy. Honda
wcl'tzl t‘iltlh'l‘. is
213131,.
\\'Al.l. S'l‘itiih‘il‘, l p. m. liullish
inlcrcsl was rcviml iII licniling and
it )1va a point on incrcnsml business
Auralmtuihmd t‘oppcr, l‘ulon l'uciili
and U. S. Steel also moved up i-‘.’ in
:3-4. The demand for ll. 5. Sit-cl rose
'from the annouuctmicnt that the cor-
ponition had largely increased its pro-
diIction and was now operating at
(flier .\‘0 per cent. of capacity. Rumors
of further advances in Steel prim-s
were also circulated. l
-mmm
—-—-——--I~
STEEL TRUST GETS EXTENSION.
Till-:NTON. .\’. at... Dec. 26 1 mod
States Attorney Ypsilanti in the l' nil-
cd states Circuit Court today aunonnc
ed a Inrthcr extension of time had
been granted for the filing ol‘ answers
in the suit of the government for the
dinoalltiou of the United StatesSieei
(‘mntlon The time was extended
from the first Monday in January to
February 1 in the case of the linked
States Steel Constitution itself and for
twenty‘iive or thirty defendants in the
case.
The extension was granted in Mr.
\‘reeland with the apprmal of the lie-
pnrtment of Justice.
The only defendants out of the en-
tire sixty who have not asked for an
extension in time are John D. Rocke-
feller and John D. Rockefeller. .lr.
__.. -..W.. ........WW_. .»
A LOCOMOTIVE'B assumes.
A writer in the Railway and iflngin
ecring Review recently gave the in-
teresting results of a computation of
the‘hverhgc daily earning capacity of
the American locomotive. The esti-
mate took account of time spent in
the repair shop, increased cost of re
pairs and renewals. and the cost of.
fuel, water and the engine crew. The
average earnings a locomotive a day
in the east,are $124.84. and on the
western roads $180.84. The highest
earnings in the west are those of the
Santa Fe locomotives, which Work out-
at $149. 53 a day. The highest earnings
in the east are on the Central Railroad
of New Jersey where the average is
$147.06 a day.
fiAlEi-T‘NANL iN’JEVWE MINDS.
STAMFORD, Dec. 3625-— e' hun-
dred dollars' worth f jewelry and thir-
ty dollars in cash was stolen from the
safe in the wholesale fruit house of
{Samuel Cohen & Company. The jew-
elry which was the property of Mrs.
Samuel Rosenbloom. wife of a menu
her of theilrm. had been placed in the
safe for protection. The robbers pried
the safe open. -
'raIsra-AM FOOTBALL MANAGER.
Robert D. Tristram, son of Mr. and.
Mrs. Charles F. Tristram. of EastWallA
stret, was elected manager of
varsity badger football team for 1912
eta recent meeting of the Athletic
Board of the University of Wisconln.
D. C. Dania. of Madison, Wis, was
"chosen assistant manager.
Teacher~Waldo, name one of .the,
bestelrnown characters of fiction.
VWinido (ii years old, supercillously)
h-Ssllta Claw—v—Puqb . .
WW“ ,
No than known he texture or his
dreams as well 53‘! does hisabetter
half ;_ I l,
w
Acret of permanence in their
the ‘
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our doors sro s
3 and s Gazette Building V «V
spawns, QONN.
on".
oneoee‘
oft
NOVELTIES. s'rc. .
Caterer
(‘nicrlng for lieccptious, linii ,
Weddings, (‘ard l‘nriies, or wll
furnish waiters for all ”(THDIOHIF.
.lust dIOp inc it (Bill or call i
Wm; Youngl
12 RAYMOND 8T.
60 dazed WeVstpothI
Eggs 37c doipen
at our NORWALK
. Store 3
Homer 8. Beers V8. lilo.
u w. WASHINGTON 37.. no. ‘uon,
39 WODWARD AVE» 80. N I.
13 MAIN 87.. NORWALKA
LITERATURE lN EDUCATE N
it is wise in studying ilteratur
Henry Van Dyke. who (inscribe
mil in the New York Times as "
him-
teacher wishful Io do his wank as
well as possible." to begin at tile be—
ginning. Now the real besinuflng is
the art of reading; that is, the hblllty
to rend with imagination. with tympa-
thy. with pleasure. No doubt thelieach-
or can tell young pupils many hhings
that will make books more interesting
and more alive to theun Tllt'l‘ more
shnply he tells them. with distinction
and inspiration. the more good he will
do. ‘ V l ' V
it is silly to give courses in cohipara-
ilvc literature, and esthetic criticism.
and the philosophy of fiction. arid met-
rical science to school chlltireni What
they need first is to learn to retid good
books. and to like .them bettslr than
poor ones though they may not’ yet’be '
Arabic to tell why.‘
Then come the higher studio of the
history and tha.iaws of literatu e. The
elements of power in books; th ir rela-
tions and connections in the s me lan-
guage and in other languages; V
rt: the
development or certain ciassl
n isy ef-
he ethi-
ed from the. perpetual and
fervescence of the formiess;
cal and social influence -ot,‘ hooks; ‘
these are interesting subjects In study.
and it ought to be possibleto use them
in such a way as to main; them
strengthen the faculties of p 'rception
and taste and judgment through the
intelligence and dis
.That he what
experience of
crlmlnatlng pleasure.
you may call culturewthe 1““th of be-'
ing pleased with lhe best and kno’wing
Will'-
The method of studying lliisratnre
should always be literary. Talte a nov—
el or a short story—one that ran prov-
ed its power to give pleasure y the in-
terpretation of life—and rea it again
to set a new and apathy?” ill” -out of
Learn to know t in as a‘
real person who has somlit‘h s ilo‘ say.
Ask how the story is t thevhero,
or by a minor character in to plot 0r
by a creative narrator who Lops, not,
only what the actors do.- but 160 what
they think and feel. Ask w ether the
story ready moves, and w Pthér its
movement is controlled b chance
and caprlee. or by somel
to a happrenouement or a rule and.
I Ask whether the people i the story .A '
say as ;
wrltv .
cr by vocation. and by avocalon of
.tlie se-‘V'
forms
in prose and verse. and the possible
evolutions or new forms as disttn~,
-ln char. .. ,
acter ‘an‘d‘ has. wniiiiii aidVlA naturally .
l aring’ ‘ i
e Holiday Stocks f
BIG REDUCTIONC ALLiVOVER THE STORE OF A GREAT VARIETY OF USEFUL AND FANCY AR-
TICLES, CALENDARS, BOCKLETS FOR THE NEW YEAR. BOOKLETS, LEATHER ‘GOODS,
METAL
Bargains 1an the Basement-20 per cent. reductiOu
i
ON ALL OF THE HOLIIFAY CHINA LEFT, INCLUDING THE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AT 256, SOC, . ‘
75c, 31. 00. ‘ . i
H. Krieger 81 Co.
The Leading Family Outfitters;
in The Norwalks ,
./’“' —.
Do\ your trading here.
We. can supply Agyour
wants and needs irritations;~
you being compelled to
lay out; a. V whole lot of
money at one time.
Our System ot Charging
is so simple and" our sys-
tem, of collecting so easy.
that the pangs of need . ~
never enter your home.
From now on, the Profits -
on “our Goods. will ”be .V
out to the minimrim and
we want; you to take ad-
vantage of the extraordi-
nary Ofer. .
‘vcm,
I?
develop, for better or for worse. and
how. far the change is credible and sig-
niflcant. Ask whether the style and
manner of the author have helped or
hindered him in the telling of his title.
Ask, at last, what effect it has had
upon_.you. and ‘whather it leaves with
you anything that you care to , keep.
These, it seems to, his are educational
questions, and they may be asked and
answered about works of literature
without denaturing them. 4
Strange to say, .I have found that an
average class does better with a
course in poetry than with a course in
prose. Perhaps this is because poetry
has a more concentrated power. and a
more distinct form. -
The printed word is a symbol.» The~~
’reai word “broken and heard. L'i‘here-
fore readliflh'aloud is indispensable in ‘
‘the study tit poetry ind drama. and -
helpful in the finest formh or prose. '
{.
“WEAR, A BENJAMIN"
Start the New Year with the V
right‘kind of Clothes. There are 3
no better reads- to heal Clhthes ‘
Amade' than
“Benjamin” '*
We are exclusive agents ”tor , ""5
this famous make. ‘
Suits and Over-coats . .
sin to $30 .
Arrow'Collarn........2 for 25¢“?. '
s. ‘3’er
" ii; Joseph Davis
. fa Wuhtnuton .Ill
The shirt will be wider r
> Next season to hide her.
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