lit
street. 1st and 8d“: Tuesday or
nth-minty and August ex-
4...“ B o’clocL All Master
is cordfoily invited. Frederick
on. W. M, . Robert M. Wilcox,
‘4' it banter. No.3! in. I.M M.
-‘“ 1mm hanging Booth
street... to and uh Tuesdays of
montthly and§AuguIt ex.
tITdL’E‘v’at 3 o’clock. All Royal Arch
9 cordiallydorited Thaddeus
H. P Robert M. Wilcox.
f
' i'rrH MoawALK some or
Timon. . .
PMld nt—~Nehertliah Canoes
”IrPreoldanp—cbarieI J. Pldlleon.
«lavatory-Junk W. Hadley.
wrgrv-flwaw Garb-it.
MING SEMINEL TEL‘E.
4 4' PHONE CALLS
we Departrnept
pres—Business Department
“wBrmch‘Olfice.
glgo -—Editor' ‘I Residence .
pays—City EdltOr'I Residence
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Malone PRISON PAY.
(Mdriden Jamaal?) .
'rolt has a house ti; correction
the marvel at the country, lior
it hasbeen placed on such a success-
tut business basis that it pays .,.
Z R. Brookway was the first man to
hetltuti n and the seeds he sowed
half a century ago are bear-
; liill.‘ the patron House-2 or
4 phased its fiftieth mile-
44 ‘ owns; the last thirty-two
chi hr 31,;0006004 in profits wens
over to the city of D'etroit, to
“milieu of prisoners and to the
prisoners th‘e’mseiv.es -
91 cc 1880 the cit1 of Detroit has
" ally received some ranging from
.83 to 352. 711. 64. The original ex
” 4ré by the city of $189,841.36 has
tnrnéd back into the treasury
ditlon to this showing, the
since July,1901, have been
3 financial benefits ranging
$6,958.14 to $9. 670. 38 annuallv.
la Addition to amounts paid the
prisoners, some of which are sent by
"the men to their families. prodsion is
who are imprisoned on the charge of
abandonment.
This is accomplished under a stat-
ute which provides in 11.50 per week
{or the wifetand.an‘éaddltiona‘l . fifty
cents for each child under fifteen years
\of ase~be paid them out of the funds
'or the institution.
“...—4......-
..'RlGHT TO THE POINT.
wRussia talks about our traditional
friendship. Very good, but we di'slike
be seen walkingdown Main street
4 ‘ place his spiked brogans On the
'e'ck of acme one he does not like.—
.Meriden Journal
\ .
In Kansas City. t you thiow chew-
‘l’nsgum on the sidewalks or street
cars, the penalty is $5. HOWever to
Iohew the confection in public places
oesn't oifend the sensitive citiaens of
a Missouri city -Cincinnat Commer-
Tribune.
he Housewives’ league has discov-
tell that every woman should have a
Abbie “shopping costume," and the
" as‘ets will soon be asking tor
Ameraoaniziug very rapid.
The gii‘guments tor the
for the defense in the
art. the other
the raising of
also made for the families oi.“ those .
with a friends who occasionally stops
at Titerbo will take 4
*gle's Claw, Louis Bake. .
..44 loi‘. Helen " illor‘
...“, ’ ' '.i..
... ,4... . an, ,
“sibling and the old weld; out in
”force tail evening at the Iahuel Christ-
. ; am intrusion oi the Elm Methodist
4 Eplnoopalvfiible clue exorclaee. which
were held in the church in South Nor
walk. The altair was a happy one
from start to finish, the program be-
in; interesting and well rendered. had
the sin-priseeln store for the young
peoplemIny and pleasant.
4 The Christmas cahtata, “Old Kris
«Kringlef’ was rendered in such a. man-
ner as to be most pleaelng and accept-
able to all. the roads 9.940% doing ane-
ly, while the pantomime entitled,
WHarkJiarlt, My Soul, " struck a happy
note and delighted the listenel‘s
However, nice as the entertainment
and opening exercises were. the y as
people took their enjoyment i‘rom‘ihe
Christmas tree and the bomb distribu‘
tion of ”gifts Charles Grey prevail
himself to be I. happy choice for Santa
Claus and was ably assisted through-
out 'by Superintendent William Ewing,
whose eitorts in behalf of the young
people were met with success at ev-
ery; turn. . ‘
‘The tree was a btiauty and was hand-
somely dressed for the occasion. ”The
electrical decorations were also a tea
turn that added much to the succebs‘
ot the evening' a entertainment.
In the course of the evening. the
pastor, Rev. Jobn’4E. Zelter, who is a
favorite among the members or the
school, was presented with an ample
purse of sold. and accepted the same
with a few appropriate remarks.
The program of'the evening's enter-
tainment was 'as follow: ‘
Part l-—Opening Exereiaee.
Superintendent Wm. Ewing, [roaming
Organ Prelude. ...
Hymn;
Prayer—4i, B. Siauson.
Greetings brought by the pastor.
Part ll.
/
Pantomime—“Hark Hark iiiv Soul"!4
Interpreter-Miss Lillian EdwaLds
Soloist—undies Willa Miller.
Accumpaniet—Jllss May Fallon.
Part ill.
Christmas Cantata—Old Kris Kringle.
Marc-.h
Opening Chorus.
The Child's Request.
‘ Santa Claus Will Come.
The Watch Party. ‘
When {incle Was a Little Boy.
' lu~ Olden Times.
Kris Kringle's Fairies.
Kris Kringle Himself.
Just Wishing. 444,
Tickle and Tingle.
Fancy. a \
We Will dladly Follow.
Grandpa and Grandma.
Just About Ready.
Kris Kringle's Brownies 4.
Santa's Numphs.
Santa‘s Elves.
Mrs. Santa‘s Opinion.
Looking for Santa.
Christmas Carol.
Little Stockings.
Kris Kringlc's Coming.
Accommodating Santa Claus.
The Discovery.
' Part iV.
Christmas Tree and Distribution of
Gifts. Supt. Ewing and SantasClaus
acting as hosts.
Cantata characters:
Santa Claus ..... Charles Gray
Mrs. Santa Claus. .Misd Daisy Sample
Grandpa ..Clarbnco Brown
0
Grandma .1... . .Miss Lillian Edwards
Children~Girla~Boesie,4 Clara Ew-
ing; Marie. Edith Miller; Jean, Mar-
jorie Zeluif; Lulu. Hela'n' Vosbursh;
Amy. Ruth Ewing; Jane, Ruth Ray-
mond; Jessie, Mariam Ewing; Josie.
Irene Raymond. Boys-Harold. Cllt.
Hayes; Stewart, Daniel Young; Tho-
mas, Sam Hancock; Ernest. Marshall
Hoyt; Harry, Elton Hoyt; Percival,
William Hull.
Farles—Tinkle, Lois Hoyt; Tingle.
Luella Finch; Fancy, Mabel Hoyt.
Mary Hoyt. lrene Raymond. ' 44'
’ Nymphs—~Vlrginia Duke- Hazel
. 44 Dcwnes, Ruth Brush.
Brownies-restanley Hoyt. customs
Hayes, Ray Bhortvood, Fwd Gaining,
Frank Rowland; Russell Donnie, Du-
Mont McKlbbin, George Gridln, Alfred
Mills, William Ewing. “ "
Elves-JFoxee Ear Kenneth Haw-
kins; Rabbit's M John Wendell;
Bear‘s Tooth. Emory Hatchrnan. Ea-
Chorus—fine MlIsee‘ CIrriI Miller.
Annie Miller, vi
other. Wine Mll- . ~ ‘
the Grey. Hattie ; '
Coburn ..W Colonial. 90th:”.
taco. tel-north; 4
0n the very ulna invitation or Dr.
at his hm thunder arm. W
14. the regular ‘meetlng night. It had
been suggested that the doctor give
llli spine account at his own-law in
Colonial furniture. For the norm ;
Dr. cohurn bed prophet! I. paper for '
the occaIlon. ylunch he called: How
It All Happened Instead Of A dry
narrative, wsdleard the romance of
in such slimming “style that we could,
see the whole thing before our eyes.
it was at the sale of the old turniturc
from this home that Dr. Coburn
bought the first pieceI that led to his .
becoming a collector of line old for-
nishlngl. At the and or the story there .
was a shortwk on the history of line—
lien and Arbor-icon cabindt melting. ‘
(allowed by our being conducted over
the house for an inspection oi the
splendid collection of furniture. china.
a
which it contains. Over many of them
we stood,to be‘ told their history. or
how they were acquired: Returning
to the dinlnfi room. we found ready a‘
delightful little supper. The proverb-
ial late hour found us loath to go. Dr.
churn has; the heartyfibanks of the
members tor his generous hospitality.
. we we er it the object of this
Men‘s Chi is thoroughly understood
Pcrhape a word About. it may not be
amiss in this connection. it is I club
for man of the 1town without regard
to theirvreligioue aihllatlon. purely
social in its character. Maietinm are
held every month.4gcneraily in the
chapel rooms, and addreeIeI on varied
subjects are given by invited specie
era. There are interesting disouIIlonI.
supports Ierved,‘ and the general at-
while. The members invite those who
wish to come to the Meetings. it
seems that such a gathering glues an
exceptional. opportunity tor-t men to
get to know each other better, and
must be it real benefit to any common:
lty.
At the next meeting it is hoped that
the address will be swan by Judge
,lleers of ilrldgotiort. Later on we
shall expect to have the Rev. Frederic
Merwin Barges}, vector 61' Christ
Church. New Haven, for a talk on the
Passion Play. .
......”
MANY SUBJECTS DISCUSSED.
Bil-,F‘FALO N. Y.; Dec. 28 «The
courte and judges as govenrins pow-
ers, state coniititutlon’makiug. ancient
history and soothwastern history were
the broad subjects taken up at its
second day‘ 3 sessions of the. American
Historluil Association and the Ameri-
can Political Science AdeOClation today
‘4'Th44c Courts in Their Relation 10
Constitution and Statutes," was the
subject of amnddresa by Prof. Roscoe
Pound, of Harvard Law School, and itI
was also discussed by Judge Emlin
McClain, of the lows Supreme‘Coui-t.
and Prof. Enrst Freund of the Uni-
1'ereity of Chicago Law school.
. Papers on ancient history were read
by James H. Breasted. of Liniversity of
Chicago; George W. Botsfoni. oi Coi-
umbia; George A.-Relsner. of Harvard;
Charles Diehl, of the Sarhonns. Paris,
and Henry ll. Wright. of Yale.
W
AGENT CAPOSBELA PROMOTE!)
As a direct result Of his hard and
efficient' efforts. Joseph Capossela.
agent for the Prudential Life Insur-
ance Company, has been rewarded-b5
promotion to assistant superintendent,
and on January 8 will be transferred
to New Hsv’en, where he will have
charge of a start of agents. ' .
Mr CaposIela made a name for him»
self by winning the pairs for wearing
the most new business in title terri-
tory which includes nearly all oilNcw‘
England. He did some wonderful work
at that time and his promotion is for
HILL’cONsULTs WITH ran on
WOOL. SILL. ' -
wasnuvo'rou, Dec. 284.—~Rspreaeni'
tatives Payne, 0: New York, and lull. ,
had I long‘conterence with Wright
Tart yesterday about the wool hill
Republican members intend to lay be-
fore the House. There will be (anther
conIulte'tlonI with the president until
4W
mammalian)“.
that Howard '48. We. son of Rep
. . The current number of The Town 4.
‘4' churchmen mural» tile Mort-4i Int 7
J.‘Milton Cobain. tit. llaa’a Club not :
an old Connecticut house. mu to us ‘
engravings pewter, glass and textiles .4
moaphere of good fellowship is worth 5
merit. 4 , ~ .1'
of connectlcut, minoritytimemhprs 024 4 .. ‘
the House Ways Ind‘gmeans committee... 4.
aflasldrAitiIinade..
The news has come trout Fairnold . .
gran Heron, ..
II he who me
Of someone clee'a boat;
The age of woe to hatch.
#413,. in tin
‘ ...i it.
A fragrant weed to try
taste
4.0111)! dropped I match.
wealth
"s, In llama may disappear.
health
‘ He only dropped a match.
if
Incendiary—guilty one
-» ..~ (As yet not doing time).
. ‘ done.
That carelessness in crime.
. view,
And life its reddto‘t latch,
..THE FOOL THAT DROPS
it has been said that anywhere
The ”le afloat ...“
I cocking chair
But equal with him in the race, E
own or known disgrace
The tool that drape the match.
_What is it to him ii. in his haste 4
The folds of woman’s pride and
" 4 4 4 dangerousl nigh?
. V5135 Ea precious life recede
With flammhanccd despatch?
did mt do the shameful deed;
What is it to him it stores of
Or friends that walked in joy and
May nevermcre come near?
What if explosions uvaArd spring
4 A hundred lives to snatch?
4 He didn’t do much of anything;
You‘ll learn the lesson. are you 're .
But when your future home you I
No matter then how often you
May drop the lighted match!
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anoonrne’to nave answer will. crave came: T0 "Meer m JAN"-
,4 men HOTEL License. I carry.
it
Have Filed Remonetrancev with com- J. Henry Biakerrian. of stratford, May
miealonere Far Ahead of Louie Be Elected Master.
Berg’s Petition. 4 Plans are now being completed {or
Tympomnm Julius in Brooldield are the annual meeting of the garages“-
early in one field with I4 nmonstrance which is to be held in Erldgeport ‘3" ' '5"
against granting I summer hotel ll; January 9,10 and 11 and it is thought
cease under that law which was eng- that there will be between 200 and 300 ‘
sealed by Governor Baldwin for the delegates and guests present during
special benefit of Morton F. Plant' 3 the three day's session.
hotel in Groton. l Blakemsn May Be Master.
hrookdeid' voted no license by 27 The meeting will held it Eagle's
majority at the last election. A few ball but. the grease will hate its head-
weeks ago Louie Berg. who runs 8 quarters at the Hotel Stratfleld. There
hotel in Brookllcid. started a petl- in to be a lively contest tor the of-
tion around the town as provided by are of master of the grease Which is
"that special law. to get the signa- now held by 1.. Hfilealy. Faucets
three of half the voters in tavor of county is taking active interest la ._
granting him a summer hotel license. this contest and they are putting iorthl
which would run for four months. James Henry Blakeman of Sti'atiord-
The Antle Active. one of the best known members of the
The no license folks found it out orange in this vicinity.
and they got busy right off The) Mr. Biakeman has served his town
realized that; theyha bad a second iizht in the general assembly and he has
on their hands. As a result they clr- always taken a great interest in the
culated a petition of remonstrauce welfare of the grunge. Those who
and it has been signed by the follow- would like to see him in the cities at
ins citizens or Bmoktleld: masher feel Itht his candidacy will '
' A. H Mansfield. Fred H. Beers, C. meet with much favor throughout the
H Plckncy.s 5-13. Terrill. 3 Edward state There are 17 sranges in Fair
Starr Thomas 8. Curtis. Clarence E. field county
Vrooman. Merritt M. Clark. R N. Pomoni My“. Jamar-y 5,
4'oreen Alfred Sealers. H. w. Air The meeting or the Fairiledi Coun~'
drews Gerald B. Curtis.
this city before the petition for the “we the am, degree and they will be
summer license.
required. as Mr. .Berg has not yet, the “a“, convention is held a week,
secured the signatures of fifty per later. 4
4 cent. of the least voters of Brooltfield Acordlng to the plans which are now
an the law requires. As Brookdeid being made fer the state meeting it;
has 248 legal voters. it will take 124 promlflos to be one of the most “um.
signatures to the petition before the elastic held in some time. ‘ ‘
commissioner can "even consider the
request. The question of granting
; the license then rests at, the discretion
of the board ; ~
HELo'A eox anoint.
’ at A. held I very successful and an- I
joyable box sociable lssit eveain in
BUPEME COURT SESSION COMES the South Norwaik Trust 00mg”
NEXT WEEK building. The ma waI term at:
i.
4. com-twill be opened in the supreme whom they were matched Tm M
ORB?“ & 0%. John Hi me. 0:. lighted with we“. ONIMfI mm”
n" tended, the ladies bringing with then
b . 1 4
A“ “T“ "11 L.“ stature 0M4 boxes generously filled with refresh
,, w meats which were solved in the coarse
nuary term "I the superior of the evening to the partners wit
ins. Bartlet-d by sheriff Ed them was dancing which all 4 4
mm" “ 1° “M “w n was not until a late hour was.
ornias. and prayer will be guest- departed “? their. 1 4.
84h (We 'a Church. Amou’ the-cases
to as mixed it that or Harry I. peach
resin home a Bradstreet state,-
thcnt and profuse in that
not. to the committees in charge
flap...
.1 'I
ly Pomona grunge will be held in‘. W '9‘
The mmonstrance arrived at the Stmflord on January 34 and ”4 that . a:
odice ol the county commissioners in time a number of candidates will re... ;-
It may not be ready to_ take the sixth degree when? " '
Washington Camp, No 11, r. o s. ‘ '
Norwalk Chronicler