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LIGHT WANTED.
, s and taxpayers all over The
Its are beginning to wonder
‘e next move in the consultant.
The Norwulks‘ wtll bring forth.
he terms of the charter. which
spied on Julie 30th, the new
skiinewm come into being in 0cto-‘
‘ the meantime. some method
deal as, concerning the application
hummer of loosely drawn sections
l1; _
rlnyvourfoplnion the time is none too
it ‘ailfliusomething should be done the
our future. The town has ac-
mod the charter and must exist un-l
ermost of its provisions for at least;
Lo'yiears. it would appear to us that
:I‘lihférpl‘lhliel‘ authorities are engaged
studying the Iprolllem with the idea,
i putting it on a working basis, they
might strike a popular vein by in-
ming the public as to their prog-
s‘ss. ‘
V'I‘hcre is considerable speculation,
not now. as to who will be the first
mayoral the greater city, and as [0)
1 parties in regards to the election
f the several elective olillcers. Pen»
: “siltwottld be wiser to establish ai
abhor? of nomination and election}
t. and then lavish our energieson.
( obloction of candidates. In short,
a lootors of the town seek a light
ids them out of the darkness of!
dainty and ignorance.
Nominations for elective oillccrs
the flied with the secretary oi
tale in about a month and a hull.
" 1t behdhvcs someone to get busy.
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. TROLLEV TRANSFERS.
I The contractors who are engaged
"in building the new ‘lhridgs are mak-
ng good progress, despite certain
filaments to the contrary that are
oat-d bore and there. Certain it is
{but every effort is being made to can
the work. how genuine com
I; s are heard, although there Is
yo grumbling.
t. of the criticism is directed
‘ " tube trolley company no a no-
of its stand in regards to the
er‘systcm. Although .ilupcrintetr
flutter has made a statement. ro-
do most the demands of the pin
or the company to arrange a syn
I literally passengers can transfer
Welt avenue to all parts of the
Sills. we believe that the com-
éwiii comply with this domund
near More.
trolley company cannot afford
7 an arbitiury aloud on this
which so directly concerns
mic who one its “couriers.
policy might have been toll
it decade ago. flint times have
god. All public sorvloo corner»
is» found by oilporioncs um
. out their patrons. tomby hoop»
, l“. Warns their cocoon.
silent we siren cut-lulu
“ I Mrulirynn wo
marks.
"o PresidentTCharlca‘J. Rid. ,.
r you: will. in our Minion. -
p r light that
‘ cannot" if necessary.
any engagements that might interfere
with his conference with Ambassador
Wilson cdnccrniug the Mexican situa-
tion. ,
The situation has‘g-lven tho‘uugust
Senate an excellent opportunity to on-
stage in a. small sized party wrunglo
and yesterday‘s session brought about
a lively debata. Neither side spared
the albums feelings and Mr. iBryun
came in for a generous share of re-
sutsamn'uv burn/toes.
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late? , ‘
lliilillliillil u
“Willillililf
Many of ills Préliy Stonoaf‘ut
Upon the Canvas by-lllolsd
. Pooch Whose Homes
Are in the Town
Our nearby neighbor. Dorian, has
long been a favorite home for artists .
and illustrators. They have discover-
ed the gently-rolling wooded country. ‘
the various little picturesquc‘ltrcoms.
and the Sound, admirably adapted for
if there is any truth in the stories
sent corny ,King Constantine, ‘oii
Greece, regarding tile atrocities, prim-
liccd by the. Bulgarians. an unhappy!
future awaits the subjects at Kingfihe best known of these Is John Cona-
ohcr. whose work is seen from mouth .
Ferdinand. ft is extremely difficult to‘
believe that the people of any civilized
nation could be guilty of perpetuating
such horrors as the Hollsnic crown so:
graphically describesin his dispatches“
sent to American newspapers. Modern
history affords no parallel and perhaps,
never will. Suffice it to say “that If:
the stories are half true the worst is‘
not enough for the Bulgarian army
and its officers .
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SENTINEL
READERS’
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‘ “GIVE THEM A FIGHTING
CHANCE."
Editor Sentinel:
l have just read the article, publish.
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ed Monday, the 7th, under the heading i portant artist residing in the village
of “(live Them a Fighting Chance."i
It suggested these beautiful words:
Must Jesus bear the Cross alone,
And all the world go free;
No. there. is a Cross for every one.
And there is a Cross for me.
The. consecrated Cross 1'“ bear
"l‘ill death shall set me free;
' And then go home. my crown to wear”
For there is a crown for me.
the artistic life.
At the present time there are quite
a, number of experts of the pallette
and easel residing at Darlen. One of
to month in Life, Collior’s, and lodiss‘
Home Journal. Mr. Conacher is con-
sidered one of the cleverest, droughts-
meu of the outer door in this countm
A follownrtlst lately said that Darien
was the background of one hundred ll-
lustratlons by this famous artist. An.
other painter and illustrator of fame
is George Muendeil. whose home is on
Fivehlllc river. In lasl winter's ex-
hibit of the New York National Acad-
Thlu painting attracted a great deal
of merited attention. John C, Hurling-
ton is another artist whose work prin-
cipally in water-color. ls world-wide.
'l‘. Harkuess McCrea, another Daren
its, is a landscape painter of renown.
He has exhibited at. the Salon, Paris.
and the National Academy. New York,‘
Very many of his canvases have Dar.
ien‘ scenes for their subject. Floyd
'l‘riggs, although a painter of reputa-
tion. is especially wellirnown as a
‘carloonisf. He Was long outplayed on
the Nowa,‘Chlcago, and the Press, of
New York. ’
'i‘nal Durien has long been a favor-
iic home for artists is proved by an
article that appeared in the Stamford
Advocate, of July 4, 1876. The im-
prior to that time. was John F. Ken-
sctt. A the time the article was writ-
ten. George A. Baker was still alive.
Mr. lionsctt was born in 1818, and died
in 1872; while Mr. Baker was born in
1821, and died in 1880. Mr. Baker's
son. Henry M. Baker. resides at. Dar-
len all the year around. having rotir‘
ed from active business several years
.ago. He is the chairman of the exe-
cutive committee of tho Pageant As-
Dear Reader. perhaps not many of
M Wiley to the adopted by the 1)01lil‘,y0u know this poor mother as well asl
31 do. and how patiently she tries to;
bear this Cross, which is made much
:heavler by thoughtless people, litanyi
of whom J, dare say call themselves
Christians. This mother has been a
widow for the past twenty-one years.
These men have struggled hard to
maintain a home for themselves and
their mother. They deserve credit
rather than ridicule.
A FRIEND.
W—
MY SWEETHEART LONG AGO.
Just forty years ago, or so, in memor-
ies treasured train,
With hand in hand, 1 strolled along.
with my first sweetheart. Jane. *
The birds were sweetly, singing, and
the ilelds looked verdant green. l
She was the village hello those days;
my sweetheart and my queen. i
The little country schoolhouse, near
the old church on the hill 1
With all its rudiments of lore. they
any is standing still.
It used to be our trystiug place, to
watch the sunboumg glow, .
And whisper blissful thoughts of love,
to my sweetheart long ago.
~’
'llui Fats which maps our destiny, both,
seen me with her eye,
And liko it good old knight of old, fl
bade my June good-bylaw
'l‘heu Cupid with his darting spears.
came dazzling on the sky,
Ana snatched the flame of love I had.
no Jane could not ho nigh. .
'I‘he splendor of the ball-room. and my.
partner in the dance.
Had noticed it. change of sentiment,
boon far away pursuance.
shipw—qnita little did i lmow
That i should ever lose my Juno; my
sweetheart look also,
The trials and burdens of this life.
with my life‘s partner triad,
Then like a blast of winter’s breath,
the turmoil. martinis dread.
spirit it. has nodu-
drffting out to can
call Jonoto mo.
tomes. I know!
communication. .
Mommas
And when we plodgcd life‘s purlncn,
, west; FIVo Milo river on the east:
dud blessed we wore with children,
too. our joy and only pride. i
r den winding our the hills, or. dipping of us on. to 'bllfllb curious: or abuse
“down into the shady valleys, wen Molina am of our pim,;of rel-tumor
Had called away my partner. and her, and with ism aims, maples. locusts or to: uranium if no tun not shut»
lensatmiu; passinu some quaint talcum. on Well «am you reason.
gray homestead, out. white farmhouso, * praising sod loving.
«not i did not let him know how.
i
Then like 5 ship without a crew. that‘s
i
do an no Molt in “mans, was
sociation, and his fine business caper.
leave and cupabilitics have proved of
great value. '
Few cities can lay claim to two such
:urtists as John F, Kenth and Gcorke
5A, linker. Both Mr. Kennett and MR;
lilakor were on the committee that pro-
imotcd and established the lifetropolI‘WW,moon in COIllDillthl'lUl Theodore
inn Museum of Art, of New York. in
1859 Mr. Kennett was a member of
.th conniiissimi that superintended the
idccorailon ol' the Capital at Washing-
ton. Many of Kenoett‘s most famous
paintings are to be seen in the library
only, Mr. Mucndell’a most attractive, .
.cénvns was “The Road to Darien."
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vertised items.
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A. Sale of the Greatest Impor
cal housewives. We have presented this Sale fol;
years-eaohsyear it has been more successiul I be?
cause it is planned‘on a truthful basis in which gur-
own buying organization enters with enthusié‘fsm
and energy. Regardless of other stores efiorts, our banner “Alvtrbys
More for Less,” waves gloriously over all, making good, when put to
the test for Genuine Money Saving. Hundreds and hundreds oi items
‘deertised in our Big Four-Page Circular; hundreds and hundreds cf
-. items not advertised, but equally as good, in merchandise value. will
be found on our bargain counters and all departments. Car buying
stuff has taken abvantage of the market conditions and secured WOD'
. derfulstocks of merchandise . that will be sacrificed in this Sale at
Sensationally Low Prices. New and equally as, great Bargains Will be
uncovered each day during the Sale, as fast as they arrive from the
factoriesiand mills. No mail, telephone or C. O. D. orders filled on old--
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It Is Worth While
fNORWALK'S - susv- CORNER”
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ounce to all economic,
Make an Effort to be here at 9 o'clock .
ler‘s island, tho views are unsurpass-
"l was standing on the shore of Con-
tentment island. one summer Sunday"
Fay. author of Norman Ifislie,‘ “lilo‘
ric.‘ and other works, when, pointing]
.io the shore. and sea before us, he
said, that of its kiudv-cnd the kind
is of a very high order-«thorn is noth-
ing in the world finer than the scene
at Yale. and at the Metropolitan Mu-
; scum of Art, New York. Almost all of
these paintings have scenes about
Dorian as their subject. some of those
at the Metropolitan are No, 585. “The
.‘Old Pine, Dorian." No. 595. “View of
bong Island Sound“; No. 620, "florist
Scene near Darlen”; No. 624. “Even-
ing or Contentment island. Dar-ten";
and No, 657. “Rock at Burton."
George A. Baker's portraits are to be
found in very many of the important
ushering of the country. At the Mot-
: ropoiliun, New York, No. 535 is 9. nor»
trait of his friend. John I“. Konscit, '
Onion 3. it seemed in 1816.
it is owing to tho kindness of l“.
Lynch of Rowliyion, that we are able
to reproduce an article. headed: "An
Artist‘s View of Dorian." which up‘
poured in the Situmford Advocate. of
July 4, l87li. This article was pub-
lished in pamphlet form at the time.
the some being a summary of the re-
murks of the lion. Vincent Colllcr;
spoken at a meeting of the Buried As~
soclation. Mr. Collier said:
"Dnrton has many attractions for‘
the artist. The quiet pastoral beauty
or its lundscrapc. ugrecably dlversillod
.‘ on it in, with bill and dale and level
meadow. with Noruton rivcr on that
with Spring Brook. Broad Brook and
Good Wife lion sli beautiful llltlo
streams, running through it, and tar-
miuating in small lakes and broad
hays. before they spread out. into the
majestic Sound. ‘
"The roads, usually not in good or-
{5or elegant residence. afford hood
I look in vain upon the waves, and, drives and pictures at ovary turn.
, g "on. mm from the bill-M'fllbm of ton-sit. 'lfin in“ too
The distant balls of memory are tin! W KO?“ Hill. munch BIII‘. lots.“ to. too, my no my of the W
i‘“ till was room visas mound plural rim ohm mine. was
coups: snows lino. whllo clout. Ni '
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W; or: ‘
before us.‘ Mr. Fey‘s cultured iasio‘
land long rcsldent‘c'iu Switzerland. as
iour American Minister, makes his
loplniou of marked value.
i “That artists chose narlcu as their
summer home, proves its attractions.
loorgo A. Baker. whose portraits of
refinement or expression, purity of col-
or and delicacy of handling, rival Van
Dyke's, has long madu hn quaint old
ihomestead. on the pond of Good Wife’s
(river, his summer residence. The late
John F, Keusstt‘s 'lnst summer‘s
work.‘ on Contoimnont inland. whom
he had bought some land and built
him a studio for a permanent house;
will make thin pinco ruinous for tho
many generations his pictures In tho
Metropolitan Museum of Art. New
York, are prosorvod. Like Washing-
ton lrving‘a legend of zillion! Hollow"
and other sketches of his on tho banks
lot the Hudson, ‘tiicy no not for at
‘my, but for all time: The plane that:
attracts such men may he inure its NEP-
ntation rests on good foundation.
"For a hundred yours to come. ur-
tlsts, pilgrims. and the many loving
hearts that follow in their train. will
seek the rocky shores of Contentment
lislund, to look at the scenery that so
‘msrvolouuly inspired the mall or
Kennett.
"Now. for an artist to miss bill
on ton to like a nonprofits; his
owu wife, or child; more room some
thing suspicion about it: and fat why;
should 0. man not prions ills wife or
,tovmi' We aro read? enough. too many
M
'Ho'fi much '1
Marty I loved him: will} MOM W
. sy.’
And yet we have reason to be
forty weary years.
"i have traveled over nearly all the
States and territorlcs of our country,
and have nowhere found a more love-
ly place. than this. The exalted praise
which Mr. Nordlinff wrote of southern
California would learn him without
words of sufficient warmth if he were
to speak of this place with equal lust—
ico, of that country cannot be compar-
ed with this as an attractive home loll
man.
*“it is the same with all the territory
west of the Missouri river, Colorado.
New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho. Montana,
Oregon, California or Washington ter-
ritory. Now. if the artist he a Wise!
hanging of the temple,
sides tho scenery.
wasting nothinli.
painting if he had lived.
"While along tho share. the oyster-
mon with their fishing boots, in Moral,
or combine, on the show or on the
out, present 1 multitude or pictures.
How a 'Dlrltct F‘ostor no.0 would do»
litht to sketch In is nolsolmliood liko
ill“! “(but Wlufluhmbod pictures"
they would malts! Under the magic of
their whom such motorists would so
always pistol-lot. “
'"l‘lio blue-stone Episcopal Church or
«‘A land flowing with milk andhonjpiciures.
If it should be. as some believers
have it was attractive chiefly in com- think, that the future state will he
parison with Egypt or the witdernossfslmrli' a revisiting. with natures purl-
through which they had journeyed for l and and exalted. the places andscenes
in this world through which we pass-
nd. some of us will not regret that our.
earthly lot was cast in such a. placed
out land as this. and in the midst oil
lso intelligent, estimable and kind poo? ‘
pie.
EAGLES' FIELD DAY,
All roads will lead to Bridgeport!
next, Monday on the occasion of tho’
stats field day of the Fraternal Order
of Eagles since elaborate preparations
have been made for the entertainment, ’
of the visitors. The lotial aerie will
,aoo to u that on visiting Eagles do not.
start out on the parade without some4
thing in the line of refreshments. and,
cocoauut "“9“. broken, commercially ; have arranged for sandwiches, etc, to
hearted man.’ 88 Moses portrays ll"! be served at Eaglss' hall right near
character of his friend lluzaloul, the the start of the parade. before it {3
artist who wrought the choruhim uud farmed. The line of march has been
he will and laid out and while it is not too iirel
'horo much to internal. and delight bli"aomc will take the partition; throughl
‘ the host sections or the city and glvcl
‘fiiurdy Now England farmers or them a good Idea of Bridgeport. The
the old schoolwdcvout. hard-woflrinn.’ judges and omcials for the sports
wanting nothing. have been selected as well as tho
They and their farms and farm-houses Judson for the competitive drill of
afford splendid materials for pictures. the uniformed degree teams that will
There were dozens of those pie he tho main feature of the afternoon: will play the Mohegan. at tho Baxter
tumsuuo places that Kennett spoke of Plans have boon perfected for a. blsl grounds. on Sunday ottoman. at 2:30
dance at Basico‘ hall during (ha areal o'clock. On a", following 8113a”; they
ins. and-In fact nothing has Mon lolil will play tho Emerald A. 0.. of atom
undouo that. was thought. misfit in com ford, st finlimvs'on Pork. Stamford.
ductlvo ‘to tho comfort and entertain-i ’
moat of the thousands of visitors cxi
pooled. to grout has been the demand and inexpensive means of communi-
for tickets Krona some places that cation. Thor utford a direct way of
spools] trains will have to he run iu'csrrying I. message to the oils» who
sections. i
.WM.
WEEK’S RECORD OF RUNS lN BIG
LEAGUES.
Natlonal League.
New York ..................... 27
Philadelphia .................. 18
Chicago ....................... 2'2
Pittsburgh ..... .. .............. 26
Brooklyn ..................... 23
Boston ............... . ........ 10
i. St. Louis ............. . ..... ...22
. Cincinnati ................ ....24
r Amerlcan League.
Philadelphia ........ . ......... 26
Cleveland ...... ,. ......... . . . . .17
Washington .............. ...18
Chicago .................... ...24
Boston ...... . ..... . ........ 12
St. Louis ...................... 13
Betroit ......... . ..... ........29
New York ................ .. .. .20
international League.
lNewsrk ........ . ...... ........25
Rochester 32
Buffalo .30
Baltimore to
JerssyCiiy....................14
Providence .23
Montreal ...,..................19
Toronto .......................llil
SHAMROCK'B V0. MOHEGANO.
The Shamrocks, of Booth Nor-walk.
identical Wants are it quick action
i will he most interested.
lforoton. with it. any spire pointing
hoavonward throuch tits trees. and
surrounded by its pleasant hamlet of
neat. houm: the stately front of the
Congregational musltozlnoiuls u Dur-
ion, with its confound historical w,
contiguous; flit! old nod mill, roman
”block tad pioturuuuo bridle. and lilo '
old disarm at upper rm this an:
or. the dismal com at. Honey’s
Pond, dis caudal misuse“ o! _
sailboat bow ”mom
_ “this! out any on
Islam WM. W03. norm. ,
' ' ‘ . fission. Collards: and
GEO. F. PENTECOST. JR.
PIKWW ”AIRMAN comm 0F LANDOOM'B ARCHITEOTO
DcVeIOpHient of Country Places
noxohouinauurlou. maniac. supervision or Imam
II'I'A'I'EflJLANTblh AND TENN“ COURT!
ultrnowmi'iL-n'undmurooumn a. v.
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