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“A Kentucky Belle". was the
name of the very interesting and
charming play given by the
Children of Mary, of St- Mary’s
Church, last evening, in the Pars
ish Hall The cast was composed
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John]. King, «Bridgeport, ”Pre-
diet: a Great Victory Nov-
ember 3rd
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Charles H. Leedsful Stamford,
Tells at Industrial Situation
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The second big rally given by the
Republican party was held in Red
Men’s Hall, Main street. last night.
and between three and four hundred
enthusiastic followers lustily cheered
the remarks of the speakers of the
evening. The gathering was under
the auspices of the Norwulk Republi-
can Club, and invitations to other dis\
trict organizations of the same politic-
al persuasion brought out generous
response. From the Seedlid District
about 75 met at the Armory at 7:30
o'clock, where the First DistrlCt mem-
bers waited for a union of forces, and
all marched to the hull, displaying red
fire, and keeping step to the time of
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CHILDEN’S All) :SOCIE’I‘Y ,
IN SESSION.
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Annual Mootlng of Organisation is
Held at Ncwlngton Home,
1 Hartford. .
HARTFORD. Oct. SAL—The annunl
meeting of the Connecticut Children's
Aid Society held at Newlngton Home
yesterday, was presided over by Rev.
{Dr John T. Huntington, of Hartford.
The first annual report was made by
Miss Helen C Atwfater of Ne ew Hal'-
(m. secretary of the Playridge branch
She gave details of the several parties
entertained at the cottage.
11111;. M. L Griswold, of Rocky Hill
reported 647 visitations during the
year.
The report of Miss Elizabeth A.
Holcomb. noting as the treasurer.
showed donations amounting to $7.-
5568.
Henry W. Moi-“in. of New Haven
the treasurer reported mpendltures
of $26, (102. 1'15 and a balance on hand
of $10 707. 91.
Mrs. S. J. Cranc. of Hartford. the
supeersor gme a detailed account of
the work at the home during the year.
hue. hundrcd and sixty-nine children
were carde for. Five died and 5 were
discharged. The present number is
I‘ll.
° Miss E. E. Holcomb in her report
said three hundred and twenty- five
children how been assisted by cloth-
ing: eighty-nine cases have been re-
I”erred to doctors and hospitals
and 35 have been taken to dentists. 3i
childrn have been provided for in free
family homes. During the year tWelve
children have been adopted?”
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—LUCKY NUMBEKDANCE. _
Country Club tonight. Useful trophies.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB.
Members Entertainer! Yesterday by
Mrs. E1 11. Gumbart.
1 The regular meeting of the Friday
lofternoon Club was held yesterday
,with Mru. E. H. Gnmbart. 27 Fairfleld
avenue. The subject was American
Poets, and the program was as fob
[Edith M. Thames, Edward L. Robinson
and Ruth Cameron—
By Miss London.
Representative Selections—
By Miss Dibble, Mrs. Ooburn. Mrs.
, Godfrey. Mrs. Kendall, Miss
, Swartb and Mrs. Oelschlaeder.
Ber. .
Blanchard.
The numbers will be entertained on
Friday afternoon, November 6th, by
Min. Kendall. ot Elmwood avenue. f
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Take Lunch or Dinner. it breaks
the’moifotony. 1Try it.
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Mr.'s.11d Mrs. George A. Whelpley
“and Sir Aladdin. Arthur Waldron en- '
doyed an obllo ride to Nysck,
Isabel Douglas
. abeth Kardos.
' » Catherine Povlovlch. Bertha finance.
1 Rosie Brekovalgy and Mr. and Mrs.
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of local talent and the young
pedple did themselves proud in
the clever acting The play was
under the direction of Thomas
H. McMahon, who has achieved
a remarkable reputationfor train-
fairs of this nature. Following
the performance informal danc-
ing was enjoyed. The entertain-
ment was a success in every way.
The program follows: '
“A Kentucky Belle.”
By T. Bell Chambers.
Overturc— '
Anthony Canty.,11ia11ist: Michael
McSally, William Ryan, James
Nolan, Thomas Howley, Vin-
cent \Villiam, Thomas Collins.
violinists; Joseph Millard. cor-
netist.
Cast of Characters.
Miss Mariab Douglas. a maiden
lidy with aristocratic tenden.
cics ....... Leonora A. \\ ard
niece of Miss
Douglas \Vitll democratic ten-i
dcncie . Sarah I. Donnelly}
Marie Van Harlengcr friend of
Isabel Itatlierinc A llccgan
Col. William MtMillen editor to
Isabel .. . Thomas 1. Mtupliy 1
Dr. Blake. :1 middlcaged practi-
tioner ...... Michael McSally‘
Miss Madden a trained nurse 1
101111 Cason Gordon. alias Jack
son Gordon
Miss Gordon, sister of John
son Gordon ..
Four Telephone Lincmen 1
William Hines Raymond Mag.
ner. Ward Prendergast, Wil~
liam Deegan.
Cindy, the negro maid
............ Susan Leonard.
Henry. negro boy. engaged to
Cindy. .Thomas Howley
Chorus Girls ..... . ..........
Kathleen Reed Agnes Sullivan.1
Mary Ryan, Margaret Rvanw
van Anna Baningosa.
The Scenes of the Play.
Mariah Douglas's home.
Act II.——Same as Act. I.
weeks later.
113) morning.
Time—The present. Place——
Blue Grass region of Kentucky.
,Solos Rendered in Act. I.
In the Hills of Old Kentucky,
Anna Baningosa.
In the Valley of the Moon,
Agnes Sullivan.
Fancy Dancing.
Kathleen Reed1 accompanied by
Miss Helen Dorsey.-
Vocal Solo
Mary E. Cassidy.
Vocal Solo,
Antonia Griffin.
Harpist—Antonia Griffin.
Under the direction of Thomas
F. McMahon.
Agnes Torpy in charge.
SURPRISED.
, A very enjoyable evening was
spent last night at the home of Miss
Thelma Morton. of this city. on whom
a large number of friends “sprung"
a surprise party which was a gem
uinne surprise in every respect. Mus-
lc. games. dancing. and other things
were enjoyed, and the refreshments
serV ed proved delightfuf. Among those
present were Adeline Cooker-tee, Elis-
Helen Star. Mph
Baxa. Emma Novak. Florence Smith.
Bliss MORTON.
Julia Sheppard. Em‘nm’ Gill, Marjorie
Barry, Thelma 'Mo'rton. E. .Hollck,
Edward Moriarty, James Wilmot.
.Lenry Barn. Joseph Kunllk, Henry
M‘arisak. Joseph Pesnok. Harold May~
new, Albert Younga, Albert Counter.
William Buohta, Peter mblanovlteh‘.
Harry S. Morton.- Mr. and Mrs. C.
Ruscoe. Martin Blan’ar. John Adams,
~New H0121.- MAI-lacksuo.’
Talks Lunch, or Dinner. ”it- breaks
ew York
ing those who take part in af— -
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Immense Barns of William Sher
wood Wore Destroyed Early
Last Evening .
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Some oi the Valuable lea Stock
, Was Saved
WESTON, Oct. 24. —-A blaze which?
night damaged the home and totally
around. One tree located 150 foot
Helen Dbrncy from the blue, was set stirs by the seven.
L30" heat. The house, which was
set from the barns, was set aflrel
by. the heat and sports from the blaze.
11.1111“ Dineoven Blue.
The blue was discovered in the“;
south barn at 8 o'.clock by Miss Ruth;
Ja aynas, 3 relative. living with Mr.13tl"flton~
'Sherwood. An alarm was promth 1nate. came seventy miles in a Belgian
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1T0 the Editor of The Sentinel.
1 Sir: The following 15.11.11 extract
fr r0111 :1 letter from an American wo-
lman in DinardiE‘mnce. which was pub-
1lished in a recent issue of “Idle":
1“Day after day i see hundreds of
lrefugees pour 3411 from Belgium and
ll‘rance, starvigu roused. despairing
from scenes 0! carnage and murder,
bereft of homes, relatives and resourc-
1138. They are largely peasants. but
many from Domain dud Charleroi are
cultivated. finely bred, and men and
women and children at all. ages. :rhey
are thrown like bits of wreckage by
the storm raging over Europe up to
:tbls isolated corner of Brittany, where
even the rich find money scarce and
where. in a fen1 weeks. coal and wood
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........... Anna .1. F 1crncv 1 colored the sky‘ior miles around. inst W1" ”6 scarce I130-
These refugees are adrift like leaves ‘
Cason a wealthy student of so- destroyed the barns of William fiber. in 3 storm, shorn 0‘ everything Which
ciology ...... John J. Dorsey,wood. a wash! farmer of Weston. A makes life possible The? sleep also
Mrs. Gordon. mother of John Ca» bull. 1.2 horses and about 20 pigs were on BMW.
saved from the estimation. “1011.!”
Wine troop for hundreds of lost: sight in ”thump 6f the Grand lio-
in cusses. cafes and villas.
Ibee‘or them. fut
tel. slept seven little girls. all under
whose ragged daintinoss proved
former love and luxury.
They have lost nib—parents and
,homHud did not even know the
names of their villages. Their feet
were bleeding from tramping fields;
their tearstalned faces pinched from
Four others, more fortu~
turned in to the Westport Firs Com- bread cart, pulled by 11 dog.
lpanles. which responded promptly.l l have toured with a young mother
and while they were unable to cope1Wl|080 MD! was buried last 111th A
with the blaze. which enveloped tho
istarted on the caves of the house.
Through their efforts hundreds of
from the barns. Directly followins‘
{German musket battered in its chest
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la“ Makovich. Helen Sulliw barns. put. out this blaze which haul when its mother tried to push aside
1the barrel which shot her husband.
. A child of seven has one hand gone.
AC0 I.—-Sitt1ng room 1“ Miss dollars worth of goods were savadi cut from his mother's clasp because he
detained her flight from a home the
170““ the discovery of the blaze. Mr. Shar- Germans were in haste to burn All.
,wood. rushing to the barn, liberated are innocent victims of an unrlghteous
A“ I” ”’1‘“? following Mon".sevsn horses and about 20 pigs, but1war, and for many nights slept in'
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Others Talk in lloodner’ 8
Hall, on Campaign
Issues
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RefreshmentsServed at the (lon-
cluslon of the Speechmakinn
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Ev erV candidate on the Republican '
:was unable to get the cows out of thei fields. dug for carrots with bare hands. 51am “eke, was ”mm, amazed by
building. which was fast becoming a;
roaring furnace it was entirely outi
of the question to attempt to put out
the blaze with the tacilities on hand.
Several wagons and carriages. five
tons of hay, uncountable fanning im-
plements and 120 chickens were in-
cluded in thwtoll of the blaze.
Mr. Sherw‘ood last night estimated
his loss at $60,000 and said that the
insurance which he carried would
cover but a very small portion of it.
Ten thousand square feet of barn
space was burned up and at 8
oclock all that remained to tell the
tale was a mass of glowing embers
covering several acres. There were
six buildings in a cluster destroyed by
the fire. 1
Mr. Sherwuod can imagine no way
in which the tire might have started
unless it was a case of spontaneous
combustion. No tramps had been
seen about the place and be has no
reason to think that it was of lncen~
diary origin. Scores of automobilists
fire. which an: a rodeoflou attracting
attention for miles hound. The dam
age to the residence amounted to
only $2001 ' .
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Notices: m being sent out today by
Secret:ry‘ Charles H. 1111mm for the
unitary some of the qbambsr or
Commute which ‘will 1111 nm next
Thursday evening, October 29. in the
Towmcourt room, First District. 0.
M. Robinson, of New Niven. will be
on hand‘to give‘ a talk on the Good
' 30de Movement.
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Auditorium. North Main street, by
. , Womu’ 11 Guild Trinity Cburcli.
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from neighboring towns were at that-11
drank from muddled pools, with 11198
flames of burning homes on the sky
behind them, and despair ahead. Their
clothing is in tatters. their shoes in
pieces. With our best eiforts we can
not clothe these hundreds who in-
crease dally. I beg you in happy, safe
America, to deny yourselves a cigar.a
theatre sestand no extra hat, and helpm
us to help them.
Ten1 cents will buy a child ten rolls
ofbrsnd. Fifty cents will cover little
test which never again will be caress-
ed by a mother.
A dollar will buy a shawl for a wi-
dow. Give, give. I beg of your gen-K
erous hearts.Ame1-icn has led the
world in charity for less worthy caus‘
es. vCompasslon bums no nationality.
Pity bleséus the giver and the poor.
You mothers, when you tuck your club
dren‘safsly into bed at night, remem-
ber these little beings. reared in no
less care and luxury. who are adriftin
a world which has used them ill. The
aged, too. like older children, having
you, have earned rest before death.
yet they, too. are cast out from homes.
lrndwing nothing of where dear ones
are, 111111.111» at the front ligbnlng the
' enemy which has destroyed them, for
honors sake .
in the nuns of pity and human sym-
partly. I implore your 1111, for America
1i; the only, place which we can turn to
110111.111, the“ tears; comfort (bush!
children; muons this tragic old its
motional prejudice is forgotten hero.” .
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«OTIOE‘TO AUTOMOSILRYSJ ,
i When you; go {to New 1111:. 111111.11
year our at W Bros.’V Sara; syn
scretary of State Albert Phillips. and
other speakers, at- a well-attended and
most enthusiastic rally held last eve-
ning in Roodner's Hall. on Washing‘
ton street, by the local Democrats.
Invitations had been sent out to Dem-
ocrats in the other districts, and
these were will represented.
It was planned to have Congress-
man Jeremiah Donovan as the prin—
cipal speaker of the evening, and it
was regretted that he was unable to
attend becauseoflhis work at. Wash-
ington. Following the ‘addresses by
Secretary Phillips, Sheriff William
Vollmer. Compensation Commissioner
E. C. Buckingham. of Bridgeport,
senator Hanford Weed. Judge John
Keogh Wallace Dann, and others.
those" present enjoyed the generosity
’iiberauy providedirefreshmeita. ,
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FIREMEN TWICE CALLED OUT
Last 01 ening Officer Robert Gainer
was in flames. Upon investigating the
officers discovered a baker had built
a (ire of wood and éharcoal, in the
bakery oven. and had left the build-
and as a. result the store tilled with
make. Someone telephoned a. hull—
slam into the Central Fire station.
The firemen. ‘upon their arrival. found
nothing for them to do. This was the.
second still alarm received by the
department yesterday. the other be,
in: a small the 111 the Studweli build-
ing on North 11111111 attest-
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South Nani street. 50th Norwallt.
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o! the committee in charge who had -
was notified by a South Main street .
resident that the Sanitary Bakery -'
lng.‘1'he chimney failed to i‘draw". ’ ,.
‘ ‘ments may merely mean that every available than is"
Ting. thrown forward to the LrancoaBelgiail frontier l
. _ , does not necessarily forecast the abandonment 29f,
:trimmed “a“ “9M3 ““1“!"va :9"'»',7 tlons occupied by the Germans.
the Germans and the wives of German officers in
you bottoming services doi- hundreds.
day A111 .3
Most Violent Fighting of Entire War is Now Oct:
ring at Dixmude and Between Dunkirk and L _
Russians and T eutonic Allies Around Warsaw fa
Przemysl. 7.000 Austrians Already Made Prison ,
Germans and Allies Are Gaining Ground In Tod"
Fighting in'France.
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PARIS, Oct. 2.; (1: 55 a. 111,—Botl1 the allies and the
Germans \\ ere prcparcd to resume today 011 the plains of
Ilandcrs the terrific struggle which has been going on
there for (lgys past. I’ublic attention continued
considmation for the
time being.
statement with the greatest care and although they are
impatient for a conclusion, tin: people apparently are as ,
, confident as «ever. 1-
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LONDON- Oct. 24 10 a. n1 ——A private Berlin dis-
patch, according to the correspondent‘oi the Central News
at Copenhagen, states that the battle raging between
Nieuport and Dixmude is the most important engage-
ment of the entire war. He adds that Zepelins are said.
to have given the Germanscousiderable support
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LONDON. Oct. 24, 4:50 a. nip—Telegraphing‘ from ~i'
Vladimir, in the Russian Government of Volyhnia, 1111-.
the correspondent of the Times ‘T
dcr date of Wednesdav,
says
terncss of the fighting iS probably one of the greatest
of the present war, is now raging on the line from Sam.
her along the river San to Prcmysl and Jaroslau and then
to the southward. I touched ox er a distance of about 65
miles. in the rear of the paralle to the Russian position, on
to . be
fixed on the left wing and other points of the long battle - 0
‘line in France received sccondan
lhc public as usual studied the War Office "
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w:
“A battle which for numbers engaged and the bit- .
which. at all points cannonading was terrific and uninter-4V-_~. . . .V
rupted, the batte having lasted for eight days.
“It is difficult to get details but‘Tl; appears that the f
Austrians started the attack at Sambor. but, were thrown .
'lhen a con-v
back by vigorous Russian counter attacks
centration of the Austrian corps attempted an advance
against Lemberg VV 1th the object. of bisecting the Russian
line. This attack was defeated with heavy Austrian loss
es and the capture of five thousand Austrian prisoners.
“Towards Jaroslau the Germans arecooperating with
the Austrians, who took Jaroslau earlier in the fighting,
but the Russians are now said to have recaptured the
town. “
LONDON, Oct. 24. 8 a. m.——The Petrograd corres-V
pendent of the Central Ners sends the following.
- . “Soldiers from the Warsaw front say that Emperor
William was personally on the field of battle. He was al~
most taken a captive, barely escaping by automobile.”
LONDON Oct. 24, IO :02 a n1.—-What a German
',-:military expert has called a life and death struggle for
, _?Ge1:many is still raging along the coast end of the west
. em battle front, and every ndication‘ shows that the in
vaders are hurling their full strength against the allie
in a determined effort to capture Dunkirk and Cdlsis.“
~ Strange reports come from various captured cities 1
' Belgium of the evacuation, 01 the preparation for hep;
titre, of the- German forces holding. them: but these mag
Antwerp is said to have been practically deserted
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