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, JAMES GOLDEN.
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PROPRIETORS.
FRIDAY, DEC. 25, 1914
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MASONIC NOTICE
Old thl Lough» .103, F. and A. M.
Meets in Masonic Building, south
,1 Iain ”street, lit and 31} Tuesday of
" each months-July and August er
copied—at 8 o'clock. All Master
‘Ifuoifc cordially invited. D. Burr
Beach. w. 11. Robert. M. Wilcox.
sec. '
pence Wer. Net 38. a. A. M.
Hoots. in Masonic Building. South
Main" St, 2nd and 4th Tuesdays. o! l
, enchmnnth-July and August ex-'
‘gocptes-at 8 o'clock. All Royal Arch
Masons cordially invited. Charles
‘ .A. Tuck, H. P, Robert W. Wilcox,
' Sec,
CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUBS.
The Christmas Satings Club is one.
of the new things that has made nota-
ble success and has proveu to be one
.. of the strongth business boomers of
:1 the twentieth century.
iii at ever) one may join and realize a
' tangible benefit by having a member
ship in it.
' .“l’arents'antr cln'ldrvn; employer-sand-
omployees, young ladies andyoupg
' 111911.. the newsboy and the merchant...»
,‘ School teache1s and school children,
' all are Welcome. to enroll and have al
. place in the club membership
During last neck in nine of our near
"by. citiei and tow.ns with South Nor
1‘ “walk as the tenth. there were paid out
“in Christmas Club chcoki over oneil
. million dollars. The Christmas Clubs
":nre nil conducted by one. plan of 11 can
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South Norwalk was the first place
. ,It‘rihE'State to introduce the Christi,
’ mas Savings Club. Bridgeport oper-i
I uted one the following your. and with}
more than four times the population1
Of our city. with their Christmas Club!
.‘I-unning fifty weeks. paid out this year;
only twice as much as our own Christ-i
hymns Club which ran thirty-eight!
:jgweeks The people of Norw'alk genes!
[ally do well whatever they undertake,
f 'Ifwhich signifies praiseworthy stick-to-it'
511011.. The Christmas Savings Club‘
V an educator along the lines of thrift
t also inculcates systematic saving?
.and practical business conceptions.
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WAISTS AND NECKS.
From Chicago, the new- Paris of
c, nine fashion. comes a style edict.
or next summer that challenges the
under and «admiration of masculine
begin with, the‘ shirt waist is!
polished. At one fell swoop the gar- ,
cm long eulogised as the climacteric
it is a clubl,
It'is not a bit of fiction, that of the song of the angels
011 the plains of Bethleheg where the shepherds were
sore afraid throtglfihe blue :pf excessive light that broke
upon their vision, until the carol burst .upon their
ears: -—- “Fear not, for behold I bring you good tidings of
great joy that shall be to all people ,” and the refrain of
the heavenly choir,
earth, peace, good will toward men.” It is no fiction, for
as in nature so in the soul of every man there is. a sky and
in that sky a belfry where the song of the angels may be
heard as clearly today as by the shepherds of old Unv
less something in the heart of man does answer to the
song of the angels, unless, “Glory to God in the highest"
does mean the glorifying of man’s highest nature, pale“
the human heart answers hack to the Divine, Jesus Christ
could have no claim. upon us at all. '~
We want to feel in our heart of hearts today that God
Almighty cares for men. It is not enough that good and
great men should care. it is a cheering thought that the
world has always had leaders,—-—soldiers, statesmen, poets
inventors reformers missionaries ,—thcse have given. their
lives for the race. We justly celebrate the fame of these
men. Their portraitsscrowd our gillerics. we build“ their
monuments in our parks, the story of their great deeds are
embodied in the history-book we teach our children in the
public schools. But the distinctive joy of Christmastvis
not that some of earth's great: have cared and toiled for
the welfare of men, nor that some arch—angel high in
‘ heaven’s hierarchy has come down to earth’s battlefield,
not that; but that God Almighty, the Creator of the world
and the Father of our spirits, we want to know that He
cares—that God was in Christ.
We must not allow ourselves to he cheated out of this
marvelous“ incamarion“b‘y' any quarrel on the doctrine of
the divinity of Christ. The great heresy of our times is
not that one gives it out that he has been confused in trying
to harmonize the two natures of the Cl1rist,———the divine
and the human. God will never damage 1111111 because he
differs in opinion from him. The great heresy is moral
and not intellectual. It is that moral and spiritual obtuscucss
that fails to‘rccoguize (kill in Christ. Unless when we look
to Christ, we feel His divinity, challenging the best that
there is in us. bidding 11s claim the divine ,manhood for
which He stood, no amount of doctrine will t-vcr save us.
Doctrine is important, but after all it is only an intel-
lectual photograph of the life within. Antlif it is more
doctrine it is not even that. The big,' thing is the life of
Christ within. “the hope of glory." both here and hereafter.
llcrc let it be remembered that the incarnation is not
only an act but a process. ”if I go away. I will come
again." He is alupys coming. \{thrcver righteousness
H gets itself established among men God is tl1crc.Wl1cr»
over into 1s the 111nster-n10ti1c of life. God is beingr inter—
preted to our follows. Wherever mercy tempers justice.
his loving compassion has been ‘mndc known. God has 1m
other we) of getting his goodness manifest to men except
it be through men. The kind of righteousness the degree
of love, the q11al1ty-.of mercy that the world 111 to receive
depends upon just how much we share the lift- of the in-
fiuitc. God has 116 other way of getting His kingdom es
tablished among mien than by the setting 11p of righteous
ness among men in society, His love translated into fra-
ternal fellowship. and His mercy administered where man
has broken in human weakness. We need to place the
emphasis just here. This is why ccrtainschools of‘soci-al-
ism are oppd’slcd to “Christianity, because they claim we have
offered heaven as a. sop to men in. the place of individual
happiness and social fraterntty here.“ They understand us
to say that God is good for the other life but not for this.
Men say that Christianity has broken down among the
nations of Furopc. While the fact of the matter is that:
Christianity as an international policy has not been tried
Men there are among every nation now at war who are
Cluistians in deed and in truth. Institutions there are
like the home and the school and the hospital that are
essentially Christian in each of these nations, but the na-
ftions of the earth intheir international life do: not know . -
each other, except in the language of. greed, fear’ and"
unbrotherlincss. Nothing short of a peace signed in an‘
international parliament will usher 1n peace and good will
among the nations of men. ~
' W. HI. WAKEH-‘A-li/I.
Pastor of the First Methodist: Church
“Glory to God in the highest and on-
' While rides, for theater b01540!
minis.
. whelming extent with books. if we
may lodge from casual OMMOD of1
‘Perchauce the wind end“ the sounding
Father of? Fife Country come on wash-
‘ven'tlon .°f the ages in feminine ap-
watch the height of utility and tho ‘
page's of economy and charm. is swept
into the limbo of dear, dead styles
and recall. The shirt waist girl
in her last waist, so to speak.
here are to be 'ffrocks.” all 111 one
for the w(idiomatic American
0:811:11; Women as well as the rest.
Why? Simplest reason in the world
_hbcausc “Women of fashion are!
’ wins preference fur this robe tall
and it- is destined to great popu-
Hospital having been decided. the
next expeditious move should be the
procuring of suitable plans fer the
sea the obvious results of the $60,001!
that has been pledged for this purpose.
Everybody should willingly do what:
they can forsncirtusefniandibonen. :
51.111131111111111. “nourishment?
democratic ‘wcnit- momma Why?
wnot. have our new Hospital ready ion
use new GhuuMss—yni-notr“ ‘
THE NEW HOSPITAL.
The question of location for the new
if this be promptly done ‘we shall
11w. "Ill '5
» ‘The' sending of food to Belgium “0“”: The“ 111111111113 “‘thnv‘ will
seems to be the most efficient charity
[on record It is reported that every
”fluorine“ the insulation (and prob
ably talking to the students' when)
much money. and recommends that no
non-fluent student be permitted to
nail not! than 8600-: your.
mullet the knot American college gil-
m‘tz wm would that give him for
sriikoom unifies? How could hour;
(or clothes from 1119 "1-1311 11111511.?
WM. he mint oven lure to sconce
also on cigarettes. on laundry bins. on
End! and flowers for his “aged"
of cot-use it's true that most of the
who? am telnet 11111ch lob!
.ud coin: important. 11.1111. than
cum mnmtlio‘ vat-r; thrush out.
“lace oawoalidenbirvlcu-tm 56001
your. Plenty of them got their whole
college education for loss than tint.
But times change. 35.11 1'13 dot-id
moves. and the higher education is no
pants 3nd board at flit” a {Hilts it
isn't even ”anointed to lay 9731‘
the present generation of college
youth.
A young man no W sport’s col-
lege to have his mind cultivated. to
acquire knowledge. to become a schol-
ar. At least. a young man in the best
set seldom does. ’ The big thing in col-
lege. as every freshman quickly
learns, ls "all-round development," to
be gained by participation in all col-
lezlm activities not mentionedln. the
curriculum. And those things cost
money. ~
The University of Wisconsin should
look at the’lnotter in a practical way.
Any upper-clusman can tell the uni,
versity's expert that the most liberal
maximum'oxpendlture he might set
would be no more titan an irreducible
minimum. I
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The big Chrislmas the near the
Armory, last evening. “9* gratifying
succcls. and brought chc‘ei to the lit.
tic hearts of many children who would
have fared rather scantily had it not
been for the efforts of the noble women
who conceived the project and worked
hard for the fulfillment of their hopes.
The Sentinel. speaking for 1111- public
thank, them for their splendid achieve
ment.
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THE DAWN OF CHRISTMAS JOY.
By John ’ingletou,
Perchance the cold and the starlight
Again on Christmas eve, , . ‘
With tired hearts and tired'llvea.
And saddened souls which grieve.
10f borrowed mirth and glee.
Until the birth" of tltoVChrist Child .
Makes Christmas as it» should be.
WHERE HOLIDAYS WILL
“ i‘ ‘ FALL NEXT YEAR
Wathdly Hn Plurlllt'y of Then ”an.
" Accordlng To moon-1111111.-
' Some indeual—sober or otherwise
—-once- got- GQOEE‘_ Washington's
Birthday mixed and called 11 George
Birthingron's Washday. The Year of
Our Lord; Nineteen 11111111111111 and Fit-
teen. will see the» 11111111111114 of the
day, arr Fobrusry 287 will“ fall on. s.
also Waive-to1 bdeslebratsdroa‘ii’onduy.
115’ July 4 comes on Sputum as does
Memorial Day. Nothing1 can change
1dolfar contributed in America is dis-
tributed 9.1116113 the 86121311; in actual 81va from Thursday, 11"“ “1‘ 131011
new building, and as soon as passed mm The distribution costs: “Mr dar roams pmtpones‘flhriutmw utt-
upon by the building committee and'
the 11551111111 Board operdtions ought
to be started.
everybody tholvod does his work
gotta or is paid from some otherimm‘ mm in 1915 (“my 12)
source: The German army of occupa- 11:“. been armed for 11 Friday and“
don not only does not appropriate
mouthful of 111115 supplies. but give,
Haber Day from Monday. or Thanks-
til Saturday the. of course. the some
tam-falls. tmeYear'stof 1916 Lin-
fiuomhaslh! tectonic; will be
,, when. doubt the WW
m 0! m UMYWI‘.‘ WW
An efficiency expert filo {jun fieea
report: that the boys are committal I” WW hm
m sting letters for the sonnet
tensor annotated with. In; MUM
.20. Fifth Avenue.
New York. N y
Dec 18 1914
To the Editor of The Sentinels——
11- you number can Io already
111111 your. printed the Inn’s *famoua
Santa Claus Editorial. can, we not
Dersaude you. to use it in your Chi-tut
mas Day tame, in connection with
this effort of our's, to gain wtdjv
spread” publicity for the Committee
of Memy..a neutral. national. non.
sectarian organization. 'deigued to.
helpt'roiiave the suffering among in-{
noeent babies and women in Europe;
and the United Rates? l
Imithfully yours,
Hi. John Moffat.
31.11.1110. Tarbell.
1 Geri e Amman,
Mr. ’i‘.‘ C. Glen-Coats.
Mr. Norman Hapgpod.
Mrs. Walter Mayna'rd,
Mr. John Craig Hammond,
My. F‘red’it H. Allen. "’
Mr. Frank.- Crowinshield.
Mr. E. Jesse Obnway,
Director of Publicity.
Karly twenty years ago. a little
girl, Vlrxlnlu O'Hnnlon. eight yeaw
old, e1 inced some doubt of the exis-
tence of the $nta Cluus, who makes
11! childmn so happy on Christmas
Day.
Virginia was so sceptical that she
wrote the New York sun to find out;
if there was any truth in the Santa;
Claus story. The Sun Imwered her. .
The sun than mm‘M-oo 1117.1
(‘hurlos A Dunn and Mr. Frank P. l
(‘hurch was the author of the Sunis
reph whlth was printed on Sept. 21.
1897. Following it the editorial:
some time our great
that its faithful author is numbt red
among the friends of The. Sun:
" ‘Deur Editor: 1 am eight years
old. Some of my little friends say
there is no Santa. Claus. Papa saw.
"it you see it in The Sun. it's so."
Please tell“‘mo the truth: if there in
11 Santa Claus?
‘VIRGINIA O‘HANM‘1N.,
“115 West Ninety'vl’ifth Street.”
"Virginia. your little friend: are
wrong. The)- have been affected by
the scepticism of n sceptical age.
They do nut believe except they see.
They think that nothing can be
which is not comprehensible by their
little minds. All minds. Virginia.
whether the} be. men s or t‘hlldr'on '11,
are little. In this grout universe of
ours mun is 1111110111 insect, 1111. am in
his
grouping the whole of truth and
knuwledkct
“Yes. Virginia. there Is 11. mm».
(llaus. He exists as ct-rtuiuly us love
and generosity and devotion exist.
and you know that they almond and
"We to your lift! its highest beauty
and lo). Alus‘. how d1eu1y Would
Claus.
like faith then no poetry. no ro-
mante to mnke tolerable this Ml:-
tcnco., We should have no enjoy-
ment. except in 1111an and sight. The
atoml 1111111 1111111: which chudhoo'u
filled the world would be extinguish»
ed.
"Not believe in Santa Clausl You
might as well not bellow ln fairies!
You might get your papa to hire
men to watch in all the chimneys on
Christmas/ Eve to catch Santa Claus.
but. even. if they did not see Santa
Claus poming dowu. what would that
prove? Nobody secs Santa Claus.
but thatim‘no sign that there is no
Santa Claus.
in the. worud are those that neither
children nor men can see. Did you
ever see fairies dancing on the lawn.
(if cnurse‘not, but.thot's no Proof
that they are not there. Nobodv can
conceive or imagine all the wonders
there are unseen and unseenble in
the world. '
"You. might tear apart the baby's
rattle and see what makes the-noise
inside. but there is a. veil~ covering
real? Ah. Virginia. in all this world
there is nothing else real and abid-
lug.
“No Santa Clams! Thank God! he
lives, and he lives forever. A thous-
ten times ten thousand years from
now. he_will continue to make 3111111
the heart‘oficl’r‘iid’iiood’." ,
Thousands: of good» woman and
good. moment the united. States are
today 11111111111111; the... Santa. Ctaus'
Spirit 1 ouch the medium of
‘ relief agencies which are
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to All Our Friends
We thank you heartily for the patronage and good will
which hays given us such a splendid. holiday business
W'c trust that this happy morning finds etcry home on—
joying to the full all the pleasure designed for them by the
» givers of the thousands of presents winch it 11 as our good ‘
fortune to be called upon to supply.
tWe hope that everything arrived in perfect condition, but
if any accident has happened, let us know at the earliest
moment you can and we will make it right in the greatest
possible haste.
So,- let all be merry and without worry today.
This Very Important
News for Saturday '
0111 Year-End Sale
An extraordinary economy event. when drastic clean—up
of our stocks brings»-
-The Biggest Bargains of the Year
Don't let anything prevent you from coming TOMOR-
ROW. for the splendid rummage bargains that every thrif—
"Wa take pleasure inranswerlnu fit ‘
once and thus prominently the com»;
municutlon, below. expressing at the;
gratification ‘
The most real things~
and years from now; Virginia. nay. “
the ‘
ty shopper loves to secure.
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Washington. Oct. filth. 19H.
"\l Not-mun ll‘apgood.
New Yolk City.
Dear Sin/~-
sue personnel of the Committee of
‘thc minds of the Amerimn people.
‘ There are thousands of us to
whom the mlden rule has become :1
mom lip service.
\‘flttlitt‘ it.
If we really bellow in democracy
lchurlty but to do justice to Olll 11n-
fortunate brothers and sisters rc-
gardleu of! tongue or creed.
Your committee should have the
high honor and. privilege of disclos-
ing that the true greatness of Ameri-
ca consists in its service to mun-
kind.
Sincerely yours
THOMAS R. MARSHALL
The editorial in reply to little Vir.
glnias scepticism. according to Mr
Wllinm C. Rclck. present editor of
the Non York 91111, "has been re-
pn'ntod hundreds of times and has
xtven pleasure and a new meaning to
the old faith to thousands. old and
young."
Send your contributions to 11ch
the starving women and babies to
August Belmont. treasurer of the
Committee" of Mercy. 200 Fifth ave.
one. New York. today.
KINDLING 1-1-1: cums-mas ems.
By Orville A Petty.
When the year is old and: the nights
the unseen world which not the. are bold
strongest man, nor even the united Art the. it t , w ._.m
strength of'taith, fancy. poetry. love. " dash 511;? is my ‘51
romance. can push aside that curtain . . ' "'
and view and ,picture ‘he auperml When thO‘WO'ld ia‘rolled; inducted”-
beauty. and glory beyond Is it all ., 1 ed cold
And iceud: tear are everywhere;
inleCt the maritime softand' shy
Catch a spark from, the tniduixbt sky.
die:
Gather the glow of the
snow
shining
grows
And light of eyes that love and know
The end of’a story yet outbid;
And mingle with this blaze of gold
The hope repentent sunbeama hold;
And fragment myths from foreign
, shone;
And tan with W pt mystic lore;.
Heap wstomsmipt from days of
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Against the clog of moral drbtls l
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C'- Jim! to its liaising laughter toss
The broken lands of. gain and loss-134
than. when they sing like i
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Your moxement will enable, as fol
’sTA‘re BARBERS’ BOARD
FILES ANNUAL REPORT
The State Board of Examiners of
‘Barbers has filed its report to Gover-
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intellect. as compared “11111 the: Many is of character so high as um shows total receipts for the year end—
lmuntucss world about him. as memo jto require the lndurwmem 0’ “”3 lag October '7, 1914, 0135.522. 35, total
urcd by the i teili encc cnpnblr of' .0“ in order to she the commu' cox
"1 K standing and to Inspire confidence in expenditures 0’ 35 371 25 and a balance
'of 3249.83. The number of shops in
spectetl during the your total 1.885,
and only five have been reported to
the health officers. The number a!
tprosecutlons for violations of the
license law was forty-three and forty
in the world are those that “1111.;- .and in the vital truths of Clnistitml- eight violations of the sanitary law
There would be “r, phfldren.ll)’ now Is the hour not to dispense were reported
ISTATE PAYING BILLS
FOR CATTLE INFTCTION
Vouchers for the valuation of herds
of cattle killed as a result of infection
with the footand. mouth disease were
received at the office of Commissioner
[on Domestic Animals Jeffrey U.
Phelps, Jr., yesterday, from R. E. Dun-
can, of Wetherslleld. for $900 and
from John A.VColllns, of Hartford, for
$309. The expense bills are being paid
as fast as the vouchers are received.
and payment by the state will be com-
pleted as soon as a report is received
from A. E. Ellis, of Warehouse Point.
that his premises have been suitably.
disinfected; The State of Connecticut
has paid weekly all laborers connect,
ed with the work of disinfecting.
11.121) (moss wonnrtns Puntsno.
WASHINGTON. 'De'c. flair—Words .
of praise for the skilled surgeons
‘amd trained" Red» Cross nurses. who
fully, equipped with. medical. and
surgical supplies. were , scattered
throughout the. European war thea-
ciety, continue to reach headquarters
And glint of glittering spears that. '
here. A letter landing the wor-iiléot
the two American hospitals: am.
And faith from the days that cannot consisting or six. surgeons and twen.
ty-tour nurses. stationed at Pan,
France. written by Mrs. F; Leonard
Brown: wife of an English doctor- in
Pan, was renamed today. 4
"The work of the Americana. door.
tors. and.» nurses is beyond praise.."
says Mrs. Brotvn, who was tat-many
m Rosalie Evans} of Phflld'efi
pitta. "So many span to; ma ot the
skill and tenderness» of the surgeon!
indium devotion ou‘th‘e nursoum
one like“ mothers to: the 1101111111111. We
indeed. on a debt of gratitude to
the American Red Cross. and I for.
one am especitlly grateful " . -
ARRESTED WITH DAMAGI‘NG PA-
BROWSVILLEJ .
Matamores. Men, ,a‘
hold incomm‘nnpld ‘
them. a autism
arrested a.
ters by the American Red Cross 80- ; .
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