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MONDAY, JAN, 18, 1915
MINIATURE ALMANAC FOR
TOMORROW.
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Sun rises 7215;11ets 4 :53.
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MASONIC NOTICE
A Stated COmmunlcatlon of 01
Well lodge, No. 108, F and A. M., will
be held at its rooms. January 19. 19157
at 8 o'Clock p «11.1:
Work—~E. A. Degree.
All Master Masons cordially and
flafernallyI invited. l
Fraternally yours,
ROBERT M. WILCOX, SeCy.
Butler Chapter. No. 38. R. A. M.
Meets in Masonic Building, South
M11111 St ., 2nd and 1111 Tuesdays. of
each month July and August. ex-i
cepled~ at 8 o'clotk All Royal Arch
Masons cordiall71 invited Charles
A. 'f‘nck,11..l’ Rom-rt \\. Wilcox.
Sec,
SUFFRAGE "DRIVE” AT NEW
YORK.
The sul‘fl'agists are now turning to
the real task of pushing thclr props!
gunda ill the three dozen 'Stutes that;
. . . . . d .
1.111113 not .1111 succumbed llurdly ha tillut most of us “(I all‘rnld 01 tth
the recent Congressional vou- bccn ...
; tlflrlt . 4
'3 ' ‘ 1 't‘ 1111 W115 _ . :-
31111011111111 MM] u“ m“ g 4 Some of us luugh at children s fool's
fired 111 what will be the biggest bottle
of tile new culllpnigll-~tlle fight for
an equal sufl'l'ugc cluuse ill 1111- new
constitution to be written this ycur fort
New York ‘
it is uncertain “hut influence mo
11 omen will exert on the constitutional:
convention. which 111111 apparently be;
dominated by 110ml.1 of the ubiest and
most conservative ln'wyer-slntcsnlcll of
1011,
State. v
New York city, it is unccl'luin.
‘ how strong a hold suffrage has on 11111
public of lllt‘ Empiro Sillii‘. 111
made by 1111- sull‘rngo lllovement 111
New York may possibly be nlislcuding.‘
it must he l'cnlolnbcl'oli thut tho llblest
suffrage 11 orltcls Illilllf‘all" grllvillltc lo
1courage tllcir fem,
bought in good faith from the Hun
lburg line by on American citiuen for
,use in the trams-Atlantic trade. Great
i Britain seems to have objected to the
1 Dacia sailing either to Bremen or to
neutral Rotterdam with a thoroughly
neutral cargo of cotton.
However great the need of opening
new trade routes and providing
7enough tonnage competition to. keep
Ithe shipping trust—chiefly foreign-
Eow nod-from gouging our foreign com-
meme by exorbitant freight rates, it is
obviously unwise to take any definite
‘ ioteps in that direction until we have
assurance that no power will discrimv
Iinute against those ships because of
I their previous ownership.
M...
NATURE AND MAN.
The loss of life and property in the
Italian earthquake is appalling, but it
is lr11 ial compared with the ravages otI
“31'.
gillm, Russian Poland or Gsliciu.
“Nature, red in tooth and claw, " is
_.g still less pitllcss than men, and less
t i th in numents of civi-li
destruclveo c 0 human and susceptible. frequently: tember 30,1913, 1111111914,
always been
but it was the-
ome.
cation. ’f‘hcre 1111111
earthquakes in holy.
Goths and Vandals that razed R
F1 1111 in the face of this catastrophe,
4italy apparently is still preparing for
. the greater catastrophe of war
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HIDDEN TREASURE.
in the swlious accident in the \‘ewf
lurk subs "1v the other day, one of the
tumors hardest for all to endure was
the dark.’l‘1uins 11"cle stalled by some
mysterious emergent y ,
with horrible fumes and smoke. as
Ishillng people imprisoned 111 an un-
derground tube with a live third rail;
to endanger walking; suddenly the
ilights went out. adding new terror.
the
it is easy to understand why
sdarkuoss seemed so peculiarly tear-I
fill at that time. But is it not true
of dark rooms and dark stairways
Some at us are foolish enough to en-
llut is it not true
that most of us have 11 set-rot horror
:of unllghled ways?
Why is it? There may he some dim
oluvlstk- instinct which fool's danger
when the sun gocs down But most of
us know not feltl1 well that uul' bed-i
rooms, dining rooms and kitchens are
as sule hclol'e ”11' llglll i1; turnml on
us lli’tcl' ’l‘ho biggest reason of all
make almost our whole dependents
.upon our eyes for gathering lul'orlnn
lion for us.‘
()111' senses are the channels through '
the air filled
MONQAY. JAN. 18, 1915
Little children use all their scones
indilcrimlnltaly. They can and
things cheerfully in the dark. Touch.
taste, smell and hearing, all are keen.
But we send them into school to be
taught by their eyes alone, Soon sight
becomes almost the only channel of
communication. Why should it be"?
The sensors ale 3. great treasure put
They are like the
talents in the porlllbie~—moant to be
used and profited from, not buried.
None'of us Iare too old to teach our
senses a few new things. As for the
children. let them be taught, while it's
easy for them, to develop. not to hide,
their treasure.
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ill our keeping.
TALKS ON THRIFT.
Two Stories of Thrift.
“We must adopt new standards 01
living. Instead of ‘How much do you
spend a year?“ we must learn to ask,
How much do you save each year?
l
1 large Daft 0‘ truly is ‘9“ “ and our admiration must go out to him.
ruin, but it is not such a ruin as 3111- who has set the pace of saving.‘ '4-Scn ‘
{ ator George E. Gorhpln
Perkins was a bookkeeper and he
'7'111'15 in love. There is nothing unus
.ual about that, as bookkeepers, being
have. been known to fall in love. Lint
this man of figures was enamored of
l. a highscllool teacher‘vhose suhxry was
. almost if not quite, equal to his ow.n
The sensible young woman in tho
cuss 11111111 by no means disdaining
Ilt‘i' suitor. was 11ell aware of the fact
4. that two could not live as cheaply us'
; one. Nor did she propose to continue
‘ teaching after lnarrlagc.
“Why don't you become a Certified
iruullc Accountant?" she. asked Pol-4
'kllls mu1 evening when the high cost
of matrimony was the topic under diog
cusslon. “They are well pilltl. At
least. the correspondence. school ad‘-
7 vertisonlents say they nre. And you
have 11 Splendid buss voict'.
would only have it trained. l'ul sure
'you could make some money from
your singing. Then we could get along
1 all right."
"But," replied Perkins. "to improve
myself 111 both higher 11ccotlntuncy
and music would cost a lot of money
and time." ,-
“Even so," said hlsyflalicce. “The re
‘ suIlls ccrtulnly would repay you. and
when you are earning money enough
Iwo cull ‘ll1'11 happily ever niter.‘ "
To [nuke a long story short llor
1111111 111111 11111 aid of the future Mrs
th‘Fkills, became more economical of
jbmh his tune and his money. The
llllnsimll training he laid out for 111111
. self soon resulted in his getting a good
1 choir position, and in due limo ho ho-
031118 a “C. P. A." His earnings in-
creased accordingly The habits of
gtllrilt Iit‘ scouired’ill tbils way did not
‘Idcsert 111111.511 that now all the money
matters of Mr. and Mrs. Perkins are
handled thlough a checking bunk sc-
1
'l‘lo 011111.. .
1 11 1s1hal as children we worn trained to count. 111111 111 their joint savings ac.
count tin-re is a constantly growing
fund to 1111 used in building 11 11011111 for
Mr. and Mrs. Perkins and 111] the little
1 Pcrklnses.
in 11 Western city there is a builder
1 (iv—
ihe mttlopolis.and that national :10 which “‘0“ ledge 0.1 the outer world Iby the name of lull-son who is bound
tilt
the
deoplv
among
Largo
lty ccntcls there. lion
doctrine has penetrated
masses remains to he soon,
funds have hccn ruiscd for the cause
in New link, but ill view of tho1 wealth
,7 available fol suffrage levies that may
,. likewise 111‘ all untrusln olth1 index to
public sentiment i
Whethcl they r1 present the major,
‘ 111' of their follow women or not, the
New \ork suffrngists are eager and
confident. And if they 11111. the ear1
rving of the biggest state will give:
flows into our consciousness Most of
thcm,afte1' early childhood are al-
lowed to become clogged through dis
They are volueless Touch. for
Can 1ou tell the difference'
ordinary coins in mm
111
is a penny, which is a nickel a dime,
a quarter." Try it and see. Can 1011
lcil linen front cotton, from wool?
Can 1ou distinguish a doorway or
k by a draft:
use.
instance.
between the
lpnrse with your €_\68 closed? Whic
open window in the dsr
so slight as to he imperceptible in the
to get ahead because he keeps his eyes
open for opportunities and has accu-
lmuluted a little capital with which to
jwork
1 Last summer on old church building
was torn down to make way for a new
idcpartnlent store. Larson was able to
lobtaln some of the old timbers. brick
Iand stone for a more song as compar
,4 ed with the cost of new material. 111
the meantime, he had obtoined a con-
1 ple of building lots at a low price be-
cause, while well located, they were
on u slope. and a retaining wall and
considerable filling in were necessary
to make them suitable for building.-
1
them such prestige and momentum light? Can 1ou rip a scam in the; IMIer um“ am ”I I on [or
that most of the other states might be 9 ‘ I 1 d 11 d col 1) E a e e op 13
dark tan ‘0“ over-11111 ‘ ° 9 5 garden and lawn. the builder leveled
houled over like nlnepins
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THE “FAMINE OF TONNAGE."
1
Whether or not it is advisable for (7 l t throu h u
hear striking 1°C ‘5 righ 8 {work of two houses from the old mu-
, together?
icall do these things
Snnplo
scarcely requiring eyes.
Blind people
enough tasks“
Blind people stone from the big Store oxcava atlou,1
up the lots with earth and broken
land then built the foundations, chim-
4neys. and practically the entire frame-
the United States G01erm'nent to buy mine at much louder noises, Simp'yIlterial.
and operate a fleet of merchant ships
’ that would serve also as an auxiliary
navalIsquadron, there is no lack of evi-E
pend on their ears to tell the time
Can you with your eyes closed, tel l
‘Whntever 1“ gem“ “”33 mm” at best results and need the application ing its “Sefulness. but should receive.
because they are accustomed to de-
On account of the convenient loca-
ition and the attractive appearance of
1 t'lle houses, Larson had no difficulty
if you ‘
CflilllliS 0f
Slill NEED
MORE CASH
Normal Development of institutions :
1111 Demand 1mm in Funds ”
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summons“, Says sole 5
Body, but Exigencles Grow
! .liARTFORDT-Jan. [11.—The prelimi-
nary report of the State Board of Chain
tiles for the two years ending Sep-
llll ll liSll llll Hill An
The Greatest of All
January Clearance
Sale
The Biggest Money-Saving Occasion
of the Year.
Considering the present market condltlo
, I 7 II 7 us. we know
that every woman, every housewife particularly should avail
11.11 his: .4 themselves of the Genuine Bargains offer 11
been [We e I d . , 1: i e and that ‘00
completes :rlfltct: 3:13:13? vii-iii”. pen}: .1 W“ ‘ delayr
book of about 225 pages and will be‘
4 ready for distribution at u later date.
The preliminary report~ 111 part is he
follows: :
To His Excellency. the Governor 11134
The State of Connecticut. i .
Sir; We have the honor to submit; "
herewith the report 01 the board for .
two years ending September 311,; .
1914. l
The Work porch. Board. ‘
in this state witil an estimated popV .
ulntlon in 1911 of 1.238.000. the 101-!"
lowing institutions are maintained for C.
the restraint and care of the do
H11quent.dcfcctive and ’depeudeuti I
('111sses;for '-
Criminals and misdcmcununts. 19:“
(State Prison. State l‘telormatory and; 3‘
10 county 1111111.” 3.
Juvenile offenders. 2 (School for‘.
Boys and industrial School for (l il'lsl.‘ '
loung woolen milliliters, 2 tliouse '-
of Good Shepherd! lulu Waterloo cm- I'. ‘
lento" Mifljo'). ' . ,l'RWOiV,'1flOOflC“§wWWDmm‘
The insane, 15 (ttwo state hospitals. ’ I. ‘
Hartford Retreat, -.12 privntc any
The mostscasollable and wanted goods are off
cred at
prices that give you a chance to practice‘ the 112811111! 01
economy-in every section of the store you will find the
most extraordinary values awaiting you.
Were you 11111011911112 hundreds who lies I
, pile he ral ,
visited the solve today and took advantage of many [Mill'-
galus? '11 not, better come tonight or tomorrow, while the
selection is largest and reap the exceptional savings.
1
for illellriules. foiled of cstzlbilshmt'm.‘ __
Ienses such as cancer and the liko~ 3
which the general hospitals will noty
now receive and which are frel'lllcntlyI
found ill ulmsllonscs under conditions
distressing alike to the sullen rs and
to the other inmates ;
The efforts made to secure a 1‘8".
‘t‘ormntory for women offenders, which"
has been Iadvocated for 11 number 01
years, resulted in the passage of all
'uIsct, No.180 of the special laws of
for the Blindl.
'l‘lle sick and injured.‘
public and private)
The tubercular, ti tsulmtorin public
and private)
01d soldiers, (ll‘itchs Home for
Soldiers and Relief Corps Home). .
Dependent children, 8 (county teln‘
porllry homes).
Dependent poor. 70 ttulmshousesl. “1
Old people, private provision.
told people's homes).
Everything in the Optical Line
Eyes Examined Free
n
.21
(hospitals,
'7lulns)
' 31.111.11.11 1101111 '11 81111111311 $9.221}, il‘lioil Jiliiil‘il’l.13453335.? 1': l
uniting?” minded, 1 (School " mIlinlited to Ull’ (lift: of iltcbl'iuluo but?I § 0, B. JaCkson 58 WALL “TRIET E '
The deaf. 2 (American School and could include a department for the g ’ _ NORWALK
Mystic Oral Soho?"- 23:11:; [111:0 3::‘2r3’3‘; lift:11dhe‘315pifl311'E opnC‘En PHONE «3' L
The blind, l ttonnuctlcut instituteme emit, m- infectious. incurable dis? 3
l
g .
8 , ,
a
LINOLEUM and OIL CLOTH
-: REMNANT S
atONE HALF PRICE
Children. private provision, 19 1913, under which a commission of
( (orphan usylums and homes). five persons was appointed {’3' the CLINOLE I
Total, 1384. - Governor to investigate the matter l" OIL CLg'IlYI. ........... ,. ........ 30¢ \1),
ill accordance with the provisions and ‘0 report “8 findings and ”Tom" l 3:“ H . . ' ' ' ' I ' . ' H ' ' t ' 18¢ YD'
. w
'mendutlons to the next session of the
General Assemblv. Another commisl
siou appointed under 1111 act of the
beglslature 10! 1913 was one of three4
persons authorlned by speclah
'hlw No. 363 to investigate the subject}
of convict labor in the penal lustitu-l
tions of the state and to make its:
report in January, 191:1. ‘I
1
of Section ,862 (11‘ the General Sult-
utes. regular visits of inspection have
been made by two representatives
of the board as often as once in three
months to the State Prison. the Con-
nectlcut Reformatory, the Connecticut
School for Boys. the industrial School
for oil-ls, tile hospitals for the'illsone
at Middletown and Norwich, anfl7I illeI
colony for epileptics, and interviews
have been had with a number .on
the inmates 111 response to their re~
_quests. Visits to other institutions
included in the. preceding list of 188
have been made at intervals, the in-
spection of almshouseo being an im-
portant part of the board’s work.
The A. J. Angeville 65011 Co.
134--136 11 ASHINGTON ST.
CLEARANCE SALE OF
WINTER GARMENTS
Nothing reserved—every Suit, Cost, Dressfgklrt. Waist. Fur-must
go. regardless of cost. Prices to suit every purchaser. 7
\
4You CanSovevflonley by Ordering Your
rural nerd-1161s luldFdncral dlcsium
c
'l‘wo notable additions to the list of.
Connecticut institutions were made:
during the biennial period under re-
view by the opening of the Connecti I
cut Reformatory at Cheshire in J une.
1913.1111d the Colony for Epileptics at
Mansfield Depot in May. 1914. both of:
iwhich were mentioned in the board’s:
A general survey of the charitable last report as then under construe;
and correctional institutions of the lion The Reformstory provides all;
state reveals a condition of reasonable? excellent institution for the treatment;
Iexcellence in equipment and‘ manage. of offenders between 16 and 25 years!
ment. Certain institutions may be. of age for whom there is some hope
recOmmended as standing 113118811008 of regeneration The Colony for
their kind, while others lock many 41: 1211110911611, with its limited lnitlnl co-
the features desired to- accomplish the paclty of 80 patients, 13 already prov-v
f
I
“33“50. Main St.
South blorwalk‘.I
“substantial appropriations from the
dance that ocean commerce needs exactly which wa1 an approaching car t d h 1d h
more ships. And we are not the only {is coming? Do you Mm“, the fire em 11118 88 800 a price as 13 con “8 of a continued and vigorous stimulus
obtained had they been built entirely to bring them up to so “0”“:ka
general Assembly in order to provids'i
FRONI “
‘. nation that feels the pinch.
1" might be urged," says the L0“ ; Can you smell which way the wind
don Daily \ews, “that 0; all German. is blowing? It comes over a different
ways of raising credit in America, the; count l‘y each way.7 in northern Ohio
'gI'most conveniefit to us would be the ‘ an (1 Illinois it's easy. The unmistak-
'uelllng of German ships. We along‘ able odor of the I big 5m water.
4“?“ the» rest 0! the world are suffer: comes from the north and northeallt
iin8~from a famine of tonnage. if the air is even slightly humid. 131‘
"Anything tint brings more ships it's clear and dry, there‘s a pine smell
into the active ‘mfld of commerce ‘5 from the forests liar north. Wind from
ii) that extmt a relief from the terrible the south com es over farms and 83f-
"won-“1°“ of shipping rings,_ and ‘ dens, and is fray-lint. in Now-mg
land it‘s a salt wind iron: the east.
. I too well! Slowly
“I
Why do 111171111 people see sud our
lgine balls from the ambulance gong?g , of new material and 0.“ higher-priced standard.
lots.
savings bank depositors. ‘I
--T. D._-MACG-REGOR.
M
P4FAEFLJN enemas COUNSEL.
WIXS’I‘ED. Jan.18.—-—Announcement
was made yestsrduy that Arthur 11m-
ilin, who with loose N. Williams is
hold for the murder of County 861n-
missloner Hubert B. Case at Bork-
homoted, has mused as ethanol
There“ are similar opportunities in; nearly 1 400 ch11 drop from the eight in great need of' suitable
every calling. Those who profit ‘.by county temporary homes who have
them are the thrifty and forehandedfi .been placed out in W” homes “I
and, nine times out of ten, they are. With relatives lsloneaof.
sufficient accommodations for the:
The visitation and supervision 0147 many 03393 01’ this disease WW5“ are
institutional
South Nocwalk Flower co,
care Ind wimm- No. 2 South Main Street Telephone 364
L' sin Tthe case of the Connecticut '
11: most im- School for imbeciles, it 111 urgently
iportent Of'lhe board'sluctlvlties. A11 -hoped that the coming General As-
1other feature of the bohrd’s work semhly will accomplish the removal
Irthat should be noted is the “vertigo-[of the institution to a more accessible
tion of applications for licenses to location and will provide it with sulfi-
‘ board dependent children, as requiredI clentfland and equipment to carry on
by chapter 62 ot the Public Acts ot' the curstlve 11nd preventive work that
1011.13.1ready 1r steering have been it should perform for this large and
mull“ for this purpoaQ~ and s timi- dangerous element in our population.‘
in: or. other applications“ has balm considerable development may be other places, no general condition
“holder advisementinnflhehe up no urine the period under reviewo these benevolent institutions
will. life“ (i _ 4: . throuchotlt the ml. 111
HEADQUARTERS FOR CUT. FLOWERS OF ALL I. '-
‘ “KI DIS .,
11111.11: ewe cronies 70 ml. "
.nos'ron. nuns-11“. multina-
Whitney. widow or oeorgo Whitney; ‘
who was president of the WI " '
511111011 bulk, was killed ”nullity by"
and attention: and lawman: of
more or :lou W311!" been
made at the hospitals 111 3 number or
Norwalk Chronicler