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Ire. Anni 1?. L field. author 0!
“the Story at Canada We." will
fit on the New Slot Silk. at the
m club this ovenlns The New
Alert Evening Post, at August 11th.
gas the following article on Mrs."
M’s work:
m Tom. the slave. probe! 11 o
v-sn's lmsgmtion so (crucial that,
w manly a character at Milan.
he “1111mm the deq'nlr or
3-0 millions 01 blacks bent down in
asrvitnde. immortalized himselt and
& creator. Mrs. Harriet Beecher,
' Howe. Yet. in the last analysis. he
”ever remain what he really is. a
meter or ilction.
Not as Canada Blackie. the Uncle
AN! The Convict-
The reader who flutters himseltthat
he knows about prison oosnitlons and
movement to.
ZQ-W publicity now being given to
Sing Sing. and the seemed Ooh”
Riley entroversy, will probably smile
at the idea at seriously asking the
advice of a criminal‘on prison retorm.
But the man who picks up Mrs.
Field's hook with the intention o!
skimming through it, “Just to keep in
touch. you know," will find his at.
tentlon arrested by any page he turns
to, and held until he has read the
L u of a prison servitude. which in entire story. For this character in the
mic “11“,, uvmm and gen 'desh is intensely human. and his re
“‘1 inhumanity makes the slavery oi actions first to the brutality of the old
. put generation almost lost“ Shouldlm‘ae' “of things and then to the in-
” pbund m the reader like literary I tiuence of such men as Thomas Mott
hyperbole, he [3.dy g4 toread (“Th Osborne. Warden Rattigan. oi Au-
“, or Canada Blackie," by Mrs. ‘burn. and E. Kent Hubbard, director
anus P. 1 Field, E P. Dulton a on); of the Connecticut Reformatory u
a. can do so at one “mu, for it is Cheshire. abound in byperdramatic
not a long book and he will find that “went!-
fie magnum.“ narrative oi a‘. What author of the sentimental
convicts lite, told 10,. the most 9‘th school would think at making his hero
in the prisoner's letters to his triends, .oonvlct l“ 50m”! Wilhelm!“ 3111"
gives expression both to the horror ollm‘ cup 0‘ Wu" ““1 ”“99 kittens
a. present prison regime and {he'lelt to shift for themselves by 11 none
spirit of the great movement 50 m_I ltoo maternal mother. and chew part
ally launched in this State .and also of his meagre allouance of bread into
where for its reform. ls soft pulp to feed them with? Per—
LL imam-luau:
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r'etsaeoutinto thesunshlne once
mendmy. wllrousulnt Lyn
whatmyhoaubumlmingm, _
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gobs-din withnlou1‘n‘yso‘
«anathema-nth; ”new: .
iwsnsyonrmutoloit“v_
sndwesryottheoidllie. Ivontto'
Iain. and got alt at the We.
imi'veutoartl‘ ner'
lull'b-‘heletloflflbnckttlmnd
lwonlyonrfihsrly'ldtobib'
AUTO CLUB “SUE!
‘ £014.51“.
s—nu.
Tells of load Work M III New
in Progress. L
The Ant ‘ lhub at w
under one «yesterday. has issued
a new “road bellm' giving on net-
llne o! hum work that! and
now is the process it “button.
The bulletin iollon: ., _
Greenwich—Cos Cob to Standard,
town. line, road (insisted and opened.
Nerwalk—Esst avenue. road’ open-
ed. .
Westport Hill—~Under construction. L
short detour, with signs and watch- .
man provided. LL
Bridgeport—North Main street, short
stretch from Trumbull town line un-
der construction; travel take side of
road. '
Milford Turnpike—Still closed.
New Haver—Wballey avenue under
construction near Pond Lily; tradio
our trolley tracks.
Cheshire Contracts~Concrete road
still under construction; detour pro-
vided.
Wetelbury—l‘homaston avenue still
closed.
Southburwahe road from the Pine
street at Transylvania corners to Me-
lnlyre's corner on the Roxbury con-
new so»
Critics or “Uncle Tom's Cablnfi"
could have said at the time that bobk
’I' "who written that it exaggerated cou-
llltlons. that all the troubles whithl
befall Uncle Tom never happened to
any one slave; that, in short. -thls
L ' . great character in fiction had been
. overdrawp.h1ld they at least lllLVd
Lind grounds lor such argument and‘
could have demanded proofs that the
conditions were as bad as painted.
in the case of Mrs. Field's book
should similar critics call 101' proof,
it can be given in the following irre-
futable facts. all of which are brought.
‘ out in the book:
' was a real convict who served some.
twelve years in the three great prim
Loss of the Empire State; he died ear.
h this your from tuberculosis con-
.trsct‘ed in prison; before his donthl
‘Canada Blacklo "L
lconvlct‘ Nhimaell a pardon from
hops the hero of a dime novel might
procure through “ mysterious .cbsnnols
enough dynamite to blow oil' the and
ob alcoll block. it he did. the thriller
'would sell like hot cakes. but could
lthe author then go one stop larther
and make this same hero. his whole
philosophy reversed by a Mutual
Welfare League among his fellow
‘oonvicts. and the big, tar seeing men
.L who put it through, voluntarily give up
a key to his cell, made from odd
scraps of material with infinite pat
lanes and under overwhelming neces
slty for secrecy and care?
in those days of "crook" plays,
what dramatist could stage a dying
hero receiving from his best pal, a
the
Governor? Who‘; finally, would dare to
write a play in which a convict rec-
tracts has signs “Road under con-
st'ructlon," placed on elthstr end. The
bridge Just south of McIntyre's cob
nor has been ranomd and a ten;
porary bridge has been placed pre-
liminary to building the new bridge
Shhllldhdlmh
mllvalnhmm1
PEKING. Aug. _18.--An interesting.
story at corruption existing in one of
‘the srdvlnclal governments of China
is told in an oillcial communication
to the Central Government from the
GETS AWARD FOR TOUCH OF'
THE SUN!
l.-. ._
——L——-—
m of Mainland Brings Claim Ag—
afoot L‘anhsiortation Co. on that
Benito. Mon Collapsed tram
‘ i81m Stroke.
HARTFORD, Aug. 18.—-An extreme-
ly interesting case, because of the le-
gal question involved. was the claim
0! Hrs. Angelina Jaskulka, 01,110.31;
Pleasant street, m1 Hausa-c1. mm
of Stephen E. Jsskullla, against the
Hartford & New York Transportation
company. heard yesterday belore Com
pehsation Commissioner George B.
Chandler.
Jae‘ltulks. u lulu bend in the. employ ,
actng Governor of Szechwan. ’l‘beI
lGovernor states that the Magistrate:
0: Chintang hslen with the closet or.
reporting falsely that the Govemmantl
{barge in the company's shipyards ill
01‘ the cod) , collapsed from sunI
stroke on. the afternoon 0! July 16.
while driving bolts in the. keelson of a
h developed blindness caused by 20 ognlz'eLs in a chalice visitor at the pri-
mtinuous months of solitary cw. lson chapel the image or his mother,
Insaneut in the practicallyu utter dark-‘ 8813 t0 know her, and then breaks
ness of all Isolation cell at 01111119lehe letters 0‘ a dozen years 01 3‘9-
L ore; at the time at his death he still ”958“”! Md D0“?! TONI his 3011‘ t0
'her it's his second mother in corrod-
T'eu‘"? Md been looted by the ’3 East Hartlord. lie received the stroke
bels, opened his city gates to “Rome labout the middle oi the afternoon. and
the "Tufei" (Will's) Edled about three hours latch
The report‘contluues: "The "mm” The question arising from the case
were ”‘9“ ““0““! ‘0 come into "1°Lis whether or not sunstroke can be
carried on both wrists the scars ct
‘ steel handcufls by which he had been
L” ' suspended for hours at a time, his
toes barely touching the ground,-.-:
pondouce heart-wrenching in its emo
tion? .1 .
Canada Blackle did all this. as only
city to loot the shops or the mer-'
chants and traders, causing it great
photo. Thuli the magistrate was en-
abled to submit a false statement or
considered tabs an injury arising out
of and during the course. of one's emI-I
ploymenl and this was the point that
counsel for thh parties strove to bring
L 'kllown.
while servings term in the Reformh One could MllDL lladziolllld in L009.” his
tory at Juliet, llL twenty years be—. greatest resource in lighting 0 in
‘dore. ‘- ‘ i‘sa'llity through twenty months of soil
Hls Physical Environment. ‘L Il‘l‘Iary existehca in darkness. .
so much ~i'or um purely physigalen.‘i\v11l) but another Wagner could
vironment as compared in point of write the nmsic tor the first funeral
brutality with the system of slaveryLBBfViCB in the bistoxy of the Prison
we‘re
in the South where solitatr counne éwben Canada Blackie's ashes
snout and tile slraltjackel were 1111- brought back to Sing Sing chapel 0n
a blur borne by six members of the
Mutual Welfare League tin-011531 the
‘l‘bere is, to.) the other side LLoLl'LI
f a new springtide last
mental saVag 91v, and the whole quesvlbl‘illiflnce 0
-lion oi' ianlilv relationship and tam Palm $1111th
lly dependence beside: which the be- H“ (”0,3611 Pal. ‘
In? “sold down the river‘ and sum bel . Ii" Buckle, were still alive, he would
loin days seems a matter of small,probably agreethat despitehis intcnse
significance LUntil his pardon Lgsran’cd friendship for Billy Duiiv, his closest
'L when it was obvious that his life was. IpMI "Tom Brown" 05b0,“, Denali
101' but a, matter .of weeks. Canada Lowrie pull the' few other men he
the loss of the edicts] funds. it has air out at the bearing. Thomas J. spel-
sd been tonnd that the Magistrate lacy appeared for Mrs. lasaul’kn and
was known to be an alarlc'spus “‘l-‘the Transportation company w“ M“
.cruel man, and had murdered a per- presented by H. M. French .claiml
son named Liang th'illgllllll. When og.ent other witnessa were Dr J. Ll
confronted by the parties concerned P111380“ 01' No. 389 Main street, at-
he confessed to all N“ crimes 'L [tending physician to the deceased, i
;bra\vlly ship-carpenters and mill
I jllands, and John lale ioreman in the
ishlpyards
local Weather Forecaster William'
Hill HSPIONlGEI
'V’lENNA, Austria.
clad in a Palm Beach suit and 3 Paula'-
into but clashing under his arm alveo-
Aug 18".83‘l‘L’ord of this s’ummers’ weather
a Russian woman who has been living b.0111" While it‘ Was shown the day;
in the little town of Relcllenberg since was a searcher it wasn't unusually!
Blackie was serving” “life and
years," the superfluous ten years
having been given him by John BL.
Imiey, new State Superintendent ‘oLtI
Prisons, for shooting a guard in the
shoulder with a gun made from a
'- piece of gas-pipe and loaded with
powder made from match heads and
scrapings from the sides of safety-
L hatch boxes,. in an attempt to‘ escape
Dannemora, 7 ».
_ in justice to individuals be it said
that the guard might easily have kill-
' ed Blackie at Ithe time. but retrained
*‘ “from doing 30L. although the huge,
‘ _‘~:' ravenltlcked Canadian had already as
‘L ‘hs‘blished a reputation as the most
L ‘stltution. and that Mr. Riley. since
’ his appointment to his present posi-
lion of Superintendent of Prisons libs
.. done much to mitigate the brutality
of prison discipline. But, on the other
L‘ . hand, it was at Dannemora. too, that
, L a prison guard tore into shreds be-
!ore ‘Blackie's eyes the only picture
" which the convict had of his mother.
whose memory be cherished with all
4: the intensity of a poetic. passionate
' nature. The main point is that_ society
should havehlatt tor: all long th’b nul-
damental principles of humanity and
M Justice to he observed or scorned M:
. oordlng to the individual whim oi the
. Slate‘s servants; and it. ill iupmf ms
hint that priSon- reform bases .lts.
«strongest appeal
Buckle brings out this side- of our;
Igyroseilt disciplinary system when as.
.ur )t
ten l
dangerous criminal in any State ’in- ‘
learned to know so well—friendships
intensified by his long repressed ca-
pacity to late and «be loved—the
greatest and holiest emotional exper-
lence of his life was 'hls , relations
with Mrs. Field; his second mother.
Naturally, such a relationship is too
intimate and sacred to be silver! with
others; and many cl his lett‘rs’ to her
have therefore not bp'én published. but
@1ng the few which Mrs Field
thought ought to be printed in order
to give a clear Linslght into Canada
Blackie's character is the first one in
which he addressed her as “Mother."
it was writteh lrom his c'e'll at Au-
burn’last N vember‘, and reads:
“Dearest other;
"What sweat memories come to ma
i.“ I. write that deal- name—'Mother!’
L‘lLow many '1 use have I conjured up
her sweet face and had vlitie imag
inary chats with her, since I first
caughha glimpse. of. the only woman
who nooks so much like her. only God
and myself know.
”Forgive me for holding back so
10.118. I wanted yum—God knows I did
rand do, but I was straidaairaid tor
bpth~you~and Imysolt. Not that i doubt-
that. 33¢ afraid that I misfit perhaps
bring into your lilo sorrow it i: prevent
knivortliy. :ofld' afraid of myself. when
I thought‘peilhaps some things might
“Wt-.1 ._..--
" . .sblLLlothith happened a short
e‘agii.7wblcb mské's id's til
871011.310} oqsL segond. No! No: Not ‘
happen which would break our sacred.
May. 1914. Her two sisters. Elizabeth
Bayer and diarie Polakow, accused»!!! .
spyingyhnve' been released for lack
of euidence. .
The three women moved to Reich-
enberg in May, and astonished those
whom they met by declaring thstI'str
was impending between Russia 'and
Austria. They maintained themselves
apparanetly by sewing and seamstress
work. After their arrest, however.
there were iound a quantity of postal
money order stubs Which indicated.
they had received tunls tram other
sources. I‘
thh the beginning or the war the
captured lRussians were imprisoned
in a camp at Rosenthal. not tar iron-
Reichenherg, and the sisters aroused
suspicion by secret communications
wuhhhe mover soldiers. One: or
them. from unknown motives. notified
the Austrian. sincere, and the. Iwo-
men's arrest followed immediaiely.
Thell“ trial which has lair
in the conviction of Miss Sinaids Bay-
or and her condemnation to death by
118118108: '
STORM DAMAGE ”Mesa:
TEMPLE, TeqlA‘lfi- 18—de or
three lives have been lost in Houhton
as the result at the storm. and: minute
damage was estimated at 5,000,000
there last night. according to the con-
doctor ciao Atom. Topeka and
Santa Fe height train which passed
‘ ‘2,» 1 .
completed in Theresienstudt, resultel »
hot (or. a summer day. ,
ACHIEVEMENTS OF NEGRO RACE.
BOSTON . Aug.“18.—Tlle recounting
of business achievements in the past
by members of their race laid planning
of wider activities along that line in
the future are to occupy the atten-
tion of several hundred negroesI_ tor
three days at the fifteenth annual sou
.ventlon oi the National Negro Busi-
noss League which ‘opened today. Drl
Booker T. Washington, Premleht 0d!
the League, will deliver his annual ad-
dress tonight. ~
For the first day mprogram oi billet
addresses was arranged. to consistent“.
descriptions oi methods employed by
members of the organisation in man
aging ,larmsfranchebI andlstbres and
in negro town building
ONLY LAMERlCL‘L'IAN CITIZENSLL ON
ADWSORY BOARD. , .
WASHINGTON. Aug.18.——0nly Am-
crimp citizens will be appointed by
Secretary Daniels to membership on
the navv‘s advisory beard oi‘ laven-
tors and scientists which is: being or-
ganlzed with Thomas 5'. Edison its
chairman. Mr. Daniels said yesterday
that be‘ had; rejected one of the- men
named by scientiilo societies invited
to nominate members at the new
board ,on the ground that to was not-P
,a oitlben oi the United states and had
through here yesterday atteruoon.
For 0181
Thirty Years
a
in .l'hollsands
oi Homes
early and eertll' hlrelief is found
for the ailments in which all m'
albino-ailments doe “defective
or irregular action of the stomach,
liver, kidneys or bowels~' in the
most "famous” family remedy,
mu known.
lbs'w'o'fldhsl
are justly famous became they" have
proved to be so reliable nocsnectives
or preventivee of the sufferings, dull
feelingsand dangErduo to' indigestion
or hillousness. It‘you'will trydllem
to cleanse your system. purify your
blood. tone your stomach, stimulate
your" liver and regulate your
bowels. you will know why so
many rely on W’ s Pills to
insure Health
and Happiness
WMMdAnrwchehthiwa‘
Mm. )n‘base- “"o tie.
\
W. lxleiert breezed in at 11 o'clock . ~1
tom ,_
‘ ”new“ death for ““0”“ 1‘“ beenlwhicll‘ he read the temperatures and '
pronounced upon Miss Sinaids Haven? ,humidity for July 15. taken GINTY‘
WE REFER YO‘U ' ' ~
TO THE HOUSE
that has been painted with our paints.
Is it not beautiful in its glistening
coat? Yes, and what’s more, '1: wlll
wear wellmwe guarantee. that. All our
paints. oils, stains, varnishes, enam
ole. etc. are the best obtainable-—
that‘s your protection. lI’hone us.
The Gotham Go
16 IFlRLST I"... . LEK8T. ,NOLRWILALIK
. Tel. {52‘
WWI
WAY“)! WI All!“ 333138.
chums me. to is. Y.. N. H. a
H. R. R. ‘
13 Hickory Blur! land Nell Island. LH
14 P1115 Point and Roma Point i
21 Long Island Sound to MoKlnleyI
”1:53: Pennoyer St. to Ross St.
2:: Cross St. to Railroad
24 Railroad to Brnokside ‘
3“Cent.ral. " McKinley st. to Pennor
er (West Side).
15 White Bridge north to Brookslds
16 White Bridge S. E. to Long Island
Soon d
i? White Bridge, 8. W. to Long island
‘Sound.
One Leroke oi boll at. odd times in-
Ldlc'ates testing; two strokes of ball,—
thus. 1-1 lira is out; tour strokes of
hes-411111. ILL-l-lv1,*wl.ter to be shut
in. A“ [Mild all more ais'Irms indium
serious tire.
- a.
--vLaLcant mom. can berated sud
the way of girdles or sashes,
thI1tc and a few colors. fancy
L... w ‘..
1100115,
'L .e
the professional modiste and
Establirhsl 13,-, ”i
no‘v $.w.
Those that were $500 to $7 50 Tailored Uneasln‘
.,__ .
r hum.
i
Commencing Tuesday, September Seventh, the store?-
Will since every day at six 0'.ch A 1: arin notice is.“
given of this change 1n shopping hours, as it is thou ht
best for all to become accustomed to the idea. It M be L
welcome news to the great army of store employees and:
it is not thought that the curtailment of the Saturday
shopping hours will result in any laconvenience to cus-
tomers. Purchases made' in the evemng are often eilected
hurriedly and are unsatisfactory. To shop leisurely during
the daytime is the most satisfactory way
All Sum Gowns, 'oi livery Mripiios
are to be closed out "
1 Those that were $7.50 to $12.50. Pretty gowns for
afternoon and evening wear, white and figured organdics,
sw1sses, rice voiles, plain voilcs and lawns, dairltily trim—
med with lace or embroidery,“ with gamitures of ribbon in .
t
and plain v oilcs,
now $3. 50.
*Those that were $3. 50 and $400.\'o'11cs and Tis—
sues prcttily made up for house and porch 11 car
“OW $2.00.
after—
Sccond floor.
Dress Forms
All Styles to be closed on
These convenient forms \1 thll are necessary alike to
the woman who makes her
own gowns at home, are all to be sold at reduced prices
inntaticI Dress Forms, 11ch $1400 for $11.00
Four in size 42, one at 46, one at 50. .: .
Adjustable Dress Forlns, tuo chrc $16.50 f0: $12. 50
one was $12. 50 for $900
_ 3 one 11 as $6.50 for $5.00 L
One Collapsible Form, was $0.50 for 58.00;—
L Bust Forms, sizes 36, 38 and 40, were $1.00 {or .50
Three sizes 34, 40 and 42 Were .50 for .25
«Pattern Department, main floor
Stylish Bells, 50 cis ..
Of whitc kld,\1lth bands of black suede or patent
leather. also bands of pale blue pink green and lav coder.
Very pretty to wear with tailored willie skirts and
blouses. .
Leather Goods Section, lilaiuL'flo‘o’r.
Let me send you FREE PERFUME
4 Write rods: for a testing bottle of .5.
sellers
for
-1; so PINAUD’S LILAC
fi'i‘beu -orld'r. most f 6
llvin blossom. aI'L-por xHamilton“: we” drop as sweet
pay “or"? {or a isncy
only The. (6 or ).
50 handkerchlfi. “rite today.
PARFUMERIE ED. PINAIUD, Department M.
ED. PINAUD BUIUMNG
i,sl lzersnd
ihevalucisinih: pco‘gme» you Sgnht
\‘lng.
i is we deli Th
ndfcheq ior "ea tlittle bISiilIeIgnousé
NEW YORK
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‘ FAST FREIGHT LINE r0 new
YORK.
Freifit boat leaves Pier 27 East
River. New York (tool at Catherine
St.) everyday except Sunday, at3 p.
in. Freight. received at Norwalk up to
5 p. m. and at South Norwalk ‘np to
5: 30 p. In _
George R. Fonts; central 'Agent
2 Your choice Of
‘ as.
'24 Union Park
.as last amt 1.1111:qu Aves.
THE ANNINGLJ. SMITH TRANS-
PORTATION LINIEI. lnc.I
any LOXford,.value-- . . _ _ 4:.
up to $5700 GOOD HEALTHFUL 13121111113
Every drink served. at our
fountain is healthful in every in-
Norwalk and South ’Nor'valk.
fruit syrups. Our chocolate is be-
coming famous. Have youLé tried
it2.. Deli-lyn’sI- ice cream served
at the fountain or in boxes to
take home-.3 Try our Soda and
convince yourself that it is the
best in town. i-.-
H s. Milan—st
s No. Main 31.? 1 So rwalk-
..vonwamt mm ALARM nexus
Consult-r, neewhwsnsL L. c.
smlth. Unsawood.
Remington. all other
makes. sold. Nut“
15 our; Main and Wall Ste.
21 Bolden Av'e. and Union Pleas
22 Spring Hill and Kellogg St.
25 West Ave. and Berkley St. .
27 Franklin Ave. and Lyrics Plus .
31 Gas Home (Private Box) ~ 7'
32 West Ave..and Merwin St.
83 Harbor Ave. and Orchard St.
84 Chapel St. and Hill-bol- Ave.
36 West Ave. near Armory .
38 Elm‘Crest and Stevens at... .
ll Cross St. and Wilton hits.
42 Main and North are.
is France St. .
.2 Main apd Catherine‘s“.
J'Netv Canaan ‘Ave. cur. Fair St.
'-s Chestnut near Summer 3t.
55 Main St. and Union Ave.
t: 011 the emu.
sold at is per month
JAB. oonustav.
F. S. LYON
Good lob Printing
lost Pap", I“! ‘WUPK. I300 Frloei
I NORTH MAIN (TREE?
1‘. NOIWALK INFHONI ItlI
loads no application Ito'r naturalist! a good tenant secured through Bentl-
. . . not want Advertising. ‘ “ ‘
»‘ ilI IIBast Ave. and Daskun Lane.
gradient. We .use only the best
«e um»- MIiin sure-Ia scum «male. 2
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