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$3 alarm-mam
um
i »mABLtaHEo<r BY“
’11., AND A. L. GOLDEN,
* genoemrrrons
unity, FEB. .29, tgto
”RE ‘LI‘ANAC FOR
- marrow
tide Izsz a. m.; 9:32 p.111.
‘“‘ * 6:27; sets 5:43.
HMSENTINEL i-EL‘E-
. 1 ONE CALL
x looms—9:.
.wo—QJ- '
Brandt Office—x338.
Wises-3.
= g Residence-1531-
Ianagcr's Residence——
sits-n-
» ' . s Residence—890.
gnome otnocroifi'.
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almanac. man-ca. at.
' In laconic Building. noutn
street. in tutu 3rd Mdlyol
“ month—July and Augunt ex-
... —nt s o‘dnd. an In?!
X' We cordially Invited Art ur
‘ EM w. IL, Robert’it. Wilcox,
Chapter. No. no. a. A. M.
In ‘htasouic Building. South
00“. 2nd and «It Tuesday!
« (dub month—July and August ox-
coiled—at 3 o'clock. an Royal Arch
Inpu- cordiAIIy invited. Charles
knack. ll. 9.. r. 3. Lyon, Sec.
.4 IVI‘. I":
7%:
‘QALLED UP."
The country is indebted to Senator
t Stone. for being (ourageous enough to
pie. ,utett-rnt “hailed up" in so serious
unocumtmt as his letter to President
~ “"Iaon concerning the recent crisis In
congrcu.
The senator exprewtl his
"trot Congress should be careful not
Jo 'bnll-up‘ a delicate diplomatic situa-
\\'hen Senator Stone dropped
desire
‘.
.i' .1 lion.”
Hts“ Into the vernacular. every Ameri-
"can Icétlzen, Including the president, in-
‘pt' 1 "got him." Nobody had tolook
' in a Minnow to see what he meant.
£5135» flocked purists who did resort 1‘)
it (“climates town that some of them.
l“. the Century. for example. define "ball
up" as slang, meaning “to fall or mis-
ting-wry," which In about Its near right
as .t lexicon may be expected to come
when it tackles liting speech. But the
‘ “Country‘s explanation of the origin of
{it"lh» phrase is far from satisfactory.
a There In such a term as “ball up" used
:5: by puddlm’a. for shaping the half-molt:
it
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* on metal into a ball for rolling; but
idiom Isn't the idea.
V “ 'i'hc New York Times comes across
.with an explanation that ‘ranliy ex-
plains. “Boiled uh” refers to the hem-
“ lead. floundering condition of :1 horse
whose feet have picked up an accumu-
dntton of wet snow, compacted Into Ice.
t and impossible to shake off.
‘ lrn odd how we use slung without
’ log the picturesque fact that
Situational took of It. And as a mal-
‘l'er of flat. when we're conscious of the
literal meaning»! a phrase. what right
bu: W to call It slang? Are the
.. Is to have a monopoly of meta-
‘ Jrltorf If you think of the floundering
home when you are speaking of “ball-
ing trip" diplomacy or anything else,
eren‘t‘you using a legitimate figure. of
HEN AND ratios.
- itmnihg to Theodore Roosevelt.
writing an n natumiiat in Soribner’s
hm. the fishes of the sen‘ have
v preparedness problem. too. Den-
.3 trip in the Gulf of Mexico.
Maconst, he says:
' daily we Faun glimpses of
: and always they were nee-
death or ravenously seeking
and where her away is un-
'mumpoacesavethe
"7 .mosum' ‘ arm
' ’ubuntnniowertsy-
More the sum-oh msioritr
‘ . It are cull!!-
wn. of death and min to
a .
“dammit
M
‘ WA. canon ”OOPEIITY
t than“ not. and better collec-
tcnnn'ntll out the/UM Stat“. as a
|resuit of our war order prosperity. are
lnhown by the needed annual merchan—
lcitse research report of the Annocia-
Etiou Advetising Clubs of the World,
t‘n‘htth compares the ma trlde In six'
[representative business lines with
DMIUIV TAKE. mo.
That City Pioneer In Production of
tiny“ Nata. '
lmbury is the pioneer in the pro-l
auction of undnd hats, In order to
‘meet the emergency created by the
scarcity of dystuln. and the root at
the country is watching with much
interest the outcome of the espori
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. meat
llsll. During two-thirds 011914 trade A’ “,m" in m issue of the
li- all lines “a Burnett-s in 11115.1»in Trade Trade Record. New York.
ciuntry. but in 1915 the nu; of ngd says:
While statistics are said to show
that already 80 per cent. d the mnn'ri
lhnts sold are of the loft variety. the:
prediction is made In the that trade
that this percentage will climb still
incarcr the 100 mark. If the of short-
The reyon show: the (allottiun 10' use continues to menace the manufac-
(r-uses in sales, by percentages. lsislturen.
I
,piured into the lap of American labor
(by the stupendous trnde incentive of
[the European Inr, becomes the clink
‘of coin on the counters of the retail-
ere.
our I’ll. in the lines inventintedr [ladyed hats are possible. but not
Department stores. 19 per our; gr-riprobable. it is sold. norm in nolt
cery stores. 8.8 per cent: (-lmhing headgear, and for this reason the pre-
stores. 17,”, eent.’ hardware "on... diction is freely made that a contin-
' and dye famine will readr In a dearth
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THE “DUMI—IELL" CITY.
’i’hc engineer of this "Dumb-Bell
City.” of which he is ashamed and
m get away from. hair in several
month- in the upper notion made
“laments that are only half truths,-
whines because he cannot have his
own way with funds that others sup-
ply to be applied as they wish. not
according to his vngu’ics. Thone
hearing him would suppose that no
aectinn of this “Dumb-Bell City" had
1mm Willi lt-
oonnofldntiuvteonlscntion), such as
is donlnd by other nectiona. who
have let My opportunities pass by,
and have nothing in the way 4 pay-
ing proportion.
The claim thot only those dissatis~
fted olcials who belong to and
whose interests are for the First
“Dumb Bell" section make. via: That
they. in advocating the taking over by
the city all utilities of the diflemnt
sections. South Norwalk in particu-
lar, are only thinking of the good d
all. reminds me of what Chief Justice
Tnnspssidatthetdmcdtthred
Scot decision. that 'Blnren was a
Divine institution, for otherwise they,
the dares. could never-have boarded
.a Saviour and their souls would be
lost.” The Rev. Georg B. Choever.
‘pastu of the Church of the Puritans.
’sald of this: “Such hypocrisy would
give Satan himself an vomit.”
’ STEPHEN S. HATCH
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" MARCH
high?
1916 WASHWGOODS
cw]. Pr}???
Wholesale Price;
lowOn All
thows an increase lll retail trade in
these six lines In I915 over 19“. the
smallest being recorded in Ill“ Pacific
ltgton, where the effect of the, war
older stimulus In dispelling the busi-
1 . 1' cut.- (I tore-, 11.6
83 pc ( ‘ m '3 3 lot stiff hats.asitdoosnot ienditnelf
p" cent; 19‘9"" More” ”9 to successful production in naturalI
cent. Every geographical divisionflufl..lm.5 as does the soft but.
States—California, Oregon and Wadi-l
While It is admitted that the un-
‘colomd hat will only be resorted to
all a last resort, it In said there has
lbeen a well defined eflort on the part
of saline manufacturers to Induce the
trade to buy undyed hats in the hope.
gnrbage and waste collection, plumb-t
ing inspection. snow mounting, and]
ma tom
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sanding of Its lt-y sidewalks until lief,
was appointed. t .
The South Norwalk district has hadim W SUI I W
h I. Ml! the M Vwk
all these benedts for tw-ty yours.
The other “Dumb Bell" auctions hsvnt .' | I I
had none of these comforts, conven.
———~—
of solving the dye problem In somllflm’i and Melinda until two years
more remotely. The s, S.
company, live and ten cent '
show increased sales, over liiit. tittfur M which they are formed. triu-
ttflj per cent.
. . .- .__._._._.A. __
WEEKS.
Iand the prediction is made there that
the uncolored hat will become a fad.
lwhcn the spring season opens. When.
Sandusky. Ohio. has been inning “a new style or color of bat is design
.. ., 7 led and produced In a hat center such,
pay-til) week. Everybody sent o‘htiM lianburl', it usually makes Its first;
tum“ and everybody ‘5 paying them.“ lppenrance on the streets of that city.
"09'“ who can't enjoy ”‘9 sensation and to attract much attention mustt
of cleaning up all accounts are tryingtbc decidedly novel or paricnlnriy out
to pay something down on them andInf "I“ Uleflflrl‘» TM “MM hit LI
said to be ’not only attracting attcnv
‘llon there. but is‘also said to be meet»
, ling with pronounced favor, salesmen
"1‘ beyond their means "9 “V". n from several factories having taken
“00" “mm“ ‘0 “‘ d‘W“ quietly “dtsatnpies of the undyed hats on their
figure out “he” ”WY stand Mid how‘lntest trips. and reports from the road
they—can manage hetterln the future, 'nre said to Indicate that orders on
Cleveland. New York and many oth- them will be plentiful. The hats are
er cities have annual "clean-up weeks" ""0"”! to "mm "W” appearance in
Nwl'rktoxl fwda.andif
itt which everybody goes for his attic| '. 0 g I“ n a P ill
_ ilhe)‘ find favor. it is said the worri-
“d 1”“de and mends hrs porch‘mpm‘ of the trade over the liability
railing if he's lucky enough to have”.0 "I‘m“ dyes Fl“ be largely" W
one. liur the present. it.
There's a town in Texas which has. We.“ York and Brooklyn titannfnc-
an annual filly for returning Its nelgh- ' “"9" “id l'efltfl'dly they had yet
bor‘s borrowed books, lawnmowers and to ”T the extremal. d unoohired
blrdsced. hats, and described those they have
seen us being steel gray In appear-
. it's so much easier to do these things ance for the most mm aA continued!
when “everybody's doing it!" Paying ttyo famine will lead to natural t-ol-
a back bill and painting the fence and are." said one man. “but only as a
returning the book which has lain on ‘ln-‘i‘ r“-"tm- ‘0' the “Md“ 9"" "9
the table six months are so easy tojpoaslble in natural h" are not wholly
postpone. me In full of ucttvttteslpm'm” “'m‘ ”W "“"u" “ “"3“ “"‘l
, certainly do not lend themselves to
which form themselves into routine,
. stiff huts.”
anything outatdt,I of which has a hard 'l‘fi't? colors possible in natural n".
time flitting inertia. The
little were enumerated as five In number.
thought and attention which male ‘ttnntely. white, cream. pearl. slate and
things require, the little spurt of cn«.“"“l 1".“- Th" 33m“ grade 0' fur “9
erg)‘, seem nothing when there's a daylused to make the standard black and1
lbrown derbies, it was said, will pro;
duce a steal my undyod. the other1
shades being obtained by blending the
various grades of furs. In soft hats‘
meet “19 owner taking back his nPlKll‘ .these shades are quite salable. but an’
bor‘s hoe. the brown or gray derby never ohI
Why have we been so slow In learn- talnod any marked “3"?“ °f populnr- _
ing these things? Organized pnblicmy' It is not thought any attempt will:
spirit is about the most effective thing *1” "“de m ”“1““ “me" i“ "u"?
there Its—4nd the pleasantetst ial colors, hence the prediction of the.
— ' pnereased popularity of the soft bat t
make definite arrangements for taking
care of balances. People who are liv-
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appointed and everyone takes it as al
lake. Thoahame over having kept the‘
book so long disappears when you'
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Although Eastern manufacturersi
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and exporters have been the chief
beneficiaries of war order business, it‘
GREAT-Econ m “in. 5
NEW YORK. Feb. 29.—~0rders ng—|
gregatlng four million tons.“ valued at‘
$30,000,000. have been placed In the
e boom has not yet been
according to statements
ders in the
Portland, Oregon, hti’s made "a coo icrest of th
million" on contracts for shipment ofimd-
wheat to the warring nations. 'I'iierelmade here today by lea
tinduury.
are evidently a few “spots" armor! The orders placed in the last two
y'ottmn Bell"
um deprefiiion 0‘ 19“ h“ MW“ “‘"ittwasut-o. Manufacturers in Dnnhut‘yflfio- For twenty years. in South Nor; wasnlmms, I-‘eh. 2b.»—»The re-
Krt‘aflt‘lhave already produced some still and'wnlk. Ill original maps, with all data: quest of the Natlonnl banks of West-
L.“oreg'letoft hats in the natural color of the ill" belonged to if. and are In a fire—l
proof mic In the engineer's ofllce, aub-|
,ming ”mm with emanating liands,tiect to removal at any moment by tbot
commissioners of the district. The
writer of this tut- told by the origin!
ecr that the. First "Dumb Bell" and
other sections did not have a map
with data on It. Lately. this "Dumb
Boll” section had the opportunity to
purchase the maps. tile books. etc...
cementing It from the estate of the
late Chas. N. Wood. for many years
its city engineer. These are now
owned by Samuel “1 Hoyt, Jr. of
South Norwslk.
South Norwalk has to pay for sur-
veys and mine of the other districts;
It gets nothing. or but little, in re-
turn. ‘
In 1802 South Norwnlk had Its fire
alarm system rebuilt. the operating
parts placed in its electric station
and radar the care of the commission-
ers. In 1907 It was modernized at a
coat of $8.000. storage batteries unp-1
batteries. “Deccan oI‘I
planted cell
this the maintenance amuse of this
system In hardly half that of either of:
the other districts. even when they
re In xofld order. Smith. Nmnlk
but once (Dec. 14) has had a box out
of order for any longer time than It
took someone from the electric sta.
tion to reach It. Dec. lltb. at p.
5
)m., every box was In order.
In the First "Dumb Ilell" district
for years, many times the first box
(nearest the fire) pulled would not re»
«pond. There are pieces or gnIsanln
ed iron Instead of copper wire insert-
ed in repairing the lines. and It. Its
also using cell batteries that South
Xorwnlk threw out nine years ago.
In the inventory of 1913 South Nor-
walk'reported (and had It) 4,500 feet
oi good rubber-lined bone. The First
district reported 2,500
feet. One month after this the latter
district asked for more of the Board
of Estimate, stating that It had only
1,000 feet. A councilman of the First
district explained this by stating that
the former city officers had appro
printed funds for hose. but. that the
drama had used them for the «can
aliens of their rooms. Perhaps they
went Into the purchase of the odd
lots of uniforms inventoried at 81.400.
Booth Norwalk for many years has
bad a police telegraph costing over
is reported that one wheat exporter at ‘ flea! market since January 1, and the 31-5041 ' Neither of the other sections
have this. no that when added, to
:iht‘m, South Norwalk will have to pay
:14" for each $1,009.8pent‘in the oth-
er: with no reciprdcation. What will
“happen if the storage batteries and
death on then“. Nature.
atlas.
wtn‘
prosperity in the war west.
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Divorces seem to run In families. A
woman who was Just granted a divorce
in Des Molnes tit. 1min than mem-
ber of her family to undergo such 1.11
ntep-hther. sister and two brothers
club in good standing.
._____......___.
she totda comfluoftbi.m
that the crowds who "’
West came to us Mrs. Wilson, and not
to hanr the President. '
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“*" 5*"
m tut members of the family divorce.
‘ am. Sara Bard Field of Citiltornln
“WW“ "'5' W "I0 M M dor‘Bngc at mean notified the State‘wa’k (no, a“, mm' mm, .M
in.” alga odlne baa decided to permit the
lm:wmwmnfimlp III.
of $0,000,000. Even this tre endow.should be moved from the electric sta-
tide of prosperity, it is declared. '1“ tion. and the care placed In other
he surpassed before the clone of the hands, subject to political influences.
year. it is pointed out that pricellcan be‘eutly Imagined by what has
[have advanced IS and 310 the lullaken place elsewhere during the past
, since New Year’s Day, and further ad- 1. years. ~ .
' 1n partly rebuilding thoralannsys-
gtem In the first district (the apno-
' print ion .is $1.500). South Norwnlk will
have to pay $715.50; Inst Norwnlk.
. ’ttac. and will M‘ngdrhhrh return,
lwui Pct-rattan. Ihiprnnnh «What even thanks or good will.
worth to Amnrlcl- The Board oflppropriatlon and tho
WdBllm. rob; 29.~Amm-lctiunctn or‘tne fm City or Not-
Imonths Indicate profits to he mill! other appendages of the fire. alarm
experience within a year. Her mother‘n'm are looked go, In the near “1..
has been divorced three titties. and bar ture, which will eclipbe the record of
1899 and 1900.
. BRITAIN uncover-run: LID.
”cm-
Waited” not the Brim” these sbortcoaningl of their employ-
cnrdipbyforycars. itpnnscdua
Joke. - The South Hamel! W Jl
.now beingwcailed ‘tpon to male 11be
these defaults.
Iv is o. 'y gurgling the In
their. 4‘ "or sit. itsr
~v it: II
shipment connotation of ca.ooo.ooo
worth of German dyestuffs to the U.
a. -.‘ .
Hither-bin now accrmnncnmnrgo
,ttwhibcncemnary for,
a
v
4..., ..
m; ct» tw
ern t‘onneoticut to altar the dintrlct'
boundaries so that they may be in-
cluded In the Federal Reserve dintrtct
of New York, No. 2, Instead of In the
Boston district, No. I. was made to
the troderal lltenerv; board early last
fall.
A petition for the change signed
by 52 member banks located in Con-i
nealcut all west of the (lonnecticut
river. and mating all the mem-
ber banks of that section with the ex-
ception of two was prenented to the
board by a committee of live appatnt- .
ed by the banks.
The bankers committee came to
Washington again, 'I-‘vbrunry l7. and
presented their cause to the Federal
Reserve Board.
Tiny told the board that the com-
mittee repreaented banks with a capt-
tal and surplus of 324,161,000 and de
posits of 87,639,878. while the envi-
tnl and surplus of the two banks not
signing the petition wan $1,900,000.
and deposits 85.912399.
Reason. Urged.
the reasons urged upon the board!
for making the change of boundary of
the districts were that there in fully
ten times as much commercial busi-
ness of Western Connecticut with New
York as with Benton: and In addition
the commercial-Metals“ nodal
tiles of this section are almost wholly
'wltk New York.
Of the checks received on deposit
In New York and Most, In thin lo-
callty. it was shown. between in and
90 per cent. are drawn on New York,
making It necessary for the banks to
send them to New York and keep ac-
count: with New Yark banks.
As further arguments for making
the change the board was told by the
committee that practically all the
currency required by the banks of thin
aectlon Is obtained In Sew York and
that all the shipments away are to'
Sew York and not to Boston: that
practically all drafts asked by custom
era are for New York funds and rare-
ly for Boston funds: that all clearing
houae settlements In all the cities af»
fected must be made In New York
funds. requiring all the banks th
carry liberal balnnoea in New York;
that foreign exchange which is dealt
In to a great extent In this section
can be obtained at better rates In New
York; that rclationn existing between
banks of Western Connecticut and
New York City have nlwnya been
most cordial resulting In mutual ad-
vantage; that these banks have found
the New York Inuituuonn a fruitful
source of information and help In
many ways that could not be obtained
In Boston; that telephone connectlo
which forms an Important part of the
day'sarork of every bank In Immens-
u‘rably quicker and chooper to New
York and Boston. and that access to
New York from Western Connecticut
is much easier. quicker and cheaper
than to Boston. . ,
Bridgeport Represented.
B L A N K E T S
Clean lip-llun'y out Sale
‘On Everyth'mg in Winter—Merchandise
Special Sale of
N E W ‘ W A I S T S
Final Mark Down on all Women’s
COATS ..... suns
- _ , 834%
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EXTRA
5m0Yarda WASH GOODS
Values upto 25c,pcr yard
February SAL
10% to 30%
Values that are incapable. Here you will find the
buying power of your (1th greater than elsewhere, and
our tremendous stock 03:13 you a large and varied uncon-
ment to select from. Come in and let us show you the high
quality of the goods and the low prices asked.
f LOWEST ,
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L Wm. r thgr « rte/(z
militant. mnmons AND summit
1n the bankers oommlttet which.
presented the argument to the Feder-
al Reserve board were L. B. Powe.
Connecticut Nation-l Bank. B-Idge
port; Henry E. Sperry, National Ex-
change bnnlt, Hartford, and Harry
V. Whipple, Merchants Natiawti bunk.
New Haven.
PLAN HUGE IMMIGRANT STATION
NEW tram. Feb. 20.—-A pin for
the enthblishment wt New York of a
huge immigrant \station to cooperate
with the llllin Illnnd “Minn In
caring for itallans who come here
without tunds or a knowledge of the
country. is to be proposed ttLths Na-
tional Convention of” the Sons of
Italy. In nennlon here. It wan learned
today. The plan is proposed by the
deflate: from Now his notwili
be laid before the eaaysnthn tomor- ‘
row. The station would be conducted
by the Edit: of Italy. "
nets In the newest styles and designs: Collarand cal sets In plain and
‘ cmbmidccd orgnndy. some with lace edging 25¢. AN‘D
Lay
nee vesteets with high or low collars 50¢ TO 1“
Camisolesotnrepndodilnnad tour 8 é
‘6an with lace sienna ‘ $1. '
NECKW EAR
Ail assortment of collars. vnltecn, chemiaettes, and collar and can
‘Plnited buck collars made of oriental laces 25¢ AND 2% ~.
lint anrrelling collars of Main and embroidered inn and organ
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'nnlay's sessions were given up
rlarfiy to mutton utters founding
presentation of ram J
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‘. IOIWIGH .Thlll INDID. -
lawman. l'cb. ice-nu ntrlkoof
«Muttnnsm' tantra nnd ta.
“1 “A a m 'o Jc-W‘MMId
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