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There will be 11 meeting of the gov %
. ing committct of the Mir-11.1111l
“Yacht Club,af111 the meeting of the
club at the Mahackemo 1101 1 this ev- I
”has. at 8 p. m, ‘
'2 Th’e Sect '1d Distrht 1211111111111 ('0 om
“fasteners held 11 lureting last night.
Witt business 11' as transacted. Pre-
tummy plans for 1‘19 prop>ed newl
”Racine plant 11121-12 dismissed.
' Board of directors of 1221151 Nero-.1111:
.11112r1 01111 111 2: 2111
netting
is re- ‘
ting, Monday
N. the home of Miss Louise 13
East... avenue. -.ve1:'. 1'11-1111121'
~REF-ted to be mesent. l
The large 2bunner 11111111 has been
8th $hed 1100.22.11 Wall street fo1 titel
pose of advertising; the Ell1s’ Fair,
on blown down last night, by the
yy Wind. The canvas was ripped
' "the ropes.
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re will be a 112:1111'11 111111111111.
n" of lll?\Bfl"lll 111 Dire.- 1111-21 111‘;
. Norunlk hospital association
.ffieaheaday evening. in the parlors. of
3 Norwalk club. important busi-
needwlll be transacted. i
Corporation Counsel Lockwood was
.a,l§..1tcvr2ning tn the 1'2"” """ ' 2‘-
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_n at 9. theauo party at the Regent
'atre. After the performance 11 1-
111111191- was/acrved at Judge Lockw'sood
are. in East av.eitut2.
.Charged with an assault on J.
O'Brien McMahon of this city, Max
Belch was arrested last night by the
dgeport police Sergeant Thomas
at journeyed to the Park City this
, ruins; to bring him here 111112112 he.
I come up before Judge G201'g12 H.
burgh in the city court for 111111.
The assault occurred Thursday night
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large hand paint-:11 Si; :11 11111-1212
«Quint; the annual ball of the Norm alk
glen, has been 101911 ed 111 the lo-
211 Aerie, it 11111 \li' .111 131' adey, of New
tn‘gh. .Mi‘lte also sent his regards,
ml ban mouth-121i to 1212 on hand at
be big affair. ,
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filly Engineer and Street Commis.
P. \l‘adhainz: returned
when? he
1' Joseph
rduy from Hartford.
3% mencan Road Builders Papers 11 ere
' during the. star sion and theta
' of such as wood block. granite
och. concrete and bituminous. The.
ital dinner 1111~ held- in Hotel Cop
.Plazza, Wednesday evening and
'. a largely attended. Mr. Wadhams
d that the exhibits were the. finest
MI MN saw, especially the lab
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OF 1917 SESSION.
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Amends Law Providing Penalty (or'
Lascivjcus Carriage—Two
Others Adopted.
HARTFORD Feb. 111—111 the SEE-1
ate Thurrday morning the first bill;
of the session was passed. This re-l
lates to a penalty for a. law againstl
the lascivious carriage. Under the old
law for an offense of this character
the penalty is state's prison and it 11.
s; meti'ues too severe in the opin.o:1
of the officials. The amendment (f
the law provides for a fine of 8100 or
imprisonment of six months or both.
That is. the first law passed by the:
Senate at this session
Two Others 60 Through.
'I’wo other laws were 11'2ssed Thurs
day morning. one. of them pr .udea
11 fine of $200 when any c ‘erk 312' 'r
“Martin 11101 -
0110111 0 1010010,
11111: 00min Ila: 108,000 Teach—
ers and Span 9 $800,000 000
Ami: for Schools
There were 23. 5.00000 persons at-
tending schools of some kind in the
t'nited Staten in 1916. according to
estimates of the United States Bureau
of Education. This means." declared
the AnnuallEteport of the Commission-
er of Education. ‘that approximately
24 per cent of the inhabitants of tin
"211 11 States are attending school, as
compared with 19 per cent. in Great
'lir'am. 1'7 per cent. in France, 20 per
cent in Germany. and a little over 4
.1p2r cent. in Russia" The bureau
.points out, boy/ever that the result
" much less favorable to the United
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“1mg that "‘5th 0‘ bemg .tan or cashitr of a bank or c :1 pora- States it daily att12ndance.1ath°r than
marked up is marked down.
Some dozens of medium and l
heavy weight suits—new and
desirable patterns as well as 1
“slow ~ sellers,” which are l
often the best wearers.
If your size is here—You
win. i
ttogers 81 Stevens .
Norwalk So. Noru' alk
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‘i machinery used in road building;
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The inspiration to accomplish groan: things is founded
11m. shady accompllahed a laser mecca. 157, it out
1101 W ill 10111110111011
13.1. 801111 SUPPER ‘
11 1111111111011 From [first 1’11" 12)
1251112111111". 1111.1.1’1211 1111-12212 1... ' .,
11111111 new sung by the mung people,
‘111111 11 1111111111 1111111111112 poem, written
by one of Iht’talented members of
the society. and read by another that
11111111251) might not reveal itself in
aulhorship Doctor A. F. lleard was
11 22111251 of honor, 111111 pr'med hilllSI‘Il
the youugmt of them all. giving :1
dciiuhtt 1! tall: concerning some of 1111
caily upcl'icnccs in the ministry and
re1'21111'111g 'n kindly 111111 most appu-
cfative vein the five years of Dr.
iil1rilr1'u111"a pastorate. in his inimi-
ttable way 111- mingled humor and
sound advice, compliment and suggc;
lion. 1112 spoke of the sermons of the
pastor 11111111 he had read, and by
11111111 he absolved him from any sct'2
ions charge of heresy, 11 remark that
later brought from Dr. McGrcgor the
recollection that once Dr. Board had
retained two sermons, which he had
taken home to read. with the playful|
remark that he had read them both
110 11111 remained a Christian. Dr.
131211111 11130. alluded to the pastor‘s
fondness for 11112. sea, and declared he.
knew that he did not. always have
“lilnbcrnmn's luck" because, of some
blacklish which Dr. McGt'eg'u' had
left at the. speaker's house which 11111
:peaker himself had prepared for the
" '11 and had “had the time of his life
doing it." 1112 characterized the mod-
ern 111inist1-1' as one, who must be a
man among men. in former times the.
lllllllalt'l‘ 11'a:_xApi'12p11rcd for his 1110
work in an institution called a Dirin-
111' School. and came out :1 “divine,"
1'11: 11.111 .11.11,\'. 111- stud e' in :1 School
.31 ilcliuion. 11111' when 112 grad/1111‘s
.112 ‘ :11” human.
Percy Taylor, president of the so—
‘1'11‘13', presided as ttxtatntastcr and, be.
the monitor. pre-
11121111211 Dr. bit-Gregor with a cut glass
cream bowl and tattle. iloth Doctor
and Mrs. Itictlregor responded heart~
ily. thanking the young people or
their gracious thoughtfulness and the
pleasure and surprise of the occasion
as 1.1211 as for the. beautiful and ser-
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'1’111122 ""rm'ur-lrttr
' \‘icr-able 1111111112:th of the annlve 'Jll'y.
An llllt'i‘t‘slihg feature. of the. din-
ner was that it 11.1..- all prepared by
1‘112 3111111111,committee,in the well
equipped kitlc '12n of the parish 11011111..
"1' 1'11 to 1': 1c composition of the Scotch
111511 5:1 1211', 111111211 formed the p cce do
2 mil-112111212 of 11122 dinner. and the
111111.11 liter-innate pic Which as dessert
1222911511 1111: none of New England cul-
inary art.
The occns‘on was a most happy one
and brought to the. pastor and Mrs.
McGreg-or 1101 only a pleasant sur-
prise, but; a delightful sense of friend-
ship and appreciation of the intimate
- relation between them and the young
people of the First 011......»
F. S. LYON
Gnod Job Printing
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Coughs. Colds, Bronchitis] Con Paper. Best Work, Best Prices
83 NORTH MAIN STREET
, pleasure
- ppm-111611 it from being 11 paying
tiou refuses :1 c'eitifit'atc reua' dug the:
own ramp of stock. The. accoud 111cc-l
suigyre 31121 1'.) junk deale. 5.11111 pr)
\ides that they may he punts ed
when they buy new metal that is
stolen. The old law limits the pros-
ecuticn of thefts of old metal.
lSLAND BEACH OUT OF BUSiNESS
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resort on Little (‘aptuin's 1'.-
Vlzmd, will not be openei next sum-per.
Althouuh the resort affords excellent
bathing 1'a12iliti2's. its remote. locati-‘n
pro-
position for (:".-\\11121' The 12111111] is
owned by 11 corporation of tireeuwichl
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n'lihe 111111111111 1'11 wi- icb c.11ricd pas-
«1 1111121. to 11111 from the 11111111. has
1112.11 201d. 11 111111 at one time a
p 12.11.11112 craft, owned 111 a wealthy
of the lineal boats of its type whe1I
completed, and \\ lnle cruising th" 2111111211,.
the 50111111.,1'12111'5 111:1),11112 owne' ,
with members of his family p2r' shel-
iii a squall.
11y rested on the shoulders of the
owner for he directed the. captain of
the boat not to ship his sail.
see how the boat would act in re ugh
weather. 11 was capsized and, al‘
aboard perished. The boat 111111 11111-
vaacd and purchased by 11 Greenwich
man, who later (lisposod of it to the
lrland licach Corporation.
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YALE CAMPUS HEAVtLY JOLTE‘D
Retiring Editorial Board of Daily Nevin
queo “Rout" Number
NEW HAVEN, Feb. 10.-—The Yale
Cam-pus 1.2111 11 aback this morning
when tho 11111111 and cottéerrativc Yale
1111in News 1111 cared with a full~page
headline of 11 (2321111111 woodtypc with
several "111111111" announcing that the
1917 News Board of Editors had quit.
The board always does quit about this
time of year to permit the. new Board
of Editors to take charge, but the
1917 Board went (1111 in a b11172: of
scat-121112111111, cartoons, numerous
“roasts" on everything dignified in the
univet .ity, and a picture of a lusty
infant representing the composite pho-
lograpb of the new lloard of Editors
which taken- hold tomorrow, Among
the “features“ of tho edition Willi an in-
terview with “General- nut-12.11.1111,"
who is described as “head of the in-
telligence department. of the. U. S.
Bonnery at Fort Swill Oke." The.
liberally "parts" everything
Yale. llntlt‘i‘y to the Peabody
“ leuci‘ai"
from the
Museum.
Another article pronounces the Yale
Junior Prom 11 "ghnutly and disgrace.
to] fiasco." in another part of the
issue in a portrait of a dancer labell-
ed “Miss Gnila Gabbl-eur of liobokcn,
who broke the intercollegiate cut-in-on
record at the. swell Prom danco." An-
other announcement heralds a big
convention of Yale College janitors. A
picture of the empty assembly hall
at. the Yale Mission is labeled “Browda
Cheer’ng the“ Final Performance .of
‘Ouro' (The Prom play) at the Shu-
bcrt Monday night. There are other
“screams" to numerous to mention.
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' HOLCOMB GETS WOMAN PLEDGE.
State Suffrage Association Offer: its
Services in National Defence.
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l liARTPORD.Feb.10.—Goveruor
Holcomb has received a letter 'rom
president of the Connecticut Woman
Suffrage Association. radius:
1 “in the prompt crisis the Connectia
out Women Salinas Association. rrp'
resent'nx thou wot-En of Connecth
cat who hope to obloin the MI ro-
luponotbllltiu and of cit!-
Iourhlp. her-by m at your din-fl
lye-.1 for the m at can-cum 1.
but no view-
' 919 01-0;
The blame for til-.2 trige- 2
just 101 lll't‘cit‘lll
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:111112 allowances
‘two years and for
1m'olhnent, is taken as the basis for
comparison, since some of the other
lllatiuns hate better attendance and 12
hip: .23chool term than the lnited
States.
The number of pupils in public lii't-
.dergarlen and elementary schools rose
frt'in 16,900,000 in 1010 to 17,935,000 in
1014. an increase 01 more. than 11. mil
‘cn in four yearn In the some per
11111 1112) number of public high school
students increased from 915 000 to l,
and for 1015 the corre=pond
lug figure. was 1,329,000 As the re-
sult of this increase of 110. 000 in pub
lic high school students the total num-
ber of students in the 14,000 high
achnols of all kinds intreuscd to a
million and a half. 0f the 11,674 pub-
‘ic high schools reported, 8.410 had
full four year courses. Approximate-
ly 93 per cent. of all public high
school ctudonts are in four year high
schools
The n port analyzes the, number of
11'111111'111 in the li‘n ted Sthlcs allow
ing that of the 7013, 000 teachers 101.1,-
000 were men and 537, 000 w.onten T1112
:,1u.~.1211 111 lilt'llltlt‘ songs of welcome, Baltimore 111.111 11 was considered 01pinuniber of men teachers has i:1c.c:-.21 1-‘n
very slightly since 1900; the 11111111211
lent 11119 has almost Tioubletl. in pub-
dementary schools the number 11:
men teachers has decreased "“ per
cent since 151110 while the number of
women teachers has incrench 8 per
(911. 1'1 10110 ttaching positions in
public high schools ware evenly di\'id-
ui 11211111211 men and women. At 1111-
1111111 women outnumber 11122.
111111 by S1100, The average annual
.nlary of all teachers in $52.5 The
tigurc is highest in the cast and north
Atlantic. 1111111211, with 811119. and 311111;,
respectively and lowest in the south
Atlantic 111111125 (83:39). It varies from
$3321 in blissful-11pm ‘1.) $871 in t‘alt-
and $911 in New York.
Coat of Education.
totaled close
(2.11 imnt 12,
partly estimated,
$800 000, 000. An
for the
items ncccsznz'tly
(muted. would easily bring the nu-
tion' 5 current cduca‘. tonal expenditure
‘11):1 bill‘nn dollar11.1ublic elementary
«1.11-2.11. cu"! 1'1 191.' mirror ‘maiuly
$500,000,000: public high schools. :70.
00000011riv121'11 cicniettlarv 31":11'221.
$52 000 01111 private. secondary schooh
3151110010 universities colleges, and
profmsionul schools, $100,000,000 nor
111111 schoola. 315.000.0110.
01‘ 11112 Sill-5.077.140 actually rcpoit
ed for public schools in 11114, $.11“,-
1'111,11M was by the north Atlantic and
north central states. New York ex-
11211111211 $11; 0111 11011 1‘12. insylranla. $132,
I'lbtl'b; 11': "1oi.2. 229,007,311; 0th
5:11.,1721250 (‘alit‘ornia $26. 7" 21111
Massachusetts. $25,192,214"; and New
.1121'.2=12y, $23,228-l,t)flti. S‘x states. New
li11111pshir12. Vermont. Dclwnre, Wyom-
imz. New Mexico nn-l Nevada, expend
1211 1120:; than 320110.000. 0n a per cap
ital 1111511.; Utah t'anio‘d highert with
an expenditure of education of $10.07:
11111121) cxpc'tdcd $9.66 per capita of
popu ntion; North Dakota. $9.02; Mon-
tana, 0.130; Arizona. $8113; and Wash-
ington. $3.89; while Mississippi spent
314%. Sol-sh Crrnl‘na 51,88 Alain-.1111
$1 Stand Georgia $1.08.
[lifts and bequests to education
ainruntcd to $313.57 398 in NH, of
which $26, 670 017 was. for untvcrsr' t 12.1
and colleges. $1558. 281 for theological
schools. and $1,495,773 for law schools.
Since 11196 31111113 aggregating $407,000,-
000 have been given to educational in-
t tiiutionn by private donors.
Educational Movements
in discussing educational ' move-
nients'Ibe report points out that most
of the recent; contribution are in the
domain of practice rather than in the.
cry. The report declares: "There
seems to be a clearer vision as to tho
essential aims of education. Edutr.
tiorql surveys have multipicd to a. re-
‘. maritable extent; .111th no field has
:now been left untouched. and 11110 int-
Mt findings in FV-i.“ific monaa‘c
ments are being utilized in survey
work. The health movement in minor»
‘tion has expcrlénced a notable 111111111
11111 from tho preparedness situation
and the demand for military training
Fltr'l cdaca'lrn has inert2 and more
‘o'liizted the interest of the general
“Ith‘ln outside or pmt‘esnionnl c. 'rclea
Phone 007. Mrs. Kather no Houzhton Hepburn. and has clearly become a problem of
"dmlulstmtlon and financing rather
than variation Vac. Nona] Mmtlon
is advancing 11111111511111 steadily. in
awn-v that was. to “ford the boot
m'blo gut-nut: .02! confluence.
m or the W in on“ of
paper a moi anthr- oditlon at tho
Annual Report of the mule-tom
Im been printed and may scum! ol-
f‘v-m "2! cm: who I“. m
«1.111» mum in "mu will
“at! to m
FYnt‘llt'. titre-1 for cducatim in 11111.;
to;
making;
intervening .
:ribution in the limited amounts al-
lowed by law.
POOR WIFEYl
Profeuor Gigiampz dropped in at
his friend‘S, the doctor‘s, the other
night. .
He was breathing heavily and .
seemed in a great hurry.
“Ah. professor!” said the doctor. I
“Come in! Let me take your coat,
and hat. Been taking a sharp walk:
I suppose, after the day’s work?i
How’s the great book getting on—1
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$25.00
ALL WOOL PLUSH
COATS $7.98
J ACOBY’S
the monograph on Biological Re-v
searches Among the Neolithic Tribes.
of Northern Nigeria?” i
Once started on lhel topic nearest ,
his heart, the professor dropped into;
an easy chair and talked for hours I
A bottle of whiskey was producedl
and it was about midnight before the.
guest rose to leave.
“Well, good night, professor?" said
the doctor. “Give my regards to all
at. home. They‘re all Well, i sup-
pose?"
“My goodnessl” cried the profes-
sor, clapping his hands to his brow.
“That reminds me! i knew I came
to see you about something! My
wife's nearly dying of ptomaine poi-
uoning!"—-Answers.
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Difference
When you go elsewhere for
glasses you are treated as a
customer
When you come to us you
are a patient.
BUTTER
Finest Creamery Butler 410 lb
Good Table Butter , 38c lb
East India Tea CO.
Tel. 371
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58 Wall Street. Norwalk. '
KRYPTOK LENSES—Folding- (hit-dis 11. Gold or
Shell Shut-On and Other Mountings.
Thorough examination of the eyes. OEDlISlb prescrip-
tions promptly filled. Expert Repairing.
You are buying glasses at
other places.
House Dresses
A new line of Striped and Cross Bat Gingham: and Plain
Chambray House Dressesin 23301111! tailors.
Trimmed with bias bands o! phi-n or cmrtrasfing material.
Some with pique collars and cufl'surazrrow Hamburg edg-
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Others .......... . . . . . . . . ....... . . . . $350 and $1.98
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J. I. MALLETTE
88 Washington St. South Norwalk.
HERE you are looking after
the health of your eyes. 4
"The Three~0 Eye Service" ,
Ocullotn, Optometrists, Optician: :
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Open Sat/till 9 p. m. Est. 1897 '
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Homemade Sausages .......... 22.2..i
Freah' Hams ........... . ....... 22c.
Fresh shoulders ................ 18c.,
Pigo Hock. ...... . ....... 18c.
Corned Side Pork .............. 18c. l
Pot Roast, no bone ......... 16c.
Heavy N. Y. Prime Roast from 181:. up
Beat cut Sirloin Steaks ........ 28ml
Porterhouse Steak, beet heavy '
beef .................... 30c..
Chopped Beef, all lean ...... 161:1“
Genuine Spring Legs of Lamb. .26c.
Lamb Chops, loin ........ . ..... 30c.
Rib Chop: ..................... 280.2
N1: tlvc Veal
Home-dreascdfowls ............ 28c.
Dixie Bacon ............. . ..... 22c.
Salt Salmon ................ 18c. 1
Salt Herring ..... . ....... 6 for 2511.1
Everything‘ in fancy groceries andi
fresh vegetables.
Gold Medal Butter . ............ 45c.
Fresh Egg: 48s.,
Oleomarg'Irine 25c. -—23c.'
Helnze's Sauer Kraut 10c.
; Charhok’s Matket
Free' Delivery
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Trade conditions make it W11: to rain: advantage
of this offering, for values such as than may not be hand
again for many months.
The Dresses are all new String models, made of good
Iquality ginghams in checks and stripes. A handful range
of light and dark colorings that .31! “tab” satisfactorily;
neatly made, and finished with “Sana pipmgs to match ‘ ‘ '
in contrasting color. Sizes“ to“
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