unto SEMINEL , Ann A; L. GOLDEN, PROPRIE'I‘ORS MI. ESTABLISHED 13v pings GOLDEN IATUP \E ALh’lANAC FOR . "1 )MORROW .n‘dez:34a m;2:57p. 111. 11593 6:49; sets 5:26. ENING SENTINEL TELE- . PHONE CALLS itorial Rooms—92. fullness OInce--g3. man: Branch Office—I383. , tor’o Residence—2184. ”Editors Residence—75214. humus Manager’s Residence— urn-tn. _..... .__..____..J THE ENTERTAINING FILM ' hlidmn Sec Diversion In Film 'i'vogmro" 111L8111Wm newspaper. me had dyer imagined their devotion tomb movie was due to a sensc of civ- ,- ,‘ lot an ovorwconlug desire to . ppm-t the exhibitoru' families. .1 omitting fact about that head- lfl M the people who are work. mutter films and educatidhal S for children are now taking divoriioueletnctit into considera- ‘.It_=hno occurrod to them that ,oducutlonal film will make 11 big- ‘ it and become a sure success on- :t it is no! thrust 111 the youngsters unwilling they ought to ace to 1111 Not that “Mainly we. havt- bundled trd DO" clumsily in many instances, children shrink from the \‘ory and immediately set thornselvos int anything labtllcd Mutational rain 0 flocks, secretary of the \‘11 Oommiltec on Filmu lot Young ” l0. classifies the pictures young o’llke thus: lirst, picture: at and adventurc~ llltllllllS, cou boys. Horst etc. Second, clean comedy toward the boictcrsou'. Thil'hl . ultimo of cutotional iutt'1'tvxt.family «$511611. sacrificc the likc .' “amine and Pdllt .1111111111 films. I (hooks bollcvm that tho-31211111111"- crevices should bc considctcd in l'. RIC- 111111 N Iprdgmm. :Bul \vlwnt-vm' the Hill- ‘ nlclcmcnt can be combined with adventure. the cmot ion and the H dy-aas it surely can bc vcry of- e child's best 1111111111114 is to «"11- go the clean program that enter- Parents, chu1ch, all 'I'ecognizc out and 11111411 to producc the dc- 11151111. 1~~—.—.— _. v _, _,_,,.- AINTAINING OUR RIGHTS ‘0” American ships to stay at home ' ugh'i‘our of brim.r torptulocd would United States to acquiesce l; frightiiulness 11nd makc this an ally of the Kaiser. \5 long Ila-not venture to sea we are school, thin hood of outcr- 11.01.11. commerce. imported that somc of out lin- ” ' detained for 11 week or an own defence. Othcr‘ «thins. both liners and. may be similarly protected .1. that it noceusary they is tilc' startling headline” “ pcr mcdicul (.‘Ill‘t.’ ‘ It would br- ,_,_, *fiw W- SOUTH NORWALK will hueume. man It! All melon-Ir ilnimandhbmkede mum ‘ by chain“ it between the bricks while ’ ---—-———O———-- POOH IILITAIV uATfiRlAL 1 Thorn has been a 111an volunteers at all the army and navy recruiting motions in the last wock or two. The prospect of fighting naturally stirs the blood of patriotic 13nd adventurouzi There is a possi- bility now that our forced may soon be recruited to their full strength— 11 consummation that looked helpless before our break with Germany Nevertheless the gaps are not be- ing filled so readily as anyone might suppose from a casual glance at the busy recruiting places. "For most 0! Elbe volunteers are not accepted. Stun- :dards are high and the lness of applicants is low. physical fit 1 January reports show that of 216 up! plicants for York Thu. means that only one man out of tire was ac- cepted. And only half the accepted men took the oath. thereby reducing the actual cnliotmcnts to to per cent. of the applicant's. In the same city, from Feb. I to Feb. 6 them were 230 applications and only 22 enlistments. In Chicago the rush of applicants has been greater. but the percentage ac- cepted is just about as low. l The reasons given for nearly all the’ rejections arc teeth. Can it bu that 80 not cent. 01‘ bur» such bad cycs or teeth that they‘re unfit for the 111'- my or navy? Isn't it possible that the tests are too ligid—thut many of the dcfccts could easily bc Ilet‘dli’d . by the navy in New city 221 were rejected. poor cyos and pom our young mcn really the oculist‘or dentist 11nd stand In the way of cmcient service? lt' s a fine thing, no doubt, to be able to boast of the highest physical stan- dards III the world, but there arc ob‘ vious dlSIId\'.fllllllgOS [If ”We had unit'otsal military scrvlct. would Iour.»[iitlr< of our youth be ex cuocd from duty us d'3lcclll'e and un- available material? And as regards ~ on him. do bbll and the nccd not ‘worth montion old-air It “Ah said to Mull; hatter git, and Ah did. Bn‘ah legal. cations And hntleus: Ah jus‘ hikes across dc lot, down into the marsh and on and on. All t'inks to mahself as Ah often heard 'em 1523' at do big house: 'thtle Jimmy would never run away—-,’ No, on cone he wouldn't. But be'ah Ah is——and o-goin to beat demni- tion for suah Ah doan go back. Ah . just got away because Ah was dressed '11s Ah was and dey didn’t t'ink Li'le Jimy would run away. Ah went on and on, running just an (1111' as does little legs would work. Billie—by Ah was clean tuckered out and Ali met a man. cullod, dressed in a soldier's uni~ form. 'Where am de Yanks?" Ah 11x11? rile says: ‘80 on down dis road, turn to do right and don the left, go round a building and dere day are He didn't seem to want mah company —-«Ah duno as Ab wanted his. . Guess he was running away, like Inc. All went on an' a man and me where M1 was a-goin' and Ah replied by axin' him if he saw a stray cow running down do road. 18111111 he did, and A11 tole him Ah was altah her, and scam pered off. HearIng a noise behind Ah looked back and saw Mame Jim Roan coming, brush 1111' shot Into. do trees, but I got Iowuy later undar over or night. Hungry? Well! ‘Ah was de scamcst mortal on do ‘ face of do earth dot night. Ab had to go on~didn't have u bite. to eat dill little stommick of mine felt as if it was all ovub Inc-«and den all do bob 1-} dc ' gobblin‘ stories Ah overheard I11 big house flashed befoh me. To me it 'poared 1111 a case of choice between d" Innrse and Ah Just t'ought Ali'd take chances old do tor malt. Two incidents of that trip are Do accon' day All had to font a How, which was badly swol 11111 on account of the ratm. Ah was in water up to 1111111 chin 11'.\'l mah loci Wits washed from under Inc and 1'11. l l Ali was carried—out into raging tor rcnl Ah could swim but dot on '11 what sat ed mo. It won because do rlva or was touring on so wild Ah wa carricd along and finally was washed ashore In 11 mm 11b Ah'll bet Ah killed 11 hundred snakes bcIoal1=Ah got whosc eyes and tooth are undcniubly de secon' morning attah mob PM!!!” so bad as to render them Incapablo of military scnirx, what about .lhc" r1 sponsibillty of 1‘our public schools 1111 producing or tolerating tltosef’dctecls? Experts say'thut most ocular and don- tal dcl‘ccts could I111 prevented by pro of school children. criminal to let anothcr handicaps. ' mm.~_.'~,.._ ”2...- THE PROGRESS OF A :PACIFIST ‘ F111; 1 Henry l‘md declared all wm foolish and indoIcnRiblc, and snilcd to IEuropc to get the boys out of the trenches by Christmas. Then be "financed :1 publicity poih "11 against pr.cpnrcduess ‘I‘lien he admittcd that 11 111111011 liadI a right to fight if attacked. Then he admitted that right for a nation that expected an at- ! luck to get ready to meet it Then 11111111! free, to make motor truck's 11nd t , (‘Illll‘ l t it was all t he oftcrcd his automobile submarines to use against Germany. Then he offered his fortune to the nation on 11 war fund. . I. Then he said. “'I‘hcrcs no fighter like a pacifist when he gets started‘ At this rate, if the pwsent unplea- iubo ermany‘s lin11dS.Dl‘0m01‘ suntness tails to come to a head, Ron and wnsm 1111111111111 and inhumane Dill" 1y may be expected to start a wax orIzu§I d, 1865. - ......;.'._.._.1~. 111111111 11111 11111 1 “ - 111111111 1111 l (Continued Fl‘Om First. Page) . Vn., about 755 years ago. that woman. lgund nftah eating Ah drlnk do river dry. Ah stagger something lo cal. “ ‘Whosc chilc is 1'0? ztxcd do Indy, 111' lb ups and Into her. " ‘Glory be lode Almighty.’ unld 'Yonh Mommy's puma to Rebecca and she (was born Robeccu iBnrnctt befoah she was married) " ‘Do you know my mothcr?’ I axed, and she said she did and would know generation grow up with such physical me in o minnit. ;B11kcr‘s wife. She was mah uncle “\Vclcoml'tu Inc In she fixed up u hoc 611kc,alicod it in half and laid in salt herrin' and don tolc me to get in to the woods. cause do country wa‘. swarmcd'with rebs. Ah went and All ncvah saw dc dear ole woman since thought Ab'd' Ah was so thirsty. Nailing in all my lilo cvnh tustcd hult’ so good as flat. AI Powder Monkey Jim then got In touch with Union ‘sympathizcrs, enlisted in the navy as a powdcr monkey, “just a little black ‘monkey' the skipper used to cull me," said Jim once. ‘Hc left the navy and joined a 120101 911 regiment. Klngs’ war Irccord, according to the books of Stanley Post, G. A. R., of which he was a member 'since 1884, show that. he on- listed under the name of Montgomery in Company F, Twentythlrd United States colored troopm giving his place iOI birth 115- Hampton, Va., in 1842 H3 went into the service July 16,1864. muntered out at. Trams Bra— Santtago. Texas, November 30, His record of naval set-Vice is unobtuinublc. Hi5 IIrSI. experience was in the navy, but he was young and lo... not recall the assumed name he lenlisted under, when in after years In». sought to complete his record The name “Montgomery" used was the name of the master. on whose planta- tion he was born. 1Hls service was fully established and he Was granted 33 pension James King was born at Hampton” Saw 1.Lincoln -. Jim went South several times alter "Jimmy. you'd .. Ah bid and dey stamped do 11nd cd to a but and hcg'gctl Ioh l BARGRAIN TABLE One‘rnous’and Yards of Fancy White . Goods. Gingham, etc: Values up to 3151: yard. Sale Price, 91 5 CREPE on (IRENE AND coononrrn CREPE ‘ BLOUSES, $2.95 very fine quality, in itsh, white, maize and cold, em- broulcrcd and lace trimmed. BRUSSELS RUGS 27 x '54. Heavy wool pile, linen back, closely woven, Ichoicc patterns, a mvioeablc rug. Solo price. $1.49 HANDEE DUST- LESS MOPS . Metal back. four foot dlcs, han- ‘chular (191'. Salupricc, . 1 49¢ l: l l (:i ' RUBY oLoss FURNITURE pomsn . 181:! 251: size LINOLEUM 2 yards wide, tile and wood effects, good qualitv H i \ . lhc season's favored stylcs, Va‘ 11? ‘ SKIRTS AND 'SKIRTING .. SEPARATE UI' silk, serge, 110 I'm. wool velour, smart: st of pctkcls and l) ltings Checks, 111111115 and law Iv lliixlu THE IIOS'lON STORE S rent Cicaran . A Sale at Unusual Values in Reliable Merchandise eSale MONDAY, FEB. 12, 1:917 $23.2.» ea“ "can; 3‘. thxx SKIRTS _ etc. With U c in plain colors, stripc', ms. at extremely lou prit'cs NOVELTY SPORT SKIRTING S‘utntlid awortmcn’t intc figural patterns, all the ncwcs Stmcial ....... . ........ $4.50 JOHNSTON BLANKETS llig sizc, white, gray, tan or Every lilankct rcprcscnts :1 hi $1111.11», silkolcnc, pure \vhitc reversible. Special ............ Blankets and Condortablcs Big rloublc bcrl sizc, sturdy values, while or gray. BIG WARM COMFORTABLES r1 «ting new plaitla,u113quc l 111 colors and patterns 39¢ and 49¢ l’ald ‘5 :mi': BE PATRIOTIC .——-.- Let the Stars and Stripes Wave U. S. STANDARD WOOL BUNTING FLAGS 6 x 9 ' 86.93 5 x 8 $5.49 «- ‘. 'm— ‘Im‘wflflvm ‘ ............... . $3.98 pair l)ltlt.'. II Salc prict- $2.98 pair saving. cotton filled, scrolled. seamed. in pink, flush tint and \le especially low. $1 50. Sale prior: $1 09 yard‘ . ”‘03? .mefl me“ ”1""th 11“[ marsh Al daybreak om" comm“ 3mm ’3“. mmmmmmw W m. “a: 2‘“ mm 1m: 12% W73”: 40 O "G '0 Silk Lingerie 'EXQUISITE SELECTION OF SILK LINGERIE lopcss, Chemises, Bloomers, (L‘ .................... $2.93. BEAR SUITS ' All wool. 21 varlctjx of colors. lx'cgular prit‘c $5.98. Sult' pricc ............... $2.98 Women’s and Misses‘ SWEATERS Shcfland lines of styles. colors $5,118 $9.178 Salt 1111111 ...... WOOL SCARF AND CAP SETS AN GORA TEDDY '1 l2, (1 :6 llrushcd wool, fibrc silk. wool, ctr. lirokcn flu season. Sui-"art A fine assortment of Regular priIcc $2 50 $1.87. $3.49. $6.49 Regular $1.11). Sale prico, 79¢ itc, including Gowns, Ebro uttiisoles, Slips. ctr. Marital v 75c BED SHEETS size ................... 59¢ $1.25 BED SHEETS crn cotton. Blcaclictl or brown, good big Marlo of round thread sont‘i— laulra 'fnoal VII’ 11 ‘. 89¢ .nm, a. ... Beginning Work on the First 1111171111” A to Protect United States in Case oi War- l I ”3M 1... . Within three on. after Presidon situation to congress work was bogu near "Rockaway, Long Island. within the Battery The state legislature p that this land—the property -of the government The photograph shows of earth. Tore high powered rides 323.1% of! battleships that may. attemb Recono 31:11:11 'lN ‘BIOYCLE RACE. CHICAGO, ‘Feb.‘12.-I-More'thnn rec ._~_~M.————a——W.- Vtwnili Tim & Rubber Company, wilI :31. NW“ 1 Vinson had sun 11 of the German 11 on the construction MI 11 new fort, New York City and eleven miles from rcmptiy amended the city chatter so cltyemight be coded to the Federal laborers turning their“ shoveltuls greatly tilt-voted will be placed to 2:111 3111111 New York city. bowt :1 111g pin match game at the, Noiwalk alleys. The two trams are --- ~~~~~w1 1 Inna“! ' w‘ 1 1 SEN TINEL READERS VIEWS Q .1 'MWu/’ Lb. DI. \ “n,“ 'k, ' '5 m“f'.~"fi‘ i l in to l "WANT A HO8PITAL REPORT. Editor Evening Sentinel: I would enquire through your paper wbcthor lust year‘s report oflthe Nor— walk hospital is to be printed and supplied to those who are interested in the work of the hospital? For 1 1111111y'"yc11rs l have had 11 copy of the hospital report sent me, and the i11- slitttlion has not been». loath- by the courtesy] Speaking of this matter to onc of the hospital directors. recently, have 500 copies of the annual reports printed and distributed each year. Arc the people to be debarred nll rec- (ignition in the affairs of ti"! public hospital. or is it the result or an em- bargo that has been placed on the officials to retain the report? ' print, he raid ,it had been the custom to, Possibly, President McMullen could matter. I halite seen the questiont raised several times by col'resp‘ond- nuts in the Evening Sentinel. It has been stated in public, as well as pri- vntely. and hits often appenred In 1111 Motors FOR 12' ICK PROFITS that tho hospital is a private institution conducted in the Miami. of :1 few. The withholding of tho prlmrlz‘ annual rcport appears to turn. ish 1:-vltlcnoc in t-onllr11tnti011 of smit :1 ‘luory. IQNQI'IREII AI‘FEA'. FROM PROBATE. ._ppc11l from tho probatifi; of tho will of Mrs. Sarah E. Staplcs, who died I'ccently in East Nor-milk, 1111.1 been filed by meAlicc E. Wit 5‘. 11, through her attorneys, Light 11nd .5.i:.‘l11. The will of Mrg. Stanton W113 cxeculod, October 2, 1915. Ira ll. Wilmn has boon recognized as surety in the sum of $100 to prosecute tho suit, which is returnable to the Sn- It‘llOl Court, In Bridgeport, the first 'l‘ucsday in March. Charles W. Staples, of East Norwalk, is executor 111' tho will. Papers were served this .tlzcrnoon by Deputy Sheriff, Edward ll. Doulcns. MORNING PRAYER MEETINGS. Homing prayer meetings from ten to ten-thirty in connection with tho 1 lspccia‘. meetings now being hem-111 tho Norwulk Methodist church will be cont 1111911 on Tuesday morning in the following- homes: Mrs. George Scl- lcclt. 18 ‘Merwin street; Mrs. Alpheua Merritt, 19 12 Cross street: Mrs.I_(.+. l‘ I'coler, '55 East avenue: Mrs. New- .1111111, 1“ Wcst Main street;Mrn.Mid1 Ki“! some light on the hospital WIN-‘1't l tilc'moolt, 9 Warren street and M13. 0. U Kuncc, 8‘2 Word street 'l‘hrue prayer meetings are pndo- nominational, and anyone living hear these homes is invited to the meet.- lugs. Corporation Th xat‘ e e c l md speed was kept up in the first fighting hard for first place in the nine hours of the shinny bicycle race league rncc l which began last night and at 'I 80 ”Inc Hard Boiled Eggs" composed a. 111., today, the ten lénding racersI ‘1I Norwalk ueuspaper men. will had covered 211 miles, six laps. with tackle the Printers thl’ Thursday the remaining tum one lap behind. levening, at the Norwalk bowling obi The record for nine haurs Is an leya. The match will be on duckM miles.) laps. and will surely be a real game. wavered l'act‘oss the Atlantic date of his birth is not known His tho “,5“ and visited the scenes of his lparenta and thoSe before him were boyhood and 0,11 one occasion met his vé’nsels will wear “19 slaves In the vicinity of F01 tresa Mon 5 old master His recolle‘ctian or havmg “1-ng prescribed by Her me. As a boy he sen/ed as it waiter seen Abraham Lincln was one of hits may follow the prescribed in his master’s dining bull“ pleasant rccollectlons. 0! It be said: '> ,~ ‘ A11 a boy he was restless under the "We was mugtered tor a parade and will “Eva” they please, bond: of slavery and often wanted to review one day while It was pouring m highways.I run nway When he Was about 18 rain.1n 9. 1111.3 white the generals and 111112111111 ll st 0ppnrtunity indoors , _ (Fa1I‘ry at Belleville, N J.) . Capital $23M“. libareson‘ly at $6.50 [par 31“.] The public realizes that Kent Motors otters one. or the but at» > mobile InVesIInentp in yours. The comm an sold mm their entire that your: outputlI mm to our 15.000 an. a mum thzhmm.‘ and but application: Ior our 00,“. can. WWW" " mm" ""22"" ".222." "22222"? ~ " 1-112. mammom ., hts ex- run away, His 11on or his escape to . Ila paused so close to me Ah 0 W85 111' n a 6 can t 9 ~ ' “ AL "011% 1-4 ' " 9, W ' ' 'V ' ‘ "‘ ' m are no ”9‘ '20:: “mu him. .39 was the only «sound hour or the race, won repI'acod "W” "W." to mm. “m" h "It M I'llachhrgod youtcrdny: 11111.ne- lbelmh Ketchup: 101 Harbor mane; £21111th 11.1.9111: Mervin, 11:, o! Wit .11. Mmitlotl retinal”? mu Irene: Ammo! Start your Idle may working by Ms. In m not»: tor-unplug... am“ chndlctthotxentllm will auxin-1mm.» slim than one year's tint. . h was as follows: . '9 .iovxmtziznofl :I . A. He Told It one who carried an 11111111111111. When by Czar-911cc Cannon, at Long Islnnd, ' 1 "Ah 5mm“ ““5 ”d "be“ “h “‘3 wo' saw him we axed each other It dot N. Y z , m W” “w big enough day made 1119 11am do tu- poor nod-Med of. Inn 1”, do we“. . weed to 1112. All worked all mud—1111111. you 1111111 M m W W p 1.. Montana, Io'tm It. Don vim "1th . m "Ions m “M 111' 'bout niobium or thumb do w Mm. W a on "tough nl' 11-11mm run wit-Lu.
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