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B‘Y “HHS BLISS
{Continua Frau rm 08H
.ovoeping 11 hundred your. into the
More. and doting till the Imal
lint "P141? and Bounty” sway the
1 irid. .11' ‘i‘toup‘s speech was a tool
4 1m, t’llrih‘t‘lull and yet. easily on.
drauood.
The «xercises were opened by the,
gluing of 13111 Star~Spangled Banner
by the Sterling liellniu orchestra.
which furnished music for the ocean.
sion. and the marching of the officers
of the Norwalk lodge into the lodge
room in which were the members 01':
(he Norwalk Lodge. Grand Army
”men Spanish ‘1 ar Veterans, New 11111,
wen Blues, Elks, Ladies’ Auxiliary.‘
and outside friends, all the guests of
the lodge for the etching The na-
tional anthem of the republic vhsi
sung by the enthe assemblage. Then.
followed tlte introductory eacrciscs byl
the officers. t|
Prayer was offered by Chaplain C.
In 111; Byington and followed by sing- I
ing of “Columbia, the (tem of thet
Ocean," by those present, accom—
panied by the orchestra. ‘
Patrick Murphy read “The Flag,
Record” in excellent manner and thisl
was followed by the singing of that,
old song. “Auld Lang Syne," by the‘
officers and embers of the Elks.
“A tribute to the Flag.‘ was read by,
(1'. Irving Byington and was followt“
‘by the rendering of a medley of patriv
otic airs R tho“ orchestra. '11111 ad
dress‘by Philip Troup. abstracts which
Tollow, was the next event on 11111 pro
gram. ‘ The singing of "Antct'ica"
closed the exercises,
Adjourning down stairs. th11 gttcsts
were scrt'cd with a acncrous luncheon.
Singing by the lllucs and 111111111 1111111-
ties‘m‘adt— up the pleasurc of 1.1111 rtst
' of the evening.
T1111 own! which most pleasctl 11111
Elks was the gtatitude and 11111 g111-11111
manly manner shown by 11111 11111.1 111
olive. drab. Before punching: to tht.1
Armory. the lads gave their famous
call and ending it with thrcc 11.1115"
Abstracts of Mr. ’I‘roupes address
are as following:
Exalted ruler, brothers and friends:
It is impost-Ible b11111are 11'otds to
'match the inhetent eloquenCe of this
occasion
E11111 observance of 11111;: Day 111'
this country has always been an in-
spiring event, but under 11111 prevail-
ing conditions now confronting 0111"
nation and the world. our celebration
this your takes on a far deeper and.
wldcr significance than ovor bcl‘orc.1
It is peculiarly fitting that 111 thcso‘
days so fraught with peril to they
ideals for which our flag stands thatt
we should consider anew what 11 won—'
tk-trful 1111111111111 Old Glory really is,‘
wonderful artistically, Wonderful his-
torically, wonderfully symbolically,
The Stars and Stripes would bc an
artistic triumph in color continuation
and 0112111111111111111, even if it were tho
emblem oftbc most, backward and
lowly of all tribes of men, Standing
alone, Sll‘ll'tpf'd of all historical as-
sociations 111111 symbolical sigttittcant'c
it is universally conceded to be 01111
of the. most hcautiful flags 11.1111'
«11111111111. 1
' 1 mm m In; 11ch an:
(tannin; I“ hm «Ion ‘5
We at a min- ol had no
31!"! 1112 ‘1‘“ MIN no lit-ion.
lair 11.111111113111051 I“ W! H? hr}
mum-(1.». add him we be
111.1»: «outta-nut. alder Lincoln '0
Mono truly national and united.
11114.1: Helium-1 our period of noon
1 111 isolation none to an end and and-1
er \‘1 oodrot Wilson we tune heme
111111 toasty cosmopolitan and intern
' 11011111 111 spirit and character
Th:
w 111, how ever.
r1111 lesson of this flag day,
be lost unless we give
isotue serious concern to the grave
‘problems that now confront our na-_
lion and hold in their solution so
ntuth 'lif weal or woe for all man 1
kind. It is not well for us to live;
so much in the past and for the pres ‘
«111 that we forget about the future.
“'1 must remember that we are al
ways living not in one. but in 1hr (-1
,‘Americas, in the America that has
been, in the America that is, 1and.
above all, in the Ame1ica that ought ‘
to be.
’lhe European war has done far
more than change certain military
and naval methods and given to war.
hire a. new and undreamed 1.11 lts‘put‘l.
it has done more than shattcr what
were thought to be illilll‘c‘gllith,"—* tor:
trcsses. There 11111.11 he 11011111111111;r
else b11111ntl r1121 patriotism besides
the pomp and pugcntry of parades
and the fine fancies and ('IOQUPDCP of
orators.
1111111 pattiotism in the last analysis
moans enliahtcncd and unselfish citi-
Zt'llsllip_ citlightencd 11110111111 to 111111111
11111 most of himself for the good 111
all, 111111 unscltislt 1111111211 to do what
1111 ticents lust for all for the 1'111111
of himself.
11‘.-
1111- 1:1
1111- 1111'
int-ntally
duty to
otll‘st'h‘os
pltrswully.
(11111 it as :1 patriotic
11 that we Ittalm
-1."| of ncopl"
and morally that 1111 :11111'
1-apttb!1.1 111 111111111. With our 111111111»
.1111 tic‘ds and 341111111115 111 cultivate:
and our torn and opportunity for 11111»
191111 sports, 1110111 is no 1.211011 rcason;
why 1111-1-31 citizen should not 111111111
himself physically fit for military scr-
11cc at all times, and with our from
schools. libraries and our moderate.
prlcod__books and papers, there is no
1-xcuso'for any citizen not keeping
himself intelligently infonncd fot the
propel excrtiso of his political duties
l111 tithes of peace.
It. is a deplorable fact that as a
people. we. seem to care a great deal
,ntorc about our selfish amusements:
and pleasures than we do about our“
povcrnmcnt. Yet we ought to 1111th
that it is only through political 111
strumcntalitics that rcal ,iuatict1 and
common 11'11lfaro among our [11111111111
can bc maintained. .
’l'ho citizcn. indccd. who takes 1115‘
right of franchise at 11111 1131' of twenty-
mt. and 111111111115 into his private busi-
ness with all his powars and thinks,
111 111111111111 only .whcnit impedes his}
selfish aims: is not only a bad 1:1t11.en..
11111 be is a fool. and our big busi-
ness men arc beginning at last to
1111111511 how 11111111 lbcy hat. lost 111
dollars and coats 110111 the 1111c 1111-
ttunali'tatior that 111111 1111111 atttndunt‘
upon the wholesale 1:1111111101111111111 of]
grout tit-asst: of our 1111111111 1'11111 and
poor, of their political obligations fot
thc sakt1 of 5411111111 pleasurc or 11111111111.
. 111111111115 titc
' 110115
3 110111.
’1 1'1111111111 \‘:now5
'11ssist 111 cottserting the food supply,1
1
In muo- M
.5111; and yet he could no! mu: you
a half than studios out well can-
aids-rut ohm-natures upon pas-tin;
wink-at deals of tin meant impor-
haw stow may of put 1mm;
really not: who are mum
them in our Imflllh‘e 115115.11",
out. and national and tablet meal-
ore» these It 1.105111111511195 ram: and
which the) opptme.
How many are?
How many of our citizens haw any
well reasoned - political convictions
and ideals?
‘t'et behind these questions that'al-
most answct' tin-1111211111111, stands out
the t'catful tact that the dcclinc of
all the democracies of history was ac-
(outpanied by 11 11cm evident disposi-
tion on the part of their citizens to
take a livelier interest in their selfish
entct'pt'ises and pleasures than in
their political rights and libct'tics.
.\'ot only line We neglected our
t'olitics, but when it has not lookcdt
as clcan its 11 might, because of ouri
1111;11ch 111.1 had 11111 amazing offer»:
tory to say that our politics is jtalf!
as clran as it. is.
(Youth-1111111111111 of
|
our politics 1111111
politicians is, altcr all. moroly corn}
1111111111111111 of ourselves. And 11111.11,
11111111 1121 11.11'1- tal;cn an 1111111'111'1 in.
, poltttcal affairs, it has too oftcn 111.111.
largely through thu prompting of 5111:
fall or 1111111111 intpulscs, ratht-r than;
trul» 1-.1ua'11tic 1111 E
11 1. not 112-2111 .1.11'_\ 1111 1111.» to stout
it 111 111 .1iI11 1111 11:1 11111111 to sunt'fvot
'ho 1111111 11111 11.11.11 1'111'y 1'111'11. 11.x.t
11.11111115- tltat have 11111.1!
11.1111 1111;; 1111111' own ararcs, 111111 11
1121111114 that 11111-1' this 11111:, 1111111111
birthday 1111 now honor is evcr Iow-
1-1'1111 1'11 humiliation and dcfeut, it will:
no: 1111 bt-causc of 11111 powers of itsl
ions. 11 will 1.111 bocausc of the wcalc'
of 1110.111 who ought to 11111ch
5‘
p.
lt' 1111111111111 goes 11111 way of all tl111
nations of antiquity, it will because
11'1' harc allowctl oursclves to ”'11ch
the same selfish roads of corruption
and indolence that 11111 to tltct't' 1111'»,
lain rain. I
So, different, indeed, have Wu 1111-
1011111 about our political affairs in!
general. that. today 11111 do not 111111111
seem to realize fully that this: mun-i
try has uono to war with tho sitcatcsti
military powcr history has our
known, that-this “It! is mighty 11111-
on; business fox all of 11a aitd dc-t
12111111111 51111111111111 on the part of 11111111
and 111'011 111111 11f 11111.1.
Most of us are Americans '.1y acci~
but foreign born citizens are
11111111111111: by choice. The native born
what Alllul‘lcit stands
for 1111111 111111111'11111111‘.
'l‘hct't- is much we can do who, 111'»
not chosen or fitted for tho periloual
work 111 the trenches. 0Ul“WOlllt‘n
can 11111 in the giving of manifold
comforts to the1 soldiers, and ospeclal»
ly 11111 wounded. Our ~ltouaewivcs can
bccattsc We must understand that 11111
to1y in this war is «111111.; to depend
quite 1111 much upon food as upon shot
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chittc noisclcss.
ntachinc. 111111 111311 when closed it
1 as 11 feather.
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(Invented and patented
present some to you.
1 your 1111111111111 baby within arm .1" reach bccattso
You can sew 11 itltuot dustin" on" ‘ The FREE”
You can sew without headaches
nerves on “The FREE” machine, because the
new Rotoscillo movement makes it run as light
Some-and See Us Before it is Too late
’We Buy Your Old Machine
We have with us this weak Mr. W. C'. ELLIS, who does most; wonderful fancy Work on the
FREE If you will. call at store he will write your name on the Free with Balding 5 Silk and ,
The ' Price of Peace
in your home
year old Sewing ~‘Mach11'ne
is $1.00 and
Nothing tires a woman so much and makes her so nervous as
to try to sew on a. hard-running, noisy, old-fashioned sewing
machine.
Nothing-r gives her more pl
pori‘cctly rclialtlc. light-running. ttp~to~1l1ttc tttaohittc-——ot1o that.
11111'111' u'ivcs trottblc 111111 is always rcttdy to 1111110, tuck, hem or
full without change of tension.
You can sew with your cycs shut on “Tho FREE’
Maohinc. bccattsc the positirc four motion 1'1'11111 makcs the goods
111111111pt11'1'11111ly straight.
1
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makes the 11111-
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any parlor.
$1.00 a
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“The FREE "' machine, because it is absolutely
You have, only to look at “The FREE” ma-
chine 111 realize it is beautiful enough to adorn
for a few weeks will pay the diner-
ence.
made only during thedntroductlon of
the new model.
casttrc or 1111111111. of mind than .11
' Sewing
with no thought of breakage on
11st a lifetime. Evcry bit of ma-
t. is the best obtainable.
This exceptional offer will be
Convenient when open
W1“: and My Sol,
{In mahogany. Pieces
mid separately if desired.
Venetian Glass
Reproductions of old
models in Bowls, Tank-
ards, and odd Vases.
Beautiful dark blue,
green, wine red and am-
ber.
Fine collection at pres-
ent. ' shown.
and Jacobean Sets.
any Sets that are not costly.
When the old Liberty
- Bell rings, be sure you
are able to answer it hon-
681]].
1 Buffet
regular price $65.00
sale price»,
$53.00
regular price $47.00
sale price
$38.00
’1
June Sade-of Tailored Suits
Half/p rice
One hundred Suits in the lot
Eine Serges, Mixtures and a few Taffetas
1111.1. all early summer models.
Suits that were $65.00 2151;; now $32.50
., ..
$50.00
52545.00
,1; $35.00
1 $30.00
$25.00
$20. 00 .-
$25.00
$22.50
$15.00
$12.50
$10. 00
Nine sent on approval, 110 credits, no tele— ..
1 phone orders.
12 15.. r- ,5”.
Fans and Handkerchiefs
3% for Graduation Gifts.
_ Next-to her wedding a girl treasures her gradu-
gtion gifts. Let the gift be something that gives he;
1’: long continued pleasum, _'
A dainty F an, 1353‘ _ .
, 01’ Japanese Silk, ':1 50 ch. to $1.50
‘, Feather Fans, 1n dainty EVening shades, $1.25.
.. " Gauze Fm, of lace or spangles, $1.00 to $8.50,.
mna‘mhief‘, t
‘ ,3 All linen, initialed, 25, 35 and 50 cu.
‘\ Embroidered in delicate colors, 25 and 50 co.
3 Spanish embroidered Handkerchiefs,
11.11 50, 75, 51. 00 to 52.50,
t Luce trimmed, 50, 75, $1.00 to $350.
3’; Real Lace Edgings, $3.50 to 820.00.;
Y . Main 0001‘, '
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fl Flouncing and Embroideries
to make Graduation Gowns.
1" .Voile Flouncing, 27 inches, 89 cu. I yd.
151 «40 inches, 89cb. 111163150,
.1 F001: Eases and locations, Suitable for trimming
‘, organdie or voile dresses,
' LVenice Edges for collars;
"it..‘- . 135-:1291255155‘nd500‘.’
Second floor;
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._, Very handsomely carved and etched pieces repro- 1
1"; Seating original designs. 33,33“, , . .1;
': :3“? Water Jugs, French Baskets with handles, Vases, 3
”’1. , large and small. Fruit and Salad Bowls. 2 3.3
$17.50 "
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Two Days Remain for the
General Clearance of
Dining Room Sets
Everything in Dining Room Furniture is
included and many distinctive sets‘ are
Replicas of Sheraton, Hepplewhite
Fine Oak and Mahogqa
, \
regular price $28.00
“151?
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and various small pieces.
1‘ mous old set.
etched design in garlands and festoons.
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“When you buy a Li
erty Bond you lessen
burden of taxation. You
pay your taxes into )M
own pocket.”
Have you teen if
A lustrous, Shi
pottery, 111 Indian blu
greens,
1 Bowls and Van-.31
Please look.
Every piece is signe’cb'd
Basement.
23cm “9"“ 153“ 1
31'.
J g;
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Serving Table ' “
China Cabinet
. , 1’11? \5' regular price $54. 00" ,
- ,1 . .. sale price
$44. 50
sale price
$22.50
Cut Glass
l.
-—ank \1’11nderllpfit
Moorcroft Warn;
yellows and indescribab ‘1
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Computes, Fem Dishes, Trays, Decanters, Ml”.
: Lg.
Dr. Johnson’s Punch Set, a reproduction of a fa- ,
The bowl tall and bearing a gracefully,J
Six tall!
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,, ' Saucer-like glasses on slender stems, a flat tray-like plat-1
6
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is a glittering splendid array.
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Men's Wear
lin and striped madras, with)
collars attached, : 1,
Neglige Shirts, with 50111
double cuffs. A wide assert.
Shim, in the
make. .
“Waverly?!
' $2.50. .1
ors, “Waverly” make, .-,,'
$465 '1'
J ‘17.,
Soft Collars for summer fwear, the “Arrow” 5111111,; ‘-
15 cu. each,
Union Suits, Yale and Carter makes,’
$1.15 to :2. 511,3:
Shirts and Drawers, 4 ,.
Union Suits,
Pajamas, plain and fancy materials
$1. 00 to $5. 00.
gNight Robes, with Y-neck', £11,. 59 cm, to $1.50.
Outing Shirts of white pop‘a‘f
$1.15 to $1. 50
meat from $1.00 to $3.75,}
Marcel-ind and $111.1 F1510
' Tub Silk 511111.111 fast col-1 1
far for a base. These pieces may be used 111 many difv.
. ferent ways. For punches, desserts or flowers.
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