rock (so: ‘
THE SOUTH NORWALKj‘::i:$food it) keep the citv man from
S ELENAINE goggmfigps !starving. and therefore putting
about all his available money into
lland improvement. seed, farm equip‘
.
ment and labor. And perhaps he’s
that
is
Rs'rnisménno BY .,
JAMES GOLDEN
serving the notion just as well
;way as it he put it into government.
“—— H.
*mIATURE ALMANAC FOR,
TOMORROW ' '
iiigh tide 1:41 a .m.; 2:11 p. 31.
Sun rises 4:21; sets 7:30.
bonds.
.g_.
POTATO PENS
. ' A Kansas City (Mot than, it is said,
V113“ produced 42 bushels of potatoes
C——.——-’» W....__ “7-. . _.....~_.W___.-___._.z
. ‘VENING SENTINEL TELE-‘On a plot of ground eight feet square.
.‘ PHONE CALLS lite (lid it by means of what he calls
Editorial Rooms—92. l“ "potato ps-ii." and maintains. that
Bhainess Office"93- :Ltlilllliv‘ else can equal his record.
Norwalk Branch Office—1388. l
i
l
Editor’s Residence-12183.
(lily Editor’s Residence—4492-4 . U ”’9 _ .
Business Manager‘s Residence—lt-oltld crawl 111 every direction after
113'12‘ ' :lllt‘ light. why couldn‘t they do the
9-1” , ~ in a dirt pile
PROTECTING MUNlTlON WORK~ floutuoors?
5R5 I l So he built a potato pen in his yard.
. . l . . . .
if there is any form of labor “illCll it was six by night feet inside mea-
.
in his ('t'lial‘. potato sprouts
tsanio thing when put
comers next to fighting, it is work ili‘suremmn. and six
to munition factory. It is imperative board sides were loost‘l)‘ put together,
to have shells, cartridgfis and PXDIO':lczit'iiic lots of cracks through which
SW98, of the “mutuality Milli“ “b“‘l' the potato plants could not: the
dance. S0 clearly dot"S ill“ government , lleht. Then he planted lavcr upon lay-
awognize llll“ 11““ large numbers “for of potatoes, a proper distance from
eligible men will he v.-.\'cusc
.
itary duty in order to keep them at impart to allow room
TIM“ duties ar"t'idu:ll potato hill. The layers of dirt.
sit:
. l
3 ”m“ ““l',tlie sides of the pen and far enolieh
for every indi~
l "work on munitions.
not oulv nt’ttessut')‘, hut in many title-pvlwoon pluntinm “.0”, about
was highly dangerous,
be supposed. lllf‘l‘» “‘a1:layers of dressing.
It might
these: workers would be looked after, 119 made ,1 “moist ‘05,”. which
carefully, €15 SOldll’l'“ 3"“ 1“ 1““ from{could he pllilcd out and put back in
l . . .
But a report of the 't‘nitcd Slam“ I‘P'Qtluslll‘. Then he kept ”l“ W“ propel-
niartment
hen the po-
t
welfare. l
‘to a living art-0n hill.
An investigation of conditions in
xpiosivc plants showed that of 00,000
303000 were doing
tutors were matured, he took otlt
l ' . . , 4 , .,,
.mployes observed. {bushels of fine potatoes out year, fl-
‘Wm‘k that exposed tltt‘m to deadly poi-é
it‘ltt in the 1:th year.
hurhels the second year and ~12 bustli-
'«mm The results are shown in till"
J . I
significant continental .\ . l
"The character of the work l‘Nlllll'Nl l later than they
leads to :1 WI‘)’ llltAll labor ll““"‘“’““~:cluiniaf With the
fact that in on“ plantlum, and drainage properly regulated,
inetanced by the |
“mm '1"“‘*‘ WWW!“ it good crop is always as-
'l‘lio potatoes can ltt“]illllll(‘tl much
can in open fields, he
moisture, vcutiltp
i was necessary to employ
l
000 inch during: it; months to keep uplpm-Ht the mower,
zt force of 200." I
l . v
There. is a labor "wastage" illllt‘lliwm'lls when tried b3
is one that actually
other people, it
if his scheme
{router than the average wastage of .
union on the European fighting frontiantl to the world. The family Willi
I’lt's a mighty hot sector of the battle‘t yard will be nblc
“ ti 1.000 men into to raise enough potatoes to supply
‘ There is no use in
at can he
he smallest hack
land that has to fen?»
the same. trenches ill 13 months in or
tier to keep 200 men on the lab.
in the course of one ' raised on a few square feet of ground.
. . . F.“—
. . e' vere 2,308 Hltf"('lll(’ cases
39“" m m ‘ ’ I . 1 I l oua CHOICE
‘ ' .‘ ‘t i l.‘nllll’ rcioret iy.
0‘: ll’ldll‘all‘lll l0 R I f ‘5‘ I 'c l“Once to every man and nation comes
‘ ' :4 Most o item were v1 -' _
mllyswiun . l f the moment to decide
“ ”Si ts" in ii“ mm o ‘ , ‘
“ms of pm In ‘2‘ 'I l ”1‘ rip the strife of Truth and l‘tllfil‘llood
‘ .' ls, netroua aciu ant ‘ ., ..
[nitrous midt‘ . l for the good or evil Sillt‘,
4N. T." These figures, however, 990m 5,, _ ‘
_ l lhveli ll IS the
to give little notion of the real scope;
-, v'l, The worst phase of tho ' ~ ‘ . _ .
f.“ the e l f v ‘ matte“ Doubling in ills lthf‘Cl spirit till
. A I ' " s p I ‘ - u n
situation is the luck 0 s, ‘ mm H ”mm“
The nation has. chosen bravely and
lllt‘ 1‘9‘:well, Let every citizen choose like.
their own table.
devoting acres to a crop tll
In 28 plants,
brave- man ChOOSt‘S,
while the coward stands aside.
his
are shown.
'It was impossible,"
port, “to obtain accurate figures as to’wrinc.
sickness and death'
since the war‘HAS ROUNDED UP
TWO MORE DOGS
Dog Warden Thomas F. Walsh has
puny physicians 0" insurance Dhy'lrouiided up two more dogs that were
.oicians who were unwilling to HivP‘in the recent outbreak. Both of these
all? information concerning them; in dogs: wore bitten and the owners all
says
___..’__.9._-
no amount of
realised by this industry
broke out. ltlany cases
.trecognizcd; others
\l'f‘l‘l‘ “(‘Vt‘l‘l'
hl‘t
wepe noted
“’3 S
.- onie factories there
" thev informe the warden tlia let
was inadequate; ' d i it 3
medical care or n ‘ ,liud been told the dog's, it treated in
:an other factories records wcrevso in-{Umpv would be. all right. Nevertho
omplete as to render the data nits-Ame, the warden took the dogs and be
calling." '
Evidently we need public supervis-
on of this industry.
_ W— .v
FARMERS AND BONDS !
‘ situation. Public *Acts, Section
Warden.
their comparatively small contri-I
nods to the Liberty Loan.’ Pollen-tiny said Ram (Log. and all dogs show-
nttent‘ion has been called to tlte‘mg symptoms of Rabies Shall be
lure of certain agricultural 59C”!qual‘anllned in close Confinement to
its,» especially in the West andfilie. acceptance of said Dog Warden
nth, to come up to their quota.
This .écriticism is hardly just.
wild be recognized that a farmer is
iierially, in no Such position to buy
cities as is a cily-dweller'who has
saline amount of property or the
9 income. The farmegn wealth is
and, and hard to realize “on. His
doesn't begin to come in very
only. until fall, and then- it may.
one in money. He‘s {Nays
311 or cash, especially in June, Nat-
ly, he can’t go to the bank and
y. putts as readily as the man
‘ property 1nrepresented by a ;
laccountt or whose income
, than
him " ”l“? a later
sinner.
"2 Section 4 of Chapter 120 octne
Public Acts of 1906 proceeds as fol:
lows: __
Every person who shat: violate or
neglect. or refuse to comply with any
rules or regulations made under the
provisions of Section '1 of this Act
shall be fined not mom than s‘even
dollars. 4 , Q '
‘Mr. Walsh will go to Hartford next
week to confer with State Veterinary
Surgeon, Frank 'A. layout on some
important matters that; will rbe of
much interest. to the public, and the
.
Fans-r Waylon r'AKme inch
. When anemic”, piracnsihcvé “Ethic?!
I Mme no on
B" .
week or once” in
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.
will mean it big thing to the country
either no iiiltted such, after much qtlestiOninu:
sultan“, JUNE 23, 1917 ,
liecially hard this yearrto raiseEALMOST READY
T0 DECIDE 0N
YEAR’S TJ‘XX RATE
I _._._.q
(Continued from First Page.)
i'iiprou-nientn in '
the new Si‘Wt'l'
$10000- is still in th
kill
my . .
e The tlilt‘lll‘
air.
bars of the boziid used their pruning
j shears. quite’ freely last night, mostly
lat the cost of The street department
'The school clepnrtiiient budget was
elk-.0 given a hearing last. eventuawd
resulted in the board‘s voting to ap
propriate money to make repairs, to
the Center and Over River buildings.
land also for putting the Old Well
building into shape for school pur-
,t~i.~e:l. The St'lltltll board ieprertcnla
fall.
l
vinonoy in appropriating anything for
of.
ltitcs were successful in some man.
‘ner. in FT‘lllllg the board of «autumn:
they clipped at an t‘Cll'i;(’l’ meeting.
Last nights session was an unusually
thine. one. and did not adjourn until
nearly midnight. A. special met-tin:
ot the board of estimate Will be held
l‘lloliday afternoon at 2 o‘clock, at
lwhich tinie. unfinished business will
‘ be coiilrleted. A tentatiw tax will he
. laid Monday l‘\‘t’ililll.'.
Several residents of East avenue ap-
after (‘ity Clerk Stephen Dokus had
read the minutes of the previous meet-
ing, and entered a plea for the paving
and improving of East awnue, Among
the citizens who appeared for this pur-
pose were Rev. 1). '1‘. Van Down, Dr
Starr. Robert G. Way, and Judge. Ed-
ward ill. Lockwood.
Having been requested to attend last
night‘s meeting, Dr. hates. the city‘s
iiillk inspector appeared before the
duties of his Qtiice, in a very satisfac—
tory manner. Dr. illites stated that
samples of .local dealers’ milk are.
being sent continually to the stain
laboratory
4, .
int: an ordinance relative to the cover-
placvtl on the stands, iii front 0
snort-s.
g The budget of the school depart-
1mom was the next nuliiher on the pro-
mpt”. hut before this was. taken up.
Mayor ilurstl‘oni stated that the deli-
ciency appropriations for the vuriouo
departments will be considered at open
ciut meetings of the board, held lmum
‘dintcly after the adjournment of the
tt'cgulur ttessions. The mayor is. of the
opinion that a 1,1; mill special tax will
have to he laid to cover this deficiency.
Dr. M. J. (”obllm, and Superintend-
ent lm T. Chapman appeared last
night in the interests of the School
board. The ftwtiier presented a plan
of the Knudsen school. and Rico 3.
drawing. which showed how four more
rooms can be added to that structure
by erecting a twovstory addition on the
{front of the building. ,By doing this,
jl)r. (‘oburn and Mr. Chapman feel that
‘a great deal of the otrtlln on the
schools in the downtown district will
be relieved. The addition will cost
“0,000.
l Some discussion then arose as to the
necessity of school buildings in vari-
ous ports of the town, and William
McMahon again declared that he
[would be the first one to vote for tho
‘erecllon of a school in the First Dis-
”‘7‘ “H ”Wide“ from the potato bin to put bitt‘d it number of iteliis. which:
feet high_ The pearecl before the board last evening,;
:lllt'llsF-‘s deep and there were two—inch board at this time, and explained lhci
t
‘ at illitidlctowii, where a the East Norwulk map was cut out ell-'t‘aplain Lawson of Team .\'0. ,,
of Labor WWII” a shocking”). “7mm“ and M ”w potatoes grow. chemical analysis is made. The in- ”my-
late of indifference to their idly-“1“?” T’ic vinea 03"“ “1” from the ““1"" and upt‘t‘lor urged that Isotnethlng be done}
top and converted the \l‘otltll‘u ill“! in by the Council in the way of provid-_
40 in: of cut fruits and; venetableS, when.
tool a city is responsible for their em-
i
i
'of the Fourth
l
t
of the general expense account was
t
appropriation of $7,200
avcliuc, headed the emergency items
of the Fourth District, anti this matter.
meeting of the board.
trlct, if he thought it was needed. 3
Mr. Chapman explained at this time,
lthat the Center school will certainly
be overcrowded next year, and that the
'eruted on half time.
I
l The facts or the case are, according“
to Dr. Coburn, that the new schools
‘(cannot be made ready by September
l, but nevertheless, the chi! 'ntlsl pro-
vide roof for its School children.
permanent
ing of Roman Roads
anti placed at $3,000 instead of $3,000,
and the l‘l‘lllO\’lll.“0f refuse item was
clipped front $10,500 to $10,000. .Ttvon-
tydlve thousand dollars was asked for,
for the maintenance of roads in the
, ' lTHE RED CROSS
After the latter motion had been CAMPAIGN
passed, Dr. Coburn stated that $500i
extra would have to be appropriated
for a janitor, but in his own opinion
i
A
_ (Ccnlinued From Page One)
he believed the board to be wasting
repairs to the M We}! building. t This afternoon built 2)..» i’z.i.;t‘t'
Ollie-1‘ “0111:" UT till" SChOOi deparidfiogom lile‘dll‘t'b‘ “3‘11 §.I‘|})RCII;yE Fury
merit budget, amounting in all to Mtg-loam taken if; at mpg,—
723.34 were passed last evening.
Th“ Sll‘t‘el department budget WaS'tion to the lied from \l‘ar Fund and
are
matinee: pei
the next in ot‘dt‘l‘ of business, audit-ecord audiences are bili‘k" to till liozlié
these expenses were explaim'd Bifhouses. Tickets will cost 23c
street committeeman Murphy. andtgood at cithcl‘ pltlHtouSt- and 1.4m
Clll' Engineer Wadhams. iwerc taken at the Noon Hour male.
The general expenses of til? Filth ence yesterday. 100 by L-‘iit‘ll of the 12
District were taken up as a startmufteams and 100 by the executive (‘Oill
and the total amount of $43,806, .wai mittee, and 100 by thr- ladies of 1p,
appropriated with but little. discussion, Norwalk chapter 0 flhe American lied
to lite emergency items oi the Filtliit‘ross. Flaming red lettered [lOSlt‘E"
District, the $1.000 item for additionalAnnouncing the event were distributed
repairs 10 lllt' llt‘d Mill Bridge was and now adorn the wind shield of
struck out upon the motion of )1. J. practically every auto in the city.
Riordan. 5 Notable as Noi'wallt has alive ‘3 been
The Guidcr’s (‘orner lmprovcliicnt in subscribing to worthy can: both
was approved of on Mr. lRiordan‘s IIlO'fllllllOllitl and local, nothing in the old
lion. and $1000 was appropriated for town has cler equalled this event in
this expense. I ‘spontaniety, and genuine self sacri-
Fortytive hundred dollars for int-lice.
movement and approaches at the Noon Hour Meeting One Big Whoop.
James Street Bridge was cut out al-i The noon hour conference was out;-
togcthcr. big whoop. Nothing‘like it in the way .
The. sum of $1.950 asked for for lheiol‘ vim and enthusiasm has ever equall-
purpose of making improvements to ed it lit-fore. it was just one darned
the wall at tilt; corner of Main and dollar after another and the way each
Linden streets, went the some way on team triod to get the “Nanny“ of their
did the James street Bridge item. rivals was one of the most delightful
Three hundred dollars was allowed bits of verbal fireworks that those on
for the construction of a railing on the the side lines had ever enjoyed.
Wilson Point Road. Sum-one at one team table would
The item calling for $2,300 as the
city's share of the paving in Main:
street, front the New Canaan road to hit the mark. instantly the recipient
Ward street. was allowed. {would fire. it back with all the mental
The $000 item for the completion of wit that was in him.
of some other team which generally
.-
A
‘lnt‘lllllt‘l' of this team has a son at the
front." "Wow.” yells everybody. l'u
jumps Captain Millie of Team .\'o. 2.
“That is very good as far as it goes,
but C. Irving Byington of this team
‘llttS three sons in tlit service right
.110“: “\V'owf Wow!" yells everybody
in regard to the liability insurance
of employees item, which is put down
for $500 Judge Lockwood stated that
he did not know exactly whether or
ployel‘s. This item will not, he decid-
cd until Monday night. ‘acain.
The board used the shears rather}
heavily in rattling the general expense.
District. Cleaning and
sweeping of pateliicnts was reduced
from $4.500 to $3,500, maintenance of
pavements and resticfac
was combined
Surcly Some Session.
i "it was. surely some seesion and he
gun from the moment that Judge Greg
ory 'unnounccti that for the reitiaindt r
of the campaign every member of
every team was free to hold tip any
and all citizens for contributions re-
gardless of the claims of any other
team member, anti that every thing
wcnt, including gouging and lilt’ill; in
the clinches. “Rev. J.,,il. Thompson of
the South Norwalk Baptist church. was
introduced in a speech right in line
with those of other Men of the Cloth
Fourth DistrlctAiut the board comb-lu-
ctl with this item, the expense of
$1,500 for cleaning gutters, and slash.
ed the whole down to $10.00. Snow ro
moral was cut from $1,500 to $1,000,
{ind miscellaneous was clipped from
$1,300 to $1,000. The remaining items
heart and soul in this campaign
it little more fuel on the tire by re-
ltllowetl. The, general exp‘ancs‘lor the
Fourth District roads as allowed last
evening: now amount to $52,000. The
sum of $130,300 was asked for,
The item calling for an additional
for Scaviclv
leanihere would make
showing in the trenches. You light
the tiled (‘rosgf'
punctured his speech
Pct names for every team begun to
has been left in the air until the next
All udllional appropriation of $3,800
for improving and paving of East ovo-
nlle waits allowed, and by this nation of
board. the street will receive its
Team .\‘o. 1. is the “Amputators.”
een asking for a number of years.
GREAT SUCCESS
Boston
, Tonight is the
Special Bargains
Big Theatre Benefits This Afternoon!
tforinanCes to the Norwa‘ik‘s contribu.
each. ‘
throw an (armorial briclt at a member ‘
For instance, ‘
of rival trams it
who have spoken at previous nieetinga They were 9100th as Team \. Q
proving that the, clergy of Norwalk are Martvrs C
.lmt‘klng- '1 know (WW-V ma“ 0“ ”"9"" contributions
a splendid ..
l
I Captain John Milne made :l good re- owing to ”1,. fact
VDOl‘l but was promptly accused of llav- committee claimed that
. ing names on the list that have been auxiliary of [he
9'90"", ot‘ the classes will hurt to be 011- much—needed improvements for which “A 103g time dead." Prompt. action by filiated with ”In, city.
Lille residents of the thoroughfare have Judge. mpg,”- in chrigfpning Tom, polntment that may have been caused
,No, the excavators; followed in a very, by the announcement was quickly dis-
t
. t and combination effects, 40
t
From 7 lo
Store
1*. ' "
blight if}?
”a”.
#50 1..
.8.
10 o’clock
WOMEN’S HOSE
Eiack and white, garter
'1‘" “f 7:”
vciLnth .
Newest weaves, meshes, de—
l
Br
l
. top, reinforced heels no signs and colors; 250 quality,
soles .......... 12 1-20 pair 190 yard
MEN‘S UNDERWEAR WOMEN 'S .
Summer weight. short GINGHAM DRESSES
sleeve Shirts, double seated
Drawers; all sizes . . 29¢ each
PILLOW CASES
To embrpider, best quality
tubing ............ 49: psi:
BUREAU SCARFS
Hemstitched and lace trim
med, regular size; 500 quali-
iled and check .efi‘ects,
pique collar and cuffs . $5.50
CURTAIN SWISS
Polka clots, floral, crossbar
and stripe designs; yard
Wide; were 152 ........ 11c
q. : . forrfii: fry“? In
!»§ r» T‘ifl“
TABLE OIL CLOTH
ty .-. .................. 29: Befitéggade, 45 inches wide;
' wort c ........ 22
PERCALE ‘ ”Md ,
9 Yard wide, new patterns; RIGHT STOVE POLISH
196 quality . .. 14c yard Regular 100 each 3 for 23c P.‘
'6‘; SHIRTINE PRINTS NAPTHA
Well known make, fast col. WASHING POWDER Q
‘ art; 100 quality ...... 7 12¢ ‘ it
Q , . 3 for 110 g
CHILDREN'S PARASOLS N0. 8 ALUMINUM l‘
9 Plain colors, striped de- TEA KETTLE
signs and flowered effects; $3150 value .. ------- $2.49 Q
39c oboe unlit 25 i
Q 3’“ q y c LAWN MOWER
‘\ woman‘s PAR-ASOLS 12 inch. Special ..... $3.98 9
200 Women's Silk Parasols,
in plain colors, floral, perigee
per cent. all
regular prices.
Q1 '
ll‘t':l and sold 1.40 tickets to members
\thfiw'l‘caili .‘Jo. 7.
Sure Thing Men. ’(‘t'tlll (l‘llrlen'fi fel-
lows seemed to want to edge in on the
title of Saints with Father Lynch on
their team but were culled other
things before they got off east, in
Team No. S, The Hustlers. Team No.
0 turned iii $118, which Captain Blood-
her said was collected by just two men‘
after a long days work in a “Flivver.”
The
.aptttin Jarvis came in for
t: . . . v .
. ' _“" his share and will) Lentil-mute Suiting:
humani‘y' ”9 ““th right "1 putting were dubbed No. 10, the \l'ircpullers.
When Captain Frlzell announced his
there was a about of
Easy Money," this was indignantly
' 3” denied, and Duncan stated that they
ardeiitly among yourselves? lie pre- reallv took the shirt from one vic-
‘dlcted it “Day of new lnteruutionalisni tlm‘s hack, "Shop Talk u veiled we”,
lexemplified by the wonderful work ”fbody and so-w'l‘cam No. 1;, "the Roch-
Plenty of "‘pl’l““5“,iilg (‘liair Fleet."
Wilton Makes Big Showing
When Captain \l'. K. J. litihholl of
dPWlOD ”10 minute Dr. Allen made his themloil team was asked to report
report for his fellow physicians. and he made a little Spom‘il stating that
this was Wilton’s final contribution
that the Dillllllll‘y:
the Wilton
Cross 'was ill-
Any disap-
Red
“A.
The appropriation 05 310,000 fornew few minutes by the Dl‘t‘tK‘lllfllion 0” polled when Mr. liubbell stated that,
sewers proved to be “ bone 0f context-J Chairman Jim Woods with a beautiful llle day's contribution was $878.15 01“
tiou last evening, anti this iiiatler was
also left for the next meeting.
all was suggested by William lllc-l The Rlet' street appropriation Offlwas along way front a dead one."
.bouquet or white roses. and that busy :1 total for the three days' work of
town took time to announce that be $1,080.15.
There was a burst of ap-
plause that was by far the lictirticst
Mahon, that the board either add $10300 was cut out altogether. “11d tho. Capaln Seymour Curtis had llt't‘lliand most prolonged of any session
$10,000 to the. school department bud- hoard deciding that. $1,000 “men is “Horned names a plenty the day ‘belorc‘and when Captain Hubbell continued
£301 for llle purpose of constructing an ready available for improvements ”but the. conccnsus of opinion is that by saying that while all pledges for
addition to the lKundsen buildingfithis street, could housed in making “"lTeum No. 3 are "Second guy lit-n the balance of the week must go to
by about 3-8 of a mill, or that the
{claims the fOIlOWillg Will clear lh€,\vhicli stun would increase the tax natal-93"” this year. ..
l
forewitli mercifully killed by the Dog Knudsen and North Center. Mr. Mc- the corner -of Main street and NewJ
titration believed the $10,000 'additionimmaan avenue-
’Tbe farmers have been critic-iced; 2. All dogs known to have been into the budget. proposition is the best The item calling for $1,250 for thejob at!» o'clock in the morning.
Icontact with a Rabid dog, but not however, and ”he. made a motion that‘renewal of the Burritt avenue sewcrwo 5 Early Birds.
,positlvcly known to have been bittenxtms sum be added to the budget C«was clipped off without a cent.
the school board for the purpose ofI _ ‘
erecting an addition at the tKnudsen I “'9": ”939m 1?“ “Filing mm the ex’,lers had picked up a trifling sum of $1.-
xccption of LOllls'S. Beers. who was out;416 for the'day’s contribution, a high
building.
, Quite a good deal of discussion tool: of t.own,,0n bualness. A
until released by the Animal commas-place at; this time ..and the‘ motionlmg of the board will be held Monday
'afternoon at 2 o’clock.
‘maue win. imitation finally failed
for want of a second. '
The regular budgetmaa then taken
up in detail, and {$6,500 instead of 36,-
000 was granted for the expenses of
ltext books. library. and supplies,»
The iuel item was left untouched at
$7,500 although $9,000 was asked for.
Light, water-and power ‘cxpeuse's were,
placed backat $1,400oafter baring re-
:ceived :13200 93"- Thogsltto cut in jan-
torsi number, etc...“ was left. um
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t . .3 .~
'molested‘. .. . ~ -
to the needn of the, dopartmentdptbe
‘ 7
year it was clad tc‘approprlttle 12
’Afterl. mitten zienéthy: discussion ail
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way’of got-,9 09m fortithnmqmlntmd
early llm‘es both. in Europe and inner-
_ lain parts .of the orient. Where its at-
‘rore ‘- the” Christian oral .and: again ‘ '«i‘n
writings tut Pliny; who :mlcnlazizeafillshtwalkers. .
ingrown
After some discussion, $2,800Lwn31
t
and said his whole team were on
When Captain
lGeorgc Bettsof Team N
All or the monibct's 0f ”19 boardtwitlrtears in his voice that his prow-i ery
special meet'fieam mark‘thus far, be cast a look of
,pity on .Curtla and his Second Story
linen, for‘be it known there is a regu-
la'r ”skunk and rattlesnake" affliction
between teams 3 and 6. The total for
the three ”days being No. 3, $2.40!; No.
THE EMERALD
The Emerald vhas been known. since
almoleons, for 'Bre'r‘Betta. How did
tractlve color and rarityhave'endow-f
ed it with-the highest rank and a vnhi
ied lore... as name may, induced back“
to tin-old Persian word which appears niéhts and Sundays," came the reply.l Miss St. .Iohn. Miss 0. Marvin,
1, All dogs that are known to have council isue bond to the amount 0“allowed for improvement on MBlldOW'rm and was promptly called a pm\enfl.i.\’0l‘\\'alk, the cheering
been bitten by a Rabid dog shall be $15,000 to pay for the addition at'street, as was also $300 for grading a‘fcalor hence Team x0. 4_ Amp“, Cluby‘the Norwalk Red Cross would
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showed that
gladly,
Captain J. H. Marvin came right back ‘ welcome them and that Wilton would i
ghe‘pcrslst in agitating the matter
Taamisucceed in getting permission to of}
'ftliate with the Norwalk Chapter. infcharm, engraved with names on tho
and i
t
o Gannounced conclusion the speaker said that ev-
corner of Wilton had been “Gone
over with a fine tooth comb," and the
honorary title. was conferred on the
Wilton team of "The Tonsorlal Al:-
lists."
The work all over the city has not-
abatcd a particle. In fact things
seem to be ,speeding up, and today‘s.
Noon HOur Conference will be one
big show. The dinner service will be
t
t
'6' ”“470; or a little edge of sixty-slum charge of Mrs. Jackson and Mrs.
Harrlman assisted by Miss Adams.
you get it George? asked someone. “By Miss Dunford. ‘Mrs. A. Forbell. Miss
working 24 110m 3 day! “19mm“: Mary Rider. Mrs. Smith, litrs..Shtne'. Refreshments consisting of ice
Mm;
ed in Greek as "smarag’doo." mention: "Oh. you nightwalkers!" yelled y““F.dward Sackson, Miss Sally Betts,
ed by Theophrastus ovér 300‘yearé be: ”WY- "TWINE” darned-good Wt; Mré. -Wallace Marvin, Mrs.
said M“ Betts Wlth mite“ Roxbury Hall, Mrs. Thomas Benedict:
’olub ammo. So Team No a are the
Captain Lamson of
drum No. 7, saidtlu'n the. eflortl of
L'atlnfics ”emanating.“ been in the
“ on “E..P‘.‘9l’€"l95 “adieu
nun rtuemn’d as avian
million» ‘0. ork. mowed '1’??? h
‘ ‘ ‘ 'l'l 'Wnte’
v
to aspect,us..fidenuiy buckethtonsstde of the hill measure Mrs. Mann, ins. Franklin“
‘ ‘ unch-lSQirlted tour-minute add-reason
' ll
James‘
”Mm.1
rOdellers. Waugh, Mrs. Dengier, Mrs.
:Hanford, Mrs. George Betta, Mrs. Kel-
lon. Mrs. Arthur flbyt, Mrs.
'Brown.
were
Polar-rev yes rday by,
, up ‘
t the
, lion,
Weed,
anthers will not "A drop in the Mrs. Charles Hoyt. Mrs. L. C. Green. We’re Through,” .Wilbtlr, Hubbell,
RUBY GLOSS 0R
CEDAR POLISH
50c si. 3 ........... Z. 350
0*» .ti‘
a
The big: event this afternoon will be
the benefit performances at the Re-
..9; .
gent and the Palace and two of the
largest audiences ever assemuled ill
Norwulk tire assured. ’i‘oiiiorrow spa.
citll addresses will i.“ made in every
church in the city and collections tak-
en up for the. lied Cross llar Fund.
Blg erldup Monday
The campaign will be formally clue
ed at the Noon l-lour Conference,
Town Assembly Hall. when final re
ports will he turned iii and til-e grand
total announced on the Red Cross
thermometers if there is still rootii.
13y special invitation of the execu-
tive committee of the Red Cross \‘l'ar
Fund all of the ladies of the Norwalk‘
lied-Cross Chapter who have so dain-
tiiy served the dinners during the
Noon llour Conferences are cordially
invited to-he pl'PSt‘lll at this liiitii func-
lt‘ ,ur-s'wwilt Signs hold it will 110
out- of the most exciting and hilarious-
meetings that has ever been let 100.58
in old Norwalk, with a lot of fun
amour: the members of the rival
teams, '
WHWUMPUMS '
BAMl’Flllli
Forty—five liieuibers of Wowunipuins
‘ Tribe, l. 0. it .M., of Bikini-port tool:
the trail to Nut-walk last oveninsz,
where they were greeted by their felt
low lied lieu of Cockeuoe Tribe, No.
32, about the campfire in Red Men‘s
hall, in Main street.
The visitors entered
room and advanced to
the council
the council
Captain, 3- Emory 3'9”“ 01‘ Team 4. Danbtlry ' "3 was the‘desire'of the “jib, fire where they were welcomed by
told a vivid story of the ovnrtlnie put ton auxiliary to be associated wuh Sachem Clarence Stools.
The Alli-
crican flag was raised from the coun-
cil fire at, this time, and the mem-
bers and guests united in singing
“The Star Spangled Banner," led by
the Criterion quartet.
A handsome jeweled emblalic
.back, was presented at this time. to.
Deputy Great Sachem Wilbur Hubbell
by Past Great Sachem Buckingham,
oi Bridgeport, on behalf of the boys.
lir. Hubbcll was greatly affected by
this unexpected gift from 'lliS' coni-
rades, but he responded with excell‘
elit remarks. ~
The remainder of the. evening was
taken up with several selections by
the famous Criterion quartet, mono-
logue sketches by Frank ‘Braith-
waite. comedian stories by Past Sach-
em Peck, remarks by Sachem L.
West, and J. William Rowe. and a '
rousing address on patriotism by
Fast. Great Sachem Buckingham. _
cream, cake, and sandwiches were
served during the evening.
Among the guests whoyvern pres-
ent last evening were a second lleu-‘
tenant and twomen of. Company L.
2nd cm, Infantry, in uniform.
{The following songs were rendered
during the course of the evening;
“In Old Conkmafi' ‘fGoodBye .Bo
[Ho's alend Old .Scout," air, or
nomad ”Old Flag,"*byn
Tribe .
it
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Frank Brawl" -
mite, hood: ‘e—Bey" air «it"ldaryland, .
Marvin C ” lr.‘
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