The Rowayton War Shep willie?!
open etuy dat hereafter {101112 [1. m_.'
until the usual closing tiine.Su:-1tiaysI
chcepted.. Mrs. E. L. Stevens of lRoII
Ewaytoa, and Mrs. Wyllys Russell of
IIBelie island will serve tomorrow after
2110011..
CITY MARKET
A copy of the 11 or departments
* N0. MAIN S rtwarning against the wearing of :1
anited States army or 11a1y uniform in
,these times. unless one has a right '0
-~ ldo so, is posted in the local postcffic3.
Where is a heavy penalty for an offense
'against this rule.
I! [Rowayton folk are "doing their hit”
ltowards keepiafi the soldiers and sail- I
tors of theL ..S Expeditionary Fame 111,
iFrance supplied with reading matter. 'l
Many magazines and other periodicals
[are mailed at the local postoffice for
3that purpose. A oae'cent stamp is all
£1.51
.NOR WA LK
Leon \Io1r'a11. of For'1 sheet. has aI
5131101 in Danbury yesterday.
1!
l . . . .
that is necetzsary for any stze periodi-
cal and no address is requ11'.ed
Ilr. and Mrs. A. N. Paddock are
shame from a visit to Ocean Grove,
. iss Jennie Wind of Hartford, is vis-
grim Mrs Willi: 11:1 (‘raia 0i 3 Edlie
vrn' we
. rs. John L‘llomiiiedieu is entertain-
. . her sister, Mrs. William Hulse, of
Heliport. L. I.. for a few davs.
‘ Miss lrent-
have . .
has bee neittertainlng
llanliury.
Austin of The Heights
avid Troun30n. Si'.. will .
D ‘ friends from
charge of the regular mid~week pv'tiv-
or meeting at the East Avenue .\ieth-
Mist Episcopal Church this evening
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.\irs. Theodore Davenport and Mrs.
lit-aortgardnrc spending 11 few days
at Pine Ridge.
. Complaints wt' 1'0 made to me police
I‘llst evening by l‘tt'sllt’nls 01 Willow
street about lime. ticspnssinc on the
)roperty there and causing quite :1 lit
11. damage.
“1111:1111 Huntington has BCCODltd :1
position as chauffeur for David M'
w...— Mather.
The district commissioners will
hold a meetinr.r Saturday eveninu. at
which time they will dismiss the 011111-
. - - H's .. . , n,N.Y.‘
in; annual distract meeting to be held ““ l‘ ' h “ N urncd to Brookl) ,
. in September.
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Dr. and Mrs. C. W. 13.. Wheeler of:
"The HiC‘kOl‘it‘S” op lli'ookside uvciiuefi
.—...
. ‘a‘ho Ladies' Aid For-ieiy of the East
Avenue Methodist Church nit-t 11.15. are enjoying an extensive autoinohileI'
'."-;1¢tday and did work for the Hill lOUF- l
$011055. Rev. and Mrs. Harry Wilson, --—-
Mary Jayne. who recently returned
to town. \.1tter visiting her sister at
Beiniur.
her l'cstuutant again...
who have been spending a vacation at
Northiicld, Mass. are expected to 1'0-
turn home soon.
The Service News, a four-111121“
tacitly paper issued at Ft. Terry and
' containing news of the companies sto-
' "finned there. made its apprav'ancu this
week. it is it Well gotten up li'tlo p11-
l;."printcvl on 2001] white paper. sc-
t'i’mikclczed and the typographical work‘
'13 worthy of comntt'nda'intz. The 0111 ' .\iart'in Sliauglinessy who ‘5 going ‘0
' . lor-in-chief is Albert w. Itir'lt'licr and b9 married August 311. and who is It
“Die associate editor is Hur"v Scttlt>g_,iiicniber of the fire department, is '.o
Notes'ot the companies nppcer antlé-‘roceive it beautiful silver smoking sci
» other articles with the life at campifrom the firemen.
and containing
mother in New Canaan yesterday.
State Senator Charles Williamson
to New iledloid, .\iass.
valuable ‘ information
“Ior the soldier use niso prime-.11
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S 1nd Beach, Sandal. where they and
the Noroton, Soun'l lleach and 010.an
with Home Guaids will assemble and
drill together. it Was :lso said than
the companies will hold rifle practice
And the ammunition received rcccntlyf
will be used in the rifle practice.
The call which hustled the Dni'ien
firemen to Cedar Gate, Saturday. about
6 p. at. ,for a brush fire that had liccn
'extinguished before the apparatus
1! . . treachcd the place was the first suin-
enrv Leach oi Long island is.
inpénding a' few dav with his aunt. Imcns to sort ice that the local firemen
3188 Olive Cole Rowayton avenue. have had in several months—-—for which
:everyonc is growth] It has been hot
enough most of the post few wccks.
without being obliged to nice and fight
cs. 1
No matter how hard you try to pro
treat. the. dummy in Darien from bein° .
run over there is always somebod»
going to hit 11.1.1151 night at 5.10111 51
o’clock a young lad driving a New,
York car who west in haste tried in
pt. 55 a horse and rig which was ahead
lof him.. in trying to do so he swung
t0 the left and hang over toppled the.
dummv. But, how',cvet the traffic oili |
cer 11 ho went over to notify a chaufl
for driving a car on New York mark 5
era that his thirty days of grace were
up, and that he would have to procure
Connecticut markers or perhaps he
and the dummy would have been
thrown over. The officer blew hiaI
whistle when he heard the crash and
. the young man stPDDotl'hls car instant.
ly. He then ordered~the young fellow
who was driving in the direction .1,
Norwalk to back up, which he did‘
nicely. ‘'But when he went toward thel
officer 1111.50 doing, he .did not like the,
looks of the granite block that was‘I
supporting the railroad structure so heI
thought he would remove the 311mm;
However he found that the task oft
‘doing that little thing was far beyond
the potter of his Maxwell and the re 1
salt was he marred the block but bent.i
his axle, which he evidently did notl
know. He went on rejoicing to Stam- ‘
ford with the right hand Wheel wobx'
hung along.— Whether he arrived safei
4n Stamford or not is still to be found
out.
Kiss Minnie Scrviss cf Tokcncke is
Aiyilitlng friends at Luke George.
Hrs. John Tiebcut. Jr... of Long isl-
W has been visiting her parents, .\fr.
1! Mrs. Frankln Lynch of Tokeneke.
it): several days.
Mr and Mts E.l)util1l Smith of To--
toneke have bent on a motor trip to:
mthern Connecticut, including a few.
”3' stay with friends at Norfolk.
1, The C. H. \\ ells Company of Rowav-
fin, are (hiring spiles at the dock of
Waterbury“ s I10:0 1 yard iii Stamford
Elie falling ottay cf 11 stone wall at the
For Freckles
III.=Qh~id! Make beauty lotion at
' chc for a few cents. Try it!
,I..
Squeeze the juice of two lemons ia~
" a bottle containing three ounces of
Ihard white, shake well. and you
11‘ quarter pint of the best freckle
j ,tan lotion, and complexion beauti-
; store or toilet counter will sup
Ithaca ounces of orchard white for
23w cents. Massage this sweetly
- ‘ ut lotion into the face. neck.
Ifre ides find blemishes disap-
. . 31111er elect. scoff» Mdmbitc
a, “lit becomes. Yes! it is harm-
~Adv.
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.mer of Noruton, died 111 the latter place
1 John I).
lell take place upon Lieutenant Mor-
The‘ Daricn Home Guard will go to ___
fit! Hrs. Eben
Heights.
i
R. M. Smith has returned from Lake:
v
’ isagneit
301F453 pavement. ibis
provement as it makes :1
easier for the ad‘tomobillcts to go.
Kitchewan, where he spent a few dai’S. thack on the road.
and has returned to his duties at his]
novelty store.
Mr. and Mrs. Sands Selleck have
been entertaining at the Norotca
Heights home, Mr. anr Mrs. Sly/rt Sel-
leck. of Scotts Corners, New Canaan.
Mrs. Homer Raymond and her young
son of New Canaan have been visiting
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grover C.
Raymond of the Heights.
Mrs. Eugene Miller of Port Chester
visited friends in Noroton Heights. 1
Mrs Hubert Ruscc of the Heights.
thus been entertaining her mother and;
sister of Danbui'y.
Uberto Stagg, the wireless operator.)
recently returned from Brazil, and
spent a few days with his parents, Mr.i
aad'Mrs. Thomas Stagg of the Heights?
before embarking for another trip.
Mrs. William J. Fleming, 812. enter-f
talned as a week-end guest Miss£
Frances llertholf of West Hoboken.
The young lady. who is relatgd to Mrs.
Fleming, is employed as a proofread”
in a large publishing house.
Artemus ll. Holmes. a lawyer of New
York, and a resident during the sum-1
l
Monday. in his sixly~niuth year. He
was born in Galena, 111., May 16, 18411;
was graduated from the Exeier Acad-l
emy in 111615, l-larvard in 1870. and .the.
Harvard Law School in 1871.11110 was
admitted to the New York bar in 1871.
He was 11 member of the. University;
club the. Automobile Club of America.
and the Sons of the Revolution. lie
1111». also a member of the 1.1m insti-
son. Artcuias. and two daughters. Mrs I-
Crinmiins and Miss Hilda;
llilmes;
t
No date has been fixed for :be wad» supper will be set-v mi on the plan of State
ding of Wm Motion Huviiund Burt.
Ithe-cldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. (i.
it‘. Burt of Darien and 140 West 1191b
111,001 New orlt. to First bloat John
I‘\iartinique, New York, whose engugt
.\li's. Theodore Fairbanks visited h: r mom was announced at a dinner given Jilin Elli: sales, Mrs. Willis punks.
Iher father, Mr. Bueil
'Miss Julia Baeder, of Middlebury.
In a communication received by a lo
cal friend, (I3. Frederick Stark, of No
roton. new in training for the' aria-5..
service at Atlanta. writes that new
complete his preliminary course then
on September 22.119 expects to be
sent to ltaly for the intensive training
to follow.
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The mournful notes of the “Katy
Did," are again heard each evening.
Mrs. Charles W. Burt is entertaining
and her niece,
The Norfieltl Congregational Sunday
School will picnic at ltoton Point, to
day. '
\liilard Clifford, oi .(lodfrey sin-ct
has l“elllln“d fioni an 010: night visit
in New Yor.k
Mrs. C. Sinsley (‘crsa and
daughter, have. returned from
Bridgeport Hospital.
Several .\‘orfield Grange patronsat»
tended the Field Dav meeting of Coun-
ty Pomona Grange in Ridgefield on
W ednesdav.
infant
the
The “t‘hildren' 11 Night" program in
charge of 3er Irving Lockwood. Mrs.
Charles Brock. Miss Lillian King will
\\' 1111:1111 Willmott. who was a visitor lult‘ He was married in 1881 to Lillian be p'eeenied at Nmfield Granite. Fri-
:11 l1 s tailiei‘ s house for the past thrwo. 310k”. who surv1vcs him With one day evening. MIKE“ '14. '
\
The Noriield Aid Society Will give
a fair in the town hall on'4be after-‘
noon and 01 coins of August 30 The
11 1111er lunch. and the following com
inittecs arc in charge: Supper, Mrs.
Charles Burt. Mrs. (‘hurlcs Beoflold:
fancy articles. Mis lloruce inhibit",-
,is considering opening Wllliflmfi Mut'.ttun 11011 of Mr. and Ms Miss 11‘le Banks. Miss Grace Sco
ltlecige Frederick Moigan of the Hotel field; kitchen articles,
.\ll'i-t. Vantler
M111. Frederick Bur';iitt
A
blit Godftey,
by Mrs. Burt ut the Stamford \acht was picture-mei'tutnmem will be
( lub recently. i. icut. Morgan took
:1 course at Fort Niagara. N. Y. He is?
in the field artillery and he is one of
the 2.000 junior junior oflicers deals-
natcd to go at once to France for fur-
ther intensivc training. The wedding
gun's return from France.
on ‘ttttructive feature of the cvcning‘ s
It'll yesttrduv on an automobile trip courses of Nothing at Plattsburgh en- program
Icampments and he recently COIllplt' ted;
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FILM PLANT BURNED
PROVIDENCE, R. l..
plant of the Eastern Film Company
located near Roger Williams Park.
was destroyed [11' fire today. the loss
Aug. 23.——Tho
being estimated at $100,000.
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THE ICE MAN who /
0 mos up" YOUR. PORCH-
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' GOV. HOLCOMB cases
10 Piece Sciid Mahogany
Dining Room Suite
Regular $289
«— Now $225
11 Piece nary Bedroom Suite
Regular $90 ——
Now $59
See Th- in your Walden
A. J Angevme a so” to l
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Come and look over our li.ne
prices you cannot help but buy
FINE BEDROOM AND DINING ROOM FURNITURE A
t-
THE LAST "CALL
Sterling’s August F u‘miture Sale
Ends Saturday, August ‘25th
Only a few more days left. Your last chance to bu
Shortage of stock and impossibil ty
us to close this sale sooner than expected.
to obtain goods for this
them.
Phone 105
We Specialize in Furnishing Homes Complete
ma Wmfifl
y Furn. ture at such big savings.
You will find many things 111.11 you want and at such low
“but
'1' BARGAIN PRICES.
Sterling Furniture Co.
127-129-181 Washington St
is“?
.333?» -.m
LATE”; .1;
sale has made it necessary for
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So. Norwalk 5
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lMMEDiATE NEED
FOR MANY NUflSES
.II—u—
Counectlcut Stlto Council of Defense
Dimuu Plan!
'li1e need of many cundidulei for ad
mission to Connecticut hospitals to
11111111 as nurses was pointed out at yes-
terday' a meeting of tlic
Council of Defense by Dr C. C.
,Godfrey ot Bridgeport. chairman of the
committee on sanitation and medic inc.
The state already is in need of nurses
and the need will inert-Ast- 11s the Win
goes on.. The council voted to con-
duct a campaign for young women to
enter the hospitals to train. Many
vcung women; the council felt, "would
be ready to enter this work as a pc-
trictic duty. for it W11: no true patri-
otisni for young women to enter this
Twoi'k. .\ny young woman interested in
taking 11p such training may secure in-
formation about entering the nursing
profession by addressing Dr. 0.. C.
Godfrey, cure of the Connecticut State
Council of Defense , Room 25, State
1011111101, 1111110111]. '
‘ The council also voted at its meeting
to ask its committees in the various
'citics in the state to compile complete
111.115 of the men front their cities who
are in the service of the nation and to
.post these in 11 pcnviacnt public place
i itch as the city hall, with information
as to how letters to these men should'
Ibe addressed. Copies of the list are to
the seat also to the adjutant general.I
.This vote was similar to one passed by
the council :1 week ago by which it
jcullcd upon its communities of the
ttcwns of tho state ot post such lists.
High school grttduites will qualify to '
.tt'ain for nurses. but girls who have no
‘liigh school education may enter train
film; as nurses' uslstunts. The course
to become nurses is the usual full
'course of the. hospitals: the course for
[assistants is a d-ntonl'lis' course. in.
quiry has already been sent to hospi.
tals to determine their capacity for
training nurses. A number of applica-
tions for admission can he cared for at
once.
i It was ~voted that the chairman of-
1county and sub-committees be urged to
' lattend every meeting of the council;
and. in this connection. ChairmanI
Richard M. Bisscil outlined the he:
iccssity for those chairmen being pres-I
lent and spoke of the need or activc.fl
'consistent and painstaking work by;
Ievery member of the council of tie
fcnse organization.
FOR “M OVJE" ARTlSTS
went
to Hartford yesterday and
‘snapped" Governor Marcus 11.1101
comb on the cast steps of the state
capitol Other men of note are to be
protcgraphed for the movies, and aftor
each person shown on thc'fllm there
will appear a prophetic statement dealt”
.-in3 with the war or the fu‘urc of the
Icountry" . Nathan Hale. Israel Put-
‘inam and other once celebrated person-
’ages will be represented by proxy.
iMoney raised by showingthe rictures
I will be devotedto a patriotic purpose.
pldlnéd to 1116 police chain" ‘11 311113 of
men who make that street their head- ‘
quarters nightly after 10 o’clock.
Connecticut‘
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l Hedluad and Lifshey of New York'
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Morgan avenue residents have com '
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'PRESIDLNT HAS
1.11M; CONFERENCE
ON WAR PRICES
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ltcrials in 1111 ch investigations have
not both coiiipieted.
For normal days now the Prr-si
ticnt has given his attention almost
'ntirely to the work the federal trade
'ommlssion is doing. Officials wi'li
whom he has consulted believe a de-
finite price policv will be formulated
way soon. Coal probably will he
finally disposed or. first and steel next.
The ttade commission’s steel in-
vestigation ievcaled that it will be al-
most) impossible to fix a prite for
: tool, as w as done in the case, of 00111.
Varying .costs in different plants
make it impracticable, it is said. to
make 11 flat price, aha-Cost:
tanually, changing. The plan most
lowered by trade commission 111cmt
hers is one under which the govern-
:1e11t wéuld~dotermine the cost 1'"
producing definite orders and would
pay a fair percentage of profit on
:uch order.
‘No Plan to Protect General Public.
' The chief disadvantage of this sug-
gestion is that it. provides .no plain
for protecting the general public in
its purchases: ,t‘tnd protecticn'of the
public. the President has empha-
sized, is one of the chief aims of the
administration in enforcing a reduc-
ltion in prices. The administration,
however. is understood to be stand-
mg behind the Pomercnc bill, pend
lag in Congress, which would {s.‘i o
the government virtually the same
lpowers in fixing prices on steel and
other materials as it new has in the
case of coal.
To extend the government’s con-
trol over coal the President yet has
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are OCH?"
,to fix bituminous wholesale and I1"
Il'dli prices and must issue regulations
goveiimig distribution and appoint”-
nit-n1 as between difltrcnt partsoi‘
the counuv. Anthracite, too, it is
uudei'dood, will be taken up and
pieces fined throughout the industry
At present anthiacite prices at 1111-
mines are kept down under a voiun
iatl‘y arrmigeiucnt rtttclied bionic
months ago by the producers WA”!
the federal trade commission, out
no way has been adoptetl for death.
with wholesalers and retailers.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 23.41 was
indicated that the premium also has
under consideration the appointment
,0." .1 n.1dmi11istiator to li\' the palm
of ('opptr 11:: well as one to fix the
price of 00:1]. it What believed, how-
ever, that there will be a steel piit'e
administrator.
BEERS’ CREDITORS COULD NOT
AGREE '
BRIDGEPOT. Aug. 23.~—Crcditmu in
the bankruptcy case of the beers
2110111 and Provision Company of Nor-
waik were unable to agree on a trus—
tee for the estate at the first 11101111111:
today and a trustee will be tippolnlt-tl
by Judge Banks of the bankruptcy,’
court. ' ' .
G. A. R. COMMANDER-lN-CHIEP ‘
BOSTON, Aug. 23.—Orlrtndo A. Som-
.ers, of Kokomc, ind, was elected cone
munder-in—chief of the Grand Army or
the Republic at the closing session of
the annual encampment today There
was no other candidate and the clec«
lion wits by acclamatioa.
"" sinus TRAININGTOR' wnn'w'oekcfrhescbbtugri'tph shnw's'im- ev'" '
eryday scene in a Girl Scouts Trait ing School in ’Fenway Park. Boston.
The young woman is leaping info the net held by her companions with al.‘
the mcnchulance of a trained flren: ‘11. .
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