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Dr. Herbert Ayers and family, who
ve been summering at their cottage
in their home in Flushing, h I.
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lite 'M. E. church attended
' mil: church last evening. .
board are requested to be present.
.1 dually. who are away on a vacation.
out on the roadway by workmen.
Held going to be a winner.
ocular business.
Mlle on Wednesday evening.
M and .‘npproprintions
i will also be considered.
WWALKVEPWOVRTH LEAGUES
OPEN FALL CAMPAle.
seldom done before. 8nd
dlhusiutic opening. the
.. will endeavor to
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Wslton shoes for boys and girls.
i ereton L’Hommedieu of Rowan
labial, leaves tomorrow for tho-Mount
J on Gregory Boulevard, have returned
-. C. A. Braisted and family of East
“Washington street, "7‘“ returned from cy a still black boot and an angular
spending a week with Mr. Brmsteds
father at the latter‘s home in Staten
. l Closed cars are being run on all of
. "the lines today and the change from
“the open 'cars is welcomed by those
people who have to take the Dorion’s
Quite a number of the members of
the Epworth League of the East Ave-
V the. Ep
worth league rally at the South Nor-
: The ofllclal board of the East Av»
. ‘mue M. E. church meet this evening at
3 3:45 and as a lot of important business
" is to be transacted all members of the
The oilicittl board of the church had
. charge of the meeting of the Christian
Advent church yesterday. owing to tho
. absence of the Rev. C. M. Tcepie and
Work has started on the paving of
flél‘svlew avenue again after a stoppage
' Volga few weeks, owing to ...a lack of
Whed stone to place on the roadway.
W stone has arrived and is now being
, Albert T. Eldridge. the Republican
‘,.momiuee for councilman, has about as
‘ little to worry him at the coming elec-
tion as any'candidate in the city. No
one seems to want to run against him
.. in the Third Ward. His good. common
A‘ dense and loyalty to his section of the
city are of the rockbound character.
the district commissioner met on
{Subway evening and transacted their
They have given
notice ‘to thc‘lcgnl voters of the‘l‘hird'hmnam "mp nephew,
fixing district that .the annual-meet-
ing. will be held at the Marvin school-
the 19th.
The heparin of the district commis-
«donors and treasurer will he heard
m thematter of authorizing the com»
innsionqrs to borrow on the budget. _
“m be discussed. an") advisabi'lty (9}! The cars thunder past the little shop
Wt,“ money to liquidate th! and every one turns to wonder about
of the electrical department will
midered as well as the advisabil-
ol authorizing the commisaioners to
mayoral minor hills of the districti
’ provided for in the previous bud-
The best
albedo: increasing the power of the
a rally meeting of all the Norwolk
rth'Leaguesr in theF‘irst M; E.
’ last evening, the long antici-
htll campaign was opened aus-
‘ly. Enthusiastic Leaguers from?
k,.«East V'NorWaik, «newsman? '
entaxed'the’spacioas Sunday ,
room to its ‘Il‘ull capacity. .cntfi Red Man Gm,
age, or Mt. Vernon, president '
. w York East. Conference Dis-é
ot' Bpworih leagues, presided.
We rendered by the Nmk
. orchestra mode the good-old
ring through the church as it Cocksnoes Tribe‘s
’ “ or muss sumac.
Till. undo
Will not
Description of
the Little
Building in Rowayton
Avenue and Some of the
Work Being Done
the old tavern signs, with a bugler in
khaki on one side and a wig-wagging
sailor on the other, swings before a
tiny shop on Rowayton avenue. Rowsy-
quite old enough to have acquired dig-
nity on that. account but old enough to
‘gravitated to it as we natural lam}
Two score years ago a handsome yel—i
Elow boot and an aristocratic high
Theeled slipper decorated the sign. This
vanished and after a period of vacau
shoe did duty. The shop grew grey
.with paintless age without and black
"within. and acquired ahopelcss ex-
pression with successive and lengthen-
ing periods of being uninhabited. The
last cobbler put. out no other sign than
his round, bent head and his tapping
hummer stretched toward the window.
sthn he, too, gathered his bits of
gloather and his tools and went away.
no other replaced him. Shabby, grimy,
neglectcd, the shop huddled apologetic-
ully beside its row of populars.
; Ono day's. neighbor looked at it with
.tiloughtfui. speculative eyes. The next
day another neighbor painted its poor
weather-beaten :51ch and coated its
scrubbed intrrior. it was scarcely
recognizable. Like magic a lattice. a
newer—box, a new step changed the
front. Within, there was even n great-
:tr change. (fit-on, sweet, exquisite, it
now harbors all kinds of ghod wishes
come true. »
There are luscious cakes and fat
loaves of homemade bread, some
,whent. some of delicious "Hoover" mix-
'ttlrcs:; There are preserves. there is
dainty needlework, there are a few
sketches. some wonderfulhand-made
jewelry, rugs braided by a great
grandmother, rugs dyed and woven by
an Old womanhhoso days are long and
lsolitary on a Maine island ten miles at
‘sea. On Saturday mornings. before 11
o‘clock, there are fresh Vt’Kt‘tnblos.
Each one brings the produCt of his own
especial skill.
Why the War Shop Sign?
the needlework, the jewelry, the trap-
rant. procession of freshly baked bread
nnd cake, the crisp vegetables are all
“helping to rescue from misery the lit.
ltle Marcel, aged nine. whose father
and mother have fallen victims to the
:war. Even the uncle. the dnivcrsity
lpmfcssor. who had great hope for his
has been killed
.and the little Marcel, has only his
igrnndmothcr, ‘ln misorc est navrnnlc,”
iwho must. manage somehow for the
:two of them on the government allow-
lgance‘ of forty-live cents n day—with
{eggs seven cents each and beef at a
‘dollar a pound.
the swinging sign. Those within the
tshop wonder too, whether the car will
-lstop, and as it does with growing fre—
quency they rejoice, for whether it is a
tneighbor bringing hot. fragrant bread,
tor someone to carry home a trcusure,
iit is sure to help Marcel.
1 Three weeks the shop has run and
{already it is assured that Marcel will
'have suflicient food for the wintelf'hnd
there is reason to hope that there will
pbe enough for shoes and perhaps for a
:coat. And there is the great satisfae
.1
(tarot! [of that which he has spent in
‘tbe shop. ,
EAREWELL TOVA. A. MITCHELL
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Sandor! to one of the
Men Departming for Ayer.
At the Council of Onax‘ Tribe. last
night. an invitation was accepted to
participate in a street parade in Nor-
waik, September 24, at the opening of
inclement. G. J.
«II-Priesthood John .1. lismrty and Alfred
Will Records" were appointed a committee
_ malleable make the menu“ emu . .
a power in the manual . y went:
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Tor the trail. After the quenching of
it» ans-wards farewell party was.
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The War Shop sign, fashioned like!
more.
marshmallow“
: “slumber: morning—Stamford M
' vacate.
The lBowayton Baptist Sunday
school held its rally day services yes-
terday, and the rally day social will be
held tonight at 8 o'clock. The program
will be of the mystery order, each
class providing} number on the pro
gram and it is expected to be of an in-
teresting order. Refreshments will
be served. The exercises yesterday
brought out the largest attendance in
four years. The usual services of the
Sunday school were held under the
direction of Superintendent Rev. B. E.
Anderson. and visitors had an oppor-
tunity of seeing the school in action. '
Farmers in the outside districts have
been busy digging potatoes, and record
crops are predicted. More potatoes
were planted this year than ever be-
'« alum
ton. The building is an old one. not'
,have seen dingy days Cobblers have<
Because.
tion of knowing that every one is het-
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The firemen will hold their monthly
meeting this evening.
Mr. i’ostvri of Stamford was in town
on business Saturday.
F. B. Baur has given notice of the
sale of the. Noroton Pharmacy to Ger-
trude E. Baur and others.
Orronstein-Arthur Koppel Company
has sold a track, etc., to the Wmdbury
Club, the cunsiderulion being 8373.
t
W. F. Brennan has attached proper
ty on lioyt street owned by R. l“. Fes—
to for 340.
R. N. Green has returned home after
on business.
The Temperance [league held a
meeting yesterday afternoon attire
Methodist church. .
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pnny will operate its cars on the forty
minute schedule.
«Miss Anne illvon, who was in the em-
ploy of Mrs. Wheeler, has resigned her
position with the. latter and taken one
‘with Mrs. Lucifer, of Tokeneke.
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Miss Veronica Courtney-of Yonkers,
with Mrs. Fred W. Tookcr of the Post
roud. has returned home.
Mr. and Mrs. llcrhrrt Roscoe. Miss
lrmto Austin and Miss Hazel. Browne
cf the Heights visited the Hippodrome
in New York a few days ago.
Miss Edith Greene has returned
home and resumed her studies in thv
Stamford high school. after spending
from Wiliimuntic Saturday. where silo
ucmnlpnnictl her daughter, who has an
term) the normal school at that place.
friends in town.
heard around town the dry vs. the wet
campaign that. is going to he'luunched
one. .
At last. a little attention has been
dcr the railroad bridge ‘and now one
doesn‘t have to take a ferry to get on
either side of it. ‘
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American Tobacco company, returned
to town again yesterday, after spend-
ing a week with relatives at Sound
Beach. - '
The little son of J. D. Bqurger, an}
erintend'ent upon the‘summerdiomeof
Assistant Secretary ofithe loterionéte-
phen 'l‘. Maher,,on Gracidatteetpidreé
covering . from a ., tallfifsom .21th room
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minim ’-
romp-rm
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having spent a week in Pennsylvania
Beginning today the Connecticut com-
v.'ho has been visiting for a few days,
given the sewers that ‘m-e located un-
Louis Simon, a representative of the!
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outchoosesoaps-ooocoosloIOQQ-sdwosoul-Osiolo
'wmm track .3;
dislocatrd hi; (E . mucosa. hot.
day. 1‘
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George P. Bears-u, treasurer of the
Home Bank and Trust company is 99-
tertainlng his mother, Airs. G. hearse
of South Not-walk, ai'lfls home on
Maple avenue for a few days.
Nettie R. Schirmer has filed a judg-
ment lien against Frank Schirmcr, of
Hollow Tree Ridge, for $5,000. F. W.
Thompson, of Norwalk, has filed a
judgment lien against Frances F. . (3-
Preston, on Old Farm Road, for $256.
Charles Adams ‘wbo was employed in
Allen’s Drug store up to Saturday, has
resigned his position there and will
enter a school of pharmacy, which pro»
lession he intends td follow, after he
graduates.
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Thaddeus Hoyt, who generally
spends a part of each day at the town
ball, but who has been missed for so].
time because of a slight illness, is now
again able to smile daily upon the pas.
. sers-by from that vantage point.
There were seven sales of real es-
tate in Barton, last week. with mort-
Sizes of 33,500. For the first week
19! September, 19in, there were three
‘sales of property, and mortgages of
384,500. The transfers last week rol-
iiow:
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George Dooly’s sister-in—law, rMs.
'Dooly, is visiting at the formcr‘s home
for a few days, having just returned
from the Philippine islands. Later
.Mrs. Dooiy expects to join her husband
lat Syracuse, where he is stationed.
'with a regiment of U. S. Int'antrymcn.
Mr. Dooly has been in the service of
,the United States for about 19 years.
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1 Walter Deverlll. who was at one
Itime employed in the Steward Grocery
tstore, and who later enlisted in the
Taviutton corps, has sent cards from
iSnn Antonio, where he was stationed,
iatating that he was on his way north,
and when he arrives at New York he
will be given a ten day furlough. His
friends are expecting him to make a
call on them at any minute now.
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Norwalk is having a hard job of find-
ing out who will be the. pliepublicsn
nominee for mayor. The Ilarstrom
forces and the Tammany forces worn
deadlocked twice last week, and if ii
nominee or a compromise is not made.
the Repbbliéau party will not have a
ticket‘in the. field, and there is a pos-
sibility that three tickets will be in the
field this year.
Btshpnnt I) S. to Marg T Tladcr of
N Y. Tokencko Drive, Enst st (mtgsi.
Boyle Torrance to Jordan & Scllcck
Elnc., William at. Bobble C E to Rocco
* Leona ct ux, Garden at (mtg 1800. Mar-
ing Hermann at on to Mary B Button-
hsusen of N Y. Conn tnpk. Tokenoke
l(‘orpn to Florence ll Witherspoon of
éN Y. Tokeneko Drive East. Tinder
ihlal‘g to Tokcneke Corpn, Tokcnckc
:Drive East. Wright Merinm B to Jae
f Lorenz.
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HiT~AND MISS.
Towns are seldom as red as they are
a few days with her aunt in New Yor painted.
. Look out for the man who looks out
Mrs. 5R. L. Gillette returned home for 1,“,me
A bare cupboard always furnishes
'iood for thought. _
, (live some people. their pick and
gthey'll pick ilaWs every time.
Martin Shaughnossy returned home; All the world’s a stage upon which
Saturday night from his wedding trip,\
and he and his bride. are visitingiomselves sooner or later.
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most of us manage to make a show of
A woman may drive her husband to
. ‘drink, and be unable to drive a nail
Judging from ”m rumors that “miter a similar reasonmboth heads being
- soft.—~lndianapolis.
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this year is going to be a very bitteréwOMEN BARBERS ARE,
EARNED FROM UNIONS
{" BOSTON, Sept. lit—Women barber‘s
iwero barred from membership in
junions of that trade in this state by a
ivote of dEIegates attending-the annual
convention of the Massachusetts State
Barbers’ Association yesterday. The
convention also voted to arrange for
title formation of a-New England coun—'
oil. of barbers‘. unions. ,.
STEEL oeosss DECREASE;
:NEW YORK, Sept. 10.-Unlilled or‘ ~
dere of tho United'States Steel Cor-
poration on August 31 were.10,407,049
tons, according to the‘ Corporation‘s ' '
,monthly statement issued today: hm
is a decrease of-lli'ldlfi‘tons compared
with the orders on July 31..» ~ "
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