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WAR CRITICISM
intelligent, constructive
('l'llll’lblll is acceptable, but there‘s a
good dcalYof criticism floatina around
that
while well
3(‘Clll'ult‘,
nowadays isn't in
that (lass Muth
meant, ht mlfiflllt‘itnlr‘. And moth of
by llltfl of un-
the country
of it
it tllouah put forth
doubted standing in the community. is
so vauue or ridiculous on the face of
it that the error ought to be apparent
to any intelligent child.
A czwe in point is that
ncnt New York minister who, after a
few Wt't'ka spent in France, has been
touring the l'nitch States HS an ex-
pert on war conditions abroad and at
One of his dlatren‘aina revela-
of a promi-
home.
tions. made before the covet'nment lrt-
uded its last crop report, was to the ef-
Iect that the corn crop on which we
had counted to feed the nation,
thus indirectly to feed our allies. Was
only 2,000,000,000 bushels. The crop
to be considerably more than
a billion bushels above that mark. Y
More recently he has been inform-
ina thr- public as to the munitions sit-
and
nation. In a public address before a
large audience the other day he an-
nounced that. tltc l'nitcd States has
only two munitions factories, while.
(it'eat llritair. has 4,375. "Tomorrow
mot-ulna," he urged. "10.000 factory“
ntanazers in the country should of-
fer their plants to the government." _
This brilliant orator did not know:
apparently, th. Y1 th‘l‘y impor-
t-lnt factory in the country was offer-
("I to 1110 government the moment we
declared War, and that thousands of
fit-toties, at the very moment he was
speaking. were working on guns. small
arms and ammtmition for our own and
His remarka'were
nearly
the allied arntlea.
no less than an insult to American tn-
(lustry.
Turning: to the question of rifles for
the army, and rcbuking otlr govern-
ment for sending troops abroad with
less than 10 rifles apiece. he made
this amazing statement:
“Over tilt-re every man who goes ov-
er the top has six rifles. ()ften two
or three are shot away in a single
charge." .
Just imagine a soldier charging with
half a dozen rifles in his hands-t What
a fine time he'd have firinc them!
And what a mark he‘d be for the en?-
my! '
Bri'ish writers familiar with the ac4
tuat fighting methods on the western
front know that the officers have dif- GODMOTHERS Fon BELGIAN emu, 'sociation
ficulty in getting every soldier to car-
onc rifle in a charge. The Tom-
. ~ prefer armfulls of bombs.
Thin is no time for loose criticism.
1 . , time for the public to be se-
m-va rriticai of every statement, spo-
criticism.
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THE LUXURY QUESTION
Tilt-re ill :1": .«t uncertainty In the
mintla of mar" proph- arl to what In
the rcaiy mot/it and 3158““ course
fee at this time,
authorities who are firming people "soured today utter- a short Oh
to wear their old clothes. to buy war "a" with, Quartermaster
_ of mailing unnecessary or useless art!-
.to making an article
Ylar In process of manufacture, which is .
,work will he turned at once
no...“
other hrurd are the people who use
that business must go on as usual, and
only by buying as much as usual or aY.
little more can business be kept going. 1
Which is to be belieted? What ill
to be done? ‘
Y The tru‘ h is not to be found in a su-
pcrficial acceptante of either of thestl
doctrines, but in careful thought as tolJ
the whole situation. l
Business in things which are needed it
every day by people at large must be;
i
kept going, and will be. The businessr
Dedicated to the Y. H. c. A.
You have said: “Good-byo'
"Hay God bkss you!” 0 'er
cles can and should be stopped. X0!
plant will be thrown into idleness, not
workers put out of employment byI
this means. There is a greater demand«
for necessaries in eyery line than can!
Of the myer from
Star of valor and of love—
The glory of service given
paucibly be filled. It is safe to sari 1' reflectedf above'
‘Ythat there is not a single trade now i When the battle fiercely rages
._.- making any unnecessary article which Hid“ the fire of giro: md dull,
could not, 't'rnoat overnight be. turned
somewhat simi- ,
necessary and for which there IS‘
preasing demand. l
People really do not need stacks of;
fancy Christmas boxes as high as the
when distributors of1
Refrain :
atorcroont trail,
foodstuffs are begging. for carton» in:
vain. The t'ultay handwork which rulers.Y
to the stringing of showy beads ahoultl
he going into the buttonholert ill sol-
it
diers' uniforms l {I
The only safe rule ls thin: Ask your- l9!
aclf, before making a purchase whethv . Y‘s
ed the enconraut ment of the industry ‘ 1'
represented will help to win the war 1: ’
if it w‘ont. don't but. Wait until wet : EADERS
l
have licked the Kaiser. Tile people
in that industry won't suffer. Theirfl;
.. W: p; VLLWS i ,
useful account. I
~~—-.—o.~——-—— t.
GRANDMA'S PIES i ‘.
The Kiln-HIS City Star reminds the" """""“
present lzcneration of the method.» by.Y
which its grandmothers made their,-
Wallue Thompson Tells What to
Being Done to Help Win the War.
Editor of The Sentinel:
Perhaps ittlnlt‘ of your re .0. rs have
hungnn 0010-“ from the kitt'ht‘n N'illnm not seen an articlc pttlllisltcl‘in the
quar-Ytentury magazine for x0\“’('ll'll)t' en-
Unp of titled: “Fairflcld (‘ounty liohlllzed,"
by Wallace Thompson. If its full of Int- .
normal and interesting facts In regard
to the united efforts of manufacturing
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MOBILIZING OUR RESOURCES.
famous pies. |
‘In the liood old times the lputltplttn'
to be dried was rtliced In rinztt and
along with lentoonn of apples.
tered and strung on threads.
the benefits of that mode of drying
lhllllltl was that it made a fine roost
A ”W’s PRAYER Hill YOU
Air: “Just Before the Battle, Mother."
And have parted at the door;
She said in low broken accents
You have lef t a heart so loyal
And, as you go forth to battle,
A fond mother prays for you.
When you dream of the dear fireside,
Lying under‘ nca ven ’3 blue dome.
May your spirit hear the echo
that loved home!
There' s an emblem‘ tn the window—
Just think of a mother praying
For her boy the loves so well.
(tailed to die for Flag and Country,
Soldier boy so true and brave.
You'll know in the bright eternal,
"1'13 the Mother's prayer that save!
Yes for you a Mother 5 praying;
Praying for her soldier boy;
Peace restored the battle over.
You ’11 howeloomed home with joy.
:which make up
'and hence make the nation
When will tame to lot the cry went
i
out for cooperation.
; Bridgeport
agricultural and relief mobilize
m sooth aonws‘u mu m
By Ida E. Hatching;
’ to Mother,
ondoer
Ylillllfllllii lilit‘ll iii
the
Our county In
America has answered.
England men.
l‘airtteld (‘ounty Connecticut.
Norwalk. all
log center-t
or New l'-,mk with a hundred plctur-Y
Yequue rhinitis and
half abandoned
great manufactu‘z
farms,
tion nlore'powe rftrl for the industrial
Yl
Y been and who crave the taste of fresh ‘
chains of "ale-i” do :
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| It has an- to be urged to sign.
swercd with the voice of roaring ma ,
‘chincrt, with the voile of clicking hon.
"W" W" ”I" "’1‘" 0' '“mb‘lnfii The pledge which the thild will be
motor-trucks, with the voice of New-asked to sign is simple and to thci
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Stamford, Dsnbury and.
within a short distance “01k 0‘ him-“1
with a thousand:
has already; three thing; he prefers to do, signs
formed ltrelf into a county nasociau hie name. at!"
;.M. Estella Sprurzue- of the food com-
“0" mlttee and she will do the rest .
behind the battle lines than any otherl
The story of movemet is the story of:
Fairfleld ('ounty Ansoclatlon for the
Mobilization of Resources.
EXEMPTION BOARD NOTES
for flies and ‘kept them off the table.
\‘t'lnn Grandma wanted to make an
apple pic she simply stood on a chair,
yanked down a atrlnt: of dried applet.
Wfli-lllf‘d the fly specks of! it as well as
the apples until
they swelled to natural and all
was ready for the pie making."
“Nowadays they nlicc up the‘vegc-
tables or fruit, spread it out on trays
of wire screening in a home-made dri-
Move where
she could, aoa lied
aize,
er. ltang it up over the
The following questionaires have
been mailed today:: 15th to 1737, if
your number in among thesefl vou
arid commercial and farming enterpris-
es to sustain, and to aid the govern-
ment In conducting the, war along the
lines suggested. It den-hr with every
industry that has this end In View“.
directly or indirectly. local Interestt
are also treated along novel lines,
I send you some of the opening para-
graphs that the trend of the subject.
may be seen. and the united effort'a ex-
plained. Connecticut. and I may any
do not receive the qtroationaire, I form
the board who will‘rtupply you with an-
other.
, The Exemption Board wishes that
any brick layer. who Is In the first
quota of the draft communicate with
them. and also, if there in anvone of
the same trade who number has not
yet been called. and who wishes to en-
Fairfleld county as WM" h“ alwaya ‘iiat voluntarily, he may do so by com-
m‘" ”mm“ M" “mm” m” ' munlcatlng with .Mr llarstrom of the
Is gratifying to know that this is bring board
315. he will receive $20. $15 from the . .
. l‘oderal allowance and $5. which is thew . .
excess of the maximum state allow-if Extra Hea‘y """" ' """
lance over the federal allowance. I‘m
the ltot air will circulate through it.
and in an hour or two it is thoroughly
dried and will keep through the win-‘ ' ~ » ..
very 3331-" MAKES AN APOLOGY
0! Editor Sentinel:
i in paying a compliment to am.
generally known and appreciated.
M. H. NASH.
[PT It is all ten simple,
tarv and clean and 821108 a lot
mm” id i l d i may be at the expense of another.
TM“? “"0" 0 ' m" sount goo n which should really be avoided. When.
fiction. or in tho reminiscences of old however, it 1,, done the "amende hon.
eruption hnazd will
their number. all this
cilitate matters and wIll prevent un'
necessary labor on the part of the
It board.
Anyone communicating with the ex-
kindly mention
will greatly fa-
The‘exemption board‘ will be in ex-
ecutive session daily from ‘4 o'clock.
‘r'iations may be in retrospect?
to
gentlemen who never did any of the
housework. But ask Grandma. Would
her life to
the
any Grandmother, with“
live ol‘cr again, willingly chooat-Y
old ways of tvork,‘ dear as their lit-ism
Not at
all.,
She may ray that her children got
along as well till the modern ones do.
with all this fuss over balanced diet
and ll\"if‘n“ but-~ltow many did she
lbse'.’
Grandma'a have tasted
pies may
good~hut we'll take our chances on
san‘ltarl kitchens every time. And our
cirantcs arc much htrzhct today than
they were .t. generation ago.
W
DREN/
COLUMBUS. 0.. Dec. 26,—Seveth
.f‘oiumbus working girls, it became
known today, received notices from:
their‘
wealthy Columbus women In
('hrlatmas mail that moncv had been
subscribed In their names for the. cart-
mt that passes for war of BelgidYn war orphans for one y.ear FA'M’Y'
§Th0 working girls were naked to not
{as Godmotherl-t for the Belgian children
[and to write them and take an inter-
[est in them. One thousand dollars
was subscribed for each orphan.
TESTIMONY ON AHMY MATTERS.
W AYSHIXG'I‘ON. Dec. 26. -The Sen- 0mg, ”111ml, industrial, or social. ‘
pursue In ill" matter 01 1mm"? 1111“" ate Military committee's Investigation 1. not ram: weakness but funds-
Ort the one hand are of the army' 5 proparsttoorl for war was “gm itmgm.
Sharps snip on the stand to
‘lllf‘ Norwalk llotcl, that Y"at 10 o'clock
0th or Individual on I! m end
so it will be necessary for anyone who
orahle" should he made. "(Yomparl- wishes to see them to do so before
sons are odious" wrote that delightful that hour.
romanccr. Cervantes,
most horribly true today. When i
wrote in your Issac of Saturday. the
22nd, concerning the annual meeting
of the Norwalk Medical Association at i
the members sat down to one of (Yol.
Russell's suppers. so appctlzing and
attractite an answering the question
why, the Royal lamest or any other at-
tempted hotcl ehouid close Its doors]
i had no thought of offendintz the pro-
prietors of the late Royal J.ames it
was merely to offer a compliment to
the Norwalk Hotel 1 have no hesita-
tion in saying that the Royal James
has on different occasions entertained
the association with great credit to
itself and much satisfaction to the as-
Askin" yotr to give this
apology as prominent a place in your
paper as the original communication,
1 am, - ’
Sinceretv yours. 3
/‘ JAMES A. MEEK. M. 0.. 1
I
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Secretary Nor-walk Medical Mao.
ELD COUNTY MOBILIZES.
By Wallace Thompson
The war In Europe may be won by
the counties of America. it will not
be through a military dictatorship that
'the strength of our democracy tutti
flower to France, but through the
proving that the loosoness of our gov»
I With the counties
will rest the towels of our triumph It
In this great test we prove that the;
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non omcinl organization In the world. 'TOLD TO CUT OFF
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mason", one. as,
Boston Stor
tlrtr Greatest of All
COAT S
Those who respond to this sale will have a Wt .
derful selection. Every Coat is this season’ s nervw
model. in the most wanted material.
lliill’ lN RAISINE
lllllil Hill lIilUNlli‘i’
Can Raise Hens, Hogs or
Keep Bees' tn Backyard‘s
The line has come for the (hit l
til-cu of the country to do their par‘t
toward winning the war, not by tak i
for; military tln. nine to p epale for;
call) entranced itto 1hr army. hurt
by helping raiw food for those who
art»- providing the soldiers with war;
materials. The only requirtnlcnt pill
that they be school children and that!
the: hate a place in which the) can
ra rte livestock.
The list of things they can do lat
not long. but it i.- to my the least.
comprehension Supposing a child.i
or his parents him- a grtat fondness
for fow.l or a compelling longing fort
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The wholesale value of these Coats is from $14.
flesh tire: Lithtr is an abnormal w ‘2'7
u- neite desire to hate. it is true 50 our 38'
but many suffer from it Then that entice
thiid can raise a
Li: backy.ard
()r supposing that the child or par- IY"
ems prefer to have ,'r grunting pig
around the lace, together with dainty
little sucking pics, the child may“;
mice a pig and the stage is set for
the “mounting. Still others (Whose'
may be whose one ambition In life Is':
flock of hens in
$12.95 $14.95 $18.95
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"iBLAN
. THE CELEBRATED
BEACON BLANKETS
They have enjoyed the merited distinction of be-
ing the best for the money.
honey. Such acted not despair. for
they may. if they choose, keep a hire .
of bees, by pledging themselves \0 to
The food conservation committee
has rent to Secretary (harlot I). Y
Mine of the state board of educationY
a. pledge which school children are
It is plannrd to
ypread the Idea throughout the state
and to yet the toopar'ation of nlli
the school children ill the proiec' ,
point It is as follow 'I pledge.
with myself to become a member of the
food annv, and to do my part to-
ward Increasing the food supply ,l
‘I will raise in lny backyard I '
Their weave is soft and ficccy. Their coloring:
are fast. Their patterns are handsome and exclusive.
"I will raise a pig. 1 will keep a‘
hivu of been."
The child cht Its the ‘rne of
my The Boston Store is headquarters for them.
and address. The,
n to be sent to Mica
JUST ARRIVED
A SHIPMENT OF 100 MOTOR WEAVE WOOLEN
Automobile Robes v‘
' nouns rou THE OPEN on CLOSED CAR
Fashionable. Warm. Attractiye and Durable.
pledges a ' 0 ti.-.
STATE MAXIMUM .
ALLOWANCES NOW .
IContlnued from First Page), it:
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The amount of O’Xf'f‘rli’ allowance
Size 60 x 80 ..............
.......... $6.75
........ .-.......
that Will be made in each case inl- ~~=v~m-fi‘~.~~_«~_~ N __.-m_.,
tdtfition “0 ”K? federal allowance, For each additional Y
“l” he soon in the following table. . . .- v, ,
Fed Mflxmmm page?” ch.id all! 600 Free Storage
(‘lrti's A. cral Al< State Al-i Relative ‘
Relative. Iowancoe lowaitce.' Dependent parent of Until Spring
t‘ltiidhis with {12-00 3°00 0: man ........... . 10.00 20.00 A payment or $100 will h0ld any
\l‘lfe uitll one t'h.l(l.. 2100 26. 00 Two dependent par- car for you until Spring. This is g
“It" with two clul- cuts of man ..... 2000 40.00 Wonderful saying In garage bin
Idren '. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 32.00 32 001 Dependent parentx of 10 00 and at least 25 per cent. in cost of
“IL? with three chll- _ wife .............. each car companng Winter and Spring
dten $00 38.00 For more than two . values. Quick action necessary,
Wife. with four club 1 parents of man or 5.00 Excnptional Bargains to be had in
“tl'rcn i h - Yfl. - ~ - :hYl' ”‘00 “'00. wifo .............. each ...... overhauk‘d '8!” Guaranteed
7 P “'1 W o i' Dependent brother or ,
“dfron .{h ........ (.h. .. 47.50 5000‘ We. (federal law “WEANDSAamI
Yr 9 “1 more an ‘ under 18 yrs., state 5.00 6.00 '
fli't’ (‘hlldrPl’l 50.00 50. 00 low under 15 yrs) ' each each mys- KNIGHTS
{rm methyl?“ chillsl- 5-00 600 For each grandchild. 5.00 6.00 Also Some Other- Makes
wu mo or eat; c
dri‘" " he 1 £31112 M 12 MY Everything was very quiet over the Y mmmLAND co!
Tm“ “‘0' r g” c 20 0 1800 holidays, not a single case being re- Broadway. at 50th S"- 5"" Y“
are“ -- ----- '- ,0 l l Write for used car bulletin.
pm“. mothmesg cm]. corded on the pol cc h otter uptown Open 3"an
dren ....... 20. 00 24. 00 this morning. 1
an“ I ““11 l' W
Santa Claus and Christmas Tree' tn National Army Camp.
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