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Breathe than I has with
mindudmmd
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more than we can tell.
though his station. proud his
name, we’re going to thank
him just the same for sparing
us that of t told tale. We drink
his health in Adam's ale. He'll
get his coal he may be sure if
he‘ll be patient and endure a
‘few short months of summer.
heat while we are hustling
things to beat the band or any
noisy thing. for well you
know it is yet spring, and if
we’re given half a chance
we'll give cold days a merry
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For Men and Young Men
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Clothing Co.
6 N. Main St So. Norwallt
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SUMMER
NECESSITIES
Porch Screens . . :. $1.98'to $10.00
Refrigerators $6.98 to $45.00
couch Hammocks $8.50 to $30.00
Porch Chairs ..... $1.75 to $7.50
Lawn Mowers . .
Ice Cream Freezers $2.75 to $6.00
Lawn Settees . ......... $1.25 up
Screen Doors . ....... ,. . $1.49 up
Window Screens ........ 39c up
Grass Rugs. . . . ..... 49c to $13.50
New Perleciion
0il. CO0K, STOVES
AND OVENS
. In All Sizes
LIBBY’S EVAPORATED
MILK, tall cans cut to . . 10c
REX CORNED BEEP, No.
3, a can . . ........ . ..... 550
GRANDMA’S PANCAKE
FLOUR,
Large pkg. 29c, small 140
EPICURE JELLY POWDERS,
all flavors . .. 3 pkgs. 250
A. STUII.
24' Cottage Street
East Norwalk
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Refrigerators, Oily Stoves and
Ovens, Garden II’ools, Croquet. Sets,
Screen Doors, Window Screens,
Ice Cream Freezers, Lawn Mow-
ers, Etc.
Albert P. Gehebe
”adwunington BL 80. Norwaui
Prompt Deltmrv Dhgno 1W
‘- 5 ”final Want ‘Ads Work Wonders
, $5.98 to $12.00,
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MMER HOME NEEDS
:uneat. hem-Iayhllnydayand'uboundtoneod
Intel ceiling: last longer but cost too much. They are
hard to put up, unattractivundthey mt.
BeavefBoardhuallottheadvantaguandnoneofthe
handicaps. It is as long lasting as steel and more pleasing in
appearance. -
In new buildings or old it ”a the logical ceiling. We can
absolutely convince you of this if you’ll give us a chance.
The Hatch 6 Bailey Co.
Fenders, Lamps, Bodies and
Radiators Repaired
nnazmc mvu wanmn
VAAsT’BRos. GARAGE
s. t town and
' Ilt‘ttn Mild.
L : fitlcnt after the t'csults of Ilcuistrzitton
gllar have lit-en counicd that plcduest
_- . amounting to many millions of dollars1
it“ wruu- i.t>ou.tmtt mutt s it saw» in
Connecticut London!” plctlnr with
than- im-u list hum! ill . but I‘ll},
rural community Threw
'pln-dm's will be tttkin In lllt' Iluuzu' to
house rainwater); and own .s'ltt 5» cs-
39.“ I'ATBIOTK'
, Beaver Beam bi- Cem " "“"lmm‘l‘i m"
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You coile- ua a Muihagtbudm‘tmm f i... W W. t... .. at». i.
I‘m. "at In» pct up: m the» adults to vat-I!
' . . trunnion”: ;A~ .» petitrrt rmullw m
I“ unsightly I“ We. but wont In“, It “I! ’0!“ i and short is bring music. lltrirtutr.
» l suraut'e IIH> lk-cu gnrn III.“ .'uillirt‘|;
:cut will attain go mcr the top. .
‘l‘lie quota of the stair assistiud by
tho vl‘rcasury licpai'tnitiit of “or
~Saviors Stamps to hr sold during the
:prcscnt tear p.- $36JIIIILIIUU, l‘p tothc
iprcsent time mcr 54.000000 hart-I
'l‘lic Fltllt' director is conv
I will hr SFt‘Ill't'd.
I The (lovcrnor has by means of
1procluinutitm issued V itl:ty;citllctl upon
iztll adults. ot‘. H ycurs of age and up-
wards It! rogistcr tit tltcii' ncui'tvttf
. school housp or oihcr tlt-sipnittctl
1place. It is stated by the state duvet—l
for. bowercrsthal all pcrsons who lime,
Erecordcd their plt‘lIfli-S before that;
I tltttc are not required to rctllstcr tlicirfi
' pledges.
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GREAT SALE OF DRESSES, SKIRTS AND WAISTS.
Only the finest infl'he Norwalka you will ilnd here at
moderate prices.
Final clean up sale of all Spring Suits and Coats regardless
of cost, as we never carry any over into the next season.
‘ Come and save money. ' , -
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33 So. Main St. So. Norwalk
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ulculturol College. the I'uitcd Sltll9slof Columbia. ll” of whom. with
Illcpartmcnt oi Agriculture and the
Committee of Food Supply, State
|Council of Defense, working with the
,li‘urmington grunge and the Red
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Inslon. D. (3.. will had the discussion
and Miss
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itlons outhe methods of producing
lined by saltlng. George l-‘arrell. of
itlie llnltcd States IN’IIHI‘IIIIPDI 0! Ac-
triculturc, will discuss the most up-to-
date methods of cunning. A. J. Brun-
duge, of the Connecticut Agricultural
College, Is in charge of the tit-range
ments for the course.
The Norwalk Line
l-‘ast Freight Service Between This City
and New York. .
Steamers “Clio” and “Armitaga Brest-lay”
Freight acceptcd at Norwnlk and South Norwalk from 7:30 to 6:30
p'. m. for delivery at Pier 45, East River, Foot of Jackson street.
Lew York. 7:00 o‘clock the following morning. Freight rccclved at
Pier 45, East River. New York. from 7:30 a. in. to 5 p. m. Steamers
leavingpler 45 East River. New York at 3 o'clock daily. Sundays
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SECRETARY HOUSTON DEFENDS
DEFERRED CLASSIFICATION OF
DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES.
WASHINGTON. June 18.~ That it
Is singularly ut'ijust and offensive 'n
say that State and Federal officers as
wcll its local and district draft boards
were negligent of national Interests
and dcsircd to proridc soft places for
slackers in the Department of Arri-
culturo is the stutvmctu oI IIflVItl F.
Houston. Secretary of Acriculturuln
a detailed report submitted to thc
Senate committee on Agrlculturc. rc-
carding the amendment by the House
to tho pending Food Production Act
for 1919. forbidding the pnvmcn' oI
stilurlcs. under tltlsyuct; to any'mun
who has bccn placeslln ticlcrtcd mill-
t:iry classification on account of his
excepted. *
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t Schultze’s Wednesday Specials
. BREAD AND BUTTER POT ROASTS ............. 360 lb.
FOREQUARTERS LAMB ....... . . . . ..... . ......... 30c lb.
The Best of Canned Fish, Meats, Fruits and Vegetables
and all kinds of dainties for the picnic basket, are here at
lowest prices.
Sehullze’s Sanitary Markets ‘
NORWALK. SOUTH NORWALK.
United States License No. 17,003. ‘
employment by the department.
“It is equally unjust." Secretary
Houston declares, "to characterize as
slackers tlic pntriotlc men who are
rendering patriotic scrvbc in the dc-
purtmcnt, many of them at no little
sacrifice. They are not only not
tal etiiccgcncy scryicc for the winning
of the war."
The House ninendment. it It remains
in the bill. the Secretary says. ‘will
make it cxcccdlugly dithcult tor the
dcpurtmcnt to carry out Its program
to secure the increased production of
food. fecdstutfs and live stock and
.olco to maintain the, activities nu-
thcrizcd by the Food Production Act.
Furthermore it will scrlously inter-
fere with the investigations and holly-
Allen ion 1‘ Grocers
FOR SALE
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mirror trout
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gain tor early buyer. Apply ‘ I
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83 & 85 Washington Street Phon
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lnight and day shifts. our ‘problcm is
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itlcs which the tiephrtincnt is coit-
ducting at the request of the military
and naval authorities. the Shipping
Board and other branches of the Gov-
crnment."_
Mr. Houston submits with his re-
‘closc relationship between the two
departments in the prosecution of the
war and cnumcrutcs some of the vi~
‘partmcul experts have given aid to
the army. *
"Such deferred classifications as
have been made at the rcqucst of the
Department or Agriculture." Secretary
of War Baker wrotc. "scent etm'i‘cly
justified and the War Department
Ecbccrfui'ty recognizes the fact that
{the needs of the army have been con-
isidercd by you in such deterred class-
lificatlon requests and hero met. with
‘ your approval."
In addition to the statement sub~
fniittcd today by Secretary Houston,
.thc, Scuttle committee has heard club-
Ioratc testimony from otficers of tlic'
plaincd the difficulties experienced in
securing and in training trained and
'cxpcricnccd men to perform. the high-
ly urgent and essential :tctlvitlcs of
rtment. The facts presented
. show:
1. That since the United States on-
,tered the war. the department haslost
the s‘érviccs of 0,048 regular employcs,
1,537 of whom have entered the mill-
Mlss Grace Goodpasture. of Wash-l
slackers. but are performing rcry vi- “-
port a letter from Secretary Baker lnI
.. which the War Secretary discusses the]
THE SOUTH NORWALK EVENING MNEL
Trisatr
Norwallr’s Leading .Dry Goods Store
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Buy Porch Furnishings Here
COUCH HAMMOCKS, in a number of styles at reasonable prices.
WOVEN HAMMOCKS, with a wide choice in price and color.
OVAL MATS, oi grass pr tell. Something new.
CREX RUGS, of various sizes and new designs.
The Famous Vudor Porch Screens
4 It, 5a., cit. 7a., 80., 9h, 10 It, tht. we..."
with 7 It; 6 inch drop. Ask for our prices.
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ccutive work, are scientific or tcchni-'
t-ul employees, have been deferred 011‘s};
{the dcpttrtmcnt‘s rccomnicudtition.
t7."l‘httt of 5.85.) own oI draft “#6 in
the department, not ovcr 1.700, in‘
cluding county ugettts and other cit-
tension workers, chemists. wicrina-t
rians. mcnt inspcctm's and cxpcrts in
the various branches of agriculture,
hare been placed in deferred ('IHSSI‘
ficulion at the request of the depart-
ment. Of these at lcast (:03 were do.
fcrrcd for other rcasons. such as de-
pendcucy. physical disability, and the'
sons.
LET YOUR GARDEN SAVE US.
(By Edith S. Pcttoe).
lost We are told .tlmt uc must lend
an expedition into Russia to save thc
world for democracy. But
the food The static authorities at
Slot-rs say that tests planting will be
done on the farms this year.
thcrc hits been a noticeable decline in
home garden plots as well as private
gardens. The wholc world is hunmy.
But planting is stalled. “Lot Joplin
do it,." you have been saying. tint
anon speaking for herself says she is
too short on rice. And if Japan IlZItl
the tooth-picture the Germans enter-
in: our country on the Pacific coast
and approaching the Mississippi: blis~
Incss stttllcd. distribution stalled. and
thc clvill‘zcd world gently murmurlng
“Spain will save them." An linpcrl
fcct purullcl. bill it will Kche.
We have becn‘ missing the big
morcmcnt of the war in our preoccu-
pation over the little diversion crout-
cd at our front kale. Will Chums off
New York so distract us that we will
forget our part in the mighty battle?
The planting season has been match-
less in memory or record. Spinach.
pens and stritwberrics have been clum-
cd from gardens that Wei-c alert. and
potatoes arc beginning to blossom.
But alas, so few of them! It is too
late for profitable planting of potti-
,Iocs. Forever wc are too lute! We
Icnnnot win this war till this habit is
'conqucrcd. Are we going to be too
state for saving Russia? We are. 1111-}
less we can show the necessary food.
tAIready we are asking it Our two.
yours too late in France will cost us‘
twenty. They may if we cannot dou-
ble our loud exports.
In Connecticut. lovely for its fertile
valleys, its trolled hillsides, its lium-‘
ming factories. moving the war with
a paradox peculiarly our own. Our
pmato ficlds yield tobacco: our corn
leaves the state for seed; yet ourmu-
nitions are defending more than one
nation. The wm-kcrs in these plants!
must be kept. at. a high standard ot'
emciency. That means well balanced
rations. But. where is the starch
coming from this year? Your garden
has become. the chief hope of the nu-
tioxt."'So dependent is’ the country
upon the small garden that in some
states garden conscription has been
proposed. Our allies need your star»
dcn.‘ Democracy cannot survive with-
out it. That means that you must .not
down to the ground today and see how
much more you can crowd in. giving
thanks the while that the news of the
impending Russian expedition brokc
while planting was still‘possible. We
must. all hurry with full speed ahead
to makd‘tcthat little spot of ground
that was our bit last year produce it
more substantial bite for this year.
‘Wc tire to run short on starches,
I tory service.
2. That the personal
the employees were not considered.
nor Was the employee consulted in
any. case. Recommendations were
made. in accordance Willi the spirit,
tend purpose of the Selective Service
Law and of the regulations issued by,
the War Department thereunder, only
3 for men who are necessary to the ade-.
tomato and eitective operation of the
Iservlce in which they were engaged
interests of.
Thorough nomination of the eyes. MW a:
com: crummy tilled. Inert Repairing. ‘
‘and whose qualifications. training. and
gexperience were such that. it would be
gimposslble to replace them without
‘subatantial material loss and detrl-
merit to the adequate and effective
operation of such service.
3. That no men have been recom-
mended for deterred classification
mints rural Hist!
soups or stews all winter.
proteins and fats. Without the vita-
mines the little known food value
found in butter fat and In green
leaves. we cannot live. The garden
will produce all of those. with some
to can. and by the cold'pnck process
we may can them all. including the
it'amines. which however deteriorate
with long keeping.
Plant bcims. Plant, It" the beans
you can. They are rich in both pro-
tein and starch.‘ Plant carrots where.
you used to grow flowers. and where
you never before grew anything. Can
carrots. Can them alone, and can
them with peppers. celery, an onion,
and tomatoes for liquid. to serve with
. Canteens.
and dry them. ,Ripen‘: the last of them,
not the that crime crop. testyou get
roar Plant beets nd can them
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like. its welt as for departmental red '
It tlrrnmny gains the Pacific all is ‘2
have we {3
Caro-m,
t‘ul observers in the cttics know that '
thy historic precedent. ~Com hm sue-1
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young. tops and kill, for the vitaminc:
which will make the children grow.
I‘lant green corn, the quick growing
yurlctics. up to the middle of Jilly
Dry this. or can it. For cunning it
must be picked ill its )II'Illlt bcfort- it
passes into the dough static.
be blnncllcd, cut from tho cob and
sun-dried, finished all in il dying oven,
and store in dry boxes or jars. But
these will not supply you with much
starch.
Thcrt- rcmnins but out“ way to not
this now, since potato planting is
risky as late its this. Find if you can
some scctl of yellow Ilcltl com. the
kind the farmers raise. Ask your
sccdsmen, your county agent, or the
uctircst farmcr for eunuch to plant ti
few rows, or even a fcw hills, and con-
vcrt this into litttlcd corn by Illl, tol-
lowinp. method;
‘ .v\ftcr thorough ripening in thc {all
and at any time during the winter, tltt
corn may be stripped from tho our
and boiled for two hours in a solution
of watcr and common baking soda.
one flat lablcspoontul of soda to
pint of watcr slmuld do it. but it‘ it
fails, add more soda. or extend the
boiling. The toughness of the hulls
varies. 'l‘ltc hulls should wash off like
slimc off the pcbblcs of a brook. lcuv-
ing a hard smooth kcrncl. The wash-
ing process is tedious. but we. are not
shirking the task just now. The corn
is then brought to :1 bolt in a lihcrul
bath of cold water to remove all traces
of soda. after which it may cook cenb
ly in boiling water with salt and '-I III-
lle sugar or molasses to restore the
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it maybe canned for future
s is long. as large
be
doubled i
as a nut
use. As the moose
a quantity as may convcniemiy
'ltandlcd at one time should‘be cooked
over a low gas flame, or cool fire. that
is doing other work.
Our patient grandmothers persuad-
ed thc stubborn hulls with he lc..cli~
ed from wood ttshcs. They did rot
know our prcpared soda. Some of us
can even recall their scorn for the
ease of modern tasks. But our Illi‘tl"
crn method produccs a more whclc-
some dish. ' Hulled corn. rich in
starch. and above wheat tr lot“ is
poor in protein. ll nct‘ds whole milk
to supplement it in both lll‘O'l‘in and
{attend more than all, in vitmuincs.
which will be treated more fully in a
later article. With milk and Hlllllr‘s,
indian corn offers a perfectly balanc-
ed ration. capable of kccplm; ll nut-on
at standard ctficiency for an indefinite
period, and doubtless in better Ill‘illlll
than we enjoy with our luxurious. ru-
riety of foods. One'bushol of yellow
corn on the car will make about fifty
quarts of hullcd corn, onc quart . "
which is. with milk and apples. u
square moat for a futility of four. Fig-
me it out in terms of what )ther t‘ootPi was suffering from
it, will replace and then try it.
Thls is proposing ll novelty, but an
old-fashioned novelty solldly bucked:
tallied our country through every poi
rlod of scarcity and stress. Uur plo-i
neers aurvlved on It its the only groin
which can be brought. to edible con-l
dltion without machinery. Home--
dried, sun-ripened corn meal is sold to
be quite distinct tram tne filth-dried
H.Kriege
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ash Suits
0 $1.98
KNICKBOCKER PANTS
_ 75c. 98c. $1.50 and $2.00
The Best Values in Town
WWW
MIDDY BLOUSES FOR GIRLS AND WOMEN
ored Sailor Collars
For $1.00 to $2.00
ESTABLISH A CREDIT ACCOUNT FOR '
ELF AT
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!\'lll‘l9l}' upon which we cxercisc our at‘~
It'rontcd metabolism with bu: intlittdr-
'cnt success in our good nutm‘cl‘rr-
,Iort to appease the Food .’i.lumt:.~:tr.t—
ltion. Wc arc long: suitcrtnc. No pio-
.m'” metabolism was over count-tied
to adjust itself to the inirtlshipu‘ of
tmurdcr. tnminc. and sudden death in
line sort of corn mtvul that is «In wd
tits at substitute.
1 Lost your thc planting scti'zou come
ton very late. and an early trust or un~
usual scvcrity caught the corn, with
fthc disastrous rcsult that -Ii'§ gimmi-
tnutiny. energy was impaired. It look;
:Iin it slnl‘t‘lllf‘ss your/limo. “'lmtat.
gundct the best conditions must be
gFCI’tI'Ct' till the world Is recoil-diluted.
f'l‘hc farmers have told us tlmmsrtvcn
‘that they arc not going' to bctlitr
ftibout our potatoes this :tcnr. (‘om
Iscarcity is doubly bad because of
‘our independence upon it‘ for a load
{for our docks and herds. .-\u.l shim ,
inl1,wc must somehow get tom/cc
:flocks and herds and more of their. '
i If ycllow- corn is to bc'plantctl it
thrust be done at once. We ought to
have a corn Sunday, and devote tin.
day to planting not less than one ml
,or row of corn In reverent memory otl
Ellic hardships of our early pioricus.
,Sundoy planting has not been tor-
gtnnlly lcgulizcd in Connecticut as ,‘i-
’wor incasurc. though it is it wcll cs-f
,ttiblislicd war custom. And it is sound,
:strotcny. lt tho Kaiser has, as re-
portt‘d, captured God, there is little
Iclmncc of our releasing such a host.
{81:0 without, the energizing- starches
.on our sidc.
A good way to plant corn to l‘lztltfl
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lnatltrnl Ilium. \‘llic nthe kernels tilt. the mo“ of ”"1in space is itigvzaaazt:
an altcrntttcd double row. six incurs
apart. each way, in a depression, or
flat trench, about two inches below
the surl’acc with the sccd an inch _
deeper. The rows should be at least,
two tect apart. It is casy to level ”10/
ground with the first ltncinn. and tho"
corn will he deep-rooted, and not in-
clined to lodge in storms. It is it
.bcnutirul plant, and because of its
Iliistoricah and spiritual significant-o
adds dignity to any pardon. In Japan.
tho (:licrry trees are held sticrcd for ,
tlheir beauty. We ought to lcach our
ljuuior food army to sttlutc the Animi-
"can corn.
SAYS IT ACTED LIKE A CHARM
Coughs, colds. sore throat or bron-
Echial troubles which persist at this
itimc of the year usually are of tin ob-
stinate character. That is all the
m0”! rPRSOD \\‘It.\.' :1 truly reliable rom-
.ctly like Folcy's Honey antl.'l‘al' (Tom-
:pound should be used. Mrs. Mm-
lgurett Smnle. Bishop, Calif. writes:
“Foley's Iloncy and 'l‘ar is agrond
gremedy; more than is claimed tor it.
n cold last woelc
land used the medicine and it noted
:like a charm." Contains no opiates.
Stillson, Powell Corporattlon.
a tee 31.20 cola DY ”"393,“
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mamas cuellllll'fii'll’oli” cmcmmt. q“
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A muedy for infection
ol the urinary twat
Painless. non-poisonou-
and willaot cumin.
bellow-sin l to 5 dark
Norwalk Chronicler