MAY, JUNE 18, 1918 ' "1" LIST m
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l lM-W __ -_ J. Tracey of West avenue, was home party, was called on the telephone. it,
, Sunday from his duties at the Post seems, by some unidentified person ‘
Plan How ' who told him that if he wanted to get
For Vacation Days
WARDROBE THINKS, l
BAGS, 8011' OASIS,
PALM BEACH SUITS,
“THING SUITS, SHIRTS.
PAJAHAS, NEGKWIAB,
HOSERY, BELTS,
STRAW HATS,
mos BOTTLES
The Best at Moderate Prices
JOSEPH DAVIS
853Wasltlnglon Street
SOUTH NORWALK
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The branch office of The Evening
Sentinel is located in the oflice of its
NOR WALK it
‘ and Personal
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Mtss BRUGGERHOFF A same
Married in St. John’s Church, Stam-
ford, to Charles Smith of the
4 NavaL Reserve.
Miss Helen Bradford Bruggerhon',
daughter of Mr. and ‘Mrs. Edward Ev-
erett Bruggerhoff of Noroton. was mar-
ried Saturday at 4 p. m. to Charles
Stewart Smith, son of Mrs. Stewart W.
Smith of Stamford. The wedding took
place in St. John‘s church, the cere-
Norwalk representative. Richard H.
Fitch, in the Masonic building, on Wall 4
street, and all news items, advertise-j
manta, or notices of a neway nature,‘
can be left there or telephoned there.l
The telephone number is 1388.
Rev. Charles Morris Addison, D. D.
The only decorations in the church
were white roses banked upon the al-
tar. '
The bride was given away by her
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mony being performed by the rector,‘
J father. Her gown was of white ivory
satin, which had been worn by her mo-
. ther as a wedding gown It was com
l bined with point applique lace, and the
iwhite tulle veil was held by a wreath
All the Latest Fiction at
i of orange blossoms The bride wore as
5 an ornament a string of pearls, the gift
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Fred H. Ponty s 4 ,
inf the groom She earned a bride's
60c . 1 bouquet of white orchids and lilies of
Palace Theatre Building 1‘“ "alloy
The groom wore the uniform of '119
South Norwalk, Conn, . Naval Reserve, of which he is a meet:
her.
L Miss Frances llruggerhoff and'lmss
T— . R Lucy Bruggcrhoff, sisters of the bride,
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were the. bridesmaids. They wore
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chiffon dresses of pale sea green and
of orchid, respectively, and white leg-
horn hats. They carried bouquets of
_ Lodge, No. '3 I". & A. 11., will be
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The 'Ladies‘ Aid Society of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church will moot
for sewing on \‘l'cdncsday afternoon
at 2 o’clock.
A stated communication of St. John's
held
on Thursday evening, when the “ii.
-A." degree will be worked on a num-
ber of candidates.
The Women of Mooseheart Legion
will meet this eveningtat which time
considerable business of importance
will be transacted. All members are
urged to be present.
Through the kindness of Neville Bay-
ley the women of Mooseheurt Legion
will hold a thiift stamp dance, at Ro-
ion Point pavilion, Tuesday eveninR.
June 25. This is pttrcly for selling
stamps. and it is hoped all will help as
the ladies desire to “help win the war."
it is probable that the Burdicl; lunch
business, in South allin strong will
be sold {vglliJ this week. Edward
Spinn. one of the owners, has been
called for service. on the 25th or this
month. and vii] leave town with soy.
«nifty ct) tr young men. ark (lotiu, the
other owner, vito was registerel in
Providence, liltode Island. has been
rolled there, and expects to 19:th the
(115' He first of next week.
—Gol'i and gold filled jewelry at old
low 1) 'ices, Brand‘s Jewelry store.
‘Washington street.
While a horse and wagon belonging
to Frank Acquino, the fruit dealer,
was standing in front of the Jones E:
Hotchkiss store, this, 'morning, the
rear end was hit by a ‘big truck ,
longing to the Westchester Brewing
Pompany, driven by John Liebcspach,
of 173' Ferris avenue, Mt. Vernon, N.
Y, demolishing it completely, and
throwing the horSe to the. ground. The
horse was not badly injured and the
damage was settled promptly. .\jo
arrests. ‘
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per must wor an
save.”—Scott'a
spendthrifts and idlers
are similar; a. generation
of them would bankrupt
a. nation. The prosper--.
one are the nation’s
strength. _ -
A Bank Account here
leads to a seat in pros
nemty’e cornea.
4m cent. Interest Paid on
Bavlnp ‘
unwavering, 'I m
a colour Saturday m‘
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|dolphinium and Ophelia roses.
The best man was Major Howard C.
Smith, an uncle of the groom, and the
ushers were Lieutenant Malcolm Pitt,
Lieutenant Frederick Wildman. En.
‘ sign Talbot Wildman and Dr. Richard
Pierson, all of whom were in uniform.
Following the ceremony at the
church, an informal reception for the
members of the family and immediate
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[friends was held at the home of the
3bride, The Lindens. Noroton, which
was tastefully decorated with palms
and flowers. The M. A. Free Company
had charge of the decorations and Mo-
resl of New York did the catering.
'7 After a short w'edding trip the
‘couple will reside at Block lsland,
where the groom is' stationed on the
Lady Mary S. P. 212.
The bride is a graduate of tho
Catherine Aitken school of Stamford,
and also of lngersidc, New Milford.
BOOTH—ROBINS.
A very pretty wedding took place at.
the. home. of: Mrs. Fred G. Sperry,
\‘l'oodbridge; Conn, Saturday crating,
Miss Mary A.' Robins, formerly of
France street, "was united in marriage“
to Charlie C. llooth'of Bethany Conn..‘
by the Rev. Mrt Djbk‘s of New Haven.
at 74 o’clbck. Ml‘u'f‘mcd Sperry, sister
of the bride. played the wedding
march. Miss Ethel F. Robins, sister
[of the bride, acted as maid of honor.
Winfield Booth, brother of the groom,
was best man. The. house was prob
tily decorated with Mountain Laurel
and pink roses. The wedding supper
was served on the lawn. Guests were
present, from Waterbury, Naugatuck‘,
New Haven} Bethany, Woodbridge;
South Norwnlk and Stamford.
Mulvey-Heidel
Miss Anna M. Heidcl, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Heidel, and Wil-
liam J. Mulvey, son of Mrs. Michael
Golden Were quietly married this morn
ing at six o‘clock, at St. Joseph's
church, by the Rev. Father Carroll.
After a short wedding trip they will
i reside at the home of the bride.
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' Mr. and Mrs. Jere Clark and Mr. and
Mrs. Ira 3C. Lockwood returned yester-
day from Camp Devcns, Ayer, Mass,
where they visited with the local boys
at the camp. Captain John eKogh,
who had been spending a few days in
South Norwalk, accompanied the par-
ty to Devens, Saturday.
Lieutenant Alec Ryan of California.
chief engineer in the United States
naval service, was a. visitor yesterday
{at the camp. pump John Keogh,
;Newcomb of Broad River, and also re-
.newed several acquaintances. Lieu
tenant Ryan expects to be called to
service overseas shortly.
Captain Frccriclt A. Dunn of South
Kuwait. who has charge of 400 Ameri~
can soldiers in France has sent a fine
who I! residing with her father in
West Norton. and to ill brother-in-
’ bury, Detroit, South Easton.
,Graduate hOspiul in New York city.
He expects to leave for Fort Ogle
lthorpe, 6a., about the first of July. I
Mrs. D. T. Halacy, of 8 Spring Hill
avenue, gave.a birthday party in honor
of the 19th birthday of li'er daughters,
Misses Mary and Margaret, last even-t
lng. There were nineteen friends pre-
sent and the affair was very enjoyable}
Musical selections ware rendered.
Miss Marguerite Smith sang charm-
ingly and dancing was indulged in un-
til a late hour. Refreshments were
,served and when the party dispersed
iall agreed'that the popular young sis-
ters were royal entertainers. ‘
Miss Marie O'Shea of Arkansas, is
spending the week as the guest of’Dr.
and Mrs. William J. Tracey of West
avenue, and Miss Kathleen Tracey.
Miss O’Shea was a classmate of Miss
Tracey at Trinity college, Washington,
'D. C.
Ernest Finch and Miss ivy Thomp',
son, of this city, were quietly married’
at St. Paul's Saturday evening in the
presence of a few witnesses. ReV. h.
B. Howell officiated.
Frank, Spinetta of the National Ar-
my, stationed at Camp Devens, return-E
cd last night to his duties at Ayetf
Mass, after spending a furlough at his
home in this city. , i
Scout (‘mnmis'tioner l’iric MacDon-
ald left Friday to visit some of the
local Boy Scout men in (Tamp Devens.
RAIDS lN—G—7— ,
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The action is taken under a . law,
passed by t'ongt‘ess at the time of the
Civil War making it illegal to transfer
contracts made with the Government.
The violation, according to the inter—
pretation of the Supreme t‘ourt of thc
l'nited States. comes through the sale.
of the contracts by the contingent {cc
agents to the concerns that actually
intend to fulfill tltcm.
Millions ttpou uttllions of dollars are
said to be involved ill the case, be-
cause of the fact that the Government
is obliged to buy war materials under
extraordinary circumstances. Commis-
sions to agents working on u contin-
gent. fee basis, operating chiefly in
Washington and New York, range from‘
two to ten per Cent. of the amount 0
purchases. The army and navy alone
during the first year of the war
llbought billions of dollars' worth of
materials. .
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The raids itkre conducted lit Man-
hattan,'Brooklyn, Akron, Ohio: Ai-
bany. Alexandria. Va; Ann Harbor,
Mich: Bordentown, N. ..l.: Boston;
Brazil. lnd.: Bridgeport, lluffitio, Bur-
iingion, Vt; Camden: t‘umon, Ohio;
lan-
. ass:
Eau (“lair-e,
Columbus. Cleveland, Cpnc, '
East Rochester, N. ii:
. Wis: Farmingdule. N. J.; Flint, Mich:
Freedom, Pun, Fullerton, l‘a.; Huger-
towu, Mtlz; Harrison, ..\'. .l.; Hartford.
,Holyoke, Jackson. .\lich.: Jt‘l‘rit‘_\' City,
jKittgston. N. Y.; Lancaster, Ohio;
2! ockport, lll.: Mtridt-n. Conn; M.d-
'dlctown. Conn; Mitldlctotvn, l‘a.;
Milwaukee, Minneapolis. Mommy,
gMich.; Nashua, N, 11.: New Britain,
l(innit; Nt‘Withlllt’, Muss: Niagara.
Falls Norfolk. Pttrkrrsburg. W. \‘a.:
l'ukin, lll.: Pensacola. Fla; Peru,
ind; Philadelphia. Pittsburgh, l’orl-
land, Me: Providence. Rochester. San
Francisco, Surutogtt, N. l'.: Savannah,
Springfield, Muss: St. Louis, ’l‘olctlo,
Wnlthum. Washington, Windsor, '\'t..
and Worcester. Mass. '
The Department of Justice on April
2 issued a stumucnt saying that the
Suprrme Court of the United Slatus‘
had in some 06 its decisions denounc-
ed contracts obtained from the lov-
ernmcnt by persons on u continacut
,fee basis. Again on April it another
warning was issued, but little hccd
:was paid to the notices.
Advertisa for Contracts.
According to the information in the
hands of tho llcpartméui of Justice,
working in (‘O-tlpt‘l‘lllltllt with the War
and Nttl'y llrpttrimrnts thcrc are
manv brokerage and mntittgeut fee in-
dividuals and corporations in Wash»
inaton. Non York and Other cities.
Some of them boldly circulari7e the
manufacturers of the country saying
that they have close relationships with
some or all of the departments of the
Government. and in some instances in.
fluence with individuals in these. do
partments, sinister in character. which
give them power to obtain favorable
contracts for their clients.
In return they ask commissions
that range from two to ten per cent.
of the amount of the contract. in
‘many instances, according to the infor-
mation obtained. the contingent fee,
man has informed the manufacturer
that the. latter could not deal with the.
Government except through him, and
that unless the. contingent fee were
paid no contracts could be obtained.
0n the other hand, there is evidence
of cases in which the manufacturer
sought the contract broker.
; The same situation prevailed at the
.time of the‘Civii War and resulted, on
July 17. 1862. in the enactment by
Congress of a law to stop the practice.
. Told of Inside Influence. l
The Department of Justice recently
naming. John 1‘. Caron-ugh. Eugene
.Sallivan and Joseph Kuhn to obtain a
contract for the manufacture of rain-
law. Henry “than of North Main calls for the Quilter City anthem of those “dime attained their ml.
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Collin: at "Mollie. Indictments
,mission they demanded $500 in cash,
4 agents. 4
lot“ the papers of certain firms and cor-1 M —-—~—“~~~
any Government contracts he could do
so by getting in touch with Joseph
Kohn, of Boston, who had “inside in-
fluence in Washington.” The person‘
at the other end of the wire represent-3
ed himself to be Kohn’s brother, but‘
he declined to go to Mr. Bittan's place
of business.
Mr. Bittan sought the advice of
an officer in the Quartermaster’s;
Corps, stationed in Philadelphia. who;
advised him to report the affair to
.Washington, which he did. Mr. Brit-
tan began correspondence with mural
in Boston. ' 5
Under the direction of the Depart
ment of Justice, Mr. Bitten took rooms
at a hotel in Washington, where be
arranged to meet Fleming, Cavanaugh
and Sullivan. A contract was'drtth
up in which it was agreed that Mr.‘
Bittan was to pay the other parties
five per cent. commission on the con-
tract about to be obtained and six per
cent. on all subsequent contracts.
They assure him that he would rc-'
ceive a contract fOr 100,000 raincoats.
in addition to the percentage com-E
which they said was to be paid to an
officer in the Quartermaster‘s Corps.
The men also said that they had?
men under their influence and pay, star:
tioned in various purchasing depart-1
ments of the Government in Washing-
ton. and could obtain contracts when-
cver the Government was in the mar~'
hot. The $500 was paid by in. pineal
and the transaction completed. ‘
Fleming, (‘avauaugh and Sullivan‘,
were arrested in Washington. Kohn‘
was arrested in Boston. 1
Many Firma' Papers Seized. 4
The search made in the various cit-‘
ies yesterday were through the papers
of hundreds of corporations who have
contractual relations with the Govern-l
ment and who it is believed obtained
liht‘il‘ contracts through contingent fee
A soarch also has been made"
porations who act in the capacity ofi
contingent fee operators. The Gov-l
cruutcnt has been aided in its ar-i
rangemeut of investigating the whole
situation through loyal and patriotic
manufacturers who voluntecrud tutor-r
motion.
The Government recently obtained;
the conviction of a contractor who had!
connived with an officer in the armyi
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to obtain a (-ovcrnutcnl contract. The
lfor Chevrolet and Maxwell
TIRES AND TUBES AT BAR
.Uaed Oara'Lieted With Me Sold on
Now that you have
your Liberty Bonds
BUY
WAR SAVINGS
STAMPS
Tllli scrum (30.
East Norwallt
Official Service“ Garage
, Cars
Ford Repairing and Parts.
GAIN PRICES.
CABS SOLD ON TIME PAY-
MENTS.
Small Conumu' ion.
Austin’s Garage
Phone 1959. , Seaview Ave.
Willard :
BATTERIES WILL FREEZE IN ‘
COLD WEATHER
Call at our Willard Service Stat!
where you will meet a thorough:
contractor was sentenced to five. years competent “0"386 Fuel“! expert Wh'
in the penitentiary and the oflicex'was '1" ll“ authorattve advice in thl!
given it twenty your sentence by it connection.
court martial. t We recharge, repair and store bat
There is no intention to interfere. “"9!-
with legitimate relationships bctweenl A rental but?” for any make of “l .
manufacturers and the various. depart can be obtained 3‘ any time.
'ugf'ncies is determined
fWherev‘Baida' Wore Conduit“ ' ’l
Chicago. (‘hlcopem Mass; Cincinnati,i
wwmummm ro-
Wammonramn‘
mcnts ot' the Government over con,
tracts, but the numut‘uctuwr must deal:
directly with the departments and not:
through middlemen or agents employ-l
ed on a contingent t'ec basis. ‘
The Gotqruntcnt through all its
that money:
shall not be, dcpcndcd on contingent
tees for brokerage contractors. 3
Several thousand letters and docu-
ments conillnt proofs ofan elabor~
ate system’éfiflm mining Government
contracts on the illegal contingent fec‘
basil, were rctlcivvtl lodtty by the De-
partment of Justice from its agents
who conducted raids on hundreds of
contractors business offices lute yes-t
terday. ~,
Manufttctureré were threatened in
many cases with being deprived of
contracts if they refused to negotiate
with these agents on u commission
compensation plan. Some agents rep-
resented that they had special influ-
ence ovrr members of Congress. ,
The commissions paid on contract,
it was disclosed, ranged from five to
twenty per cent. and the aggregate,
t‘ws prob-lbw ran into millions of dol-'
law" ‘ 'idenm', was discovered of
llllllfl .lb of np‘bhlructs made under
these arrattcdmpnts heretofore unsus»
epocted by tltefiopartmelt of Justice.
in addition to these documents oth-
t?“ lllllllllliillflll ('lilllt‘ lU lllt‘ lk‘ilill’l
meat from manufacturers, who had
been solicited by contract commission
haunts located to Washington. The
manufacturers offered their :tssistuncc‘
in luamping out the illegal system.
An immediate result of the disclos-
ure was it letter sent by Attornr-v-Gcn-
«rel Gregory to lit-ads of all Govern-3
ment departments making war con-
lrni‘lS, t..:-~ .v til! lll'it lttt «twlt‘t‘ (‘Ullzi
tracts should contain a clause? pledg-g
ml; the mzmumtturcr not to amino).
any third party in ucgoilnllpns with;
the Government. 3
BOSTON, Juno 18.——-—Jose]tlt Kolm,
mentioned in Washington dispatches
la.“ lll“"‘ ,i mu. (II tum- llus'tn- mvn‘
under indictment there for conspiracy
in connect .on with an alleged attempt
to obtain illegal commissions on Gov-t
ctumcnt contracts was arrested here:
May 12‘. as a fugitive from justice. lief
pleaded not guilty and was released
under $2,500 bond for a hearing later.
The complaint against Kohu charged
that he was wanted in Washington for
‘cuuspntng nun mun ttatuuu morning.
Cavannugh and Sullivan." Federal of-
ficials said they had no knowledge of
the other men concerned.
Kohn said today his arrest was a
mistake and that he had no connect-
ion with the case. He is a furniture
salesman. -
ANSONIA MAN HELD.
new HAVEN, June ia—Upon
being presented before Commissioner
Wright, charged with vdoation of
the Espionage. Act, John McCarthy
of Ansonia, was held in $5,000 for tho
district court. James O'Rourke.
brotherin-law of McCarthy. who had
been arrested for a reason not known,
was discharged after a brief tearing.
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The Local Board for Division 14 n!-
photomph of himself to Mrs. Dunn. mu” “a" "' '“‘ "mm" by 1°“ cob-ed the. name of James William
White. of 6 Day street, South timothy
yesterday, which increases the total
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5cm Ilnco Iii-it Mint. and we,
”ported to tho local board to :11. .
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68 No. Main Street
firm-momma“
Fairbanks Storage
Battery Co.
80. Non.“
Telephone 938
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Dorian llousc
Shore Dinners 4
All Kinds of Sea Food
Steak, Chops and
Chicken.
A LA CARTE
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Opening of Vogel’s
Garage and Machine
Shop.
Cart Accommodate About 50 Care
and Trucks for Storage
Repair Work on Cars and Trucks
9. Specialty '
Welding and Cutting of Every
Burning Out Carbon
chei Garage
Corner of Cross St. and Wilton
Avenue, Norwalk
Tel 14813
(Old Power House)
“ 0UR scrotum
armour
monsoon
will disclose any error of re-
fraction.
OUR MEGHANIOALLY
ACCURATE GLASSES
made according to our prescrip-
tion will correct these errors.
Assure yourself that you are
Egg-act. by accepting our nor.
THAMER
"a. may. we."
Celina. Malcolm.
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Description i
:nttny graceful figurcs.
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Summation Main 815., Fairfield Iva, Comm
. .4,,r.ena.urs~.. .444.
Precious gift t
for graduate __~ g4}
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I To mark that bright milestone, Graduatlfig
L'ommcncemcnt, gift 'that is precious both m“ itg -f
lpciations and in itself. as. (,4; mmgfi, ’
"C For ymmg women; handsome rings 'seli witlil'dlde‘
l monds and other rich stones, and beautiful
brooches, and graceful LaVallieres, 31111
bracelet watches; «g:
‘ For young men: gold matches of tested makesyl
,= and impressive rings, and cuff lmks. ‘
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Mark them with the date; in years to come who
ncmorics they will call up! . ,4 4-43,. .
. . . ..» 3.3 Left aisle, front. ‘
‘Ideal dresses ' .
for commencement
For girls who love beauty and fineness;
and who appreciate fine fabrics and charm-i
ing style; dresses with spccml appeal. ,5“,
A beautiful Georgette crepe is maddt
over fine not, 4 . . 1% 1'3 dial
Glowing lightweight fine crepe do chino;
is trimmed with fine silk braiding. Milli;
. 'A Russian dress of striking pattern ls}
of soft—luster crepe ‘dc clune. M '
Crisp appealing organdy is made ivi’th'
deep tucks which give effective fulncss. .{r‘i
Soft; voile is finished with simple trims: ‘
mlltg; has excellent effect, s. (:1
So pretty a gathering .has not been
seen bci’ore:—girlish yet of decided styl
and beauty, simple yet very graceful and attractive;
From mother’s standpoint, best feature is that
all the time and nerve force spent 1n dressmaking
may be saved! 3 ,4. 4 g
1 vii“ “9‘s fife“ $7.50 to $27.50 To; l
Numbers of pretty new voile dresses in soft him“.
and pleasing patterns too. Some charming plaids}.
$7.50 to $151 ,.
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Athena underwear
give special comfort
For women and for girls, 'Atltcna knit undcri
wear. 3;
Because it combines fine quality with special
features to insure a glove iii; and ample room and
yum-tine comfort.
Athena is not like other underwear; it is cut and
fitted and tailored just like an outer garment. 4; 1;
't’ltc knitted fabric is treated just like a woven
one; every garment is cut on lmcs which have been
lasted and found correct. ~ . i
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And .Atltcua underwear is tailored on the lines!
if the figure. '
Summer vests i‘ or example are cut low in thd
front. higher in theback, narrowed at the back, fuller
at: the front. They give room where it is rcquircdt'
they have no ext 11 fulucss. j l
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Drawers and union suits are all made, with 1}
patented scat. which gives complete protection at al
limes—but gives no discomfort. ;
Girls’ union suits with lace-trimmed or tight- .'
knee—75c :i
. Women’s bodice-type union suits, whiter—SM
and $1 . ..
Fine pink lislounion suits for women-$1M
and $1.75 - , . j,
Mcrccrised lislc union suits for women—$2 an
$2.25 ' i
Fine white lislc tutiou suits for women—$1M
and $1.75 . l
Light sdft panic cotton union suits, white 0‘
pink—750 and $1 .
Vests and pants of medium Stunmcr weight for .
women—$1 and $1.10 '
_ Comfort~giving gauze ycsts and pants for worm
in, several styles—75c and 85c i
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‘ Athena vest: and to for too—£51
. f . . p.“ . 413m
from.
children
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Norwalk Chronicler