' RICHARD H. FITCH.
“fiTUX. Aug. 10. (Somali-—
This is liic smiplc story of how
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7 1 ACRES AND PAINS WHIC
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each and taxi; lv'aznicrtitc of the 1
louil lInit. tho \‘1’0111111‘5 National
Land 111'1113, worksd the "Veni,
\. vidi. vic1" stiizit dud won the
wondering \i'iilonilcs from a con-
dition of doubliui neuiruis to :hat
(I the stronger kin-:1 of Ailics.
'l‘hs mourn; to organize the
“bran Unit \\.is lit'id his: Febru-
a1y at tilt: home .i' Lilrs. Heiiiy W.
llai'ilQH. when :1 11:1. ber of indies
iniii'tsi'cd in 111: project discussed
tho.- muilu, .1111l roccivrd lilUi'li in—
tLlUSlillg auto u'oiu Mrs. ii. G. H.
Srheurk, cluizruuin of the Execu-
liu: Comiiiiiiic o: lli: Connecticut
Suit..- Council of 1)» (mac, n resi-
' din of till: town .11': l heartily iii—
tctrsimi in all bizuiciics of puni-
. "mill: l'. Wiutilcscy,
d;i‘_.~..w 4 tin mic Eben Hill,
druc slips \\:.u tonsil to perlcct
thi- Ol'g‘nlilzllllull.
(in it sou supporting Basis.
‘ it lli'VL‘iUpi’d i.\..:t only unit of
tho ('ullliii‘iif'i't b an 11 of the
hind .iimics yrs c4 ‘icicd on a
stiirily sclf oupp..i: , . 1515. That
a building tIZLl.11.t' i..>. 1:121: rump
must i1i-‘ pi'oiidcii. u.1i uziiiil'orl-
only lilllllbilni tee of 011‘ go. iiiid
that work tar :21 19:15! ' inys a
\\'\- k for lliL'. .~ 13.1w on be‘
111..inlwil. i'i‘il in: pay numb-item
[1,1 1..~p.1i1.«.iic'i'csiiil. .-.. of tlic
town 111 which the unit is iocziltd.
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(illi' . - gruruuluc
for ll.i- :.111 at l.i- 1.11 mom-
l«,-:: i‘. ll ‘ ‘1“ ,l Li1.t unis
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1 uriitui Ll) .\lr. and
>1. smut-Y2, .\li'. uud
" . Il.:i'i.1.:, sir. till-j
ll..l11‘1 S l: .lfiii'. 1 2-1 .\li‘.
3-in-3 liliilnllli‘ \iiiillii‘fl‘l.
l'iiir “Iliirl' .llzilu-s l'iiu- (Rump.
'l i: 1: i- 11:14; ll: gun. runs ul'irr of
Mr. and .‘I!:. l...\’.1i l'. u, 1.1 iloiiaii:
tlii- 1m: iii" lii< l’ iiiic oirl «.‘oioiiatl
homo, i‘. runwly tho t‘misiock
Pl.il'(. onii res-ii nix- izcm .i'l ports
ol' ill-c lunli 1-,u1iipily .11.;11311 sulli-
Piaf. lurinlnux. iii-Xi... dish“;
and cooking- uirusils. s1 that there
“its iiim‘llli‘til} 1111 (3;,‘1i"." to 5‘0
COIISAlt‘l‘til in tho i. :.g of Li
comp,
So whom the first dry at June,
and the ivii» i.'u!~1 ii-n' 1\-.ic
their ”army to “dim lvgk‘liiLl',
a chm? i'oiiiioi'tiblc. and twilight-
fill licizii- “1m 1'91:in for l .Lill with
Li bubbling brim .. dual .1 Humming
p01 ;. right on the 1-2'Ullil.‘ .i'
Fill‘llili(‘""“ Milki‘ i. Mi.
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I‘l‘tmliil '
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“11“.... 1 1nd lint
. a few i. 11ml 1»: suctw: of ”mi
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" "' ‘ "'" uint.
Moat or the men folks, osrlicnv
larly those cili'ciis who were not
advor to "m pln'-.out durin' the
linyin .” also dollar ndriincc on
[their .chtgstqillg‘d \\’_;."_')_, l
opcn scornful
the t toned invasion:
Frcd dock. who i..- 0, good
‘ ga'rdenor.‘ and gen ‘ral hund mull
v
about sane iiiin'cs. . d liidn gellin-
poetical oflusions in spare mo-
mcnts. .wgrptc uniqcc for the. poor.
‘wliich was :i‘ prophetic oui'i no
‘ "that liojw‘as siirc would iiappo ,
. hon the \Vi ton f}; inci- succumb-
”» " c to the sfrti smi of the Form-
: titties. and whit his wits would:
do to him Mayo is found it out.
All or those too ideas evapor-
oicd int?1 W. .uir before the Pam):-
erctics “4. P , .1 .town a wee .
' At first " W ‘fgot look like a
paying proposition." . '
.‘ .liieizs up {on girls. [rush groin
\ the ofiicc.‘ t o 'lcuc‘icr‘s desk. on
the college. thut‘praclicul form
cxuerien .n absolutt-ly unused
\ to hard hysic.l work of (my kind:
but they made good from the yery
first. aithpu‘gh it took alipniount‘
Q-m
" ninfiy a msii‘i'ri 3M thy, before
"lnx muscles bee-rim hurd. and
tender skins bet-mu; toughened to
the hot rays or the nun.
A Story by ()ii. of Them.
No bcttcr pcnmlt‘iuro could be
given oil Just what their experi-
ences are and bistrhow much of
a. mixture .of pleasure. pain and
profit they derivmfrfom it than in
iiicfollgWiiig true tale of one of
them whose incc will be quickly
recognized by many Bridgeport
renders.
. "At firstsit soemed iis lithe days
would nci'er cud. Eight hours!
‘ Eight solid hours of huciug corn!
,How‘ on!) muscles uclicdl How
"tired and how hot we were! flow
utterly disgusted with weeds and
rocks and endless corn rows!
."My hand is blistcrc‘l. I conft
do another row. 0h, me? It I
ever get to the end of this row I.
know I'll nevor do another.
"Those eels! I've wecdod on
my knees ill all the skin is om
I've stooped over until my back is
almost broken, and I'vo.sut down
and dragged myself, along fill ‘I'li: ‘
have to buy another pair (if-over-
.alls. and more skin, too, if I can
get it! I've wccde'd heets‘ and
onions for two days now, and I
ache until I‘m numb. ,._I,t1,it isn't
' lunchtime soon I'll have to stop
.nnyway. Just ‘11 o'clock. yousayjl.
I thought surely it must be. .12.!
‘A whole hour before lunch! Woni
der if 'I can have thought“ .But
.at last it is really 1‘2, and “is glad;
ly stop. plunge not faces and hands
-1nto cool water and then. beneath
the shade. or mattress, sat a good.
substantial lunch snd‘drlk o. pint
or ice cold milk. and incn'iwerrest:
. ..".W.e rest lylnB .flat on our back;
beneath the trees. sometimes'dozl
ing‘ and sometimes watching «1119'
clouds.‘ 'llho. ground was n or.
Softer, the Trash air hover owes or,
nor‘the blue sky‘bluer, for we alibi
dead tire/d and itching. The can.
plans in the trenches Will under?
' ‘ ‘tand’, the hacks. I doubt if any;
1 vody elascdn, ~and hitfiimuslidm
°E¥.Pr.e¢“‘.‘l.5 . ' en.“ “.35 1 “'3"
Alien in tho inflict of rest some-
~ body combs muse houde‘umb
brings us a plots“ of not biscuits,
and -mnple syrup, or_perbcps‘ (1‘
ice otcherr pie. On that'doy it?
_pile into the “uni
. . . ‘ land are carried quickly back to -
was cliuscn (‘llJii’iiLLli and iluiuc—‘
Ellis and . .
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“'hcii .
is over we go buck to the fluids
and work again until eight hours
are done. / ‘
"Sometimes we do several dif.
ft‘ercnt kinds of wo1k in one day.
{ind those days :irc (uses-t. i‘siug
the 'Silllle muscle;- io: tunily for
right houis tii‘cs us out—flint is.
it man We are géiiii’g used to it
now. At last the l‘ is done! We
: iluti'ui‘iobilcs
(111111).
“.\\'e hurry into the house and
gi-t quickly out of duty overall!
uni into swimming: lights, thcii
at“ suiiiiiulmr. thirv isn't roo‘iii for
many; we dross for iiiniu-r. \1 lilrli
we cut with 11 right good will.
and rrzil farm-(us uppi-liics. Arr r
iiiiit two of (ll? 14.115 in. l‘l‘,'lllill'
turn ch “1' iii‘.':1'.' llu: (Hide and v ash
Thi'll we road. it 'i.
slut? and pin): (.1' t whence the ii:
(Mini-imii‘vs and iii 913i) urc ruiziiy
for ‘lil;15.'
“It in ii thoroughly hciilihful
lifc. oviivc enough for anybody,
:iud l!“ of us are enjoying it»~-ili.1t
is iirltl‘ thc first stiffness and sum—
uuss puss iiwuy. W“ burn the sun-
‘llllll illid cxcrriso thiii u sunimcr
ntiou sliciild give, and :il lhv
1:: i..(: tlino we iiCi‘UlliIlliEll ust-i‘ul
Milk. in some plni'm~ “'0 work
slum- iii‘lci' luiui: told what \\'l)‘.k
is \-.'u11u»1l. in Lillll‘l‘s we work u'Ltli
the farmer himirlf. ’l‘lizit “'0 find
rpirr-y lilimiicss lit‘t:.l‘.l.-f' we try so
hard to kccp up With the 111011. “'0
but some are so strong and quick
that keeping up. for us. is how-
less. They are always good about
lirlpiiii; us finish our rows, the,
and ricvor mnkc us feel uncomfort-
.ibio list-nine we are not us strong
:is they ill‘t}.
"Noiihur as strong 110r so mxpcr-
icnccd! At first we WASH"! energy
loathing the rocks scattered so
YET. .
if no: jculous_.o.f
or grit arid F33 .ninntion. that.
thickly ovcr must of ilin‘firlds. and
ucliimcd many a binu spot hv dig.
’15: vigorously and sli-Hrri 1 win"
which “till il‘drilllh‘. " 1m or...
“nick‘s, us if it new {i u. Him.
\'-Ul'. in) do not in: '2. 'i
her of bruises we shall and lzi fl‘h
evening. Earth and iii-limo» “all
into our shoes iind we :id (1 new
blister almost every purl . ,1 intro
mn'htorosting collci‘ilo now. poli-
«bhljrulses on my first”. sun biis~
tors on my arms sud plain lieu-d-
work blistsrs on my hfihds!
M‘i‘lut to so back to the chs‘
,Nobody but it real native New Elm:-
lundcr could endure the (inzuitiu'
withdut saying bad words. We
worked. seven people, two axon
and-u wugoi‘i. one whole inoruiuq
’picking up and hauling away the
visible rocks in a prospective lur»
nip field. One week later we szuv
the field min. f g‘iierc wasn't (1
rock missing! Anew one had crop-
ped up from the inexh1ustablc sup-
ply benciitli to lake the place or
every one otthc million we had
houlcd away. .I was tlnzedlblli
received only a compaSsion'Me "look
from the Wise ones when I said,
'I thought ‘we hauled those rocks
uwny."
"At first long rows seemed eli-
tirely--cnilless. Heavy cakes cf
unbroken sod rcsislcd like iron
the heaviest blows we could give
them with our hoes, witch grass.
which is. by the woy.-wcll numcd.
seemed to grow iiew.ui1d oxirii
tenacious roots as we wriisiiod
with it. the sun shone hottest on
haying days, and mangle boots were
the Weedlest things that grow. but
.as our muscles have iinrdcnrd
difficulties have disappeared, and
now, though the work in still hard.
it is quite cudumblc. uud we .irc
not entirely exhausted when the
day is done.
"Today for the first time we tried
following the roapcrs. and of
course. the bundles would not stay
tied, but the farmer “'RS'VC‘TY pa:
tient and showed us carefully just
how to‘mnkc the magic twist. and
will you boileyc *iC?'v.'hcn we made
the shocks not a single bundle
crime undone, We were highly
elated and (tilt for the moment
.pcizfectly competent to write "1‘ 0
Complete Former} =
This Is Another Story.“
Then another modest maiden
who likewise .rotuses topcrmit her
name, took lisr‘pen ln-hond‘. and
guys .to (i wondering world :1 viv-
id idea. of Just how much of a
task it is to mind the baby boots
and onl s.‘ 1 .
“Tom bun! Sny,\ did you
over woodbaby onions? _Novcr did?
Well, I'll tell you how it is. Fol-
low n’ie carefully for 1 know
where“ I speak. .
"My first day of farmerettiiig I
was assigned the task of weeding
precious little baby onions. The
.littlsyt’iilng‘s wcroso small und' sur-
rounded by' such large' weds they
mooted. like Aplgmiea in a forest. It
was .dlflicult to see my pets“ f
tr vejed up and down the rows ut
o‘fsnail's pacé; upon my knees.
sud {pulled numberless ,weeds as I
wont. “After. working all morning
I was‘doubtfiil as'to whethér
there was any skin near my knees
'in. j achedl The second day
I; out to‘onotiior farm—tbsre’ 'I
an: .I .felt positive none was on
' e
mwted with the news that I
must wecd baby beets. (Seemed
to be my lot to deal with the .in-
tenth; I almost .collcpud. I
p m be iced cmonade militiamen;
‘7‘ - °" fill-W
‘ \
3 ed fit tho will?” row- and
flip}, m Mg; .11; . ~-
more is u rush for the swimming»
lulu. a little one}; just litliinil the
illouse. “’lu-n sp'.!:?iii:3 “Id scrub-
bing ill'C (lime imd ii ii-iv strukrr:
can kcep up with iflllit‘ of them"?
imk‘fiiiilh‘c (bound! .1; i
. -" . -‘ f “"06 ’iK‘ivll« . fuse s; ‘5 “
SflVe-i :i)ti'i;iut:i:: ;~ infill?» fitntpl”; ‘ ‘ bu‘ 110 d “o“ 9 ‘
cream and potrl _
cake. but, it was no food we all.
‘felt like giving than:
var. Aftqr supper we played:
games and than danced and sung.
and after that therunt‘us ,h
in automobiles.‘
"When I asked the girls what
to hove the tell‘
0 o . lad;
they would like
. 1 9,!
‘ :3” all Work in the L itilc Fnirfield County Townj—«Speculi lion—on theflflmof Bruises to Be?
Found Each Days—Whore the F on Conic: in Actual ork of’Farming. "
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ret Zennow, I mounts. Va;
, East Q'r-n' a. n, 1
il" oil‘s..u‘;_f;f‘ a] -: .1
J
um :0 play in the dui'c won; 1
fl 'gi‘ou so i griued my icoilif
slit: .iuy 191633 it little gross-and
goifily‘bot firmly ,lowcrcd them to
the ground. They bore niy'wcigiit
fairly \z'clINfor ii short time and
thou. cyan my will power could .
not make them continue. I tried
to £3th hutfound all my hillsides
and bones too all}! so, finally in
shber deaperutionl out upon the
ground betwccn the rows and fair-
ly drugged 'inysclt along. By night
i was iiniihlc to'find a comforiiinl-i
position! 011 Wednesday the dc-
1nents favored is with a downpour
so I rcsicii. From that time on
I have worked almost ovary diy
mid now it lakes spmctlung mar..-
thiin buby onions and baby how:
to frighten my muscles into sucn
painful rigidity. .
“in order that you may have ll
better him of how i felt in me
suggest that you recall tho hurting-
est puln you ever had und multiply
it by say, twenty tbcn, iicrrlianco
you mnf be (Mo to guess how 1
hurt. i thunk you one and iill for
your kind 'Tcn-shun. i‘osilimil!
Place rut!" ~
In the Tut-nip Field.
“A few days ago \.'u inuntcd n
ilcld oi‘ turnips watch is Quit-vied
to yield .tiircc liiousuiid bi..=..tlrs.
The lost hull of it we did in one
hall the time it took to do the
“rut hull and the iui‘liicr hillluJ‘
said that it was because at the
last we understood the work bit-
icr. ’l‘ho iiioiitnl m‘occsscs in-
volved wow: so simple we hardly
know whether to {col compilmpiit-
ed for progress or rcpi‘chd for
iardiucnu—but anyway we are
learning! And every one is very
patient. they seem to like our
work find so we try to make them
like it better. ’ .
“\‘t‘ilton lies in beautiful Jiilly
country and distant landscapes
which we can see from the fields
are so lovely that we otten stop to
watch the changing lights and
shadows and feel thankful that
"our own lundsis still unuiurrcd. It
helps us, i think. to contrast in
our minds our peaceful fields with
those others torn by caniioii fire,
and we feel glad that we are able
to produce (or thOso others what
they cannot produce for them-
selves. - -
. "We are not always serious,
though. nor do We always Wear
overalls. Not long itgo a lawn
party was given in our honor. The
pastm- and people of the Congre-
gational church gave us it real
‘red lctter’ evening. It was on
the parsonage lawn and we wore
thin dresses. Mr. and Mrs. ,Hollls-
ter and all the others welcomed us
cordlullyfland otter he had said
some things that made our .chceks
pink' under the tan, 'he‘ ticked a
picnic blessing, and we began to
eat. ‘They gave us all the good
picnic things there are, and hot
coffee with cream! We do not
indulge in cam‘b, and those of us.
who love it had two cups-4a real
treat. After they: we had ice
or sully Hoovered
p for Koo:
E 1R [MPRESSION
mgr.
WORK
iD GOOD HEALTH
7*}
REAL .FARMERETTES, AFTER A Our WORK ON w mil FARM
7
.k
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day for an eight-hour day. withi
transportation to and from work;
They are guaranteed pay for five:
days’ work. Each worker pays her
share towards the household cx-I
Dense and 50 cents a week towar ‘
the salary of the cliaperon-liouse
keeper who does their cooking' . Th
chaperon-housekeeper is respcn
sible for the home and the coral
duct or the girls. Linc Worker is
appointed captain of tbs. unit aha
it is her duty to plan the wink sn '
aPriortion the labor. .
“The Local Home Economics
~-i. “ck-.4 _. ,c _ .
unzmiliiis are responsible for the
.r.,li‘:irc and supervision of the
camp.
" Th“ equipment supplied by
"(it‘ll g1.l consists of one blanket,
sili‘uis, pillow cases, towels, 0‘."~1‘-
;1 is. soft shirts. heavy low-1115' 11
liooirr, sun hut. oil shins or wut..i-
proof aud a lunch box!
“The applicants to qualify for
fnriiicrcitcs must be between the
ages of is and 40 and innst pass u.‘
i
Chaperonc-Housclgc cr——Mrs. Pcrsonius, Miss Ruth Pérsonius. Bridgeport; Miss Tillc AbramertF-nfol‘d; Captain
leis». Lillian Smart. Hartford; Miss Eu ‘ .. =‘ '
.; fwd: 13;..liijt‘tnow. Bridgcpoi l; M‘ss
. ~ Wrist i-Iavcn1;.Miu Dororhy Gcrow.
.2'1 iiimlwmeiqr, South Norwalkr Miss Lillian
Fri"
l i'flfi‘yw ."~
v "'
‘14..
trnuon in the Connecticut Divisiol
of‘t‘ne' Woman's
of them have gniiicd hc lth and
. happiness despite the hair work.
' ' Their pay itever runs
{or the week and out oftl
their share .tor the misting once or
the‘cnmp \vlifchlaveriigcs
woeklyubuc tlicy all are
The Gammon-Mouse]: lot.
this n 'tlculur‘
Housckcp‘er. Mrs. 1“. E,
of Bridgeport. '
‘Be an i to tell ,iibout the lawn
Land Army 0
You are iuisigpctl to
se report there on
"You should provide yoursel
‘ with - the following:
heeled slices, middy‘ blouses
men's so“ shirts. ,ovorclis. .blonke
or rug. sheets and pillow cases
oil skin'sj'bi‘ water proof
8 eater. .lunch box. Do not bri
good clothes-
bring a trunk.
"Hiding back from
other day one of the girls: took out
her knitting. Suddenly she laughed
.oud wc’aokcd why.
said? '0. nothing. We go from the
“ilhliculous to the sublime." don't
we'." When we. asked what. made
her think of that. she said. ‘Just
now we were booing: corn and now.
I‘m knittingr and riding in an au-
iile. ninking believe i'm a
0-3
on
. possib c‘do oot'
triniggnicnts. and is ‘rcspon‘ihlofrir-
“3 PDOFEHJCN. it'll .8011“ We -
fare 01‘ the girls. onl rightq careful-
ly does she fullflll her in
Supervisor for Connecticut.
' wmtthcivork Means.-
Just the plan and scope of tin
great work‘ds'plainly set forth 1
the .followipg statement from th
Connecticut stints, Counci of De
tense he‘adquartérs at the
"Thai is what we do. scroll th‘.
fun out of it we can, and put all
the Work into it \vu cun."
What Their Employers Say.
Now for a little testimony from
those Doubling Tlioinuscs,.some of
whom employed tlicm merely "to
boll) it good thing along." and with
little expect. tion .of getting a. full
days' work Yncnsurcd by a man's
standard for their two dollars.
Tliosc who think that i
are free to wonder
wish and do as they plese after
their tasks are finished all
a glance at the rules an
tions which are rigidly e forced.
Not a. military .cam
country is subject to g
strictious and it is a hard and fast
rule of the National 0r nization
,e in camp, and
Capitol. Hartford. ~
“The.Wci1mn‘s.Land .rmii
Amorico,. Connec >
- ding‘Vot‘l‘th'e “thriving informs
tlc’ut div sion,
on regarding its units.
"It is astonishing how quickly
learn .every branch of the
game, ‘nnd with what pluck a
endurance they
tasks, and bus the row out no
matter how hot the sun shines." .
Undenu'ltors ’ Arc Sure
making guild is the fact that they
have avers ed more than the
guaranteed . v9 days a week. with
plenty of oalla'mr their sorvlcsa‘
that they could not fill.
in conversation with any mom»
her «the unit. ovary opportunity
iii token to expreu,opprociation of. .
the kind!!! and respectful trash.
men; that they receive on every .
an .
Not one of them in dy
in fact tho major-1:3! them
are dreading the return to‘tlio ran. ti
n ‘ \
"The girls are sent out in group
of ten? oi-"mOre'. A cha’pérdn-‘house
keeper is providedJor .0ch to
by the diurnal?
-. The farmer
that they. must
. stsySOLhere gifting dork. 7
me o Require cuts.
Tho girls are divide
classes after passing .
lbflonshwhicb b I).
w on ,c cram y 1:.. . ,
Bridgeport nod Dr. M be: “1*
orwoiir. .,
(11w 3A includes only.
ore annually strong,
Hood“ Minx. .
'or community am
playing a. unit 'pr‘ovides ossiol
Iowa:— Lung ”ovarian and
.‘cb‘uiifs.’t&blo. dlii-' .
in: ondkyoo‘king utensilsm
incarnation s '
or running Wu
the use . or a. telephone
upt tonic . .
must be fills out
and ‘sitned 1by tho‘oliairmsn of ti: -
Local 'Homo. goon
terfinilmatilrned t0
m
aphhrgbtfin bla‘
omics commit. ,
the stilts chair-
KHS so out to, work 5 WM a“ 30- ”mm
film-snot Dollvgry. » 1 QM. 1W
me. 1; j!
9
‘ tion to the on
one: one has passed bar =
in this. sent? 1.0
physical examination given by oi:
dootor designated by the commity‘
too. She must enlist for u pcrio '
of not less than six weeks, and it
is desirable that the period of our
listmciit be for the season whens
ever possible. i
“After three months of satisfacoi‘
r tory service (within the state) on‘,
~a1~mlot will be awarded to eschi
‘worker in recognition or bar servf.
ice to the suite.
.From the Bridgeport Sunday l’uvi'.
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NORWALK MAN is
‘ GASSED AT FRONT
] Gnssed while carrying Aiilt’l'it ‘ill
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wounded from the limit dressing >111»
thin to the base hospital, Clayton Bull,
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Sills”. of
Arch street, and grandson .of Captain
C. W. Bell. of RoWayton, is now coll-
valcsceni in ii hospital in France. re-
covering from tho severe burns re‘
Suiting, from German mustard gas.
Bell was blinded by ilie contents of an
‘ enemy projectile and forscvgral weeks
> :.he could not’ rcé, but is now 1mm. 1.
fl lug his siulil 2.1111 1:: :1. .-~r 11: i31.- w-
in”: m: :z‘xri. —- L"
»$”l-l“r«\1-1nll‘1~. it.» 11.1112 p.75; i -i
‘ heard nothing Iromhimkupdhouc d.1y
this Wick Airs. Bell received a tele-
; .' phone nun-rage, telling her that if she
'Iiwuultl .uo to Ellis island 8!. since she
iwouid‘liear soniotluiig of interest con-
‘ " earning her son.
At the quarantine station. Mr. and
‘Mrs. Bell met a young Amcriczin sol-
dier. iiivslided home. who iniormed
' 1 them that he had occupied the bed
next to (‘laytou Bell in a French hos.
pitch and he told them of the circum-
' stances of his arriving there.
i The young soldier who gave them
1 the information is toTeave shortly [or
'liis home in the west. having been in-
!capacitated for service at the front
[until he has completely recovered
from his wounds. _
Clayton Bell was with the Fordliam
Ambulance unit. and has been inscr-
vice for over ulnar. '
DROWNING WOMAN
’ \ saw-:0 av AMBLER
Harry Ambler. of this city. aimomber
ot Roton Point division of life savers.
:‘ idid great work at Roion Pointaunnday
afternoon, when be rescued Miss Flor-
'efice Keenan. employed at the photo
' graph galléry iii the point. The. young ‘
woman W85 practically unconoious
when she was brought ashore by Mr.
bier. Assisted by David Slonian.
Afiho girl started to swim to the float.
1 but Rm unable to make-lit and started
' to sink. Sire swallowed enough water-
to cause hcr to lose consciousness, pnd
but for the prompt work of tbs litetsav-
or would undoubtedly drowned. David
(amnion, who happened to be i“ the
water at the time. came to the rescue
and helped Mr. Ambler bring the girl
re.
“2:135 Lois Marsh assisted in nomin-
istering first aid and after a shortiimo
the young woman was able . to be“ h:
roundfalougn somewhat shaken up. _
the oflects at the incident.
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BICYCLE-S WLGANIZING‘
~ ' . A. MQDNE
Phone 957—4
.- .70Northmin8t..§o. Ear—~11: _
CRQCKERX ’
~ A large assortment of Open»
Stock Dinnerware. dissented
.Toa‘and Dinner Bots, Cups and ‘
sum. Plain White Hotel Wm.
: Albert E. Genera
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