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f Tea Wagons in all woods. remou:
able tray; 11 real $12.00 value,
, .1) for , ......... . $8.50 '
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3 EXTRA SPECIAL
3 special .............. . .7 33.95 Q.
Q Cedar Chests from 312.711 to 323.00 .
" Pictures from ...... 501: to $7 50 Q
Ladies' Desks from $7 50 to $25 00 11
4 Shirt Waist Boxes from ‘11
. 33.50 to 318.00 Q
.1 Large Mirrors from 1 '.
, 310. 00 to $20 00 Q
1’, Status from .32. co to 315 00 .— Q
.. Telephone Tables in 1.11 woods
from ..... .&;,Q.Q:7 " to $28. 00
l 8 oklng 8 111 Q
2.1 m m $1.011 tot.“ 25 oo -'
Q Serving Stands from 76c to $18 00
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’ We have the biggest value in Dolls at 50c, 75c or
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You live in it the whole rear around and adding toil additional comfort is 111%
the Christmas spirit. ‘ " W
EXTRA SPECIAL—4V1? have some wonderful values in Rockers. Chairs. Librurv
Furniture. Tables. Lamp--—evervthing that is needed in the home.
EXTRA SPECIAL
Bissau Vac. Carpet Sweeper. Their
qualities are known the world
over. Regular 312 value.
$1.00 you ever saw. E~.~’.-'
DOLLB' BEDS, TEDDY BEARS, BUY 838, BABY YARDS. BABY COMMODBS.
WHAIRB, BABY HIGH CHAIRS, DOLLE' AUTOXOBILES, KIDDY HORSES, KIDDIE
HATES, D008 AND CATS, BABY BOOK KAN, GAMES, AUTO XIDDIE CARS.
SLEEPING DOLLS AT ....... $6. 50 $6.50, $7 50 EVERYTHING FOR THE BABY'S XMAS. 9!
Sterling Furniture Co
181 WASHINGTON ST. Phone 105 .
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l WAIT FOR APPOINTMENT
HOLIDAY GIFTS
USEFUL AND DAINTY
PETTICOATS 1n Taffeta, Jersey and Dresden.
GLOVE SILK vns'rs AND BLOOMERS.
CREPE DE CHINE AND SATIN CHEMISE.
SILK HOSIERY.
BLOUSES of Georgette, Silk and Lingerie.
BATH ROBES AND KIMONOS.
QUntll Vou Get That Better Not Go to-
Wachington.
During the period of thc 11:11'. it 11-1111
mission to encourage eligiblea for cer-
tain positions. particularly slenonra-
pher and typewriter positions. to go to
\l’u'thinglon as soon as they were no-
BOUDOIR GAPS AND GAMISOLES. 51.111. 1 of their eligibility, withoux wait
1' T , ‘ i111; [05:1, formal oflcr of appointment
1 HE LITTLE SHOP E For some positions. the supply of Him
' _1l1lc..-1 was much less than the (h mand
* .+__: 1 __ l and the commission was. therefore. ins:
itificd in adopting this plan.
‘ The commission notices that. not-
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Q'brought about by the signing of the ar-
lestice. and without encouragement by
Q 1 the commission. a few persons are
i now going to Washington without def-
Qinite prospect of appointment. Some 01
tht‘se are. suffering flanClul loss bc-
:cnuse of their difficulty in finding em
7 fploymont.
‘1 The commicsion will, of course. con-
i tinue to hold examinations for posi
McCALL’S
FASHIONS
Distinctive
Attractive
and Popular
Focks of all descriptions
—straight lines, drapes,
plaits; such fashions that
persuade us our wardrobe
is not quite complete.
Tempting d in
lingerie coax us to tnke
advantage of the coming
iaulhorize any eligible to proceed to
Washington until he is often-d an Quit
onint1nvnt in the usual way
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iCOMPETlTION AT CAMP mavens.
AYER, Mass. Dec. 19.41.1111) Dev-
ens Inoldiern yesterday had 11 holiday
and attended the divislon field meet
held under the direction of Colonel
Robert H. Rolfe. Division Quarter-
_ master. The meet will probably be
Q White “1°" the last of the series unless a winte1
. carnival is awarded. It was not com
liloOAI-L'PATTBRNS potitIVe so far as the different units
' were concerned. and no prizes were
’03 m MONTH awarded, but the. 212111 Engineem roll-
NOW on- m ed up the largest total of points with
the 74111 infantry modal
The camp hands war nllon the field
and lied n content to u do the m
tion of supremacy. First ”11000171qu
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swu'rlod the We!
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the practice of the Civil Servici- l'on1-.
'withstnnding the changed conditions
ltion‘s in which vacancies exist or 11111.
illkely to occur, but. it will no longer
'SElwnsmwou-m 1» .. «mum.-.
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Woman Proved Herself Heroine
in Emergency.
usblnd Diubied by Broken
Leg She Employed Unique Signal
to Bring Help That Might
Save Him.
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m-nllrvuhh it the flats were not the‘
full.- of tie immuuuity and if it 1111'1e
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not win-111111 died by the various p1r-‘
11111111111. in l'euolm'otl bu). three
llllivs 1111111 i it show 111' a little H1111
l .mu'u 11.- M..rL i <:.l.ud ow‘uul by i'rm- '
.i-n l‘i...\or, :1 Male hll‘ct't hiokor of
lid-1.111. mud in- lil-‘l‘t' maintains it l:i;:
i-nlll 11 H |1lmt.'.l‘l\ kr‘i' 1111‘ 1“ Ralph
(' oi) . “11111111 of liucoii: ailh. 1111-1 in the
11'- 1.11 r, with l. 1.1 v ito and two t'ililtlrkll,
mol'cs hi.- hozm- on the inland in :1 111
Tlil' «1111111112
011 “ill!“ ~1l~1 Juunnry 2.1. he took
“Ill houl 1111i 111111111 for 15h loro.
'i'hn-o llolll‘n 1.1111 lahtn in 1.1.1hi l'l '
th: trip of tlm - mil )1; by 11:1ttr
mule buck and upon landing and pull-3
Inc the boat up onto lllt allure on
:hluik isluud he pullod the bout ovc’r
onto him. pinning him down and break-
ing his log. His wife kept looking for
.her huslmnd's return and finally. 11t-
11111'ted by his groans. found him
pinned under the boat. She is 11 (mil
nonmu but with him hanging onto his
lll_llll‘t1tl limb, nllt‘ managed to drag him
up to the voltage. There with the aid
if 11 leather wallet and sticks she set
There they
were piuctlcully lst‘lnted‘und help was
Q net-lied hudly.
Mrs. (‘ollmnorvg full of pinch and de-
lormlm lion to not help. Went to the
.l'luyer unuuer home. There she num-
1111'1! t set ageing the electric dynu-
mo by 'hlch the pince is lighted. She
mm on t'l‘or)’ light in that big houne
pu\1n also a red light. The
were run all day Thursday and
1111 , :4’. Thur-«lay afternoon
'11'11. 111: ill; 1 "()IlLt‘d of Dark llurbor.
telephone 4Ril1- 11 ere sent to the naval
ltntlon 11116 the tug Zinnia startul to-
linrk linrbor to 11cc what was the
llmuhle. Dark 1111er was reached
ilmut 11.10 Thursday night. There no
me. knew what was the trouble at
tile”: 11.1111111le- Zirunin cut her way
itllrough the to c, in name places 8 and
Ill int be! thick. for three miles to the
(fliptnin Sherman 1111:! nine
'111111 111-111 uhlltll‘t‘. They made their
. Mil
11111 to the lluhtr‘d house and there'
Groping along in the
inrkm-s- they 111 re frightened by tho
suddc u uprising of a flock of turkeys
from u live. 'lln'n "191' cam upon
'1he (11111111111 in total darkness with the
door open but no nine of life nbout.
'iolm: in they found the courageous
lllllt' woman nslcep. the injured mun
,hnlf asleep and both children slumber-
TM 111.: went back to Dark Hor-
bar 11nd there found a doctor who 1111111
brought back to Mark friend. The
’lenuln remained at Mark Island on-
'tll four o'clock Friday morning when
1 be injured man 111111 attended to.—
Bangor Common-.111!
Britain's Indians.
'l‘lu ludinns in the British army on
i'hc “intern front. notably the Sikhs,
hnt highly dlucl'pliued military force
from British lndia. have little in com-
'111111 with the American red men. They
' ' 1 "011111 from the other side of thc onrth:
'hm ore sons of a deeply rcllizlons
Kort. nod for 50 wars or more have
wccn on important factor in the Brit-
~1h dominion of the far Enat.
They are tall. well-built. handsome
imcn. most of them with bcnrdr. and
:n pcrfcctlon of drill and military hear-
ing: they are not excelled by any
troops on the western front.
But while their methods of fighting
are quite dissimilar. the Sikh fighting
force being a well-trained mllltnry mu-
--h|111- while. the American lndlan In a
flexible unit. there. is one thing in
which they are wry much nllkc. As :1
thumoroufl English writer—Punch and
its punstcrs still live-puts it:
“I have had no opportunity to study
both the lndians of the East and the
,lnfllnns of the West. and while. they
are very dissimilar in most things.
when it comes to courage, I may be
excused for saying that it is Sikhs of
one nod 11 half dozen of the other i",
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Stenogrnphero to no to France.
A unit of 25 expert women stenog-
ruphcrs who will Wear 11 distincti1e
uniform. is now being recruited in
the United States for overseas serv;
ice. This group will be assigned to
the qunrtcrmnater's corps of the
Ann-rlcnn expeditionary forces and
to the headquarters of the stuff of
Gonorul Perghlng. Each applicant for‘
service, must be on cxpcrlcnced‘
stcnonmpher. She will be required to
own in her own equipment four uni-
form: (two for winter and two for
summer service). She must pass a
physical exnminatlon, and will be en-
gaged for the period of the war. The
salary now stated is 31.000 n your
with the additional allowance of $4
n day for the first month and $2 a day
for the remainder of the time.
The Upper cam.
“80 you wish to marry my dough-
terf“ sold the proud parent.
"Yes. sir,” replied the young man.
“How much money are you making!"
naked the governor.
"l-‘orty dollar” week," was the re-
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‘ gliI’EN'iNi-‘ti z s EVENINGS
Q . XMAb “Q TILL XMAS
QUAD TY SHOP.
Useful Gifts
1811 Camisoles . $1.25, $1.50 to $2.75
Silk Combinations . $3.00
’Speelal Silk Petticoats . $2.00
{ll-“inc Bath Robes . . . $3.00 to $0.95 5'
Kimonos $1.25, $1.50 to $3.95
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Walsls . . $1.25, $1.50, $2.00 to $8.00
New Vests . . . . . Site to $1.50
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3 Fine Furs
Al Minlz‘s you will find a large assortment of Fine furs
at moderate prices.
$2.49 to $18 set-
Sale of Coats
We will place on sale New Coats at
$16.95, $22.50, $24.95
New Dresses at $16.95 to $22.95
New Satin Hats
Smart new styles 1n ‘atin lists on sale tomorrow.
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mooEHELo MAN m i -~r' 1
no on PAYING cosrs; .. .
lillhlEl-‘li-Ilall. lice, iii. A sequel to
the state police rum in ltitluobur)‘, :1
few wet-kn ago, come to light in Ridge-
l'lcld town hall “111111.11. (.t-oruc llel-
heel; and .1th 121,1111111 :1u Auntiiun.
were airestcd 14nd Ioclml up out
high 111 1he tow-n hull b) the state
police at 111111 1111111. Tho-y are charm
ed 11'i1h theft and burglary. Alter 1-1'1-
crul adjournmonh the case was 11‘1-
Iled upon the. 11111 menu-1 of hcaw .am.
by the defendants. mm of 1- All are
on probation
It. turns from the to' .. clerk at Nor-
: milk chow that lit‘ibt‘l'k, 31 your»; 1.111.
1111-! giving his occupxulon as a farmer.
and Knihcrinc Dilby, living at oSuth
Norwalh. wore married in that city
November 1?. by 'Rev. Martin L. Steup.
Rudolph Martin. formerly head
bookkeeper for thc itidgciicld Electric
Company. has :1 position with the
Raybestos company at 'Ilridchort. as
assistant to the manager. Mr. Martin
in a musician and will hc inisrod local-
ly. He has made. :1 life. study of the“
violin upon which he is :1 skilled play-
or.
Harry liilll‘r‘. machinist's mntc. acc-
ond i‘liiun‘. engaged in submarine chas-
ing and special patrol. and assigned ,to
\\'i,--.-'.-1pichon 1111111111114.an hiay,N..l. - ‘
was the guest of his pacnts. Deputy
Sheriff and Mrs. Fred 8. Bates on Sun-
day.
All‘rcd Slovene foi'mcrh a clerk in
1R1dg ofleld postoilicc. has bet-n honor
111111 (in-1 .111r,,cd from the L”. S. N. llo
enlisted December 4. 1917. He was
(HJIHI to dut1 J11nua1y 25. follow.in;:
111ml assigned to .lllnck Roch Twining
2Station. l.:1tc1 he was transferred to
il’r-lhiun Buy X11111l T1 11mm: 511111011.
whom he coined the signal oflicere'
i 11 dining school. He is now home.
Ridgcfield's boys in the service are
"turning home. Julius Tulips has
hwn hono1 nbh disc hargerffroui Camp
l 11101111111911. who time been inn-1t-
cir-d chi and are buck here are: Cor-
poral Edward Keefe. who was in
France; also John McCarthy and Wil-
liam .\ic(ll.r11n. who were enlisted in the
[7. S. N., and ntatloned at New iiuven.
Willll 1111111
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THE ‘PERPLEXlNG
QUESTION
0111' store offers a happy solu-
tion. A stroll through the store
‘.hese days will offer many helpful
suggestions of sensible glitz that
are useful and acceptable.
11:11 COLLINS.
Company.
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GERMAN EDITORS SENTENCED. l j
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 19.—Hoavy '
sentences were inflicted upon the five
officials and former editors of the Phil-
adelphia Togelblatt. a German lan-
guage newspaper. who were convicted
some months ago of violation of the
eaplonsgo ML. Ipuis Werner and
Dr. Martin Darkow, editors, were each
sentenced by U. 8. Judge Dickinson to
Eerie five years in the Atlanta. Penl-'
tentlnry, Herman mite. business Q
mar IOT- LWO years, and WWQW ........
Sounder. p.reoident maggot Vanni.
tron-put. to one your .
Norwalk Chronicler