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ANNV, GP. EEDHATE sed-
Wg‘rHER UG LY w: ES" 1N CAS
”WE COME AMEQCA
0W pagc‘hntry and the damn
may play the role of fairy
godmother to New World
Democnrnr: is told by Miss
Hazel Machine of l'ostou
and New York. xlau 'htcr of Stoch- \i: w-
Kaye and sister of the poet , i’cl'cy
"'ilnckaye.
, 11nd no one is hotter fitted than Miss
» Enclave to tall: on this subject. She
' was, one of the first lit'l‘SllnS in the
United States to take up pagt-mltry
”develop it as all art, or :1 pro-
«mission, as it 11115 rcnlly become to
her.-
Beiore going into the business of
wflfiug sixteen pageants and produc-
‘ lug many more, Mi. Rluclx'u1o 11115: on
.fllc/stage. She 11111501] ill [blue (11 her
India’s product ions and starred in
Como Broadway SUCCL‘SSOS.
”pageants have boon rm a variety
u'fljefisr She dcvotod two yours
to the pageant of churclplzistory,
Moss and 1.,ight " which 1\ 21s giv-
aLln Boston, Chicago Laltimorc and
Mat]. Eler suffrage :llll‘"01‘y 11.15
“M at the time of President \\ ill-:otl 5
lat Inauguration on the Steps of the
United States treasury
ma MacKaye is now director of the
Willem of pagvz'mtu :1 ill the
' m for the National llonld of llle
m, Women s Christian A<sociation,
_‘_ Bring the United War Work cam-
‘ last November she was chosen
fi seven organizations to plopure
TOF
Y WC A GIRLS
\
.(ll’lYQ a success in all parts of the
Conn i ry.
Miss MacKaye's theory is that peace
will create a big desire for pagennlry
and the drama on the part of the peo-
ple. “Now that: the war is over," she
says. “some people have said to mo,
“I suppose pageantry will not play so
big a role in welding public opinion.‘
To which I reply, ‘Tllnt is quite wrong.
Peace will bring an increased desire
for pageantry and the drama.’
“War is always a pageant. The col-
ors of walk—the men, the women, the
fighting. the armies. the cavalry—all
these make for a trémendous and con-
} mats which helped to make the
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"COLUMBIA CALLS"- GWEN BY THE
tinuous pageant. ,Pageantry has been
PATRIOTl C LEAGUE
CHiLLlCOTHE, 01-110
an accompaniment of war since long
before Christ. Road of wars in tho
Bible. 'l'hl-y are immense page-ants.
The Crusades lll‘t“ grt-at examples of
it. audit is always successful during
times or war, because of the concen-
trated effort to will, which binds the
various peoples together. There is a
big desire to sure immunity. People
reach a tremendous pitch of excite-
ment. There is a thrill about every-
thing.
“After war there is a tremendous de-
pression in stimulus. For an example
of this. witness the great’pagcant-llko
peace demonstrations in our big cities
so recently, when people expressed-
I
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.W. W'mm Moi-2. 3-.»
515:
MW meeting of the Que E's
(glib Wm Tuesday- evening
at: flatworm of the members.
V“. Minced uttended a. banquét
givel‘fir a. Scottish Rites Masons in
firm Davenport in Stamford la‘st
ucho‘lr OPEC mat Avenue M. E.
flmmm this evening in the
church. Menage.
Ital-embers of the Women’s Auxil-;
arrows-lat Church'will meet at tho
lime (1mm Wicke-on Cove avo-
hue. nail; Thumday evening.
tram flqmice at Fort Eustis, Va.
' utter!!!“
-..- Hm S. Anderson, of the East
381119. It. arrived from Br,est Franc-9.!
:ghlc home here.
#finfla lamps, 10,
emit. White Electric Co.
25. 40, 50 Watt
So. Nor-
M.
,. “76!,“ won at tended. The Sterling-
elm orchestra furnished the
ctr the affair in their usual efli—
inner and won the applause
drug store on South Main street,
which netted a neat. sum to the funds
of the association. The famous pie.
cake and bread baked in the ovens-of
the members proved to be as delicious
and as popular as ever.
ready purchasers.
At the morning service at the East.
Avenue H: E. church tomorrow. M
Harold'E. Wilson will preach his ser-
mon 011' "Looking on the Fields.” The
subject or the"sermon at the evening
services will be “Malling the World;
Safe for Democracy."
3W5 IcCormick of Stamford will be in
' charted)! the 's'ervices in the evening.
Inth’e list or prize-winners at the
'flfth‘nlnual poultry show being held
, in the! town Assembly Hall appears
‘» the names or several East Not-wait
m_mm rehearsal of the poultry taneiers
(fine exhibits from East Norwalk par-
tles‘wero on display at the show and
captured many of the prizes.
teen and in honor of his services in
the great war, a dinner will
dered Captain John eKogh, who but
saw Eugene Lexen has arrived recenty received his discharge from]tats a" across the seas~phca<anr;,
7 at unborn» (In: am avenue. having" the quartemte‘s Corps,
been. 3'81 his honorable discharge this evening at the Norwalk Country:
Club by the members of the Norwalk
Bar Association The members of the captivitt. so that. the difficulty mm:
A mmenme quantity of work was legal profession in this city have ap—‘- which Mr. Tilley has been face to face
. ‘ complded when the members of the pointed a. committee consisting of At— {may he appl9ciaicd. practically all im-
’Red (“as Auxiliary of the East Av9-' tomeys John J. Cuneo and Jesse T. 'ports’ except
be if: I! church assembled yesterday Dunbar to arrange for the affalr for be9n prohibited during the past year.
which General Russell Frogt will prev
side as toastmaster.
WW! has returned to his duties tian Church
feaim 9'1
and found
Rev. Charles -
A large number 01
As a. tribute of the respect and es-
be ten-
Teople, prayer,
of evangelistic revival meet-'
rating in every detail with the ar-
1w awful work in all .
antibipatcd and
hoped for.
Lord with kin and friends.
exhibit.
Square Show this year,
Tilley booth, in the center or the sur-
den, is usually the lending display.
Because of the difficulty in obtaining cutting nice 019" 169 the 13“ “”0 days.
stock during the past year. under war TM M01 firm recently 1°“ ' "‘l‘“
conditions, Mr Tilley fears that his able horse.
display this year will not be equal to
his Usual standard, but he expects to!
bling home a good collection of rib. a week but ‘5 around again
bons and premiums as usual. The birds first time in about forty years that
handled by the Tllley company amKIMthatc-s has been under the care 01
practically all imported, as their habi— the doctor.
U as A gcranes, swans. ostriches,
arie‘s. finches. etc, are not. natives of;
America—and they do not breed in‘
ident‘of the Societa Principe 'Umborto
vSom'ething new at the Advent Chris» di Piemonte 0f NONNOHTHGightS. took
corner Van Zandt and 'place Wednesday. His dumb i5 Keen
«how the U. S. Desirmer Di'aytonh Harvey streets. Sunday, January 19, 1'11 131 felt by 11-5 many Firmly. and the
'to be a rally-day for the members of; member5 01'
this Household of Faith Every mem- born in Italy he was: an nrdrnt and
her, whether old or young, is expected: loyal American, very enthusiastic over
to anSWer the roll-call, either in person? his adopted COUNTY. and was always
or in writing. if unable to attend Ai ulginzr his fellow- countlymen to be
healt-to- heart talk by Pastor George come American citizens.
testimonies and iv through his activities that a branch
Scripture quotations wil be special; of the order was formed in Norman
This service is to be held and since it;
in special preparation for the coming§ b€9n active!) engaged in promoting its
series
lugs scheduled for January 28 to Feb- the army ‘dt Norwalk on 711111222. 1918
mary 16 at the church with Mrs. Ida. and was honorably discharged flom
Lake Dow as speaker and Miss Rubyi the service at Camp Dix on January 1.
Sweetzer as soloist, and to impress, His
the numbers of the necessity of co- charge describes him as honest,
faithful and of exce 1cm: chart: or.
vrowt h.
‘ty. Just think what it would mean to n
A‘qu _-.
PAGEANT,
lN YW.AL.
GIRLS .
PAGEANT. (.h HlLLlCOTHEv
' OHIO
to community service instead of going
back to the 51319 Hwy “-9119 in before
the war, of confining all their efforts
to their own homes or to personal
plcusu res !
“The best way i know of getting a
thrill—:1 brasx band arctic-men: of col-
or. action and the desire to serve—is
through pageantry. 1 quote an early
book or my brother, Percy MacKaye.
when 1 say that ‘It is necessary to
color pence pursuits with the same
thrill and imagination as war.‘
"People of the country were welded
together during the war by one aim,
one desire, one consummg ambition——
to win. If we could get this some
their pent-up emotions. Almost imme-
diately afterwards came a depression.
People. all the more now, demand a
means of securing a great interest in
life beyond the pence conference, a
way of getting together. They DOt
only want it. but are going. to de-
mand it.
“What we must do now is to make
pageantry a peace move—to do the
very things that war docs—40 unltc
people in their desire to serve humanl-
communlty if all of the women who
have done Red this: and other war
wort during actual hostilities could
mull the vision of lending their en'orts
The Tilley Bird Farm is planningto
as usual.
where the ’
l
l
parrot s can- >
of necessities. having
’1‘
Th9 funeral of Stefano Mercia, Pres-
is
N
the society. Although
It. was chief~
. v \t ‘1‘ny
establishment he had
Mr. Mercia was inducted in G
H
commanding emcer in his dis-
W
a large attegdgm aha 8m He was taken
Come all ye lovers of the pneumonia shortly under his return Mism Ethel and Mabel 1001‘“.
from Camp Dix, and died at. the 3518‘
of 32 on Sunday, January 12.
' survival by his mother and four 815- ._ —"""'
‘ High-Pow cred, Rakioh' 6pm,
Wagon Kind, Too. '
3 It is not the young tell" who
at the Madison hue. Dorian. was a recent visitor 118
Mrs. Hurry Street's, on Tokencke road.
neke road was very cordially received
as soloist on Tuesday afternoon at :1
‘meeting of the Missionary Society ol
the Stamford Presbyterian church.
hospital.
health.
operation at a New York hospital. She
at work on 18 pictures, Whicn will be
9xhibitod at the Rhinphangalleries in
l
grip and influenza now reported arce our year and some hundreds of thou-
Mn
Tanner and two children, :Mrs. William coumaa aevo'Lu-rlon m paw-no.
Miller, George one; ' 'M
ill with 11111138 and Mrs. Mary A. Puffy and
He is INDIANS LLKE AUTW.
l
l
The
ispeeds'aloog the boulevnrds‘ unim-
ably couched in hit low, nkfiroud‘
:ot today. The motor extravagance
‘or the American Indian dM‘fll‘lt
or his city cousin by a wide margin;
according to rcprescntutlyes of the
automobile tradelnoulahona.
Oklahoma Indians are' generously
blurring their tremendous prosperity
in oil and minerals with the am
1mg} dealers, and the tendency of the
red man-is toward the 1113th
expensive car rather than the burly.
small»! anal-mobile. 1n mm. a town
of 750' inhabitants located between
the Osage and Pawnee districts, ole‘
dealer sold 242 automobiles dud-3‘
1918. (The lndian boughtw cars in
twelve momhs. and according to the'
tire salesman. discardcd one or his
new medium priced autos because the
muffler was broken, swapping it and
$150 “to boot" for a certain well-
known, low-priced motor vehicle.l
Many of thé "braves" will have noth-
ing but 1116 best of “cord" tires.
Indians are reclining stoma-Ins
fortunes from the mineral wealth or
their lands in Oklahoma. Oscar Har-
din, a Quapuw lndian millionaire.
for some time after he got his
allotment of 240' acres in 1896
is remembered by old residents as a
ragged lndian who drove a pair of.
poni9s hitched to a. rattletrap wagon
and who wandered about, the country
iwithout a. dollar. Today Cardin is a
'lead and zinc mining king and owns
\twenly farms scattteredgovcr lea~
homo and Kansas
Nearly every Indian family. is a
prospect for the automobile salesman.
One tribe, the Oranges, get roycitfes
‘and bonuses from oil lands and the'
igovr'rnmcnt payments average 33, 000
lpcr year per capita—thue a. family of
The invalid list hag been largely in- five would have an incomc of $15, 000
(used this week and among cases 01,11 year. Some get as high as $30,001)
Mrs. H. 01 Street or Mansfieldaw
Raymond; Street a; Son have been
!
W. R. S Bates has been ill for otter
it is me
Mrs. Marshall P. Richards of Toile-
F. Roy Holland has returned to his
okeneke home from the NOTWfllk
and is rapidly regaining his
Mrs- Holland underwent Em
improving rapidly. Mr. Holland is
cw York in March.
and Mrs. Irving J.- Lockwood of sands.
illsidc street, 1111111111 Mrs. Ernest
1 star who is the automobile Mitt .
_Wd am not up pave.
15:11.18, 1919
"‘"” "" - ~1—_.~
united aim and desire not to have war
as we had to make war to the finish,
we might, through pageantry, help to
do away with war forever. Every
Liberty Loan drive, cvcry Red Cross
campaign and the big United War
Work campaign, was a magnificent
pageant, filled with color, posters and
moving people; all united in the de-
sire ro win. Pageants are thus a part
of life. '
' “The after war pageant can be a
rtrcmcndous outlct for all motions
and, without doubt, dangerous emo-
tions," which lead to undermining the
morale of a people, can be divcrtc
by turning them into channels of mu-
tual understanding.
“The pageant has already provcd it-
self a potent force in building up
public spirit. Advantage should be
taken of this, so that it can he used
to widen tlle vision of all kinds and
all conditions of pct)ple—-the so called
high-brows and low-brows of a com-
munity.
“A pageant, it correctly worked out,
includes every element of a com-
munity. This fact can be stressed,
unddf joy and inspiration for helping.
the new World can be interpreted
through a pageant, why not use the
art as a reconstruction measure and
not think of it as a bit of froth or a
passing entertainment?
“it is my experience that the com-
mon mass or people is anxious to see
that the world is rebuilt on demo-
cratic principles. and with them it is
only a question of how to do it. On
the other hand, there are a few re-
actionarlu who say, ‘Let the world
revert to the way it was heron the
war} Thaw must be shown that to
CALLS" PAGEANT
GWEN BY THE \’.W CA CLL
GiRLS JULY 4““ AT BREMENTON,
Clety Will spell (lifi‘lb‘ll‘l‘ 11nd Will mom-
that the World has lust what it has-511'.
fcrcd so much to will.
"If those of us who nllL‘lll‘ to have 1..
1ision of n colmamlity united for 50:1.
lt‘e m-g lcct or l'cfuso to take udt‘w‘»
tngc of this opportunity, the pcopio
themselves. undirected, \1iil curve on
destinies for us.
”This community drnmn morcmrl'f
has come to and women 1\'l--s
have gil‘c'n up morythinn‘ for nor wort
cllh'lm 1811111111 (ft'llirl'l'lt’ilb' how to app?)
the same spirit, which inspirvd than
sorvico to social ~='l'\‘l(‘0 and tlm Mini»
”shutout of renl (lLl'llt'lCl‘flCy thrpou ll
pag93ntry.
“My ambition is to fostontllls morn
mmlt dull to til-remit such pageants
thrnuch the 1113.1 '5‘ of the Y. \V. C. A.
Groups of girls rt Y. \\'. C. A. indus»
trial centers and in
51:15}
towns near mill-
tm'y cantomnonts hnve been trained in
pageants during the War. Few citivfl
but have soon 't.‘olumbia Draws the
Sword,‘ ‘We Come. Amm'lca,‘ ‘Colum-
bin Calls,’ and numerous other patriot-
ic pageants. Even in France the Y. W.
P. A. has h'nlnod French girls to tn‘uo
part ill Allied pageants, and last sum-
mer pageants were staged at base 110' .
pitals. whore the Y. W. G. A. has hul-
for nurses. at St. Etienne, Tours .2111”
other cities where the association has
‘Foyers dos Alliees' for French womvn
industrial workers and Hostcss Homeo-
for American war‘workers and Signal
Corps girls.
“With the way preparod as it has
been during war time'and the big op-
portunity at our hand because of‘llle
needs of the people during peace. com-
munity drama and flagrantly can and
should be dcycloped into an lmmem
motive force."
go back to prewar conditions of no-
—:‘
grad,accordh1g to reports from ReynlJ
the“?
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0mm TO NORWRLK
M Trouble: for Judge Greene.
Because bisewife deserted him ra-
m- Sana-lot court
city in December, 1917.11.11?! is
present stationed at Camp Merritt,
N. J.
Nomi» After her doom-tare- Saun-
dens said‘he tried to induce
turn. but she refused. Then he mmwl,
fiend service.-
decal-don.
POKER PLAYING WIFE mvoncao.
h.—
But‘ch Found Her Buoy Around Tabiel
With Women Friends.
Finding his «1215 playing poker with
pericnce of Lawrence E. Burch oi‘
Bridgeport, who was granted a di
vorco from Viola May Burch by
Judge Greene in the Superior court.
Thursday afternoon.
Burch, who is employed
Bryant Electric company, said that in
February, 1918. he heard his wife was
living in Danrerc, Mass; so he wont
there tonal: her to return to live with
him. It was then that-he uaya he dis-
covered Mrs. Burch engaged in the
great indoor sport of betting on a pair
of, dances. Burch did 110': state
whether he walr invited to take part
in the game.
in November. 1914. They had many
disputes because Mrs. Burch/was
friendly with a woman of whom her
.. .-.. .- “w __.._._.._‘ . A. .__.fi..
and thGMDOlshcvflcl have started a gen»!
crath'urfied' retreat eastward from Rs-
HUSBAND' GETS DIVORCE
inc!- all. live in Norwalk. Private
0m 0. S l m U S. A., obtained ing placed on the judiciary
a divorce m Maud A. Saunders in
yesterday after-
noon. madam-was drafted from out
at
Scum W thct his wife let;
him niu maths utter they Were mar.
I'"rleo 1n um. 8th (1133de with
W~ life, can mmand did not like
to Bridgeport and was employed them-l
a the time he was called into the na-
Judg'e Greene allowed
Saunders adivorce on the ground or
a number of other Women, wan the ex-1
at the
Burch testified that his wife left him‘
Mr‘s. but-ch
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COUNTY FARES WELL
Fair-field's Representatives Get Nina
Chairmanohip.
Fairflcld county’s representathwzs in
the general asscm'biy fared well at thw-
hands ‘0! Speaker Vl’aln‘h in the appoint-
Privatt- Oliver Saunders Recltes Mar. ment of committcea, with nine choir.
.mnnshipa giv on man from this nation
of the state and members occupying
places on 011191 important committmw.
six representatives from tho countv bu—
commitu ~11
on incorporation in mm- an ww-
portant mm.
The: chairmmhipa-in 'the‘house' grin
on to Fairfiold county mm m
Banks. 'Reed of Stratflold; cities Hid
be rough. sumo; 0! Weapon: con
'stitutiolml' amounts. Km“! 01"
Stamford; filth and m; Bothy. oi‘
Danbury; forfeited rightist Shun, oi
Reading“? 10!!!! rules: Dam. of Darn
bury; state parks, Show of Reaction.
C. K. 13an of WI in a. mem‘lwr
l
1
her to 1“ lot the committee on incorporui‘mw
’and was chosen clerk of the commit—
Itee H9 is also a member of thekoom-
mitten on cupfiol, furn‘l‘tur9 nan-l
grounds.
H. B. Has-Flex, of Brookfield, is on
I «I? the military affairs committe'e;Rep1-P
sentative Knapp, at New Fairfield. its
on the state library committee.
R U NDLE A L'IWNY. H EARI'NG.
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1
1
{Judge Greene Set.» January 25 at to-
a. m. Trial in New Haven.
Testimony on the claim of Gludyr
Austin Bundle for alimony 1"?"d 7””
the trial of hex divorce st!“ amt-11161
millionaire Samuel H. Rllndlt’ 0’ Dan-
bury. Will be heard January 25 at .10
a, m. The hearing will be held in aim
Superior court in \cw llaV9n :11. :1
matter of comcnlum 9 to law_19rl~' :11
the case.
The charge of vcnuo to New llavnn
was allowed by Judge Greene in in»
Superior court Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Rundle, the young Now York
girl whose marriage to the aged, Don-
bury manufacturer created such a
furore, asks for a divorce on the
ground of intolerable cruelty. Rundlc
denies her charges and says he will
contest the 'suit. The divorce suit was
filed in this county ‘and will probably
be tried in Newr Havcn, smooch no
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