}. evening at Gomity Hall.
6“ I
The Ladies‘ Aid Society. of the East
avenue at. E. church. will meet on
' \Vedlesday afternoon at the church.
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It is expected that work will soon
'- , be completed on the new home being
oomtmcted by A. L Wood. of First
3 street. at Marvin Beach. ‘"
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Min Edith J. Kingston. of Mt. Kis- ; '
. co. ma visitor with friends. on East
Washington street. this morning. while
' en route by auto to Hartford.
The Misses Adelaide and Minerva.
\Vortmann. of New Haven. who spent
the week-end with relatives. on East
avenue. returned to their home this',
i
morning.
Miss Judith Thompson. of Bristol.
who has been visiting with friends
here. has returned to her home. Miss
Thompson was formerly a resident of
East Norwalk.
church. was held yesterday afternoon.
at 2 o'clock. at the church. and Was
very Wcll attended.
ice was noticed along the shorc.‘
yesterday morning and this morning. .
and is rl|g.lrdl-(l by the pcople who
follow the uutcr as a Sign that the
winirr will be curly. hill 3 light one.
Miss Gnnnie llilll-nstein. of
coin-(i visitors yesterday for the first
lime. and her friends arc delighted in
luun that size lrt
'l‘herrc are still a few fishermen who
do not mind the cold. and ucvcl‘al
\"i'lll down hmlmr xcstcrday and rc—
turno-d with i‘mr catches of muckl-rl-l. 3
Frost ”fill and flat fish are running
wo-ll now. Smelt have not us yet put
In an‘appenrance, save a very few.
R0 WA YTON
______.
Frank ll. Tracndly, who
purchased the Rigs-low property in
llrookside, has had the underbrush
removed along the entire front. and
is now engaged in grading and makn
in): numerous other improvements to
The residence and onin;
and -
the grounds.
buildings have been repaired
placed in cxccllcnt condition.
Mr. :vmi Mrs George I”. Shepard.
of llanlmry and Belle Island, are or-
ranging to go to Florida to spend
thi- “‘lnll'l‘. and will sail for Jackson-
ville. November 30. Their daughter.
Mrs. Howard Peck. and three child»
rcn. of South Orange. N. J.. will ac-'
company Mr. and Mrs. Shepard to
remain in the south during the entire
winan: : vim
EDA RIE'N
.- " " Work was commenccd this ~‘lnorn—I
ing on the removal of the Mrs. "elm-n
llrndy house, cnrnt‘r of Scdgwiek ave-
nue and Main street. to the ncw silo
on the top of thc hill. The klichv’
will be converted into ii bungalow.
Eighteen members of the Unricn
Rvpublican town committee 0
a line, dinner at Weisheit's
house on Saturday evening.
in the nature of a celebration of the
rccent Republican landslide. One of
the pleasing features of the occasion
was the presentation of a silver cig-
arette holder to Ernest R. Crofoot.
chalrlfiaTn’af the town committee.
The presentation speech was made
lw Frederick Stair. and of course.
‘Mr. Crofoot accepted most gracious-
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NEW CANAAN
Rig“: Haitian; g. Scofield of Smith
open e me with i‘ -
in . ew York city. “a, ricnds
shore
Robert Monahu has returned from
the Stamford Hospital where he was
confined with a slight fracture of the
right arm, inflicted by falling from a
barn roof. several weeks ago. ‘ ,
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Lawrence Bauer. the fooroyenr—old
20a of Hugo Under. rammed to his
ome from the Stunford H ital
gigs week.kwherehe was comm for
e wee s suffermg‘ with l -
fractures of his legs. dou m
M
r... Frank Smith 1’ ‘
underwent an o 0 Cherry Btreet
ably improved and she will return t
her home within 3 few days. 0
Min- Berth Gm ugh
» a. . d: te .
and Mn. Francis Gray otr of Mr
Street. fives married to Arthur '1'. Bliss
z: :32};an by J». J. Howard Hoyt.
3 . great coal mouse -
day mrning. my ' Thu"
was desmaid. and Edwn "
we: best man. rd .
cers of. the N Grunge; for
Master. R ‘.
Minn; Overseer. Ind 1333;:
Grove: ' t - -
ard. Ellwsu-d Guthrie:m ‘ltew
ant Sunni. Mrs. B. H. Keeler. (Ibup-
‘ lain. Hrs. John F; Selleck; Treasur-
er. Dnrius A. St. John;
If Elna Ruth:
Thom-en:
one; ,Ii'iora. Miss Louise Jelliff~
yes. Mrs. Hayward Davis: f’ianist.
Mrs. Stephen Heath: Purchasing
Agent. Stephen Heath. e men folks
of the organization furnished the sur—
rrlse number to the program by en-
elt'tiahung With oyster stew. Six appli-
ca on. were received for membership. -
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0'0“)“ Saturday we
man no
l
The first fall nu-cting of the Junior:
League. of the East avenue M. E.‘
l
1
First l
street, who is convnlea-ing iii. the Nnrn ; , ‘
“‘illli Hospital, after an operation. nu 13“”) at T-nndun unlu-rsxly. Wus madn-
lm-upcraling rapidly. .
.
rr-ccnllyf
nioycd 100.8 Jets accompanied the firing of a
It was,Hiuge cylinders into space.
'Two great eyes. dark and luminous.
monster toppled over,
Loniu B'Nfilmn m
DEER
' had set half a dozen villas aniline and"
THE WAR. OF
THE WORLDS
.1!
By unwell:
Cookout!” 5y All!!! 5. m
.‘u
Wells. the
dis cussed living
on Sept. 21. 1866.
cricket player. His
mother was an
i n n k e e p e r's
daughter who hnd
been a lady's maid
before her ’inar-
rinse. The boy
had an irregular
education. but he
w a s q u i c k t 0
learn. and at the
age of 16. after
working as an at-
lendant in n store.
he secured a posi-
linn as assistant
in a g r :1 m m a r
school. lie ob—
tained a schnlur-
aled with high honors and taught
fsclcnce in a private School.
In 1893 he beczm to write,
articles for, and
_mutlc critic of. the Pall Mall Gazette.
Ho was already interested in social
innliriilionsz and an untlring student of
science. Those two interests he oom—
ghlncd in the series of romances that
opened with “The Time Machine." in
Inoveln and short stories he crealfll
doing
istartlinz rzinlnslvs of the future. dts~,
(playing his most abundant invention
: in "The \\’:lr (if ”in \Vnrlds." "0 often-
'timcs dismissed futurn wars in three
1 stories and his fore-casts were nmazlng-
:ly like what was Ft‘"n on the battle-
fields of liuropv.
Inthe meantime ho had horn writing
stories about contemporary life and
hooks onlmnt .enclal conditions. Thrall
he turned to more and mum with the
‘yr-nrs. Of his inter novels. bristling
with wit and ideas. llmsv Unit have
'hccn most widely l‘t-1ll and dincuaacd
llncludo 'Kipps." "'l‘nnn-Bumrny," "Ann
Veronica." “The New Machlnvelll."
"‘Murrlage" and "Joan and Peter." his
[intent nnwl. Most popular of all was
{-Mr. lirltlinlz Set-x it Through." m-n—
‘crally regarded as the bent {var novel
{written in English.
,- "AT 1 marvel at now. when
l i recall the days when the
-' Murilmls were speeding
minimum. is our'uuconccrn. The
skies were peopled with incredible
evil. with unlnmglnably repulsive
nmnstcrs armed with superhuman
weapons. The catastrophic Thing“
Were hurtling on, covctous of our
N.
1 ‘ILI u-lu v- u. ni"... 1. udl\. lever—
l
. ,
wandered through English lilllCRlelh
inn thought of the swift and scorch-
l lug dentin ulmve their heads.
l Through a telcsrupc. I had watched
one of the colossal squirts of flame
on the rim of the tiny. red planet. it
did not occur to line that these gase—
lnuuched ten
Learning
to ride a bicycle interested me more
than eruptions on Mars. The planet
seemed so remote. Forty million
miles away!
Ogilvy. the astronomer, found the
first messenger. He had seen it fall-
ing and supposed ll a wandering mete
orlte, butlts shape surprised him. it
mighty gun that had
was cylindrical, fully 80 y.m. ‘m quantities of tho
the upwed face. It wu so hot that
he could not at near it. Then, to hit
utter amazement, the top began to un-
screw. There was something in it.
something olive! Not until then did
he link it with the flashes on Mars.
Lute that afternoon I saw the lur-
tinn. I wu one of a curious crowddn‘
front of the cylinder when the lid fell
off. I peered into the block- interior
and fancied I saw shadows stirring.
Then mocking like a snake muted
into light. I stood stricken with ten--
-ror.‘ A round body. shout few feet
across. pulled itself painfully to the
opening.
I had expected to see something.
like u mun. fantastic portions. but
two-lama. This thing was just an
oily. leathery body. leglen and arm-
less. with a chlnless and unseleu'fnce.
were mirrors for an extraordinary
brain. The creature panted and
heaved. wanna down by the greater
pull or gravity on earth. An intenle
louthlbg'csme'over me. Suddenly. the
’l dawn. I beheld an sbominsble danis-
Taon. a blackened world um and been
{green and flir. I struck out for Lon-
- gum and for miles saw not s living-bo-
: ing. 1 had reached the Themes when“
.9 I saw the Things coming. five of then.
- :Slleppcrton.
Herbert George!
the son of a. fa- ifiu
mous professional ! crackling or tires.
Looking out from my windows nt
I ran for the water. Straight townn‘l
(me sped one. but I might have'been
.nh ant in a man's path.
:lhrough the river and towered above ‘
Then six hidden gun-l
'llelcllcd together. One shell struck
It strode
the hood and there was a horrible
confusion of flesh and blood and mO-v .
tal. Smoothing drove the uncontrolled i '
m0” ; machine on. crashing through the vil-
‘lnzc, toppling over the church-tower.
novelist was born
at 8.0.5133 Kent. .‘collnpslng in the river.
'rus‘lu-d in the spot and the air was
cd with hissing of Heat Rays and ;
The others
Sllcpperton leaped
into demo. I staggered to the shore
and when I looked up.
chine.
The world was doomed?
Not again could we kill one of them
by surprise.
London. To the horror of Heat Rays
lnul lu'i'll :uldcd the Black Smoke. a
cloud of poison that hllithted all liv-
ing things. So London streamed in
liicht. 6.000.000 people roaring out
along the highways until they were
inter becoming dra-b
l'll'ers in flood.
Silivrc lla- l'lll‘iltl' joiuvd luc. He was
i
1 half-mud with fright and clung to me. ;
{We plndded on to n suburb where we j
"smmht refuge in a deserted lmuee. At
midnight came :1 hllmlln: flash.
hole and in llw garden was it Martian.
Embedded in the earth was another
glowing cylinder.
any other yum now living. I watched
their intricate machines—the
mutlc digger,
machine illu- u metallic sphicn—su
ilcxllilu'ynnll so swiftly sure that they
scorned centuries In ndvnncc of our
frigid machinery.
film Martian habits.
'm‘olullun had made thcm all
cold. rvmorselm
swuyed by emotion. ’I‘hcy
slept nor are; Hwy were wxlcsq anal
their young were bulldwi on“. like the
vuum: ur corals,
mild.
warn the Martians of our presence
"pd I trim] infillvlu‘c hit". "9. llfillfl‘i’ .
away and I caught hi kitchen 1
where l felled him u 3 t-eliop-l
per. He dropped Jim: and ibenid,‘
I saw two dark eyes at the window. 3 "
l I lied to the coal-cellar and above me '
I heard a tapping. topping. and then
the noise of a heavy body being drag-
ged across the floor.
I piled wood and coal over me when
door. Through crevices I could no
the terrible drum of n handling-inu-
vhlne. waving. feeling.
boot and l nearly screamed. Then it
“1""! away.
A week passed before I dared loot
nut. About the peep-bole was mused
red wood that the
Martians hud brought—evidently "so
rationalist-shred. Intuit.
aside and gazed out.
(MIMIC.
I crept into I desolate world. About
me was a sins-bod villm. I
in through the outfiti’ts of Imdou lit
with ll"! Ill" I had
stream our t walked Inn
London-
The metropolis was «tiled of Ill its
humming life. Hero and then were
heaps of dead. withered by M
smoke: um and then “roll" cf
destruction but it was little chain-d
except for the horrible quiet. I ' 3
near South Kensinnon when I heard
lhe mourufol hauling. “oils. all: 3”
Not until the next day did I cor ‘
hood of the hint that wu
this sobbing wall. He did not move
nor did three others thht I saw. stand-
into the pit.
1 ran. madly.
From a distance I watched the Depu-
1tjiition Ithat wlfnt out under a white
as. saw t l’ee flashes of
light and darts of tire leaped fng
to another of the little figures. Even
as I saw them touched with death
I did not realise what was happening.
Suddenly I knew and again I ran. .
that night. although the Best Buys
pine treeswere red torches.
sure that these dangerous We were
were fatally sluggish. A
shell would finish them.
we slept. the Martian- were ‘ -
ically rearing those mighty 1113:;
that were so soon to shatter our neat
theories shout their ,. helplessness.
That night another cylfld’esr fell and
eight more were driving , .
lng strangely still. Driven by far. I
resolved would it Ill. I walked toward
the Thing nearest mt sud av birds
something within.
I scrambled hastily up a Rh!“ 1'2.
camp. They were 111 dead, M w
others prone upon the (Month he,
could conquer man but they hsd‘fhlleo
disease'bnm of earth.
3E.»
psemumsn
the Things;
were bearing away the smashed mu-‘
1 slamhlmi on. panic-Stricken. dozmi.
These mou~ f
stern culllll slay with Heat Buys be».
yond the range. of our biggest guns,
Terror stalked through
sum ‘mwnx's m -
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Kid, Silk, Suede and Chamoisette Gloves,
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44*:
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Sport Wool. Silk and Lisle Hosiery, at Re-
» duced Prices. .
. «um -1 ~
. u‘.m.fl-—fi¢ ,. 4.3... ... a. . .‘
LUTHER M. WRIGHT
' New 1920 Mitchell
Myel'ed1tm “y“;lgaaaze. all charges naidf.l
-. .an MAXWELL
TOURING CA]! GR ROA DSTER
II I all"?! to your garage, 31] charges raid m, "
$1275
.'
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\\
SHOES FOR MEN
Heavy, oil-tanned. \Veaihcl'mm,3’ 3.- 3. ,3
double soles ................. 3.9.3,.
Dress Shoes, of tan calf; pol-11mm ..
5—H” to
CONNEAthgY Sic BRACKiiX
I fell into n doze finder a hedge nnd ,
\Vhen f
day broke. we peered through ammp- '
For fifteen days I was penned there. .
'50 I saw more of line monsters than .
nlitu- .
the scnsnlve humiling-,
Hershfieldethri
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paired and made to order and all kllldx‘ ml 41. w.
Victor Wesely
(Formerly With Vast Bros)
Automobile Bodies. Fenders. Radiators. Lamp. 3.
nl work.
Welding of All Kinds of Mink.
13 hymond Street. South Nor-walk, Near 9r 1‘“; Mr: F'
I could study too:
i learned ihnt.
brain. 3
intelligence: un-'
neither '
Most horrible to inc :
i was the fact that lln-y injected men’s 5 -
' Mood lnio llu-lr vein: for nourishment. ,4
It was this that drove me to not.
as I did when the curate went raving. ..
I knew that his shouts would "
l heard that tapping at the cellar-l
examining. _ '7
Once it ran across the heel of my}
PER. CENT. DISCOUNT ON THE
[FOLLOWING MAKES
,. I
Gordy; black. white and brown, 81,; to 10.
Gordon Cumin, Mend ‘white, 9 to 103/2.
' «1 brown. 81;; to 10.
Van Rowe—block, white, n‘s‘ffl,
Rivals—black only, 8"» to 10.
20
HOES
Wren $9.321 §.
These shoes are known by their many‘igwd :.
lnent among them are Obstacter and Quam y.
Priced to suit every purse.
Shop before Six.
ELWOOD e Gwyn
122 Washington Street Sc" _ . ..
CHEVROLET CARS f
Coupe, 4~Door Sedans, Deliverioe on Show
been made mother corset that has achieved: quell universal
l.
hvor throughout the style cenwn of the world.
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' J I M H mm E
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as. WASHINGTON s'r. ' South Norma: ‘ JQTIN’S GARAGE 9
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new names ................... 32. .3
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There iswno‘ariicle inawomn’s wardrobedut iron her ...... l '3..va 30”
more concern than the comet. With our fitting roasting us» 33:35: roasrfftt.....:fl ' If H j“ 33‘ 't
sures the privacy of one’s own home, our skilled cor-setter m SHOULD!”
and in collection of models withOut an «ind. our heilities for mt: m ‘ . ‘8‘ "
providing an obsolutely perfect, comfortable‘flt, are not ex? FANCY «out mum FOWLs """
celled In the cut . fimuvmémer nuns : 383 ..
u A snout. mm m am. «on cum'eum. .............. . 10cm
in - n . w H!“ ”ER NWT ........
_ “any of Frame imgg: or. hang? (brood: motorist. Fouls“ m m-‘fiifihun " K
v-umo; will. mum lasts. only send ‘ . “awn“: ...._ MN ; ' -’ m 5331
part and below me was “arm 2
or them; some in their machine. and
before manhunt releatlm fog..- my
nsuss- UP THE mm ’13
mefiul'm to noon- «4 com: new my be left of
- ‘Nfl’ ”M m WC! will not only Washington 33,.-
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mourn" give “I“ Moths-a long tame.
TAU-8‘, OHM”, lurFETs. cum _-_
"‘ “a °" Final! It Prices that the the fullest M
expended. W 1
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cow! m- Ann GIVE ovum s‘rocx T“. MD
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