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EVENING SEN TINEL
South Norwalk, Conn.
Established 1870 by James Gomez:
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EARL c. DELAND,
Editor and General Manager.
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building. 97 \Vashington street.
South Norwalk.
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Branch- Office: 46 Wall street.
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A Thought for Today
ED—A THOl'GHT
He not wise in thine own no"
fear the Lord. and depart from cyll.
-—Proyerbs 3: 7.
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It is better to say, “This one thing
I do." than to say. "These forty thin
I dabble in."
Aw Vi'asliington Gladden.
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Paving.
Norwalk city officials should re-
mcmbm- that in paving streets. the
first cost. is not the only thing to be
considered. A relatively cheap meth-
od that is going to wear out in a. few
years. may be costly in the long run.
Many cities that laid brick paving
years ago are surprised to see how
long it'ls lasting. Charleston. “’cst
Virginia. is claimed to be the first city
in the l‘nlted States to use this form
of pavement. In 1871 it laid a street
with this material and the same last-
ed 23 years.
It has another street paved with
brick which was done in 18.94. and is
in good condition still. These brick
were laid on three inches of sand Over
one inch of tnrred oak planks. under
uhich was a second three inch layer
of sand. Some of the original bricks
laid in 1871 are on exhibition in the
state museum. and not ever an inch
was worn from them by 28 years of
new. A puvcincnt like that is cheap
il‘ ill" long run. The Sentinel holds
m liricf for brick pmcmcnts but docs
:1 durable kind for use here—
:‘lmills.
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Public Health.
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ln Ncw York city in 1871. 241 out
or eu'ry thousand babies died before
they Wf-rc a year old. In 1921. only
71 out of very thousand of such in-
fants died. That shows what health
campaigns can do. If a great and
crowded city can make such gains in
public health. it should be still easier
to improxe conditions in places where
less congestion exists.
A low death rate and a small
amount of disease are one of the best
talking points for pushing the devel-
opment of a town or city. People are
strongly attracted to a place that has
a good health 'recrd and shows a. low
percentage of deaths and less than
the normal amount of contagion! dis-
ease. If we could demonstrate such
figures for Nora-alk it would be one
of the host methods for promoting
growth of the place as a fine resi-
dence community.
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Then and Now.
When middle aged people were
boys and girls. much simpler Christ-
mas presents would give pleasure. A
plain little game of jackstraws. or an
inexpensive picture book, would give
a. kid as much pleasure then. as he
would get out of a very costly me-
chanical toy in these times.
The young woman of today expects
to get her candy in a handsome box.
marked with the name of some well
known maker. Probably her mother
got as much pleasure out of those
long colored sticks made to imitate a
barbell- polo.
Public sentiment today. however
discourages useless Christmas gifts.
While the futile brie-a-brac of yester-
year is reposing in the back attic.
people are giving each other articles
of standard household and personal
use. The family that used to enter-
tain a party of 20 around the turkey
laden dinner table may go quietly to
a hotel today without guests. and
scarce crack a smile over the in
Housekeeping stunts look more dif-
ficult to the modern woman, who
gives time to community and church
interests that her mother used to de-
vote preparation of gorgeous
feasts. It is perhaps just ts well. Ill
tire old time Christmas encouraged
overeating. '
Some pretty old customs have died
out. but others equally churning have
come in. The enrol singers who go
about in Norwalk to herald the day.
bring a touch of sentiment. and a fas-
n-"n: lugs-emu of Ram
6 French life. on
Many women nowadayh make
Christmas burdensome. by L '
to
For weeks they worry oger'seiection
of. suitabl gifts and cards, land there
are solid days' work wrapping and
addressing them. The cares of war
time led many to reduce their lists.
but some women still make Christmas
a burden when it should be Joy.
A
Barnum set the country talking
about his white eeiphant—until rain
during a parade washed off it! coat
of whitewash. stung once. most 0:
us doubt there’s really such a thin»
as a white one. Which is a study in
human nature.
Word comes that white elephants
do exist in Siam. Several are kept in
captivity in Bangkok. where the straw
hats come from. But. alas. the white
elephant is losing its prestige among
the Siamese. who formerly considered
it supernatural. Millions believe that
Buddha was a white elephant in one
of his incarnations. Ours is an icono-
«l
after Christmas.
you get your block knocked oil.
world is a boy’s stomach on Christ-
mas.
grasp one firmly in each had
will be unable to turn her head.
elastic age.
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Pensions. :
Pensions cost taxpayers over $255."
'000,000 in the last fiscal year. This
[was only about $5,000,000 less than
lthe year before, though the number of
pensioners on the pay-rolls dropped
from 566.053 to 847.0”. Very ‘inter~
eating is government arithmetic.
On June 30 last, pensions were be-
ing drawn by 73 soldiers who fought
in the Mexican War. 75 years ago. At
which rate. some of our World War
doughboys should be drawing pen-
sions like they get the bonus.
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Fires.
Ncuriy 7.000.000 Americans a year
visit their national forests. In 1921
they started a third of the 6000 for-
rst fires that burned over 376,000
acres and cost half a. million dolalrs
to tight. , This you. about the same.
One in every 3500 visitors started a
fire by carelessness!
Were you amcng them—by care-
lessly tossing aside burning matches.
cigaret butts er faillng to extinguish
camp fires?
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Note and Comment.
See things as you travel along. be-
cause life is a one-way street.
0 0 O I
A pocketbook is a good gift, but it
will not be needed until a few weeks
Carry a chip on your shoulder and
The too smallest place in the
Give your girl big earrings. if you
she
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BY HAIRY HUNT NEA
Stat! Wt.
WASHINGTON. D. C.—-—Open
Not
raids and ambnaheHniping in the
dark.' Real war. against forces with
definitely
carefully organised plan of campaign iwlll not take their seats in Congress
and artillery. ammunition and fight-
ing reserves sufficient to sustain a
prolouged and stubborn contest.
lust skirmishi
established
That is the situation
war.
ng -— gut rllia
objectives. a
administration
forces face at. the opening or the final
u-ssion or the Sixty-seventh Congress.
Pita rgml primarily w
of the ship subsidy bill,
to enactment of routine appropriation "WWW“, in
bills. ship subsidy lost the s
within two days after
opened.
This 'has due to a
J.
ith enactment
in addition
potlight
the session
it aggressive
autumnal-memo:
Smoking a pipe doesn't cost as
much as making a stove pipe smoke.
O 0 O .
It is estimated forty million peo-
ple will stumble ’over toys on the
floor this Christmas.
It you buy a tie nobody likes you
can give it to some man with
whiskers.
I
O 0
These shortest days are the long-
est to a boy waiting for Santa Claus.
O O 0
Some Palm Beach suits are packbd
away now and others are underwear.
0 O 0
Breakfast bacon is educated fat
meat.
o o a
Price of several cold creams is up
and this is a fly in the ointment.
O O 0
Give your hhband a new hat for
Christmas and it will cap the climax.
o o _ o
A manicuring set is a good gift
even it you don't know what all the
crasy things are for.
Folding beds are nice for the home. I
Get the kind tint only folds when
you want it to fold.
C O O
Everybody loves a tat man 'dro-sd
like Santa Claus.
Ono sign of prosp
‘c'a's birthrate is declin
O
erlty is Amari-
ing.
0
Common sense is what makes a
college education valuable.
O 0 O
The stepping stone to the alts!- is
a diamond.
. .
. How can you respect gray hairs
if they are dyed black?
0 O
Tw° heads being better than one
may explain cheek to cheek dancing.
. O O C
Every ‘man thinks he can cure
your cold—even it he can't euro‘ his.
- C U .
Bo live that when the time comes
you can retire instead of give, up.
0 I O .
.Many a clothing ,, store owner
doom't sleep in ”Janna
, o ’0 0
About the most «pen-m gift '3
so I‘ “ .
counter~offensive. led by ants—admin-
istration Republicans. demanding lCe‘
forms in the manner of ccicting presi-
dents. in the time of convening newly
elected Congresses and in other mat-
ters designed to gear the performance
of government more closly to the,
people's demands.
Most... important of
is that which would ,
electoral college and permit directi
voting for the candidates for prcsl-
dent. following their selection in pop-
ular presidential primaries.
Second only to this is the proposi.
tion that a Congress elected in Nov—
ember should take ofl'lce the follow-
these JH'ODOSalS
‘splrntions ofthe
wipe out the, .
Real War, Not Skirmishes. in
National Capital ‘
is the situation in which members
elected or re-elected to the new Con~
gross on specific pledge to fight for
immediata relief of certain conditions.
particularly agricultural relief. now
.tlnd themselves.
Although elected Nov. 7. 1922; they
until Dec. 3. 1923. units called into
special session by the president. That
will be too late to redeem any peldgeo
for quick rite! they gave their consti-
tuents. ‘
not with two .aiions or Congress
“following election before they take
their seaHeMons of the old Con-
krcss in which the administration ma-
icrity is overwhelming—it is possible
for repudiated "lsmo duck" members.
with eyes on patronage plums within
{the president's gift. to put through
gmcnsures which the voters directly
electing the new Congress.
3 That the administration will bend
~cvl-ry effort to block the proposed re-
form is assured by the immediate den
of President Harding. voiced at the
Vi‘liitc Houses
The president let it be known that
he believed one of the greatest in~
"founding fathers"
was the provision in the constitution
providing for a year’s delay before
the convening .0! new Congresses.
This. he said. provides a. cooling-oi!
prriod. after the heat of campaigns.
which he thinks most desirable. Noth-
ing January instead of 13 months
later, in December of the following
year, a. the constitution now pro-’
vides.
O O O
The immediate reason behind "the
present drive for changing the consti-
ing that he can. say or do. he inti-
mated. would be left unsaid or on-
done to prevent adoption of the
amendment resolution. ‘
O O O
A two-fold objective.
however. is
hidden in. the counter-
otreasig vs ‘bf
and thus diverting administration on
the subsidy and other pet bills, the
progressives also have grabbed the
initiative in the battle over the direct
primary.
in the face of an organizing move-
ment. pported by administration
chiefs f the abolition of primaries
and the return to machine nomina-
tions in party conventions. the pro-
gressive group. instead of being con~
tent to defend
exists. moves to extend it even to the
selection of candidatov for president.
The anti-primary therefore.
instead of being free to make their
chief light on the primary as it is to-
day. must first spend their energies
and time in blocking its forth“ ex-
tension.
0 o o
Such are the outstanding
the political battle-front as
session of *Congreu gets unde
It's war. No other word
it. It has all the trappings
couterments.
on the basis of tactics. of strategy. of
vein. and effect. on the
general campaign.
Even the high explosives are there
:oratoricai. perhaps, but still explo-
vs.
The objective?
By the progressives: Capture of
control of the voting strength in the
Republican party before midsummer
of 1924. 5
By the Democrats. who
campaign are an "allied
ciate" force with
Division,“ the
1924.
By administration Republicans:
factors in
the new
r way.
describes
and ac-
in this
and asso-
the progressives:
Republican ranks in
the primary as it now.
Everything is figured ’
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Quins
Desk Sets
3“!-
Oman
08M
Candles
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EASY WEEKL': PAYMENTS ~O
VIGTROLA YOU WANT.
YESIT OUR GIFT DEPARTMENT
A Few Suggestions:
Religious Articles
The Hamilton Silo}
49 WALL STREET
Remember Your Friends With Chg-:1;
Greeting Cards.
N ANY MODEL
Books
Calendars
Book Ends
Baskets
Hand Painted China
Bridge Sets
Pictures
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Bicycles also ‘fang-B’m folks.
; Also many other useful gifts for C ‘i l“? 6
purchased here:
Don’t let the child grow v
Without a Bicycle. Itis .
ambition of most chili.
to own one. Satisfy
longing this Chris u
Come in this store
choose from our stock one
many designs ft :‘ the girl
boy.
.ll‘ES may «4
a. -a
Velosipedes for Little Folk.
Fountain Pens
Flashlights and Batteries
Wrist Watches
Fishing P0125
tutional date for convening Congress
sewicestohumaru‘ty
. \i’iznicier may
be the case with
regard to Old
World
ualism '(and we
have given more
back to Europe
than we received
fro her) the
tru that is im-
portant‘10r us to
~ grasp to-day is
that there is a
world of dim
once between the
' '(0) m‘
individ and that which» we
anti-administration forces.
By forc-
,G. 0. P. machine and
Maintenance of their control in the
its protection
ing the righting on these proposals. from being wrecked.»
Idealism Is Bed Rock of
i“ U. 5. Has Given M
;_ From Old World,
This is the second a a scries 'o
court of Doubleday. age & Co.
wmflabm Honest, now Seer
by Americans
of American citizenship and ' ' '
pflaciples and spirit of on World '
ulism ‘
i 8.“‘*
from “Am
curry 0 Commons,
3): Built-t Hoogu- '
intern-toads a! higher “a “I
more precious a thing than all
the”. It ~ from W
infinitely more cadmium
from the one source ethos-an; ' '
lives the chants and stimulation
for development of the best.
which he has been endowed in
heart and‘mind: it lathe sole source
of program; it. is Amos-has. individ-
a
a greatly extended 1“ of
mm V
Ameiica’s‘Progress; .
are Of It Than She Has Received
Says Hoover, Defining Our Socieb
if?
and Miltolooed
of political beliefs. sacks to define
gross—that oaeLiadivldual shall so!" "
fillmthmubtho
”’ thenewbosohiu
forbismany‘
then-eastern.
Safety 38.8011 Fishing Tackle
Luggage ‘ Bicycle Lam?s
Cutlery 'Dog Collars
008m Wagons’ . Dog Leads
(811be tired) Air Guns
SPORTING GOODS
Sweaters ‘ Boxing Gloves
Foot Balls Guns
Mot Balls Rifles
AUTO ROBES AND BLANKETS
A.W.
as North in. snout
' noun-MADE
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South No
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Candies and L‘m‘m
NORWALK
, wc‘eesvs‘ Her
Assoamb XMAS CANDIES
FRESH DAILY
mama yZIbs. '
" 3 “Candy. ..... .........1
tap,39¢,lb.,3lbs.for S .
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