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EVENING SEN TINEL
.South Norwalk, Conn.
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A Thought for Today
A false balance is abomination
to the Lord: but. a just weight is his
delight—Proverbs i i :1.
Justice and truth are two points of
such exquisite delicacy. that our
course and blunted instruments will
not touch them nccurately.——Pnscal.
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150 Shopping Here.
Here we are again—right in the
throes of Christmas shopping. Those
of us—-nnd our names are legion—
who failed to heed the annual ”shop
early" advice. will find the coming
week e. hectic one.
W'hich is but a preamble to the giv-
ing of more advice. and good advice it
is. Do your Christmas shopping in
the Norwalks. This is not merely a
"boost our advertisers' " proposition——
it is worth-while advice and will save
you money as well us time and trou-
ble. It is a fact, easily demonstrable,
that a dollar will purchase more in
the way of Christmas gifts right here
at home than it will elsewhere.
Norwalk has some fine stores and
the proprietors ore to be
congratulated for the excellent stocks
they are showing. Not only are stocks
complete and modestly priced, but the
articles to ho had .n the, unions met-r
cuntlle establishments of this city com-
prise almost "c writhing under the
certainly
film."
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Norwnik merchants are not philan-
thropists. They are kit-n. alert busi-
lions: mcn. Thor went to make money.
Ami. on thu- whrtln, they do. Lint they
can afford to uuvlcrsml the bigger city
stores on man; nrticlcs~and do.
Rents are cheaper here. Executive
salaries are. less. The gcncd'al store
Overhead is less. In other words, the
cost of doing business——of handling
the customers order—is mtlch less
here than in larger cities. The buyer
be net‘lts.
There is anu'hr-r angle of the "t-I'V
at home" [‘l‘lp-‘Nill'll which thonld be
borne in mind Iw vw-l')’ c'tizen ot‘ Nor-
walk. livery 1oll:-.r spent in 3eur
home town adds to its prosperity. It
is an active dollar. It works for you.
It circulates briskly about anddqs a
heap of 330d. Not even a demon sta-
tistician could figure the ultimate ef-
fect on the general prosperity of a.
city. of one lone dollar spent hero
which might universally have been
started on its career of usefulness
elsewhere.
Home trade is co-operation of the
right. sort.
Let's t'o-operate.
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Leaving the Farms.
Many farmers and farmers' sons
ire leaving their homes and going to
the industrial centers. according to
the recent report of Secretary Wal-
lace of the agriculture department.
He estimates that during recent
months.twice as many people as us-
ual left the farms for city life.
Some people argue that the great-
ly increased use of machinery on the
farms. has decreased the demand for
farm labor, enabling agriculture to
get along with fewer human hands.
They also argue that the, decreased
purchasing power of Europe tends to
rcduce the demand for food products.
They say that. the country is produc-
ing more. food than it can sell, Ind so
a certain proportion of farm workers
are forced to migrate.
The opposite view feels that with
great masses of populations in Europe
suffering for food. there should be no
danger of there being to much of
farm products. It feels that if the
costs of distribution could be cut
down. more food stufls would be sold.
both in this country and in Europe.
Country life is more healthful than
conditions in the more ctowded see-
iions of the cities. The migration of
a large population into industrial
neighborhoods. is apt. to be followed
by a lowerscale of living. The people
who make this radical change should
do it with caution. they frequently
find they are jumping from the frying
pan into the fire. Conditions on the it
gammyuemmiastm, But
mwhtoottieeandgad
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high. they often regret. their change.
Country life perforate a certain
function in our social system. creating
forces that offset the more harmful
tendences of cities. It. is a national
misfortune when rural districts be-
come depopulated. -
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Luxury.
Too much prosperity is bad for us.
Luxury makes races decay... This
novel theory is advanced by Lund-
bot-g. Swedish professor.
Most. of us would be willing to take
a chance. , '
How-ever. the stomach thrives bet-
ter on plain roast beef. whole wheat
bread and boiled potatoes than on
lobster, c r and rich pics. 80 with
nations. Mun didn’t intend any of
us to have more than we actually
need to keep us alive and vigorous.
You never heard of a squirrel try—
ing to corner all the nuts in the
woods. to set. himself up as a nut mil-
lionaire.
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Jam.
New York City will have 25 million
inhabitants in another hundred years.
and 45 millions by the year 2222. So.
predicts its traffic expert. John A.
Harries. Other cities also will grow.
Feeding such a mob in a delightful
prospect for future farmers. The men
who till the soil already have about
all they can handle. in the way of
keeping city people alive.
Will they stand for 'their burden
being doubled, tripled, quadrupled,
and so on indefinitely? Not unless an
army of Henry Fords gets into the
farming business.
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Money. -
German prices by the end of the
ycnr will be at least 2000 times higher
than before the war.
If we had the same situation: A
suit of clothes that cost 825 before the
war would now be selling for 350,000.
And a house that used to rent for 840
would now bring the landlord 880,000
a. month.
It'd be great sport. spending so
much money-for a short time. But
how would you like the Job of try-
ing to make your income rise as fill-It
as cost of living. using German finan-
cial arithmetic?
Note and Comment.
Chile has so many earthquakes the
people may begin walking like sailors
and getting seasick.
Turkey refuses to place a limit on
her army which is the limit.
Tiny tivo toy trains. One for the
kids and one for father.
Give her an imported hair bruth
if you think she has impoirtcd hair.
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Shop late and enjoy the rush.
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Don't forget and give an English-
man Irish linen handkerchicfs.
0 O 0
If the French occupy the Ruhr Vul-
ley it may mean a war. You can give
some friend a wrist watch.
0 O 0
After raising cain about turkey
prices remember that a Christmas
goose costs a week's pay in Berlin.
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Manchuria wants America's worn-
out street cars. Sorry. Manchuria.
but we are using them.
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Chicago has a deafand dumb bar-
ber college. Long may they shave.
e e e
A rug as a gift makes a room as
snug as a. bug in a rug.
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Towels are nice clean gift‘.
a e -
Some .women want house drones
foll- Christmas. but movie tickets are
considered more useful.
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The boy will be disappointed if
there is no sawdust in sister's doll.
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Give daughter a razor so she will
not sharpen pencils with yours.
e e 0
When marking up a. price tag al-
ways be sure the person who receives
the gift will not‘exchange it. e
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The lighter electric n-one do not
out. like the heavy ones. :
e e e
What we need is a coal wave.
0 o o
Presidential .work is ruining Hand-
golfers can give.
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After calling a man a liar you often
find you missed your calling.
0 O 0 .
Basketball has tile place of football,
but like substitutes for highbalis. it
hasn't the kick. , ' -
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were exempt omens.
Eleoaon of moors featured the
meeting of the Men'e’A'lorabiy of the
Norwalk H. E. chum! held last night;
Following the. Muno- meeting. to-
.freahmenta were served and a social
% enjoyed. " . , - '
,J‘. t new officers fellow:
Preddente-John Ir-
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damage the wall or knock a husband ,
ing’s golf. which is an alibi‘very few - '
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BY MILTON BRONNER
NBA Staff Correspondent
i.) It I. I N
lcnten in war.
pledged to pay
inst rephra-
fions, deprived
of much of her
xlrhcst terri~
inry and as-
sets, her finall-
cial structure
interim: and
her industry
slacking
eve of lil23
finds Germany
threatened by
foes within.
livery threat
from
strengthens the
hands or‘ the
foes within.
France is demanding Germany live
up to the very letter of the bond sign-
ed at Versailles. There is always the
threat that more German
territory
will be occupied by French troops.
Such an occupation would increase
the financial burden of Germany,
seriously cripple industry in the new-
ly seized territory. and further pit/r-
alyze the German mark.
main
thnn
Germany- Pol isb. Austrian
Today thrice are only three
currencies which arc cheaper
that of
and Russian.
Every drop in the value of the Ger-
man mark upsets everything in Ger—
many. Every previous adjustment
has to be readjusted.
it forces the issue of more paper
money.
It causes people to stuff their wai-
lets with thousand and ten thousand
mark notes.
It increases the government's ex-
penditures because its employee get
newly increased wages, and unem-
get increased pensions.
3‘ Heat
thel
without '
ployed workmen and disabled soldiers
i it forces up the cost of everything
people eat em wean—in paper marks.
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It brings about univetsal demand
:for more wages—4n paper marks.
' It makes it ever more diflicult for
the country to buy abroad the food.
istul’i’s and raw materials Germany
{must have if people are to be fed and
clothed and if industry is to go on.
5 You would think that a Germany
Eln which the mark had tobogganed
from :50 to the dollar last May. to
about 8000 at one time in November.
would be in serious danger of becom~
:ing a second Bulls.
But Germany is not a second Rus-
;sia and not likely to be.
i The people are too intelligent and
itoo well cduc’ted.
0n the surface things seem to be
going well in Germany. There is lit-
.tle or no unemployment.
jabsent. The shops seem fairly well
‘siocked. The people seem decently
icloihed. The thoroughfarer are
,cleaner than in the average American
'ciiy. The trains take care of the traf-
‘fle and run on schedule.
. in Berlin, hotels-aid restaurants are
,jnmmr-d. In most theatc'rs a half day
ibefore the performance begins there
.15 the sign "ausverknuft"—"soid out."
not much of this selling prospbrity
is due to foreigners.
It is the. "auslanders" who crowd
the hotels and help fill theaters and
restaurants. It is they who patron-
;izs. the. taxis at 1500 to 6000 marks
nut: ride.
' Walk army from the brightly light-
.rd, well-kept main streets of erin.
liinmburg. Bremen. what city you will.
:nnd go to the dimly lighted streets
man picture.
‘ You find the middle clan—the
small tradesmen. the professors. the ‘
teachers. the old people who had re-
tircd before the war. the doctors—all
these people pinched by hard times
and sometimes almost starving.
Even the workmen " protected by
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with the
among‘he city wor
.peasant laborers.
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Germany—1923! “1.. Land, Of Strife.
their labor unions and thus enabled
to force up their earnings—4n pnper
marks—4nd their wages too small to
keep their families in comfort.
And it is here that the internal foes
of Germany get busy.
To the ion. stand the Communists.'
to some extent fortified By Bolehevik
money. .
To the right stand the monarehiats.
largely financed by the great land-
owning Junker class.
Communist agitators-ore very busy
They say the present republic is a
tint falltw'e.
Posters
designed to
billbotrdl.
In Bomburg I saw a red sheet; ~
[which asked the workman how he' '
Beggsrs are mould live when bread cost 800 marks
per loaf and hundreds of thousands .
of ”unwanted the streets jobless. It}
said wages were only within 60 per;
cent. of. the cost of living. It pro-'- I
claimed: that the real enemies of the;
wot-km were the «pit-lists.
solve to be led to the slaughter.
On the extreme right and more
dangerous to the sorely troubled re-
Xaiserists. They have
;their newspapers and their pamphle-
itee'cs. They. point out Germany's sad
plight. and then they bark back to the
good old-days under the kaiser. .
_ In some. sections of Germany. re-
cent, elections have shown an increase
in the voices to: the Menu-chill. party.
While the Communists dream of a red
revolution which will make Germany
and you find another side of the Ger— .Boloheyihi‘j‘he Monarohiste plan for
once
public are lb.
mother “putsch” which will
mote put them in the saddle.
My own. Judgment is that there, isi ‘
Monarchists
more danger from the
than fromthe Communists.
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. TOMORROW:
marketing with a drinking mark.
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d. When .we'guggest that you save a
W, amount each week in our
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Unless you have
Elie pleasing expo '
,e surprised—yes, del'
seesaw the small $1233.71”
pOSIted regularly accumulate e-
. .Just as drOps of water fan' \ i
with regularity into a pail .13. ll
fill It to overflowing, so Will the .l
penmes, nickles and dimes— ’
depOSIted weekly grow into a
fund sufficient to meet your
already had
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Holiday Expenses or for any
,1 other purpose you may have in
5 mind. .
The amounts are so small you
can easfly finance the member-
Ship of the entire family and not
miss the money.
. Make it. a Family Affair—Let 3
it be a. Big-Merry Xmas Next
Year.
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The First Deposit makes you a member. No
Fees, Fines nor Trouble. You get. back every ll
333‘}qu interest. NOW’S THE TIME TO {1’
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The Peeple’s Trust Co.
800133.30me CONN.
‘ The first Ban! Under the Bridge.
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kmqn aénd the'
inflame
lhougbtie. minds appear upon cityi .
the l :
leaders of the old political parties. and
in sheep who allowed them-I
no problems of:
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Successor to
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Furniture Dealers
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