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EVENING SENTINEL 3512‘°2.Zi°:2.:"3..."2‘1‘.‘121"..i332? You Just ‘sz’t Get Away From This Christmas Spirit 3AT THE THEATRES...
South Norwalk, COIIII. nus and our yielding to' temptation. ‘ ---**~f“' ‘r'rr ‘ ‘ 7 . , ‘ . g ' ‘_ - _\ ,, . . ’ . . - *
Established 1870 by James Gordon
3. L. a A. L. comes, Props.
EARL C. DELAND,
Editor and General Manager.
Issued daily. evenings. from Sentinel
building. 97 Washington street.
South Norwalk.
Telephone: Norwalk 92 and 98.
Branch Ofi'icc: 46 Wall street.
Norwnlk—Telephone: Norwalk 1888.
Single Copies . . . Three Cents
ltv .‘\l.lil .............. $9.00 per year
Entered at the South Norwalk Post
Office as Second Class Mall Matter.
Giving money to them confirms them
in their bad habits. Locking them up
in a Jail is no better. Putting these
people to work ‘in farm coloniel.
where they are cc/mpelled to work reg-
ularly and are kept from temptation,
; ma'y be a hopeful plan for such cases.
come up against difficulties too great
for them. ought to find generous
hearts. glad to tide them over their
troubles. The community is too ne-
glectful of such cases. The Salvation
Army does its best in Norwalk. Won't
The people who have had hard luck I
and. without fault of their cum. have ,
Miniature Almanac for Tomorrow
Sun rises 7:16, sets 4:28.
High title 3:21 a. 111., 3:23 p. m.
The Associated Press is exclusively,
entitled to the use for publication of
all news dispatches credited to it or
not otherwise in this newspaper and
also any local news published herein.
All rights of publication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
A Thought for Today
A new commandment I give unto
you. That )e lovp one another; as l
have loved Mm. that ye also love one.
another—John 13: 34.
U C C
This is true phiinllthroply. that bur-
ic-s not, its gold in Ostentstious char-
itv, but builds its hospital in the hu-
—-llariey
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:1pr the Clerks.
mull limit.
Christmas time is a merry time for
most, of us in Norwnik.
Pl'rllllps the several days immedi-Ji
ately preceding the holidays are not
so jmous for clerks in Norwalk stores
and ”Le deiiwl-y hols. Longer hours.
the hurrying crowds and the unusual
rush of business tend to mnko this a
difi’ivult 501150!) for these people who
some us so cheerfully nml courteously
throughout the year.
To Consider others is merely carry-
ing out the Christmas spirit. It is. in-
deml. a small llluttrr to order that
onlv one small bundle be delivered ati
onr's home.
necessitate a drive of several squares
extra thnt. this package, weighing.
perhaps, smernl ounces. may be de-
livered. It may mean just a. few
more minutes before a weary boy'j
mav rench his home. It may mean a
little more latmr for a tired horse. It
means extra work in routing. The
clerk must write out an extra slip.
Separately. these items are negllgu-
llln. Put together and multiplied by'
the hundreds of thoughtless persons.
purchases
Yet that, some order mnyl
“ho lnnv nlnke several
.lnliv at this season. the total of effort
In grrntw-trm great.
“no person's thoughtfulne- may
snu- half a. dozen others’ inconveni-
lenre.
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Clean Sidewalks.
“'lth the prediction of a white
Christmas comes the plaintive with
from many residents of Norwalk and
the vicinity. "I hope they'll shovel
the walks and sprinkle ashes over the
icy places."
Pedestrians walking in the vicinity]
of “’aahlngton school. and near the
railroad station_ have already been
considerably inconvenienced by patch.
on of glare ice on the sidewalks. It
resolves itself into a. question of slid-
ing along cautiously. wishing for
”creepers." or else taking boldly to
the middle of the road after eques-
trian fashion.
While it isn't a. task to one's choice
to ply ice pick and snow shovel.
there's a vast amount of satisfaction
in keeping clean walks—and, further-
more. it's a convenience to those in
the neighborhood.
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Won’t You Help.
One last plea on the eve of Christ-
nlas~hnve you made your contribu—
tion to the Norwalk Salvation Army
Christmas fund? Don't overlook this
most worthy charity. Give—and give
again.
"The poor ye have always with
you." said the Savior, and the prob-
lem of how to deal with people who
_ u-.-..._-
are suffering {ram Wrwrty
It is often pitiful to see how
alrug‘stlilii.’ and worthy 980910 are
ii‘lfli'f‘ll‘il. Many of them are asham-
wi to usk for aid. and they may have
run Tlii‘ll'ifl who will do things for
mini rlntlml. and no one seems to rea-
"“ ”1- *0 Ul‘i' scrape along, poorly fed
ill."
a
5%
present.
fin-thr- other hand, one
prolrsslollnl charity seekers. who so-
lii‘it help from \nrious societies and
lnrll\irlll:lls, nml may get enough from
:1 Wills \nriety of sources to anure
them support without doing In! work.
Charitable
finds the
people and societies
should not be fooled by habitual b.8-
gnrs. Yv-t. if charity becomes me-
chanienl
and insists on too high 3
it (all. to help many Deovle'
lost their courage and are
vlv to give up fighting.
st. charity is the kind that
holpg people to secure a place in th
working World and acquire Ibilit te:
wpport themselves. Finding werkyi'o:
)5 m“ does him more =
use him no...” '°°° “in sin-
standard
who haw
about, no
Th0 he
~ stomach.
die for 810.000 may have expected to
play at a New Year dance.
side dope on the war and it seems
that ignorance is not Bliss.
dren and we Just wonder if she will
live to s. hundred. .-
fun and have
too.
“”090! action: We new
you help?
the rest.
ning the sawmill. will be shared.
property
A
jointly by the community.
This experiment will
the lazy
Work
the others to support them.
quickly? A conservative
would be a. third.
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Wonderful !
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tion of an ounce
standing still. Weight
trifle when you move west.
is the latest claim,
Einstein.
Applying it to railroading. a. loaded
40 pounds when traveling east 25
miles an hour. and gains 40 pounds
when journeying west at the same
speed.
By 1924 it probably will be proved
that black is white. Mathematicians
can be an artist without let-
ting the hair grow long or wearing a
shabby velvet jacket. So says Blane
da Lezze.
the l'nlterl States. He's
portrait painter of wonien.
Long hair and velvet Jacket. how-
ever, help by giving the artist atmos-
One
phere. Life's a play and should be
staged fittingly. at work and in the
home.
Why do so many artists like long
hair? A few geniuses started it.
Lesser satellites copied. All of us
are hero-worshipers and copycats.
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Editorial Notes.
“This world is so full of a num<
ber of things." sang Louis. They
found 20 needles in an Iowa wbman's
ml
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What is worse than getting two ties
exactly alike for Christmas?
0 O 0
A wise man never goes hunting
with an enemy of his.
C O 0
Making love is often simple be-
cause the people who mnke it are.
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Cheer up! Only six more months
until it will be too hot.
0 O O
A brisk demand for whiskbrooms
is the natural result of drinking
holiday home-brew.
O 0
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A cook tells us the most. misun-
derstood thing on earth is hash.
0 U 0
Duck hunters report a big crop of
sparrows: V
s s e
Just before a man's wife talks him
to death he hopes his worst enemy
is her next husband. i
. O O 0
It is estii‘hted the average man
could learn to beat a drum with the
energy spent shaking hands.
C A, ,;
'l'he rumor that there will be an-
other war is four years old now.
0 O 0
Some towns are so lucky. Insur-
ance man is missing in Cleveland.
s s s ‘
A man about town is usually about
broke. ' A ( .v'
C O C
All the world likes a. liker.
s a e
The Ohio man who insured his fid-
. 0 0
General Bliss is writing some in-
x
s e 0
Alabama woman of 38 has. 17 chil-
. or s 0
You" can't have your“ Christmas
your Christmas'funds.
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no. xiii New
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Sharing.
Sixty families will try out “ideal
communism" in the Arrow River
Valley of Canada. Land will be
equally divided. crops shared so that
no one will get more or less than
Other work. such as run-
except clothing and house-
hold goods will be owned and used
until
and shirtless show up in
their true colors and begin wanting
In 60
families. how many will get "winded";
estimate
walking east you weigh a frac-
less than when
increases a
Such
in the wake of
freight car weighing 100 tons loses
already are doubtful that two plus
two exactly equals four.
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Genius.
Venetian painter visiting.
formed as'
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haxe [u l 9
so long as im‘
not
violence.
speech they have
a. freedom which
causes wonder-
ment to
from our
lie.
German
munlsm
repub-
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ls not
it has
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members in the Reichstag. a consid-
erable press and a number of book-
I. menace.
publishing firms. Pamphlets that
would lead. among us. to nctiOn
against those responsible for them. are
taken as a matter of course- here.
' On the news stands all over Ger-
many I found a 1923 Communist enl-
endar addressed laborers on» the
farms. For each onth there was a
violent cartoon. For instance. for
April there was a brutal-looking land-
owner threatening ..his workers with
his cane. Under the picture was a
rhyme which literally translated
reads:
"The landowner gazes threaten-
ingly.
"The wage slaves silently bend to
their work."
This same publication contains an
article on Russia. painted
colors.
There are perhaps a dozen Com-
munist papers in Germany. the lead-
ing one being "Die Role Fahne"-—'l‘he
Red Flag—founded 2y ,Karl
knecht and Rosa Luxemzurg. who
were killed during the Communist
riots in Berlin three years ago.
said the sheets are subsidized by
Russian Soviets.
In the present Reichstag there are
the
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HY MILTON BRONNl-Jlt lelcven Communist members. includ-
l NBA Stall Cmrcswmdent Bing the picturesque old firebrand. Frau
* Eltl.l.\'.- —— Ger- 1 Clara chkin.’ representing a suburb of
many is today a ' Stuttgart.
country where the,
Junkers.
To Max Doerr, an editor of the ”Dis
question
whether they aimed to bring Germany
lRote l-‘ahne.” I put the
.iho "paradise" of Russia.
l lloerr. a’ member of the Berlin
town council. to whom I lecuhd IA-
mission after
to walk in on him in. “meg-aid:
"We aim at a government by the
ivvorkers and mainly for the workern.
. because they constitute the bulk of the
; people. They overthrew the monarchy.
illut have never had a government en-
'tirely by them.
"It is untrue that most of our finan-
cial support . and our theoretical in-
1 spirntlon
years before the Russian Soviets ex-
'isted. we had an active Communist
f party in Germany.
"Our biggest internal policy is to
protect. the eight-hour day: which the
factory owners are trying to take
:nway. Externally we consider the
French workmen our brothers and
are willing that German work and
:goods shall restore war-ravaged north-
’eru li‘rnnce.
_ "Rut we want to be sure that our
:li‘rench brothers get the benefit. A
.eontract between the chh Liberi-
sac and the German Bunnes for this
swork reads well. But we notice that
Stinnes is to get six per cent. Perhaps
a lot of French contractors are also:
jsix per cent patriotl."
’ "How about the riots in Cologne.
inresden and Dusseldorf. They say
,your Communist leader stirred them
up?
. It is significant that the Reichstag
st Reliantommunists are not only from indus-
rliv'itrlal cities where there is much dis-
do ; content and poverty.
use Phl‘Ml‘MiJcnal. seat of the famous university.
wind from Hanover. where Hindenburg
In Writing and lives. supposedly a stronghold of the
but also from
passing a number of
only a part.“ hm'doors which were unbolted and re-_
limited. as it said the Berlin police tr:
come from Russia. For
GERMAN REDS BUSY EVERYWHERE
its
Doerr.
small peasant farmers and small shop-
kecplng class. if they identify us with
these piundereds we will lose them.
You will and no Communist adxocat-
in; such direct action."
"That is wholly untrue." declared
"We want for our party the
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'Three Vaudeville Shows with man
The Palace will today present the
shows, the feature of which this week
is the Nat "Hokum"
piece.” "The Doctor Shop." This vaude-
ville number has been one of the big-
gest. hits‘bf the year and the Palace
is sure of capacity business in spite of
the counter nth-action that
in the anal
Christmas. In addition' to the vauden
Mlle bill Frank Mayo will he starred'
in the
Binding."
Palace patrons will be pleased with it.
Dustin Far-mun Stars in ‘M‘hile saus-
tice \Vsits" New Fox Special.
"While Justice Waits." a new Fox
special with Dustin Farnum in the
stellar role and supported by an ex-
ceptional cast will be the
Eve attraction at the
Palace Theatres.
has made some excellent pictures of
late but critics are agreed that “While
Justice Waits" is his very best effort.
The picture comes to Norwalk .4! a
pus-release having been
Manager David Esterson as a special
attraction for the holiday eve.
one that Norwalkers will thoroughly
enjoy and it will afford them Just the
right kind of entertainment for
season.’
PALACE ‘TODAY.
ing a,
three Saturday vaudeville
Farnum after- :
is furn-
preparations for
John
Universal special “Caught
This is a feature of more
usual interest and appeal and “By
SUNDAY EVENING.
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