relics m escrow-Krupp - .. (Continued From Page One) best. It is said that the best hares fur comes from Saxony. Russia and lcoiland. The development of a hat is won- 'derfully interesting. In a little room off from the main factory of the Crofut and Knapp com- pany. there are stacks of paper bags. These bags contain the soft. white or gray fur of the hares. To look at the fur one would never think that it could make the still derbles and soft felt hats that men wear everywherc. This fur goes to a room. is mixed with various grades of fur. some to give it firmness. some to give it tex- ture. It is also caroffed. i.e. treated with acid so the particles of fur will cling together. Then it is blown up in the air inside a. screen container. and all the dust and sediment falls to the bottom. which is packed in bags and sold as fertldzer. This shows how specialization of labor and effl- clent management in this modern age eliminates much waste in our indus- tries. Next. the fur is weighed on special scales. 3 1- 2 ounces of fur make the average hat. Men ought not to com- plain as much as women about head- aches! J. machine blows the fur that is weighed out onto a. perforated cono. It is fascinating to watch the fur fly out of the machine and cling to the revolving cone. This is due to a high speed fan creating a. vacuum within the cone. The cone is dropped into hot water where a gradual shrinking preccss of the fur begins. The. fut then is lifted from the cone and be- hold. it has a body to it and is cone shaped. A man folds and rolls what is now called a. “hat." Another man wets it with brush and hot water and rolls it in open mesh. burlap. Thc felt shrinks with the friction on the hot water. It must be handled care- fully now until it gets hard. hecausc if dipped suddenly into hot. water the parts of fur would dlrintegrate and then the previous work would be all for nothing. . Old men. middle-aged men and young men do this work. and al- though the steam from the hot Ia- ter makes the room of an uncomfort- able temperature. they all look happy and smile and joke together. Next. the “but" is rolled thin at the tip .and thicker at the brim. still keeping the original com-shape. The sense of touch plays an important feature here. it is said that blind men are more keen in this sense. having lost the one of sight. It is a mere spec- ulation, but why couldn‘t they be- come batters? The idea is commonly prevalent that when a man goes to work in a hat factory. or any other kind of a factory. he begins at the bottom. do- ing the simplest Jobs. and advancing according to his skill. This, how- ever. is far from right. A hatter learns how to do Just one process. but he learns how to do that one pro- cess well. He makes it his trade. The "hat" is now thoroughly exam- ined for any flaws. defects or foreign material. If there is a hole. and it is a small one. a skilled workman with a piece of fur. hot water and a brush can save it. Otherwise it will have to be sent back to the picking machine (which the men call “The Devil") and torn apart and made all over. Perhaps a man has noticed how some of his hats have thin brims. and others much thicker. The “Cavsnagh edge" (invented by John Cav-anagh. president of the Crofut d: Knapp Co.) is a. feature characteristic of only Crofut 6; Knapp hats. It is like a hem around the brim 2f the hat and serves both as reinforcement and as a saver of waste. lists which do not have this edge are trimmed and cut down. and often a whole inch of brim is cut off. The multirollcr machine is the next step in liatmaking. This shrinks the felt and continues the felting process in a most uniform way. One can see how the hat. gcts smaller and small- er. Ne'st. it goes into the sizing ma- chine. The word "sizing" has an en- tirely different connation to hatters than to other kinds of workers. It means here simply shrinking the felt‘t into the correct size necessary for the hat. Then it is carried into e drying room. a room just full of hot air. Here it is shaved. not with a razor. but with a machine called the "lawnmower." The big problem in hot making is to get th; hair out of the felt. because it won't shrink or become at all manageable. Then the ‘hat gets its second sizing. For the Cavanagh edge hat it is final. nothing is ever cut of! it after that. It is read- ily seen therefore that the hat must be the perfect shape and measure- ment. To a visitor. the dyeing room is one of the most interesting. Hugs wood- en kettles. or copper kettles. of dye- stuff fill the room. There are rein- .torced bottoms on these kettles with perforations in them. to keep the hats from touching the wooden bot- toms. Wooden containers are not as gain! as copper ones because some- times the color from a previous dye- ing process comes of! into the water from the wooden sides. Men twirl and dip the hats up and down in the dye with long poles so as to keep the color even. Modern invention has come to the aid of the batters and a new patent dyeing machine is now on the market. Some of these machines are installed at the Crofut and Knapp factory. How are hats stiffened? Simply by putting a small quantity of shellac (mixed with water and soda to bring it to a solution) on the brims. For derbies. the shellac comes through pipes. the rollers go together and push the shellac over the hat. There are different. grades of stiffening. Three machines now do an impor- tant part of the hat making process. One of these stretches the tip. anoth- cr stretches the brim. and the third blocks it. A most skilled workman attends to this job. Hanging above him are rings. all sizes to fit -‘l heads. The worker lowers or raises the low. er. according to the depth printed on the ticket. 5 1-2, 6, 6 1-4. etc. This particular man at the Crofut and Knapp plant has been blocking hats for 35 years. and he certainly can do them efficiently. Immediately after the blocking the hats are thrown into a tub of cold watt-r. and are here cooled off to hold their shapv. There are some who block the hats by hand. There make the most perfect hats. A steel trench smooths the hat. and a wooden crown shapes it. All of the Caxanugh edge hats are blocked and brims cooled by hand. The men's hands become very hard and callous from dipping them in hot water so much. A most noticeable fact about this hat factory is thit: credit seems to be given where cre- dit is due. This praise stirs the workers on to greater effort. Another noticeable fact is that the Workers every one of them all seem so proud of their factory. They say tht: Crofut and Knnpp hats are the limit. The "sizing" is more than a mere routine protess. The final measure- ment of each hat miist be exact in all proportions. This demands judg- ment and accuracy on the part. of the workers. especially since some felts stretch more than others. “l’oum-ing" is a finer shining pro- cess. using a very fine piece of sand- paper to cut off the outside hair. All these processes so far described are called the back shop. Now for the front shop. where the first thing that is done is to fit and tie each but to a block to keep its shape. The brim is then ironed by an iron that revolves as the hat goes around, making it even and smoother than if done by hand. The hot next goes to the trimming room where the bands and silk linings are put on. The leathers are cut to a standard. and the factory has its own printing shop where the trademark is stamped on in colors. For unlined hats the trademark is stamped on satin. with a vulcanized rubber back. and is applied to the hat by,hcat. Each hat is curled with a hot tool. and is then fitted tight. over a wood- en "falange" or mould. A cloth is new tied down over the hat. The hot is ironed. and then put into a box of heated sand that hard- ens the brim into the falange shape. All the hats are then cleaned and brushed and carefully inspected be- fore golng into the packing boxes. With the fur from France. Belgium. Russia. Saxony. the shellac from In- dia. the dyestuffs from South Ameri- ca. the silks from China and Japan. the straw from Baccock and Italy. and the wood and steel from this country. imagine how long it. would take one man to make one hat all by himself today. It would be harder to figure out than one's income tax. The new factory of the Crofut and Knapp company will open the first of November. it is expected. _ The dan- ger and discomfort of steam. chemi- cal acids. dust. etc.. will be entirely eliminated by modern appliances. The most modern methods for conveying light to the workers will be installed. and even the temperature will be regulated so as to be the same winter and summer. \Vhatever may be said critically of big corporations and large business enterprises they at least have these advantages: they can give steadier employment to their workers. better wages and more comfortable working conditions. WAR VETS .Continued From Page One) s trip to Hartford to confers with Su- perintendent Hurley, regarding the appointments just made. HARTFORD. July 7.—-Announce- ment of the appointment of ten ad- ditional State policemen- was made yesterday by Superintendent Robert NOT ALI. BUT ”LEAVE HOME FOR IIIE MOVIES DAILY SENTINEL GIRLS There have been runaway'boys‘nnds girls who leave home to find adventure since the beginning of time. In thb‘ old days before we had motion pictures this quest of the rainbow and univetx say symptom of wanderlust were laid at the door of youthful impatience with the humdrum things of life..aince motion pictures came to take'the blame for the world's short-comings. the lure of the “fiilums': have been" blamed for every runaway boy and girl. The New York Sun and Globe in an investigation on this subject offers the following interesting report from The Travelers Aid: ~ "The experience of social workers here shows that the majority of runag way girls from other cities come here to enter the movies. in four months The Travelers Aid Society has had nine girls and three boys runaway from other cities seeking movie careers. The county charities handle 325 transients a. month. 25 per cent. including boys girls and families. Half of the girls some to enter the movies. “ ‘Since January 1 thirty young mar- ried couples haV'e hiked from the cast to enter the movies. > “In one year the juvenile court has dealt with :68 girl runaways. 10 per cent being from other cities. All were influenced by the movies. The. Juvenile police bureau has cared for from twelve to fifteen runaway boy. and girls a month. -One out of six is seeking a movie career. "The Service. Bureau: which handles 'almost half of the unemployment in the motion picture industry. has or). pllcntlons from three or four new women and girls daily. All are in— experienced and are advised to seek other work." “BILL” HART wmus A. BOOK; TO BE PATRICK HENRY 1N PICTURE “A Lighter of Flames" is the title of a highly interesting novel. based on the character and career of Patrick Henry. which promises to be one of the "best sellers” of the coming sca- son. ~And double interest will be at- tached to it through the fact that it is from the pen of none other than \Villinm S. Hart. who has made a study of the life of Patrick Henry for many years. Furthermore. a few months later a film version of the same story. with Bill Hart portraying Patrick Henry. will probably be among the best sellers of the cinema. world. The novel is to be published this fall by Cronell & Co. of New York. and from advance reports the publish- ers ate expecting gloat results. It is to be illustrated with drawings by James Montgomery Hang. Three years ago. before he started T. Hurley. They are: Thomas J. Henry. 3i. toolmaker. Bridgeport: louis J. (uneo 36. hsttcr. \‘orvvzslk Hugh Ellsworth “wide. 25. lineman. Canaan: “alter J. Anwood. 33. sta- tinnnr) fireman. Montvllle: “'altcr Hardisty. 27. gardener. Salisbury: Theodore I‘. \Yoodin. 22. carpenter. Salisbury: \anter T. Rahr. 22. me- chanic. Fairfield: John F. Gondsk. 21. automobile salesman. South Glaston- bury; Edward Kea'hg. ZS. hatter. Danbury; Robert Stevens. '26. electri- cian. 650 Broad street. Hartford. \‘i‘ith 10 recruits appointed in June. the selections now announced make a total of 20 appointed of the 30 additional men authorized by the recent session of the Legislature. Wit and .Wisdom Passengers on incoming steam- ships now may say as they touch the edge of the territorial waters. “W'eil. this is the limit." and mean every word of it.-—-Cincinanti En- quirer. A' diplomat is a mother who gets the lawn mowed by discreet praise of little \Villie's remarkable biceps —letimore Sun. “'cll. that country postmistrcss in lndinna who recehed a day's sen- tence for reading private mail has vindicated about a thousand news- paper paragraphers.-Detrolt News. Traffic in Sofia is said to have be- come normal after the Bulgarian rev- olution. Maybe we had better try one in this country—Nashville Ban- her. The red “Stop" sign on the tail light helps some. but what we really need is something of that kind on the radiator cap—Akron Beacon Jour- nal. BEALL‘I‘Y TRANSACTIONS. Administrators deed frdm the estate of Joseph Abrahams to Nettie Jaffe. conveying premises at No. 0 “later Street. Second District was passod’at the office of Taylor & Cuneo yester- day afternoon. \i'srranty Deed conveying premises on Putnam Avenue. Second District from William H. McMahon to Fannie Fosenlaeig was passed at the office of Taylor d: Cuneo. to write the story as a. novel. Bill Hart drafted it into a film synopsis and had it copyright. d. For years he has dreamed of portraying the char- acter of the great. orator who gave the world the immortal appeal. "As for me. ghe me. liberty Or she me death!" But lmfore he felt that the time “as opportune for the film ver- sion of this costume story be imposed upon himself his two year-5' absence from the semen \Vhen last week he confirmed the news that be will return to the screen \cr) soon. beginning work in about thirty days with his own unit. produc- ing “'estern features ‘.\ir. Hart sail that he has five stoflcs from which to choose for the first of the new series. It will not be "A Lighter of Flames." template filming publication. that until after its Fool Bathing Censors. (“'aterbury Republican) Bathing beach censors. in their per- ennial fashion. are making a‘ great deal of unnecessary trouble for them- Isclves and the bathcrs and a great Ideal of shop-worn and tiresome hum- or for the gench public. The proper standard of Judgement is so perfec'ly simple and obvious that the failure of the censors to grasp it can only le accounted for on the ground that they deliberatelylcnurt frvn advertisan fI‘r themselves and the establishments they are set to guard. A swimming onstume which would be perfectly modest by every criterion employed in judging street unstunn-s would not be fit to swim in. and could be used for that purpose only at the imminent peril of the wearer's life. On the other hand. a. costume which is fit to swim in by the judgement of these 'wbn make swimming \‘trtuully their profession. could not crfmceivn~ bly be modest by any criterion em- ployed in juding ordinary attire. if the question of modestry is going to be taken up on its merits. then it ought to be admitted that a bathing costume is necessarily immodest. It docs not follow that human be- ings should be prohibied from bath- ing. The moral is merely that ,a. dis- tinction should be drawn and enforced between bathing dnd promenading. If young women. or young men either. for that matter. come to the beach in one-piece swimming costumes but with an obvious and persistent disclination to swim. let the voice of the law ad- monish them to don wraps. But if they came decorously wrapped. and remove their wrappings only to go in the wa- for. there is no just criticism for the authorities to make exoept on the possible ground of outright inde- cency.And that is a. matter which has nothing to do with modesty. or the lack of it. hon-m er, as he does not con-l. STOBBS iIENS LAYING MORE .Leghorns Keep the Baskets Filled—A Few Hints on Feeding. STORES. July 7.—Hens are not concerned with 4th of July celebra- lions. Labor Day parades. \veek ends at the shore and all that sort of thing. They do. however, respond to extra care during the summer season by more nearly filling the egg basket at a time when egg production all over the country is declining. The binds in the laying contest at Sierra actually exceeded the previous weeks performance by nearly 100 eggs. The market for hen fruit is firmer. The price of eggs has turned upward and will climb more or less steadily until the first of ncxt November. Thus it behooves poultrymen during this period of rising prices to get all the eggs they can. Even though the range looks fair enough an extra morsel of green food such as Swiss chard. rape or clover will be relished by the. hens in about the same fashion as a kid get— ting a meal away from home. Leghorns literally had everything their own way last week. Hollywood h‘arm‘s pen from Hollywood. “'ashing— ton. bcnt'all the others with a score of 57 eggs. Two other pens of Leghsrns owned by 11‘. M. Johnson of \Vaidobnro. Maine. and Meadowedge lt‘arm from t‘edsrhumt. L. I.. tied for second place with 54 eggs each. Pussy \Villow Egg 1 ‘arms pen of the same breed from East \iexicbes. L. I.. finished in third place with a lay of 53 eggs. Two more pens of Inglimns entered by Andr-wv L. 0hr of \\'.allingford Conn.. snvl M. J. Quackonbush of \‘utlev. New Jeisev. tied for fouith place with _51 egzs each. The total production for all pens “as 3.7 74 eggs or a yield of 56 per cent Baptist Church Victor 1“ Stzilise. pastor. Services as tollowm Sunday. public worship with sermon by pastor. 10: 30 a. m.. sut-Iect: “The Choises that tit us for life.‘ liible school at l'Jm \Iiducck senior: 'lhursda) uening at 5 o'clock. Sunday eevning will be the second Union Service with the \ieth- odist church. These 1 nion services are proving to be very helpful to those that attend. The meeting next will be in charge of the young peo- ple of the two churches. The service will be held in the Methodist church at 7:30 p. m. The strangers. as well as the residents of the community are cordially invited to attend. Sunday evening Program for Sunday school promo- tion day service at Christ church. iinst Norwalk. Sunday evening. at 8 o‘clock. Hymn, "Jesus King of Glory." Prayer. 23rd Psalm. Scripture. Hymn. "I think when I read." Reading of compositions by pupils: "Building of the Ark" by Mary Ro- bet-ts. ‘ "John the Baptist" by Irene Hail- end. "Miracles of Jesus" by Elinor Erickson. “The Christian Name" by Anna May Hawkins. "The Rights of Parents" by Doris Pennoyer. Hymn. “Once in royal David's city." "The Rights of Parents" by Olive Erickson. “Importance of Doing What Right" by Louise Hailend. "Paul's Advice About Meats" by Alice Taylor. ' "‘The Love that Makes All Men Brothers" by Julia. Clark. is "Children in Fur" by Fio‘renée Amundsen. Hymn. “Forward Through the Ages." . Awarding of certificates. onertory Hymn. "Stand up for Jesus." . Closing prayer and benediction. Hymn. "Onward Christian Sol- dlers." Cehebe’s "£9120 alibi-2M P30“ 531 Deaths and Funerals Frank Stranb , Frank Straub died early this morn- ing at his home. 6 Day street. aged 2.. He is survived by three brothers. Jacob. Lawrence. and John. of Nor- walk: two sisters. one. step-sister. They are Mrs. Elizabeth Tobey. Miss Mary Straub and Miss Gertrude M. Joyce. at; of Norwaik. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 8280 from the ‘nte. home and at 9 o'clock from St. Joseph’s church. Interment will be in the family plot. St. Man's cemetery. Edward Hussey eran of the world war and son of Mrs. Lena Hussey of 37 Ely avenue. died at his home. early this morning after a lingering illness. Besides his mother. he is survived by one sister. Mrs. John Finn of Stamford. The funeral will take place from his late home Mon- day with a high mass at 9 o'clock of St. Joaoph's church. Burial will be. in St. Mary's cemetery. '«al gas in La m'ora. Spain. cu. is nine cents per cubi: meter. ,va ._ ”My” ......ou- SATURDAY.- JULY 7,1923. Nor-alt Gould m E. E. Gale. Supt. Albert Monroe. Pres Monroe Sc. So. Norwslk We expect to have with us Staff Capt. Lewis. and some of her helpe'g of the American Volunteers. Car-t Lewis is one of the best Speakers 1,. this country. There will be a very i“. spiring and helpful song service log. log twenty minutes. Service begins a: 3:15 sharp D, s_ T. Edward Husey. aged 31 years, a vet- ' ‘s‘P'E CIA' 'Ts Fo'R‘TH'u‘ WEEK Macaroni. Spaghetti or Noodles .; 10c pkg. Kirkman's Borax Seep, 5 bars for ........ . 23c Clover or Magnolia Condensed Milk.... ...... ....15ccan Early June Peas 15¢: can A. STULL 24 Cottisge St. East Nat-walk some for the better. right 7 to you to have them surveyed. suggestions to offer. ‘55 Washington St. 30 Church St. Let us analyse them for you. Send us a list of your holdings' . 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