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_ to-day approvedplans
Vitta dry armada into action to
"fthe seas .free of rum run-
, ,MThe plan was approved after
erences among President Cool-
. "and Prohibition Commis-
-er Haynes and Secretary of the
Q Mellon. A Congressional
”nation of $20,000,000 will be
0.-—- ‘neoessary funds.
G Britain permitting
limit Will have been ratified.
They' will, however. be
(A. larger number of especially
: -ed craft are to be purchased
"'-- ,manned. These will cooperate
tho. meaty-six coast guard cut-
coast guard is now capable.
with the latest communicating
2. ‘ I The new see. warfare_ will be
unched shortly after the opening
” Congress. December 8. when
.. tary Mellon will ask for the
quiet existence on a freighter.
e
,The new craft will follow in ten-
eral design the submarine chasers
which won fame during the war.
,much
faster and capable of overhauling
the -fleetest of the rum runners, a
feat of which only one-hip in the
', The new ships are to be equipged
p-
|recruits secured from seamen wh
prefer the thrill of a scirmish to a
.The. large Coast Guard cutter!
he Consumer ,_
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Special Sale of Fashionable
Frocks for Misses
‘ Grouped together and taken from one very
3 beautiful collection of misses' gowns are fine
f . Poiret Twill frocks, beauy'bully tailored and
. , . braided with soutache or Wide silk braid. Then
there are tailored jersey dresses so exceedingly
popular and youthful. Soft silks and satins which
answer for dressier"occasions or Sunday wear as
well as many velvet models. Some having short
sleeves, basque like waists and bouflant skirts;
others with tight long sleeves so fashionable for
«grown-ups. All are designed for young people
- ~who dress really smartly, young people of 13 to
19 years. Many frocks in this group have been
priced as high as $35 '
$19.95
- Bathrobes Combine Beauty
. With Warmth
Here are lounging and bathrobes made of
famous Beacon Blankets, bound with handsome
satin ribbon, or eiderdown robes-in all the deli-
cate colorings either tailored, finished with silk
cords or bound with satin ribbons. They indeed _
combine beauty and luxurious comfort. All sizes.
' $3.95 to' $9.50
Second floor.
Silk Jersey Petticoats
$3.95 '
Gathered together are newest petti-
costs of heavy clinging Orkeda and silk
jersey. Some have scalloped hems
edged wit}- siik fringe while others have
. plain tucked hams. All are exceedingly ‘
good looking and they certainly give the
impression of being wonderful wearing
skirts. Green. navy, black, red, brown,
tan, etc. .
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Fans Accoihpany Evemng
Fashions
Special Sale,
We have made a lucky purchase of
.7 some handsome .biack ostrich feather
fancies hich have 20 tortoise shell col-
ored stic We can let you have them
for a very small price—particularly
small since fans are so fashionable. $5.00
Small Fans with white imitation ivory
sticks sparkle with solid spangled stir-
.. {,ace. These are alnew suggestion from
' Specially priced, , ‘ $2.00
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Your Maid should be Smartly
Dressed 'for Thanksgiving
in beautifully and, bountifully set Thanksgiving liable sur-
rounded by‘ a brilliant
maid in the background is the correct picture for Thanks- ,
giving dinners. ‘ . ' - «
Maide’ Aprons may be had in a‘
ale and styles. ' ‘ ~ -‘
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600m mulls
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By that time. he
bel yes. the proposed treaty with
search
Mid ‘scisure outside the three-mile
twelve mile limit.
rum ehiprieeve their home-ports, in
the Bahamas. but instead of trying
to'stop them. will radio the deei d.
information-10 one of .the ml or
craft. These-will pick up the trail
and hang on until the twelve-mile
waters are reached: when ,they. will
go into- action. - '
an initial'appropriation it would be
u
pufchsse ships.‘ .
will be under the direct supervision
or the Coast Guard. Mr. Mellon de:~
clared. but will cooperate with the
Prohibition Bureauw '
'ARTBECOMFS ~ '
. “ paratus. will be heavily armed an?
an of artistic inclination thinks of
art education from the
v
course of study at some art in-
stitute. the expenditure of much
time and money. and with the ob-
ject of becoming efficient in land~
scape. portrait painting or sculp-
ture. The. vast- majority.
matter.
term "commercial art and design-
ing." They do not realise that tre-
mendous strides forward have been
made in recent years in the artis-
tic standards of almost all manu- thirteen pages of reading advertis-
lectured articles. log. a total of twenty pages.
The term “commercial design- The value of seven pages of ad-
ing" embraces a tremendous field.
All illustrations for advertisements.
posters. street car cards and labels.
- all designs for magizine and trade
paper cavern are included in the page; of reading matter and eighty-
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”a without " " leisuinlestlon --commei-clal nus.
‘ ’ t!!! trating. There Entrapment“:
field. however. for the exploitation
of an textiles and fabricsr outlines,
cretonnes. silks. drew coeds. dra-
psfles. rugs and carpets. damask!
and table linen, alone 'insures the
employment of thousands of. 'men
and women and an investm t of
inanymillions of dollarspannually.
They will watch
’ecretary Mellon declared that as dun-y alone hung; the gem“
‘of tens of themands of artists. the
ecessary to ask for 34.00030. to muoflty'ot whom” ".9 employed as
.The operation 9‘ the "dry navy" aried men and women are engaged
as furniture designers. The mama-
facture of Jewelry, silyer plate'an'd
silverware of 'every description re-
'quires the services of hundreds of
artlsta‘most. of whom are paid high
salaries. ‘ _ ‘ .
The illustration on the millions
catalogues. folders. circulars. etc”
result-m millions of dollars' worth
of commercial designers. and illus.
trafions. Lighting fixtures and lamp
standards. decorative architectural
features. stained glass. windows, ec-
clesiastical objects are all designed
before they. can be manufactured.
and artistic talent of the ’highest
order is employed in their design.
One has only to compare the
illustrations, in the advertising
pages of a modern magazine with
the pages in the editions of twenty
or twenty-five years ago to appro-
ciste what tremendous strides have
been made in artistic standafds and
methods of representation: A copy
of the Saturday Evening Post of
September; the 8th, 1902. contains
imm—
cultural
iewpoint mainly involvmg I.
ihat
the
for
scarcely understand
vertising could not have exceeded
thirty thousand dollars. A recent
issue of the same publication con-
tains seventy-nine and a quarter
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- I Our Oriental Rugs offered at prices within
the reach of all purses, have been greeted with
SlFl'i great enthusiasm that we are again offering
you the chance to purchase a very large and
varied selection at 0 ” ‘
Kirslieliirs Km .
_ Manuals
.mmfifl” $19 . $3 Ramadan:
Neydeys Knacks
Names are well known to all rug lovers.
- Sizes 3 x 54/9, and 3/6 x 4/6
Also 4': 5/4 and 3 x 6/5
Hand loomed and unwashed they come
from sectionaof the Orient which have been.
famous for many centuries for the superior qual—
ity of their rugs and the richness of the color-
ings. '
.Many of these rugs could not be again pur-
chased for these small prices. Rugs which.
would ordinarily sell for more. have been in-
oiion.‘ A number of genuine antique. rugs at
prices less than those asked for domestics.
What Xmss gilt would‘be more wehomel
fourth floor. - \
Fireplace _ Wood Baskets
A wood basket is as essential a convenience
to the fireplace as a hearth brush. Our reed and
braided grass baskets are built on wooden frames
in seveyl designs. Finishes sre grey, mahogany,
‘walnut and oak._ The bottom of the baskets are
solid wood and the handles are strong. $4 to $10
assentent,
group of guest: with s crisply frocked
large Variety of materi-
I
Csmbric with HUI and tie strings are;
used, for the Inning work. -
‘ ‘ basis.» $1.25
_ Lawn, Dotted Swiss and Orgsndy con-r
trlve charming models with bibs, prin-
style tit-Vassar strap. 'They have
. e of‘ ric. rec. «embroidery, also .
tuch.and hemsfitcliing. $1 to $4 .
Collar andCuESets to match‘apronsf '
', are in excellent’tsstei' :These sets.in,- ‘ -
- cluding the sprbnsre 01.50 to $5.00 '
or separate sets withoutapron‘ . ‘
. ' r _ 39 etc. to 75 etc.
., Msids' Caps to match nut . of the
apron - f 59cm. each. 1
French Head Dress of embroidery or ..
lace to tie around the head with narrow
black ribbon onvelvet isfsihionabh. .
~ »., - ‘ 39 cts. a 59c“.
, urniture ‘anufacturlng in; ,
The t in ~& theseiiing feature of the product to
draughtsmen. while the higher sale
of dollars’ worth of sales literature.
7 ‘6‘? av following a town meeting held
m... ., E: ,
\eiecimen of the town to expend any
7 ing was called to decidewhether the
mills will move their prices up'higna
er in keeping with themconsid
advance in cottongyarns. The
cles is not up to expectati, one. how-
_ ever. wmay ca
' . down the w
sharp rise in the raw cotton andgcob
ton yarn marketsiihas , '
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two and a quarter ,pagesof‘advertisy
in: of a total value of approximately-
flve hundred and fifty thousand dol-
lars forvthe space in this single issue.
In order that this space-may be made _
valuable to the advertiser. the best
material available must be put into. ‘
it. regardless of cost. This calls for
the employment of artists of. the lib,
most ability who have» had'commer-
‘ clal art “training". They must know
be advancement! which featuresvof
an article are best adapted to force.
ful pictorial representation.
Manufacturers and advertise! rs in
all lines depend largely upon picture-
fol-"the" forceful and adequate vpres-
entation of théir products. Nobody
would think of trying to describe a
new, style motor. engine, automobile.
agricultural implement, garment or
'tollet article in cold type alone, for
even if the pencil writing the ad-
vertisement possessed unusual pow-
ers of description. the majority of -
readers would not be able to vishal-
ibe the article from a type descrip-
tion. ' Pictures have rightly been
described as the universal language,
for a glance at a picture of an ar-
ticle gives whoever sees it an aide:
quate idea of the article itself.
Make Big Incomes.
The commercial artist ~who can
present the salient selling features
of an article in a persuasive or con-
vincing manner plays a tremendous—
ly important part in the commercial
world today. and enjoys a princely
income. Such men as Chambers.
Rockwell, ,Leyendecker. A. 1. Keller.
Neysa McMein. Adolf Triedler,.Coles
Phillips. F. G. Cooper, Walter Car-
roll, Ed Brewer, Fran Schoonover,
and others have done uoh to ad-
vance the artistic standard of adver-
tising matter. Everybody is familiar
with the exquisite wor done by Me-
Clellan 31nd Barkley. rank Tongue
and Maxfield Parrish. 'Lynn Ball is
presenting food products in a man-
ner which stimulates the appetite
and the desire of magazine readers.
Frank Quaii’s work for automobile ‘
manufacturers is well known and
Henry Ply's drawings have given the
advortisement of toilet articles an
atmosphere which has contributed
much to the successful selling of
those articles. “falter Bigg's draw-
ings for the "Skin You Love to
Touch” have done as much to‘ popu-
isrize the Woodbury products as the
merit of the article itself.
WESTON HAS
PICNIC RGWING
OVER'ROADS
VblzteodtiieQVviriy,tli£i
the Defeated Faction
Laughs at Result
"\Var to the bitter end.” This is
the slogan the East elders in Weston
are shouting to wide. wide world to-
‘ nday afternoon “which the week
e of the town out-voted the east-
slde relative to the location of a
permanent 'road to be built out of
state aid‘funds. .
And even though the matter was
thrashed out and voted upon at the
town meeting. the' end is not yet.
For the east-elders declared that the
expenditure of the state aid fund
money for roads is up to the State
Bighway commissioner. TOWn meet-
ings don't count; let them ho‘d ’all
they went. the commissioner will ex-
pend the money as he sees fit. de-
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BROKEN LINES OF 0
INCLUDING HART, SCH
MARX AND FASHION PARK, F OR-
MERLY SOLD FOR $35-$40-$45. REAL‘
fi
Worth Cheering For!
VALUES.
~ ROGERSand STEVENS
NORWALK SO. NORWALK
VERCOATS,
AFFNER &
clare the residents of the east-side
of Weston. {
The meeting. itself. was a quiet
affair. George B. Gulfford president.
Nearly every voter in' the town was
present. In the first place by a vote
of 96 to 89. the meeting voted to
rescind a vote taken on September
12. This vole-bailed for the construc-
tion of a permanent road on the east
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side of the town, the Bradley street
road. after the present contract was
completed on the next state road
improvement.
In the second place. the meeting
voted to authorise and direct the
balance (in he-‘town from the state
highway aid appropriation «to com
tinue the “Iceman-Georgetown road
so far as the balané'e will carry that
work. The vote on this moausre was
the same as upon the first.
A week ago. a special town meet-
0
state aid money should be used‘for
the continuing the WestporbGe-orge-
the Bradley street road. When the
meeting was in full swing. it was
discovered that the session was ille-
gal because it had not been adver-
tised according to law._
Speaking of the" meeting held
Wednesday afternoon. Selectman
George F. Sherwood mid: '
“In September, we agreed that the
state should improve the Weetport-
Georgetown road inrthe west side.
It was further agreed that. money
left from this improvement should
be spent in the east side of the
town. 4 vote was gallon to this ef-
fect." .
"Now the residents of the west-
side have turned around and revok-
ed that vote. This won‘t make a bit
of difference. Let them hold all the
Town meeting!» that they want; let
them do all the talking they want.
When it comes right down to hard
pan, the, expenditure of state aid
funds is-up to the state. Hlthy
ceminissioner who has stated that
the remaining four or five thousand
dollars will be spent in' unprovin'g
the Brddleyetreet road rather than
in confinuing the Westpori-Goorge-
town road." '
May Advance ROSIE}.
It is very likely that knit, goods' ' .
‘ble
that current demand for both}?-
" the all)!“ M .
tedredveneee. g'rh'e '
Of the three great purposes- of
books. Information. Stimulation and
Entertainment—the daily press has
universal suply pf the first. After
our school days and period of sea-
demio study is over. it is safe to
say that nine-tenths of the people
trust to their daily paper to keep
.them informed of the trend of
events in science. politics. interna-
tional developments and any
the:
f the subjects that deal with acts
With fancy. however. it needs
more than the story of the day's
doings at home or-abroad to give
real stimulation to the imagination.
town road or for the constructicn of‘kand to provide rcoreative entertain-
meat. And at this time of the year
it is particularly refreshing to read
of torrid clinics. and people
who
ave no coal shortage to face. The
tropics‘sound mighty good in No-
vember. and the Century Company
has had the foresight and good
judgement to publish .two novels.
this month that are bound to meet
the approval. of all book lovers who
enjoy thrilling stories of action.
They are T. 8. Stubling's “Fombom-
be" and Harry Honey's "The Black
Parrot."
Those who M Striblhlc'n “Birth-
right" last year. that poignantly tra-
gic tale. will be rather surprised at
the melodrama and subtle comedy
introduced in “Fombembo.” It is a,
tcle of Venezuelian politics with .an
Amer—loampne Thomas‘ Strawbridge
of Keokuk. Iowa, do the central
field of action. j '
ltrawbridge. who had gone» to_
Venesucla in the. interests of his
businemgfltm manufacturers of guns
and emmunltion.~was introduced to
one of the leading rebel generals.
Fombombo. who we: endeavorlng to
_ ~keep the political ball rolling by
‘ . , overthrowing theexiiung govern-
- meet and mulching himself
president. ’ Eombombo
Strawbridge. with great cordiality.
and. the latter. in the interest of his
munition business .decidcd‘to and-
out at nut hand ‘the needs of the
general in his line. and enlisted in
the concave h] . . .
,_ as
received
His enthusiasm for ' battle , was
(instruction at the very outset by ihb’
attitude'of the general's 'rwlfe.
'82?!»
is the story and it isn’t fair to spoil
it for the prospective reading. The
.story‘is made up of schemes and
lots-Me. deep religion in Juxtapoei-
lion s..th lax morals. war. love and
intense tropical hnt‘eds. The action
is we; sustained and its flashes of
humor are deligultul. Mr. Strlbllng
snows life and better still know:
how a. write «but it. ‘
Harry Hervey in "the Black Par-
rot." evidently set his immaginauon
free and then Just followed where
it lit. For the serious minded who
demand realism along with a. bit of
of a book the story will not make
a great appeal: but for the lovers of
tutu! and adventure here it is, do
iuxe. The scene is laid in the Orient.
and in. company with the heroine.
Lhasa Camber. an English girl in
search of aJnythioal ancestor. the
reader is carried through the Gold-
en Chersonese. through Haley and
ldo—Chlna. given a glimpse of the
dreadful prison.at Cheynne and fol-
lows some of the escaped convicts
to their hiding place in the pungies
of Borneo. Although Lbs-ea is the
center of a certain amount. of “heart
interest” the book never 'evelppes
into a love story. It starts out as a
tale of adventure and continues so
tom end. Woven in with the
mniirplot. which is the disco-wring
of the man wh also been ‘aid'ng the
escaped’ cenvi from the Cheyenne
prison. are numerous side plots—e
bold robbery of an emerald Buddhai
from the’temme at Bangkok. and
the‘ sinister compilations ensuing
the kidnapping of Lhasea and her
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Price ..................A $8.000
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flat-age. Price ......... 87.000
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adventures while a prisoner:
through it all the miter?!
two men. Stephen Conquer.
Garcn. which baffles the . - ‘
the veryls st chapter. 0:”
doubtedly the hero and Eli!
the arch viizian—but wtldil
from the human interest 1
story, it abounds in vivid sill
islic description of a per-
world unknown to most of n
which evidently Harry '
knows at first hand. '
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