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Happy [View Yeflr
The year is gone and tomorrow
ill bring the beginning of another.
- king backward we feel that Am-
rlcans as a rule should be thank-
tut for the benefits the prosperity of
a country has brought to them.
And there should be thanks in the
”Iris of those who have yet tie/bo-
bbmo Americans by way of natural-
.isstion.
Looking forward we vision uneth—
Qs' year of prosperity and we feel
‘thnt we Americans should be not
only thankful for what is apparently
in store for us but We should do all
in our power to help make that pros-
‘pvrity as great as poasible.
The Sentinel wishes all kinds or
good luck to everyone. and especially
to its readers and its advertisers. and
19 all those who have in any why
i been part of the Sentinel family. l~or
. Hits benefit of our readers and our
ijdvertisers we intend to become bet-
7"”! and better. as M. Cone would
.. .uyAnd for Name“: itself. all of
il-Norwalk. we hope to see many im-
"rovements during 1924. improve.—
m‘sms that will add to the joy at
ang in this fine. growing city of
ours. And for these we should all
work together. linseltlshly putting
‘ our shoulder to the wheel of pro;-
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We wish s. happy New Year to
our Mayor and to the members 0!
Little Common Council and to all the
i 3 other officials of the city government.
F We extend the some wish to the pn-
‘7 lice and the firemen and to the
5 members of the Kiwanis Club, to the
mouth Norwalk Board of Trade. and
‘ o the proposed Chamber of Com-
orce.
\Ve wish a. happy New Year to the
Yooplcs Chorus and the Choral Art
.,.Ibcicty which are working to givr.
‘3 orwalk more and better music.
26 We extend to our church frlrnda.
2 out... ministers. rabbis. all good
es
A Happy New Year to All.
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Proof Posithc
from the Toronto Mail and Empire
An old Scotch pilot professed to
be able to tell the home port of any
incoming vessel within a. reasonable
‘distance by what sclunen stlll cull
. . "the cut of her Jib." meaning there
V by her general appearance. To test
his powers on onlooker called his
Itlention to one in the far distance.
The pilot gazed long and earnestly.
'lnd eventually pronounced her an
Aberdeen built. He. proved to Irt‘.
"tight. and a chorus of surprised
Voices inquired how he knew. "No
pengulls following her!" he said.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast: Southern New England:
“ ow. sleet or rain Monday: '1 ucs-
ay snow or rain followed 1;: old-
or. '
Eastern New York: Snow in north
and snow. sleet or rain in toulh
' tion Monday: Tuesday cloudy
”d colder. probably snow.
. Conditions: A disturbance or con-
'flderable intensity was centered over
flow Mexico Sunday night and is
oving southeastward. and another
. .‘as central over Illinois and mov-
I“? northeastward. Precipitation
.. as occurred over the greater por-
lion of the country since Saturday
night. it was in the form of snow
,h New England and the interior
.01 New York.
-' There will no rain Monday in the
iddlo Atlantic states and snow or
“in in the N rth Atlantic states.
cVOn Tuesday n sther will be unset-
riled with probable snow in the
Middle Atlantic and the North At-
lantic Illlol.
uuch colder weather Al over-
spread the Middle Atlantic states
Tuesday and Tuesday night.
. ,, Storm warnings are displayed
. om Delaware breakwater to East-
-rt. Maine.
,‘Wluds: North of Sandy book:
{1 - geast and southeast and wea-
1. V'sf' thick with snow or rain Mon-
lsndy Book to Hatteras: Fresh
.. strong southeast and south.
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Mt“ traffic with :th -; dong.“
Masses-plotted. r ' miles of
ghosts and vampires dread. set down
it! scribes ‘ For the“ their
minds by suehtmh. will need a
good dry cleaning. 1 think about the
stuff I read when l was young and
tender: ths.scout who left his tail
of dead. the damsel fair and slend-
er: the lniun chief with painted
braves. along the war drifting: and.
though there was a string of graver.
the moral was uplifting. i always
felt my spirit rise, when with such
books I tars-led: the wicked draft? the
booby prize. the virtuous were mar-
ried. But. now We have in Beadle
read of ghosts in midnight turns.
and vampire blood a-flowing. They
read stark tales of grisly grief, of
phontom-fest informal. amuirlng
thus a bleak belief in foul things and
abnormal. The men who print, the
men who write the rot. that fumes
and testers. should have their pad-
ded cells tonight. among the mad-
house Jesters. .
Copyright 1924 George Matthew
Adams
I Culture
The twin causes of education and
learning have suffered by the‘dc-
struction of books. records and
buildings at least as Severely as
those of finance and commerce. and
since it is in the nature of things
that more heed should be. given to
the concerns of cash than of culture
in the handling of a situation such
as that which now exists in north-
ern Japan. it seems desirable and
Indeed imperative that every posslo
ble assistance should be given /to
those who. ngnlnst enormous odds.
are striving to reconstruct the.
means of intellectual advancement.
says the London Times.
it will not be possible to record
to what extent precisely disaster
has overtaken the universities. col-
leges and schools of the country.
but the general need of such institu-
tions may be deduced from the
statcmcnt which I have just ob-
tained from Prof. Sanki Ichlkswa
concerning the imperial University
at Tokyo.
Prof. lchlkawa in describing the
events of September 1. told me that.
following upon the earthquake. fire
broke out in the building adjoining
the. University Library. The. water
supply had already ceased. Showers
of tiles had fallen from the roof.
nlld :1 port of the building had col-
lapsed. Many windows were, smashed
nnd. although every possible effort
was mode to screen the. various
rooms in the llllrhry. the fire swift-
ly penetrated into them. The (lem-
olitlon of the library. with a vast
nilnllnr of books. was the work of
if. few moments. Of the quarter of
a million volumes that were saved.
the bulk are such as could easily
have been replaced. The rare
hooks it was impossible to save.
Several people have ftlrendy of-
fered to give their own private ll-
lirnries to the. university. and many
cx-Daimyos are vying with one an-
other in offering libraries which are
family heirlooms. From such gifts
it. has been possible to replace a.
small part of the lost stock of Jap-
anese and Chinese books. which it
would be impossible otherwise to
do. since all the booksellers dealing
in such books have had their prem-
ises and their stocks destroyed by
lire» A large donation is expected
from China. M. i'nul Claude]. the
French Ambassador here. in taking
an active Interest in the collection
of any and every book published in
France which the university might
find useful. and help of the same
sort is coming from ltaly.
Prohibition
Norway's anticipated abandon-
ment of prohibition is not to be
taken as an indication that the
whole nation is planning to become
drunk. says the Baltimore Sun. The
evils of intemperance are under-
stood. and although extreme probl-
bitlonists of those parts may feel
that the cause of righteousness is
about to receive a mortal wound it
is reasonable to suppoae that those
who are capable of looking facts‘in
the face will take comfort from the
knowledge that the corrupting in-
fluence of illegal liquor will no long-
or be felt as it has been under the
prohibition regime.
It is not to be supposed that the
majority of the National Legislatures
are much concerned about the feel-
ings either of the prohibitionists at
homo or of the anti-prohibitionlsts
abroad. What they realize is that
Norway is not ready for prohibi-
tion. that under it: the people of Ner-
way have been in is worse state than
the glowing promises of prohibition
had led them to expect. and that. 'in
fact. the best interest of the coun-
try demands s. return to conditions
as they used to be. ‘
Dalien Town
Hamtramck. a city of 60.000 in-
habitants. situated within the lim-
its of Detroit. is making a bid for
fame. says the Chicago Tribune. At
a recent mam meeting of its resi-
dents demsnds were voiced for
“Polish rule." evacuation of the
State police. and removal of all but
Polish people from the community.
A Judge of the federal court was
harsth criticised. for an attack on
the local liquor situation. and a lo-
cal justice was booed into silence
when he attempted to- speak in
English in defense of the federal
court. He was told that only the
Polish tongue should be‘ heard.
That revenls n‘ situation Which
cannot be overlooked." The persons
responsible for that meeting and its
actions are not American,in thought.
spirit or practice. whether they are
nuttfrdked still-ens tu- me , Either
WW within themselves or
something in'A‘rnerics ~bss Wt-
sd them. from.» boco '
goblin-skeptthsmflr stheart.
nms'mnmme'wmcr—
“j , l“,
render. - i "Grins“ I
yarns for little boys upgrowing: they
“Not the least important of the
scientific data. that might be gath-
cred by an extended survey of the
Arctic Regions would be those. in
regard to Weather condition. it
knowledge of which might be useful
in the making of weather forecasts
for the. United States." says a bul-
letin from the “'ashlngton. D. C..
headquarters of the National Geo-
graphic Society in regard to the po-
lar expedition proposed to be made
by the U. S. Navy next spring by
direction of Secretary nby.
“Most of our weather is not. a lo:
cal matter at all." continues the bul-
letin. “but results from disturbances
that. originate perhaps many thous-
ands of miles away and ‘drift.’ to us.
Thus our weather bill-of-faro is
made up largely of a series of wow
ing 'lows' and might—regions of
subnormul bndnbnormal barometric
pressure—made familiar to many
readers by the roughly circular and
elliptical lines on the daily maps of
the United States Weather Bureau.
Technique of \Ventiier Predictions
"Accompanying these disturb-
ances are winds. hot and cold spell
and rain or snow—the chief! factors
that make up our weather. Fore.
casting weather consists largely in
detecting new disturbances as they
show up on the western and north-
western borders of the country.
learning their characteristics. and
figuring out the paths that they pro-
bably will follow because of the
prevailing pressures and tempera-
tures ahead of them.
"The great majority of the ‘lows'
seem to originate over the warm
sen. south of the Ieutlnn Jslnnds iii
the winter. and over the interior of
Alaska during the summer. But
some of the conditions that cause
them to be built up in those. places
and create the ‘hlghs' to the cast
have their birth farther north in the
Polar Regions. and a. better knowl-
edge of temperature. pressure and
wind changes there would undoubt-
edly facilitate weather forecasting.
unknown Region Important
"In the search for the beginnings
of its weather. the United States is
not concerned with the entire Polar
Regions. It is most concerned. it
happens. with e unexplored terri-
tory which lies orth of Alaska. The
outstanding and dominant factor in
the Arctic’s contribution to the
world's weather. is the draining of
its cold air southward. Air is 'nlip-
pery' and cold air is heavy.
“When a pyramid of cold air has
bvn built up near the North Pole.
the upper part slides down the slope
and flows of: with a. considerable
momentum to the scuth. This is
true all around the pole. But there
are certain channels in which the
flow is concentrated by mountains
and land masses. One channel is
down the northern arm of the At-
lantic between Europe and Green.
land; others are up the great river
valleys of Siberia; and still others
are through Bering ' Strait. over
Alaska. east of the Canadian Roc-
kies and up the MacKenzie and
other valleys of Canada. '
It is this latter group of cold air
rivers'enst of Siberia alone that di—
rectly influences thcweather. of the
UUnlted States. 7.
"Temperature, pressure and wind
conditions—Abe really vital weather
factors—are not known in the re-
glc- north from Alaska to the pole.
and are now merely assumed for
scientific purposes- geiy by infer-
ence from observati ns taken (an the
famous ‘Fram'. drift across .the Asi-
atic side of the Polar Regions. Ac-l,
curate observations of the sessoml
changes of the factors made on the
ground—or rather ‘on the leek-s
science’s permanent‘records. . '_ .-
, Daily Reports Valuable -
ing across this region or from some
other sort. of bus established' in
its heart, would be of incomparably
. ter value practically, for they
htjoften’ furnish the unknown
factor that would sermons; "nail
week‘s «loathe? in Hinnewpoils.
Chicago and New ,York. ,
.. 'Wt the onus! is
would be of great value farming out 3
"Daily. reports by radio for s. can- ‘
sldersblc period. from a ship drifts.
W EALTH
Bureau most needs to give additional
accuracy to its forecasts are daily
reports of incleorlogleal conditions
from as many points as possible in
the Northern Hemisphere. For a
long time the oceans were unreport-
ed. but new the radio brings in daily
data from scores of passenger liners
and freight steamers. The vast‘Arc-
tic Regions and even its edges on
the continents are still largely un-
reported. Tlle for northern Nor-
wegian stntlon at Jun Muyen Land
has proved exceedingly helpful to
European {not urological services.
“'iih the open ng of the northern
Mackenzie valley ~for oil develop—-
ment. daily reports will probably be
available from there and will prove
helpful to Canada and the" United
States as the Jan May-en reports
have proved to Europe.
"\Vitli aerial transportation fie-
eroplng rapidly, it requires no great
cxegtlon of ‘the imagination to see
airship and airplane liners regularly
making the short cut from America
. to Europe and Asia over the North
Polar Regions before many years.
"“‘iit-n that day arrives the inst
pieces in the world's weather puzzle
will probably be fitted into place:
for just its the ships thut sail the
ocean now send in observations by
radio. so these ships of the uir could
flush but-k information in regard to
the icy wastes over which they were
suiting. This would require kn new
technique. to be sure. for gauging
wind velocities and directions and
taking surface temperature and
pressure readings from a swiftly
moving ship of the air would have
their difficulties; But by exploding
smoke bombs and noting the drift.
by Adnngling instruments net}:- the
ice. and by other devices that sug-
gest themselves to the air skippers
the problems could undoubtedly be
satisfactorily solved."
Rum idea's Fooa.
Here's it nice question of law. and
maybe of morals. too. A coastwise
vessel that has been carrying gro-
ceries to the rum fleet of! New York
has been seized. and a Federal
judge has upheld the contention of
the government that trading With a
ship on the high sons in not: ceasi-
wise trading comments the Kansas
City Star. The libeled vessel. there-
fore. was engaged I. traffic it
was not licensed for and under the
law .may be confiscated and sold.
The rum lawyers probably will
have to produce some sea law of
their own if this decision is to be
successfully attacked. .\nd 'nless
it can_,.be overthrown the situation
of the rum fleet threatens to been to
untenable. Alcohol. 8. has been
contended by some of its ingenious
advocates. is a. food:,if so. it is well
for the ‘rum fleet. But if it would
turn out that alcohol is not a. food.
or only so for dialectic pur'mses.
the question of food may become
more important than that of drink
with the bootleggcirs. Omar could
singof the felicity of s. Jag of wine
and a loaf of bread in s. 'wildernm
to: sand, but Would a; wilderness of
‘sea be paradise enow with the Jug
of wine without the bread?
, -.Thc moral aspect of the question,
perhaps can be left to the «aunt'-
.entnlists. They can“ be counted on
to see the enormityof allowing/tho
the shores of the most. prosperous.
country inxthe world. . Maybe .fi‘s.
too'jlate toput on s. drive for funds?
‘10 gm these martyrs a Clivistrné
dinner, but somethiug'may tit-Felons
for New Yes:- if‘ no time is lost.
The Nobel committee has decided.
; . in
' [ion was seriously nlis'
.oluttonsry era. ‘is giving place to. a
extremes yielding to one of_.moder-'.
rum fleet to starve withinuslght‘ o5:
“3‘6;
. . .
Russ1a Trans1tlon
Despite the determined hostility
of the United States Secretary of
State. it is evident that Rusain is
about to figure once more upon the
limp of international affairs. says
the Christian Science Monitor. It is
authoritatively announced that Sig-
nor Mussolini. who came to power
on an anti-Communist wave. is
about to conclude a trade. agree-
ment with the Soviet government.
«And the recognition of Russia has-
iong been an item on the program
of both the Liberal and Labor par-
ties. which are. now in the ascen-
dnnt in Great ' Britain. Action
there about Russia. therefore. may
confidently hercxpucted in the new
year. There. is no doubt. too. that
conditions in Russia itself have
greatly changed since last the ques
team
The militant era. 0. ..ternational
Communism 'has apparently passed
away. Leninc has gone into perma-
nent retirement. Trotsky is recup-
erating. Most of the outstanding
figures of the. revolutionary era have
lost something of their energy and
prestige. The Third lnternstlonnle
still issues from time to time wordy
threats against the capitalist world
outside. but thatit spanks for the
Soviet government is denied. At the
time. of the g promulgation of the
dictatorship in Germany high hopes
were entertained in Russia. that at
last 'the world revolution. soslong
overdue according to Communist
calculations. was about to arrive.
But they came to nothing. and the
Soviet government. which three
years ago was able to march an
army into Poland. was proved al-
most impotent to affect the situa-
tion in Germany in any effective
way whatever. The revolutionary
movement which broke out in 0c-
tober. 1917. and which for years
threatened to sweep over a. war
torn world. has manifestly lost near-
ly all of its power as a militant in-
ternational force. ' ‘
Almost the who process has gone
on inside Russia. Politically Rus-
sis. is still governed by an autocracy.
the autocrncy of the Communist
party. lts methods, though less vig-
orous than they were. are still ty-
rannous. No effective opposition
has yet been able to rear its head.
But Communism in the true sense
of the wot’d has almost disappeared.
As a. practical economic alternative
to capitalism it has tnanlfestiy
failed. As Lenlnc is supposed to
have said. "Experience shows that‘
mass enthusiasm can be effectively
mobilized to sweep away the anti-
quoted structures of the past. but it
will not serve as the steady driving
power behind communized indus-
tries." That. Vat any rate, was the
point at which Communism broke
tice neither the peasant nor. ‘ the
worker was willing to work his
hardest in return for a standard ra-
tion,“ he had to allow all of his
surplus product to be Monitor the
use of the community. g
As in athe case of France. the rev-
period of transition. the policy of
for normal relations?— with the nut-
jstdn world. to be considegedr. again.
The .‘decislon to, recognise 7‘ Russia.
however. “new apparently.- .to be
falconsby vGreat’ Britain.- ni- step
which will probably be followed by
. ‘ ,ce‘vandother European: powers.
is ontyftncfnnst step: There are
many other. problems. notabiyr'thoss‘
connected-.2571“ “the debts ‘
mesg531m4"'to ind’i. uni foreign
31191 international iota-nurse out
down.- It was found that in prac- .
ation. in which it-'becotnes‘ possible V
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By Edgar A. Guest.
DECEMBER 31.
They say you die today. Old Year.
Tonight you cease to be-
Upon that final stroke of tWelve you
join eternity;
Tomorrow you shall sleep with all
the years that lie before.
Something that was and walked on
earth boots to be no more.
Dead as Old Marley! Dead as )hc
leaf that winters 'nenth the frost,
Done with the duties of the world.
’and yet not wholly lost.
A thousand years from now. perhaps.
men still will turn and see
Something along the path of life to
mark your memory.
Because you were and in your time
some little joy you brought.
You still shall live in countles:
breasts enshrined by gracious
thought:
Children shall writeyour name with
glee full many afhhppY'mern
Ami carry it bravely all through life , -.
-—the year when they were born.
\V’e shall recall you countl times
and after we have‘ go
In all the records men shall read you
shall be living on. 4
Marbles which mark our lovely
dead. intended to endure.
Shall Wear for all who care to end
your lasting signature:
Whether by grief or laughing joy.
whether by death or birth.
Fortune or fsilure's sad mischance.
you still shall live on earth.
Because you were. you still shall be!
We say men live and die.
Yet none that was shall cease. to b-.
though death has closed the eye
And you. Old Year. shall still live on
Oblivion cannot steal
The memory of your days on earth
you Were. and shall be real.
You are immortal as the soul. you: .‘
lustre cannot fade.
For you are one of all the' years of ‘
which our age is made. , -
Copyright. 1924. by Edgar A. Guest
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Wireless connections will be in-
stalled at the Cleveland audit-1 club
to broadcast the Republican ccnven
tlon. Wiropulllng connections wil‘
be maintained as usual.
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AND DIRECTORS
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NEW YEAR’S DAY means that we can begin
again. One of the best things to begin. or to be-
gin again, is a savings account.
The City National Bank
South N orwalk, Conn.
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INTEREST
TO BE CREDITED
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J AN 1, 1924
WILL BE AT
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SO. Norwalk Trust Co.
Service and Security
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REDUCTION ON ALL
HOLIDAY NOVELTIES "
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