_ *ttle For 7
, . ' 91:1 Williamis BOY
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fiStaged Before Judge
~ fiijdohn R. Booth in
{Court 0 f Common
-: :Pleas
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£ 2
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t. 1‘ ,‘her Attacked and
efended o n Wit-
“ fleas Stand —— Decis-
v, ion in Case Reserved
”IDGEPORT. Jan. 16. (Special
hime SentinelJ—A sensational
Whittle for the custody of a
"0-year-old boy, with the mother
aut‘ln aunt by marriage as the
’fllpelpals. was staged before Judge
John R. Booth ill the Court of Com-
mon Pleas yestvrduy in the lumen:
Mun action or Mrs. Georgia Wil-
M at New [{O',‘l10llt‘_ N. Y. against
' amt Ethel “'alkcr. or No. 77 Inch
3mg. Greenwich.
mold \Vllllanls is the boy for
*fifiln the women are lighting. lie
w“. born Out of wedlock to Mrs.
”or. when she was but sixteen
old. and was placed in the care
of ”to. “’illlams‘. whose husband.
Outflo- Henry \\‘lilnnls. is a brother
0! the boy‘s mother.
lince Harold was nine days old
ho has been cared for by Mrs. \V‘ll-
lllml, but he “as never legally
adopted. On going to visit his mother
in Greenwich at t'hristluns he never
Returned. and (-nurt action was
started.
lluslulml Loyal.
The reputation of Mrs. \Valkcr was
attacked from the stand by witnesses
for the petitioner, and in turn
staunchly defended by witnesses of
her own. including her present hus-
band. Arthur “'alker.
Mario 1’. lhrper of New Rechcllc.
who described herself as “keeping a
.Vory select employment agency."
-ld that Mrs. \\':llkr~r's reputation
was "had."
' "She was mnrriml to :1 man named
Jeflerson when l tirst knew her,"
lira. Harper testified, “and when she
. found that .ierf'ersr‘ln llzld another
Mlle eho marrimi \Valkl-r. Jefferson
ll doing time nmv. They also said
Ch. was a. kleptonlnniur'. At every
booition I would get llrr. she. would
ltenl." .
When asked if Mrs. Walker show-
ed any affection twunl'd ll~-r, she. rc-
plied:
__ “A“Cclion'.‘ .\’u'. l dull’t gvt af-
tectlonnto With my customers."
» Marriage Date l'lllmportant.
I‘Both Mrs. \\llli;llns and Mrs.
Walker. as woll (is Air. \Vlliicvr. told
from the stand of their desire to
have the boy. Mrs. Walker said that
“find always llilvlvrstnllll that she
“to have him “him she “as
iwnnty-ono years old.
. Humor \vzls lnjw'to'll into the pro-
mdmgs when Mrs. \\'illi.’ln~.s failed
to recall \vhvvn :zllv “as married,
"I don't klmw Jllst lllvw lung It
ha. been.“ :~llw snlrl. “lint. its .1 long
time.”
“\Vell.-" She am: asked. "you've
been pretty :it‘l‘lll’uit‘ about other
dates, why can’t you remember the
data of your m'lrl-i:u;n-‘."'
”Those. other llsllvs.” was the
ontonlahing l‘l'liljf. "are ones that I
E: ld attention to."
Judge Booth l"‘t~(l‘\t‘ll decision.
Radio Fans Slay
Form Cl‘ub here
[The formation of a radio club in
13mm}; is living 7:! hr rally disl'ust-(l
by local radio fans. it is likely that
'ouch a club will lw ('lLIHiIlZl'tl in the
near future.
. ENCEAT‘ID PONDERS
avg: “CORNER” om
__ I ,~ NEWSPAPERS
harem: (above) “a“
more.
is wondering what
are and Lord Be".
do with the M
now wield through the
‘ rm them of the
- - d the popular news-
.“ Britain. The only
. watt-.12 with the
’“ .Britaln now lies
. What England
first. nvnlly ham“
"7 Ind socially.
is the brother of;
~w—¢~..—4‘
. ear
Judges to Attend
Thayer Funeral
BRIDGEPORT. Jan. 1-6. (Spe-
cial to The Sentinel).——8ealions
in Superior and Common Pleas
Courts here today were cur-
tailed. while Judges Arthur F.
Ella and Isaac Wolfe of the
Superior Court and Judges John
J. “high and John R. Booth in
Common Pleas Court. together
with the court clerks and a large
representation of the Fairfield
County Bar. attended the funeral
in Norwich of former Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of
Errors John Mowry Thayer.
Judge 'rhayer died at the W
W'. Backus Hospital Sunday night
after an illness of two weeks
from pcmphigus, a. rare skin di-
sease which is almost invariably
fatal. Judge Thaycr became 3
Superior Court magistrate in
1889 and in 1907 'was advanced
to the Supreme Court bench from
which he was retired by age
limitation in 1917.
[5 HEAD or
CHILDREN OF
lulu SOCIETY
Miss Kathryn Duffy
Elected President ——
To Organize Weekly
Sewing Club
The annual meeting of the Chil-
dren of Mary society was held last
Sunday afternoon in the basement of
St. Mary‘s church. The new officers
rll‘c‘lt‘d follow:
President—Miss Kathryn Duffy.
\‘ice President—Miss Mary Strim-
lskl.
Secretary—Miss Catherine Brown.
Treasurer—Miss Catherine Torpey.
5.1rt-ristallls-—-.\liss Julia Dorney and
Miss Mary l"£lll0n.
At the meeting it was decided to
organize a weekly sewing Club Fri-
day for members. it was also de-
cided to hold a series»ot card par-
ties every two weeks at the Catholic
club house in fest avenue.
REALTY
TRANSFERS
John and Mary Flynn to Gulf Re-
fining company. lot and buildings.
Crescent street. .
Samuel J. Stewart to Harry Boljke.
lot. Gregory boulevard.
Margaret A. Hathaway to Bertha
1‘. Petty. undivided 1-3 lot and build-
ings. Putnam avenue.
liewellyn June to Alvin D. W'ads-
worth, 25 acres, Fifth district.
Eliza Gill ct als to Christina San-
turello, lot and buildings, South
street. '
Maud “'arner ct. als to
Realty CO.. lo't. Ponus Manor.
Minor D. Randall to Louis Koles-
zar. building lot.
ClurenceJC. Voilmcr to Alex Ba-
log. lot and buildings. Maple street.
Peter J. “'uldron to Rodolfo 'l'os-
sicl. lot and _buildings, Van Burcn
avenue. ‘
Nicola ’l‘uccl to Ernest Bredlce.
land and buildings, First district and
Perry Park.
Estate of L. R. Burchard to Eu-
guilt) DlPietro. lot. Ely avenue.
Estate of Dudley E. Hoyt to Mel-
ville I“. Riley. lot, Pine Point.
ltobcrt M. Tcnny to Henry Chap-
in, lot and buildings. Pershing street.
Samuel J. Stewart to Muni‘ord T.
Bugley. lot. and buildings. 14-16
Commerce street.
Samuel J. Stewart to Archer
Benger. lot, Newtown avenue.
Margaret F. Taylor to Daniel J.
Melillo. lot on North Main street.
J. \Vailace Marvin to \Villlam J.
Gamble. lot and buildings, Ilaviland
street.
GASOLINE
GOES UP 2C
Gasoline was advanced two cents
a gallon in price yesterday by the
Standard Oil company. it was an-
nounced this morning at the local
omces oi! the company. The increase
makes the not price of gasoline 17
1-2 cents a gallon. plusa cent war
tax. ‘In the retail trade, gasoline in
being sold at 20 and 21 cents a gal-
ion.
Polic'e have List
of Stolen Goods
The local police have received a
list of the goods stolen from the
home or Estelle V. Mathews. It: is
a. long list and the value of the goods
taken will amount to about $3,000.
It is stated on the circular that the
goods were taken on January 6.
Chief at Police William R. Pen-
nington stated this morning that he
thought that the goods were stolen
by the same pernono.tbat had en-
tered several homes in this section.
i
i
Home
H.
Tad Jones to Speak at
Kiwanis Luncheon
Tad Jones of New Haven. Yale
football coach. will speak at the
meeting of the Kiwanis club tomor-
row, The members of the club have
been asked to invite all Yale men in
this vicinity to hear him. /
Some of the women who iigu
in New York society.
NEiV YORK. Jan. 16.-——Every
week or so when the Park Avenue
equivalent or what, would be the
Ladies' Sewing Circle out in Ko-
komo. Kankakee or Kalamazoo
gets together, a score or [no.9 of
grandee damcs solemnly ant sor-
rowfully decide that New Yolk so-
ciety isn't what it. used to h,
And they are right. The old
dynasties have fallen. and new
ones have risen to take their places.
The fashionable center of ‘3thaxll
has changed. The Vandsrbilrs. the
Actors. the Gould: and the Ulexels
no longer are tllo absolutesover—
eigns of the Four Hundred. Such
is life. Only a little while ace. the
\‘anderbilts, the Astors. tne (‘ur-ulds
and Drexels were only “social
climbers," looked down on contemp-
tuously by the Knickerbockela o!
the patriarch days who contended
that blue blood.was the open swarm.-
to the exclusive circle. not mere
stacks of dollars. Now the Vander-
bilts. the Astors. the Gould: and the
Drcxels. are in the place oi the
Knickerbockers and new dynasties
are rising who will in time. We sup-
pose, have this same elevatei out-
look.
The Rockefellers, who are. entitled
by wealth to he the. dominating so-
cial family at the renun, have
never exercised this diane right
John 13.. Sr. has a downright Millp-
a by {0 rsoclety. John [I.. .ir and
hs wife have been convent with
mere position rather than general—
ship.
The Vulldcl‘bills are passing out
of the picture. They appear lo be
bored with tho somai row lL' New
York. General Cornelius and wife
and daughter, Grace have almost
become English. They spend nearly
all their time in London. and have
assured themselves a pesltion over
there. Grace with her parents has
often been at liuckinghim ‘alace
for private as well as "public" at-
t'airs. has even lit-en spokdl oi as a
possible wire for one of tile lung's
sons.
Mrs. \\'illiaul ii. Vanderbilt, St.,
is occupying her house in Paris.
The dowager Mrs. Vanderbilt rare-
ly entertains Mrs. George \V Van-
derbilt spends but little of her
time in New York: Mrs. 'i‘r-nicrick
Vanderbilt lakes little or no inter-
est in the doings of the small. set:
Mrs. Cornelius \‘anderoill. Jr..
spends the greater part 0t 11:" time
acoompunying her husband tn ills
travels and Mrs. \‘.'illlam 14. Van-
derbilt ll, has apparently lost. what
little interest she had in the ac-
tivlties of society.
As a social asset. Mrs. Vincent
Astor doesn't register vex-v highly.
She takes only a minor part and
her husband is rarely to to encoun-
tered in the gay rnsliionaoli cater-
to: in which his father, the late
John Jacob Astor, was such a domi-
hating figure. The other members
or the Astor family are now En-
glish citizens, and seldom come to
these shores.
\Vith the death of Mrs. Gem go J.
Gould. the Goulds ceased to figure.
It. was the late George J. Goulds
who put the Gould: in society. and
Without thm it is doubtful 't the
family will retain the social glory
UNEMPLOYMENT
lSONDECLINE
lN, EllllOPE
Survey Shows Condi-
tions Much Better
Except in Germany
——Nearly 2 , Million
Without Jobs
LONDON. Jan. 16--A survey or
eonoxhic “conditions and unemploy-
ment figures in the dmerent coup.
tries 0! Europe. compiled' by the
Unions. shows that in comparimn
with 1122 there‘is in nearly all
oountrl’es. excepting Germany. a no.
table decline of unemployment. The
industrial iotuation in some coun-
tries. together-mitt: the 1.1mm.
re in the great change now takln
Above (left) Mrs. William K. Van erbllt,
(right) Mrs. John D. Rockefeller. Jr.
Astor. (right) Mrs. A. J. Drexel. Jr.
industrial situation in some eoun- .
on unemployment. in; follows:
We “new “149-:
2.x.
place
Below (left) Mrs. Vincent
that was once associated with them. ’
Anthony Drexcl has long resided
abroad and the John ‘R. Drexele
have followed his lead and have not
occupied their house in New York
or at Newport for more than three
years.
Mrs. John Sanford is fast coming
to the fore as one of New 'York's
most conspicuous hostesses.
In the last few years Mrs fin-
tord has made rapid strides in the
right direction and in her truly
amazing leaps up the social lad-
der she has annexed an astonish-
ingly small number of enzmies.
Backed by a. series of nlllions
amassed in the manufacture of
carpets. a goodly amount. or tact
and a genuine love or soonety. Mrs.
Sanford looks. the society editors
say. like the eventual leader at the
“400."
And then there are the Josh Cos-
de'ns. There is no diiputing the
fact that tho Cosdons have gained
a very secure footing on the metal
ladder.
From Palm Beach comes word to
the ei‘tect that the Joshua Coodens
have erected a villa that will rank
with the foremost homes of Ameri-
ca. in fact. when completed. it.
is said. the Cosden “inter abode
will eclipse in splendor the union
ity of the famed estates 0: the
country.
A week or so ago statistical ex.
ports who have made New York so-
clety a scientific study for many
years announced that the tashion-
able center or this city had Decl lo—
cated on the south side of Sixty-
sixth street. midway between Filth
and Madison avenues, at No. 3?. the
home of Mrs. R. Burnham Moflat.
For a century the representative
persons of private. professional and
public life in New York who have
formed the segregated ceterie
known as society have been squeez-
ed gradually northward in this
north and south city. from Broad-
way and Bowling Green in 1823 to
12 East Sixty-sixth stree in 1923.
The squeezing process go-ze on
northward and in this year of grace
also upward:
Today persons who may live
where they please have made it evi-
dent that the majority of them
want to reside in the urban sense
south of Seventy—second street and
near Fll’tli avenue or its residtntlal
alternate, Park avenue. The real
estate nicn. wise in ‘hcir age and
generation. seeing this have built
up in the air, substituting the luxu-
rious apartment for the p:ivate
house, with the result that the
fashionable center of the city haa
for a decade been hovering over
the restricted district sween
Fltty-nlntll and Seventy-second
streets. with the storm center swir-
lin- about the spot between the
avenues and Sixty-fifth and Early
seventh streets .and recently the
fashionable center settled dean for
the present at leastson tne site of
tl=e borne of a woman who histori.
ally and through personal meta-
tion is qualified to stand in such a
peculiar limelight.
So there you are. New York so-
ciety isn't. what it used to be.
dustry; unemployed 12,368.
France—Economic situation high-
ly satisfactory: unemployed 1.363.
Holland—Little change in me la-
tor market: unemployed and par-
tially unemplryed 80,222.
Italy—A. steady deer-ease in un-
employment; unemployed 231,590.
Poland—(Exclusive of the tormer
Prussian territory and Gauctu) un-
employed 87.000.
Denmark—Unemployed 20.754.
Norway—Unemployed 12,840.
Sweden—Unemployed 11.009.
Switzerland—Unemployment has
been gradually, decreasing for
months past; unemployed_«zz,840. ,
Cucho-Slavaklaé—Unemploynd (es
timated) 300.009. ‘ V, '
Austria—Unemployment > steadily
declining; unemployed 77,923.
M‘lfitbmployment in moot
acute among [the civil servants. nau-
nicipal employees. clothing workers
and unskilled workers; unemployed
(in 63 towns) 448:000.
Germany—The,indult1ul rituali-
Uon ‘1. changih ng‘ (or the worn in of-
ery ranc ot induat ' anon: oyod‘
660.788. m m
This makes a. total of unemployed
.tor the continent. .9! 1.961.097; * In
Greet Britain 1,241.55, m”,
figment! u 5‘91!!le _‘ h‘
STAMFORD, January 16.—
Atter an alleged reckless "do at
the rate of torty miles an'hour down
NORWALK’S LEADING DRY GOODS STORE
M8. HYA
Noroton Bill, Stanley Ituk, o! No.
63 Union street. Brooklyn. N. Y..
was finally overtaken by Motorcy-
cle Policeman George ‘Anderson and
taken to Police Headquarters.
According to Officer Anderson,
Ital: was first sighted at the top oi
the hill going at a fast. rate or
speed. The officer says he saw the
man drive his car in between a
stalled truck and the fence that
borders the top or the hill and keep
‘on going at an ever faster ra.e. A
merry chase ensued Ital: being
anally overtaken at Quinlan-d 'rer-
ce.
I“When taken to Headquarter-o. the
Brooklyn mun. statedthat he was
unable to stop the car. An tor-on.
in tolling the storyito his superiors
at Police Headquarters. said that
the only thing that could have
stopped the man was a stone-fence.
The Brooklyn man said he had been
driving automobiles for the past
eight. years and had neverrtlgured
in an accident of any kind-
link was released on hlfi' own
recognizance alter a_ lengthy examL
nation by Prosecuting Attornev Mat-
thew H. Keneaiy. He was told to
appear in the City Court today.
\
LADIES ~ HOME JOURNAL
PATTERNS ON SALE HERE
SPRING FASHION QUARTERLY
Only 10c When Purchased With Pattern.
NEW DRESS AND COAT FABRICS
Of Every Weight, Shade and Texture
OWLAND’S
Entrance on Main St., Fairfieid Ave., Cannon St.
JUST OUT
L “b.5305: _QOI\IL
day.
sorts are here at ,
is the why of the crowds.
Shoesll ShoallShoesl
in the Mill. End Sale
What brings the crowds .
Where do they come from?
These questions we are hearing on every hand every
The answers are easy/«First they come for plain every-day
things that every-body wants--these things of regular Howland
Mill End Prices
This means worth-While savingS--Second they come from
miles around for the name and fame of the Mill End Saleis
known-- and the way of conducting it is also well known-This
Here are some of the real reasons:
CHILDRE ’S YOUNGSTER SHOES, tan high cut
with buckle, si s 8 V; to 11. Reg. 34.42.45; in size
6 infants to size 2 misses, Reg. $2.75 to $3.50— $2.45
_ CHILDREN’S SMOKED ELK MOCCASINS. Reg.
$3.50— $2.80
WOMEN’S BOOTS in brown kid and calf; also
some black calf with military heels, broken sizes. Reg.
87. to $8.— $3.70
WOMEN'S OXFORDS AND PUMPS—rsatin‘, pat-
ent leather and kid pumps, brown and black-calf and
patent leather oxfords, stylish‘hcels, in a wide variety;
all at one price— $4.10 '
WOMEN’S OXFORDS—tan and black Norwegian
calf laced oxfords with military and low heels. Reg. $8.
— $5.25 _.
\‘x l
Dress trimmings in“
the Mill End Sale
.. METAL CLOTHS—36 inches wide, in a large
lvcalrietgszf colors. Reg. $2.90 yd.-—— $1.75. Reg. $1.50
3/ -—
. SPANISH LACES in all over and flouncings, black
{Iooooooooo-o‘lzo‘oo
Maia door. roar.
‘ ’and colors. Reg. $1.75 to $2.50— 951: yd.
J BRAIDED'SILK GIRDLES for coats or dresses,
‘2??? brown and navy. Reg. 32.41.69. Reg. 31.50—
i - - ~ - ‘
, Main floor, center. ..
Domestics of known
- ' . . o . o .
value 1n the” Mill End
, Paui'r'or THE LOOM PlLLow cases, 45 x 36.
Reg. 4Sc—35c ,
BLEACHED CORONA SHEETS, 81 x90. Reg.
31.795150 ., ‘- .
.Btggg‘neo CORONA SHEETS, 31 x99. Reg. 51.85
i . , molten SAPPHlRE MUSLlN,'36in.rSoft finish
,and good-fecundcrw. car. 1523. 25c—_20¢yd.~ 7
- _, usemcneomu - N, 36 lung; 16c yd.-- 14.;
m 11m. rear.
i . ‘
at $2.65 ’
-~.---. .1, .
Wash goods values
in the Mill End
FIGURED PLlSSE, 30 in. in a large assortmetftt
colors and patiems. Reg. 29c—— 23c
SERPENTINE CREPE, 32 in. new Spring patterns.
Reg. 35c yd.-- 30c . .
DRESS GlNGHAM’S, fine quality, 32 in. plalisarl
checks. Reg. 50c yd.—- 39c _
MADRAS SHIRTINGS, 32 in., large assortmental
colors. Reg. 39c yd.— 29c
SHADOW SHEEN, 36 in. for lingerie in
Reg. 69c yd.— 59c _
lMPORTED VOlLES with embroiderea dots,
assortment of colors. Reg. 75c to St. yd.— 50c
Main floor. rear.
Delightful dresses
in the Mill End
WOMEN’S STYLISH DRESSES made of'slx all
wool, crepe dc chine, satins, crepe satins, twill cord»
Poirot twills, etc. l
WOMEN’SDRESSES that were 510.—— $8.25,
WOMEN’S DRESSES that were $25. to 53930"
$18.75
WOMEN’S DRESSES that were $35. to $37.30:
Second float" . center.
Women’s fine coats
in the Mill End Sale
WOMEN’S COATS many of them with handsot;
fur collars, both sport and dressy models. Reg. 565 ‘05
—-$57.50 ' ‘
5 WOMEN’S COATS—wondrous materials. son"
Withdee fine flufi‘y fur collars; some with culls
match. cg. $79.50 to 590— $69.50
Sample ~ purses and bags
in the-Mill End Sale
WOMEN’S PURSES AND BAGS-11 manufaclm"
3’5 sample line in leather, Silk and velvet —blac_k and C k
tits—slim. fine—nude tolsell from 33, 1. $5. in the st.
all shade.
vii:
min, 'mmm.
co.
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