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THURSDAY,_EEBRUARY 21, 1924
A I G SENTINEL
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0mm DRIVERS.
By Walt Itasca.
Chug choosmith has two wooden
limbs, and he is nearly blind. yet
in his pewter car he shims. while»
dust clouds rise behind. Gig Tools
has epileptic tits at unexpected
times: and in his scorching has he
hits as l compose these ryhmea.
Ji .Caslng‘s boy is nine years old.
an sawed of! forJls size. yet. he
presents an aspect bold as up the
road he flies. And Casing's grand-
slre's been on deck since apples
were sour. and it is sad to see him
trek at fifty miles an hour.
some day he will hit a cow or slay
a farmer's hen. and if he seems a
delic now. what will he look like
then? Oh. any man may licensed be
to drive a deadly wain. though he is
deaf and cannot see, and isn’t strict-
ly sane. Bo'fatal drivers run amuck
in every booid-stainod town. and iff
we haply dodge a truckya road rJ
runs us down. The day mustco e
when ovcry swaln who fluid it'll.-
('cnse win. will have to prove that
he is sane, his works all ‘sound
within. He'll have to shown doc-
herein.
3 All rights of publication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
A Playground
The local American Legion boys
have taken owr n llig proji‘cl. in at-
d‘empting to gvt for Norwaik a. pub-
lic playground but you never can
tell about those Legion boys. They
may put the project over and if they
do there will he thousands in Nor-
in): who will bless them. They
helped win the war and if they can
get such 1!. playground for us they
Mil hear just us much appiuusc as
they did whrn they returned from
the front. It's a big fight and it’s
Idgood one. '
Norwalk nN-ds a playground had-
ly. Every man and woman intr‘r-
csted in the welfare of the younrlg‘or
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.generation will tcll you that.
“tissue of Norwalk. big and small.
P‘; would got behind the boys and
i help them put the playground on
A iIdol-walks map. It won't cost so
>. 11inch either. The city could do it
!’ With a smnll tux levy. llut if tlu-
432’.
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can't nor: its way. why the 1.0—
b'6ys probably will find some
7“ ' way to get it.
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’ er. McAdno As A Cantlitlstc.
“ (Louisville Courier-Journal.)
(Presidential czunpuignsI are“ no:
ed b intelligence. no gcn
'Dq'egocratlrc frlrnds of Mr. McAdoo
"th consider him blameless in this
mir know that in the passions and
'31:. partisanship, the ignorance and
‘the unscrupulousnugss of a. national
'can‘Ipaign Mr. McAdoo would be at.
i’certaln disadvantage which wise
y leaders would prefer to avoid
“a. a. leader. They know that .dr.
HcAdoo as a nominee for the presi-
dency would be on the defensive, as
he fins at Washington.
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Clever Bilkflomer.
(Tit~Bits)
, "Talking about presence of mind"
remarked Johnson to his fellow club
members. "there was the case of
Bill Homer. Bill and the rest. of us
had been making a night of it. and
it was about 3 a.m. when Bill lot
himself into the house and climbed
the stairs without the aid of his
shoes. He got. undressed and partly
Qnto bed. when Mrs. Bill stirred.
Eli's hair stood on end through
fear of what was coming. But Mrs.
Bill merely turned over and asked
sleepily:
‘ ”‘Is that you. Fldo'l'"
“At once liiil got off a little whine
and licked ln-r hand."
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’l‘llE “WEATHER.
Iouthcrn New England—Colder
Thursday; Friday fair and colder.
Eastern New York—Cloudy and
colder Thursday; snow tlurrius in
the interim; l-‘riduy generally fair
and colder.
Conditions—flue southern disturb-
undo has moved rapidly northeast-
-'wu'd with a decided increase in in-
finity and its center was over
Ill-stern Massachusetts \Vcdnesdny
night. It has bven attended by or:-
cipitatlon (liner: generally east (i
“so Missouri one the lOWer Misdi-
hippi Valleys wu by shifting gala-s
along the Atomic coast. north of
gape Hatteras during the last twia<
gw-tnnr hours.
, " he temperature was higher Wed-
nssday in the Middle Atlantic andl
North Atlantic states.
Winds—North of Sandy Hook—
ltrong Westerly probably of gale
force and weather overcast Thurs-
day, probably snow or rain over
north portion.
sandy Hook at Hatteras—Strong
northwest, probably of gale , force
and Weather fair Thursday.
"There will be local snow- in
Northern New England and the in-
tesisr of Eastern New York. Thurs-
”. Otherwise gendaliy fair Weath-
er will prevail during the next two
days in the Washington forecast dis-
!‘The temperature will be lower
ghout the eastern states Thurs-
y and in the North Atlantic states
filthy.
Item warnings remain displayed
oi: the Atlantlc coast from Cape
Hatteras to Eastport. Maine.
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~ on the old Honinsrtro'walls though
tnr's screed which proves that he is
Isoundi with wits that are not gone ’
to seed. with legs that reach the
~ground. He may not drive a car of
'zinc. not yet a. car of tin, if eyes or
'cars are on thebllnk. if he is steeped
in gin. Some happy day. no doubt.
the State. which hasn‘t woke up yet.
will put the lid on every skate whose
delving is a. threat.
WHO’S WC
IN 7H: DAYS news
HUDSON MAXIM.
Declaring that "coffee is boazc."
lludson Maxim. scientist and inven-
tor, has threatqted organized "war"
on ten and coffee shops,
He is a man from Maine. He was
born in Ornevlile, in that state Feb-
ruary 3. 1853. ln‘hls youth he was
engaged in printing and publishing
busincss in Plttsl‘ieid, Mass.
lie had always been interested in
such things and in 1888 he took up
the business of ordinance and explo-
sives.
He was the first .person in the
United States to make smokeless
- powder and the first to submit sam-
plvs to the gowrnmcnt for trial. in
1390 he built at Maxim. New Jer-
say (the town \vzis named after him)
u. dynamite factory and smokeless
powdcr mill. Seven years later he
sold his smokeless powder inven-
tions to E. I. Du Pont do Nemours
Co.. Wilmington, Delaware. and be-
came consulting engineer and ex-
pert in the development department
of that company. a;
lie is the inventor of “Maximilo.”
the first high explosive to be fired
through heavy armor pintc.( “mo-
torife" a new scif—combustive mutt-r-
ial for driving automobile torpedoes.
as Well as many improvements in
smokeless powder.
"The Science of Poetry and the
Philosophy of Language." "Dt'fcnse-
less America." and "Dynamite Stor-
ies" are among the works of which
he is author.
Things We Use
Iil’lillI-llf
The safety of every railroad train
in this country dcponds on a piece
of rubber that. value from the Far
East or the upper rcuchcs of tho
Amazon. 'l'hr: rubber is in the air
brake.
'i‘he safcty Of thy majority of
and motor trucks do-
This
If
automobiles
pcnvls on a piece of asbestos.
article is in the brake linings.
was iniporit-d Rom Canada.
Both the ruhlwr and the asbestos
came to us as raw products. our
factories put on the finish, and Fell
thcm at home or abroad.
That is foreign trade.
These and other homely. practical.
facts are contained in "Our Imports
stud “'ho Use Them." published by
the National Foreign Trade Council.
Montmarte
Montmnrtc:
A strange halo surrounds this
name by which the quarter of Paris
artists is known throughout the
world. Ambitious. gay and light-
hearted people crowd into the tiny
studios or in the restaurants of
Montmartre and give the entire dis-
trict its bohemian atmosphere.
Where does the name come from?
There are three sources for it. each
one of which is ardently defended
by a group of ctymoiogisls. During
the Roman period of Paris there
stood a temple on the hill of Mont-
martro which was dedicated to the
god of wars. Mars. and was approx-
imately situated on the spot where
now the square of Tetra is ioostetl
In Latin. then. one would have said
Mons Martin. That iabut. one of
the three hypotheses. ‘
Another temple. that of the god
Mercury, stood about the same time
at the place where nowadays one
finds the Manila de la Galena: the
existence of this sanctuary permit-
ted one to talk in Latin of Mons
Mei-cur“. Indeed. one finds in a
chronicle of the Seventh century
the term “in monte Mercuril." The
alteration of the name in the course
of centuries would have made of
Mons Herein-ii. first Mont Mercre,
then Mont Metro and finally Mont-
martre.
s
A third explanation. which seems
more acceptable still. is the follow-
ing: It is possible that Saint Denis
and his companions became mar-
tyrs on Huntmartre. One found
list yet the re-
ohmbar which
was f to him. Mont-
martre would then be derived from
loss Iartyrum. which means
mountain of martm It la. more-
an established. fact that
not the tomb, (the
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More lnsistcncc on Victory Pdsons’
Athletics at Roots.“ President
of Yale Proclslma
That the spirit that. sees in vic-
tory in a particular sport the main
or the sole criterion of the success
of an institution would. if generally
entertained, undermine the entire
morale of its work. is the belief of
President Jamoa Rowland Angeli of
Yale University.
“Fortunately it is represented in
only a. small circle, although a circle
somewhat vociferous." President An-
geli says.
"A fair share of victories is in-
disponaable to the maintenance of
moral in tram compciitions: but
the moment ilitr‘rcst in clean and
honest sport gives way to a. mere
insistnce upon victory. the finest
thing in our intercollegiate sport
program ismoisnncd at its roots. Ex-
actly thi-sc qualities which compe-
tiivo sport is hrst fitted to develop
are choked and destroyed when s in
stress is plat-ml upon victory t
whatever cost. “'e may well be
grateful that the men in charge of
the training of our teams reflect in
their ideals and methods a fine con-
ception of amateur sport nnd its
place in college lifo.
“Although the numbor is undouht-
odiy rapidly decreasing. there are‘
still persons who nro apt to feel that
the institution is on the decline if its
football tenth falls to win all ' its
contests, and particularly if it fails
to conquer its chief traditional ri-
vals; and this despite the fact that
a period of most significant growth
in one of our oldest rivals coincides
closely with a. period of nimos un-
interrupted football defeats by 'ale.
have been
when football victories
less frequent.
"The extraordinary increase in
the demand for tickets for our more
important football games, the im-
possibility of caring for these
needs, even with the huge resources
of the Yale bowl. inexitablly lead one
to some question regarding the part
which these contests have come to
play in our academic life._
"Every university within reach
of a large population conducts
through the Autumn months what
is practically a great-program” of
public entertainment, for which rel-
ativcly high prices of admission are
charged. and from which accrues
tremendous income for the purpose
of the sport and for the promotion
of the general athletic program.
That the case with which this money
is gained tends to stimulate expendi-
ture in the conduct of our collegiate
athletics upon a plan wholly dis-
proportionate to the manner- in
which the remaining work of the
institution is conducted can hardly
be questioned.
"The inevitable distraction from
college work which the excitement
of these week-end occasions, nc-
compnnied as they often are by so-
~cial cntcrtalning on a. large scale.
has to be reckoned with. it is to
he hoped that the good which flows
from it all is more than offset for
nny evils dependent upon it; but
the situation, as such. is one which
no thoughtful observer of Ameri-
can education can View without
some misgivings; and we must. be
prepared to deal with it in a vigor-
ous manner. it it appears that the
primary business of the university
And that Yale has enjoyed an un-
precedented growth in a period
is really substantially interfered
with."
BY CLARK’
GLEANINES FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE
KINNAIRD
The place given Napoleon in the
book of life .3! paradoxical. He is
one of the three. or four biggest
failures in all history, and he is one
of'lthe greatest heroes of the world.
a. world given to picking its idols
from amid battle and strife.
There is no doubt that ho is one
of the world's greatest heroes. He
fires the imaginations of all peoples
today as he did Frenchmen more
than a. hundred years 880.. It is
equally as certain that he is among
the biggest flilures of the World.
Why did Napoleon fall? Well-
ington and the English? Pooh! No.
he failed because of the thing that
was his strength and his weakness;
he had no inner life-he lived out-
side of himself. An obtuse expla-
nation. What does it mean?
Vence. 0a. character of Anatole
France's ‘ ' novel. "The Red Lily."
states exactly:
“He (Napoleon) was violent and
frivolous. and thus profoundly hu-
man. By that I mean. like other
people. H aspired to enjoy uné
limited po er. which is what. the or-
dinary man some and desires. He
himself was ssessed by the illu-
sions with which he . inspired the
people. They constituted his strength
and. his" ass. and were his
chief ado ent.>_.He ’ behaved
glory. Concerning life and 7
'he held absut the same opinions as
one 0‘ his grenadine: Ba never lost
that. childish seriousneu which
takes a. delight in swordppls; and
the beating of arms. and that kind
of innocence which makes good lol-
diers. Ballads mp’eot for
force._ new” a. man among men;1
flesh 'of their flesh" 80 never had a
dngle thought that did not exprem
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1 "He had the genius necessary to
cut a. brilliant figure in the civil and
military arena of the world. But he
had no speculative genius.
We passes the collection
writings and his speeches. His
style is viv us and graphic. And
in this mass of ideas there is not a
hint of any philosophical .curiosity,‘
of any interest in the unknowablc.
of any preoccupation with the mys-
tery of destiny. When. at St. licl-
ens. he talks of God or the soul. he
seems like a good little school boy
of fourteen. 'Hls soul cast into the
world found itself proportioned to
the world and embraced everything.
Not a particle of his soul was ever
lost in the infinite. A poet. he knew
no poetry but that of action. His
great dream of life was earth-
bound. In his terrible and pathetic
puerllltles he believed that than may
may, be great: and time and misfor-
tune never robbed him of that illu-
sion. His youth. or rather his sub-
lime adoleecedoe, endured to the
bad. because all the days of his life
were powerless to form'in him a
conscious maturity.‘ Such is the ab.
normal condition of all men of gen.
fun. They live entirely for the mu-
m and their genius ls concen-
on one single t. Th
hours of their lives arm bound
one to another‘by a chain of grave
disinterested reflection. They .do not
develop: one oondttiou merely suc-
odeds another in a. series of deeds.
Thissbsence of inner life is rtic-
nlarly noticeable in Napoleon. ence
the lightness of heart which en-
abled him bear-easily the weight
of his ortnnes and mistakes.
His soul. _ever new, was born
each morning. He M to the
highest degree a capacity for salt-
amusement . . His was theis-
poseefamindsuperiorto fortune.
and above all things the W1“
me ever apt for'renswal.
outside of himself); '
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of his
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IELLET
DR. W. ‘- “new
\Vllllo gronchy 1’
l‘rcti‘nl mood ?
Too little play.
Too much food.
\Vho was that bathhouse king wh
cleaned up a million?
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Another way to start the day off
wrong is to go to bed at 1 a. m.
_..___.__
“'hcn the kidncy‘s at fault
“‘c all should be giving
some thought to the cost
0! deadly high living.
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If "cleanliness is next to godli-
ness" there are no roller towels in
heaven.
"Sickness is waste; health invest-
ments bring immediate, tangible re-
turns."-—Dr. Oscar Dowling.
Did you ever‘ notice that people
pat with an open palm and knock
within. closed fist 'l
' They practice prevention-—
Do the wisest of men:
And keep from physicians
Full many a you.
First thine ownscif vaccinate and
'twill follow asthe night the day.
thy neighbor cannot take from thee
thy smallpox
Coolidge Optimistic.
WASHINGTON. lt‘cb.
dent Coolidge regards business gen-
erally as in a ‘liealthy condition and
believes the American people ’can
feel safely that the grear’bulk of the
country’s business is carried on with
out any suggestion of strong doing.
Mr. Coolidge allowed his views on
known after yesterday‘s cabinet meet
business conditions to become
ing. at which he and his advisers
made a. general survey of conditions.
Reports were understood to have
reached administration officials that
the business situation had been
somewhat injured by the disclosures
in the oil investigation, but it is the
opinion of Mr. Coolidge there should
be. no fear on the part of business
men generally: that many of the
rumors spreathabout as a result of
the oil inquiry will be found with-
out basis. and that the country may
look forward to the coming months
hopefully and without fear either
as to prosperity in business matters
or as to the regular normal function—
ing of the government. ..—.
Each of the members of the
President’s official family having to
do with business conditions so-
quainted the President with details
of the situation, from which the
President was able to summarise
the outlook as thoroughly good
The discussion brought forth that
there was no material unemploy-
ment anywhere and that while
orders on hand in some branches of
industries Wt'rf: not large. it was the
result of ”if; policy of refusing to
book orders. far in advance because
possible price changes rather than
any feeling of fear on the part of
the interests involved.
Manufacturers generally were re-
ported as finding a. ready market.
Indications were seen of promising
activities in the building trdses as
soon as the braiding season opens.
The boot and shoe trade. the textile
industry and the iron and steel busi-
ness were found to be activa and in
a favorable condition!
The note of confidence was fud-
ther strengthened in the President's
vim erase tentative wage agree.
mt reached by the, bituminous
operators and miners yesterday‘ ‘ at
_thro the mafd won'
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.ByEdguA-Gnost“'
There's a. little house on a. humble
street 9
With a little porch where [the chil-
dren meet. {
And when school is out
You can hear them shout,
An army glad. as they race about:
To horn and drum
They boldly come,
And they tramp thegrasr
brown and bare _
And the ”flamers-by
With a careful eye
Must watch for the
there.
till it's
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Now many a. house on this sti‘eet is
prim
With a. gram plot nest and. tho win-
dows trim.
And ,a. lovely sight
Is the garden bright. ~
But it's all too ears for a paper
fight:
So the children g6
To a place they know ..
t by to the
door and say: \
,"Get out ‘in the tract.
With you dirty et!
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Don't. you. know that I washed that
porch today?" ‘
There is always a house on every
a street
That is knownns the place when:
the children meet.
You can pick it out.
,As you walk about.
For it's there that the
laugh and about;
And the grass is hare
And the toys are there
And the wire fence sags where the
lads hrve swung,
And the paint is nicked
Where their feet have kicked
And a window shows where a ball
was flung.
youngsters
humble street,
Let mine be the house where the
children meet;
Let mine be the place
W'hcro they romp and race
I can upon that door with a smil-
ing face,
Let this army tramp
In my yard and camp
So long as they will, for the years
roll on
And the day draws near
\i‘hen the silence hero
“‘ill tell to the world that our babes
have gone. ‘
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A man and a woman entered
cafe.
"Do you want oysters. Louise?"
asked the mass. as he glanced over
the bill of fare.
"Yes. George." answered the wo-
man, “and i want a. hassock too."
George nodded. and as be handed
the waiter his written order, he
said:
"Bring a hassock for the lady.“
"Yes sir." answered the waiter.
“one hassock."
A momefi later the waiter. up-
pareniiy p ziod. approached the
man. and leaning over to him. said:
"Excuse me. air. but i have only
been here two days and do not want
to make any mistakes, Will the
lady have the hassock broiled or
fried?"
.An amusing conversation between
the proprietor of an optician's and
an aged darkcy who was just leav-
ing the place with a pair of new
spectacles is related to us.
As the old fellow neared the door
his eye ilghtedmpon an extraordi-
nary looking instrument conspicu-
ously placed upon a counter. The
venerable negro pausedfor several
wonder at this thing. the like of
which he had never seen befom
After a long struggle with his
curiosity he was vanquished. l‘urn-
ing to the Optician. he asked: “What
is it, boa?"
"That is an optbaimometer." re-
plied the optician in his :ravest
manner. .
“Sho,” muttered the old. man to
himself. as he backed out of‘the
door. his eyes still fastened upon the
curious-looking thing on the coun-
ter. "Sho. dat's what I was areal-ed
it was!" '
George Washington
Born February 22, 1732.
American General and States-
man i
' Hero of Independence i
first“ President of the Umted‘
’ States ! ~
“Father of His Country l”
Amantbathnto‘ iryhasplaoed‘
foreverasamoagtheflretand
‘foremostof"GreatHen,'?and
we today'hold him in honor
andreverenoe.
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the “increased sense of individuality which come;
with a bank account, are rightly valued by
women. ‘
The considerate husband or father will place .
an adequate sum to the credit of a Wife or a
daughter, leaving its expenditure to her own good
judgment.
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Washington’s
’Birthday
Today this bank, with all good Ameri-
cans, honors the name of George Wash-
ington, and expresses the hope that the
time will never come when that great
name will. not cause a thrill of pride 1n
the bosom of every American citizen.
The City National Bank
.- South Norwalk, Conn.
COULD YOU COUNT ON THE CASH, EVEN; IF
YOU COULDN’T DELIVER THE GOOD: .
Do you have to work for a. living ?
Most of us (lo—it’s no disgrace. ~ _
Can you count on receiving that living if you are infill“-
unable to work for a period of weeks or months 1’
You can if you have a Travelers Accident Policy. ‘_
It pays you an income as long as you are disabled-—even if that
disability l’sts a life time.
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