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The Darien Paradox
Six men, five members and one
former member of the Darien Fire
Department. are today either in the
'State Prison in Wethorstleld or in
the County Jail, serving sentences
after pleading to charges involving
arson.
The case presented an unusual
paradox—that of firemen. employed
to protect the community from fire.
reversing their roles and conspiring
to commit. arson. The reason for
.their acts will probably never be
known. “For the excitement of the
thing," is one explanation that has
been made of the activities of the
sextet. Yet it scarcely seems cred-
ible that adult minds would con-
template such extremes in search
' for “excitement." l-‘ew crimes are
quite so hideous as arson. for in its
wake often follow death, torture.
and enormous property damage.
. That these men have pleaded guilty
' to the charges against them re-
moves all doubt—and all we can
hope is that prison terms will go far
toward eliminating the complex
which motivated the firemen in their
crime.
Iron And Steel
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(Iron Age)
Steel bookings for February prom
ise to equal those of January, the
‘ falling off in the East being offset
by tho sustained activity in the Mid-
dle West. Railroad purchasing is
conspieious in a. market which is
still one broad in scope but of small
”lot buying for current needs. Spec-
. ”ulative buying is absent and com-
a
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Vafllflnh' noose-ee-
*gnlantlc City
' ‘ Cincinnati ...... 30.02 40
Chicago ......” 29.86 42
mltmeuts for May or June delivery
are as yet a small percentage of the
normal seasonal volume. yet pro-
duction is at a rate which, if sus-
tained, Would make a record year.
Sellers are beginning to believe that
price concessions might be produc-
tive of business. as would not have
been the case some months ago.
This vicw is not taken with respect
to sic-cl bars, nor to pipe. which is
in strong demand. nor to rails or in
plate, on which mills are fully book-
< ed. Counting 16,000 cars awarded
in the past week. railroad car pur-
' chases in February amount to near-
ly 3”,“0”.
THE “’L‘A’I‘IIER.
Southern New England: Partly
cloudy and somewhat warmer Mon-
day; Tuesday cloudy.
Eastern New York: Fair and
mrmcr in south and cloudy. possibzy
snow fiurrics in north portion Mon-
day: Tuesday cloudy.
\Vinds: North of Sandy Hook:
Moderate southwest and westerly;
overcast and partly cloudy Monday.
Sandy Hook to Hatteras: Moder-
ate variable. mostly westerly and
weather fair Monday.
Conditions: The weather chart of
Sunday night showed high baromet-
ric pressure over the Gulf States
and the Missouri and central Missis-
sippi valleys and a moderate de-
pression oft: the middle Atlantic
coast and over the Ontario and west-
ern plateau region.
There have been scattered snow
flurries within the last 24 hours in
the region of the Great Lakes, rains
in the mountainous districts of the
middle and south Atlantic states.
and general rain over California and
Oregon.
In New England, and eastern New
York the weather will be mostly
cloudy and somewhat warmer Mon-
day, probably with snow flurries
,along the northern border and
; cloudy with moderate temperature
on Tuesday.
In the middle Atlantic and south
Atlantic states the weather will be
‘fair and with moderate temperature
.Monday and Tuesday, although
e'_'e:lotldincss will increase during 'hies-
e
. Observation taken at. a p. in. 75th
W at. flew Haven Weather
Bar. Thee. Wm.
30.04 52 Clear
29.94 34 Clear
29.86 32 clear
29.86 3:: Clear
29.86 23 snow
Cloudy
cloudy
vcr ........ ”.78 u cloudy
39.“ 34 .cloudy
........ 29.91 44 clear
« iville ...... 10.04 60 clear
City ... 29.96 68 cloudy
pt ........ 29.“ 30 clear
33 clear
’l-i CMII’
)4 diva.-
....u.. 55.91 42 clear
hfield, . . . . 29.90 20 ‘loudv
rgh . . . . . 39.91 3! cludy
d. Ma. ... . 19.33 28 clear
, tits 2!.” 52 cloudy
l ...... 29.84 :8 cloudy
ans-ass”!!! 3‘ II”!
mock Island
noose-Lees
ash-see
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TEAI’OT DOME,
By Wan Its-on. ,
Ir strange and distant lands I
row i. but ever. cvcrmere. my
thr ghts return to '1". spot Dome and
in ,~py days of )‘uru. "‘wus there our
l(.viy dwelling aloud. upon a g'entle
1 ac. 'twas there my iath'sr sawed
.0 wood, and mother billed the
are. There was no trouble that
ouid spoil our glad and cheerful
days, until there came the plague
of oil that jarred us. to ty ways.
One day my father sough the well
for a refreshing drink; the water
had an oily smell that put it on the
blink. My‘ aunts went forth to milk
the kins, inured to useful toil. and
came back home at half past nine.
their buckets full of oil. “We need
a rain." my uncle said, "to'soak the
parching soil." the clouds then
gathered overhead and soon were
raining oil. Such oilness destroyed
our peace. and made our lives seem
hard; the brooks were running melt-
ed grease, the springs all squirted
lard. When father at the table chew-
ed an egg or bacon rind, he said, “It
tastes to me like crude. and I pre—
fer rofined.’ And so we left our
'happy home in sorrow and despair;
Iwe moved away from Teapot Dome.
it was too oily there. My plow is
cleaving other loam. but oft at night
I dream, and dream again of Tea.-
pot Dome. where life was sure a
scream.
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A WIDOW’S HYMN
How near me came the hand
Death.
When at my side he struck my
dear,
took
breath
“‘hich quicken'd
peer!
How helpless am
made!
By day how grieved, by night
how sad!
And now my life's delight is gone.
—Alas! how am I left aloncl
of
And away the precious
my beloved
I thereby
,
The voice which I did more es~
teem
Than music in her sweetest key.
[Those eyes which unto me did
seem
‘ More comfortable than the day;
These new by me. as they
have been.
Shall never more be heard or
seen;
But what I once enjoyed in them
Shall seem hereafter as a. dream.
Lord! keep me faithful
trust
\Vhlch my dear spouse reposed
in me:
him now
just
all
be!
For
to the
To dead preserve me
In that should performed
though
and wife
Extendeth only to this life.
Yetxneither life no death should end
The being of a faithful friend.
—Gcorge “'ithcr.
our being man
IN THE DAYS news
George Itousscs. the new llrcniirr
of Greece is. next to his lifelong
friend and Chieftain, lilcutherius
Venizelos. admittedly the ablest man
in the public life of Greece; He cre-
ated an excellent impression and
mutlc many friends in America.
while representng his country as
Minister Picniptcntlary, from 19115
until 1920.
it wa’s Roussos. incidentally. who
was entrusted by his countrymen
with the delicate mission of calling
upon King George to leave Greece
and to remain abroad.
When he came to America. in
1916. ltoussos had been for some
30 years, the acknowledged leader
of the international bar of Egypt.
ill which capacity he welcomed the
late Theodore ltoosevclt,on the oc-
casion of the killer's visit to Cairo
and Alexandra. Roussos enjoyed
the warm friendship and the con-
fidence alike of Lord Cromer and
of Lord Kitchener, helping them to
straighten out many a difficulty
in connection with the troublesome
problems in dealing with the large
foreign population and even with
lthe natives, who hold him in high
regard. constantly appealing to him
for advice in their "troubles.
\Vheu V'cnizclos became Presi-
dent of the Provincial Government
of Saionikl he summoned {cusses
to his side and besought aim to
undertake the mission of» represent-
ing the Soloniki Government in
the United States. and to obtain for
it the same confidence and sup-
port that was being~accorde by
Great Britain and by France. 'Vitho
out a minute'- hesitation Roussos
turned over his lucrative legal prac-
tice in Egypt to his partners and.
after prolonged conferences in Sa-
loniki with Venlzelos, sailed for New
York.
Perhaps the best proof of confi-
dence which he succeeded’ in in-
spiring in his Government and in
his country and among the various
Administrations circles at Washing-
ton wus the fact that some six
months before the armistice the
Treasury. by the direction of Presi-
dent Wilson, placed a very large
sum of money atthe service of the
Venlzoles Government at Athens.
When he sailed in the Spring of
1919 to assist Venizelos in repre-
senting the interests of Greece at
the Congress of Versailles he was
made the object of a manlsfestazion
of good-will rather unusual in the
annals of diplomacy. Great captains
of finance. university presidents. em.
inent omcials, &c.. to number of
nearly 200 united in entertaining
him in New Iork at a dinner of god-
speed. At the conclusion of the con-
gress he returned ‘here for another
13 months and then was asked by
Venizelos. still in, power a- New"
to proceed at once to Constantl-
nople and there auume the duties
of High Gemini-loner of Jreecc.
Before 'he could reach this poet the
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Little eyes that dance with g .
Light the troubled way for me.
Little hands. so soft and white.
nuke my heavy burdens light.
Little feet that patter near.
Carry oh. a) launch of cheer!
Little cheeks so soft to press.
Yet so plump with happiness.
strange it some. and yet so true,
I should care so much for you.
,1
Why should I, so big and tall.
five my heart to one'so small?
ON SPEAKING SOUR. OWN,
THOL‘GH‘I‘S
Poe, \V’himian. Emerson. These
three men mean more to intelligent
people of other nations than any
other trio of Americana not con-
cerned ulth science and invention.
Ralph \S‘aido Emerson was the
phenomenon of this illustrious
thrcc. lie was a radical who flour-
ished in the. midst, and with the ap-
proval of. New England conservat-
ism.
O
“Man is his own star, and the soul
that can
llcinlcr an honest, and a
’ mun,
Command all light, all influence, all
fate
Nothing to him falls too early or
loo lslc.
(ini- acts our angels are. or good or
ill,
Our ffltlll shadows that walk by us
still.
perfect
Emerson read those lines in the
epilogue tollinumout and l’lClChr
cr's “lloncst Alan‘s Forllini‘” and
wrote his remarkable many on self-
reliance.
“. . . To believe ~vour own
thought. to believe that'whnt is true
for you in your private heart, is true
for all men. that is genius. Speak
your intent conviction and it shall
be the universal conviction: for al-
ways the inmost becomes the out‘
most. and our first thought is ren-
dered hack to us by the trumpets
of the Last Judgment.
“Familiar as the voice of the
mind. is to each. the highest merit
we ascribe to Moses. Plato and Mll-
ton, is that they set naught books
and traditions, and spoke not what
men, but What they; thought.
“A iunn’should learn to detect
and watch that git‘llnl of light which
flashes-across his mind from Within
vmorc than the lustre of theiirma—
ment of bards and sages. YEt he
dismisses without notice his thought
because it is his.
“In every work of genius we rec-
ognize our own rejected thoughts;
they come back to us with a certain
alienated majesty. Great works of
,inuse betricnds; no
art have no more affection lesson
for us than this; They teach us to
libido by our spontaneous impres-
sion with good humorcd inflexibil-
ity then most when the whole cry
of voices is on the other side.
"ljlsc. tomorrow a. stranger will
say with masterly good sense pre—
cisely what we have thought and
felt all the time, and we shall be
forced to take with shame our own
opinion from another.
“There is a. time in every man's
education when he arrives at the
conviction that envy is ignorance:
that imitation is suicide; that. he
must take himself for better. for
worse. as his portion: that though
the wide universe is full of good.
no kcrnai of nourishing corn can
come to him but through his soil
bestowed on that plot of ground
which is given to him to till. The
power which resides in him is new
in nature. and none but he knows
that is which he can do. nor does
he know until he has tried.
"Not for nothing one lace.
character. one fact. makes
impression on him. and
none. It is not without pro-estab-
iishcd harmony, this sculpture in
the memory. The eye is placed
where one ray should fall that it
might testify of that particular ray.
Braveiy let him speak the utmost
syllable of his profession.‘
"th half express ourselves
are ashamed of that dixine idea?
which each of us represents. It
may be safely trusted as propor-
tionate and of good issues. so it be
faithfully imparted, but God \xill
not have His work made manifest
by cowards. It needs it divine man
to exhibit anything divine.
"A man is relieved and 3:1)" “HIE
he has put his heart into his work
and done his best: but what he has
said or done otherwise, shall give
him no peace. It is u. deliverance
which does not deliver. In the at-
tempt his genius dcscrts him no
invention, no
one
much
‘ another
and
hope."
This is but a. small extract from
the essay. The whole thing should
be read not once. but many times.
The name of it is “Self-Reliance."
and it. can be found in any collec-
tion of Emerson’s essays, in most
any public library.
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MERE POWER 01" “W IS
ovrsmm'rno vacuums ,1
orro u. KAIIN 5
“The power of more wealth is.
believe. generally overrated," said
to H. Kuhn. prominent American
financier. “That power in politics
has greatly decreased, largely
through the vigorous and enlighten-
ed leadership of the late President
Roosevelt, from what it was at the
time he came into office. It will.
I am convinced. further decrease
through the action of natural and
inevitable circumstances. ,.
"The use of capital at the hands
of its owners is a subject concom-
ing which there exists a great deal
of misapprehension and hazy think-
ing. The rich man can spend only
a. relatively small sum‘ of money
unproductiveiy or selflehly. The,
money that it is in his power act-
a pet monkey and the coup d'etat
followed at Athens which brought
about ex-King‘ Constantine’s return
and the temporary withdrawal from
public life of Veniseloa.
Roussos. deeply disgusts ._ and
disheartened. returned to tissue.
resumed his practice at the .bar,
'which he he?! have once more aban-
doned in response to 3.!" call of Ven-
young mug succumbed to blood
iiin.
v ‘u' ‘=
' Alli
a» mat
ually to waste is exceedingly limit-
‘fMoney in the hands of the in-
dividual ls ' continually and fever—
ishly on the search for opportun-
ities l. e., for creative and produc-
tive use.
"It'is not true ‘the rich are get~
ting richer and the poor poorer.’
On the _contrary.tthe diffusion of
wealth has been going on apace:
the trend of things within the past
20 years has been greatly toward
diminishing the difference in the
standard and general Way of living
between the various categories of
our population. ’
"It is worth nothing in this con-
nection that. if all incomes over
ten thounnd dollars Were taken
and distributed among those earn-
ing less than ten thousand dollars
annually. the result, as near as it is
possible to figure it out. would be
that the incomes of those receiv-
ing that distribution would be in-
creased barely 10 per cent.
f'And the consequence of any
gm ,divisibn. while of little bene-
ilt to the recipients, would be an
«Immense lo“ of ”wont! produc-
tivity by turning a powerful and
.scrcen'svin, the one that's but lets
fnlctjfy‘lng stream into a mass' of
lanky
new“
‘3.
Chicken Raising and—Chicken
- Raising
Why should I sit all the while
[Eager Just to see you smile?
5 Why should all you do or say
lComrort me throughout the day?
How has all this come to be
That you mean so much to me?
SCan you guess, or do you know.
(Why it is I love you so?
:It's because my heart is glad
\I was picked to be your dad.
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- o-Operation *
Wise and prudent cooperation l'rlfh Gus.
era has been and is {filling faCtor in this has?
progress. It recognizesthat the interests of“!
customers and its own interest are mmmfi:
separably related.
LET US WORK WITH YOU
I,l_ 1.! all m: s: II I!
a
ll!
)3: s: as
A
K .I_l_
Harold is one of those liberal-
mlnded men to when: aubletiea are
as vague as the nebular hypothesis.
to an Eskimo. In addition to this
mental encumbrance he is as bash-
ful and shy as a bald~he’ded man
under a spotlight. He is_still won-
dering why the young woman he
tgok for a ride in his new chummy
roadster suggested he learn to drive
with one hand and why she laugh-
ed when he said, "if I ever lose an
arm I shall quit driving an auto-
mobile."
An automobile dashed along the
country road. Turning a curve. it
came suddenly upon a man with a
gun on his shoulder and a weak,
sick-looking dog beside him. The
dog was directlyin the path of the
motor car. The chauffeur sounded
his born. but the dog did not move
To many people. chicken raising is'
just and only chicken raising. says!
the Bridgeport Telegram. They get ‘
the idea that the only thing neces-
sary is to purchase a. few chickens,
fix a place for them to sleep and eat ‘
and scratch, and then practically lg-
noro them. sitting down in the
meanwhile to wait for profits to be
realized at the end of the month or
the year. Undoubtedly there are
endless numbers of people who keep
chickens ‘in an entirely haphazard
manner. and who. at the same time,
fall to realize the possibilities which
are slipping by with the passing of
every day.
For info students of poultry rais-
ing have discovered that there is
more in the subject than would apo
pear to be in the case on the sur-
face, and such individuals. by ap-
plying to their flocks the lessons of
thought and txpcrience, are getting
results which other-fanciers. if they
considcr them at all. have always
regarded as impossible. Writing in
the Reclamation Record. H. 0.
Numbers. Secretary of the'Pennsy.-
vania State Poultry Association.
givcs many pointers to chicken rais-
crs. and on the subject of mating
among other things. says:
"If you do not know
mate. ask all authority. Too often.
the male side is weak. Strengthen
your flock by infusing the right kind
of blood. I rccultly required a
curtain type of male bird to com-
plete a mating. I spent several
months in search of the proper in-
dividual. It was not a. question of
price, but just to get exactly what
i wanted. I looked at birds priced
from' $5 to 850. Last \Qcck I hap-
pened on a. farmer's flock and saw
the very bird I wanted. I bought
him for 82. Today, I would not. sell
him, for I believe he possesses all
the qualities 1 require. Just remem-
lnr that not always the highest
priced is best for your require-
ments. It may be a show winner,
but will be deficient in the breeding
pen."
Those individuals who think that
chickens are just chickens undoubt-
cdlv have much to learn about the
business, whether or not they have
dqx-oted years to. haphazard chicken
raising. Mr. Numbers tells of a man
who last year. as a side line with a
low chickens on a plot one hundred
feet square. cleared over $3,000. But
it isn't luck that brings such results,
concludes the Telegram. It’s con-
centration to the amount of intel-
ligence used.
how to
When one screen‘s out and one
mosquitoes in.
Don't. shoot your neighbor. Keep
a. garbage pile and let the files do
the dirty work.
Mr. Kuhn was discussing the ef-
fect of extreme surtaxes on the
country at large in discouraging
thrift and self denial.
"There are only two ways in
which the working fund and the
energy needed for the conduct of
the nation's inductries can be pro-
vlded." he said.
“The first one is. subject to rea-
sonable control and to the watch-
fulness. of public opinion. to give
free scope to individual initatlve.
enterprise and responsibility. and
to stimulate men to eflort. to thrift
“and to self-denial by the incentive
of reward. '
“The second way is to look to the
State for being the universal dis-
penser and provider and regulator.
“It is impossible for the methods
of individualism, on which our eco.
nomic. social and political system
”based. to function adequately it
both the growth of capital regent.
cos needed for industry and the 1-.-
ward of effort and rick continue
sverlastiuzly to be curtailed under
the existing scheme of taxation. or
'as they would be under the pro.
posed Democratic whens. The two
until he was struck. After that he
did move.
The automobile stopped and one
of the men get. out and cam-~10!-
ward. He had once paid a. farmer
ten dollars for killing a dog that
belonged to another farmer. This
time he was wary.
"Was that your dog?"
“Yes."
"books as if we'd killed him."
“Certainly looks so."
“Very valuable dog?"
“Well. not so _very."
"Will five dollars satisfy you?"
.IYese., ‘
"Well. then. here you are." He
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Leadership
1 m p o s e s
‘ Heavy Obligations
Public confidence which has established leadezi';
in volume of commercial business in Norwalk in
honor of which we are justly proud. But it is aim
responsibility which only the best financial senicum
man.
We are alert to opportunities for broader sepia
to the community, and are thoroughly interested in.
business and financial problems of all whom we u
permitted to serve. .
So. N orwalk Trust Co.
SECURITY
handed a five-dollar bill to the man
with the gun and added pleasantly.
"I'm sorry to have broken up your
hunt.”
“I wasn‘t going hunting.‘ replied
the other as he pocketed the bill.
"Not going hunting? Then what
were you doing with the dog and
n?!’ ‘
JGoing to the «voods to shoot the
dog."
A Wise Youngster.
(Boston Transcript.)
In a rural school the teacher was
telling about the Indians and aho‘
asked the children what the leaders
of the tribes are called.
"Chiefs." answered a bright little
girl.
“Yes," said the teacher. "Now
can any of you tell me what the
women are called?"
"Mlschlefs." shouted a youngster
in the rear.
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A Poser
(Boston Transcript)
Two colored men were digging in
a. trench when one remarked, "Say.
if I won dat Bolt prize I'd throw dis
shovel 'bout aeben miles."
The Real Test
Not what you get. by chance or inheritance, no: will
you start with in life, but what you gain by honest efid
i! what will make you truly successful.
What are you doing to better conditions?
What are you saving ?
Cement your material welfare today by Opel-ill“
account with this bank.
., The. City National Bank
South Norwalk, Conn,
“ h!’ 'sncered his companion.
if a bull-frog had wings he‘d
flYe'.
uI dunno. Maybe he wouldn't."
said the first man. “He done got 10'
laigs an' he won't walk."
THERE IS No
REASON.
mnemmdfiahflltr.whr
YOUos-auyotherpeesoninthi;
country cannot acquire at least
WMthwu-bupmsflllc
to spend ms decimg years or.
life in cognfort and without!
Estimates ‘cheerfully rendered on
any Building Operations.
Good work and a fair price assured
b
o. F. BURGHART
Burghart Built
, Means Well B‘uilt
Bridgeport. £an-
Phone Noble 4013
anxiety concerning the ma
of life.
START SA? ING TODAY IN
WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY
Have That Necessary Odd Job Done Now
Thatcoofthatneedsshlngling. earpen - hell" I
in I the tea-worl- onl ,.
than" 33"" home, . M garage you've been tlllnln' in: 0‘
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arm mason rs AVAILABLE.
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cc:~r':itacmn.nUII.DER
mantra :11. ' .... ’SouthNorl“
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