turc.
~ Conditions: The disturbance
over the Canadian maritime pro-
: a'inces has remained almost sta-
,mm B! JAHES GOLDEN
A IN 1870.
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Liquor
Several men arrested recently
the charge of intoxication, have de-
, 'pp'nsthmea‘
By WARM
The Iathers of. the village are
busy all the time; they’re on the
trail of. pillage. uprootlng trait and
crime. They have impefiched ,the
traitor who runs the village scale:
his misdeeds. small and greater.
have landed him in jail. They're
now investigating the keeper of the
pound; they’ re whooping and orat-
mg and pawlng up the ground. The
uproar louder waxes, each day its
new probe brings. and men who pay
the taxes are saying bitter things.
"No oflice holder bothers to do his
proper chore. but all the village fish
there are out for some one’s gore;
we hear them idly spoofing, and
while they rant away,
jail needs roofing, the peelers lack
their pay. The cockleburs are grow-
ing upon the public street, while
eloquence is flowing where tlnhorn
statesmen meet. The Village pump
is needing a. handle and. a. spout
while aldermen are pleading for
warrants for some scout. The al—
leys all are dirty. the bridge is
broken down. and there are ten or
thirty bootlegging Joints in town;
and still the village fathers investi-
gate and roar, and not a statesman
on' those who pay the freight;
ltrophes surprising the
[bothers to do his proper chore."
be a rising of
catas-
Bugio will
Some day there'll
clared that they obtained the liquor1 relate.
' ,on the outskirts 0t \‘orwalln And
statements have been made that
there would be a general Clean-up.
Apparently there has been no clean-
up. The latest case to come
court was heard yesterday when a
man who declared he had not taken
a. drink before in seventeen years.
was in a bad way from the stuff
manufactured in stills “in the out-
skirts of the city."
<2Why aren't these places cleaned
up? Recently the Sentinel was
asked not to print the name of one
district where the stuff was being
sold because it was said a. “clean—
up" was planned. Yet the man
brought into court yesterday by his
wile bought the‘siui‘f in that same
district. 5
Perhaps those places are outside
the limits of the local police. Very
well“ Call in the state police. ’.-\‘0
place is outside of their district.
The pity 0: it is that it is not only
a. crime, a breaking of the Consti-
tution of the failed States. to sell
liquor but it is a "crime" that the
poison sold is cxnr allowed to get
into any man‘s system. Just plum
poison—with a kick.
The Legion
The local Legion boys intend to
start a. drive for more members.
This is rather surprising. \Ye didn't
believe it possible that any ex-ser-
vice man was not a member of this
organization. It is their organiza-
tion and there should not be an cxv
service than in Norwalk who is not
a. member. Jom up boys. You
were brothers in war and should he
handed lozetlwr in peace. The L0-
glon can do a ,grout work in this
country. It can do as much if not
more to pork 2c-r continued peace
than any other organization and it
can do great good in civic affairs.
To have fought in tl1€late war is a
great honor and to belong to the
Legion is an honor. too.
About ('ooiidge.
ipil
jNo senate l congr sslonai ma-
jority can i' '11 a St'Cl‘Etal'y of the
treasury of the United States out of
office ext-q»: ‘1‘ the constitutional
course of in. unzcnl. 'l‘lm aficmpt
to oust a spin “my 11:.- such mruns as
the'lieney raid—ft * that is what it
amounts to~is ill mate it not uri-
constltutionai. and it is 2111 excellent
thing that we 1121‘. c a President who
is capable of t hug the Ecru etc so.
(N. Haven Journal-Courier.)
President Coolidge has an instinct
no less sure than that of Roosevelt‘s
when to jump into a situation. If
he is the nominee at Clcxclaml his
support will largelv be democratic.
Conditions surely favor him. The
citizens, up 21 of xvii), timid, shut-
fling public 11151:, to n to Coolidge as
a. parched traxel or to a sheltering
rock in. a. weary land.
THE “'EATEER.
Southern New England—Fair
Thursday, Friday incroasiug cloudi-
ness, partly becoming unsettled Fri-
day night; litilc change in tempera.-
tionarv during the last 24 hours
and the “C‘S‘vrn disturbance has
into '.
IN THE DAYS news
BRANDEB RIATI‘HEWS.
James Brander Matthews, pioneer
in college drama. courses, dean 0!
American letters, and most distin-
guished editor, critic and authority
on the stage and its works, from
Euripides to Gene O’Neill, will re-
tire from the professorship of. dra-
matic literature at Columbia Uni-
versity, June 30.
Professor Matthews was gradua-
tcd from Columbia. University in
1573. 110 was admitted to the bar
that same your
raturc in preference to law. He
became professor of dramatic lite-
rature at Columbia. in 190v which
position he had held for twenty-
four years. 'lJuriug this time he
founded and built up the Dramatic
Museum at Columbia. l’l'lor
1000 he was professor of lil«:-1':-.turc~.
He is the author of a. great num-
ber of books on drama and fiction
us “oil as numerous Ma‘s. In 1010
he “as made president of lhc \10-
ill rn l anguage Association of Am~
cricu. lie was also the first chair-
man of the simplified spelling hoard.
Born in New Orleans, February
21, 1:052, Brandcr Matthews is 72
years old. lie gives the “weight of
years" as the mason for his volun-
tary retirement although Nicholas
Murray Butler, presidc’ut of Colum-
bizl, says that ho was never 111011-
int-gllectually active.
Professor George C. D. Odell has
been appointed to succeed Matthews
as Professor of llrunuuic Literature
and head of the Dramatic Museum.
Grade Crossings.
(Hartford Times.)
“’hat appears to be the most as-
tounding assault upon the theory
1‘11:.t llic individual States have or
Lusiu) police pm‘n‘r lo lugisiaie for
public sufvly concerning matters in
the suprtmc court decision that
Statics have 110 right to order inter-
state railroad companies to abolish
grade crossings. The question might
be luxir-ll, wholllcr lllc sl'll'iis, if
they have no right to uni-"'1‘ gl‘iith
crossings abolished. have any con-
trol whatsoever chl' inc railroads
within thoil boxdors \lhlcll are cu—
gagcd in inter-stale tria lie.
The legend of the police power of
the states has co1).1rcd up an au-
thority that can be stcichcd to cov-
er a multitude of legal enactments.
setting of clocks. 5 Yet.‘according to
the dictum of the court of last and
highest resort. it docs not permit
a. state to protect the lives of its citi—
zens by ordering a railrood company
to abolish a grade crossing. It would
seem to follow that if the state'can-
not order a railroad to abolish a
grade crossing, it can have no au-
thority to compel a. railroad to in-
stall gatcs. signal bells. lanterns or
even to compel it to maintain a
crossing tcn‘cr.
\Vhen one court upholds a. statute
which regulates the manner in
which a. citizen may set a publicly
displaied clock and another court
rules lhot the state has no authority
“flew Haven . . .z.
A thine to more slowly eastward and
' mostly 0v areas
7 Kansas City 1.9.?
moved \crx do“ 1v eastward to the
Mississippi and Red Rivers of the
north valley and pressure remain-
ed high \chnesday from the Hud-
son bay region southeastward to the
middle Atlantic coast.
The western disturbance will con-
“. will be attended by showers as
far east as the lower lake region.
.the upper Ohio valley, Tennessee
and the east Gulf states during
Thursday and ti: Atlantic states
except New England by Friday
North of Sandy Hook:
Mei-ate north and northeast and
weather fair Thursday.
Sandy Book to Hatteras: Moder-
ate north and northeast and weather
:Thu‘rsday.
TEMPERATURE.
WVBQOD taken at 8 p. In. 75th
Iranian at \‘ow Haven “comer
moan
tlanta ........ 22.90 63 cloudy
Atlantic City .--. .. 30.16 44 cloud;
Block Island . . . 30.12 40 clear
Boston . . ...... 30.18 44 clear
Buffalo . ... . . . . . 30.14 40 cloudy
Chicago . . . 02.2-. 29.74 78 cloudy
Cincinnati w. .5... 23.64 54 cloudy
Denver . .3. .-,.~... 29.90 36 cloudy
Detroit . .2... . . . . 29.92 46 cloudy
30.00
29.90
29.56
30.16
30.18
29.78
30.14
30.10
30.24
58
68
58
38
50
72
44
48
38
62
Hatteras v. . .z. . .g.
flcksonville :. . a.
cloudy
clear
cloudy
clear
clear
cloudy
clear
clear
clear
cloudy
Kantucket
New Orleans 3...
'Yol’k ‘10:...
23.92
30.28
LU KUOIKSII grnue
own soil, than are two theories of
state police pr] or which do not bar-
monize. It seems to us that one
ruling or the other is preposterous,
possibly.,not in law. but certainly in
the common sense of the thing.
\Vhy E-Secy. HoustOn’s Unavailable
(Springfield Republican)
There are all kinds of taboos
Working against presidential candi~
dates in this country. There are
constitutional prohibitions. such as
an age minimum; there are religious
bans. like being a Catholic or a Jew.
which the politicians carry in the
back of their heads; there are resi-
dential limitations too serious to be
overcome, like living in the South
and. before Calvin Coolidge. like
living .in New En land: there is the
extra-constitutions, old age handi-
cap which begins to operate at be-
tween 60 and 65; and there is the
"Wall Street” scarecrow which puts
Mr. Davis beyond the pale. What
evidently kills Mr. Houston’s avail-
ability is a combination or circum-
stances. He is no politician in the
usual sense—no mixer and hand-
shaker. He: is not only unobtru-
sive. but a. scholar to boot. These
seven LLD.’ s stamp him as a “high
brow." - Western farm interests
might object to him he
served on the Federal.’ Rearve
Board just before deflafldn hem.
Worse still. he has recently e34
tered the service of “Wall Stree "
the‘ village
but turned to lilo- 5
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That power has been used in Con- 1
necticut in an cflort to regulate the '
‘ teenth Amendment which we see on
MONTAIGNE.
There is nowhere in literature :1
volume of self-revelation surpass-
ing in charm and candor the lis-
says of Michel dc Montaigne,
French, the founder in the slx~
lccmli comm-3v of tho modern os-
su)‘. “lie is ll‘REEiiZE‘ (goiisilcal. yet
1:1mlrvs‘. :nul unprmrmiousz‘ pro-
foundly \vim‘, it; constantly protest-
ing his ignorance; learned. yet core
less, forgetful and inconsistent." is
one cl1:lr:iclr._-riz.1tlon of him. '
“In proportion as usci'ulthoughls
arc full and solid. so they are more
cumbersome and heavy; \‘icc. death.
poverty, discasc arc. grave and
grievous subjects. is the way
Montaigne begins one lengthy essay.
"A man nuist have his soul instruc-
(ml in 1110 mums to sustain and
contend rslih mi}, and in tho rulcs
oi livin-x and h-wlicving well; he
must lilg‘mmso oflml rouse up, and
exorcise it in this noble study. But
:-
in ft \uizar soul. it must be by in-
lrrvuis, and with mmlcraiion: it
will mlsvuxiwv crow besoilcd. if
continually intent. ‘
”\Vi‘n 11 l wu. swing T hurl 110ml
of frequent s- ‘2‘- solicitations and
admonitinrs in ‘m- Op me to my duty;
gnyelv‘nnal lu-ullh. it is said. do not
well agree with those grave and
serious ruminations: I am at present
in anol‘ncr condition: the imlisposi—
tious at age do 'but too much ad~
vortisc and preach to me.
“From the excess of sprightlincss
I am fallcn into that of gravity
which is more troublesome; and for
that rcasofi I now purposely suffer
myself to run into some little liber—
ties. and sometimes unbcnd my
mind with youthful and foolish
thoughts, in which to divert itself.
“I am grown now but too full,
too heavy, and too ripe: my years
read every day new lectures to me
of coldness and temperance. This
body of mine avoids disorder and
dreads it: 'tis now my body's time
to guide my mind towards retor-
mailon: it governs in its turn, and
it lets me not an hour
alonc. sleeping or waiting; but it
is always preaching to me death,
pallcncc and rcpcntance.
‘i now defend myself from tem-
pcrzmct. as I for me1ly did from
volumlousntss: it drains me too
much back. even to stupidity. New
I will be illuslul‘ of myself to all
intents and purposes; wisdom has
its excess. and has no less need or
mode-ration than folly. Thereiorc.
lest I should wither. dry up. and
overcharge myself with prudence,
in the intervals or truccs which my
lilllrmlllcs allow me.—
" ‘Lcst that my mind should ever-
moro be bent,
And fix'cl on subjects full or dis—
content.‘
I gently decline it? and turn away
my cycs from the stormy and frown
the other;
lug sky I have before mc,‘ which,
{hanks hr,- to God, 1 consider and
debate. and chimed mysclt in the
11:11'1cmhranco 05 my past youth:—
""l‘be mind longs to regain
“'hllt it has lost,
And by things past is totally or.-
gross'd.‘
"Lot infancy look forward and
age backward: is not this the. sig-
nification of Janus‘ double face?
Ltt .vczu‘s haul me along, if they
will, but it shall be backward! As
long as my eyes can discern the
pleasant season expired. —1 shall
now and then turn them that way;
though it escapes from my blood
and Veins. I shall not however root
the image or it out of my mem-
ory:-«
“The man lives twice. who can
the gift retain
0t mem'ry, to
. again] "
Shortly after Montaigne’s death
the “Essays" were translated into
English by John Florio. with less
than exact accuracy, but in a. style
so full of the flavor of the Eliza-
bethan age that many persons still
read Montaigne 'in the version
which Shakespeare knew. In quot.
ing him here. however, I deemed ad-
enioy past life
more rudely and imperiously than
visable to modernize the translation.
?
“WASHINGTON S O A N D A L S
THREATEN DEMOCRACY ,”
5 SAYS MRS. GIFFORD
PINCHOT
Mrs. Gitford Pinchot. wile of the
Governor of Pennsylvania, sees dan-
ger of. the end of. democracy .in re-
cent developments in Washington.
in a prepared statement she made
recently:
“A sinister development or the
recent disclosures at Washington is
the control which corrupt business
and groups representing liquor and
other interests are managing to ob-
tain over certain elements in both
political parties. The real danger is
that this would mean the end of
democracy.
:‘Perhaps the most subversive and
dangerous evidence ‘0! lawlessness
with which we have to cope today
is the open violation or the Eigh—
every side; a. cynical contempt for
law on the part c! a small group
which is bound to bring evil conse-
quences in its train to the entire
community. There is thertallure to
enforce law on the part at those
elected omcials ”who have sworn rte
afidthe raleb”
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do so, the encouragement which this ;
elves boodessers and rum-runners ’
to defytheksvror thelrownpront.‘
or
,3 .1 W23:
no sellers. Without a. market there
would be no, bootleggers. no rum-
runners, no poisoned alcohol. no
corrupt judges. Unfaithful omoials,
venai procurers and lawless con—
sumers are heaping upon the United
States the deepest disgrace which
has come upon it."
A Happy Couple
Judge Summerneld, after a hard
day in his divorce mill was waxing
cynical about marriage. “It's the
old. old story of “Wed in haste Jind
repent as soon as possible: ” he
sighed "and though it sounds very
trite and sophisticated I cannot but
admire a young couple I know who
secured matrimony as, follows: ‘
“Edith, can you cook?"
"No, Lionel. Can you afford to
keep no automolni. e?" a '
'No dear."
' "So they did not marry. and they
lived happily ever artery-Les An-
geles Times. ‘ '
Just 7 '
“She‘s the most conceited person
I ever knew!" —
“That’s "exactly what she said
about you." _
"Welly! have my opini'on of, poo?“
3 who talk behind she's back- —
OAWIR. "
Elsie.
" 1: ‘13». a
m‘
other excellent per-5
sons, Aunt ith is not a church
tnun‘lhel‘, but silo is a regular at-
tendant at the village church. which
is so near he cottage as to seem
under the same roof.
\Vhen at the close 02 a. recent
sermon, tlio‘ minister requested all
those present who had never united
with the church to retire at the end
Like manlagd
When menu: hard race in run‘
And we face the setting sun.
When the last grim fight is won
Then I may we shall turn
Just to see and just to learn
What it was, .
Then Gen chuckle at our ‘pnao
And the joys we thrust aside. .,_-
And the foolish things we tried ,‘
And the fancied slight which stings,
Or the thrills which ‘glory brings.
Then will seem such trivial things,
We shall count our gains and see -
Many a. friend who used to be ,
l Who'd have loved us still hadwe
We shall know the real worth
0! its beauty and its mirth.
Of the gentler things of earth,
\ ..
mash of stream and bloom of free
And the music of the see.
[More important then will be
We shali‘learn the praise we sought, " 5
And the goals for which we (ought,
Were not really what we thought . -
Then we'll chuckle at our pride.
And we'll thrust our fame aside.
And we'll find our memories tied
Then we'll talk of beauties flown
And the lasting joys we own,
said the fly as ho dodged the in-
sect powder.
spring.
early hay fever.
arm mm
3: Eden: A- Gus“-
Safe Deposit Protection
And the goal is gained or lost, For less than a, cent a day you can rent a
private safe in our fire and burglar-proof
vaults.
Valuable papers, securities and jewelry are
too often left in some insecure place only to
be stolen or inadvertently destroyed or lost.
5 e fought to earn ~~~',
And Just, 3v! .t the struggle cost. ‘
‘1
In our wish for worldy praise;
5 -—THE—-—
’CEN‘IRAL FAIRFA IELD
. TRUST CO.
Near the closing or our days.
But called him now and then;
And its fellowship with men.
Than the shine of yellow gold:
In the strong, brave days of old.
To s. few fond friends and true;
An the laughter we have known,
Schultzefs Friday Fish Specials
Q
Just as old men always do.
ROE SHAD
BUCKSHAD..........................3.- '
9&Nfigy SPANISHMACKEREL.;...............3.332%.
m “0,5,.“ CODFISH.............................200th.
~ BOSTONBLUES.......................18cm.
00.10.00... TILE 1131120
22:12:12;th HALIBUT’.............................30cm.
mule“... SALMON..............................35010.
Ah 6 — FLATFISH-llclb
_ ’" ‘"°’y:fld‘“°‘dm“‘ NOISMELTS...........................30cm
”The longer the belt the shorter FRESH HERRING ..................... 128 H)
unwe- _ HADDOCK 12010
Manygood salesmen can'tlsell BLUEFISH............................35 ll).
“imam“ W ”E? “‘1’13- FINNAN HADDIE 1.30 lb.
The solemn hour.
The tolling bell:
The germ is in
The shallow well.
"They can't get anything on me."
ESCALLOPS,pint 60c
Schultze’s Sanitary Markets
Washington Street and Railroad Avenue, 80. Harwell:
39 and 43 Main Street, Norwalk
Westport Georgetown Daricn Stamford Black Rock Bridgepor:
The grasses that bloom
Tra-la. are the
1d the
cause Of
or the service, everybody was SUI“
prised” to see Aunt Edith rise and
start down the aisle.
:‘Aunt Edith." the minister call-
ed softly, "that does not apply to
you." V
"That isn't why I’m going." Aunt
Edith responded serenely; "I smell
my dinner burning up."
S t I
She had been trying to swing,“
important deal. She had called on
lmr client so often that she knew
the elderly elevator "boy" by name.
it was "Good morning. 'W'illism."
"Howdy do, Miss." between them
several times a week.
That day the deal fell through.
Turning to the waiting elevator,
fooling old, stooped and wrinkled
like \Villiam, she 511ml a radiant
young creature fair and cherished.
Once she had been young like that,
though never so fair.
"\Vho was that pretty girl?" the
Tired Business Woman asked Wil-
llzltii.
Who? Where?" He came slowly
from his far v.isions "I don’t know
Miss. I didnt see her. But she
ain't one bit prettier than you are?“
—..__._..___________
Did ms Little Part
' (New York Sun)
Dr. Phee—W’hat do you mean
that I owe you money?
Willie-Don't you pay my com—
mission? I'm the boy who spread
whooping cough all over the neigh-
borhood.
——-—————__..___.___
Got It Straight
'A camper purchased some eggs at
a grocery store. and round one a
little “on." Returning to the store.
he told the grooer that the eggsl
were a trifle “ripe."
“How do you know?" asked the
' here in this bank, atartm' g the
YOUR BABY‘
has a right —-— and iii: the
PARENTS’ DUTY to provide
MADEY’S
234 EAST AVEN UE
the requirement, to “sure his Groceries EAST NORWALK Phone 1597
or her correct development, - - . 3
education, and opportunity Fancy Fruits Clg 31‘3
throughout youth. , Schrafft’s Chocolates Cigarettes
Confectionery Huber-’5 Ice Cream
C-H-LOALM
Anthracite in all sizes tram the largest company ope rat!
Bituminous (New River) for factories.
Cannel coal and wood for fireplaces.
DELI V ERED PROMPT LY
The Norwalk Coal 60‘ Supply (‘0.
[08 Water Street Telephone 113
This is best done through a.
regular saving of small sum: ,
account when baby comes.
BEGIN AN account!
TODAY.
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THE PEOPLE’S
FIELD, FARM AND GARDEN SEEDS
THE BEST SEED POTATOES -— ALL VARIETIF<
Onion Sets-Red, “'hitc, Y,cllow Japanesc.
‘ CEDAR BEAN P013123, 1 or 100
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48 mm smear 370me 00.
TRUST CO.
mamomameouegeon
Wflhlnctonsu'set.
sour-s sonwatx‘
“A little bird told me." replied the ,
camper.—The Progressive Grocer.
A ,Bill
Often causes an swakenin" g or
sets a person to thinking of
the needles: and careless way
in which money is sometimes
8P0!“ “P9013117 if the neces-
nary funds for paying some
are not available. . A ‘
muomrsrum
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Twenty-three Years Old April 15, 1924
Surplus and
Undivided Profits
$
Capital
3 50,000
50,000
50,000
100,000
300.000
Deposits
$ 4,542.02
813,832.13
1,429,754.09
2,342,933.78
. 4,838,052.58
. April 15, 1901
April 15, 1900
April 15, 1912 "
' :_ April 15, 1918
April 15, 1924
32,861.38
61,255.38
116,996.74
318,982.87
.5.
"A Growth N00 Approsched by Any Other Bank in This Vicinity.
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