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D'arker Stains
‘Statistics on divorce in America
ears". dark stein on a civilized coun-
» ~ .
This is taken from a speech by the
cry Rev. William Ralph Inge. the
“gloomy Dean," in New Haven the
ther day.
,. We know of “darker utains.” as
'for instance child labor. prohibition
enforcement graft scandals. political
.arruvtlon and Judicial dishonesty.
A divorce. based on honest income
patibiiity. is a hundred- titties better
an a life of deception and despair
lived in an attempt to keep up up-
pearsnces.
Spring Madness
* In the spring a young man or
bonus w'oxnan a fancy may sometim-
ges turn to strange deeds that would
have an unfortunate bearing on her
his life. as mall 35 to love and
poetic fancy.
Good advice before embarking on
'~ precipitate action at the season at
.the year is to "sleep on it. " Many a
”rash deed would have yielded to log;
to had the actor hesitated
enough to consult with calm Jud;-
them in the morning.
We are all creatures— ot impulse
and the impulse to hasty action is
tor natural loosens strongest in the
"prins time. Noble impulses that lead
t fiberoic schieiemcnt often origin—
9 at this turn or the sesson. so
also fits-11 impulses that lead to dis—
aster. ,
,‘ This wane oi! renewed life and
*vigor affects youth most decisively.
t was the realization of this
. _ doubtless prompted the "Yale Nails"
,4 to; offer some \ulld suggestions to
”Wile freshmen. They hate on equal
,xvorth for youthful students here
and elsewhere. They follow:
“\Vith the first warm eve-
.nings at springv—ihe promisc ot
" summer and yet warmer 'cvc—
: nings—a spirit oi: rcstleéeness
apcrvades the average student.
All pent up energy of south
fostered through the “inter
seeks an outlet, Various u’nd
" many are the ways this finds
'— expression, but the one preva—
"lent in every, freshman class
seems to be the spirit at the .
mob. l‘llots and mass demon-
strations are the outcome.
" Seli— expression and freedom
' or the spirit are theoretically '
and materially excellent. until
they result in destruction of
5property. Then paternalistic
action on the- part of the uni—
. \ersity immediately follows Let
‘ , the close iénlize the result of
‘ any outbreaks will be punish-
'-n1cnts meted out with the view
~ or preventing any further dis—
. turbauces or that‘naturc."
Alexander Bell
e College «Engineering at the
varsity 01 Kentucky in Lexington.
, just received a smell souvenir
model of Alexander Graham Bell's
Telephone—~11. reproduction o:
instrument through which speech
undo Were first transmitted elec-
y. The model is one-third the
ot the original and otherwise
W from it in being made on-
ii hr of metal.
Eict‘ure the modern world ulthout
e telephone. Imagine the stagnation
. ' Tiespnir in any business center
should the telephone system perman-
e" y so out of order.
So accustomed how we become
the necessity of the phone as an
"djunct to commercial and social
' ' that we accept it as a matter 02
um. But fifty years ago it “as
“W discovery and twenty-five
ago it still one considered an
site luxury.
Black Rock. spent Sunday. in Nor.
Grove street." .
- from New York on April 29 for a
long _
will attend service in Trinity church
that,
LSunday showers and thunderstorms
‘ .
field a meetinti night. which was
largely sttended and highly satisfac- , ,.
tory to ev eryonc'.
rmMe9odni Day." '
"The ;. yster boat Howard c.
hounde- which sank nt‘the dock or
the’Bridseport Boiler Works last
week. was raised yesterday. The
post was not damned to any extent
"and will be fitted with new boilers
before being used again. " .
“Mr. and Mrs. John Bowdus of
Washington street. gave a. party. to
can young ladies on Saturday.” ,
”R. G. Hendricks and family of
walk."
‘ ”Mrs. A. E. Winchester: and son. -
of Gerard place. went to New York
yesterday afternoon, to spend sev- .'
oral days with :"clatlves. lb.
' “A daughter was born last week
to Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hoyt or
"Eutene J. Van Nest. of Bay-vie“
avenue. who has been to Europe
{our times.“ ainvell as most. every
part of his own country. Will sail
four months' tour o! Europe. in or.
der to "clean up” some places and
sections he has not already xisited.
lie will sail on the ”Princess Irene."
“Company F. will hold their drill
at the Armory this evenlné’,’
' “ “John Doc’ was arrested this
morning by Chief 0: Police Vollmer
on u charge oi drunkenness ‘John’
was so drunk he did not know what
his name was nor where he lived.
He was found asleep in s.’ 40!. on
\lonroo street He “ill be tried
when aober.’
"Douvllt's Fowler Post. G. A. R,
on Sunday evening. May 28th. the
Sunday preceding Memorial Day.”
”The big ice house at the edge of
I‘ouuceli Acre bond burned com-
pletely yesterday afternoon. The
Plans were made ‘ ,
my beneftt‘in 'Mwsfiom
fA‘pi-li lab—bier, 26min
Circus ’
'7 l A .. W
, -,,09MING
stltuto for they; schoolwork”: it
30, Nor. (zone. church.
' state president ot Kinzs' Daucbters.
juice and a:
stance: in So. Nor. Baptist church.
April Zea-Kitchen. shower go.- Ln.
atomic; Comp.
Avril 25 .-aDrIli Buttery C. 13331!
F. A., C. N. G. , -
Avril 28.--LIAY MW low
I K. and G. Dramatic club play.
April 29139. A. 11. card you:
April. 29950le Chspter. Esstern
Bier supper.
April zen-Berkeley Chapter cert!
Pl“! —
Festival at Not-walk schools.
Avril 30.—-ép"'euolsy metabcrship
campaign dinner.
April W.—-‘Drili 2m! Gullah“ Train
192m: F. A... C. N. G. ’
' his: ipflepubllcan Women' .3 tab—
are: ‘nnd dunes. .
Mny L—First issue o! the “Not—
walk Girl Scout” will come out. ~
its: :.—Couniy Plumbers Aux.
cued party
his! z—Rluph Toland recital at
KHiil'sldp selfiiol.
May Lei-Lillian BbErWODdLNen-
kirk recital So. Nor. M. E. church.
May 3. ~World Wide Guild enter
' tainment.
origin or theblm'is—unknomx but
it is supposed that either boys or
trumps are responsible. The house
was an old one and when once uiire
was a solid mass of {lame-sin a. very
short time. Nothing remains, but
the smouldering embers." .
menacing.
(Pittsburgh Sun )
A university president “as com.
plaining about the worship of Wealth
that has seemed to characterize our
time.
“A young men. " he said. ‘bshed
me which was the more estimable.
riches or brains. .
“ 'Brsinsfi said I. ‘0! course. but
it sometimes seems as it in these
times the only way for it man to
convince pcuplu,he has brains is to
get riches? "
The last of It.
(Detroit liree Press)
“Well. at last I'm-got rid of that
awful book you said you rw'ouldni
have in the house."
“Did you burn it?"
"No. {loaned Rio 9. friend."
W
THE WEATHER.
Southern New England: Mostly
cloudy-and somewhat warmer Sut—
urduy; followed by showers Satur-
day, night or Sunday. warmer Sun—
day on the coast.
Eastern New York; 310sz cloudy
and warmer. probably showers in
north and central portions Saturday:
cooler in north and central portion.
Northern New Lnslnnd: Showers
saturdu or Saturday night and
Sunday: “armor in the interior Sat—
urday and on the coast Sunday.
Conditions: The northwestern dis.
turbanco has continued to more
northeasttvnrd over Manitoba and
western Ontario.
Another disturbance is central
over eastern Newfoundland and
moving northonstmrd. High pres-
sure prevails from Labrador and
Quebec southward to Bermuda.
The temperature was again une
seasonsbly high' Friday over the
eastern hall or the country. except
in the Atlantic States from Mary-
land northward where cooler
weather prelnsiled Maximum read-
ings trom 88 to 96 degrees. being
the hizhcst of record so early in
the, season. were registered at many
station's {tom the southern lake ro-
slon southwsrd tothe interior or
the East Gull states. The highest
reported was 96 degrees at Chat“-
1.
their
"She ”is going on
mountains
explained.
ously. pct.
wronging Michael."
13'.
say such things.
many remarks like that in the last
row day'
meddling in the business of you two.
but I “ant to help you mold the un-
happineus that comes: into married
lite “hen husbands and “iron Lose
their respect for each other"
i'csslon
sighed.
along
to confess soch things.
. enar'rnn Limit. . "
“Jill. Luph is color with us on the
yachting party. but Eloise Marshall
isn‘t," Aunt. Mary announced at the
ted—tunic in the garden"
("110011. ’
.lic next ni‘t-
"Michael won‘t care torso then,”
Lilith smiled
Aunt Muly glanced at her flir-
then “inked at Michael.
location in the
“lib a... company.” she
"Can t x on find another little pini-
Emato for my husband. someone who
won‘t bore him like his wife does?"
Aunt Mary‘s brow clouded. .
"I think you are speaking scri—
nnd i. believe young.
ills eyes were on the ground. .
"i'm sure he loves you very deep-
]: must hurt him to hear you
and you've made
1 know I havn‘t any right
They had nmcr seen Aunt Mary
in such a- mood, both is are moved.
Their glances met.
"You" re tight. , Aunt). I dont
mean to be main “hen I any such
things, but I know I am "
“And I guess she had grounds (or
such remarks" Michael was moved
to say—~to his own. surprise.
hope, as well as to thoiothers.
sort. of flirt with Miss Marshall."
’ ber-
Aunt Mary was n‘mused.‘ “Cox:-
is good for the soul." She
“You. two will always not
better it you aren't afraid
Ot'coursc
realize that you it often ill) to
each other about big in nzs as cell
as little things.
hurts."
.Liluh. alter:
mént.
agreement with Michael that
will ale‘ays tell the truth to'each
beoous th‘. truth
a. thoughtful mo-
"I’d like to «make ‘an
We
said:
A Deserted "Honor" {or Hustle.
(Lowell CouriemCltizen‘) '
lor in‘ the least that we endeavor to
. “I did "
,, Litah’s
other.
hurts.
"No-'J'WO couldn’t. do that." Mich-
:ml lesponded. “\‘o matter how‘ cin-
core we were in maiden the proniise.
we Ii‘ouldn‘t adhere» l'b “lt.”""i‘here
would be times when we wouldn‘t
tell the truth because we won't want ,
to hurt"; " ,,
"l belie-x we could: end 'isven it
you nren‘ t n were entirely "front: with
me, l on: going to tell you exactly
what I think. if husbands 03$ wiles
cannot. hex train: with each other.
may tell me. with iwhoxn can they
be trellkyf ,
"The answer is no one. All of
us are hypocrites in our relations
out: people. “0 smile “hon use
should slower. and we prawn u hell
“(i should condemn.”
Lilah finished her cup of tint.
“ion confess then. thst there are
times “hen you deceive med—about
“oil. the most sacred 0! thiilgwi‘
“That isn't a. fair way to put it.
I don’t~ mean that all of us live
constant ll: es of deception I mean
that in specific instances axe do not
obi as we feel."
Michael had never thought about
this before. but now he found him-—
eel! full of thoughts about the
hrpocrlcy that is so large a part of
the social and business relations of
people. ,
“There are persons we do not cure
no mil... how? much
1..
appear to like. Vie receive guest:
uho bore us. and. we call percent:
pretty whom we know are ugly, end
Aunt 31m jumped up and took
11an. "Conic on. let‘s go
for a unlit. and let him rave on.” -
He felt excitedly philosophic. and‘
her rudeness annoyed him. He re—
taxed into s. chug~ when they had
gone. and contemplated the sky.
Only, a tow days now. and he could
have to resume the cities grind. How
pleasant lite was out here! Why
shouldn‘ t he accept Aunt Mary' s oh 1
for to make him "her manager? He
was wearled by’ the thouabhot. haw.
in; to so back home nod cote work.
’ (To be continued.)
‘ .o
STANZAS FRO}! “MAC” " '
rate soul.
Ions o! the elder
act a. program. .
the either-tor promptly.
Dinner Stones
W
A blacksmith in greet and 0:
extra help at tin—setting time all-1
oil» united 81 Warren. who was so»
counted the town tool. it he could
Mill him out.
"\Vlnt‘ll 39’ pay?" asked Si.
"I'll pay what yo '3‘. worth."
answered the blacksmii. '
Si snatched his new I. minute,
then answered decisively:
"l'll b. durned it Ill work
that. "
for
If we who the crudest joke in
the world—Ah. joke. lot as city. or
it man sitting doivn on his but -.
no shall yet and met all the as.
no... uould our. in their way ct
treating it home curly." and the:
it American humor treated it at all
it would be, in a purely—«American
manner.
For .xaxnple. there was a also
at In orator in the House of Com-
men: “he. otter denounclnx all the
public abuses he could think ot.
did sit down on his but.
An lrishlnan immediately rose.
full or the whole weslth or {rich
burner.
and said: .f‘Shduld I b‘. in
order. air. in congratulating the
honorable gentleman on. the Joe:
that when he no down on his list
his head was not in it? ' >
_ A revival was renting in a Virt
cinin colored church. The trait;
ind been considerable. Ono "abdu-
however. resisted the e!-
Called, to ac—
count tor his reluctance. he re-
piled:
1 "lie so. how it is. Eider. .‘lse
I don't so. how
I‘se twin. zit rush "shirt on oval:
ninth was. when I cite to Glory.“-
“nst ain't yo‘ probietii." retorted
"Yo‘ prob-
lem is how in yo’ pita. git yo‘ hot
on oval: yo horns."
siliceous...” Intended.
f-' (Boston rest) , _
We tell our. that Governor from»
"f
hull of Connecticut. will. on mature
neither-sues: and in View or oil .the'
\ circhmsiinees. coin. to «the some;
, sion that no «scout-beer tel-m mm
, and his stint. troops .1; Concord—
Deflation celebration wee intended
in the, least. _
who; “ill-in: m”. wretched «athei-
‘ same thing at all.
May s.—-—Glrl Scout State Grown
Conference Commijte. nicotine.
" ~Buchnnnn testimonial
May 6.
dinner.
my 8.--','N0thlnx' But on Truth.‘
given at Recent by senior clan of
Norwalk Senior High school.
’ bis! Ila—Pride o: Una; dance
and much, muting... 3
Everyman s
Investments
Values ‘ ’
- By ozone: 3. scenes
(Copyright. 1333.)
In the two preceding articles no
hard considered; two tests which
should be applied to common stocks
before they may be accepted as
worthy of investment consideration.
One more remains and that is the
question or intrinsic value. This is
a. very different matter from price.
It is a common error to confuse
price and lame nhlch are not the
Stockholders are
the owners at the property. Atter
mo bondholders are satisfied and
the claims or the pro-{erred stock—
liolders have been met and all cur-
rent liabilities have been ‘covcrcd
the rest. We determine how much
this is required a sandy o! the bal—
ance sheet. From this etntenient is
deduced what is known as the
“book Value" 9! stock. Sometimes
this in above the market price and
sometimes it is below. For exnmpl.
the book value oi United Stairs
Steel common stock in very much
greater than the market price while
the book mlue o! certain mercben-
dining stocks In very much belorl
the market \aiuo.
Asnruleitisuiertobuyetoeks
with high book value than those
with lots. The difficulty is thstjn
calculntlnx. thebook value one has
to take: the price at which the pro-
pert? is carried on the balance
sheet is a. basis and sonioco cofpon:
lion's over-estimate and name under-
seamste the value or their fixed
properties. Nioreover a. factory or
.hmillleotcuuesolontuitenn
be‘ used to produce goods. I! the
GM for the verticals": kind it
moods this. factory or will turns out
WI! I'B'IY the structure esn be re-
fitted for other purposes only it
considerable expense.
x rsllrond is it need illustrsiion.
EVENTS
April 263-1231! day of District In. .
six-n eta—atlas not; 1.. weer...
’ April asp—Founder nus-u“ concert .7
at South nor-visit: u. E. climb. .
April 29. an and my law-Music
- to 600 worde‘ used
a»: Great Britain. but not in the United:
. nould be adequately equipped
the common stockholders own all '
r‘ginfi‘lJ-RDAY, APRIL 25' .
has “110 urge ‘C'd ,
rCultllaig /
TRUST CO.
NOKWALK, CONN.
what it
‘ terms ‘Fl it
sure lo be 1.6:? *;
Ways.
The City National
South Norwaik. h.
Scott. in blcNauybt's ‘
Monthly l
. The New Oxford Dictionary con—l
talus 491.017 words of which a;
donut 206,000 are words in. current:
use. A careful examination of oer—g
oral hundred: pages or the diction- v
dry show: that: the number of en-l
tries marked "United States" mics?
between 1 dug" .. per cent. or the‘
current vocabulary. or. to be pre-.
€159.14 per cent. to 1 95 per cent..§
and or these nerds not more than
9ne~lifth are in what may be called
urgent use. That is. the greater P
portion ct then: are words that
would not. be used at all in com—‘
munieetiens about commonplace ar-
fairs.
We may say then. that out of
203. 000 words in current use in
Enziud,_them will be not more
than 400 words that ace urgently
required for current use in America. 1
A similar count 0! selected portions
of Webster‘s Unabridged Dictionary:
slim that the proportion of Eng-i
lish words unfamiliar to Americans
will not be greatly diaerent from
1M;— “
The conclusions that may be
drawn are not without iota-est. An
Aniorican‘xvho committed to mem-
ory—let u's say—a select list of. we
currently in
(Fred N.
States. or an Enzlhhman who mast- ‘
cred a similar list of Americanisms.
for
the shocks and chances of n foreign
tour. or even of a foreign residence.
among his Wish-speaking cou-
sins.
The Englishman equipped with .
this ‘list could order his bath. his:
breakfast. his till. even his boozeu
though we are here getting into the
region ‘0! slang. , He could make a
long distance call withc t speaking
of trunks. he could secure orchestra.
seats in place of stalls. arrange for
a round trip instead or a. return
journey. and speak of a freight car
instead or a goods run. He couldfi
vertexes instead at roles. ask the
way to the drug store instead of to
u chemisi's shop. seek the entrance
to the subway. instead of lo the
tube or underground, and have his
wife's purchases charged at dry
goods store instead of put down at
o. duper”: shop. In short. he could
so through" all of the humor-um 02
business and social life without in—
curring either rebuke or ridicule.
When this can be sold of any- two
W8. the abyss between them
isneither wide nor deep.
Doing Mr. Bronx: Brown.
(The Commonweal.)
‘There is." continues Mr. Broun.
“a generous qncunt of obscenity
tor obeceulty’ 3 cake in “Love for
“Love! Strip out the impropriety
Ind there is not much left." A. a.
critlé. Air. Broun «deals Congmve a
dire blow in this 'pnmzraph: ‘he also
chortles orerflns own "delight in
crude sclecity and informs our cen-
cisl public exactly wlnt he thinks
they ,are. And this on the same, day
that the New York World. in its
editoeihl pages. was solemnly en'-
nut-in: us that the ”play jury" “as
income
Women who ‘
herit. the worry
trying to
men gisieffimnm
taxed wit
unwary k‘u:
biiities.
Trust funds
estates intact and
sure
stewed periods.
'AskusdetaiisM
trustfunds.
' SO. Norll'alk T
Company
has;
Service
The Husband and
Wife
should makt their
"merma—
,u.
togethe
sacrifice. as he is 1023'.
--and her “mate
save is as important
factor in their SUCCESS
is his ability
.- . ...,
LU cal... -
Save yours in
y
The Peoples
0 that ’iner. possible
After long grist :11:de
To llnd the arms or my true love
Round me one. s‘csinl '
When I Was Event to meet her *
In the silent woody pieces
By the home "trait "cayenne tirth. _
We stood truncéd‘ in ion: em-
braces ‘
Mlxt with kisses so eeter. an em;- 5
on earth. ' ”
The right: 2 way. the rails and fit.
and some other adverse conditions.
= it is problble thit the strict .tiqf ' 3:? infinunaily” mg“ {£39m em.
E. like the ‘World to permit. him to
. o; the occasion we. tithe:- loot "algal. *
' 0 . “Z'Ihere. W” more 03' 0’. 201! O
the... for. but it it is a. 3%... _
and no longer produces 'p'r‘oh ulm‘elm'g $133ng sill; for profiteemnitn
sion in cerryinz on the arrangements
battle the Pfi’wm "val houidlirili till the: theatres and en—
cont-cg. other measure to produce
fills takings and screams of ribalc -
dramatists. 31an dead. and forgot
- but for the ghouls obscenely re-
It is interesting to note that in the
election ct directors of the Boston «8:
Mglne Railroad just held. just one
man recalled the unanimous tote or
all the stuckholders uh'o cast bal— '
lots. President James H. Hustle nos
thus honored". It you know Mi“. Hus—
tis you muy understand why this
happened. If you do not- know him
you do not realize that this head or
the Boston and Maine is uniformly
courteous. deals openly and. fairly
with all who come in contect with
him. and inspires confidence
ability to handle the iroubloui tat—
fairs of the railroad. It is true. also,
that Mr. Hustle knows his railroad,
root and brunch. its inain lines. its
spur truths an d
be etioninx eltlciently and Broad-
was purged. But so“ long as
- critics like Mr. Broun and papers
lotto. N. C-. while 9‘ degrees can
registered at Wathinglon. D. ..
Pallet-shuts. W. Van “ and Macon.
Ga.
The northwestern disturbsnce will
move eastward and it will probably
a be attended by local thunder show-
‘ers Saturday and Sunday in north-
on; New York. and northern New
England and Sunday or Sunday
night in southern New England. The
rtemperature will rise Saturday in
the Atlantic states from Maryland.
northward. but the weather Will, be-
come cooler by Sunday night in per
tions or the Middle Atlantic ethics. .’
Winds: ‘: North at Sandy Hook
Moderate out. and bouillon-st and
weather mostly outcast as may.
Wit-Ag .
Trust Co. '
First Bank End“
' ‘ the Bridge
On Washington Sire“,
South Norwalk
"his associate. Thomas A. Wat—
were engaged in the operation
eating or the former’ a harmonic
{fuph apparatus. w hen they die.
" rod that the instruments- were
" king very well.
a so obliged to retunc his re-
constantly. which led to the
t discovery. Watson pluck—
or the transmitter reeds at
in“ n ,,
conceiveblo um any at . «tickle. . ~ ~
leech; ' . 23* my :
the corresponding reed at his
”‘1" heard the sound. That
it St Bell gave directions tor
A slindow filth before me. ',
5°? thou. but. like to thee; v
according to college
_-famlli_ar twith . the in.
'r‘
, “Medical science has be?!“
" check a. great mam of I‘m—"v
' dren‘s diseases“
, “Yes: but childnu 1‘15} ',
Wk" 9‘ 89am: scarlet. {CHEF or
<.“v!etamotor car some uni
not much better off than we
and intelligible "sentence1
- Gully" lrazismitted.‘ New
it a. mutter at einall
391nm over the phone to ,
coast and receive,‘ hardly
,, M ‘
Audwe-gdnnkottheflgd:
Ebonthewcllbyd’e
Norwalk Chronicler