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ail-Thought
. l have fought a good fight. I‘have
lnished my course. I have kept the
aim—2 Tint. 4:7.
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> A firm faith is the best theology;
a good life is the best philosophy; a.
(stair conscicnco is the best law:
boom the best policy. and tem-
"cranes the best physlc.—Aughey.
KY TAKE A CHANCE. '(ilRLS?
The story told the Norwaik po-
ioe by the two New Haven girls who
to beaten and thrown from an au-
Omobile .in Westport Monday night
W a. shocking one. but these girls
I list blamelthemselvcs for their and
contain; to their own slot-loathe
ting men whom they accuse were
They met by more
chance in Stamford. Upon the in-
.' “lieu of the young men the girls
Ibis true we are living in an. un-
conventional eru, when girls are liv-
at their pwn lives. impatient of all
restraints imposed by good man.
rs, worthy customs. or oven ordi-
ary prudence. Nevertheiegs. com-
mon sense is as necessary today as
'er lt was and no girl is using com-
mon sense when she places herself
n the custody of a strange man in
an automobile. She invites trouble
erytllme she does it.
smarts msmxc von new
The world isn't such a bad place
To be sure we get grouchy and
lot ports at times. cuss and fume
the incident‘ or episode which
is all our pessimism into a
One such occurred the other day
‘tbe office of. Town Clerk Herbert
Now a town clerk. as you probnb.
' w. is a most ofilcial and pro.
per-sen.» He is not supposed to
one or smile at anything which
at Just as it should be.
gilt again the rule goes smash.
Anyone who knows the aforemen-
ed Mr. Smith knows he is
1m." ‘
i! opened the door leading into
office the other morning. took
ooh-and turned around and
right out again.
' ‘ase'n'il‘tbat a young couple had
M'mments before been given
' “ a license. you know one
4 efnoiai things" that permit
call on the minister and
. Thinking the coast
.411” decided the time
so: a long and loving to...
" inthernidstof it. obli-
root of the over-id. when ‘ 1
Wart-album-
“ young couple night
‘ mat in W."
added to the Ford car.
section of the country absolutely
WW Views”
WW Pallet!
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(Editor and Publisher)
J. J. Callas. of the advertisins
department of Ford Motor Coin-
pany. Milwaukee. Wis. on January
0 seat to editors a letter. with a
"story" enclosed. The story was a
detailed advertisement concerning
special equipment that had been
in his lot-
ter Mr._ Cailan advised editors
that a "story" he had previously
sent out on the same subject had
:‘nof. been printed exactly as origi-
nally edited" and asked publication
of the substitute story. He asked
for free copies of the paper contain.
ing the revision. It is neg clear
Whether Mr. Callan's department
was thus putting over a correction.
or whether the big idea was to get
the free publicity printed exactly
as "originally edited." At any rate
the "story" was calculated to sell
Ford cars to the rcndersof news-
papers. with only the small expense
of a press agent and postage. .hir.
Ford did nos build his giant struc-
tlge by free distribution of his as-
sets. and it is a mistake for news-
psper publishers to fro'siy distribute
their only marketable'eommoditlos.
Public Ownership of Water.
Next to roads and bridges. water
supply has always been recognised
as the commonest public necessity.
so vital to the community that it
should be supplied by the commu-
nity itself. Cities which first al-
lowed private companies to harvest
the water profits began a century
ago to take over their water supply
and its service. Boston reclaimed
her water works in 1848. Hartford
in 1854. New York City. beginning
was finished. has built the greatest
municipal works in the world. sup~
plying 6.000.000 people with pure
water drawn from sources as far as
a hundred miles stray. Not oven
Tammany has been able to spoil the
amazing fact. of New York's great
water works...
A Great Mlstsgo
(New Haven Register.)
Congressman Merritt. of Siam-
ford. hits one nail directly on the
head when he declares in the course
of his statement to the Yale News
that he opposes the Volstead law on
the broad principle that the 18th
amendment has no proper place in
the Constitution and should be re.
moved therefrom at the earliest
possible moment., .
That is egractly where the whole.
trouble lies. By this amendment the
fixed idea ‘of the framers of the or—
ganic law that it should deal only in
general propositions. leaving to the
Congress the enactment from time
to time of such laws as might be
necessary to insure the carrying out
of these principles. was wholiyde-
parted from. and a new system or
legislating through constitutional
amendment was substituted there~
for. to the everlasting detriment of
the whole Constitution.
As Mr. Merritt says. there is no
propriety in one section of the
country trying to tell another what
it shall not do with respect to its
social customs. and when we depart
so far from the narrow path of pro-
priety in this matter as was done in
the case of the 18th amendment we
invite exactly the disastrous results
thathave been. present in every
without excpption.
Congressman Merritt is entitled
to the respect of his constituency
for this open and fearless attack on
an impossible situation.
The Legion
(New Haven Journal-Courier.)
0f the 60,000 men in Connecticut
who served in the World War. 7500
are now enrolled in the American
Legion. The ’ei‘fm't now is to in-
crease tho number to at least 13.-
000. Our soldiers are so diverse in
their interests that until the men
are old and the survivors thrown on
each other for cornradeship. an as-
sociation that shall enroll all is
impracticable. It is. however. fit-
ting and highly desirable that the
Legion alien be a substantial. going
conccn with a vigorous member-
ship. Civilian and soldier alike
should take a keen interest in un-
covering eliglblea to join their
mates. .
Birthday?
WEDNESDAY. JAN. .20
If so. you will be reserved and
dignified and have great chances of
becoming a leader.
You ‘must exercise irl‘ltiative to
succeed in your chosen profession.
You will not worry easily as you
are born with the. ability success-
fully to pass up difficult situations.
You are eminently domestidsted
and will marry young.
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in 184': when the Croton aqueduct .
THE EVENING SENTINEL—SO. NORWALK. CONN.
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The Red Man’s Burden
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CONTESTS
The Evening sentinel today pro-
sonts the essay which won the sec-
and prize for the advanced class in
the contest held by the Daughters
of the'American Revolution for
foreign born adult students in Nov.
walk‘a Americanlzation. schools.
The first prize casay~itaaprintcd
last evening. Each evenillgfione .°"
says will bu printed until 'iho srr~
tee is complete.
BY ALFRED MEERBOTH.
Second Prize, Advanced Class.
The terrible world war with its
sorowful consequences made me
come to the country to which thou.
sands of my countrymen looked to
find peace and liberty. it is not
easy to turn your back upon your
old home. to change your home feel-
ings. because nobody can discard his
fathcriand like an old cont.
On January 4. 1924. after a stormy
voyage I came to the harbor of New
York at Ellis Island. Not knowing
the language of the country I felt
like a. child. who had been abandon-
ed by its parents. It came to my
mind that. the moat necessary thing
for an immigrant was to know the
language of the new country. if we
wish to make this hand our father-
land. and so that we can understand
the manners and the actions of the
native born people. .If we go into a
store or to any place. we need the
language. because without that we
Dodges Goal
The claim published below. made
by Editor :5: Publisher. newspaper
trade Journal. that the press of the
country has underplaycd coal strike
news is of general interest at this
time. We would like to hear com-
ments from our readers as to wheth-
or they would like to have more
coal strike news published. The high
price of coal hits cvol‘yoné's pocket
book and the scarcity of coal in the
cellar brings fear into every home
owner's heart. The article follows:
.CollStrikon.
It is saying something that every-
one knows—that tho hot-spot of
controversy in American life more
feared by publicists than any other
question. is the‘ ceaseless battle be.
tween organized labor and organized
capital. For ten years newspapers.
by and largerbave increasingly no.
elected both news presentation and
editorial leadership in labor at-
fairs. first on the pretext that net.
, ‘tber capital nor labor can be trus-
ted to tell the truth. with tho ldded
commonly accepted notion that the
general public is not interested" says
Editor d: publisher.
“A few years ago we noted the
neglect by the press or the kinetic
strike of iron workers. centering at
Pittsburgh. Some damning charges
have since been made midst news.
papem and newspaper men 9n ac-
count of the handling or that con-
flict. the chief attention being that.
in effect. a. notion of the press on-
tered into a. conspiracy with, cap.
ital to suppress the vital nevuof
the fightfdoue of our readers fant-
liliar with the facts will dispute
the statement that the story was
’ handled'with gloves and. by the
rank andnle'of editors. was re-
oonnot be progressive. Consequntmly
it must be the holy duty of each im-
migrant to learn the language or his
now home. It is the tie between the
immigrants and the other peculv».
'l‘hrough relations 1 was informed
that the municipality of Norwnlk’
started the Franklin school as an
evening school. to teach the lmml.
grants the Engiie language. for the
welfare of the future citizens to lo w‘n
the national language and correct
speaking, writing and reading.
After a few ilnys' rest I went on
January 10, 19:4. to the school. It.
was very him! after working all day
to no two hours to the school and
study. I will never forgetl my teal-h.
are. Mr. Maclilurrny and Miss Pollu-
nnd Mr. Naihansou. how they trial
with all of their kindness and pxl.
tiencc to teach the first few users-
sary words. We talked about the
American historyfirom the time lllI“
United States started with the land-
ills of the Pilgrims fathers at Ply-
mouth on December 21. 1620. Fran.
the small settlements through tho
War for independence. what we call
the American Revolution. and tho
Clvll War. to the powerful Unite.)
liates of lthe present. We learned
of the important men. Washington
Lincoln. Franklht. Fulton. Bell.
Morse. etc. We saw from pictures
and reading in books the beauty and
riches of this country. We have
arithmetic and receive much good
advice for life in this country. At
last the Daughters of the American
Trade Journal Says Press
Strike N ews‘
ganized effort to break it by force.
The strike. has disturbed social and
economic conditions. however," an
gravely as any labor'conflict during
this generation. *
"From September to date the
newspapers have handled the sub-
Ject listlessly. casually. only the ox-
ccptlonai newspaper , showing any
spirited disposition seriously and
candidly to penetrate the issues.
Days and weeks have passed with
little or only routine mention of‘ihe
strife. indeed. it. is our opinion. that
this great strike has been the most
underplayed big story of modern
times. This opinion is largely based
upon a contrast between the handi-
ing of this story and that of the
strike of these some men. practical-
ly for the same causes. a quarter
of a century ago. .
"The issues between the miners
John Mitchell led in 1901-3 and the
operators of those days were im.
pressed upon the minds of every
intelligent cltisen through featured
newspaper publicity. Bo great did
the public clamor become for an
honest settlement of the; conflict
that President Theodore Roosevelt.
with no more law than now obtains.
forced an arbitration as one of the
first important note of his adminis-
tration. . ‘.
“In candor yrs now ask: How
many newspaper readers today
know that the demands of the
striker-also by Lewis were for 81
a day increase for all day wot-ken.
andiioi‘esse'of 1 0pc: cent for con-
tract mitten. the omen-err of union
dues and’asesssneests. sod added
sailor conditioner. Ask a reporter
on: your staff.,:wb'st the cheaper!
humanity means. Will he know:
babe museum who:
WINNNIG ESSAYS 1N attitudinal
HELD UNDER lusnt , or D. A. R.
Does the Foreigner Appreciate What N orwalk Schools Do for Him?
(Read the Answer in These Letters Day by Day .
Revolution teach us a few of the
best American songs. After all. we
love America much better than we
did at first. -
This country gives us work and
mod. it protects us with its laws.
The censcqucnco must be for us to
try to become citizens of the United
States. the land with the free con-
stitution. where everybody has a
chance to better his conditions. For
this reason I took mydirst citizen's
[papers at. Bridgeport on March 29.
1 lilti. if we take the second papers,
llhe state will ask us if we know
‘Llit' language. the laws. the admin-
istration of stain and federal gov.
prnmcnt. etc. All we need to be-
come a good citizen we can learn
.ut the evening school. I will be
proud when i can belong to the
,greutest republic of the world. the
ll‘nllcd States of America.
{ .i great. deal is given us and l
lnlnk we cannot show our gratitude
limiter than by fighting against
fatigue or bad weather. and come
in the school regularly. We will
‘NlIO‘A' our teachers and principal
llhrough attention and diligence how
we liked the school and make her
hard work easier.
Now i hope the outside people wnl
understand how it is important for
the state to make evening schools
for the immigrants to teach ’the
language of this country.
Take all my thanks for your help
‘to me and I close with the words:
‘AbiEl'thA mnsr.
anthracite burns an’well: it is all a
conspiracy and the labor leaders
‘urc as bad a bunch of grafters as
thu mine owners. and other such
-nsseriions having no base of so-
his] knowledge! It is! our exper-
ience that such is the common talk.
The average reader knows more
definitely the cut of lrving Berlin's
collar. or the color of Mrs. hlne-
lender’s eyes. or the 1924i tilng
average of any popular ball play-
er. than the main essentials of a
labor dispute which has brought
misery to thousands of people of the
coal regions. huge losses to capital.
suffering. inconvenience and waste
to millions of coal consumers and
has put clouds of soot into the ,air
of many heretofore clean cities.
"Cynical newspaper men are
heard insisting that the public is
not interested and will not read a
serious strike story. We think that
is the vericst' nonsense. and we
'iudgo so because every man and
woman we meet in New York wants
to talk about the coal strike and
seems utterly lost in trying to ex-
plain it. Of‘ course. the public will
not breathlessly follow a dry ac-
count of any event or handouts and
unsupported assertions put up as
“new." '
“The vast majority of newspapers
are free of industrial or banker con-
trol. We know of no cost advertis-
ing influence. Yet the general press
has dodged the coal strike. publish-
ing as little as possible of the toss.
capable spot news developinénts.
avoiding four square editorial page
discussion. and almost completely
neglecting feature display of the hu-
man factors involved. ,
-“Agreatstorgbss.!orathirdof
a year. been handled as a routine
matter." .
out)!!! no mass
Winston“. Basqéaceenmittse’
or the local council has decides on
the purchase or "a foreign motes-
Norwalk
20 Years Ago
'The following items appeared in
the issue of The Evening Sentinel of
January 20. 1906:
The gorilla was out again yester-
day. and visible to the naked eye.
He has not as yet been caught. A
large number of men and boys have
been on the hunt for him.
Attorney Leo Davis has l-eturned
after attending the New York auto-
mobile show.
The lcemsn are beginning to get
a trifle anxious.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Brundagu of Harriett street.
Norwalk.
Charles F. Mead is brmenking in
on the local trolley line as a conduc-
tor.
Dreschcr and Gohlcr who have for
some time conducted a barber shop
on the Washington street bridge.
have sold the business to Harry 0d-
do. who will take possession on
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wheeler of
East Norwnik. are spending the day
at the Automobile Show in New
York city.
Albert E. Dunn of Betta place. is
now able to go out for a short walk
each day.
The water wheel lfrom the Colonial
plant. has been taken 'out for re-
pairs.
Miss Flora llntvxhursi. of Norwalk
is visiting with friends in South-
port.
Miss llolcn Foley of Quintard
avenue. has recovered from an at-
tack of the mumps.
The Selectmen went to West Nor-
waik yesterday. to lay out the cul
vert which is to be rebuilt to replace
the broken one on Pillow street.
This Date in
Other Years
Catholic church
feast day of St. Sebastian. martyr.
once an officer in the Roman army.
Telegraphic communication from
Philadelphia to Fort Lee. X. J.. was
established Jan. 1‘“. 18”.
Bank holiday ill federal district
of Brazil. lloliddy in Abyssinla ob-
serving Epiphany. old style. or
Today is birthday anniversary of
Mischa Elman and Richard Le
Gallicnne.
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