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‘__WEDl\l_ESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1926.
Y BAND glanced up
;,_ ; ,trom the neat little ar-
..lray of papers on the
“Ill in front of him. and
moaned.
towns a gentle sort oi
A. quiet. , almost
all «cough. quite in
wilhrlle‘nry Rand
immediate surround-
t'its soupd the stenogw
yapher half-way across the
room halted in her in ,
and picked it her hula (tild-
tnever ens . an
I had Mlsa‘fly‘hew sl
waszto take more dictation.
”Miss . .briilgyour pen-
cihiplessefz _ x
r “h'es._er. Band.”
Miss Fry seated
Jim." . Henry Rand leaned
hat-it in his swivel chair. tool:
his spectacles and pol- .
lobed ”them careful! with
is handkerchief. T en he
as loarefully replaced them.
clasped" his hands with the
tips of his thumbs and tore-
ilngera together and reflec-
tiVely studied the‘ceilins.
. ”Take a letter. Miss Fry.
in Mrs. Philip A. Ward-the
address is on this report
dam :”
. ry Band paused and
cleared his throat. “Ahem.‘
lite the cough. It was deliv-
a‘l’party a dozen; or more
times ‘a day. smothered “a
yawn and pulsed her pencil
over her notebook. ' , ,
d‘fDearMadam: We are
pleased to inform you thal
b c extelfi'rg' you we canyon
tube of a charge account; _
{Tom a." murmured mum
almost inaudibly.
.1.“Did you say something. Bliss
"I was . inst
n .l :r ..
rid
raid-what Royal Brothers coir
‘ priyilsps to racslvs-Jhe
. or or your. patronage. We hoot
ll. will fund, the pussies to ntahe
o o'ntfdso’et your account." '
, fluid cisatsd his throat
. ~ hem. Let tnesaa. Miss Fry
I. last sentence min."
than try. without glancing at bar
piss; amilingly recited: “Ws hop-
f‘yttu'wtlllilnd the occasion to matte
{soonest use ot your account."
What‘s tight: Miss Fry. Just close
impacttully yours. That’s sill By
J way. does something amuse
Spout“, ‘ , - - .
,i'Opftiot‘sir. ! was‘iust wonder
loaf-she van-“lie inspect oi goth
pg up her notebook. “l was Just
wondering‘whethar—do you ntind ii
' ‘ ggestiont" .
lyuhot. ‘clad to have you.
t .. . .
was Fry's smile had vanished
blushed andstudiod the door. .
“Well. it’s in ‘resard to dictation_
holisvsithere's a way tor/yon to
madam o1 your tlmnsndpuna.
"Ah indeed. And what is this
usury Rand smiled banisnly'
his, stenosraphse and auto.
gasped his. hands with the thurnb
and ‘toubngardips together.
all, a good bit of your dictation
"1h . .y T" .’
beside '
kitchen. lion?!
' Mary Louie"
could he done away with if you'd
adopt form lotters; For‘lnstanco. l
regard the \lelter ‘you Just dictated
as Forth A. You use Porto A When
ever you tellsomehody their «poll
nation tor: credit has bean 0.1“.
When you turn them doll-n. it's
illorrn B. When somebody is over
duo'you send them Form c. and
so on." ‘ 4
“I soe."l Henry Rand unclasped
his fingers aud picked up a panel:
with which he drummed on his chair
am. "Andl'whsnwil'orrn c tails oi
resultatha lolloywnp letter is Form
D. and wh we notlty thelh oi our
intention tuijndtbantaticr-wfr to
our attorn a date“ we receive pay
that ~ within" ten' day‘se-t‘llati i take
it. to Form B. is that right?” '
“taut.” » - ‘
“Andryou would have those iorm
letters mimoozruphed. with spaces
lat tor some?“
"Oh no. air. 1 would type pooh one.
out instead oi dictation. you could
lust tall tneyou wanted me to write
Form A or Earn: 8."
With his'toit hand Henry Rand
smoothed the gray hair around the
little bald spot on his crown. “the
pencil stopped drumming.
."aow‘long‘havo you been hers.
alias l‘ryl“: .
“About two years. lilr. Band.“ r,
“Two ta. Wall. alias m. 1
bass hasnwnh this deparunent store
for thirty ”an and tan oi them i
liars splint as mansger'ot the credit
. lit. ‘1 have Men dictating
isttan inst iiits that for ten years
and lists no good reason tor stop
Pill ‘0'." . ‘
"l'nt'sorry. Mr. Rand.”
f‘hlonaad to be." He waved his
hand .‘ntagnanintousiy. "Your plan
"berm- root‘ssillclsnt. but l pro
is! to been {hyper-east touch in my
correspondence."
m- Fulcrum. After unlab-
ins the letter already in her type-
writer uho inserted trash paper and
without glancing at her notes other
than to verily name and address. ‘aho
very swiftly and accurately ilniahod
Henry Rand's most recent lettsr. ‘
Thi. done. aha laid her letters in
a neat little pile on Rand's dash for
his signature. The ethos clock told
her it was ten minutes to live. She
opened a drawer in her desk. drew
a vanity case out of bar has and tall
the room.
, . . . in the washroom. between
dubs with the lipstick. aha addressed
her neighbor: ‘ . , » «
"Gee. Edna. i think Mr. itand is
awfully old‘lashloned. But Just the
some. 1 think he‘s an old peach."
0 '0 O
‘ Emarginy'trom the Royal Broth
our store. lienry Rand paused loos
enough to buy a newspaper and then
walked .overto the street car stop.
Thero'ho waited. ~
its was hardly a figure to coin
stand attention in a crowd. A little
under medium height: bulkily built:
round. ruddy tsoe. an overcoat of a
neutral brown ahado‘protsetad hint
cram the brink wind: a black derby
bat sat evenly on his small head.
Astreetoargrosnodtosstop.
Henry Band hustled our to it.
limping noticeably with is left tag- but
inside. he glanced at theironi case
she kept mm on.
.- llll'natltfl; j ' ‘ . ’ “,9
"Just 'chaas youmlt out at the
Hand. who're is tbs
way." Mnrtlm Band was stunning
may, the this (well. has 3 a mat.
lit ones
turning‘hor m “j l"
Henry Who“ and kissed
neatly arran" ’
but streaked, bsraiwd thorolwltn
“Where's Wt” bowed.
"‘hhs's in pie diatoms“ setting
the table. or was a tow minutes ago.
Mb: “a“, I30."
.r'l‘bs sound“ s pianoflmi played,
one two the iitlasnroost. -
, “duals probably , ion to set
the table.” milled . Rand's
”law i’iihsvetodoit
M” A; . u _ . ‘
H!“ m. it w into the
inflow. , “No snail thins." be
‘ called back. Wbs'iabb‘sall sat. My
M.“M’d'00‘ well wines rum.
more coundsncs'tnm the mothers or
your anally." » it
his walked through the wide door-
"! ostwssn dining 0M lirtns room.
‘l‘hsslrl‘attbsptsnoioohsd unto
333‘ bile paternal hiss. ”Hallo.
. "mu Janet. what’s this you’re
playing}. ‘s Woodtaos
sketches! sou-talus new? sounds
lilta good not? ‘ ‘ ’
.uis-daoaatsnoua-omtnomo‘
. hsnob totahsodths
'n that'cos-
arod hOIMt Wbstt VIM. her
my eyes, all wide IMHO" unite
on a law with has bathsr's. aar
darit brain hair was bobbed
curly. her tsps‘oliita Mid oi
except M tbs Milan.“ bar
Her straight ‘aosagsnhaacsd t
seriousness oi bitches.
so. spilled. "Yell it is wait thought
or. and suits.dldlouitto~slsr. it you
ask ins." ,, , ‘
Henry Rand patted bar shoulder.
"Notnlns'a ‘ no dliliouit tor you.
honey. Schubert. blast. Mannin-
oi! wblt's
you‘re not referring to
Bram Dad.” .
"That's the bird."
Bits made a sleek out-tar. '“l‘honk
Wu. hind sir. Suppose you study
itseDowsll while i help mother."
(“Jimmy bolus yeti" he called
otter bar. . ,
“"0”." . ‘
The trout door hanged shot. "i
. toe.” earns a loud voice tron:
hall. “Dinner really?"
. or ~
“How. old do poll miss I.
will». ‘ «nor- (4 tall.
u. ducked to acid split»;
pleased into im'who anus
by the hair. " ‘ “
.“Cut it out. Bis; or _
permanent new. its ran out liar.
shouted agrsatlag at his allies and
”p.
headlines. shipping «or a sensation ”
ally played. divorce. and turned
promptly to the editorial pags. _
when be'got rod. halt‘sn hour
later. he thrust the folded papal in
his overcoat pdeltet and.sst do!
briskly down the street. nothraw
on chest out. unions-sass sass . .
and inhaled deeply. Than he as ./ ‘
holed very slowly. Henry Band was
indulging in his daily bid for health.
Three blocks iron the car tins he
turned oi! ths sidewalk in front or
a little white house oi "Dutch colon-
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} o"~r"ojumunnesg. NORWALK. now.
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J A CO B Y ’ S
12-14 North Main Street South Norwalk
THE HOME OF GOOD CLOTHES
FOR MEN AND WOMEN
Siaio‘Public Health
Association Meeting
m
The Connecticut Public Health
Association is to moot at lil‘lllgcpurl
at tho Wtilm‘o Building. Washington
and Madison Avcnuoa. ll‘obruury ll.
All health ottlcors should attend
this meeting to hour the excr-llonl
program.
The morning uusulouu begin at
10:30 A. M. \s‘ilh ll Ulirllc on Scul‘lt-l
lFavcr Diagnosis. This is to be 0011- l,
ducted by Dr. William ll. l‘ool..(
,i-ieulth Officer of Bridgeport. Fol
lowing this will be an addrosn on
Scarlet. Favor by Dr. Francis 0.
Blake. School of Medicine. Yale
University-
Tho afternoon session. beginning
at 3i80 r. M. will be devoted to an ‘
addrsas on "The Preventable Di-
seases of Adult Lite" by Dr. Haven
Emerson. College of Physicians and
Surgeons. Columbia University.
Our; Brothers Ludgo
Gets Applications
Our Brothers Lodge No. to mot
last evening ‘and several nppllcu-
lions were received. Floor Director
Charles Hoyt requests all of the
guards to be present, next Monday
night for a rehearsal. Much other
business was transacted. The enter.
tainment in arranging un opon‘house.
entertainment for Feb. This promis-
es to be a. very pleasing affair. Also
the lodge has prepared to invite a
lodge in it nearby town to come and
witness the conferring of tho sec-
ond degree on the first class of
candidates.
rendition His fur
i Knocking Hat on
‘ 'Ootnatitnsa it is tunny to knock
a" man's hat oil and then again
sometimes it isn't quite so funny.
At least so lllllnkl a certain
youngster who tried it. out yester-
day noon.
“As the 12:45 Bridgeport-Nor-
walls trolley reached dry dock
yutsrday. a middle aged gsntls-
man who was allshting in a moot
dignified and appropriate rnnnnot.
suddenly experienced a sharp
bid" on the bud. tollowcd by a-
eolli ust or wind. Turnip: about.
h. d ovot’ed that his but had
bssil knocked oi! “for n. jolts" hyl
a‘youbgsior behind him.
j Ilium oi joining heartily in
the youth's raouous laughter. no
solssd hint by tho‘napo oi the
nook and united him soundly. '
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: WontanPollce O'fllce'r ‘ l
*~ OpposeswProhlbition
Tharp is one woman who is not to
lever. .ot prohibition and she speaks
from personal saperionco because
she in. woman ottlcor on' the
Proyldonco‘pollc‘o department. Her
name.“ Mrs. Evangeline Field.
The prohibition “law has become-3,
my greater cvll than the saloon
could ever have been in her opinion.
Charge Accounts Opened
Featuring Famous “Kuppenhei/ner
Clothes For Man”!
CHILDREN’S
UNDERWEAR
Fleecod lined Vests anci‘l’ants,
‘ any size at 49c, to clog! l
THE N. E. RYAN CO
86 Washington Street.
South Norwalk
New Oldsmobile Six
More Beautiful
Better Performance
Lower Pricl
On Display
AARON KOHN
9 R. R. Ave. So Norwalls' l
. Phone «to
Hal-statement to ou- sneot to em.
bodied in the annual roport ot Wil- ',
tiara i". O’Neil. superintendent ot
police, submitted to the police can:-
missions“.
Mrs. Field in her report details
tho‘ work at inspecting dancerhalla
and tho homes at wayward girls.
She .rsportsd. “when i realize th‘c
nulnhor oi young people. girls and
pony sspsoisllv Kirls. who are
annulus. 1 ant inclined to tool that
thotr‘prohlbittou law which. among
oibsr' evils. has brad this new as- .
poor oi habitviormlng vice. is a tar
mm: pleases than tho saloan was
or aver could have become." .
StrikerDeclared in
'«WdlfegAbi-ams Plant-l ‘
a’atrlkouuseen called at the
plant-Lot Woito and Abrams. Spruce
street. Bridgeport. clothing manu-
lecturers in an effort to have the
plant remain in Bridgeport. George
Woito. superintendent ot the suc-
tory. stated that the strikers had
gone out on the misinlormation that
the plant was hills to more to New
Jersey. lie said the story waa not
RED TAG SALE
. NOW GOING. ON
SPEGIAL‘ PRICES 0N
‘ BOYS’ AND MEN’S SUITS AND OVERCOATS
SPECIAL- MENS’ WORK GLOVES
. 1/2 PRICE
South Norwalk Store Only‘ ,
Rogers 89’ Stevens
TWO STORES
SO. NORWALK
NORWALK
true and that the plant would run
min in Bridgeport unless the strik-
ars torood it to move. ‘ ‘ ‘,
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Sensational! ' Tgb gggourwugonmed Suite of
3 Pieces—Usua a . “e, .
and Worthlt! $149000
See what wonderful savings are oi‘tarcd now in upholstered turni-
- turc. More than 30 styles to choose iron: and all decidedly under-
. priced. See for yoursalt tomorrow.
ashwfiéelgimiaw groups! O‘The Four-
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plsoss. The drsssor's *rnimrs are neatly mlterod. producing a
very beautiful suite at furniture.
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One of those rugs that wears
and wears. In attractive pat,-
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nonhuman Italian period
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' One more banner value 0! this big sale at especially attractive
payment terms. As illustrated here. you get that long bust. a
vsryoontlnodloua china cabinet. banquet table and six diners.
February price 169.00. . .
Norwalk Chronicler