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tor a day
Alexander Furniture
Comm
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From this store, have quality,
individuality. charm and
usefulness.
Shop early for. best choice.
The N. E. Ryan Co.
80 Washington Street
South Norwalk
Buy Something For
Your Car For Christmas
10th
Anniversary Sale
AARON KOHN
Auto Accessories
Railroad Ave, So. Norwailr
Frank Jacoby
12-14 NORTH MAIN ST.
The Home of
Good Clothes
for
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RIALTO THEATRE
Wally Wales
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out a lay"
«swim
Little Wonder
Fuel Saver
SAVES 20% to 33 1.3%
On Your Cost Constmtption
SATISFACTION GIIARANTFED
Fitzeerald & Caney
Combustion Engineers
.31 Moi-win St. Phone cos?
a“
The French Glove &
Corset Shop
Next to Rock Haazard's
d No. Main St., So. Norwalls
SPEOIALIZIJO IN LADIES
GLOVES, HOSIEEY.
OOESETS AND
UNDERWEAR
"See Us First for Values" '
, PARK THEATRE
BRIDGEPORT. CONN.
.x r.“
l pas-r 'rmrss sonar
Dally Matinee
BUD TISHBR’S ‘
Cartoon Characters
MUTT AND
JEFF
pawns
Mat. 250350.15"...
. 50-150
Hundreds
of Gifts
For The Home
Rosenfield Bros.
”S Washington St. N. “0
"ran: prawns" "
m or user ran some
your
Christmas
‘ Problems
Oughtarm
Co.
3600, Norwslk, Conn.
THEATRE NOTES
TOdsy Wally Wales is starring at
the Rialto theatre in "The Are 0!
Action." a. great big westerner with
plenty or action and pep. This west-
erner will thrill and re-thrlll the
audience to the core. With the test.
or. is offered another chapter of
“The House Without .\ Key." a
mystery serial.
Tomorrow night Evelyn Brent
will be seen in "Tho Flame of the
Argentine." The picture brings to
the screen a touch 0! life of the re-
public in South America.
romantic and dramatic sides. Miss
Brent plays a very brilliant
one which her hoe‘. of admirers her.-
will like.
The fire stellar act vaudeville pro-
gram at the Palace. theatre and the
photoplay "Obey the Law."
Bert Lytell. will close their engage-
ments hero
shows. The combination
well balanced bill of entertainment.
Tomorow night. Alexander Carr
it
DIAL'I'O
showing
role
-— PALACE
with
with three
offers in
today‘s
WHAT liAS GONE BEFORE
To the home at Pitt)! and Mill.
”I ELWELI. in Camdrnrills
lnd.. one night in October oi I898.
comes MARTHA DALTON. a
nurse. bearing with her a woman
who had tainted on the train on
which Martha had been traveling.
Elwell is an artist. He has a
son. JIM. aged 5. late that night
' twin girls are born to the woman.
who sites without revealing her
Identity. Her attire had Indicated
she was a person of refinement
and wealth. -
Till story ”it“ m-ws Iot‘wsru '
to June. ms, and the reader is
introduced to Jim Elwcll. now :3.
and his lathsr's par-tn". and to
the twin girls. who have been
adopted by the Elwells. They are
nowi'l.altdonsoithelnhaabcan
named MARGARET ad nick-
named RUSTY: the nth . ELIZA
BETH. is called BETTY.
.To Jim the girls are lust hid
pals. although they are growing to
beautiful‘ womanhood. The three
go out on a hunting expedition In
the woods one afternoon and
Busty. venturing ahead at them.
stirs up a rattlesnake. Jim hears
the ominous rattle and then the
wild scream of the glrll
NOW BEGIN THE STORY
‘HAPTER V
183 a sh Jim Elweil tors in
through the weeds and under
growthnpast Betty. who stood
fright-stricken. He reached the
other girl Just in time to catch the
swaying form in his arma Pickins
her up as it she were no heavier than
a by. he turned and rushed been
to e clearing near the hut pond
Batty was already there. Jim laid
the limp figure on the ground. flat
on her back.
“Help me to get her shoes as
stockings oil quicki" he cried. “She‘s
been hit on tho leg. prob'ly."
He tors d the low shoe from the
right foot. Than catching the stoch-
ing above the use he lurked it use
from Its isstoniogstaud pulled It on.
Bstmm “cinching last and a
second later had the other stocking
ofl.
"lies it is," Jim said quietly as
his teen eyes caught sight of two
tiny punctures in the call of Rusty's
right leg. "Gimme that scar! on
your head till i put a tourniquet as.
We otta stop the poison trots goiu‘
up! sou take‘mr hot. Betty. an‘
get some water out of the pond. Be
cadfainottogetanyotthatgrssa
is it.”
The girl was trembling like a leaf
butvsho did as shewas told. She
grabbed the hat tron his head and
starth tor the pond while lilwsil.
doubling the soart. slipped it under
the it Just below the knee and tied
a double hast. 'rbsa pies
isgupasbortstickcloseathand he
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gradual he. ' .,
of "Potash and Parlmutter" fame
comes to the Palace in "April Fool"
This comedian gives a bountitul
supply of laughter. It is a laugh-
test trorn beginning to end which
will giv. the audience a solid worn
in: of entertainment the nature
they will like. Imagine this come-
dian in a humorous role so funny
that you can't stop the laughter.
With this will be offsred another
chapter ot "The Fighting Marine."
with Gene Tunney in the important
role.
Monday and Tuesday. "Tin Hats."
the funniest thing that ever came
out. of the war will be the attract-
ion. It is a tremendous comedy hit
enjoyable in every
word.
sense of the
REGENT .
’l‘hc Myrklc-Ilarder Stock
com~
puny. will close its engagement of
six days at. the Regent with tonight's.
play. "The Devil Within." This pro-v
ductlon will ho presented Just
cleverly and as brilliantly as have
lwen the plays already given. The‘
Myrklc-llardcr company has made;
a decided hit here and it is hopedllmgrnile “05' that 11* heard in "13“”
they will be seen again next yeahlpurts of the world.
Tomorrow night the Regent Williing to a woman who had just man.
return to its policy of motion pict-'
he
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NIASE
CEINC.
tie he cut a slit an inch long and bait
as deep across the two punctures in
the white flesh of the calf oi Rusty's
leg. The outraged dash dulvared a
trifle and then was still.
A quick new or blood walled up
around it and the blood ran taster
Then he drew his haudksrobist.
soppsd it In the water and slapped its
clean portion over the wound. After
a minute he lifted It oil. straightened
histaadyootatontbegrouudasd
placed his month over the out.
hr the minutes be sucked the
blood .and patios from the snake
bitten leg. rinsing his mouth at in‘
tw-vais with water the hat
Satisded at length that had done
all he could in that way he
intohiscoatpoekstsaddrowout
the pistol.
"me-n over on your right side now.
Busty." be directed. "and swing
your left leg our to tract."
- The girl obeyed. bringing the torn
ealr into milieu tar Jim's purpose.
Henoddedtonetiy.wborsadtbo
unspoken command and took
hold of her sister's head. She was
o
5
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35
southeast. Jimsuueeasdthedesh‘.
urr's. The attraction engaged
star another opportunity to
following in Norwalk.
Monday night. Alexander
and Perlmutter" will be
with smiles for many a day MW
._.._.. -m—
! France’s First Lady
("J I). Flrcct Cnl‘ conductor. ill ll
entitle. Drawing the poison and
blood out and tourniqustlng the leg
had been all right. But in burning
the wound with gun powder he had
outraged science and courted a worse
finger-tetanus.
But Jim was no doctor. All he
knew. about such matters was_froln
listening to snake bite lore from
others. That he remembered all
these things. and did them. was s
tribute to his coolness and presence
at mind.
its stood up. “Bring along but
shoes. Betty. and my hat." be in-
structed. and than picking up his
wounded pal in his arms he started
iii.
egiirr
TODAY 2:15, 7:15 and 9
win
his way into the hearts of his large
Carr.
the funny little fellow of "Potash
featured
in "April Fool." it is rich in laught-
er and will cause your fare to beam
‘ Told To “Hurry Up.”
”Wait until the car stops." shout-
lin was spellh
soups?
Evelyn Brent
—.in_
“The Ace of Action" “The Flame of the
and
Chapter 2 “The House With-
Argentine”
Selected Shorter Features
sonar Alto mew ... m
is
lludolph Valentino in "The Sainted
Devil." This photoplay gives the late
ing.
but said nothing.
"DON you know
Is?" an elderly man.
ed at the conductor.
l'. fellow
aged to keep her feet after alight-
Thr departing ‘passengcr smiled
who this lady
wearing the
ribbon of the Legion of Honor. ask-
“Don't and care less." responded
the autocrat oi the tram. The dis-
tinxulehrd gentleman explained
passengers that the woman
who had slipped on the wet asphalt
was More. Raymond Poincare. wife.
of the Premier and former President
PALACE 7 REGENT
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
I WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
DIRECT FROM CAPITOL THEATRE. N. Y.
STARRING CONRAD NAGEL, CLAIRE WINDSOR, BERT
H
ROACH, TOM O’BRIEN, AND GEORGE COOPER
ADDED A'rrnaorron
“Our Gang” “In Shivering Spooks"
to
by Room 28. This room had an at-
tendance record of 99.36 per cent.
The average
96.92 D?!
91.25-
guged in selling Christmas
More than IIOO worth of Christmas
scale have been taken by the pupils
and they bid fair to sell more.
was held on Tuesday. The
procedure of business was
through. President Jack Squires rc-l
Franklin School l!
The attendance banner was won
of the school
C(‘li.. as compared
Novcmb. r 1925. .
Pupils of the school are busily cn-l
seals.
was
to.
l
The regular meeting of the G. 0.1
regular
carried.
of m, “Ppubm. t‘tut-I-ch the representatives to in-v
"Fl i l h ‘ form pupils who are competing tori
M. m" ,‘1 er 5 topping “w' the Franklin Emblem or the l-‘rank- .
days ruling in street esrsNM auto- lln "F" to hand m their Nilcrs by;
ml hum-rs. h.- volmltoererl. for “8- Friday. January 7. l
sons M etouomy. "‘3“ Several of the English dasses.
"0"“ " have completed their class news-!
th:li\ll'.r’:.iiililu.m TM Sentinel for papers. These newspapers Wercf
ié'Cliif‘ord LMbbeMEl-nest Lynn
‘mighty sore leg by this time and been
I
l
awful sick at the tummy!”
Rusty was able to laugh. In spite
ot the pa.» in her leg. and to kiss
Jim.
That euning'ln. the Eta-ell home
after the excitement had died down
and Rusty was resting on the sofa.
”Jim turned to Betty with a littlo
grin.
'Wel: kuido." he said. "we didn't
whom any farmer's call today but-—
'we aim a calf lust the same. didn‘t
!...r-
t Betty giggled and nodded her
Iili‘ld Ilusiy poutsd her pretty lips.
llim‘s mother reproved him: "Now.
i llm. its hardly fair to tease her."
. d O O
summer's golden days illited swift-
» by in the earetros lives of Jim Sli-
uetl and the two girls. And wsr‘s
lack etouds rolling in Irom the east
"row bigger and blacker as autumn
wr-roarhed.
(irtober came. and with It" the
ulns' birthday. Eighteen now and
«mag women. Mollie and Prot
Azghed as they audibly lamented the
wittly roiling years. and there were
'mes when Prot‘s eye was troubled
. he contemplated the two glorious
mng things as they tisw around the
'nilSQ In pursuit of Jim.
November’s chili and the icy winds
.: winter came. paused a while to
. vmspsr of coming events and than
E nm'Qd on. ADO ID. little NOW!) 0'
wtsmdenvilie. like the whole world.
i was on its toes waiting tor the Sen-
} .ite and President Wilson to issue the
-all to arms.
Then a day in April came and the
nongexpected news was hurled to
the world at last. spread across the
front pages or the city sheets in
eightcolumn screamsrs: l
"U. S. DECLARE! WAR
AGAINST GERMANY. '
Jim Elwoll carried the paper home
with him that afternoon. “I'm coin'.
Iiollie." he told his mother. She ut-
tered not a word at protest. but
when he kissed her she clung to him
fiercely for a long minute and the
syas which she turned unicth away
from Jim were wet.
she had known it for some time.
Jim had told Prof months betoro that
when war was declared ho was go
ing to enlist. And tho old" EINI‘I
heart surged with pride. albeit be
shared some at his with misgivings.
But Ruth and Batu aw things
trons a ranger viewpoint and a
washer philosophy at life. Jonas
youth singing In their hearts shrank
back appalled when the darksbadow
of war mot across the t
at their home. Patriotism. the,
willing to admit. was a grand and
noble attribute. but when 'patriousm
reached out its hand and collared
their pal Jim. then-well. then It was
a war horse oianontirelydliterast
color.
But just like million of others.
mothers. Wives
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started as projects and they
the effect of hard work and muchi
sting class was
Room 23. It was
colors Blue and Gold he adopted as.
the class colors. It was also votedj
that the dues be. placed at 50c for:
the your. too. the recommendation
of the I’m Committee pupils
to purchase the same style of pin as.
the pupils of previous
classes have purchased.
lion of Miss l‘arker. supervisor ls‘
practicing Christmas
hymns
the
School on Friday
Kane had some very good material
nportlng and it is hoped we may
have a good beekethall‘heam
year. it is planned to give more of
tho hols and girls opportunity for.
playing this game just .5 soon as tin f
auditorium of the. l'rnnltlin
has been prepared for this.
, Aide and Owen Klndilien.
'off. Murray Myers. Woodrow
ton. Owen Klndllien.
Aldo.
l Dolllner.
lBeregon. Lucille Craig. Helen. Ro-
berts. Edward Aide. Herbert Aron-
son. Vern Policy. Faye Schoolhouse.
Roberts. Vera Policy Edith Bere-
gon.
Schoolhouse.
Margaret Eula. Clarence
George Kohn.
rier. has been champion nine times.
His owner has refused 85000
him.
show .
interest. SDI has named its paper.'
"A Stepping Stone." The 883 has‘
named theirs the "Plodders." sail
very appropriately named their pa-,
per. "Far and Near."
All the pupils of the 7th
how:
this is part of the contest that
being given
England.
gradesi
Ariihmeilc.
is
New
been tested in
throughout all
A met-ting of the February gradu- ;
htld Tuesday in
voted that the.
voted f
Graduating .
The music class under the t'lll‘t‘P- 1
songs and
The regular meeting of the Junior 3
high school orchestra was held “‘ed- 3
nesday hilt-moon at 3:30.
I
Report cards for 12 weeks Ware
issued hiday afternoon.
Basket ball practice was held at
Roger l.udlow Junior High
afternoon. Mr
this
sdiool {
Grade \‘l of Franklin school is:
excitedly .proparitig forQa Christmas
party to be held Just
close of the school
lilies Bruce, the teacher. has ap-
pointed several
tend to the different details of the
party. There committees are:"
before
for
the '
vacation.
committees to at- 1
Tree. Dan Readyoff. Edward
Games. Irene Delta. Dan Ready-
Bon-
and Edward
Cleaning up. Millie Monti. Lucille
Gonellyn Jones. Edith
Decoration. Lucille Craig. llelen
H c r b c r t Aaronson.
Virginia
Faye
Thompson.
Boenisch.
Selects ideal. a London for ter-
for
F. S. LYON
JOB PRINTING
South Norwaik
So. Norwalk Phone 255
I
motivate
FURNITURE co.
16 North Main Street
m ‘
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Opposite the llahaekeiro Hots-
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THE SILK SHOP
Palace iREGENT
TODAY 2:15, 6:46 and 9 i SUNDAY EVENING
El." and 'J
3Coutplete Vaude- iRudolph Valentino in
ville Performances
“The Sainted Devil”
NEWS and COMEDY
Bertwliytell . MONDAY
“Obey the Law” 5 Alex Carr
‘THE FIGHTING MARIN}?
' —iu-—-
“April F001"
3 A Comedy drama with the star at
SUNDAY EVENING
E “Potash and perimutter" fame in
Alex C81? ‘hls grt'atto‘t comedy.
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Apr“ Fool i TUESDAY
A dramatic comedy of New York‘si Performances Ulldfl' the
East Side : AHSPIOOI of
also i
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GENE TUNNEY in
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our: nonnaartr’rr .
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The Choral Art Society
of Norwalk. Conn.
Ray \i'llllsms Steele, t'onductnr
pres»: nt s
“HYMN OF PRAISE” (Lobegesang)
emits maxmmssmrx
With Soloists and Max Barr Ensemble
Soioists—Lillian Gustai‘son. Soprano;
Wesley Howard, Tenor
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13th
at tthc
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