Evening aha... “it"ihl'i‘s we all“ . u" « continence t I second ciss mall matter BTi‘tt.:TdiJilili:e st south lTorwslk. Conn. At Yarrow“ Home GRACE BOWMAN AND FRIENDS ll ‘ bll h d Ii e t Sunds b it? Bifigl‘llilltl. TfiSusuirIa do. 91 Washington Street W 9......" . . . p.......... UNKNOWN cannons or r. o. C II P. MiliTgan . - - T surer ‘ M‘.‘hfidm Krllcy - - - story OBSERVE m 1011! BIRTH. DAY .— HELD ‘ FOR SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mail. .V..O'CUDUCIiIOIIIIODIIIII ."oTTths ......... Payable in Advance. nun-u...“ 4. ssollessssle Co ..................... Jet-n idngvt-rcd by carrier) n... .21 2.25 .75 ROWAYTON Mrs. Edgar Ii. Raymond. Ro- wsyton correspondent. tel. 4187 or Sentinel Office .2. ‘ ”ember-The Associated Press. lshers' Association. chiller-Tile iluil are» AssoCistion oi snitch—New England Daily Newspaper Newiapstper Publish. Captain and Mrs. Ernest Yarrow are entertaining at number of young tolks. college friends of their children. at a. house party at. their .onnecfl tchcs credited . ited _ m published herein. . :- Associated Press is-excluslvely en- Id to the use or republication of Ill news to it or not cthcrmse n this paper. and also the local home. Rowayton avenue. during the holidays. Guests include Miss Natalie Mgdisoif. Tillie. Russia. a student nurse at the Presbyterian Hospital. SPECIAL Rcrsascnrhrivc The ,lulius Matthews Special Agency Beacon St.. Boston. Mass. York ctroit Chicago TELEPHONES Office—97 Washington St. Norwalk 9l-92~— "3. NIGHT CALLS. "I ........ Nor-walk 3569 ‘ Main New York city; Miss Alice Mills Blnghampton. N. Y.. student at Au- burn School of Religious Education. the Misses Marguerite Brunnow, Garrison on Hudson: Mary Alexan- der. Honolulu. H. 1.. students-vat Vassar college; Gordon and Stanley Yarrow. Palm Beach. Fla... Wesleyan ~ A THOUGHT ”tinge will make a. man it ‘ affairs—Cicero. SSIBLE CRIMINAL ACTION er blind to the item. rot... than s50.ooo in his accounts. .4 civil suit. th'e object of which recover this sum of money for o taxpayers of the city. has been rted against Mitchell by‘Attor-ney 9" Davis, special counsel for the dit committee of the common cil. Sentinel from a. quarter which .it absolute authenticity that hell. through his lawyer. had ised to make fulr restitution the city for shortages in the ac- rn for the assurance that criminal ion against him would be waived. The audit committee was unwill- -to accept such a proposition. be- so it might place its members in position of compounding a “audit committee informed the m’mlttee they would resign unless shortage, were investigated. heir move has resulted in some lance of action.‘ Prosecuting Ttorney Cramer C. Hegeman was ted yesterday to have begun a vey of the reports of the account- , with a. View to instituting mine] proceedings. wever we are not yet convinc- ha'. Mitchell will be brought into and forced to give some ex- tion of the conduct of his 6!- during ‘the runny years he was charge. which resulted in the e shortage already reported by accountants. ‘ ' ’Ths contemplation of celestial both speak ‘d'think more sublimely and mag- Gently when he descends to hu- zfiGAINST MITCHELL FORECAST Although progress in connection ,lth possible criminal proceedings be case of Robert G. Mitchell. To trier tax collector. is slow. at there is evidence that local or nforcemcnt authorities are no necessity of probing the tax office scandal to the Mitchell is charged by the ac- untents who have been working i‘tho tax books for months with rig responsible for a. shortage of report some time back reached ‘ unis while he was in office in re! he criminal aspects of the tax of- . University; and Dune Hawkins. Rorflronkonia. L. 1.. a student at Mt. Hermon School, Mass. Miss Grace Bowman. daughter of Mrs. Andrew Bowman. nowayton was, hostess at ,two parties. one held Tuesday afternoon for the younger children and the other yes- terday afternoon. at the home of her aunt. Mrs. Samuel Adams. Cudlipp street. The occasion was to celebrate Miss Bowman's 10th birthday. I'Musicvnnd dancing were enjoyed by the children. Among Miss Bow- man's guests were. the Misses Nan- cy Leonard. Jean Yarrow. .Murion Taylor. Evelyn Shipman. Betty Funk. Gladys Marks. Gwendolyn Youngs. Ruth Dillard: Richard Bil~ lard. George Youngs and a number of other young folks. Miss Marion Lynch and her bra- .ther. Arthur. Westside avenue. re. turned yesterday after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. AlbertiLynch at their home in New Haven. —Middlebrooks A i In a n a a new all car.- at Allen Drug Storm-Adv. Miss Verne. Wells. McKinley the Rowayton library for Miss shin ley Bowman, who attended s. lilo-:- ing of Mrs. Canneld's dancing class. Norwalk. Miss Bowman left this morning for New York where she will spend the day—With—Mrs. May Plait. 1 ~——.._.. Albert "Denny" Ladrigsn, Cross street, and Alfred Munhail. Crock- ett street. have returned to their home; after an automobile trip of several weeks' duration, in the South. Letters are being held for the following at the Rowayton Post Of- fice: Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Benson. Mrs. Robert F. Cullen. Roton avenue: Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Gmenough. Baxter Hibben. anl. Mrs. P. L. K. Layton, R. J. Lilly. Mr. John Man- ning. Mrs. s: M. Nelson. Miss Ann Ryan and Mrs. Warrener.’ —Fresh fish every Friday at the Rowayton Meat Market—Adv. The following list of books have been placed on the shelves of tho Rowsyton Library: The Melting of Molly -— Miria Davis. The Hawkeye—Jderbert Quick. Jeremy—Hugh Walpole. Sorrel! and Son—Warwick Deep. ing. ‘ Margy Wins the Game—John IV. A. Venuer. The Parrish. v street. substituted last evening in . Bindoss. ' marino~Captain Wilbur Lawton. vice. Dell. Ben's -- Laura Lee Hope. hill. ‘ Jr. . Wilson. Samuel H. Adams. Adams Beck. Marietta Holley. ——-Hugh Walpole. Perennial Bachelor.Anne in the Sunny South~Laura Leo Hope... . ”Q oer. - ., I for a tour and in Walker. , ’. Oct. 20—Eugen'e V.~ Debs. Socialist leader and former nominee for the presidency. died in run Evolving summon—scum NORWALK. CONN. # M ' ' *T‘Hi: “rCTURl? film“ i92i= Romanlafiarrlvsd in America ‘st New \‘ork by Mayor v i Chicago in his 71 st year.) ’I K sassin. an 18-year-old boy. j” Oct. Ell—Premier "Mussolini e tempt upon his life and a mob killed his would-be as Oct. ZO—A West in— dlan hurricane swept western Cuba. killing 500 and causing property damage of ”5.000.000. g « , . scoped the slitth at- oms or an ssnvrcz. mo) The Widow's House -—- Kathleen Coyie. "The Hill Muchln. , Bar-1:0 Days—43. E. Mulford. Jeremy and Hamlets—Hugh Wal- pole. . The Undefeatedw-J. 0. Health. The Mountebaclc—Wm. J. Locke. Our Admirablo Betty -—- Jeffery Farnol. The Soul of China—Louise .l. Miln. In A Shantung Garden—Louise .'. Miln. Thieves Honor-Sinclair Qluk; Towards Morning—4. A. It. “Mic. The Flamingo—Kathleen Norris. ' Gallant Lady—Margaret 'Wlddc- mer. Laddie—-—Gone Siration Porter. Stella Maris—Wm. J..Lockc. Johnson of the ' Border—Harold of Dreams - Arthur The Dreadnough Boys onn Sub- The Roughueck—Robert W. Ber- The Lamp in tho Desert—Ethel M. Lin McLean—Owen Winster. Six Little Bunkers at Captain The Dark Forest~liugh Walpole. Richard Camel—Winston Church- The Young Miner—-Horauo Alger. The Gadtly—E. L. Voynich. Buggies of Red Gap—Harry Leon Our Square and the People In it— The Perfume of the Rainbow-4.. Samatha at the World's Fair —- Portrait of a Man with Red Hair Waste-«Robert Herrick. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue The Rover Boys at Schoolv- A. M. Winfield. - This Repoach—Fred Brock. Morn Calf—Floyd Dell. 4 Miss Jessie, Bogardus. Darlen. at her home. Crow avenue. for several days. i Miss Janet Quick is entertaining . t gnount consideration. siderntion whether or not the claim of the father or mother is at pcrior. from any other point of View. whether the father has any other right. at common law. that gives him an advantage over the mother. basic of exact egusliiy. in respect to applications to a court for the cost- ody or control of the property of a minor child. enin is required for the marriage of a minor child. other. if surviving. shall be subject to the irovislons of the guardian or the infant. either alone or. if the deceased parenthas num- ed a guardian by will. together with that guardian. demands such uddiilon..l' point a co-guardlan with the surviv- ing parent: but in no case.‘ for din‘ ~ction or incompetence t. the part of the parent. can either ia- thcr or mother be deprived of I THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30. 1926. Nor-walk News Of Other Years 10 YEARS AGO. .. The following items appeared in the issue of the Evening Sentinel for December 30. lillli: Damages to the extent of $2.000 were caused this morning when a. fire broke out in tho barns on tro 'l‘arlov estate at the corner of Church street and Taylor avenue. George l-iurris. Flux Hill road. was held up by two men on Hamilton avenue last night. and robbed of a lunch box lie was carrying. A dance and reception \vuu given by Mr. and Mrs. M. ii. biucUausiand lliiyvlew avenue. forehcir daughters. the Misses Caroline and Natalie. I“ in” (‘lliz' v" .tiul.u.'..... - Sluts. Claus at the (JIll‘lBLl‘ll‘dn it... val in the First Methodist church last evening. Commissioner William H. Sniffcn of this citywus the principal spunk- cr at tho liawlcy Hardware com- pany's dinner in the Hotel Strati‘ield. Bridgeport! yesterday. Miss Mary Sliiiili. Woodward ave- nue. gain a party last night for the Misses Grace and Dorothea Hunt of Hanford place. Frank Svcc. Stuart avenue. has announced the engagement of his sister. Miss Thurs-.1 Eleanor Svec, to George Krilshciin of New Haven. City Clerk Stephen Dokus was in Bridgeport yesterday where he paid a bet made on the presidential elec- tion. Steve now concedes tho rc-elcc- tlou of President Wilson. ‘Capiain and Mrs. Aaron Stevens are spending the holidays in New Preston. Conn. . Helena Hill “'ecd’s C 0 L U M N .—.._..._. (Continued From Page One.) Editorial Views Of State Papers s Imus A60. The follorving items appeared in the issue of the Evening Sentinel for December 30. 1921: the death oi either or both of them. and make the decision on guardian- ship rest solely on the welfare oi‘ the child. ‘A model billior the guardianship on children. in the cyce of feminists. has just been introduced into the New anland Parliament. lie basic principle is that in all court proceedings relating to the custody orupbringiug or an infant. or in the administration of propirt; belonging to an infant. the welfare of the child is to be first and para- The court may not tulle into con» "01‘ Both parents are placed on a person or The written consent of both par- In the death of either parent. the law. be When no such appointee has bell) nude by the deceased parent. or if he appointee is dead. the court may. f.it considers the child’s interest (are. up- except on chusetts to the inhumanity possible the sex consideration in decidini: up. on the care of children. ciilicr dur- ing the life of both purcnis or illll‘J' he lei-partisan control of entire. oozriany departments and activiw ” of this city’s government has n ‘oned efficiently in his behalf ate and although the public no, or regards him as a martyr. bc- i (persecuted by this newspaper, and his friends still seem able roummon’ enough influence in . tlcai circles to curtail possible ‘inai action against him. ‘ flwa have-stated before we are ‘ cctly willing to allow Mitche.) or allowing $50,000 to slit. ugh the tax office. if the tax their money administered in ‘ It's Still Wet. ' .. NEW YORK. —- England. France Greece are just as wet as ever, rding to William E. (Pussyfoot) ‘ notch. who returned recently ‘; Europe. His campaign trip are too taken up with other tonal issues. but that "they'll ‘ around all right." hLIVERPOOL. Eng. — The Liver- ' ‘ Cathedral organ. completed ro- y. is said to be the largest in world. It cost 35.000 pounds and l driven by motors totaling xiii epower. There are live rows or ' 1n. 2'22 draw knobs. 1686 stops and 1.934 pir as. f'l‘he organ is so large at there are 1? telephones from . one parts that are used for com- iticstion by the tuners. ‘ ‘. Aerial Chlrlutm. . NDON.—-—Richard Grenville and _ m-lng partner. Babette. recent- danced the Charleston 3.000 feet ”the air on one of the Londons is Argosy planes. Thepian kept - fleet poise “III; the Made in This Bank Before January 11th ‘ ‘ Will Draw interest From January ~ in swine 8013““. Men: GEORGE It. WOODWARD. more: ’ ‘19qu c Cub Accounts of from$1 to $10,000 :Are Invited ‘7 , " Still Join Our V ' , after death of the other parent. > than the one relied upon up todato ‘ served equal ri,ht to the care. custody on... control of the person or property ot a minor child. either during life or This seems a much suner basis of decision for the welfare of children --the rights of one or bcth parent: in. the child. ‘ ‘ , , .. peasants Clau‘Whensno‘W or ARTHUB'N. recs: _ . President, American Nature Ass’n. After the Christmas tree has its appointed purpose of; bringingijoy to the children. it. my be planted outdoors and laden, with ( lfté for the birds. for. this .is their beacon of stress. ‘ . » I; lithe weather-he mild and open. ‘ a. larger ethical content in adminis. ' tration. And only thus wi‘l '"r‘ na- . part- . FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. under the Common lfaw and the . (llurtiord Times} Eilual Guardianship Law was panned, ‘Govertfor 'i'rumbull‘s proposal of The objective ot the Feminist a new hospital for the insane. to be movement is t° eliminate entirely. built in Fairilcid county. seems sound even if it is not. pleasant in itself to chllMllpliilO the adding of more millions to the public expense. The hospitals ut Mlddlctown and Norwich are both crowded to capo- city. It may be that the multitude of patients might be sonicvhat re- (iiiccd by stricter elimination of those who can bc us well cared for at pri- vate charge and reap. .fiilrlliiy. “:ut the iesseniu: would npt c great and it is unfortunately true at Connec- ticut must provide amplcr accommm (lotions tor the afflicted or mental disease. From the standpoint of economy only. We would prefer to not the state's money for this pur- pose spent .‘lheroiinstituilons are al- ready established. llut it is a hard- ship for pr pic in the Western part 01‘ ”in state to travel as far as Mid- dictnwn and Norwich in their cr- rands of \‘lSllllth... and it is especial- ly so for the poor. The considera- tion of litzmuncness outweighs the thought for saving the doilurs.’l‘hcre is an element of fairness. too. where it is practicable. in the gow'uphioa. distribution of stats expenditures raised by state taxation. The mom. sity pol' ted out. by tho gorernor sug- gests further that in the face of an. apparently rising rate of increase in the numb". of. insane. proportion- ately to tho popula’ilon. iii: some additional funds of the stoic might well be expended for research 3' gartilng its cause and cure. “Public olncc A Public Target" (New Haven Journal-Courier) “ Dr. Jacks. the Mansfield college philosopher. who writes on the uni- verse and like tliunlc themes. con- cludcs that the reitrcdy for democ' rucy‘s His is a turning back to the conception of congressmen as true- tees. The game of politics is to be forgotten and as citizens serve faith- fully in the cure of private trusts in the business and social world. so the conduct of public affairs is to be re- garded. And this idea is to be "sold" not so much. to the man who is elected, pcrhnps be- cause it is futile to expect] him with his sclLaInbltion. to respond. as to the voter himself. it was of course Grover Cleveland's in so many words After all it is nothing more than the spirit of service. a‘ word and idea sadly manhsndled. yet with possibi- ‘llties. It is an urgent type of leader- "ship and Americans must get the viewpoint it we wish efficiency and tions of Europe accept us :i nor with thcni. It is a strange thing that Amer-leaner so proud and con- tent in their morality. are vlertod askance by the war-christened conti- nent across the sea. 1 ' as?" l .A‘bottle, with bluebells. , ‘Andivtwo [ranch copper coins rang- : . 'Bo‘when that night i prayed TeIGod. I wept. and said: Edward Merrill is today celebrat— ing his ninety-first birthday anniver- sary at his home. ‘16 France street. llecltations by Miss Catherine Smith. Mien Berni Matthews and Miss Edith liogcrs were some of the Lt- tractions at the Christmas exercises of Cockenoo Tribe and Wanonu Council last evening. The home of William Keeler. 20 Chestnut street. was entered last night and is. strong box containing valuable papers was stolen. ' Mrs. Clarence Cable. 10 Concord street. last evening entertained mem. bers of the live close of the Nor- walk Methodist church with a a Christmas party at her home. The thermometer on the draw bridge guts house registered four be. low zero at seven o'clock this morn- ing. Mr. and Mrs. C‘. F. Fudge. 10 Hair- kins uvouuc. have returned from a three weeks motor trip through Vir- ginia. l bank,'with years 0 your will. CENTRAI ”(t-lit or Your ESTATE For the better care of your Estate. this fitted than the average individual. Con- sult our Trust Department today, about THE ‘ TRUST C0. uoawatx. court. f experience. is better . FAIRFIELD i , 4 1-2 % lNTEREST Will be credited to de- positors in the Savings Department for the cur; rent six months ending December 315i, 1926. Deposits made before ‘ January 11th, 1927 will _ draw interest from J an- uary 1st. v By order of the Board of Trustees. The South Norwalk Trust Co. SERVICE bECURITY L. J. Arnold. Harvey M. Kent and H. P. Price have been elected trus- tees of the Norwalk Methodist church. Mills Elizabeth Foreclllnu. Nor- waik. and Jeremiah Colabeiln. Stam- ford. were married in Norwalk No- vember 24. it was announced to~ day. Charles T. Mchvern. Marvin Beach. in infinrtford today. taking examinations for admission to the , A. .l. COLLINS c0. 70 N0. MAIN 8T., TEL. 747' “—— Everything in Furniture That the Home May Need. bar of Connecticut. , ’ . From The Old ,Pen Masters My little Son. who thoughtful eyes And moved and spoke grown-up Wise. Having my low the seventh disobeytd. ‘ ' I struck him. and ilismiss'd Withhard words and unkiss'd. look'd from in quiet time Phone Prompt 5.. Gehebe's ..., “It's'Horc If It's Houseware" . WINDOW vns'rIm'rons The newest thing in window ventilation. You can have fresh air without droughts, rain. snow or dirt. ii‘rtime made of \VOOiT with a built in screen of cloth Made in two adjustable sizes. 33 Washington St, So. Norwnls. His Mother. who was patient being ' dead. Then. fearing lost his grief should hinder sleep. I visited his bed. But sound him With darken'd lashes yet From his late sobbing wot. And I with moan. Kissing away his tears. left othcre ' of my own: , . For. on a. table drawn beside his " mead. He had put. within his reach. A box of counters and a red~vein'd stone. slumbcring deep. eyelids. and their Bring in .t’nm Radio Tubes ‘ And Let [‘5 Test l‘llcm Free TlMES saunas AUTO SUPPLY . M No. Main St. 80. Nomlh Phone 2796 00 Wall St. Phone 2“)” Both Stores Open Evenings Nor-wall. A piece of glass abraded by the ‘ beach. - And bill or seven shells. Ned; there with careful art. racemes: his and heart. ‘Ah. when at last’ we lie. with tranced DAILY slouch, ' HAULAGE SERVICE TO saw was - Tel. .Norwalk 285—10922 N. Y. Phone. t nelson 8050 "mm“ cos w sou. St ' Not vexing Thee in death. .‘ - . And Thou rememberest of what Hershfleld Motor toys ‘ . - We made our Joys. .Tl‘aflfil’l‘l’mlm How weakly understood . Company Thy great commanded good. 50m NORWAlds. CONN. Then. fatherly not less . - , . Than I whom Thou hast molded . from the clnY. . F“ Thou'lt leave Thy wrath. and say, "I Will be sorry for their childish. neu." . —Coventry Patmore: The Toys. Today. in Other Years! . ‘The ship Resolute. which was abandoned in the artic and. which made: her way 1.000 mill-shack I: ‘ civilisation. alone. was presented to. 1h 3“, ,. 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