My Invisible CUBlleOLE WALKING SHOES for Ladies or Gents are Out Of Sight for Sty 16’ .... ‘1 .’1»' _ , .,¢-‘ . we... 3,. STREET- 0.1.1 AAA... w ' .utof Sig t for Comfort! r . ' . LADIES AND GENTS SLIPPERSA'MAKZEA NICE XMAS PRESENT, o u so zoo-1o A M But to be merry you must have not only a goOd dinner but a warm and comfortable Shoe. Give us a call and examine our stock, we can save you money . j .. ,, no Ann as WALL STREET, momWAnrs. ‘ ' ' ' AI ————EVERYBODY’S SHOES SHINE!) FREE ' IIIBNEIIIDIIEII Bank UleIiWfll .Capital $240,000 Surplus and Profits $60,000 E. HILL, President, E. J. HILL, Vice President, H. P. PRICE, Cashier. -------_-I--- ‘‘‘‘‘ Safe Deposit Depaitmeo Equipped with a Burglar and Fire-Proof Safe Deposit Vault, Coupon Rooms, and all conveniences for patrons. Boxes $5 and'upwards per year. Wills, Silverware and all articles of value stored at moderate rates. W FAIRFIELD 00. NATIONAL BANK 44 Wall Street, NORWALK, CONN,“ INCORPORATED, 1824, CAPITAL, $200, 000. EdWin 0. Keeler, President David H. Miller. Vice President, Louislc. Green, Cashier. DIRECTORS. EDWIN o. ‘KEELER, M03113 3. GLOVER, DAVID H. MILLER, A. 'J. MEEKER. 1". ST. JOHN LOCK wooo, THEODORE E. SMITH, 111A COLE, oxen-ARIES r. TRISTRAM. :Accounts of Manufacturers, Merchants and Individ- 0 uals solicited. ‘ . A, A Safe Deposit Boxes Free to Doonsiiors. ’7‘ "~23. MEALS non CLnnKs. EMPLOYEES 0F LARGE PARIS STORES - DINE IN THE BUILDING. A Tremendous Business In Itself When You Consider the Meals That. are Pre- pared and. Served—Everything 1- Done In First Class Style, but It rm. > The refectories of the vast depart: ' ment stores or “bazaars” of Paris are among the most curious sights'of the French capital. As‘ soon "as the Bon Marche and the Louvre—dear to the - hearts of all American women who. make the “grand tour”? and prototypes of the colossal establishments in New York and adjacent cities—began to as— sume great importance their projectors Were confronted with ' the question, “How shall we organize the " ‘meal times’ of these thousands of men and women '1‘” In France “lunch, ” as understood in America, is unknown. Every person, gentle and simple, makes of the early morning repast simply a -‘-‘-break-fast”, and no more. A bowl of coffee and a large piece of crisp bread for the work- ingman and woman; the smoking choc- olate in a Sevres cup and the brioches which melt in the mouth for the mil- lionaire—those are the Only distinctions. For many generations the French have recognized that it is unhealthy to take a hearty meal at 6, 7 or 8 in the morn- ing. So they wait until 11 or 12, and millions wait until 1 o'clock before‘ftast-A ing the first substantial meal of the-day. Dinner, a second meal of two 01" three courses, and in no wise resembling the light repast which Americans know as “supper,” comes at 7, 8 or even 9, ac- cording to the circumstances of the per- son. Concierges, or house porters,- gen- erally dine at 9, winter and summer, and sit over their meal an hour or two, "chatting and laughing. At, that late hour the whole family is united, and its little afl’airs are discussed and settled. With the organization of the ‘ ‘ bazaar’ ’ came the need of keeping a constant out- look over the hundreds of young men and women in ‘each department,- and coonomizing each moment of their time between the opening A hours and the let- ting down of the great iron shutters be- fore the immense windows at 6 p. m. precisely. It was with a view of this watch over the » employees, rather- than because of any philanthropic tenden- cies, that the Owners and managers of the largest “bazaars” decided to make it obligatory for all employees to take their meals at noon and night upon the premises. ' The bazaar proprietor said, “We ‘must do this, as we do everything else, with aneye to the advertisement. ” And so they decided to install their refecto- ries very handsomely and to Afeed their employees well. The idea has paid from the start.- At the Bon Marche spacious and very A , handsome balls on the fourth story of' the enormous edifice are deAvOted to the I v; . ' Assam-10. ‘ insemprayegs, frvTehe‘ thousand meals are served daily be- tween 11 and 6 o ’clook. Men and wom- Aen eat in separate halls, and are served ~ ‘with the same politeness and attenticn that they would receive in restaurants or at “lunch counters”—if lunch coun- ters had ever been inflicted on the French. At the Louvre about the same num- ber- of meals are served, and the arrange- ments are" wonderfully complete. The ' kitchens, with their seductive array of copper saucepans, and the pantries, with the thousands upon thousands of plates and cups, all marked with the trade mark of the house—a majestic lion couchant, with his paws hanging over the letter “LP—and the little army of 'white capped and aproned cooks, wait- ers, bottle washers and potato peelers, are well worth a visit. Nor will the visitor get his back chalked. Allis con- ducted with dignity and refinement, as in the house of a gentleman of fortune. The caldrons 'in the kitchens are im- mense. The visitor may look into one kettle which contains mashed potatoes for 8, 000 men, and into another in which soup for 5, 000 persons is simmer-AA - ing.The1‘1 the bottle department is' something stupendous. Twelve thousand half bottles of good wine, guaranteed unadulterated, are served out daily. The battalion of bottle washers is busy from , dawn to dusk, fetching up the rosy liquid or the yellowish white wine in huge pitchers of wood three feet high, and then‘ bottling it. employees. At the Louvre there are three table services of l700 each for the men. At the Bon Marche a larger number can be fed at once. Each category of employees has its special room. The heads of depart- .ments dine together, and never, mix with” the head clerks of each counter. The funder, clerks eat their boiled beef. and"; roast chicken without being trou- bled by the presence of' their chiefs. Then the humbler ones, the packers, the stablemen, the elevator men, the run- ners, the sweepers and lighters, have their long table, and finally, the garcons, or the men who wear the uniform of the house and accompany the delivery 1 wagons and receive money for purchases, have their particular room, and are al-A lowed to come and go more irregularly than the others because of the peculiar nature of their service. The “ladies” observe the same classification' 1n their ‘ eating rooms, and are allowed to gossip as freely as they will. There are no spies; they say what they please on the theOry that they are not under the con- trol of the establishment during the time of the repasts. —-Paris Letter in Cincinnati Enquirer. A Inclined to Assist Kim. A “You don’t object to a contributor dropping into poetry once in awhile, I presume?_’.’ said the caller, with an afia- ble smile. ’ “Certainly not, sir Sit down, " re- plied the editor, pushing the waste basket toward him. --Ghicago' Tribune. we HAVE THEM EROM 500'. To' $2 on A PAIR. Both the Louvre , and the Bon Marche have wine cellars . of vast extent for customers as well as - L‘ cousls WITH 1111: 111111 Of merry sightseerséthe bright-eyed, flush-checked Xmas shoppers, and in- ' spect our immense line of HOLIDAY W : } BEDROOM and DINING-ROOM son's. : . DESKS and ‘ ' ' cmrroumnns ‘ ' I , . In Oak and Ghrley Birch. Plush and Cobbler seat Choirs Just the thing for a. Xmas. Present. All Of'our Immense Stock of Furni- ' sure Will be Sold at the LOWEST PRICES ever Offered 1n Nor walk. Open Evenings Until Xmas. 11111111111: SlINg 46 a 48 MAIN sTREET, NORWALK CONN ‘\
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