l l I » for by the wearers, i ‘ *— WASHINGTON NEWS. It may seem very early to be getting ready for the inauguration of Presi- dent McKinley, but the preparations are on foot, and the records show that it has been customary to set about planning the ceremonies for March 4 quite as early. It might be supposed that the frequent recurrence of the function would-diminish local interest in it. On the contrary, with each in— auguration the anxiety on the" part of crost of men to be made prominent in connection with the ceremonies in- creases, and as the eventful day draws nearer there are some squabblings and jealousies and rivalries that betray a desire to be noticed by the Adminis- tration and the people as willing to be identified intimately with the incom- - ing Chief Magistrate. The making of arrangements is usu- ally confided by the Chairman of the National Committee of the winning party to some prominent member of that. party living in Washington; he in turn selects a committee of fifty or thereabout, and this committee names lesser committees which distribute the ,work to be done in order to have the parade, the decorations, the lodging of Visiting organizations, the ball, ar- ranged for in advance and looked after on the day of induguration. The Committee of Arrangements is not made up alone of members of the vic- torious party. Once a man has been elected, Washington Democrats and Republicans do not worry much about the politics of the man; they just turn in and do the best they can together to assure his successful introduction to the White House. Next spring the Committee of Arrangements will have a Republican for Chairman, just as in 1892 a Democrat was the Chairman. There will be much for the committee to do. It will have to raise a subscrip- tion with which to carry out a pro- gramme that _will call forc‘liberal ex- penditure of money. Then arrange- ments must be made by the committee for engaging lodgings for military and civic organizations proposing to ’join the escort of McKin}ey to and from ‘ the Capitol, to have a proper hall hired and decorated for the ball, to have tickets printed and badges pre- pared, to carry on much, correspond- ence, and to obtain the co-operation of the police to maintain an open way for . the parade from the White House to the Capitol and back. The last three inaugurations have been seen by larger crowds than came to look at any former installations. Now it is promised that the inaugura- tion of next spring will be witnessed by a great many more persons than the throngs that saw Harrison and Cleveland make the trip twice to- gether. A committee will be named to put the paraders in place and to see that they are not obliged to sleep out of doors if they remain over night. Al- ready speculators are engaging win- . -~ dows on the av'enue, to be relet “on the day” at fabulous prices. A medal must be provided as a souvenir, copies of it to be given to the retiring Presi- dent and the President who will sue- ceed him. The copies for Mr. Cleve- land and Mr. McKinley will be of gold, those for the committees, to be paid of silver, and bronze copies will be sold on the streets to all who care to have them. The‘n'the Bureau of Engraving and Printing must be put at work prepar- ing the plate from which the ball tick- ets are to be printed. They are always elaborate, and since the bureau has become artistic as well as skillful, the ticket for the inauguration ball of 1897 may be expected to be quite as good as the new currency. The participation of men of all par- ties will not be unusual, but next March there 'Will'be more Democratic enthusiasm than there was at either the inauguration of 1889 or of 1881. The date of Mr. Cleveland’s first inau- gnration does not seem to be so very far away, but a glance at the list of prominent men who composed he Committee of Arrangements will re- mind one of the flight of time and the mortality of man. Among those who then served were Senator J. S. ”Bar- hour of Virginia, W. W. Corcoran, Gen. Sheridan, Admiral Porter, Ad- miral Rodgers, Gen. Meigs, Prof. Baird, George Bancroft and Dr. J. M. Toner, all dead; President Arthur, who gracefully welcomed the incom- ing President, and Vice-President Hen- dricks,- two of the most popular figures in the throng of prominent men seen together in the then incomplete Pens sion Building, used for a ballroom, have slept through two Administra- ‘tions since that day. SENATOR. A Terror to Scolds. Once upon a time in a castle in the old country, the writer saw the duck ing stool in which the scold of ancient days had her temper cooled. It con- sisted of a clumsy chair on the end of a beam, which rested on a bar that made a Sort of see-saw. Into this she was tightly tied, often with, as a quaint old record tells us, “her ungentle. ton- gue still a’clacking madly.” Then into the water she went, being soused com- pletely, sometimes until almost ‘ drowned, and certainly until they fan- cied she had been cowed into gentle- ness. If it was in the winter, and the ice had to be broken to allow her im- mersion, so much the better, and if this was of no avail. came a later tor- ture called the “b'rank,” or the scold’s bridle—a gag inside of a small cage which fitted the head. With this the unfortunate was adorned and led through the town for public gaze. This, :trange to relate, was in use early in :Ilis century in some out-of—the-way corners of the British Kingdom. The sight of such forms of punishment sends a thrill of horror through u we- . man of the present age: of pity, even if the victim was a scold. ha enlsreNiseaazErrE'-v- 1.4:u-fi Lrwm. . : v 3:“ uh: ‘5‘?“ “ -,.-‘*>—' 211‘ W' .9. ' Purl” FAUNTLERQYATBALL fommv‘aussztt Now ONE 0% “ms ' UNIVERSITY ELEVEN. He Has Been a Football Plum for Two ‘Years—It in Six Years Since Theatrical Audiences Went Wild Our film as Fauntleroy. ' ' Just when football is attracting its greatest interest, and its rugged play- ers are being glorified it comes out that Tom Russell, at one time the dear little Tommy of the long, Fauntleroy curls, who was raved over by theatri- cal audiences all over the country, is one of the eleven of the. University of :he City of New York. ~ —.I_. AS A FOOTBALL PLAYER. Eight years ago Christmas, as- Tom- my Russell, Little Lord Fauntleroy, he filled a big theatre of New York, and on the following day, the regular Wednesday matinee, people were turned away at the door. The enthu- siastic Christmas Day audience passed Christmas. gifts over the footlights to him. Kathryn Kidder, whose emo- tions were within the limits when she played with Elsie Leslie, left the stage with real tears in her eyes when she played with Tommy. The tender scenes of lovemaking with “Dearest" won hearts by the hundred. “Dearest” awakens all around m‘em- ories of the boy who, desiring to give Edwin Booth with a Christmas pres- ent, sent to him a'tin soldier. His stage successes, and consequent news- paper notoriety, did not turn Tommy Russell’s head nor spoil him, nor arouse an itch to continue in the gla- ‘ mour. “For a child to go on the stage and do what is given him to do is not any Indication of budding genius,” he said recently; “I .did nothing to give prom- ise of ability asgan actor. All that doesn’t amount to anything. I do not talk about it or want to bring it up. I don’t intend to follow the stage. I have other plans.” as “ errLs LORD ronrnsnor.” The Fauntleroy furore lasted tout years, from 1886 to 1890. “When that ended I rested,” Russell continued, "which means,” he added, drily, “that I didn’t have a job- for six months. Then I went out with ‘Prince and Pauper’ for a little while, but I haven’t done anything in the way of acting since, except to appear three or four years ago for the benefit of the Actors’ Fund. I began school then. and kept at it until two years ago, when I got here." It must not be thought by new 6r forgetful readers that in Fauntleroy was summed up all that Tommy Bus-- sell did on the stage. .He led the march in ‘Humpty Dumpty’ when he was three years old, before he could talk. He went to the West Indies with McDowell. - He “played" with Sarah Bernhardt in “Frou Frou” in French, evenings. ' and with Mme. Modjeska, in English, afternoons at one time. When he was six years old he tried to appear with Modjeska at one theatre and Booth at another on the same evening. He liked the excitement, but even then he declared that he wasn’t going to be an actor, but a farmer. Sending Prescriptions. \ A doctor in the Highlands of Scot- land, whose patients are scattered over a wide district, takes carrier pigeons with him on, his rounds, and sends his prescriptions by them to the apothe- zary. He leaves pigeons, too‘, with dis- tant families, to be let loose when.his lei-vices are needed. ‘_- .less to try to ferest-all the man. tonnes mm SURF: 7 I‘Hiise BROOKLYN socus'rv WOMEN MEAN .rr. a! they Propose to Wear Gowns that Will Not Sweep the Streets Even it Their Foot are Exhibited ll 3 Result—No Bustlcs or Superfluous Ornamentation- Fifty-five young women of Brooklyn met recently and completed the organ- ization of the Dress Culture'Club, a woman’s association pledged to com- bat the promised restoration of the bustle and pull-back gown in vogue a decade or so ago, and labor to bring about a reform in the fashion of the street gowns now worn by fashion- able women in .favor of gowns that shall not touch the ground at all. All the women present wore lace or button shoes with low, flat heels and- ample soles. Many wore high-topped bicycle shoes with the same style of low flat heel. After a lively discussion the members all agreed never again to wear a shoe with a high heel no mat- ter whether fashion should favor it or not. It was voted that the high heel made walking disagreeable and' often painful, and that it was liable to bring about deformity of the foot, and espe- cially to destroy the artistic formation of the toes. . Mrs. Lumsdon, who is anartist of note and president of the club, direct- ed attention to ~a clause in the pledge ‘ requiring the members to wear short— ened dresses in public. The clause stipulates that the club walking dress for fair weather shall be three inches from the ground at the 'lowest point, and the gown worn in rainy or snowy weather shall be at least six inches from the walk at its lowest part. Mrs. Lumsdon made a speech in favor of the new style of garment. Mrs. Lumsdon then exhibited a num- ber of drawings made from fashion plates, showing the absurdities of the pull-back, the Grecian bend, and espe- cially the garment that was fashion- able in 1780. This was a dress very high in the front, reaching to a point between the calf and the ankle, but with a heavy and long sweeping train behind. . “We propose,” added Mrs. Lumsdon,‘ “to do away altogether with the ‘street—sweeping’ garment of the pres- ent day, which is‘as objectionable in its way as the gown of 1780, and sub- stitute a gown that will be a happy mean between the two extremes, at once becoming and comfortable. Our justification for adopting the proposed reform dress is that anything that in- terferes with ease and comfort cannot be beautiful to the artistic eye, and is offensive to the art stic sense.” A member said that she feared that her feet were too large to permit her to wear the short rainy dress costume. President Lumsdon stooped down and measured the foot of the objecting member. H . . “Your foot is really two inches short,” exclaimed the woman artist. “You forget that the classic and proper length of the female foot is the distance between the wrist and the el- bow.” There was a great deal of fun over the proposal to fine members found wearing street-sweeping dresses out 0! doors. Some of the members declared that their husbands might object to their going on Sundays in their short ened walking dresses. It was finally voted that the wearing of the new cos‘ tume could be abandoned on Sundays whenever there was objection from the "head of the house.” PATIENT ANGLERS. Strangely Enough, Nervous Persons are the Best waiters for -a_ Bite. 'It is one of the curiosities of human nature that the most nervous and ex- citable people are often the most pa- tient fishermen with hookand line. A somewhat amusing story is told of a Minister of the‘Interior, M. de Cor- biere, who was accustomed to get up every morning very early and go out with a hook and line to quiet his nerves on the banks of the Seine. There came to Paris a man from the provinces who had made application for a certain office, a sous-prefecture in the coun- try. The ofl‘lee seeker had no influence with the Minister, but in some way he learned’where the spot was to which the Minister went to fish. Providing himself with “tackle,” he rose still earlier than the Minister, and when M. de Corbiere went to his fa- vorite place he found a stranger in- stalled there, paying "ifo attention to the minister, and apparently quite ig- norant'of his identity. The Minister went somewhere else, and got up earlier the next morning; but on arriving at-the place he found the same man installed there. Again and again this happened. , It was use- He was at the spot before the slightest break of dawn. At last the Minister approached the man and said politely: “You seem to be very fond of fishing, Sir?” “I am, sir,” answered the other “and for the present I employ it as a means of passing the time while I am await- ing a response to an application which I have made to the. Minister of the Interior." “You are looking for an office?” , “A small prefecture, sir, in the coun- try. I have waited a long time, and may have to wait still longer, but. we fishermen, sir 1i'now how to be pa- tient.” ' “Will you kindly give me your name and address, sir? I have a little in- fluence, perhaps, , at‘ the ,Department, and 'I shall be glad to mention your case. Between fishermen, sir—” “Ah,‘I thank you! Here is my card.” That evening the office-seeker re” ceived his appointment and went no more to the banks of the Seine. and the Minister thereafter fished in peace in 'his accustomed spot—.Youtlfs Com-- .a ”v ..._.,. Una Way to be Happy, , Is to-attend to the comfort of your fam- ily. ,,Sl,1,ou,ld any one of .them catch »a slight cold or cough. call on Edward P. Weed, 'orvmlk, or George C. Stillson, South Norwalk, sole agents, and get a trial bottlelof, .Otto‘s Cure, the! great Ger,— man Remedy, free. “We give it away to prové tliét We have a sure cure .for coughs, .colds, asthma, consumption, and all diseases of the throat and lungs. Large sizes 50c and 25c. The Bridgeport Herald has another libél silt. to tight, the third within a few days." The plaintifl' in the lust suit wants $5,000 damages. Baby’s Best _Frlend—Mothcr.-l\‘ext Dr, Hand's Colic Cure. HARTFORD, Comm, Oct. 26 ’95—The Hand Medicine Co.—“By request of my wife the undersigned writes you ‘that baby’s best friend is her mother,’ and next best is Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure. Used same for past months. it is impossible to write our appreciation of your prepa- ration and do most cheerfully request all mothers to use same for their little ones. Our baby is now teething. W. Lincoln Barnard.” Sold by all druggists, 25c. “The Young People’s chorus” under the very eflicient training of Mr.0harles A Tucker, is rehearsing the carols for the Sunday school Christmas service The Christmas festival will take place on December 281b, and preparations for tue occasion are well underway. If Every Mother Knew Her Little Ones Would be Saved. BRIDGEPORT, Comm, May 3, ’95.——Dr. Hand—Dear Sirz—“I have used . Dr. Hand’s Teething Lotion and found it all it is represented. I have had no trouble at all with baby during his teething; it has helped him so much, he leases to have" it used on his gums. If every mother would use it they would save.the little ones a great deal of sufl'ering. Yours respectfully, Mrs. Harry Browne, 614 State street.” Dr. Hand’s Teething Lotion sold by all druggists, 25c. George Hodge, of "berry’f fame, has within the last. nine days, sold 81X gross of Middlebrook’s almanacs, and ex- pects to sell several gross more before old Father Time rubs out. the 6 and substitutes a 7. Bone] in star Hours. Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis- eases relieved in siz hours by the “New GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY CURE.” This new remedy is a great sur- prise on account of its exceedingprompt, ness in relieving pain in the bladder kidneys, back and every part of the urin- ary passages in male or female. It re- lieves retention offivater and pain in pass- ing it almost immediately. If you want quick relief and cure this is your remedy. Sold by E. P. Weed, Druggist. analk, Conn. . ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Fred Merritt of Brook- lyn are visting relatives in this city: Mr. Merritt is employed by the Rich- ardson & Boynton company, and is tak- ing a short. vacation while the plant is being removed to Dover N. J. How to Cure a Severe Cold. A few weeks ago the editor was taken with a very severe cold that caused him to be in a most miserable condition. It was undoubtedly a bad case of la grippe and recognizing it as dangerous he took imme- diate steps to bring about a speedy cure. From the advertisement of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and the many good recom- mendations included therein, we concluded to make a first trial of the medicine. To say that it was satisfactory in its results, is putting it very mildly, indeed. It aeted permanent cure—The Banner 0 Liberty, Libertytown, Maryland. The 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by E. P. Weed, Druggist. A pie sociable will be held at the Baptist. church. Wednesday evening. Pies will be provided alike for the pious as well as others. Letter C -r-ier Haley is taking i. two days’ vacation. A portion of the time will be expended by him inputting a few more shingles on the roof of his her:- nery. A new lathe for the Norwalk & South Nor-walk Electric Light company, ar- rived this morning. It Cuts Diamonds. It has always been supposed that all the substances that would prove of sufficient hardness to be used in carv- ing diamonds, had been discovered, but a French scientist, M. Moissan, has found a new compound which is in-.' finitely more hard than the diamond, than anything which has previously been heard of. The new discovery is called boron carbide. It~.is jet black, and .resemé bles zeophite to a considerable extent. It is not found anywhere, and nature does not 'make this combination uni aided. It is brought about by heating boric acid and carbon in an electric furnace. Its cheapness has caused it to find favor already- among the jewel- ers of Europe, and one of two speci~ mens of the new compound have reached New Yerk. ‘ Marriage th a-Faii‘dre.' Mr. Joseph H. Choate, of New York, at a dinner, when he and Mrs.~ Choate sat at the same table, was asked who he would prefer to be if he could not he himself. He hesitated for a mo- ment, apparently running over in his mind the great ones on earth, When his eyes fell upon Mrs. Choate, who sat at the other end of the table look- ing at him with intense interest de- should like to be Mrs. Choate’s sec- ond husband!" struck mega-bout female suffrage. Mrs. Brown—What’s that, my dear! ancenventiona she does nothing but panion'. __ .. . _ . \ tttend conventions—Judge. is Miss Conway of New Haven, and'ehe ‘ like magic and the result was a s eedy and “ T0 THE PEOPL’ wellifo give us u call. of every arsorzpz‘zous. dress, PHILLIPSON .— i ; 0F NORWALK , The undersigned having puerased the Plumbiuguud Tin- nmg business formerly conducted by Wm. P. Holmes at W0. , 7 Water sreet, and fitted Ibo some as a first-class Plumbing Steam-fitting. Gas and 7z'nuiug Establishment, 'respéblfull; solicit a slum of public patronage . . ' ‘ . . All work will have our personal supervision and inspect- ion, and be executed wtte' promptuess and thoroughness. .1171)» rue wanting first-class work done at the lamest prices, will do We will cheerfully estimate on all Plumbing... Gus-fitting, Steam-fitting, NewYurkandewal. reigh line DAILY. Tin and Sheet Iron work \ .flll jabbing will bf .utteuded to prompfly. Hot air and steam heaters cleaned and put in thorough repair. Call or ad- & BROWN, Practical Plumias, Siam & Gas Fillers, Tin and Sheet Iron Workers. 1 Water Street, 'llorwalk. PROPELLERS lily of Nolwalk. Earle and Vulcan Will Leave Pier 23, E. R., N. Y. (Beedman so). Or NORWALK AND'SOUTH NURWALK 15335?- M. Leave s‘outn Norwalk Daily as P. M. Leave Norwalk Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5 P. M. ' ’ Christmas. South Main Street, A BICYCLE FREE. We shall give away a High Grade Bicycle on the evening of December 24th,just in time for. Every cash purchaser of 25 cents’ worth will receive a Coupon. SD. NORWALK HARDWARE. 00., South Norwalk. . _— 0U read this advertisement. If it had been yours and others had read it, how much good it. might have done. 4 and we will do the rest. Rates on application Send in your adv Mrs. arisen... “salient. WILL REOPEN ALL APPLICATIONS For admission should be made at Hillside at an early day. ' Piano Lessons. , . . _ . “BSGEOBGE W. BRADLEY. (dun hter - of the lste_Wm. B.Nash.) gives e cent and satisfactory mstrnctrw on the Plane ' her home No.15»; Mun st-r . . A... picted in her face, and he suddenly. replied. “If .I could not be myself, I i. Brown—There is onething that has . .Bl‘OWn—As soon as a woman becomes .3. ‘.‘ The kind Boss makes his Biscuits with." PURE; STRONG, RELIABLE. Is the verdict arrived at by Chemical Analysis of . ' z j Econdm‘y. Health and Satisfactory ? J Results attend‘its use. lAuurAcrussu av « - ‘7.) I c. D. BOSS I: SON, 'Ilcwliondon, Conn. “WP i SEPTElilllilijl i896. _‘ HALE"S ' LUNG- . BALSAM 25C. Ask Your Druggist / A!!!" , P. w. BATES’ 42 mm 'smtr, you can find‘as fine an aSsornnent of linnuaiallliaetnlillli _ As can be found in any Yard in the State. Look it OVer and get prices before, going, elsewhere. - J. D. Jennings. UN DERTAKER 4 Knight street opposite Street Railway spot. ‘ NIGHT BELL AT arm or.
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