II 'but has a group of outward Lu1n1nur oi the back, and stitch first one side ‘ . SHIRT WAIST AND HABIT SKIRT FROM HARPBR’S BAZARY f Shirt-Waists and Habit Skirt. . The shirt-waist design published With habit skirt in this issue and taken from HARPER’S BAZAR is modelled upon the latest designs for the coming,r Season. It has a pointed back yoke, from the pomt of which six narrow buxepleats eXtend to the "waist-line. The flout of the waist is without a yoke, tucks I)n each side of the cent1e box— pleat. The $13 eves are easy“ fitting aboutt‘he upper arm, anl fit almost $31001th into the culls, without gath- ers. The pittern consists of six pieces, carefully marked and numbered. In using the BAZAR patterns our readers are cautioned toobserve the following rules; ' Always begin to sew bodice seams from the waist-line up, and if the garment extends below the waist, begin again at the waist-line and sew downward. In applying collars cr collar-bands always begin at the centre and then the other. Full cull, collar, and belt plece accompany all pattel as w hich call for such portions. To make shirt-waists. of silk it will require 4.1: yards 20 inches wide; or to make of‘ gingham ’yorV organdie, '30 .inches wide, it will require 3%.: yards. Thehabittski‘rt. will be found an excellent model where a front gored skirt is desired. As the name implies. ,_ this garment has all‘the elegance of fit‘ requiiedfor a riding-habit. There is a centre seam in the back, but the. opening of the garment is at the left side of the front breath, whexe a flap is added which serves for the button- holes. _ This pattern which is published by HARPER‘S BAZAR will prove .1511! admirable one for any clinging cloth garments, or for linens, gingham, or other Wash fab1ics which have a heavy body. To make this skirt for a person of medium size requires 41} yards of ma- terial 44 inches wide. ‘ TABLES TURNED 0N SLEUTH. An Angry Chicago Shopper Recent! , Oiiieioua Interference of ' \Vomen Detectives. 1"!" - The tables were turned upon a worm an detective in one of the large depart ,3 " went stores recently, reports 3. Chi- .rro exchange, when a woman whom had- been following from counter :-.ounter turned on her and not only .’ zl‘ed her hair, but tore her gown. Tc : liceman who was summoned by the ttive the shopper said that she was 1. thief, and that the detective’s. 1 1-age was an insult. No arrest was . The female detectives are known , regular patrons of the stores 1 they are employed, and it is not able, when the shopper said i was an insult to be followed by man, that she was thinking i nion the other shoppe-rs might i . her. One store in this town i 'ained a lot of free advertising ' '1le detective has paid heavily . It was '1 storewhich by its 5 nt offered great temptation 1 hers. and undoubtedly it suf 5 extravagant associates, as it was the fared from them. The woman detect- ive was engaged, and as she was the pioneer of her class she attracted so much attention that she became un- duly ambitious in her line of work. If a shopper happened to pick up an ar- ticle and walk to another counter with it, a. habit of many women, the-dc. tective was right b‘éside her, and she felt that in the eyes of the sleuth she was a probable thief, even if no arrest was attempted. The annoyance of, this woman‘s actions became so great and the number of arrests made by her was so large that the old patrons of the store fellaway. They felt thatthe risk of being mistaken for a shoplifter out» weighed the advantage of the bargains offered. FIGURES WITH FINGERS . In Them Wu the Origin of the Ro- man Nnmernj Method 0! Counting. Hold ypur hands up before you, palms outward, thumbs at an acute angle. Begin on the left; little finger I; little finger, and ring finger, II; little finger, ring finger and middle finger, III; all the fingers of the left hand, H11, and the hand and thumb at an acute angle formV. In place of the IIII you mayuse , the fourthvfinger from the left, still holding the thumb at an acute angle, and you have 1V, says the Philadelphia Times. a l Now pass to the right hand. Hold- s'a‘iiie’ signs: Tag—before we'hiave 'v’Ifi 53- using the index and the middle finger we get VII, while the thumb and the three large fingers make VIII. Now join the two V’s made by the thumbs, inverting one, and we have X, or ten. Then use the X with the last little finger before it and it will give ' IX. The combination following X are obvious. The forefinger of the. left hand, with the thumb at right angles, make a perfect L; the little finger of the. left hand curved toward the thumb makes C, the initial of centum (100), and so on with the hundreds. Now join the two thumbs with the fore- fingers, or two Vs inverted, and you have the hieroglyphics complete. A Cosrtr DINNER. The Reliant Wan the First of Expen- sive Entertainments in New New York City. Writing of the lavish expenditures of ars ago because of the energy 1 New Yorkers Euretta Van Vorstrecalls, in Ladies’ Home Journal, a. dinner given in 1884 by a man if wealthwhich cost $10,000, and which astonished his most most expensive feast given up to that time. - Delmonico, the helpful resource of "both those why know and those who do not know how to spend their money, was at a loss to know how to dispose of this then fabulous amount upon a single meal. There were 72 guests, and they were entertainedin the large ball- room which in DelmOnico's Fourteenth street establishment saw so many so- cial triumphs. The house had been Mr. Moses Grinnell’s, and ever bore the im- print of a gentleman’ a residence even when transformed in” apublic place of entertainment. The table occupiedl the whole length and breadth of the room; the waiters lid barely space to move about it. It’ was a long, oval table, round which a massive wreath of ex— iature lake 30 feet long. The water, by mechanical contrivanoe, .undulated gently, and on its breast floated four-liv- ing swans, a. golden network keeping them in place. ' To Search For the Bulgaria. LQNDON, Feb. 18. —The Hamburg. American Steamship company has ar- ranged to send the ocean tug Warrior, now at Newport, Monmouth, to search for the Bulgaria and is also negotiating for a second tug from Ireland. Photographnof Due wot-leans Seized. PARIS, Feb. 18.—At a meeting of the cabimfi yesterday M.‘ Dupuy, the pre- mier, announced that 5, 000 photographs of the Duc d Orleans had been seized on 11qu the Lhugnb 111153....11111, hand at. the I the frontier. lllll YvoTh'er candidates the nameof the member to: be voted for quisclte flowers was laid guarding a min— , -r or FROM Chief PrWit .1 4}. ‘ .5 l ll . To the Members i'ofi‘l‘he‘ Wbrwalk, $021271 Nor-walk (mo East eralk Fire Depc‘tfimams : The year ’98 was a great year ior b1cycles I sold more wheels during that year than ever before, but T deSire to make the yt‘ar ’99 a record breaker, and in order to do it I want ’ your assistance in booming the Rambler Wheel; to spread its name and fame into every nook- and corner of our town. ' To obtain your help I propose to give away Absoluter Free, to the most popular member of either the Norwalk, South Norwalk or East Norwalk Fire Departments a celebra- ted High Grade ’99 Rambler Whee] the fleetest, the handsomest, the most graceful the most durable and most reliable wheel built, up to date. fioe popularity. will be decided by ballot, and in order to together” with the name of the . fire company of'Which he is a member must be written on the coupon below and deposited in the ballot box at my store No. 45 Main street, N orwalk. Ballots for members of the Smith Norwalk department can be deposited in the ballot box at the store of Whelpley & Clark in the Lauder building. Ballots for members of the East N or'walk department can be deposited in the ballot box in Haffner’s Cigar and News store at the east end of the Washington street bridge The contest is open to every memberof the several fire de- l partments including members of’ the Fire Police. ' All ballots must be deposited by 7 o‘clock sharp, on the 1 evening of May 29111, and the name of the Winner will be an. 3 nounced on May 31st. ' J, T. Prowitt, Agent RAMBLER WHEELS, No. 45 Mam STREET, NORWALK, CONN, ' Address % n—_———————— mmmmmMMymmMme—m My“ wk .33? THE GAZETTE covers the cream of the trade in lthisfi. :seotion. A11 advertise- MEEKEB 00M. 00 .Loans on Collateral, - ; Reserve on Policies in force at 4 per ,. 1.41.115111111ms. .1 llllEERIAKE R! No. 7 MAIN STREET. NIGHT, BELL AT OFFICE Norwalk H016 1101mm ABE” 1111115 And as the year closes we naturz ' turn back and ask what has b done. BEER is the subject upon wh our thoughts dwell and we 1 : . truthfully claim have been kept. ” ——DEALERS I\-——— con, 110011," 1111ch Billlllllli 14111111111, -:- Harms 1111115111., :16. 111111111 0011. 1101111111 Smith Street. llorv‘lalk. ‘ O. Wilson, 1‘ GENERAL INSURANCE Real Estate and Invest- . ment Agent, . . - Room 3 GAZETTE BUILDING. NORWALK,» -. -. - CONN MONEY T0 LOAN ' 1‘ ,PILSENER, BAVARIAN A EXPORT LAGERS. ALES AND PORTER; WITH IRON. -— _ Hunter or Corstai1 Whiskies a Kentucky Tay101 in full quarts ATM .W. BATES’ 42 11111511 STREET, You can find as fine an assortment of 11111111111111 1 01111111111111 As can be found in anv Yard in the State. Look it over and get prices before going elsewhere . the holidays. 0. H. Mumm’s Champagne a r Domestic Wines. delivered to families. 1. n. 11111111011, 91011111110. llARPE 111 BAZAR .1 is invaluable to every modlste and lndilpen table to every dressmaker. For gowns 11 IveryL issue are furnished two or [nor CUT PAEER PATTERNS The patterns have been ronounced the si 1n- blest made, and in point practical utlllty they ARE THE BEST One needs only to give them a trial to be convinced that they are the most convenient . AND SIMPLEST Price—Waist, with sleeve, 25 cents; Skirt, :5 cents; Complete Costume, so cents. 10 Cents a. Copy $4 00 after HARPER 8: BROTHERS. Publisners J NEW YORK, N. Y. w; FEBNALD, Practical Bookbinder Books Called For and “Delivered. Postal Orders Promptly Attended to. 32 FRANKLIN STREET, SOUTH NORWALK.. Orders for Bookbinding can no It at the GAZETTE OFFICE. “'_ A 1851.» 1899. FDIITY-EIEIITII IIIIIII. STITEIEIT OF THE PHMNIX MUTUAL LIF INSURANCE COMPANY. . OF HARTFORD, CONN ., JANUARY 1, 1899. Assn-Ls Loans on First Mortgages of Real Estate - Premium Notes and Loans on Policies 1n £01 1 t. ' - $5,447,686 11 768,179 74 6,600 00 1,102,365 90 3,220,339 45 Cost Value of Real Estate owned by the Company, - City and Municipal and Railroad Bonds and Stocks :Bank Stocks, - - 199,324 00 ”Cash 111 Office, ' - - , - - - 478 58 Cash Deposited 1n Banks, - - -, - - 512,598 08 $11,257,572 16 ADD: Market Value of Stocks and Bonds over cost, - . - 5:5 77, 895 07 Interest accrued and due, - - 1.35, 914 32 Net Deferred and Outstanding Premi- ums . . . . 188, 750 20 $402,559 59 Cross Assets January I, 18,99,~ $11,660,131 75 * ' Liabilities. $10,769,943 00 cent. interest, - - Claims by death outstanding and notified, - - . 38,691 00- Premiums paid 1n Advance, — 8,131 00 Special Resei ves, - -. 17 7,045 00 $10,993, 810 00 1 \ This Company has pald s‘ince organization for DEATH LOSSES. MATURED ENDOWMENTS, DIVIDENDS TO POLICY HOLDERS, and SURRENDERED POLICIES more than $39 ,000,009. 00. JONATHAN. B. BUNCE, President. CHARLES H. LAWRENCE, Secretary. TOHN M. HOLCOMB, Vice-‘Prest' WILLIAM A. MOORE, Asst. Secretary ARCHIBALD A. WELCH, Actuary. WILLIAM D. MORGAN, Med. Director. GEORGE S. MILLER, Supt. of Agencies. meat »- in its columns will i pay. ' Highland over the bar or Jon‘ bottle, means PUREST and BE‘ ‘ . 5,; GOLDEN STOCK AND ORE! 5.1. HIGHLAND MALT AND MAI: .1" Highland Brewery Bottled Be ,. Surplus at- 4 per cent., - . 3666,32 1.75 ' 1896. 1897. 1898. Policies issued, 5,506 6,570 , 7, 557 Insurance written, 8 9, 871,601 $11,? 70,989 $13,068,715 New Premiums received, 268,651 ' 315,307 368,659 Total Premiums received, 1,430, 228 1,589,531 1,920,260 Pelicies in force, ~ 25,981 ‘ 28,269 31, 592 Insurance 1n force, 42, 216, 841 46,021,069 51,170, 782. ‘lQ'JET-‘IERN‘Q ’1'. .znx. <1“; ._a .. “' "ux “All Standa ~s‘} 1 N1:- -. a
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