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MANY TUZ8DAY AUOU8T 19 $45,000.00 Appropriated BRIEFLY DOLLAR DAY in WATBRBURY "Thnmie's" Fulton Team • Echo Lake road has received a. Money expands willi the. liot legating of l«r. . i Weather, according to tin) Wa- j - ..• jti'Hiury Chamber of Commerce. For Road Improvement Miss Bdna- llydiu and Miss Of course it is a well known fact. Defeats H. K. H. Silk Co/s Dorothy .Johnson spent th,e we«k that metals expand with the heat, but this is not the kind of expan Brush Obstructing View end at Fail-field, Miss Ryjlin The II. K. II. Silk Co.'s base- WELL KNOWN EDITOR At La* the State Highway De- driviu down iu her Na8b 8cdBB sion that the Chamber* of Coin Cause? Arto Accident I * merer refers to in this case. IIi ball nine received quite a sur- CALLED BT DEATH partment ia to Build Concrete rrisc Wednesday evening when Miss Edna Brouettc and her is the faut that a dollar will go
sodded. -««j*»n _. Turn to Long Tunic Frocks; •bo acceded. "Something's (Ktobi ie Kitchen of course. HI try to jhink mg> Smart Sportswear Modes watertownhistoricalsociety.orgsometnihg.-1 ^ "~ "' 'All right" Harry .Jumped up. HE tunic Is the theme paramount underskirt. Itself merely showing, as ft Cabinet "You're the best sister that ever was, In fashion's realm Just now. Long, border ss It drops below the tnnlc. T Printed cotton tunics, gay of eslor or you thinking of, Bess?" she cried. and I'm sure you'll nnd a way to help longer, longest marks the way of these •ft, USe. Westers Meat****** Uatoa.) us. Hello, mother P new tunics. Most of them begin at the In black-and-white, are stylish for sum- By CWTTOIDBI MARRIOTT "Haven't you seen the El Rio enough mer, posed over skirts of solid color. Bat words are things to last you for a while?" Mrs. Archman had come Into the neck and never stop until they reach And a. small drop of tak. room. Her eyes were bright and her within a few Inches of the skirt hem. Comfort-Insuring and style-appeal- Ilk* dew upon a thottlM, Bess hesitated. "I want to see If ing are the handsome Jersey-knit Captain Bunker can teU us anything 'cheeks flushed. Some of these below-tbe-knee blouses. that wtaUh makes thov "Good heavens!" she exclaimed. "See If one may consider them so, are very suits and separate Jersey Jacket! LORD GEORGE . about father," she said, uncertainly. which feature so prominently among Ferhapa millions, this*. "Well"—Mrs. Archman considered— what I have found In my malL It was straight-lined. Indeed, suffering not even a belt or girdle to Interrupt their this season's sportswear. What more ^.—Thrown from his -we'll go as soon as all this excitement typewritten and I thought at first-It was a bill or something. But It Isn't course toward the lower edge of the timely for late summer and early fall SEASONABLE FOODS auto la a Kew York village, a is over." than a Jersey-knit sleeveless costume man Is carried unconscious Into Harry Archman. like his mother and Listen!" skirt over which they are posed. the horn* of a Hiss Edith Grant. Others are more lenient shirring to such as Is shown to the left In this pic- A monotonous diet spoils one's ap- A doeu* discovers he has been sister, was uneasy and apparently be- "Dear Mrs. Archman: I Inclose • ture? Or for an Informal riding Jaimi shot, ft.ts.lty. Consciousness re- wildered. Whether this was because document that I Intercepted on Its Just a Uttle at the neck, fastening petite for the common foods. "Variety stylishly down one side and permitting could one find a more appealing Jacket Is the spice of life." and turning. h» babbles of "millions.' he had taken his father's warning to way to your husband the other night mode than one of Jersey-knit such as He begs that Henry Arohman. Is thought it was something different. a graceful longtasseled girdle. Just as every housewife know» millionaire resident of the vlcln- heart or because of some other cause, ttyrbe aint for, declaring- he has -did not appear. I have no use for It and as Mr. Mor- how essential it U la important papers for him. Arch- Certainly all three were gloomy bach said It was of great Importance, Be* /Ing the dally food. man cannot be reached by phone, enough—so gloomy that Bess was I return It herewith, with the sugges- dimple Cabbage Salad. but word la sent that his secre- —Shred a small cab- tary Is on the way. A man an- moved to protest "Gracious!" she tion that you get It to Mr. Archman nouncing- himself as Archman's cried. "Cheer up. The worst Is yet at the earliest possible moment, by bage, add a stalk or two secretary. Akin, arrives, talks to cornel We aren't all dead yet absolutely safe hands." of celery cut line and a with Morbaeh. and leaves with a •lice or two of chopped package he fives htm. Morbach Cheer up, or HI begin to cry. tool "There's no signature," said Mrs. dies. Archman's arrival, with Cheer up 1" She looked at her mother. Archman. "Now look at the Inclosure." onion. Poor over tb* his secretary, reveals that the Mrs. Archman dabbed at her eyes. She spread a sheet of muddy, blood- cabbage the following dressing boti man posing as Akin Is an Im- stained paper on the table. It was the Beat two egg yolks, add two *»bl«- postor. Archman denounces Edith "I ca-can'tl" she burst out, and Grant as a girl endeavoring to rushed from the room. map of an Island, drawn In black, with spoonfnls of water, a tablespoonful of snare his son Harry. ; Archman, Bess looked after her with a sigh. a dotted red line running up and half- melted butter. » dash of salt and> It appears, his millions made In way around It. cayenne and one-quarter of a cuprui Chicago, has yielded to the Im- Then she looked at Harry. "Poor mum- portunities of his family—his sy r she murmured. "It's tough. She Bess stared at it "It's a map of of vinegar. Cook this over hot water wife/daughters Nellie and Bessie can't get Into society. Lord George an Island. aU right." she said. "But and pour hot over the cabbage, stir- (seventeen years old), and son won't visit us now. Dad and Nellie what Island? Where Is It?" ring it over the heat until well heated, Harry—and moved to New Tor* then serve at once. - In an endeavor to sain recogni- have gone away, nobody knows where. "I don't know." Mrs. Archman tion by the Four Hundred. They And you—say, young man, you'd bet- snatched up the paper. "There's no Onions Stuffed With Rlcev-Parboll have not succeeded. Mrs. Arch- ter own up. I know you've done some- name on It" a sufficient quantity of onions of evem man Is bitter over her failure, particularly mourning the fact thing awful. Mother said 'sssh' when "And no longitude nor latitude, size, remove the centers and chop, that she has not been •taken up I asked her what It Is. What la It? either." remarked Harry. "It might them fine; mix the chopped onion with by a Mrs. Van KulL Archman •Fess up I" be anywhere. I guess father knows. cooked seasoned rice, a tablespoonful orders Nellie to get ready for a But where Is father?" long 'Journey with him. He re- Harry glared at her. "Don't be rot- of chopped nuts, salt butter and fuses to reveal their destination ten, Bess!" he begged. 'Tm In a hole." "Where Is her' Bess laughed scorn- cayenne and stuff the onions with tbl» to his wife, declaring It Is "not Bess softened Instantly. She was fully. "I'll bet I know where he is. mixture. Bake, basting often with a Ms' secret." .Nellie tells Bess she He's on the way to this Island. That's Is In love with James -Carr. a very fond of Harry. "What's the mat- good soup stock or butter and water. youth working on Archroan s ter, old hoy?" she asked. "What's where Captain Bunker Is to meet him. Serve as a garnish around a platter or ship. El Rio. She gives Bess a wrong? Tell Little Sunshine." Give the captain the map and he'll give pork chops. ' . mesnage for him. Archman and It to father." Nellie depart. Harry tells Bess "Everything's wrong—awfully wrong. Cabbage With Cheese—Remove th» of his determination to ,marry And Jhe worst of it is I don't' know "Maybe." Mrs. Archman's wits hard center from a small firm head or Edith Grant. Mrs. Archman re- Just what, is wrong. I know some of vi-ere not quite so rapid as those of cabbage and drop It whole Into boiling; ceives a map, with the explana- It, of course, but—" her children. "I'll go In and see Cap- salted water. When tender drain, tion that It was among Morbach a tain Bunker right away." papers, and suggeRtlng she for- "Well?" place on a platter, cut Into triangular ward it to Mr. Archman. Uro •Ton know Edith Grant?" "We'll nil go!" Bess made the dec- pieces and pour over it a hot white- George Caruthers. traveling Eng- "Edith Grant! Of course I know laration, instantly and enthusiastically. sauce made rich with grated cheese. lishman, arrives at the Archman Harry nodded nssent, and Mrs. home, by Invitation. her. I've not been deprived of my ears Cottage Cheese and Lettuce Salads- during the last few days, have I? Of Archmnn agreed excitedly. Before any Take a quarter of a cupful of creamy course I know her. But I don't of them could make a move to start cottage cheese and mix It with any KNOW her." however, a footman came In with a highly-seasoned salad dressing, either CHAPTER V "Well, I do! I've known her six card. mayonnaise or boiled dressing, add it months. And I'm going to marry her." Mrs. Archman took it "Lord George spoonful of chopped nuts and such sea- Bess' eyes widened. "But Harry—" Caruthers." she read blankly. "He's soning as one likes. Arrange ripe to- A Message Received. come. In spite of all this turmoil." Three days after Archman's abrupt she began. matoes In slices and add the dressing! "Yes; I know," the boy broke In. "Come I" Bess laughed. "Of course, all arranged on head lettuce, crisp antf departure with Nellie, Mrs. Archman he's come," she exclaimed. "You and Bess were sitting at the breakfast "For goodness' sake, don't start to cool. „...__ jareachlng. rvejieard all the preach couldn't keep him away!" M —"Well—somebody-'s-got-to-stay-wltb- Ever Ready Lemonade.—Boll to- created a sensation.. ReporterRp s In Ing I can stand, from father and from hlm." getber one cupful of sugar and the- droves had descendeddd upon thth e ArchArch- mother. Edith Is just as good as gold, same of water, one-half cupful of lemon, man home and, falling to obtain Inter- and I am going to marry her, I don't 'Stay with him I Nonsense! Take him along!" Bess laughed excitedly. Juice; use this proportion and multiply views with any of the family, had built care what anybody says." It to suit the need. Cook about five- towering fabrics of surmise on the un- "Good gracious! First Nellie, and "Come, let's meet him and ask him. Oentesl Afternoon Frock. Good gracious 1 I feel as If I wen minutes and bottle. Keep In the Ice- concealable fact that Mr. Archman and now you—" Is worn by the fair equestrienne stand* Uving in a play I" the model In the picture shows. How- chest and when wanted add a table- Nellie had left the country abruptly. Harry did not notice the reference ever, when It comes to length, please Ing to the right? spoonful of the sirup to a glass of ice- Immediately after coming from the to his sister. "Yes, I'm going to marry observe there Is no compromise, for Here Is an Interesting bit of Infor- water. Bcene of the crime. The Inquest fol- her," he reiterated. "I've been en- CHAPTER VI the trend Is decidedly toward an era mation in regard, to the modish knit* lowed and the three Archmans, and Butterscotch Pie.—Take one an65 gaged to her for a month.. I've been of long tunics. This very genteel af- -ted Jersey togs pictured herewith— one-half cupfuls of brown sugar, four Akin as well, had been obliged to ap- Bound South. ternoon frock of our Illustration Is they are bright red! Which means pear and testify. None of them could tablespoonfuls of cornBtarch. the yolkw Lord George turned out to be a blue- fashioned of rust-colored flat crepe, that the outstanding popular color of two eggs, two cupfuls of milk, one- give any Information as to the murder eyed, ruddy-skinned, Roman-nosed, bordered with squares cut from deep combination In sportswear circles Is Itself, but Mrs. Archman had been tablespoonful of butter and a pinch of droopy-mustached. Englishman perhaps rosewood-toned velvet vivid red with white. The smartest salt Mix and cook; beat well. Poor compelled to admit that the sudden de- thirty years of age, who said, "Oh, I bathing suits are white Jersey-knit parture of Mr. Archman and Nellie Many of the tunic dresses for fall Into a baked crust and cover with a say!" exactly aa an Englishman show a heavily-patterned border with red stripe border and lnterknlt meringue, using the two whiten, had been due to It Her assertion that with red monogram, or vice versa, the •he did not know the wherefores of should. Though perhaps a little aston- around the lower edge, done In ornate Brown and serve cold. ished for the moment, he seemed to embroidery, or, as In the case of an body of the suit being gay red. the situation, nor even the place for At a glance a practical mind senses The heavier the. cross the heartier which her daughter and husband bad be delighted to visit the El Rio. "Oh, exclusive model-In Lanvln green, band- - the prayer; I say!" he exclaimed, when Bess put painted hi bold floral design. the advnntage of ~a~ two-piece Jersey The bruised herbs mdst fragranf set out, naturally added to the Interest suit, which has, as the picture shows, of the case. The coroner, urged on by the question to him, "That's perfectly Among the practical long tunic Jolly now, don't you know!" When, modes those of black satin are Inter- a perfectly plain skirt, which serves if wind and sky were always fair the newspapers, went beyond all rea- admirably with or without Its match- The sailor would not watch the- sonable bounds in . his questionings, on the way down to the city, Bess ex- estingly featured with trimmings of plained the circumstances, or as much white. The unbelted Idea Is carried ing Jacket. As to the sleeveless Jacket And David's Bongs had ne'er beea. and drove Mrs. Archman to the verge It not only completes a perfect en- of collapse. ' of them as she understood, he seemed out. with a long front opening at the •iinsr more and more delighted. "Fancy seek, faced with white, working Into a semble with Its skirt of self-material, K grief his heart had never but considered separately, It offers' He wns much more merciful In bis now!" he Bald. "It's mighty exciting turnover collar at the hack. White wrung. examination of Miss Grant; that young —what?" SUMMERY DISHES lady being an actress, the papers were Bess agreed with him enthusiastical- much less desirous of advertising her. ly. -Isn't It?" she cried. "Here's the Fruits In various forms should be Nothing as to her relations to Harry devoted subhero racing to bring the one of the dally dishes during the sea- Archman came out Henry Harrison, dread tidings to the hero—dad's the son of our de- who had played so Important and yet, hero, of cpurse—and he's murdered on licious fruits and to all appearances, so casual a part In the way and robbed of his blood- berries. the events of the evening/had disap- bought dispatches. The hero guesses Strawberry peared utterly; perhaps—so said the what's In them and races off to what C o o k t a 11—Cue papers—merely to avoid annoyance he thinks Is the rendezvous, leaving . large, perfect ber- and perhaps for some more significant his faithful vassals to follow. Then ries In halt sav- reason. The pretrnded secretary had the thief repents—or does he repent? also disappeared, leaving no trace. ing all the Juice. I reckon he's plotting something, For four portions Aside from these annoyances, each though I don't know what it is. What use a pint of berries, add the Juice of of the three Archmans had much to do you think. Lord George?" worry them. Mrs. Archman had heard an orange, three tablespoonfuls of "Really, I can't guess. Whatcould honey, the Juice "of a lemon and four nothing from Nellie and had received he be plotting, now, Miss Archman?" only one brief note from her husband, 8he Spread a Sheet of Muddy, Blood- tablespoonfuls of shaved Ice. Mix and stained Paper on the Table. "I'm Just trying to find out. You nil the glasses and garnish each with and. that one, dated at New York, see. there's nothing to tell where the a sprig of mint merely declared that he had seen Cap- trying to break the news to father Island Is or what there Is on it We're Currant Ice Creams-Mash a quart tain Bunker and had given him his or- and mother, but I haven't dared, and Just guessing what father may know. ders, and that he and Nellie were that sneak Akin has been spying and Maybe—maybe the thief figures that of currants, cook until the Juice Is ex- about to leave town and he would telllnc tales, nnd. oh. It's rotten!" father has gone there and that' we will tracted, strain and sweeten to taste. not write again, "to avoid giving In- lead him to It somehow." Add to a quart of thin cream and formation of his movements to possible "But, Harry! You must tell mother freeze as usual. at once." "You'll have to he Jolly careful, spies." won't you? What?" Lord George . Blackberry Flummery.—Cook to- The' Intimation that he miuht be "How the dickens can I?" demanded spoke as If he were Interested. His gether without stirring one pint each . watched and followed was naturally the hoy. "I might have told father eyes never left Bess' vivacious face. of blackberries and water; after cook- when he brought up the subject the not comforting, and Mrs. Archman was Mrs. Archman noticed his Interest Ing ten minutes moisten three table- very Rind that the letter came after other nipht, but he wouldn't listen, and smiled at Bess so warmly that spoonfuls of corastarch with cold wa- the conclusion of Ihe Inquest, so that nnd then that man Morbaeh hnd to pet that young woman, after a moment's, ter and odd to the boiling berries; let she hart not been compelled to mention murdered and to die at Edith's house, stareof incomprehension, giggled out- cook until thick and all of the starch It to the coroner. Moreover, she was and father lit out and—oh! It's the right. "Not this time, mother," she taste Is removed. Sweeten to taste and worrying over both Bess and Harry. devil and all!" said aloud. Impatiently, trusting to stir In the stiffly-beaten white of an With Nellie's departure the girl's re- Ress nodded. "It sure Is," she boldness to protect her. "I ileqllne egg' Pour Into mold and chill. Serve mark about "splendid Americans who to be a meal ticket." Then she spun unmolded with plain cream and sugar. made their way by their own efforts" "It was mere chnnre that Morhach on their guest "Mother Is greatly Gooseberry Fool.—Cook a quart of would natural I.v have ceased to trouble was token to Edith's house. You interested in charity work. Lord gooseberrieswlth a pint of water until know that. He had been shot long her Unfortunately for.her peace of George." she explained. "She Is a Sleeveless Jersey Knit Models. soft Press through a colander, add a mind, nowever, Bess took It up and before and the accident with the ma- member of a society that provides meal many possibilities. Would It not be tablespoonful of butter, three egg echoed it constantly, with -the vague. chine took place just In front of her tickets for the Impecunious." crepe necktie, whose streamer ends door, and of course she had 'them charming over a plaited white crepe yolks and sugar to sweeten. Beat Intention of smoothing Nellie's way In Lord George looked bewildered, as are knotted and then let flow to the with an egg beater five minutes then wise of necessity, until Mrs. Archman bring him in. And when dad found lower edge of the. tunic. Is an Impos- sports skirt? As a smart-and prac- out that she was the girl he had Just well he might "Ah. yes! Quite sol- tical adjunct tb the riding costume. Its pour Into a glass dish, chill and serve begun to believe that It was Bess and lie said blankly. ing style-touch. The sleeves reveal a with the beaten, egg whites sweetened n«t Nellie who had fallen In love with been reading the riot act to me about, white facing, for the mode for black- adaptability is demonstrated hi the ac- he made up his mind that she wns companying Illustration. with three tablespoonfuls of sugar and a poor man. . and-white Is confirmed In advance fall cooked over hot water. part of the conspiracy to steal the pa- dress collections. " . The scope of knitted sportswear Is Then, too; she had sounded Harry pers. And I can't get him now to try Either the thief has a con- broadening. As travel costume, tour- Orange and Lemon Sherbet—To the about his Inamorata, and had received to" set things right." science-^-or else he Is using the CapeletB' Inset at the back lend dis- ists prefer the knitted kind for many tinctive style to these slenderized Juice and rind of three oranges and one evasive replies that added to her "But why don't you tell mother?" family to find the father. Whafs reasons. There Is the' advantage of lemon add a cupful, of honey and • alarm. Her whole world was crashing The boy groaned. "I don't.dare. your guess?- " - tunic silhouettes hi some. Instances. small-space occupied In packing, the Ihe newest capelet attachment Is split pint of cream; freeze as usual and around her. - Mother Is good, but she's crazy about Immeasurable,satisfaction In the fact gerve In halves of the.oranges., . Bess, too, had "her- troubles. . Her getting Into society-and!she wants me op the back, so as to show either a that knitted clothes shake out sans white or vivid lining. . Fine plaltlnss Raspberry 8herbet—Take one pint promise to Nellie to visit, the El Bio to marry into'It,-and now .Akin-has (TO BB CONTINUED.) wrinkles "and-creases, and tbo list of of raspberry Juice, a,cupful of sugar, nnd Bee Carr had seemed' simple poisoned : her mlnd..,tob. and—and— below the waist depth are also wed virtues Is [crownedl'with "the'.declded- to the manner .of a capelet In the latest and a pint of thta cream with a table-' enough when she made it, but had so oh!—It"-wbuldn'tV-he-anyTuse. .yOt •:••..' How Tp r effectlveness In color and design dis- long-tuhlc frocks.--".£' „-'-'? vK - "'-•'''-' spoonful of lemon;Jnlce.:,,Fiw».and: ftir turned out to be beyond: her power course,; I vwant Edith - to f "marry *." roe -The average man walks three miles played throughout knitted costuming.; ierve"s>rnlshed'1wlth^whlpned cream to keep. The rush of reporters and de-_ ;-Not lnfrequenUy.th>;"Wrt contrasjs right away. T but father.ithres.tens to an "hour, jo=r four feet"a'second,'i , while '•' The fall"knitted modes promise ft fectlvesWdfthesuspenMoftheJno.neat take my Job away If I do/arid If he ahbrsetrdt^b^tdtt venrmlles;snt honr*of ?the long; tunlc.'r:However, Its relation, handsomei-showing-- of rl'plalds.%- "33K- had taken up every available moment. does that we wouldn't have anything ahlp to It U proved' In that collars, ten feet a second. mffs. revers and other accessory trim- JTJLIA BOTTOMLET. Even when this wo over lira Arcb- to Uve on. If father and mother could <«, HI*. Wesura Wspspst Dsleak) man had thrown up her hands In meet Edith, they'd like her and every Some people are known by their re- are of the same muterial as the when Bess proposed a Tint be a tentions and others hi their works. • I r? Property of the Watertown Historicali -,vr *••/>•' -*J Society as watertownhistoricalsociety.orgMARY Connecticut taken as taadnoivefyaajv SUCCEEDS dlcated by the Supreme conn of the United States la the ON of United States vs. tedded December 11, New tacom* of Now Haven road (or 1022." IMscnsslng the queo- MAIN STREET; month of Juno ft&Jtt aal for i tioa of the a«e limit, the months tt7S.SU. report says: Bridgeport leads In campaign for An age limit to declared. It By LAURA MILLER safety, makes most arrests and inv unquestionably would have pooes moot fines and Jan sentancoa, been simpler to have provided for the regulation and prohi- iouaSSSSSoiSSnSSSSSSSSSiSoi motor vehicle department leporta. bition of the labor of children m tiy Laun Miller Wilfred H. Nettleton. one of the) and to have stopped there. But your committee became KANSAS SPIRIT pioneer bankers of Connecticut, who convinced that In asking for celebrated his ninety-ninth birthday this It might fall utterly. A la Chicago there la an Informal or- anniversary last June, died at his marked difference of opinion ganisation known as the Midland Au- home in Bristol. He bad boon in fall' was developed at the hear- thors. Its members are people who ings before the subcommittee. ing health tor the, past four weeks. It being argued on the one write and live in the Middle West hand that after eighteen years Some are famous folk, most are not He Is survived by his wife and SOT* of age, girls and bora had Nearly ail of them are proud of the oral nephews and nieces passed the period of depend- With the arrest. i New Tort of Otto ency and were physically and fact that they have stuck to the coun- mentally capable of fending try they know and love and huve not Wolfer, formerly of Walnut Beach, for themselves,, so that the lot the whirlpool of publishing Miter- Superintendent of Police James M. power to protect them which eats In New York suck them in. Manor believos an active gang of au- was sought by the amendment tomobile thieves who operated In the could safely be limited to the There's vne independent state where Milford section of the stato for the Indicated age; while, on the the native writers aren't content to de- other hand, it was argued but several months Is broken up. that many cases and classes pend oh membership In an organiza- Horseback riding along the beach merited protection after the tion out of their own connnes. The front at high tide driving golf balls age flxed. and that as the Kansas Authors' club has an Interest- front at high tide.- driving golf balls state's police power embraced Ing letterhead and an active organiza- the protection of Its children and hurling of boomerangs are three during the period of their tion all its own. The, president lives sports that are now banned by com- nonage'and up to the instant in Manhattan, but It's Manhattan, Kan. mon consent along the beach front at of their majorities it was rea- sonable to ask that identical The vice president has created a ralrfleld. The ban follows complaint police' power be conferred on most Interesting life under conditions to the selectmen, who Intend to take the national government. that some women would have fretted official action if the alleged nuisances themselves 111 over, she was a city are not stopped. Reason Is found In both girl with plenty of money. Just when points of view. But your com- Mrs. Clu-a Munson, twenty-two mittee finally concluded to In- she had finished high school and was years old, wife of Stanley Munson of sert the eighteen-year limita- ready to study for the stage her fa- New Haven, committed suicide in her tion; because such limitation ther lost all his money. That was la home, turning on thr gas after she would certainly embrace the vsBt majority ot cases calling Chicago. Her secondary ambition was had closed all the windows in the for protection and remedial to write. So she wrote for the living room and stuffed up every crack and legislation, while the excep- that bad to be made, but It wus other opening. ,' • • tional cases calling for legis- folks' letters that she indited. Grad- lation after the age might By a largo majority vote the strik- arise In one state and not In ually she climbed up the ladder until ing shopmen of the New Haven repair another,' and therefore might one was head of the correspondence shops of the New Haven road have safely be lejt to the wisdom department of a great mall order voted to continue indefinitely the - of each state. ' • bouse. In order to appreciate the strike which was begun on July 1, "The federal child labor height of that ladder, remember that 1922. At a meeting held in Trades laws declared void by the on the catalogue and letters of a mall Council hall the leaders exprested Supreme court flxed certain order store depend all the business themselves as opposnd to calling the simple standards that have that other stores pay salesmen up to strike off. When the vote was count- $20,000 salaries for. ed It was found that more than two- Will the unwilling to use the products of child labor; third, been recognized as measures on which to base re- forms. They declare* that no child under four- thirds of the strikers were In favor of because manufacturers object to the competition Then, as Mrs. James Patrick, she continuing the struggle. • teen should be employed In any mill, cannery, happily gave up. the business career Constitutional of those who rely upon low wages paid tq children Lieutenant James Murphy, chief of as the batjs of their profits; and fourth, because workshop, factory or manufacturing etsabllshment ; to move to a little Kansas village. that no child between fourteen and sixteen should There was no railroad within 30 miles the Waterbury vice squad, was cut states have been unable to protect their consumers about the arms and had his clothes Amendrtienfr Prapased and manufacturers. ./'•-.. . be employed In such establishments for more than of the "Gables," as the Patricks named eight hours a day. or forty-eight houis a week, or the rooftree that grew to be a charnv slashed while raiding the premises of The judiciary committee of the senate, after ex- Leo Parllo, a-« alleged bootlegger, of haustively considering five amendments Introduced at night, and that no child.under sixteen should be ing ranch house adjoining the village. By Cnn^rEss employed In any mine or quarry.' Then the railroad cam* through—so 282 Orange street Patrolmen Wil- by as many senators, reported out an amendment liam Sullivan and George -icElllgott, In Arkansas, first state to ratify, 19 per cent of far south that the county seat moved ~Jn sllghtly_dlffereotforra_ftPffllthat.toalljrjdoptea^ down to the steel rails, and the Pat- who were with Murphy on the raid, JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN as follows: "Article.—The congress shall have -the total child population Is employed contrary to had thoiT-jclotbes cut The officers the federal standards. In Georgia the per cent Is ricks followed, to make a new homo RKANSAS, first of the States to the power, concurrent with that of the several at a now town, Satanta. had seised a gallon of liquor when take action on the proposed child states, to limit or prohibit the labor of persons 21, in Alabama and South Carolina 24, in Missis- Parollo attacked them with a butcher labor amendment to the.Consti- under eighteen years." The report, commenting sippi 26. Meanwhile Mae Patrick had caught knife. His wife joined the fight, and tution, has ratified it by a close on this proposed, amendment, sets forth clearly the; Of all the-states only eighteen come up to the the spirit of enjoying "the real things they kept the officers busy for sev- vote: 45 to 40 In the house and 15 attitude of the committee on the question of child level set by these standards. They are Massachu- of life, friendship, 16ve, the simple eral minutes. to 13 In the senate. , labor. It says, in one part: setts. North Dakota, Wisconsin, Oregon, Montana, things, the brilliant minds, of which Benjamin White, eighty years' old, there are many In a small community, Ratification by 35 other states First It cannot be questioned but that.lt Is a Minnesota, Kansas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Indiana. who shot and killed his brother, Ed- paramount duty of government to guard and pro- Ohio, Kentucky, Tennesseee, Alabama. West Vir- the poor and the wealthy, all the real win T. White, seventy-two years old, is necessary to make the amend- tect the welfare of Its children to the end that they people that one comes face to face and wounded his nephew, Howard ment a part of the Constitution. may have' the utmost opportunity possible to attain ginia, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut the maximum development of their moral. Intel- In all but three states a minimum age for work with In the small place." She's vol- White, and David Malrso, fiance of Will they ratify? Nobody knows. unteered on many civic jobs, she's his niece, Sadie Phylllo White, was Everyone expects nation-wide lectual, and physical beings. This Is manifestly the hi factories has been established; It is set at four- due of all children since they are brought Into the teen or over with exemptions In certain occupa- served on the Republican state execu- shot and killed by one of the mem- discussion—which is already on world without their volition, entirely helpless and tions. Six states have higher than a fourteen- tive board, she's Worked on the com- bers of a poose who were searching" —and an exciting contest with dependent. But this Is not alone simple Justice to mittee appointed recently by Secretary for him, according to word received vide ramifications which Involve questions of na- childhood. It Is also of the greatest Importance year minimum. In more than half the states there to every state that Its cltlsens should attain the has been a tendency to establish a sixteen-year Work to Investigate Indian affairs. And at Danlolson. The posse included sev- tional Importance other than child labor. highest development above Indicated. And It may always, she's kept to writing for sheer eral state police from the Danielson Georgia has just overwhelmingly defeated ratl- be observed that while under our dual system of minimum for mines. As for the length of the . working day, thirty-five states and the District of love of It. Just now, she says, she's barracks. The shooting occurred in flOlltiOD. government the power and duty to make adequate the woods near the Whita farm. No provision by law for the accomplishment of those Columbia have an eight-hour day applying to chil- putting together a series of sketches The purpose of this article is purely Informative. most desirable ends are now vested In the several of "the real people of the great motive other than sudden insanity The resolution proposing the amendment was states, nevertheless It la as Important to the na- dren up to sixteen in both factories and stores. Southwest." could be discovered for the shooting. rwHReri by the house April 26 and by the senate tional government as It Is to the government of ev- The same number prohibit children under sixteen The brothers *iad never quarreled and ery state that its citizenry be afforded every oppor- years of age from engaging in night' work In fac- June 2. The amendment reads: tunity for legitimate development, and that such Benjamin never had shown signs of Section 1. Tne congress shall have power to development' should neither be stunted nor'de- tories and stores. violence, The slain man was a prom- limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of persons stroyed. The Importance of physical examination Is more HAVE YOU AN ACRE OF inent and prosperous farmer of Pom- under eighteen years ot age. and more stressed, and twenty-two states made It fret Landing and had served as select- Herein there lies the Justification for the govern- DIAMONDS? Section 2. The power of the several states Is un- mandatory before a child can receive his working man and tax collector. impaired by this article, except that the operation ment of the United States in asking of the states There's only one section of this coun- •of state laws shall be suspended to the exteat neo- that upon it be conferred power concurrent with certificate. Another Important standard Is that As the result of Injuries received in «asary to give effect to legislation enacted by the their own to legislate upon this matter so vital to of educational requirements. Only thirteen states try—or of any other—where "Miss -congress. both. If the states shall have passed appropriate Millie" would be a title of love and a fall down a flight of stairs in the laws.it Is safe to say that any legislation' of con- exact the completion of at least the eighth grade Greenville Congregational church at Ratification will not give us an anti-child labor gress will march side by side With such laws. If as a condition. The laws of eighteen states and honor and distinction. Miss Millie, Mildred Lewis Rutherford undoubtedly Norwich Mrs. Thomas Robert Mc- law. Ratification will be In effect an enabling act a State has been unmindful of Its duty, then.such the District of Columbia have no education re- Clure died about two hours later at .giving congress the power to pass enforcing legis- congressional legislation will work no Injury but quirements at all. They demand only that before was when, as a little girl, she pored the W. W. Backus Hospital. Death, rather a positive benefit to the state Itself as well over lessons at a beautiful solid ma- lation. ' as to the national government. going to work the child must be able to read and was caused b. a fractured skulL Mrs. Two acts by congress, as everyone knows, have write. hogany school desk. Miss Millie she McClure was alone at »he time and Toeen passed In an attempt to prohibit child labor Discussing the form that the proposed amend- was at eighteen, when the world began was found by her two sisters; Mrs. ment should take, the report, says, among other Wiley H. Swift, director of the department of to open before her, especially the gra- «nd have been declared unconstitutional by the legislation and Investigation of the National Child William Brovu and Miss -Ellen T. .Supreme court. The reasons of the court for this things: cious world'of art and travel that, the Hayes, who went to the church to as- Unquestionably it should take the form of a Labor committee, has analyzed the congressional "Old South" liked to give its girls. Action show why it seemed necessary to congress vote which passed the amendment resolution, with sist her in arranging flowers. to approach the question from a different angle grant of power, and unquestionably the limitations And Miss Millie she still Is, to an ever of that power should be precisely defined.. Beyond the Idea of forecasting the action of the several leg- wider and more appreciative group, Violations the motor vehicle laws and to propose' the amendment in its present form. peradventure It should contemplate the future as islatures. According to his analysis thirty states resulted in 3,694 arrests In Connecti- It will be remembered that the act of September, well as the present. Indisputably It should be a when, as president of the Lucy Cobb are for ratification. Seven are opposed—Alabama, Institute of Athens, Ga., she guides cut In the first sir months of this 1016, undertook to prohibit child tabor by prohib- power concurrent with that of the.states, since Its year, according to .reports filed with purpose Is not to deprive the states of any of their Florida,' Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland and North other girls at the same precious old iting transportation "In Interstate "comtneree of the state motor vehicle department pqwers but only to confer like powers on the na- and South Carolina. Eleven states are divided— mahogany desks of her own girlhood. - •roods made in factories where child labor was tional government.. Texas, Idaho, Utah, Delaware, Mississippi, Mis- Fines- aggregating 175.199 were Im- Still further, It will not be questioned but that posed In 2,688 cases and 93 of the of- used. The Supreme court held this act unconsti- souri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, It's been a life, she insists, lacking tutional because It exceeds the constitutional au- that power, should be given to control, regulate, or Jnthe dramatic qualities that would fenders sentenced to jail for ah aggre- even to prohibit the use of such labor In all cases Pennsylvania and Virginia. Ratification therefore thority of congress. Mr. Justice Day delivered where the character of the labor Is dangerous In make other girls want to read about gate of seven years.- Sixty-three ot the opinion and used the following language: depends upon favorable action In six of the eleven hers. But Is it so commonplace to be those imprisoned were convicted of itself or may become dangerous" through the Inex- states divided. against themselves. In our view the necesaary effect of this act Is, by perience or heedlessness of childhood; where In It- able to see value In the very things operating .motor vehicles while under roea.ni of a prohibition against the movement In In- self or in its surroundings It is detrimental to the Mr. Swift was correct as to Georgia; Its legisla- ,that have been familiar through all the the influence of liquor and four for terstate commerce of ordinary commercial commod- physical or moral welfare of childhood, or where ture rbas Just overwhelmingly refused ratification. years? Not only to see that value, but reckless driving. ities, to regulate the hours of labor of children In it is in character too oneroua for the growing The legislature of Rhode Island (for ratification) factories and mines within the states, a purely bodies of youth. Equally manifest Is It that In all to preserve it, to make It yield a living At the state convention of th» «tnte authority. Thus the act In a two-fold sense occupations where child labor Is permitted, legis- Is in session, hut the Republican senators have to oneself and a service to many oth- Friends ot Irish Freedom, held at Is repugnant to the Constitution. It not only tran- lative authority should have a determinative voice gone on^a political strike and are In Massachu- ers? Hartford, the candidacy of La Folletto scends the authority delegated to congress over as to the terms, times, conditions and environment setts. Several legislatures had met and adjourned commerce, but also exerts a power as to a purely of Its use—such as day and night work, reasonable This is the essence of Miss Millie's for President was Indorsed In resolu- local matter to which the federal authority does hours, dangerous machinery, hygienic conditions before June 2; these will meet next In 1028. Sev- achievement Not long ago some of tions adopted. Other resolutions re- not extend. The far-reaching result of upholding and the like. / ' eral took no action. The legislatures of thtrty-slx the bard-headed members of the Ath- Iterated the political opinions of. the the act cannot be more plainly Indicated than by The report In several places emphasizes the fact states will meet in .1925. Alabama's does not meet ens Chamber of Commerce went out to society. All officers were re-elected. pointing out that If congress can thus regulate till 1027. matters entrusted to local-authority by prohibition that the amendment Is not designed to deprive the see whether there was really anything The petitions ot the cities of Hart* ' of the movement of commodities'In Interstate com- states of any of their police powers but only to The amendment has the endorsement of twenty- much out there at the old school. They ford, New Haven, Waterbury, New merce, all freedom of commerce will ba at an end - have the states confer on the national government five national organizations of men and women. It found "big double reception parlors, Britain and Stamford for an order re- and the power of the states over local Is opposed by several organizations. Op- ducing the fares charged by the Con* - matters may be eliminated, and thus our furnished elegantly, but more like a system ot government' be practically de- position may also be expected from sev- comfortable home than the formal necticut Company In these cities baa- stroyed. . ' eral sources.. Some manufacturers will entry of an educational Institution." been denied by the Public Utilities CHUJDRIBW IW GAINFUL OCCUPATION, ISM CENSUS oppose It, as will, some farmers. Adher- They found the "George .1. Seney col- Commission. The token fares estab- The act of Feb. 24, 1919. undertook to Total Boys Per Girls Per Total prohibit child labor by Imposing a tax ents to the doctrine of state rights may lection of oll» and water colors," pic- lished by the company, three tokens State. 10-18 Ct. 10-15 Ct. be expected to be against It Some who for 25 cents, are not unreasonable, the BOAS S4riSB 041 34,771 • US 10JJ tures "of the old Cobb home, and of of 10 per cent of the net profits of the NewBarfand commission declares. The conunis- year upon an employer using child labor. MMato Atlaatle ... 181,541 rtjan. %A 54#10 4* 114 are against child labor perse will never- Lucy Cobb herself, rescued from the Bast Ifmrta Ceatral 100JM1 T3f401 aj 9MO0 U 8.7 theless work against ratification because home of a family of erstwhile Cobb soln also refuses to make any segre- The Supreme court held It unconstitu- West North Ceattal 07.000 45345 0.1 19.001 T.7 gation of the company's system or to tional on the ground that "It Is not- a •.M opposed to further amendment of the Con* eervsnts," historic furniture with Soath AtUatle .... 181,480 l&S 034S1 0.7 984 stitntion and Increase of executive bu- change existing divisional lines, say* valid exercise by congress of its powers But Srath Central 101,775 98.7 00,007 11.1 S4A legends of some of the best of south- ing it would not be justified tar doing; West Soath Ceataat 1S4M0T USJSO 173 58487 954 reaus. Some are afraid of the eighteen- of taxation under United States Consti- aa ern culture adding to Its luster, togeth- so at this time. 10.019 1*515 CS 8^007 idS 7.0 year limit er with "model apartments for teach- tution, Article 1, Section 8, but Is an un- .1*100. 18,155 OlS Ml* «9 constitutional regulation by the use of PaeUe The Republican platform urges "prompt on' quarters and bathrooms every- Rev. Dr. James L. Strong, rector of the so-called tax as a penalty of the em- GIRLS AMD BOYS, 1* TO 15, IW SPROUTED OCCUPATIONS consideration of that (child labor) amend- where," that appealed to their manlike Christ church, y majority vote was de- ployment of child labor in the states, Vanalaa*. •taek-talalag; garaealag, lBvahetrlag. ete. .. 047300 ment by the legislators of the various, souls. creed, to be the handsomest man la which, under United States Constitution, Coal, gala, sliver aaa eopBer-sslalaa;, qaarrytag, ete. 7401 states." Wilton, returns from the Canterbury \ Maaafaetarlas aaa —srtaalcal ladaatrles 185^87 So they went back to; their offices. Mart, showed at Its close Saturday tenth amendment, is exclusively a state Ukeitn, la teleaaoalaaV telegraph —esssagsw. The Democratic platfwm sars, "With- And they picked but the member who night , function." taaauters, ehaaCears, etc. ;.... .18*019 out the.votes o'f the Democratic members i Clash*, aewshays. aalesatea, ete. .1 #>•*** had the gift of guti and asked him to Connecticut's electrical power pro- The .judiciary committee of the house of the congress the child.labor amend- write up what they'd seen. \; duction will mcroaao In the next sir ryjfcUfj "aUgfltW .•••••"••eet>e»** e.a,* •••••••••••ao»*0*»** *»••• ment would not have been submitted for' of representatives found four reasons Aeta-s, laasletaaa, ate...... 'V v;...... years from the present: eatlmated ca- ratification.'" 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FOR OVER 204 YEARS ihaartem oQ hat been a world- / vide remedy.for kidney. liver and MfMfr disorders, rhwimtit^—"i The tiger and crocodile shown here staged a Uttle battle In their native Jungle In northern Sumatra. The sound of their conflict attracted the attention of Rev, Leonard Oechli, a missionary. Mr. Oecbll shot both with.a high* powered rifle. . • WAS SCOUT FOR CUSTER b More Gorgeous Than Ever ergons. Three rises. An druggists. Insist co the original genuine GOLD MSDAL. PILES Operations No Longer Needed. Colto Internal Remedy Drives Away All Forma of Piles. Cold-Wtather Ceetum** Among the Karens. Pile sufferers no longer need to un- Wergo an operation to get rid of piles. (Vrtpared or the National (Motraptilo So. rally the Burmese are the preponder- Science has definitely determined that oletr. Waahlnaton, D. C.) ating race; next come the Shuns, and' piles originate Internally. They are The ruling classes of Burma, the after them the Karens, with a total of caused by stagnant circulation of blooC Burmese proper, have a longtclvlllza- well over a million. In the lower bowel. Outside treat- tlon behind them; but In the hills of ments or operations do not cure them. The different clans are as mutually their country, strangely enough, are unintelligible uf one another as a Can- COLAC MLE PILLS are a real Inter- tribes almost at the level of savagery. nal remedy. Not a cathartic. Scientific- tonese Is to a man: of FueUovv or a These are theiKarens, known byname Pekingese. But that does not prevent ally made to reach the cause of piles, In America because they have respond- •end a healthy current of blood Sir George Grlerson, the great author- through the lower bowel, and drive ed to the work of American mission- ity' on the ethnology of the Indian em- the piles away. aries to i greater extent probably pire, from decl'Hng that Karen Is a Belief even In bad cases of long than any other oriental people. group of dialects, not of lunguages, Standing often comes In 24 to 48 hours It Is halfway on the railway from and that It Includes only the one lan- after taking first Colac pill. Sold by Rangoon to Mandalay that "one gets guage, Karen, spoken In greatly vary- all druggists at 60 cents or 65 cents the first glimpse of the range of hills ing patois. postpaid In plain wrapper from Colac which mark the home of the Karens. Chemical Co., Int, Glens Falls, N. Y. We do not know the original home From the train the hills do not look jof the Burmese, or of the Tul, usuully very formidable, but they are heavily called Shans, but what we do know Matt Dunham, the "Old Man of the covered with jungle, there Is practi- of them, though it is neither extensive Mountains," seventy-two years old and BEECHAM'S cally only one road from the west Into nor exact, Is full compared with our the night watchman of the Glacier PILLS the Karen country, and It Is only those information as to-the source of the Ka- Park hotel in the Rocky mountains, who-are accustomed to hill roads on rens. The most baffling thing Is that can teU, and does tell, many an in- the borders of China who would call they have no national comprehensive teresting story to tourists of his days it a road. Others might call It a va- name for themselves, not even for the as hunter, trapper, guide and scout In riety of things, none complimentary. most numerous and enlightened CusteV's army: At the time of the But It Is this Inaccessibility which branch, the White Karens, and what memorable battle of the Little Big has preserved through the centuries a legends they have only lead the learned Horn Dunham was out on a scouting This picture shows the opening scene of the St. Louis fushlon pugeunt to. Banish Pimples collection of tribes such as la to be to disagree, more or less acrimoni- trip and escaped the slaughter. • be held August 7 to 20. Beauty unadorned standing on the earth, surrounded By Using found nowhere else on the earth, at ously, with one another.. by the planets, dancers clothed In. hazy blue diaphanous robes and carrying silver tinsel spheres. any rate In so circumscribed an area. If one were to judge by build and Cuticura The Karen hills, do not measure facial characteristics, there Is no much over sixty or seventy miles from family connection between the White OintnMire to Heu north to south, and average, perhaps, and the Red Karen. • The White Karen Nice Adjustment Uncle Tytori* Plight Well, It Doe» thirty miles wide, but they have sev- la heavy, stolid, and much more stocky 1 can't make up my mind where Mrs. James had' just moved Int* eral score different clans and tribes, In build even than the average Bur- to go for my vacation." Calls for Sympathy the neighborhood and It was her first and all these look upon their neighbors man. He Is what might be called a "Why go anywhere?" "Uncle Tlmrod Tyson Is In a pitiful meeting with the local sewing circle. "Mixpah" pickle," stated Hostetter Smith. "He The word "mlzpah" meads "watch- with the same suspicion and animosity "worthy" person In the most offensive "Well, I like to be thoroughly un- As the conversation turned on the ab- as the pariah dogs of one quarter of sense of the word. He Is bovine, comfortable for a few weeks each Is ordinarily a free and aggressive ar- sent men, one of the ladles said to tower." In Genesis 31:40, there Is the guer on any and every subject that story of Jacob and his uncle, who an oriental city have for those of any Buaplclous, and without any sense of year, so that I can enjoy my home Mrs. James: "What does your bus- other quarter. all the more the rest of the time."— hmappens to Interest or Infuriate htm, band do?" "Oh!"' said Mrs. James, made a heap of stones which by Laban humor. Except in very hot weather, but just now he Is afflicted with was called "Jegarsuhadutha." The Even the secret "opium paths" do he does not wash himself as often as Boston Transcript. 'he Is manager of a pall factory." not exist on the western slopes of the asthma so badly that he can hardly 'Pall factory?" said the other. "Why. story continues: "And Laban said: he ought, and he would certainly de- breathe, let alone argue. And when This heap is a witness between me Karen hills. The tribesmen had no feat prohibition by brewing his own. I didn't know we had such a factory wish to come down to the plains, and he thinks how the accursed plutocrats In town. Where Is it located?" *nd thee this day.' Therefore, was The Red Karens. are rubbing it In on the rest of us, the name of it called Galead; and the Burmese, the former rulers of the "Well," replied Mrs. James, "husband •country, found It much easier to come The Red Karen is of an entirely Sure Relief how the movies are destroying the calls It a bucket shop, but I think pall MIzpuh; for he said,The Lord watch different physical type. The men are youth of: the land, how rotten poUtlcs. between me and thee when we are from the north. factory sounds much better."—Hamil- small and- wizened, but very wiry. FOR INDIGESTION is, or are, as the case may be, and ton (Ont.) Herald. absent one from another.'" These Animals can climb to the villages, They have broad, reddish-brown faces the urgent need for somebody to do last. 14 words are the commonly ao bat It is not well to trust to them. It and long heads, with the obliquity of something about something, and do It The man who says that he cam «pted interpretation of "mlzpah." Is on record that a baggage elephant eye a Uttle more accentuated than now, he finds himself unable to do marry any girl he pleases Is seldom took fourteen hoars to cover four and the White Karen, and very much much more than gasp like a freshly a half miles, and would probably have more than the Burman. In former BJEUiANS caught fish. able to please one. Few Have Such Wiidom taken much longer If practically all Its How wise mast be one to be always days it was the Invariable custom Hot water "His predicament reminds me of load had'not been brought in by coo- that the men should have the rising Sure Relief kind.—Marie Ebner-Eschenbach. lies, and these coolies were the bill- that of a little nephew of mine to sun tattooed in bright vermilion on whom larger boys fed a quantity of men themselves, not outside men. the small of the back. This custom Still the visit Is worth the trouble, soap and then persuaded him to drink has fallen into dlsuw: and the ELL-ANS considerable water, causing him to and It is an excellent way of reducing younger men ar< VJthout It, but they weight. The Karens of the hills are 25* AND 75* MCKKES EVERYWHERE froth at the mouth like a geyser are so desperately dirty, old and erupting."—Kansas City Star. savages, no doubt, but not of the kind young, that a personal detail of this that eat one another or cat off heads. kind Is hardly noticeable. Pesky Devils Quietus Did Seem Peculiar .There Is no need for the visitor to They wear short trunks reaching to take a great amount of money. Beads Just below the knee. These are red P. D. Q. Girl friend bought a slip-on, which, and small mirrors and clear glass P. D. Q., Pesky Devils as-cognoscenti know, Is the filmy when new, but-they speedily turn to Quietus, Is the name ot"the bottles are much more useful, though an earthy color. These "shorts" are new chemical that actually thing a lady gets into first. Then she latterly not a few villages have become ends* the bug-family. Bed Bugs, went to n theater and lost the pack- kept In position by a leather belt, and Roaches, Ants and Fleas, as sophisticated enough to like rupees, In the hot weather constitute.the en- P. D. oTkUIs the live ones and age. Called up the manager. Say "Bayer"- Insist. too. But that Is because the girls make their enra and stops future "Was anything found in Box A tire dress, except for a cloth wound generation*. Not an Insect pow- necklaces of them. around the head, above which the der but a chemical unlike any- after the matinee?" she asked. For Pain Headache . The White Karens, hair appears, tied In a knot. thing you have ever used, "Don't know," said the manager. A t6 cent package makes •Til Inquire. What was It?" There are a great many Karens In The women wear a short skirt which one quart and each package Neuralgia Rheumatism contains a patent spout, to get Girt friend blushed unseen at the the main province of Burma, -and they comes as far as the knee. Usually the Pesky Devils in the cracks were, and still are, commonly referred It Is dnrk-colored, but occasionally It and crevices. ' * other end of the wire. Then she stam- Lumbago Colds Tour druggist has It or ha mered: to by their Burmese neighbors and Is red. A broad piece of black cloth can get It for you. Mailed pre- Accept only » strangers within their gates as White passes over the back across the right paid upon receipt of price by _ "It—It was a sllp-on." Karens. These Karens do not admit shoulder, and Is then draped over the the. Owl Chemical Wks, Terre Haute, Ind. "VII ask," said the manager. "But j Bayer package the hill peoples, for convenience*' sake bosom, and confined at the waist by how in the name of Mike did you man- called Red Karens, to be their rela- a white girdle, knotted In front, snsh- That's a Dead Language age to lose It?"—Atlanta Constitu- which contains proven directions tion. tions, and have the same feelings with fasblon, with flowing ends hanging "Blnks is an awfully hard man to Handy "Bayer" boxes of 12 tablets regard to them that the Abelltes have down with more or less grace, ac- Alio bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists understand. I can hardly talk with Aspirin It the trsde mirk or Bsjer Hua> for the Galnltes. It Is perhaps natural. cording to the length of time It has him." Match This factor* of Ifoooaeetleaeldcatcr of BallcjllescM Nobody cares' for poor and Ill-conduct- been worn. . . "Does he use too much slang?" Fair Angler (to guide)—Now, re- ed relatives. Round the wglst and neck are ropes "No; he uses correct English."— member, plense, that I desire to catch The White Karen women are scru- of barbaric beads, to which the London Answers. only fish, that Ro well with tartar pulously clean and neatly, If. hardly wealthy occasionally add long neck- sauce.—Philadelphia Inquirer. PAXTINE IS FOR WOMEN smartly, dressed. It Is a matter of laces of rupees. A profusion of the Persons afflicted with dementia prae- who have feminine Via that need local treat- Perhaps no one fully realizes how ment—Douchea of Putins Antlaeptle de- opinion whether they are comely, but beads also decorates the leg just above cox comprise about 55 per cent of the mlToym dlieus cerma, heale Inflammation, at any rate they are sleek 4ind built the calf, which is circled .by a solid total number of inmates of institutions painful ami mortifying a family jar nlceratlon and atopa the discharge. The) Lydla. B.- Plnkham Wedlolna Co. reoora- on substantial lines, and their faces mass of garters of black cord or rat- for mental diseases. Is to the children. mended Pastlaa for yean In their adver- are of the kind that appeals to the tlrtnr. A. pur* whit* powder to be dlaaolved tan. - . ' In water aa needed—one box raakea (allona Zulu or the story-tellers of the Ara- The result Is that their wearers of etrong antlaeptlo solution that alvaa poet- live aatlataotlon—<0o at dnmlata or poit- bian Nights, who preferred the moon- walk with a sort of compass-like ac- win dean it off without lay pald by raalL THB COMrORT POWDER face to one of the Greek classical type. llngupthe horse.. Us) feaMar, COMPANT. BOSTON. MASSACHUSETTS. tion, and could not run, no matter The hill Karens, genuine-Red or what the urgency might be. Moreover, Children Cry for "Castoria" IpalaJrajaaa. Concentiatad •therwise, are, obtrusively dirty, so It Is not easy for them to sit down, |-oolr?.ftwdrcB.raq •jlrty that they cannot, get any worse, and when they do at market stalls or DMH1D# JfOVt Headache because, no more matter can find a to spin, they stretch their legs straight A Harmless Substitute for foster Oil, Paregoric, Drops laatnotlaa* aaJ Relieved place to settle. In front of them. This, to the Shan Some, of these Red Karens wear and Burmese mind. Is "highly Indecor- and Soothing Syrups — No Narcotics! Safdy^fromptty clothes that force one to believe.they ous, for'with them, the first law in are heirlooms, and-here and there not society manners Is to hide the feet. .Mother! Fletcher's Castoria has Food; giving natural sleep without a few of the clanswomen might pose .: Silver earrings, some of: them. so bean in use for over 80 years to relieve opiates. The genuine bears signature of UlSBIvar.Tfor.H. large as Jo be better} called eai^cyl- headadtasoqnkklr. No day ornlght, outdoor_pr In, at a mo- babies .and children lof Constipation, Daliatf Btaadr iaeom* aarar**; wra M* ment's notice, as the witches to "Mac- Inders, are; worn; and. over the hiad: Flatulency, .Wind .Colic and Diarrhea; to l<«.p«r^WMk.>;No pravtoaaexp. raaairai. 1 Una a>Ttar«aall]rIrBo eompcUUoD. Anarla* Packed in «ov«lopea to fit beth.? It isa pity, for quite aimmnber • la Jauntily; thrown, a -piece of;: black' allaying il^erlshnessT/arlsIni:,-*' *'*' ProtaeUoniCora..~MITBreadway. H of thtm look as If,* after being boiled doth with* red tarads,' like "those of from, and,3by regulatlngthe Stomach far 10c — at all rf majlis and scrubbed, they might be well- the Taungthu. The general effect Is sad Bowels, slds the assunllatiea «f W. N. U, NEW YORK, NO. 3»>1l0ft> favored, or at any rate personable. picturesque and would be really at- The Karens are the third most nu- tractive, were It not for a not an- population In Burma, natu- common meaty odor. ' \. ' » k^sA^^6x*£rth*t£M£^k^^ > A Property of the Watertown Historical Society PAGE! eferifrihafaUuwJiig front a muiar res* •w »m»: M ttcurge. patran taint naays circular: -Tberetollkely tbbe •f fCnsnwl: Stt. Denis of rnrnre. ttt. MSBESS 1BlowlMB0up> rruni nme v ?iwe> in tnv law, wf TUtntit. .ffl. ftiitvny WfjiWlft watertownhistoricalsociety.orgfera!*Blng of psrieJ*—Boato* Bvenlaf «t•t. . AwtreAMre * ,44 MHolland, at. I'Nirfck of INANCFS TOWER Transcript. IreJaad.>mt m. timid of Wales. By WALTKR W. I1BAD - Hughes We speak of "coal"; tauaedlaUly we visualise a pile of black lumps. W« Watertary's Largest Department Store apeak of "wheat"; la our mind we pl» turn a golden fleli of grain or perhaps the tamer's toad en routs to market. nuance is not a I commodity. Betngaa intangible thing. It i )s greatly misunder- stood. It means oao I thing to some peo- ple, another to oth- i Neck Pi ers. I WaltarW.rlssJ By reason of this At Very Low Prices in Our mystery surrounding It. It Is too trequently feared, an* financiers asaalled aa enemlea of tha Washington Depot, Conn. pubUc good, using their power selfish- ly to advance their own purposes. Mo nation or peopto ever achieved AUGUST FUR SALE greatness without the assistance of finance,—acomnulated ««*"*•„•*•* aged and directed by those skilled in the handling of wealth and money. Ao- Baum Marten Opossum Scarfs, - Sale Price—$4.95 cumulated reaourees are represented - Sale Price—$4.96 at times by hoards of gold, but now Friday, August 29,1924 Stone Mnrten Opossum Soarfe, freojuenUy by ships, herds, and other Squirrel Choker Scarfs. - Sale Prloe-$7.W productive agencies. America measures her resources ra IF STORMY, FAIR WILL BE HELD SATURDAY Selected Brown Fox Scarfs. Sale Prices—$19.75 tO $36.00 terms of billions of dollars. She has thousands of prosperous homes, myri- A Genuine Country Fair, larger an.l better than ever. Appropriate Engraved Silver Cupa Fisher Fox Scarfs. - Sale Price-$14.95 ads of weU developed villages and towns, thousands of miles of railroads and other V.'naWe Special Prizes will surely attract unusually large ami fine exhibits in the Double Mink Chokers,. . - Sale Price-$22J5O and paved roads. This has been pos- following divisions: sible through the investment and use , Stone Marten Chokers. Sale Price-$25 and $29.75 of capital or wealth created and ac- FRUIT, Vegetables, FieM Crops, Flowers, Canned Goods, Bread, CaKo and Pastry. (Apparel Shop—Second Floor) i cumulated by 4he cttlsens. When tha early pioaeers first trav- HORSKS: Ponies, Draft, Saddle and Driving. ^ •WdVrer (ho prairies, which are now REGISTERED DAIRY CATTLE1. Swin« and Sheep. i rich and productive adds, their re- i sources consisted only of a productive THE NEW DEPARTURE BUND OF BRISTOL WILL FURNISH THE MUSIC sou. a healthful climate, and the sun- i shine and rain neosaaary to the growth vmmmmmmKmmmmMKmmmmmnmmmmmmm i of vegetation. i Aa the early aettters wrought and PROGRAM Dress Linen produced and prospered, they saved. (Standard Time) t These savings they Invested In the 1 The Regular 89c Kind tools of production — plows, harrows binders, stores, railroads, banks and i 10:00 A. M.—Judging Dairy Cattle. § manufacturing enterprises. THESE i 1:30 P. M. Drawing Contests; Horses, Mules, and Oxen. | SAVINGS "FINANCED" PROGRESS. s The building of the railroads was the 2 :80 P. M. Saddle Horses and Shetland Ponies. _ I great outstanding contribution of 3:0() P. M.-rDealers'Automobile Parade. __ ' .. 8 ONLY 69c YARD finance to the development of the West. I The West owes a debt of gratitude to IIMIIBIIIWIIllllMIMIIBIIIMIIWIMIIi™ | the Investors In eastern states who i Colored linens^ill be worn all winter for smart house frocks as I ventured to invest their money In vir- For Premium Lint wi ite to the Secretary. » i well aa being by far the most popular fabric for present daytime 5 gin territory, making possible develop- ment by tha use of their accumulated RALPH J. AVERILL, PresWent I wear. At this low price every woman can have a good looking B reaourees. new linen dress for a little over two dollurs. White and several S Bank deposits represent very large- F. J. FORD, Secretary 1 ly the savings of the people/The loans desirable colors in stock. g they make possible are employed In Come ami Meut Old Fiien Is. j productive enterprises. Tbe develop- ment of the agricultural communities iiMiiBiiwiiMiwiiBiiiniinnniimiwiiMju^ depends very largely upon the credits extended by investors ht other com- Pearly Gates of Achievement. munities. . The development of munic- Heaven Is where tin-re IK pli-niy of trork to do, we liuve strencili i-imnsli fcterburv's Official Merchants' Bureau * Howland - Hughes | ipalities la possible very largely through the sale of .municipal bonds to to do It anil our work Is npitii'i-luirii. Investors in other plsces. All this Is WATERBIRY, CONN. TKLEPIIONK 1175. the work of finance. WHAT ADVERTISING DOES America has the best life on this ilBim^^^ WAGES HERE AND e*rth because It has the best adver- tised life, says Colonel W. O. Edens ABROAD of the Public Relations Commission, American Bankers Association. He HIS American factory worker Is goes on: "American health Is the bent DOLLAR T receiving wages the purchas- In the world because American peo- ing power of which Is above the ple are beat Informed In the ways and SAVE UP A DOLLAR wages paid In any other country of habits of health, largely through ad- the world. The British Ministry of vertising. American business Is the Labor has made a computation of largest and most successful In tbe and put it ie the Savings Bank. That dollar is the amount of food which the world because* It uses advertising the most American business men enlarge in the best-and safest place millions of.poople wages of workers In different cities r 'i of the world will purchase. In their business institutions In propor- DAY have been able to devise, and every day is sent the following table the purchasing tion as they advertise them. Ameri- out to work at the safest, cleanest work in the power of wages In London is taken can buyers become more shrewd In as 100, and the purchasing power spending their money in proportion world, and its wages go back to you. Day and of wages In other cities Is shown as they read advertisements. as percentages of this figure. The "The press of the United States Is Tuesday/August 19,1924 night the dollar works, it never gets tired nor table Indicates that the worker In regarded by many as the most power- quits nor strikes. It can't wear out. New York can buy more than ful of our Institutions. It must be twice as much food with his wages numbered with the schools and the - "A DAY OF SPECIAL VALUES" i than can the worker In London, churches as one of the trinity of most When you go on a vacation put your valu- while the worker in Berlin or- powerful creators of knowledge and Vienna can buy only a little more patriotism. Jome to Walcrbury and spend the day and save yourself many dollars on i ables in one of our Safe Deposit Boxes, renting than half as much with his dally "Advertising Is what It Is today your purchases. Trade .at tlie "OlUcial Stores." The following mcr- from $3.00 to $10.00 a year, and take the money wage as the worker in London, largely because of the power and suc- i or only one-fourth as much as the cess of the dally paper. Nevertheless. offer special bargains : for your trip in A. B. A. Travelers' Cheques. worker In New York. It Is true that the dally paper Is as i successful as It Is today because of New York «' advertising. Ailing Rubber Co. Jones Morgan Co. i The Watertown Trust Co. Ottawa , • "Tbe banking business has been ben- Henry Johnson 103 Apothecaries Hnll (.'o. - Amsterdam •• efited largely by . advertising within Andy & Phelan * . Kutz Millinery $hop ' i Member American Bankers' Association London 100 the last dozen or fifteen years. Bank- 92 Bedford Silk House ' Kelley-Mulvaucy, Inc. i Christlania , Ing Institutions have done more ad- S. S. Krcsge Co. 87 vertising than ever before. They have Behnont Lunch Stockholm Liggett Drug Co. Warsaw 85 Installed advertising departments Biers Millinery Store i Brussels 70 which acquaint their communities Bedford Silk House. Main Silk Store Paris 68 with facts formerly regarded In the Boston Silk Store Miller & Peck i Prague 67 light of Institutional secrets. The Boston Furniture Co. MUUHOII & Siebert Madrid " banker publishes facts whlea bnlld up Burt's Self Service Shoe Co. Metropolitan Furniture Co. Berlin \l confidence in bis Institution. Connecticut Lijihl & Power Co. Muesler & Lit'beskind Vienna BB "The result" has been that millions Colby-Sherwood Shot; Co. of people who formerly would not New Vork Waist House Tor llnsnrpMsed I I asting Taste liar M An,Important factor In the dif- Curran's Dry (Snncls (Jo. New England Music Co. ferences between the rewards of 'place their money In the care of bank' -rs. hut who hoarded It at home, en- Miss Carley's Shop Ohrbaehs Shop for Women workers is that the productivity of Alexander Dallas. Inr. the American worker haa been trusted It to friends, or Invested It In Outlet Millinery Co. wildcat speculations, now regard the Davis & Xyn UoossiiiH Luggage Store Aiests Always! Deasonable l/eeps [very Table Cupplied , greatly Increased through the use KiizniHurii'i' Shoe Co. of large investments of capital for bank as the safest place In the world. 8. Scluieer I Louis A. Frewlinan machinery.—Journal of the Ameri- Hundreds of millions of dollars have I can Bankers Association. been brought from their hiding places !(}rieve.-Bisset & Holland Self Service Shoe Sliop and placed In circulation, mnch to the IfainpHoii, Mintic & Abbott Sufrenheimer Bros. CHOICE VARIETY OP advance of America and American In- Hadley Furniture Co. . C. A. Templeton, Inc. I stitutions, as well aa American busi- WHAT AGRICULTURE NEEDS Hctwland-ITHfrlies Co. ^ Up&on-Singleton Co. ness/ Newspaper advertising has A. R. Isham done more for American banks In the 1 Walk-Over Shoe "Stare A recent summary at the agricul- last dozen years than any-other single Jaekli; Shoe Store F. W. Woolworth Co. J Johnson &. Smis Fresh fy Cured Meats tural Hituatloa grouped the needs" aa agency" i Murks Co. follows: 1. Increased and balanced produc- TRUST COMPANY GROWTH tion FISH >— 2 Increased understanding of cresV Nearly fourteen and one-half billions 8AFE PABKDTO It facilities of dollars sr* thu total presrnt r*- I. Increased market facilities sources of trust companies In tno W.iti rii-ir* "s Xw Parkiim H|»w. *hirh is one of the finest Vegetables & Fruits in Season 4. Better business methods United SUtM InFtltutlons ""Porting ,„ New Kn<'ld»il, will mid !-'rral'> «« lh|1 t*"ht"'» for 1>"kiulf; The Agricultural Colleges are work? anmber 8.47S w compared with 2 372 x.n « t to l,e SUM that your .-...- and its rontnits ..re safe and Ing out production problems, thehaata a year ago The actual figures for the r-h I V, I... ..»„*. input t« Hi" shopinnp .Ustrirt, >«u «.H hnil year ending June SO last are «]*•««• the credit problems and co-operative l'.s iM.kiiiir s|»..«- -" "rand M.«*l •« real l.olp »« y«», and a associations appear to be greatly In* BOO 000 resources, an comparrd witn Hail SUM!, WHERTOffll. Halt SlTHt, OAKVILLE. proving marketing facilities and bast I127U.M0.000 in 1922. representing a snuill ili.nw- of 23r. «li«-li is mw\v !•• .-ovr th«- expense or su- ness method!. of f 1,701,100,000. ncn ibiun, is charged. „' • 1 ' *--