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WATERTOWN. CONK, FRIDAY. DECEMBER IS, 1M» TWO POLLW HB VKA* •si. XVL Ma. 8. SCHOOL MAID DISCUSSES MPOtTANTjapROVEMEirrS IN WATERTOWN CHU ALSO WANTED HERE 8Uewalks On of the Moat Needed Amatol Bare by Coastafcia Harty Beaatiful ____- for Safety in Watertown of the Kings'* Ptaa—tai at and Left Town Without Pay- OakviUe Coogregetioaal Ckareh ing- Fine and Casts Sidewalks, one of most important Frank DTJva of Oakville, on* of Among the beautiful Christmas improvements needed in Watertown : four men fined $60 each on charges celebrations of the local churches and in Oakville, not only for the of violating the prohibition laws in safety of the school children but was the pageant "The Adoration of Pitteburg Tuesday failed to pay a also for all pedestrians, was the the Kings" which was presented at fiine imposed here two months ago, main topic for discussion at the the Congregational church Sunday it was learned today. Ha may be meeting of the school board last brought back to this town to pay evening by the members of the. Sun- week, held at the Baldwin school. the fine and costs-of the trial and Those present were Mrs. A. J. day school under the. direction of Mr. also to face suit being brought by Campbell, Miss Carrie A. Buah, a N. B. Hobart-and assisted- by the Joseph;- Amabile of Sunnyside Edward P. MsG»w*nt_Ralph_ /heeL-,- choir. • avenue with whom he used to live. er, Fletcher W. Judson, John Lynch The pageant was presented under DTJva, it was learned, was ar- and Daniel G. Sullivan, members of of the town school cimmittee. the subdued lights of the Christmas rested by former Constable Ted Harty of this town, on a charge of Gordon C. Swift, superintendent of tree. The manger scene was present- driving without registration. He schools; the three selectmen, George ed first with Miss Eleanor Beach as was fined $10 and costs and was E. Lewis, Herbert Shaw and M. E. Mary seated by the manger and Ro- put on probation to pay the money. Brahen together with John L. Scott, '«md William B. Reynolds, bert Cook, as Joseph, standing at Instead of doing this DTJva got into further difficulties. members of the traffic committee the side looking down. Two little He is alleged to have failed to appointed last fall at a special angelrin white kneeled in front make good on a note Amabile signed town meeting to study traffic con- They were Miss Barbara Lockwood for him and an attachment was ditions. and Miss Jean Lawson. As the placed on D'Uva's car by Mr. After studying the question those choir sang the Christinas carols the Harty. D'U.va secured the car present came to the conclusion that from the garage where Mr. Harty the best solution for the safety of angels dressed in long flowing white had placed it and left town without Tobes and carrying large candles the school children is to build side- paying the fine and costs of court, walks especially along the side of came slowly down the aisles and took it is alleged. It is not known the state highway, where the child- their stations on either side. They whether he was able to pay the $60 ren now walk on the concrete road. were Miss Christine Chaplin, Miss fine imposed in Pittsburg. The most dangerous place at ths D'Uva and three companions present time seems to be in Oakville Miss Shirley .topped a prohibition administrator Millicent Lynn, Miss Avis from Davis street north past Garn- Miss to inquire the way. A gallon of sey's garage to the Seymour Smith White Miss Alice Young, Miss Doro- whiskey was found in their car and & Sons' factory. The plan is to thy Rice, Miss Gladys White, and they were arrested and their car start and build sidewalks here and confiscated. Miss Catherine Rahn. then to extend them as rapidly as They were followed by the shep- possible where they are needed to herds Ellsworth Wheeler, Richard IMPORTANT GAME FOR keep the children off the travelled Beach, Irving Mclntosh, and Billy WEDNESDAY EVENING portions of the road. John Lynch Ford, dressed in sheep skins and car- and Ralph Wheeler were appointed rying shepherds' crooks, and finally The Watertown High school bas- to represent the school committee came the three kings carrying gold, ketball team will play one of their and to work with the selectmen and fcankjncense and myrrh. most important games of the'season traffic committee on this problem. ?v'*The kings were Harry Hartwell, on Wednesday evening when the The selectmen reported that the Henry Bartlett, and Henry Copeland. Crosby High school five will be their present difficulty came in establish- TRe church was attractively decor- opponents. This game was origin- ing the curb line with the state.'The ated with running ground pine, ally planned on to open the new state requires a five-foot shoulder on wound around the white columns of gymnasium in the High School but the side of the road between the the church, under the direction of the work has not progressed fast edge of the concrete highway and Mn. David Davis, Mrs. Austin AUyn enough to guarantee the use of the the curb, and this distance is hardly Mrs. Claysen O'Dell building before Feb. 1st. The Com- available at the present time at all s. Claysen (VDell aiwfFrfdcric* points where a sidewalk k needed. ,G. Camp. On the beautiful whit_ e wjntty Hall in OakviUe wiU be the scene of this battle and/- should The committee now intends to draw coloniaill tower of thhe chuwh* » eacfck up plans showing where it proposes night during the Christmas festival prove to be a game wort/ going to see. Both schools a*?' presented *to place the curbing and submit a large electric star shines, adding these plans to the state highway de- Christmas cheer. by a fast combination, tfho are al- ways striving.to run up a large partment for definite action. If a curb line can be established the curb Manger Service at Episcopal Church score. A short time ago Crosby and Watertown met on the Crosby floor SPLENDID COMMUNITY HOLIDAY DANCE LEGION AGAIN ENTERS can be built and. a cinder walk put • The manger service for the chil- and at the finish of the game the BASKETBALL TEAM in place temporarily. dren of Christ Church was held Brass City boys were on the long end CHRISTMAS PARTY AND PARTY At the present time the Oakville Sunday afternoon, attended by- the of a 29-20 score. The local boys arc fire district has about $760 in the children of the Sunday school, their out to reverse this score and have Entertainment— The Topsy—Turvy Watertown Hands Chrysler Red bank to be used for this work. About parents and teachers. Lart* Number of Children From Heads a 26-24 Defeat For three years ago the Watertown fire bc«3n putting . strenous practice Local Ckurcbaa Attend Annual Circus Each child brought a gift to the Christ! district and the Oakville fire dis- sessions during the past week. After Christina* Calibration service, for the children of the New- the game there will be dancing and 1. Chariot Race from Ben Hur trict voted $260 each for sidewalks ington home.. Christmas carols were Serrau Syncopators have been en- with all nations taking . part; the When Le Roy G. Woodward Post providing that amount which it is sung and attendance badges were gaged for. the occasion. The children of the local churches great Apache, Sinbad the Sailor, ofjthe American^Legion entered a understood was voted by the town, awarded by William A. Bartlett, enjoyed' immensely the annual Little Eva, Captain Kidd, Abd-cl basket ball team in the field last but none of this money has been- superintendent of the Sunday school. Christmas celebration held Satur- Krim, Marie Antoinette, Josh Youn? year they wanted to be at the head used. The Oakville district, however Sunday completed 11 years of per- LOCAL NEWS and Cy Billings. of the list and at the close of the has laid aside each year $250 and fect attendance for Miss Marjorie day afternoon and evening under season the Legion team had gained now has enough to start work in Reynolds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Miss Eleanor Richards a student the auspices of the Civic Union. 2. The arrival of 1929 just a few quite a reputation. So successful was building the curbs. William B. Reynolds of Wheeler at La Salle college is spending the The children of the Congrega- days ahead of time but a very peppy last season's undertaking that this All drivers who drive back to street. She received a gold bar pin. tional church and St. John's Church young lady as her dancing feet wil' year they also entered the field and Dorothy -Hoffman who has had per- Christmas holidays with her mother Watertown after dark know that first attended the moving picture prove. Miss Marilyn Ranslow. their representatives have started there are two very dangerous places fect attendance for 10 years was Mrs. A. A. Richards. in to defeat some of the best outfits The Terryvile High School basket- in' the Community theatre at five where they are blinded if a car with also given a gold pin. Silver bars 3. The Colonial Dame proves that in the state. The Chrysler Tied ball team defeated the local high bright lights is coming in the op- were given to Henry Welton, Wal- o'clock, where Captain Kleinschidt's the world does move by becoming n Heads, one of the. fastest and widely school team in a league game play- posite direction, and that an acci- ter Weidemier and Carl Sorenson for Santa Claus film was shown, Christ- modern flapper; Miss Nancy Good- known teams in New' England, who five years perfect attendance. To ed in Community Hall in OakviUe dent is liable to happen.. These mas carols were sung and each ing with Miss Semono Marcbux. as claim Stratford as their home was places are first in Oakville from child presented with a box of the magician. anxious to book the Legion team as Davis street north to Smith's shop Watertown was the only team to de- and second from Oakville garage in candy. Later the children of the y 4: Memories of the Pink Lady in feat them on their own floor in two Watertown north to French street cord for seven and the latter for six town Fire department will be held in Methodist and Episcopal churches a fascinating exhibition of ballroom years. Christmas night was tho date at thveld cemetery. " *' ' years Two years perfect attendance the Dept's rooms on Tuesday even- dancing. Miss Eleanor Richards and decideM*6if and the Stratford. tpntn enjoyed the same program. which adds one bar to the original ing. Every member is requested t> Mr. Edward Norman of the 1927 and were primed for a victory. To their one year perfect attendance pin were attend this meeting as officers for The children were. attended in 1928 Minstrel Shows respectively. utmost surprise they found the itjDDEN DEATH OF * '*>'•• awarded to Anna Case, Betty BarBartt- the ensuing year will be elected, marching to the Community build- Watertown team to be stronger than GEORGE WILLIAM GIUHFIM ltlettt , BarbarBb a ReynoldsRynolds , and Lor-Lor1 , MMrr. and MrMrss . Harold M. Dean and ing from their respective churches by members of the fire department 5. The Circus Girl prepares for her last year and as a Christmas pre- etta Donston, Bruce Gilbert and Ber- 'daughter of Montreal Canada, were number, being a scene in the "pad sent the Chrysler Red Heads were Word was received in • town under the direction of Chief Ray Tuesday of the sudden death in nice Steele received a one year per- recent visitors with Postmaster d hi* asaistent Victor room" of Ringling Bros. Circus. handed a 26-24 defeat A year ago feet attendance pin. 'John V. Abbott. Itaiuner * Miss Evelyen Barbaret assisted by the defeat was considered a fluke San Diego, Cal., of George William In addition to the gifts brought | Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rogers of Fogelstromgelstrom. Griffin a former resident of Water- Willi Guns Baldwin. victory by the Stamford delegation this afternoon, 26 beautiful dressed Springfield, Mass., have been visit- William A. Bartlett, chairman of followers but after the defeat of town. Mr. and Mrs. Griffin resid- of the committee in charge of the dolls made by the Parish Helpers so- jng Mr. and Mrs. James Rogers of 6. Cinderella arrives but wouldn't their favorites on Christmas night ed in town for a number of yeas ciety, will also be given to the New- Hillhurst avenue. exercises and Mrs. D. G. Sullivan be known until she put on her make- for the second victory on their own and about 8 years ago kit for San y, led the singing of the Christmas Diego, CaL, to visit Mr. Griffinfa ingtonhome. Rev. H. K. Robinson and family up; A demonstration in boudoir se- floor they changed their versions of of Oyster Bay, Long Island, spent carols. , . crete by Miss Harriet Nichols, as- last season's victory. A return game parents. Liking the country' of The boxes of candy were packed At the Methodist Church Christmas at the home 6t Mr. and sisted by Miss Semone Marcoux. ' - with the Red Heads has been booked California better than the east they and distributed by the Girl Scouts. continued to make their homo Sunday evening the sacred can- Mn. A. W. Waterman of Woodruff avenue. Mr. Robinson was formerly for January 4th and the Pheonix •here.. Mr. Griffin'was wall tata "Bethlehem" by Maunder, was ASKS DAMAGES OF $25,000 7. The Grand Finale in which all known to Watertown being a mem- minister of the local Methodist avenue armory in Waterbury has rendered by four solo, voices and a members of the cast take part. been secured. The line up of the ber of the Watektown Fire Dev i»h™-"ff Humiston, aho; Harold , Seymour, was a visitor' in town over the holi- road on Sept 11. Permanent injur- days. ies are claimed by the local man. The early returns indicate a great Totals 9* 9 tenor; Wilbur Allen, bass; Edward CHRYSLER RED HEADS William B. Reynolds, who has F. Parke, musical director and organ- Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Canty and number of people are planning to at- recently resigned as Scoutaattir y tend the dance and party to be held B. F. P. ia£ Joseph Crape, violinist. family of Waterbury spent Christ- Watertown -High school basket- 0 2 2 after four years servioe, was | mas at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ball team cane out on top of a Friday night Special attention is Burns, rg. « surprise patty by tha man The members of the chorus were Bedell, lg. 2 5 9 Mrs. Ralph Humirtob, Mrs. John ED. Keilty of Scott avenue. twin bOl with the Alumni at the being given to all details in order of Troop 1 Boy Smote at 4* L Oakville Community house last Sherriet, c. 1 .4 Eerner, Mrs. Benjamin Post, Miss Mrs. E. S Carroll pt Woodruff Ave. to insure an enjoyable evening for 2 0 4 cabin at Lafca Wiimsmang last is entertaining.her father from South Wednesday evening. The girls Risberg, rf. Emerly Post. Mrs. Kenneth Peck, all. Gayly colored paper hate and Meisrole, If. 1 8 6 Mrs.-Alice Johnson, Miss Elsie Fitch, Orange, N. J. . \'\_ started the ball rolling with a 14 to 10 scon and the boys followed confetti streamers will add to; the T*e eabm Miss Evleyn Edwards, Miss Drudlla Joseph. Hanning of New^Hawn 6 12 med with Uttlehales, Miss Dolores ,.DeLinko, spent, tiw holidays at his hoibe on suit with a 29 to 25 victory. Both fan making. Festivities will start Totals -- andTCnWrtsm Mrs. Edward Barton, Mrs. Edward Highland avenue.. '- -I';: . games wer« ^Interesting and some at eigh,t-thirty and continue ontu Score at half time—Watertown very gbodrpbving was demonstrat- Legion 16, Chrysler Bad Heads 11.... „ , _ „. Parks, Floyd Bariow, Harold Baa#- ', C. C. Cpok who has been on the mid-night Special lighting -effects r ford, Harry, Fenton P. B. Hudson, tick" list has recovered and able'to 3d especiallyby the high schoc jfefene—Bronhy. Ttaf-Twb 20 Reynolds, was teams. will be used. I minute periods. Lccn Squires and ~ be about again* , 1 1 ".*•*". •??•'» ' -•• ,.-• V.%-!. '-jfcj** '"* . 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8«eklag oat the homes eftae •WauayV It waa bast a teal eave men of tat Untta« " equipped restaurant ta die heart of a Mr. aaa Mrs. J. W. Victor bath a*e far away Diet to dtatrlct where MagnaloafS of assay . - ^sw^i^ ^fk^^ waTa^sara* sMBSKsaSSnanas1 saaaafe then of th* nationalities sre quartered. ara tuna ninety, incur raw»w^\w» 65 of wUen stated n gen after tit* Confederate evacuation awe of a targe following. _ '*» . tag buUt Tat occupied by the awn, 47. however, preferring "Jimmy's" waa owned by one Joseph students Interviewed at CSISSJBU aat- James, s young American who served ot Carton, Mam Yeans Mil Victor, Wins visited <*e of the twenty sealed barroom win be a court ThTfees wbOe If expressed no preference. Ia> rerslty. the College of tbe City of New Federal court refused to lift the psd- an the plants reporting the work was) la the American army and was stt- whose boms waa at SadbyvUla, Mew Tillage, remaining to Arisona and Hew York, aad New York university. timed at Tientsin. Fame cams to was detailed to scouting duty with a Mexico, delved into their family eus> locks, fastened because of liquor vio- of sach a nature as could fee ' "If he looks collegiate, then lations. equally satisfactorily ay either i "Jimmy's- almost overnight detachment bavins; headquarters In toms and their history. He found them probably not a college man." was the. Three years ago the place was virtu- Memphis. still loyal to the Catholle faith, a"da- The Klrby hotel, built to 1844. was declaration of Sidney Block, algbt edi- a political rsadaMoaa. aad many es- Comparatively little objection wa» ally unknown, save to a few soldiers Most •etttooat Runner. talnlng n family Ufa exceptionally tree tor of the New York University News. sad sailors. One night s prominent One afternoon be waa scouting on a from friction and reartag ehfldren raers began sad ended to the eoon- foaad to exist aawag manufacturers "Affectations are a thing of tbe past; ,cUs It*boosed. Abraham Uncoto. to the employment of marrie* women. American, attracted by a sign reading Union movement near tbe Tennessee- who-srewobedient snd of the nest as-, tbey sre-not--wasfdns*any-more.' "American bam and eggs." dined at Mississippi line. He- mer's«s»sthsrn Horses Greeley. Ulysses 8. Grant WH- Out of a total of 22 companies employ- At Columbia athletic sweaters with Uam T. Sherman, Phil Sheridan, Hub- Ing women, only seven wflt sot keep -Jlmmy-a." He waa astounded at tbe party, ta which was Miss Msry Mitch- * "The Pueblo woman ta tbe absolute varsity letters sre taboo. Instead they excellence of food snd coffee. elL The party had been to Memphis master of her home," Wing asserts. ert IngersoJI sad Roscos Coaklln were a woman worker after marriage, and) sre wearing small pins on tbe tape! of smong the msay tattoos persons whose Proudly young Jams* Informed him and was returning to tbe Mitchell -There to no Individual land owner- the jacket with the varsity tl" Even one company, requlrea say woman em- foo d va bBr plantation across, tbe line ta Missis- ship, hut each man ta alloted a piece names were oa Its ragJeters. ployee who marries to resign within- that practically-a1t~of »«» * of land which be can cultivate asleag tbe athlete. If he ta to be ta good form. Abner Klrby. once mayor of Mil. six months. »x establishments, while -- ported from America. Tbe word spread sippi. Young Victor saw Mary-and may not swagger around tbe campus. waokee. waa tbe early owner. Be offered to escort the party to the aa he works at It tadustrioualy. Wben Be must act conservatively sad mod- pot following a rigid rule-oaVdUcbarg- aalckly. Americana and Brltoue to tbe crops sre harvested and stored to designated bis 188 rooms by names. tag married women employees, follow large numbers flocked to tbe place. plantation. estly. However, the students may be- Faded newspaper dippings tell of bis "Pd never paid any attention to the house they become tbe property of deck themselves with sll tbe dsss s policy of discouraging them front Within a short time It became the the wife Moat Pueblo marriages are sending newlyweda to "Paradise," the remaining. . • , -P:~ fashionable gathering place of Shang- soldiers until I met Bill." Mrs. Victor pins and keys they can manage to bridal suite, snd Inebriates to the said. "I'd been busy fighting Yankees. successful snd their family life tocon - lay their hands on. and they ara do- SOWN Want tin Married. hai In tbe small hours of tbe morning genial. All observers comment on the room called "HeiL" He bad bellboys On tbe other band, 16 companies an- , The customers made many suggestions But I did pay so- much attention to ing Just that walk through tbe balla reguftrly snif- him that we were married within a obedience and good behavior of the courage woman workers to remain- to James, but the latter would not Pueblo children." At New York university, according fing for gas. ' • • change his equipment Be stuck,to year at Memphis." to Block, there has been s decided after they marry, while tour coropa- • In one great communal cliff house Klrby boasted of tbe comforts of nlea out of the total number adapt the rough board tables, tbe thick mugs Both Mr. and Mrs. Victor are In ex- drift toward mustaches snd long bslr. bis hotel with the alogaa, "Wake me and the thicker glasses. He steadfast- cetlent health. They are Interested In explored .by the writer 1.800 rooms and with these acquirements, the stu- their policy to tbe dreumstsneee lo> were discovered. - , up when Klrby dies," which be bad-eactr Individual-ease. One company ly refused to supply other than paper politics and tbe sdentiflc developments dent Uexperted* to sdopf the- pass of embroidered on napklna and"-' stamped napkins. . of the dsy. the artist and the musician. At favors widowed woman employees. upon menu cards snd stationery. Tbe majority of Industrial managers, "Jimmy's" sold no Uqnor and none ••Why, bedtime used to be about Woman, 85, Sold Papers Columbia university, according to The city council has been no more waa permitted on the premises. A 8:80 o'clock when I was a boy." be Harold A..Rousselt, chairman of the successful In removing padlocked however, evidently do not consider a husky "bouncer" waa constantly on said. "But since the radio came In I SO Years on Same Spot student board and manager of foot- structures than have private con- woman worker's marital status aa a> duty to stop nghts between seafaring never go to bed until tbe hut one Berlin.—Fran Pauline Bath, aged* ball, the black derby, with frit crown cerns, Tbe city widened Cedar street pertinent or Important factor In de- awn who patronised the place. signs off." eighty-five, la the first and oldest and larger brim. Is coming Into vogue to relieve downtown traffic. Tbe termining her desirability as an em- And alght after night It was a com- Made Good Splea. newspaper seller of Berlin. She re- Baggy Tweeds Wane. court refused to lift Its order on a ployee. saon sight, ti see sailors In and out Mr. Victor has not been In Shelby- cently celebrated her golden Jubilee In The popularity of baggy tweeds Is closed place so that It could be re- But while tbe opportunity for em- of uniforms, soldiers, marines, mer- ville since be left home at the age of her little atall In the busy city street waning. At dances. Rousselt said, moved for tbe street widening. ployment ta tbe manufacturing Indus- chant marine sailors, beachcombers, seventeen to Join the Army of the known ss Alt Moablt where she baa the correct thing la to appear ta tries where the work Is of such nature- dancing girls, clerks, Chinese, and men South. He was under Gen. Sterling sat for 12 hours every day since Oc- evening clothes, snd It Is also smart aa can be done equally well by either and women In evening clothes seated Price when the Confederates besieged tober. 1878. Her reminiscences are to appear the next morning at clnsses Church Kissing Cult men or women la practically the same at the tablea In "Jimmy's." Lexington, Mo* and forced the Onion mainly concerned with tbe growth of In formal dress. On such occasions, for women as for men. less equality leader, Colonel Mulligan, to surrender. Is Revealed by Suit The once familiar sign "Jimmy's tbe city's street traffic. the student Is expected to seem blase, Galllpolls, Ohio.—That kissing Is one exists ta the matter of wage earnings. Kitchen." Is gone now. The owner has His regiment's first engagement, The only thing that disturbs her not to show any fatigue, and to act Women'* hourly earnings In the man- however, was In the bed of the Des as If nothing unusual waa happening. of tbe essentials of salvation ia the cone Into the cabaret business and baa contented-mind Is the increasing.com- doctrine preached by.a cult here, as ufacturing Industries range approxi- disposed of the famous restaurant—_ Mollies river, "somewhere along tbe petition of other newspaper sellera in At all local universities the state- mately 85 per cent lower than those- Iowa-Missouri line." the neighborhood. "I have never asked Inent wnrnuTdfThat the dances them- revealed In s court appeal filed with of menr-Thla.—however, the confer- "We were slipping up on a Federal for any public assistance in my life," selves have become peppier and more Probate Judge John G. Evans by an ence board's wage studies disclose. Is New "Engine Trouble" force, and. as It turned out the Feder- Informal. Cut-in dances sre more excommunicated member of tbe due to tbe generally smaller output she says. "All I hope U that the po- church. It Blamed on Stork als were slipping up on us," he ex- lice won't allow any more news stands popular and general than ever. This of women rather than to any unwill- plains. "We met In the dead of the near my own." type of dance permits a man to break The sect has been responsible for ingness on part of Industrial manage- Anchorage, Alaska.—Something new night In the middle of the river and up a couple and dance with the girt. breaking up aeveral homes and la now ment to pay them the same as men. In the way of an "alibi" to explain both sides went back to their own side Irish Army Dwindles A big "stag" line Is considered neces- on tbe verge of shattering another Tbe fact that earnings per hour of the lateness of a scheduled train of the river." • • sary for the success of .any dance. happy family. The pastor uf the women working on a plece-worfc basla> comes from the operating department Mrs. Vlctort services to the Confed- "Stags" are Invited, and it la stylish flock, who Is blind, ta charged with From 50,000 to 5,000 teaching his flock that promiscuous where the basic wage ia the same aa of the KuKorok railroad, out of Nome erate cause consisted chiefly of watch- Dublin.—Four years ago the Free to go "stag." • ^ for men, which Is the case In many In connection with the official re- ing Federal troop movements along the kissing Is hightly desirable and nec- State army numbered 80,000. Gradual "They provide the gay time," ex- essary to escape damnation. Instances, average less than the earn- port. It should be explained that the Tennessee-Mississippi border and giv- reductions have brought the figure plained Rousselt . ings of the men is cited In evidence. Kugorok rallwny system Is the only ing Confederates sufllclent warning to Married men kiss other men's wives down to 9.000. and thla process wl Chorus girls and actresses pull and married women do not hesitate to This la also the reason given by many one known which relies on dogs for flee to safety. continue until the number la 5,000, all strongest with college men. The old- employers for the lower wage rate* motive power. "We petticoat runners," she said, kiss other men, It Is charged. The highly trained and equipped. timers will recognize that In this there man who gave the Information to the allowed women where wanes are pald» In this Instance a distemper epi- "were the best spies because tbe baa been no change. "Often," said on a flat-rate basis; • * demic all but wiped out tbe "engines" Thla force will form the nucleus of court said be waa "read out" of the Yankees were not afraid of us." a large army, which can be made Louis Oranlch, editor of the C, G, N. church because be refused to kiss tbe Woman's Pay .Boosts Greater. on No. 1. the fast mall, leaving only Y. Mercury, "an entire colleire dnnee a vixen to put through the mall to State Registers Babies available If required. There will be a •- -™ ^^S congregation. He also ;':.. Women. hi«wever.-bave. made a rel- strong reserve and> new. volunteer Is demoralized as all, __ [knocked down one mem* atively greater economic gain ta the- the north. On arrival at the terminal by Number* and Names around the stage neaotJK" the "engine" was visited by the stork, force la being cre>tetf with periods of bar of tbe church who attempted to general rise of the wage level during Topeka. Kan.-Thls state enconr- annual training. ' * This year the collpce students sre and since tbe war than have men. the necessitating substitution of a new and agea parents to know their children "making whoopee." They are "mak- kiss bis wife. untrained lead dog. It la planned to establish an efficient average hourly wage earnings of wom- by numbers as well as. by names. college for the training of officers, and ing whoopee" when they go out for en in the •manufacturing Industrie* All went well until the half-way It reserves the right however, to a good time on a week-end. They are 'Tar Heel" Farmers point where trains No. 1 and No. 2 the experience gained to tbe United now being approximately 100 per cent assign the numbers to new born ba- States by the officers who recently re- "making whoopee" when they go out higher than in 1014. while those o« pass at a siding. Here the new lead bies. When the bureau of vital sta- with the crowd on adventure bent Do Well With Bees •lipped his leash and gave chase to turned from study there la expected to Raleigh. N. a—As a farm Industry men have advanced by only about 14O tistics to the state board of health prove very valuable, They are "making whoopee" when per cent It must be token into con- a rabbit causing a delay of several they take out their glris and neglect In North Carolina, beekeeping la a records a birth certificate. It Informa $2^00,000 enterprise. sideration, however, that women'* bonrs. k' the child's parents under what regis- speed limits. For the lexicographer's nourly earnings ta 1914 averaged only As a climax, the reserves In the dog- tration number the document Is filed, Americans to Displace benefit, the word. It should be ex- C L. Sams, atate agricultural ex- bouse got Into a fight and chewed plained, when"used by the college man tension specialist, saya the honey 60 per cent of men's earnings. and suggests that the figure be re- Chinese on U. S. Ships alone Is valued at that figure. Twelve Women's total earnings over • pe- each other so badly that an entire membered by the family. Seattle-Americans nave changed means raisin* cato or baring a good new complement was necessary. time generally. years ago it was worth only $468.- riod of time average less also because- . This Is a new paUoy-liiasganttd by places with the- Chinese: members of 914.16. At that time there were only women ta Industry -par In less time- This was the hard luck story related Dr. Earle 0. Brown, secretary of the crews on Jteamsblps of the American - New Slang theatrical. to the superintendent by the head In this connection, Oranlch ex- 20 farmers who bad 100 or more col- than men. The average number os board. Doctor Brown points out that Mall Una and the Dollar Steamship onies, snd not a person In tbe state hours a week worked by women wage engineer when called to the carpet to the registry number may be helpful In plained: "ThThee nen w expresslonp a this tell why the train was many hours company, beginning recen«f- ™» devoted full time to tbe Industry. A earners during 1827 In 25 manufac- biter years If the certificate must be move Is In accordance with the pro- year are mostly theatrical, taken prin- total of 164.956 colonlea produced turing industries was 4&3 as against 'late. . • -'. • '.- ' • located Immediately In tbe state ar- visions of the new mall contracts cipally from Variety. •Racket* mean- 4^62.866 pounds of boney. 482 hours worked by men. with the ing a 'good party* ta much used; also Old Seafarer's Relic* chives. which provide that two-thirds of the This year there ara 2H945 colonlea result that the average weekly earn- employees of each ahlp. taclndlnrof. the- expression laying an egg.' to in- ings of women workers were approxi- dicate that something went over big. of bees ta North Carolina and they Given to Yale Museum Musician Calls Jazz fleers, aball be cWaens of the United A atudent laid an egg* when be got produced nearly 14,000,000 pounds of mately 40 per cent less than those of New Haven, Conn.—Logbooks and States. ' the professor to give him a perfect honey: Due to Improved conditions tbe male workers. More frequent ab- paintings of craft which Capt Wil- a Fountain of Youth Each of the present type ship has tbe Increase of 61.000 colonlea boosted sences among women further contrib- Berlin.—Jack Hylton of London, grade. He laid an egg* when be liam Cllft of Mystic. Conn, had sailed been carrying 128 Chinese in its crew. made a bit with the girl with whom production nearly 10.000.000 pounds. ute toward their relatively lower earn- as master have been given to Peabody known as the "Jaxa king of Europe," This number will be replaced by Amer- ing capacity la industrial pursuits. baa discovered tbe secret of eternal be flirted at the dance." museum at Yale university aa relics ican boya and men. It waa agreed that smoking smong ( Rich Stoaa Ago Final of early maritime history of the New youth. Arriving In Berlin with bis coeds was more general and open. Vernon, France—A Stone-age tomb, Boy Accuse* of Firing England coast. Jaxa orchestra for an extended stay, , H**4sM w Tft fight on'tbe campus.- 'discovered In the'-valley of Bpte, Captain Cllft died In 1882, fifth hi be said: ' ' Bemliemont, France.—Hans Her- France, is proclaimed aa one of the Home to See Sweetheart Hne from the lint Cllft who came "There is nothing that keeps a fel- snVT' Blwk. mann, German; is tbe sole prisoner in "Dutch" treating among the sexes richest finds of the kind ta recent Cumberland. Md.—Arrested after he from England to Sdtuate, Mass, All low so eternally young as playing In years. It contained a great quantity Is said to have made a confession to BOOS In those generations were sea- ajaxsbaatt. Jaxs is an expression of a beautiful buHdlnr which has accom- bas made some Inroads, but the wom- modations for sixty. Be baa sis en are vigorously opposed to the sr- of human nones, broken utensils. police, David P. Lewis, eighteen years farers. Captain Olft himself bad youth, of Joy, of bubbling enthusiasm. chipped flints sad other articles of old. Is tatJai l here on a charge of at- several hobbles He always sailed on Anybody who plays It cannot help but keepers. Attested- tor pummelling a rangeroent At Oty college students Frenchman, Iw la the only guest avail- said it bat progressed to the pMnt historic Interest, belonging apparently tempted anon. •shares," never failed to make his ves- keep young. to the Neolithic period. Lewis, authorities declared, con- sel pay a dividend and never permit- "More than that, our men can for able Just aow for the JalL where girls ask to advance whether the date will be "Dutch" or not At fessed that be attempted to set fire ted sailor, officer or passenger aboard the most pan play six, seven, or Nagget to swear, play cards or drink. Columbia the gMs are saying thumbs Kept ea Tryia* to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Francis eight instruments. All sorts of differ- Sydney. N. 8. W.-A gojd nugget down, making the men pay. Newark, N. J.—Joseph a Braelow Screen on October 28 In order to scare ent muscles of the body are Invoked weighing 210 ounces was brought to However, the Idea is *» keep dowa Is a firm believer to tbe principle that Bernetta Wilson, his sweetheart, who The U.—1 ABU In tbe process of playing them, so recently by • miner returning from expenses. A "heavy date" Is one It you dont succeed try again. Once was ta the bouse, outside, so he could Washington.—Senator Bobtnson has that a man keeps In good athletic New Guinea. The New Guinea reefs, which cosfs more than SI and Is to he got a city Job after taking IB dvU- talk to her. received a letter from Senator Curtis training If be Joins a Jaxs band." experts believe, will develop Into the be avoided. Stay-at-home girls are service examinations. Be passed them Lewis was srrested on Information* expressing thanks for cordlaj.snnport ,»ost..Jinj|itfaBt gold fields to the the. wane tnls year, which makes this alli-ln fact; was first eight times, but fnrnianed by Mis. Bva Wilson, who daring the campaign. They ran against Eat Oysters and Grow, southern hemisphere. easy, say students. Yet tbi college somebody else was appointed after the lives wltb tbe Screen family and who each other, you know. Alibi: Sten- New Zealander Advises man. If he la to be ta good' font, must first 14 teats. Now b e la buyinbi g s seat reported bearing a noise Iste on tbe ographer's error. know when to skimp and when not on tbe New York stock exchange. night of the fires She went to a win- London.—The months with It's" in obooooooooooooooooooooooo* When In evening dress It is com- dow and saw a familiar form hurrying " to grow In, to take a taxL away. The fire had been kindled to Geneva. Switzerland. — So many If tbe results of iQej DeWsl0SiDvaSS> | asiSSSjB Vvenjsp v^s>ssa^ssawaai^*^^^^ folks with fantastic Ideas have been John Malcolm, New Zealand physiolo- for College Youths j North Carolinians before It caused any damage. writing to the League of Nations that gist, reported to Nature, bold good Ithaca, N. Y.—A novel col- thieves Steal 84 Hens It has found It necessary to establish generally. legiate stunt baa been Inaugu- Boost Acre Values Leave Orders for More ! a crank file. The contents are secret Doctor Malcolm bas found, by test rated by students of Cornell Raleigh, N. a—Improved methods Haverstraw, N. Y.—Louie * Philippines to Carry feeding of rats, that oysters are a university here., of farming have increased the per Hoyt of Haveratraw. reported ' on Drive Against Rate good source of vltamine A, which pro- Every Saturday evening a lo- acre production of North Carolina to tb* police that thieves raided Manila.—The Philippines sre to be ' motes normal growth. cal vaudeville and movie the- agricultural lands from GO to more Us ben coop at daybreak, car- made healthy for humans by becoming Belgrade High School A native New Zealand bivalve, ater sets aside to Its evening than 100 per cent since 1906. ried off fifty-six bens, and left unhealthy for rats. - • ' known as tbe Toberoa. la even better performance a ••whoopee" hour Statistics made public by Dean L a mean note scrawled on s Bepresentatives of tbe United States Girls Must Wear Black than the oyster, the experiments In- for the exclusive use of Cor- O. Schaub of North Carolina State piece of paper saying that they army, the public works department Belgrade.—Tbe mlulater ot dicate. A.Toheroa canning Industry nell- students. college-show- that, tbe .avenge .produc- would be back for' the young the bureau of health and other organ- education Issued a general or- Is growing up. the product being sold tion of corn was 1&9 bushels sn acre chickens wben they bad grown isations have Joined to s comprehen- as "Toberoa soup." During this Hour all the hiss- der forbidding Belgrade high ing, boolag, groaning, deriding, ta 1MB, while in 1927 It was 2Z8 up. * sive plan framed by Dr. B. W, Hart, school girls to wear elaborate raising and advising of actors, bushels. "Fatten them up and we will chief quarantine offlcer. dresses and warning them not Veic* Low is Power previously under baa by the For cotton, the yield of lint to- be back later," the note read. This plan provides for rat prouflns to use cosmetics. New fork.—The power of human theater's strong-arm squad, will creased from 240 pounds an acre to Hoyt said tbe thieves also took port areas snd storehouses, s anvea- He designated a uniform con- speech has been measured electrically be permitted. 292 pounds; tobacco roes from 608 two large bags of corn to fetid trated campalgtt of trapping and p.*- sisting of an 'ordinary black by Or. Harvey Fletcher of Bell tele- The "whoopee" hour la a pounds to 720; wheat production In- the bens. Ha said If they came sontag. laboratory examination »f rat dress with a small beret cap. phone laboratories. He finds that If compromise growing out of a creased T.4 bushels an acre* an aver back be would have a shot- carcasses to discover the earliest tavt-' School officials ara required to' 6,000400 persons nil talked af once, conflict between theater man- age of 110 per cant: rye. 4B bushels, gun ready and a burglar alarm dencss of bubonic plague, and deter examine clothing, Bps and la ordinary tonea. the sound power agement and students. or 47 per cent; oats. 6.7 bushels, or rigged up to Ma b* mlnatlon of "the lira Indss for vsrluus cheeks carefully. -i thua created would be Just sufficient 48 per cent; Irish potatoes, 2» bush ports of tat ela. and sweet potatoes. 19 to'llgbt an ordinary incandescent lamp. O0OOO4 looboooooooooooooi

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The latest JWM dlstiac wrist « wide coat steevee Anetter. ttf t' ' • 'lijWI sjrsfghf tailored coat. totav s sabtly artistic *nsoat to pate Jtf£P# sleeves, and th*> third to the wrap I stiver "tinsel, lined wttb white set*, cat with a flaring noanee to ft over I and trimmed with a deep shawl eat- -aohn. deer." phoned fh» tappar the fashionable bouffant dance frock. I lar. wide caffs and a band half way B, j jm Mat ^M4^BAft sBeaasl assaanlaf nulaasi iMflMfc There are several variants of each round the ben of light gray dyed fox anas. ™» wise gtm •umu "••• •- In the dolman, wrap-eroead aad some calendars with you teaJght.- of these types to meet the require^ "What the beck do yon want wit* nenu of evening dress as to lines ntted-Ooonee style of coat netoi calendaar be demanded. ^ and combination of goods and color. brocades, damask and printed and -Oh." aba npltod. "I've tost heat* Both the metallic fabrics and the plain velvets are all considered to be of a date podding that to awfsHy •oft velvets are being worn. Among good this season. Some of the to* good and I want to try naktog eae the metal cloths, writes • fashion eat metallic fabrics an better adapt- for dinner." correspondent to the New Vo»k ed to this model than formerly be- Times, some are shown with the cause they are more sheer and more ABSENT-MINDED BARBER thread of gold or silver Interwoven supple These ran the gamut of with silk in delicate tunes, which colors. Some are richly oriental to softens the effect and makes a color- tone end design, others ddlcat* to ful background. Some delightful ex- amples are shown, the colorful threads giving character to the fab- ric, the pattern being etched to the metallic thread. These fabrics are far more eJab orate, more subtie and more Intricate to design than the bolder, .pattern* of the glittering brocades of the last few seasons, and many models of wraps show the One artistry to rood advuntage. An evening coat brought from I'arls by a young woman of the fashionable New Tork set Is cut like a cloth street coat with the con- ventional coat sleeve and with a narrow scarf of the material, which to. carried to each shoulder. At the nwk the two ends are drawn togeth- "Shave or a hair-cut?" er over the shoulders, where they Washington crowds will brave tee: form n flat bow with long streamer* Two in OM Oy ELMO, SCOTT WATSON and snow for the White House recep- at the back. tion. Above Is shewn a part of the We had a fine canary; IIKB many of our other Many Color Combinations. We alao own a cat; long line waiting to shake bands with We have no more canary. " holidays the celebration of President and Mrs. Coolldo* at the Popular demand to . growing for New Tear's day has un- this simple style of wrap, and It l« But puu la now quite fat dergone many changes annual New Year's reception in the appearing In countless attractive col- Executive Mansion. Mmtting Man's through Uwpassfng years. or schemes. One model bus nlle "Ton have made some wonderful ex- Of coarse, the custom of „_„ the first drink, or the -cream of trreen mid silver woven In a pattern • :——•• ; plorations of ancient tombs." holding "watch parties" the well," Is sure of a handsome hus- of wuter lilies and leaves, which tire at which farewells are branches of vervain gathered In the band. outlined with a silver thread ami "I have," the eminent archeologist 'said to the old year and sacred Grove of Strenut the goddess Unlucky, too, Is the good woman have a tinted background. A flat "And I am inclined to think that the the new year Is welcomed of strength, were presented on the who gives away a light on. New Tear's scarf of the brocade lined with sil- ancients would have contributed more In Mill survives and In al- first day of the yeai- T47 B. 0. day; where a brand goes out the ver tinsel Is carried up euch side of to progress If they had paid less at- most any city or town In As fur back as the era of the evil foys corae In. The most tender- the open front and forms a tulliireri tention to private monuments and I the land you..are pretty Druids, New Tear's gifts were mode hearted woman will see her neighbors though not very wide bow at the more to skyscrapers."-Washtogton In England. Just at midnight on New Star. sure to hear whistles being blown and shiver In a flreless house rather than back of the neck. The sleeves of give-away-s-Hght-on-tbe-New-Tear. this and all of the tailored models bells rung immediately after the forest cult stole Ipto the heart of the stroke of 12 on the night of December In Nottinghamshire, a superstition are made after the manner of a semi Wag—of on Arbitrator 31. In the large cities cafes, restau- enchanted grove, and cut sprigs of exists, which might have had Its-orlgln dress cloth coat sometimes with "Dick and Dennis were quarreling rants, hotels and night clubs are still sacred mistletoe with their silver In practical economy. It to unlucky to cuffn of the material. over which should have the bigger knives, glittering along their mystic take anything out of the bouse until half of in apple," announced Mary, the centers of New Year's eve cele- In another model the tailored <*oat Wrap on Tailored Lines of 8Hvsr and brations, and great crowds of merry- curves In the moonlight These sprigs, something hud been brought to. "but I soon settled It" to adopted with more generous treat- Green Brocade. makers still throng the streets, al- sent out the next day, brought luck Take out. then In, That's a good girl," said her moth- for the year to thosu so fortunate aa ment to a softer design and the color though'the Eighteenth amendment has Bad luck will begin; scheme Is • more ornate . In It art er. "Whose part did you taker to possess them. Take In, then out, tints, and they come In both floral "I took both their parts." was the -curbed some of the hilarity which used Good luck cornea In dresden tints, and both gilt and sil- and even geometric design. to characterize the celebrations. But The Saxons celebrated so gloriously ver threadi* are Interwoven to define answer. "It was a lovely apple" and so druhkenly that they even reck- runs the rhyme In Brands' "Antiquity," ver threadi* are Inte The reverse of these sumptuous most of the old customs, associated wraps of splendid fabric, elaborate oned age by the number of "Iolas" or While funeral services over ''Old a pattern of lotus flowers and long, •with New Tear's day. Itself, have al- •lender leaves. Different flower mo- workmanship and fine fur trimmin* JVcoer Saw a Locomotiom most passed out of existence. Among merry-making wassail-bouts In which Tom," the old year, are being held Critic—Ton have written a fine play. they bad participated- tifs, conventionalized, are woven In are the wraps of plain velvet made them Is the ceremony of "paying New. hilariously In tons and taverns, troups mauve, green and blue with silver without trimming, which depend for There Is one scene In particular that Tear's calls." About the only relic of It was In Queen Elisabeth's time of boys go about beneath lighted win- and sntnll brilliants like dewdrops their success upon the cut of the gar- even Shakespeare codd not have pro- this ancient rite In this country is the that the giving of New Tear's pres- dows singliig: sewn In a sprinkled design, creating ment and the quality.and color of tb-J duced. „..,_*. annual reception at the White House, ents reached a height of burdensome- 1 wish you a Merry Chrlstraaa a brilliant effect material. One wrap tn particular, Author—Ton flatter me. Which where thousands stand In line, no mat- ness not even surpassed by the pres- And a happy New Tear, Cue handsome evening coat repeats seen at the opera, was a lo»»se. scene do you refer to? ter what the weather may be, In order A pocket full of money. ent endless chain of Christmas gifts. the black-and-white motif, which Is wrappy dolman of white velvet the Critic—The railroad accident In the to get a chance to shake the hands of From the loftiest peer In the realm, And a cellar full of bear. And a good fat pljt smart this year. It Is a full-length skirt of which was cut with a cir- last act the President and the First Lady of down to the lowliest servant Good To aerve you all the year. cular flounce, the bodice finished In the Land. Queen Bess expected a present In pro- Ladlea mad centlemen tiers at the back and the very large portlcn to the gtvev's means. One Sate by the fire, r fto Porposw In considering the various ways in Pity we poor boys collar and cuffs made of Russian The Visiting Sheriff—When I was which the custom of welcoming the chronicler says that her wardrobe and Out in the mire. Jewels were principally supported by sable i last here you bad a prisoner who was new year has'been observed through Of course, the singers are asked to An almost exact duplicate of this on a hunger strike Did be get any- the centuries, It la Interesting to note her New Tear's glfle There were looking glasses, caskets, silk stockings. come. In and drink the householders' wrap to made of pale green velvet thing by It? that New Tear's day was not always health In ale and stout and cut In full cape shape at the top. The Warden—Sure he did. He got •celebrated on January 1. The peoples Jewels, money. . > Bishop Hall's "Satires." published to It Is In Scotland that the custom with a bias flounce of graduated so thin he slipped ont between the of the ancient world, the Egyptians. of Interchanging purely platonlc kisses length, dipping at the back, attached bars and made bis getaway. Phoenicians and Persians, and 'those 1698, tell how every tenant at the dawn of the New Tear presented bis has flourished. In the memoirs of at the line of the hips. Satin of the of the Far East celebrated the com- Lord Langdale by Sir T. D. Hardy, It same shade Is used for lining, and DIDN'T TAKE A TONIC mencement of the year either in the lord with a fat capon; and Ben Jon- Is recounted, bow just at 12 o'clock, fall, when harvests were Inl for the son, in bis "Christmau Masque" Intro- silver tinsel faces each side and lines wherever you, may happen to be. you the large wired bow fastened at the season, or In the spring, when new life duces among his cast of characters proceed to kiss the nearest girl by was pushing upward In every blade of "New Tear's gift In a blue coat serv- back of the neck. In a wrap of this way of a New Tear greeting. After architecture a strap la sewn on each grasr and every budding almond tree. ing roan like, with an orange and a a few quarts of spiced, warm ale, it Even among medieval Christians, the sprig of rosemary on bis head." underside of the front through which doesn't always stop with the first, the the arms are slipped to bold It close first day of the year generally corre- Oranges or nutmeg, glided and dec- writer declares. sponded with the spring equinox. orated apples, were frequent gifts In about the flgure. March 2L tercnanged among the poorer people; In Scotland, no work was done on One of the most elaborate of these and Indies of fashion delighted In pins. New Tear's as late as 100* no posters wraps seen this season was a sym- It was Julius Caesar In the Boman or cabs were at the Waverly station Invented about the Sixteenth century, phony of form and color. It was «mplre who decided that January 1 in Edinburgh, and. a visiting noble made of two tones of purple orchid, should be the opening show of the to take the place of the clumsy wood- ord had'to wend his way to his hotel en skewers used before to fasten up the wrap of velvet to be worn like a new year; and to England, William in a milk cart cane, with a scarf of the velvet at- the Conqueror picked out the same the kirtles and hold down their stom- achers. Here we have the origin of Christopher Columbus, so far as Is tached at the neck and lined with the ! day because It happened to coincide known, was the first white man to lighter shade of orchid. This wrap with the date of bis coronation. Eng- our own "pin money"—a gift of money celebrate New Tear's day In the given In place of pine will answer suitably for wear with land returned to March 25 for a few Western hemisphere. While his ships evening gowns tn the fashionable centuries. It was in 1582, at the Gloves were another fashionable were undergoing repairs on January 1, gift, and so were books, of a sort—In grays, rose, mauve, beige and white -Ton say be was ran downi DM adoption of the Gregorian calendar, 1493, he enjoyed a sumptuous dinner Interest in Capes. that January 1 became the accepted 1604. Prince Henry, then ten years be take a tonic?" with two savage monarchs on the Capes are revived In several In- "No, took an ambulance" New Tear's day of ail Catholic coun old, sent blr father, James L a short Island of Haiti After this meal, his- poem. The precocious princeling wrote teresting models. A few long, cir- tries. Germany, Denmark and Swed- tory says, the discoverer of America cular capes cut on the lines of a en followed suit In 1700, England In It to hexameter Latin verse had his first smoke of tobacco. Leagtay Over England »nd Scotland, to the military cape are shown. They are The cnalrtnan Introduced a man 1761. The Pilgrim Fathers and the first 1 villages of the plains and the high- made of different materials, some of Who was renowned tbroseThoat tae ' Julias Caesar having made January families of the older states of the luxurious brocade In metal and col- 1 a general holiday, the populace went lands, superstitions dating .back to the We alched. aa he kept on hie feet, days when the beacon-fires of the Union enjoyed a quiet holiday as each w. others of velvet, satin and fur. -A chairman ought to take a seat" Into the thing in true Latin fashion. year came around. They feasted, but One of beautiful metallic brocade Is •They made sacrifices to Janus, two- Druids lighted the death of the old year, still exists, according to students not until they bad attended religious made by a Parisian designer with a faced god of the new year, looking services. In the Nineteenth century A Dolman Shape of Rose Velvet cowl-shaped collar, which bas the ap- backward and Into' the future; they of folk-customs. It to considered un- -Then we came to the lovely Woe lucky to wear old clothes on the New people with big bouses and flowing With a Box Collar. pearance of a smaller cape This has paid,visits, they feasted, masqueraded, sideboard held open house on New a lining of pale rose velvet match- tea. Ferdinand stood under a palm «nd gave gifts. Magistrates, entering •Tear; bad luck falls on a house If garment cut with tailored precision and folded his arms." anyone goes out before some one bas Tear's day, and from' all over friends ing that of the wrap. office were given congratulatory pres- came afoot, on bicycles and In surreys on straight lines, and Is made or -to that all?" ents; and the emperor himself entered. If the first comer—"first- hlack end sliver brocade, the silver In the variation of details and foot" as they call It colloquially—be and stanhopes to pay short visits and points of cbic In evening wraps -But 1 was to the arms that be graciously permitted each of his sub- sample the contents of wine cellars. being of a new frosty white- rowel folded."—Oik. Berlin. ject* to make him a present of a a man. good luck will bless the house; tone. This coat to lined with white American designers are particularly If a woman or a fair-halted man, the Then they went off to call on other hsppy this season. One designer pound of gold. These quasl-ptesenu friends. This custom began to pass, velvet and the sides are ffaced with incktoevIL So widespread to this be- lld also whose clientele to among .the most known as "Strenae" stiver, ghlchlsusew d also 'VSJ! thS,||SeI "^BFBJrfBTBT BrTT"T"l p'"*» " —— — „ ritoa us wwsv iuaue~aH- mi must be planning to bay a^ whirb gradually Included all New" lief that In many villages the diri to Un»'VsMniPtnstTrfoT*-Tlrawn Paired mew of tne*eo«hmnlty make Twentieth' ceatury.^witomeblles and ln one color, but to several tones and Tear's gifts and Is reflected la Franc*. cabarets, ft was succeeded by "noth- close about the throat Wide cavalier sometimes of two or more materials. •Why?" of today, where New Tear's Is known It a regular business to go from bouse cuffs are also faced In the same aU to house to "take the New Tear In." ing but wine" habits amid the thou- One of simple elegance to a wrtp- -I eee he's letting his wlto drive,"— as "le Jour d'etrennes." The origin sands who frequented cafes and grill- ver material. .roond. full-length cape-dolnan of Everybody s Weekly. of the tern le connected with the In Herefordshire, at midnight the girls nub to the spring. The one who rooms to the cities on New Tear's eve. Other superb fabrics'are alao osed delicately patterned gold metallic legendary King Tatlus, to whom for these tailored evening coats, such brocade on a background of cold FmM—Nctm as the lustrous colorful silks, heavy •stln. This to lined with transparent Mr*. tastUs-The totfwttons aiw act more, naturally than on formal At Lea* Heights with gilt and silver In artistic pat- velvet In the earae shade of gold. t the esrrow skirt will centime occasions. Another advantage of air travel- Is ternsr which are of a weave that will The collar consists of a scarf of the to be won a great deal this sea**. New Year's Day Calls that In the .present state of aviation •Wand alone" These brocades are velvet shirred across the nacs of the Fond mammas told their unwed very costly and when fine fur Is- add- Her Husband—Til bet they wont; ae. daughters that among \ so many development they cant keep thumb sjeck and draped.to two large, Mft as nmch won as the men's old spring New.Tear's day was a gala occa- Ing you for a ride after yon once get ed the price Is almost prohibitive. revers In front «Mon"ln the lives of the New Tork charming and eligible young men Among the latest collections some they must surely find' one, on whom well sturted.—Ohio State JournaL A coat wrap of Jade green moire city belles of former times. Each beamifn! coats have collars of Iml to a supple weave Is made «tth_wt- expected her men friends to accept they could bestow their affections. ta'flnn fur. which Is effective nnd will Te> Fimuh the /sift '•••'*&« w In sleeves which are widened below her niiepltalltj en New. Tear's.day. It must- be noted, however, that the • ••>••••" ™ • • ™ w er bear comparison with the genoln* young ladles had to be fast work- A Cnlcugu university professor find* the elbow wltb a shirred wMtb of ar- On tbai day barriers were lowered skins of fox In white nnd the light the moire This wrap to lined with think? I a bit aria the strict soetaL form was ers. No natter how Informal these that 8 a. m. to loo early for bis class to philosophy to assemble.- Here to tints, and ">rmlm> «n«l chinchilla. satin In a lighter skate of green, relaxed to the extent that the men New Tear's day calls were. It was Velvet for Kvsnlng Wraps. a gross breach of propriety for a •we philosopher that seems to. under which turns outward over each ~"~ ^MsNew u yaw cmld did not need special Invitations or TeJvet Is next In liiipurtanrc to to) form wide drape* tevem •tga • cover for the ptctere- formal Introductions, and Ufa young young man to stay more than ten stand human nature. — lltooeapoUB brocade In evening wraps. R todies could.talk more openly and minutes.—New Tork Times. Journal. Property of the Watertown Historical Society

p. a. Ithtnas as they ere ssoksa ******* 8. Carl . trary watertownhistoricalsociety.orgworld in wnMi wm Urn U P. Editor the colonists had been Xto per cent loyal to Kin* Oeocfe. there would TAftSP* CONFA. *0OH fa have been no American republic Their sense of humor saved them— Entered as 2nd class matter at tha|New Haven Jonma^Coarier. at Hart- .Watertown postofftce under act of March S, 187a. REaitTRATION DELAY I "FRIDAY. DECEMBER 28. 1928 Public Can Hals Relieve Uwt Minute A AN INTEREtTINO EXHIBIT Congestion. Early Registration a will beheld Great Aid. Problems of, Service Are her 17 and vJB be addressed by John Intricate. Simplified Procedure Q. Tllaon, floor leader Indiana as become impatient, file complaints Washington in the preliminary tariff brought out in a brief colloquy be- and to a considerable extent make deliberations of the last several tween himself and Representative things as unpleasant as possible for several weeks and has declared him- LaOuardla of New York which oc- those whose duty it is to wait on self as in favor of an extra session curred in the House of Representa- them. The fact that these com- of Congress for tariff revision. Uves on Monday during a running plaints occur makes it seem likely The conference has been arranged debate on the enforcement appro- that there, is a much larger dissatis- by the Connecticut Chamber of Com- priation. Mr. Wood is a leading dry fied group, of which the complain- merce. Its! president—Arthur Seed in that body; Mr. LaGuardla a lead- ants are the extremists. Kimbajl of|Waterbury will preside. ing wet We quote from The Con- With these conditions in view it The head table will contain a distin- gressional Record: setms timely that a better under- guished list of Connecticut's busi- Mr. LaGuardla: Mr. Speaker, will standing of the business done by the ness leaders. Members of the 1928 the gentleman yield? Department of Motor Vehicles might legislature have been invited to at- Mr. Wood: Yes. help, if not to ailevlate the condi- So it would seem that If it is noyance could be eliminated. or the benefit of assessors. ,. M , tend. In addition to the members Mr. LaGuardla: Is it the conten- tions, at least to keep some patrons nderstood those persons who find chamber, the officers, Some of the reasons advanced by necessary to know where the o( tne sUte tion of the supporters of the re- in a more reasonable frame of mind. motor vehicle was bought and when, fault with technicalities wlU b»gln to directors and members of the lead- duced appropriation that what is be- The handling of the licensing of cars persons who do not register earlier nd as to whether the car is owned ing local chambers of commerce, ing done is all that can be done for and of operators is a periodic busi- are undoubtedly legitimate but to a realise the need and that the techni- prejudiced observer they appear iy an individual, etc. calities enforced upon them are for manufacturers associations and oth- the enforcement of that law? ness. There are now in Connecticut er trade associations throughout the 325.000 registrants of motor vehicles trivial. One is that there may be There are two or three questions Mr. Wood: It is not all that can m the application for motor vehicle their own good. It has been possi- state, and the Hartford luncheon be done. When you get law-enforce- and 360,000 persons who become op- heavy snow storms add accordingly >perators* licenses which are uni- ble time and again to show objectors dubs are receiving invitations to ment officers who are 100 per cent erators. In addition about one-quar- the registration will not be needed ormly taken exception to by persons this in specific instances but with- attend the conference. Over 500 are honest, when you get the coopera- Ur, or 80,000 of all the cars in the after the first of January and may expected to attend. tion of the State law-enforcement state are changed by transfer in the wait over, another that people are o whom they relate unfavorably and out doubt it is rarely thought of as a In the Invitati'-.u f^'der to the tar- officers who are 100 percent honest, course of every year. The sections poor after Christmas. Therefore in connection with which there ill principle. iff revision cot *rm 9> appears the when you get the cooperation of of the office which deal with' acci- they wat untlLDecember 30 so as. not probably be at some time in the uture a decided change. The ques- Branch Offices following staten**< 'ilitied "Tariff FederaL officers &»d of State officers, dents, suspensions and other general to have to givev up any money until In this connection it is necessary tion as to whether the applicant has Revision AffecU . branches of with the sympathy of those officers activities handle approximately 75,- the very last minute. There prob- also to remember that branch offices, road and Is familiar with the motor Business:" '"?:<** w''iier a study of in favor* of enforcement, then we 000 cases a year. ably are occasional meritorious cases which cannot be so closely in touch the tariff will iw one of the chief will come more nearly to doing It can safely be concluded that of this kind. But in the final analy- vehicle laws seems to constitute a with the head of the department, perfect 100% invitation to perjury. activities of Congress. The first ma- what the gentleman Inquires about more than in any other S»ate de- sis, the reason which frank people cannot have powers to waive require- jor revision of the tariff In seven Mr. LaGuardla: And, in addition partment, the Department of Motor give for failure to secure registra- The question whether one has been ments. The instructions of the Com- convicted within four years is ob- Hearings will be to that, it Is only fair to add when Vehicles is in close touch with the tion in ample time is "neglect" or missioner to the heads of branch of- . followed by the we get legislators of that same high adult public. Add to this the fact "procrastination." " jectionable to many people who have flees are to be technical and to in- committed offenses which in their writing of a new tariff bill and Us degree of honesty. that a single car is not always di- sist upon exact filling out of blanks probable consideration by a special Here we have unquestionably the rectly the business of any one per- All of which goes to show in a nature are not criminal. The ques- and in general to see that every de- rather broad way the difficulties tion as to revocation of licenses, is session of Congress. While a re- solution of the wretched problem. son but is involved in and assists in tail which seems to be required by vision of the tariff Is important to When everybody in any way con- the business of many, all of whom with which this Department strug- occasionally useful as an office pro- law is complied with. It is amusing gles in connection with serving its cedure. The need for these ques- all manufacturing states, it Is of par- nected with the enforcement of the become-thereby interested in Its reg- and interesting that again and again, ticular Importance to- Connecticut law—the lawmakers, the enforce- istration and its operator's author! public. It seems proper to say fnrth- tions on the application is debatable in fact many hundred times, there zatlon, it begins to appear how many er that the business is increasing but all others are necessary and Not only to manufacturers—who are ment agents, the various administra- are people—usually ladies—who re- most directly concerned—but to all tive departments, the constabulary, persons there actually are who are year by year. Again, in general must be" answered correctly and hon fuse to give their ages and the ques- terms, there has been an actual av- estly in order to make the proper of our business Interests. Our manu- et cetera, etc. and etc., Including compelled to do business with this tion then arises whether or not that facturing prosperity affects the pros- erage increase of approximately 10% record. It is also debatable whether the acquiescence on the part of department. With this foreseen the age must be required. Obviously it perity of our banks, our insurance hundreds of thousands of citizens work of administration has been dis- per year for ten years, and the time in all applications the fact that they it necessary, because at the age of has arrived when congestion exh-ts •companies, our public utilities, our who resent the rape of the ''consti- tributed as evenly as possible are required to be sworn to is worth 21 a person becomes an adult and merchants, our brokers, our farmers tution and the introduction of tyr- not only on highways and str.-ets while. It would seem to be a fact the motor vehicle laws apply differ- throughout the year. our business men in general. The but also in business relations which that a man who would lie would ently in some details to adults than ranlcal powers seized by the gov- Distribution of Business state chamber has called this con- motor vehicle registrants and oper- cheerfully swear to a lie. So there to minors. So the technicality Is at- eminent—when all these elements The period ahead from the time ference so that Connecticut's busi- • combine 100 per cent in support of when this bulletin appears In the ators have with the State depart- is apparently some chance that with- tempted to be met by the applicant ment. nes leaders may secure first-hand in- the law in every technical sense, press until the 15th of January is in a year there may be simplification by stating "Over 21." Branch office formation on the tariff revision sit- then the vindication will come and fraught with difficulty for the De- Alleviations in the applications for. motor vehicle heads have no discretion except This .can only be alleviated in on uation. An opportunity for questions no more money will be. required to partment of Motor Vehicles. When authorisations. Just how much time through the head of the main office will be afforded." that is lived through Chen from the or two'ways or by a combination of' enforce the law than is required for and he does not feel that he can let The statement concludes as fol- 15th of January until the middle of both ways. The first and most es- can be saved that way and Just h6w any other law. , There is no states- go of one iota of it without upsetting lows: "In 1921 and 1922, the state, February there is a slight breathing sential help for the public welfare far one can go with it Is still unde- manship which lacks a sense of hu- the whole system. chamber played a helpful part in the space during which department offi- is to secure good housing quarters termined. • Conclusion fight for the American Valuation' cials and employees are getting for the main office in Hartford and Assuming that somewhat shorter It is a fact that with the best in- Plan: Its secretary and other cham- ready to handle the business which enough additional branch offices to and simpler applications can be had NOTICE tentions in the world the department ber representatives made many trips comes due on March 1, the renewal take care of some of the increase it stands to reason that evasion may is only able to keep up to the to- to Washington and presented the of operators' licenses for the year. in business. It is probable that the. be greater. This is logical because crease of business through the view of Connecticut business inter- Sewer Assessments The same difficulties exist in this Incoming Legislature will finance evasions usually follow the line of cheerful co-operation of those whom ests before congressional commit- The Watertown Fire District com- activity except that it is a little fast- and authorise the erection of an of- least resistance and where the op- it serves. Those who are members tees. These activities aided in se- mittee, at a meeting of the said er process to handle an operator's fice building for the State depart- portunity is greater there will be of long standing in the department curing specific duties for many Con- committee held Dec. 18, 1928, made license than It is to handle a regis- ments. The land, for this building more. Consequently simplification, begin now to realise the tremendous necticut products in the tariff act of an assessment for sewer purposes tration and a larger proportion 1B' has already been acquired so that outside of questions Involving other pressure of business which has de- 1922. These specific duties have on property: and against' property handled through the mail, but it al- there is reasonable hope that within than motor vehicle department work, veloped in the last few years. This helped to promote and maintain owners, on Cutler street to the so is the case that there is no ad- a comparatively short time—one or can be expected to increase evasion seems to Indicate that the time has prosperity for Connecticut Recently amount set after their repective vance business done and the whole two years at most—the housing dif- substantially. As a general thing about come when more executive the state chamber published a folder names, as follows, to wit: volume remains to be handled in a ficulty may be solved. It is the pol- these evasions are unimportant and machinery is needed so that every containing the views of prominent Southerly side from Main street short space of time. Usually the rush icy of the Department to ask for the only reason they are brought up member of the public can'receive Connecticut manufacturers regard- easterly to point about 38 feet east- at this time is as severe, but because the establishment of additional for discussion at this particular time is to make it appear that to supple- that attention to which he Is entitled ing the tariff situation." erly from the east line of Porter of the facAhat fewer people stand branch offices distributed where the on every problem. Another deputy street. in line there is less complaint need is greatest If these offices can ment simplification, as outlined there The conference will be a luncheon will need to be additional police is needed and enough additional ex- Methodist Episcopal church, $851.- be granted and established during ecutive help to strictly supervise the at 12:45 in the ballroom of the Hotel After the operator's license rush power and additional police enforce- Bond at Hartford. Because of the. 13; Hazel E. Farrell, $485.34; May is out of the way the business of the summer period when there Is branches. It is hard for an over- S. Platt, $230.97; John and Dora to nronerly do it, then, when ment. There must be enough of each driven man or woman to be kind advance interest indicated in. the the office goes on in a fairly smooth to take up the slack if the public is conference, business men who de- Loughlin, $216.00; Daniel G. Sulli- the maiIOn properloffice gety su uo n" a> footin"* ' g with „ ^ . •„. ,__t. i« «.„ nnwil» Is and courteous and to appreciate the manner through the rest of the to be relieved. To sum it up simpli- sire to attend are requested to send van, $390.30; Rollin F. Cashman, year, so 'far as public complaint; is ample room, the whole, ftprocesi s caitnh problem which an applicant baa in $15,00; Frank D. and Emma B. Car- be speeded up and without the addi- fied methods must not be adopted his mind. If there is enough strain their reservations to the state cham- concerned. to an extent where they will further ber without delay. • * ver, $507.30; Charles H. and Carrie April 1 brings the end of he first tion of more than a reasonable num- and pressure to keep such a condi- M. Skilton, $369.00; Carrie Loren- pro rata period and the spring reg- ber of clerks better service probably crime. tion constant present service will sen, $251.46; Estella Mattoon, $300.- Department's Position istrations. During the summer a can be given. All of this is pretty The whole purpose of this Bulletin drop off. That time has not 7* been 00; Charles W. Atwood, $921.00; two weeks' vacation period is allot- certain to happen. David Davis, $225.00; Gertrude E. is to state the position of the De- reached In the Department of Motor To the Highest Bidder ted to each employee, so the depart- The other angle along which help partment's relation to the public. It Vehicles but is possibly near athand Miller, $225.00; David Davis, $264.- ment is running short-handed but 1B' can be bad Is to make processes of 00; Harold Thompson, $550.71; Alida seems necessary for such a depart- and the whole problem of adequate pointing the whole situation towards getting registrations and operators' Mtnt head as the Commissioner of.. service needs the remedies and as- Washington, Ashworth Exec, $525.00; Watertown licenses impler. The complications the business of the next year. The Motor Vehicles to consider the sub-'slstance pointed out Ita^jample former Realty Co.,. $904.71; Merritt Hemin- sections which deal with accidents, in connection with the taking out of oi tat' way, $114.00. any authorization either for a car or Ject of any authorization issued by space and opportunity is - suspensions and financial responsi- him not only from the standpoint of .meet the —"• *~ - U S Manse! Northerly side from Main street for an operator are occasioned not Second, bility are busy the year round with the State but also from that of the under proper conditions, Corps, has offered easterly to a point .about-' 371 feet so much by the filing of the informa- current business. If there is' any let- person who gets the authorisation, thero should be provision for re- himself on the '• easterly from the west line of pro- tion needed for that purpose as they up at all in the average business might be extremely serious for search into the problems of the pub- auction block WOT perty of Lauretta Carmody, done in these sections it happens are by the fact that the motor vent shed from the prob- "work or for mar- -to-t -autho ftmelia M. llidtuox. $735:30; Mer- during the severe winter montns. de registraic w*. defective In any particular, be-jlems of ttie State ull*«n attempt we to the high*,, ton and Alida Lamphier, $180.00; ly fine system of records has made est bidder." He is Registration cause if the person who receives it to simplify the methods through 26, in perfect Dennett E. Evans, $150.00; H. Ger- By making it possible to register it possible to use the machinery gets into trouble of any kind the sit- which the public approaches the health, but without evolved in the process of its admin- trude Woolson. Almon Dayton and a car for the ensuing year as early uation in which he found himself State. a Job. Clara E. D. Hitchcock, $313.71; as October 1 and by tempting the istration for purposes other than mo- Finally, in order that there may tor vehicle authorisation. Informa- might take a secondary position and Charles and Clara Briggs, $180.00 registrant to get his business out of he might be "legally assaulted be- be no misunderstanding, the policy Emma Barton, $203.10; Est of the way through the offering of an tion for all such uses, both direct cause of tne oeieci. A person «.pw-, of the Department of Motor Vehicles, Riches for Convict I Sarah Keilty, $405.78; . Margaret opportunity to reserve a desirable and Incidental, Is necessarily sup- ating with an improper operator* U- its Coinmisskmer and every single Kane, $631.05; Edward P. McGowan, registration number before Novem- plied. On the application blanks cense has no standing in Court He; employee thereto. Is •»*^a» *»1- $304.05; Charles Holt, $376.80; ber 15. a goodly proportion of the there is found besides the owner's Louis Cternt, is practically an outlaw so his oner- lows: ThThee. head of the departmenp t 52, inmate of Charles S. Hungerford and Terrence business for the following year la name and address his age because ator's license must be proper. It Is and every one ot its employees is a F. Carmody, $996.00; Annabel Hem- done before the first of January. In the age determines whether or not very often hart for a person to see public servant hero to help admin- Nebraska State inway, $1,926.00; Lauretta Carmody, 1927 the amount of business actually he most file financial responsibility. why'the office-Is so particular and ister the lawB of the State of Con- Penitentiary since' $1,113.00. done before January 1,1928, amount- Then there are a number of neces- so technical and so difficult In its necticut in a fair and Just manner 192& has.dreams Deferred assessments: ed to one-half of the total business sary questions for identification of interpretations and adjustment of with courtesy, exactness and care, of freedom' and Charles W. Atwood, 54.2 feet; of 1928 and 1928-9 bid fair to be the car for police purposes, so that what seem- to him to be minor ques- in an attempt to represent the do- wealth as the re- Charles W. Atwood, 51.64 feet about the same. If the public would any car may be picked' out possibly tions, when considered in the Urnt wns of the. State so that such prob- without the registration number, and lems as they fcave .to .deal with in sult of a The above assessments become due respond in sufficient numbers and of his liidMvduai needs, but if look- he and payable sixty days after Jan. 1, take advantage of the opportunity a determintalon made as to whether ed at in their relation to others to connection with motor tehicles are 1929, to A. T. Webster, collector in offered so as to spread the applica- or not that car is in the proper own- the proper way It will be understood passed upon and determined for to said Watertown. tions more evenly over this three ership or is perhaps stolen. There that every technicality Is a protec- them In a correct manner. In con- of months period, a great deal of the is a question upon which the prop- tion to an who take the? authorisa- nection trim this policy and with a Attest: MERRITT W. ATWOOD, erty tax Jurisdiction is determined It Clerk last minute rush and Property of the Watertown Historical Society ?•," •3L •L*

wttbha the boUday. watertownhistoricalsociety.orgMiss Lots Sweet. Mr. iBkOtoal*,' Httcheoekat day the week-end hi art left aa Sunday for her nrLawaeaare at the boew of Mr. aad \ Marshall. Waterbary. ta Maw Teak,- • • . Miss Lootse Cords* of Hew 1 •Ae First chnreh society dtotru' Mr. and Mia. Ho*as4 Tarrelt • Arthur and ieoaard Ashworth vea spent Christmas Sunday at wted t* baskets as Chrtstmas greet- vita Mrs. Terreil'e panata, Mr. sad home- In town. logs to homes where there was in- Mis. Oeorfe Brewer of Thomaetoa, Winsted wen Tjsttng relatives town on Tuesday.' Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gibson en* aesa or other'reasons for being shut- 'Ztt, and Mia. C C. QrlswoM enter- tertainetertalned Henry F. Gibson This baby was found in-a sewer toward a Mr. and Mrs. i. FX KlmbaU enter- n Mew York by milkman Joseph tained Hobart CMswoM and family talned Mr. and Mrs. Kenwortb. Kim- Charles Gibson on Christmas day. «i Kr. and Mr. B. W. Abrams had as Berowitz while be was making bis and Miss Maude ChnrchiD of Wash- ball. Mrs. Harriot -Terrili, Mr. and Ellis r^rnea of New Tork has frW Uicir guests at Christinas dinner. Mr. sarly morning rounds. Hearing tagton rt Christmas dinner. I Mrs. ClUtoid Terrili and Mr. . aad vtglting th!s week with his aunt. Mrs.) add Mrs. George R. Stones and sons •>ounds issuing from a sewer, Bero The Ikekshire and* Honnewaug Mrs. Roderick Jvdson and Sherwood Idda Dames. II and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Crane and wit* invest:sated and found this districts made ready'for Santa Claoa Bennet on Christinas day. Cfcarlea D. Dakln and family will sou Horo-r of Waterburyb . little tot . E. A. BIEBCB at a large gathering held at the home j . coombs Is spending the- V* Fla. Eev. George Ewlng of Springfllsd D Mr. art Mrs. Winifred Atwood' will conduct the service at the North of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Lynn on Idayi wItii his slater in Washington. MOVIHOAMD Friday evening. * The welcome was D <3. leave about the first of the year tor • Congregational church Sunday morn- Color Cures given by Carolyn Lynn with recita- Miss -Miriam Sweet spent the tbelr annual winter visit to Delano,* in*. By replacing white walls art red tions bj Mary and Isabel (Richmond, week-end in Boston and then left dame from Yonkers. N. Y., on Mon- Miss Hawley of Brookfleld baa coverlets In hospitals with delicate come to spend the winter at the greens, yellows and mauve ones, It When in need of sarwiee Mary Lynn, Christine Computasi, El- for her home in Woodsville, N. H. day to. spend the holidays with, Mr. la claimed that patients are kept eanor Atwood and fire of the chil- Mr. art Mrs. Bdwara" A. Crane and Atwood's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bnv Stiles House. She recently enter- la a better temper, sleep well, art in my line, fat say dren from the Buell Baby home. Miss Mary. Crane spent Christmas erson Atwood. tained her brother art wife from leave the hospital three days soon- price first When Santa arrived he distributed with Mrs. Crane's sister, Mrs. Lee Mrs. Frank Barnes is spending Brookfleld. er than under the old conditions. glfto to the company of 45 people Christmas week with Miss Lids Bo- The carol service given at St One Individual, afflicted with chron- PllOttwM Warner ot Danburv. ic Insomnia, went to sleep within which Included guests from Water* Miss Jennette Hitchcock art her selle of Thomaston. Paul's church on Christmas eve was a beautiful service with senior and an hour In the restful atmosphere town, -Mrs. David Davis, Miss Shir- guest. Miss-tots Sweet or Btaten Rev. William E. Hooker had of a room decorated In mnove. " ~ ley Davis and Mr. and Mn. Harry Island* assisted another member of charge of services for Rev. Mr. Lfob- Junior members to the number of Branson. * . ' their class at Smith college, {Miss ler of Stratford on Christmas day. nearly fifty singing under the direc- A deer which bad been shot art Betty Bunce, in serving tea Satur- Ross Newell art Leland Newell tion of Mrs. L. E. T-odd. The offer- apparently run down by two hounds day afternoon at her home in Hart- arrived home Wednesday after tory, selection, "Over Bethlehem was killed by Game Warden W. 8. ford. spending Chlntmas with.their moth- Town" by the Junior choir, with Mn. Atwood near the Huntington-WIlson Mrs. N. B. Blackmar enjoyed er. Mn. Cora Newell of West Werds- B? D. Marvin singing the solo, was home on (Saturday afternoon. Christmas dinner with her nephew, boro, Vt very effective. After the benedic- Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Bacon and tion, as the choir sang "Holy Night" The Junior class of the high school Clinton Blackmer, at her former the star over the altar was lighted HOWLANP-HUOHE9 sponsored a pretty holiday event In home, Brookdale, on the Middlebury Miss Annie Bacon were guests of •^ *^aTe^S™B^s^HsBflPBBB(e*S^B^^BBBs^B^^BBs^Bm7» ^ssmt ^ssv ^Bs^^s^s^^asaa**™*'™'™*^^^^^^^^ Dr. and Mrs. William Witter In which made a beautiful effect The the town ball Saturday evening. The road. offering waa divided between the dance hall was attractively decorat- Mrs. Karl Winter of Watertown Derby on Monday of this week. WATERBURY'. LEADING DWARTWENT STORE Mr. and Mrs. O. 8. Fltsstmons Near East Relief and the Porto Rico ed with yards-of green and red fes- will lecture before the Woman's sufferers. toon* and the stage platform consti- Club on Monday, afternoon at three spent Christmas with their son, Tom BAHK STREET WATEEBTJBY, OOHH. Fltssimons of Lttchneld. St Paul's society remembered a tuted a large standard for alf the o'clock at the Community House. She Store Hours » to «. . Saturday. 9 to •. Telephone 1178. evergreen trees placed upon It Dur- win have for her subject, "The Im- Karl Warner arrived home on Fri- large number of ill or shut-in people ing the intermission at 10:30, the portance of Being a Woman" and it day from the Mt. Hermon school, to with Christmas boxes, as prepared guests were served Ice cream and will be of Interest to hear her views return again on January 1. by the members in their annual cus- After-OhriatmaB Clearance of Bbghtiy Soiled and Mussed cake. ^Goodnight (Ladles" was play- on' the subject Mhs Lottie Hitchcock entertained tom. ed by the orchestra Just before the * Mrs. David C. Bacon, is recovering her brotppr, Henry 8. Hitchcock, art The annual meeting of the Parish HAND iBAGS clock struck midnight. Holiday vis- from an operation performed at St Btedman, Curtlss and Miss Jennette Aid society will take place on Wed- itors and out-of-town guests made up Raphael's hospital, New Haven, the Hitchcock, at Christmas dinner. nesday, January 2 at 2: SO at the Leather — Bilk — Velvet a large part of the party. last of the week. < Mr. and Mn. C. M. Harvey, with parish rooms. BBGULARLY $1.95 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harvey and George H. Benham and Miss Ed- Boss Newell was best man at the The Christmas party which took wedding of Herman W. Toepke art the place of the recitation periods daughter and Mr. and Mrs. R, E, Rice lth Benham were present at a gath- of Waterbury and other relatives, ering of the Allen family at the home Now $1.45 Miss Edna Terrell at St Peter's for the high school and two tapper wcro guests on Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Atwood, Episcopal church, Cheshire, Satur* classes of the grammar school on of Mr. and Mn. W. E. Treat of Watertown, on Sunday. Among •••••/•• REGULARLY $2.95 day afternoon at 4 o'clock. Friday afternoon at the town hall, Cheshire. . The local high school was unable was apparently an. acceptable sub- those present were Mra. Fred Ben- to cope with the brand^of basketball stltutlon. A program was given by Miss Alice Horn left on Sunday to nett and the Misses Eva, Louise and ..___ ._ Now $2.45 _ furnished by the Lltchfleld high the pupils and later a distribution of spend the^chodl^vacatldn with.her Octaria Alien; all of Brooklyn, N. Y. parents, Mr. and Mrs.' Louis Horn of New Year's day will be generally Underarms, Top strap and back strap pouches, school and went down, to defeat Fri- gifts was made, each pupil having Stamford. observed as a holiday. The bank day by the score of 60 to 16. LJtch. brought a gift valued at 5 cents. will be closed, the rural carriers will wrist bags, novelties—completely fitted—slightly Glee Club of the high The Christmas edition of the high field will play here on January 29. I The Girls' school paper, "The Wide Affake," j^t make their trips, the postofflces soiled and mussed from handling—yet an excellent Mn. H. S. Boyd and daughter Hel- school sang several Christmas was printed and ready for dlstrlba jw m be open until 10:00 a. m. and value at these prices. en. were in Meriden for tthh e ChristC - hymnys and carols, Miss Jeanette tion Just before the holidays. It waajf the most part the stores will be mas season. Mr. Boyd spent Sunday Stone played "Adoration" as a violin or Some hijrher priced bags also specially reduced. chuck full of school happenings and]cioged. — HANDBAGS - - MAIN FUXJE'— and Christmas day there, returning solo, poems were given by Lillian was a credit to the editorial staff. for his banking duties in the interim. Hicock, Oscar Lovdel and Frederick Miss Emily O'Neill entertained as It is planned this year to have only luncheon guests on Wednesday Miss A family party was enjoyed, with Bradley and, six girls of the. seventh three, edition's, which puts less Christmas dinner, at the home of and eighth grades sang "Over the strain upon the pupils and gives the Virginia Beach and Miss Peggy Ward Mrs. Edward M. Smith on Tuesday. Hills to Bethlehem. school public equally as good inform- of Bristol. MEN'S BLUE FLANNEL Those attending included George E. I The Christmas baskets prepared ative service. It has been the form- Smith and family and Charles J. by the. North Church society ^jere jOeorge H. Benham and Miss Edith er custom of the high school to Issue Benham were Christmas day guests LUMBERJACKS Smith and family and Mn, Lucy sent to Henry Gibson, Mn. Ether monthly. Crofut and Miss Charlotte Crofut, Hawley, Mr. and Mn. E. T. Barber, Miss Ada Pulver of New Milford of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Cooke of daughter and grand-daughter in the Mr. and Mrs. Klegg, Mrs. Elisabeth spent Christmas with her aunt, Mrs. Waterbury. Special $2.95 borne. ' Judson, Mn. Lewis Osborne, Mrs. Frank Terrell of School street.. Chester Fowler nas a new Reo Mr. and Mn. John Phalen enter- David Cowles, Frank.Peck, Mn. Ef- Miss Viola Strattman of Brooklyn, truck. ideal for outdoor work—of wool flannel in the prac- tained Mn. Phalen's parents, Mr. fle Kelsey, Mn. J. H. Galpin, Mn. N. Y.. la home with her parents. Mr. tical dark blue shade so desirable for all-TOund wear. and Mn. Wfllls Freeman and George Willis Scovill, Mrs. Ida N. Munson and Mn. Herman Strattman, for the Sizes 14V'2 to 17. At this price you'll want two or and Arthur Freeman, for Christmas.' and Mrs. A. H. Smith. CLASSIFIED ADS holiday week. more as these are a special purchase, received too Miss Ruth Judson has been spend-; Mr. and Mn. Fred St Pierre have Mra. Harriet Stacy and Miss Lu- Ing a couple of days with her sister, named their son Frederick Coleman elle and Wlllard Stacy of Hartford 8ALE8MAN WANTED: — Sales- late for Christmas selling. Miss Beth Judson in Springfield and St Pierre. are guests this' week at the home of books, Manifold Printing, Stat.on — MAN'S SHOP - - Right of Main Entrance — will pass a part of her vacation with The schools of the town will open Mr. and Mrs. Ellis F. Clark. ary, Restaurant Checks, Reglstoi her classmate of Northfleld Semin- on January 2. On this date the win- • George Curtlss and family and Printing, Fanfold Forms, Tags ary at her Bast Orange, N. J., home.'ter term of thirteen weeks begins. Fred Curtlss and family enjoyed the Ton or Part-Time—Splendid Op Mr. and Mn. Edward Ambler and' Rev. and Mn. C. S. Dlerlamm ot family Christmas party, which al- portunlty. Shslby Salesbook Co.. LATEST COPYRIGHT NOVELS Dr. Ritchie of Southbury were,Buffalo, N. Y., will arrive at the ways has, something in the nature of Shelby. Ohio. Christmas day guests at the home'North Congregational church parson- a surprise, >t the home of Mr. and SPECIALLY "EDUCED--—••_——-• of Mr. and Mn. George B. Curtlss. | age the first week in January, .with Mn. Charles 6. Curtlss on Christmas A large assortment of copyright novels by well- Miriam Minor, youngest child of Mr. Dierlamm beginning his duties eve. known authors—formerly $1.0Q Mr. and Mrs. Roger Minor, is recov- on January 6. S. N. Pond and son John Pond are The ering from her illness with pneumo- The Pomperaug Valley Men's for- home from Eglon, West Virginia, for Now 69c nla, the nune being discharged on urn will hold Its next meeting on the holidays, Mr. Pond was to re- WATERBURY Monday. | Monday evening, January 7, with El- turn with Santa but he mult have Formerly 75c Mr, and Mn. Philip Fray of Newkus F. Clark chairman of the com. GAS LIGHT NOW SOe Haven and. Miss Loretta Fray of mittee in charge. Prof. C. B. Gentry. had good sledding for be arrived a New London wen Sunday guests of acting president .of the Connecticut few days ahead of Old Saint Nick. CHILDBEN'B BOOKS—45c and 50c—How 89e Mr. and Mn. Robert H. Fray. Agricultural college, and Raymond Mr. and Mra. Haydn Carruth and CO. Mr. and Mn. Warnrer Sterling of K. fllapp will be the guest speakers sons, Paul and Max Carruth of Ckw. Center A Leavenworth Pleasantvllle, N. Y., were Christmas Dover Furnace, N. Y., spent Monday of the evening. The entire commlt- Streets wlth the Carruth family. | tee is Ellis F. Clark, Stephen Brown, guests at the home of Mr. and Mn. Claus Josepbson has sold his farm - Vincent Judson, Elbert Barnes, Gorton V. Carruth, South Main WATKfcBTJRY, CONN. on the Bethlehem road to Thomas James Coer. George B. Curtiss art street PHONE B864 HOWLANP-HUOHES Pltsgerald of Portchester, N. Y., but Rufus MunselL Mn. J. M. Benedict has a new will remain on the place until April The Waterbury troops of -Boy flnt of next year. The sale was Scouts are making us*- of the Chase- made through the J.J. Cassidy agen- cabin in Woodburv during vacation week. The Woodbnry troop, which Mr. and Mrs. James Traven enter- is guardian troop of the cabin, has GIVE THIS FAST WASHER tained as their guests on Christmas placed a stove*in the building and day Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wells. Mr. the Waterbury Council had already and Mrs. LeRoy Fogg and Harold equipped the place with . twelve A REAL TEST IN YOUR HOME! Burdick. - bunks. Troop 13 of Waterbury will Visit The New Fdton Building Mr. and Mn. Charles J. Evans of occupy the cabin from Dec. 26 to 28, Watertown were- entertained ~ on with Troop oommitteeman Kelly in The speed with which this new Christmas day at the Fray home on charge; Troop 2 of Fint- M. E. South Mam street church Friday, the 28th, to Sunday, UNIVERSAL Electric Washer works A Urge family Christmas gather- the 30th, Frank Schwarts, scontmast Ing took place with Mn. Katharine er in'charge; and Troop 4 of Platts is amazing —- faster than ever— BARBER SHOP Koch at her home on West Main Hills from Jan. IS to Sunday,- the and without the slighest harm to street Those attending were Mr. nth. UP ONE and Mrs. Arthur daremont and Miss Pomperaug Valley Garden the clothes. HAW STREET Evelyn Koch of Elmhurst, L. I.-. Miss The . ._ TWlj.—amirti f sierfai*4 BMH fRQlWIl Wlftl TTa~ club will hold Its January meeting arlUnUllSta Jl»m^a* es>aai*^^»sisr^ya* w^eet »mm rT sen and Pan! Von Hasea of New ' the tWTPttiTy, ^ w LUWJ York,' George Claremont of .Woreestp' C. 8. mcock. *\)ld Rose Gardens" Up to date with the latest equipment, assuring one of er, Mass., Mrs. D. C. Koch of Mew wfll be the subject of the afternoon •* For its quality of service, and the York and Jack little of Tallahassee, meeting and papen will be given by complete Sanitations. ^.. \ Florida. ' . >-. Miss' Lois Harvey and Mrs. Albert workmanship and material in its Mr. and . Mis. .Harry Trayera of Sherwood. construction it is the biggest value New Mflford* who will leave next Mr. and Mn. Samuel P. Hayes of We also spedlize in Womens and Childrens work; week for Florida, 'were Sunday visit- Bethlehem and Rev. and Mrs. Clin- today! ors at the* home of James Tracers. ton W. Wilson were entertained on I Anstln Isham, and family were en- Christmas day at the home ot Miss Let as deliver oac to you f or tertained on Christmas day si the Edith Maltory. t home', ot Mr. and Mrs. .ft W. Mun- • Mr. and Mn. George Platt of, •crt wUay. eeU and in the erenjng attended a North Main street entertained a fan-, gathering of the Mattoon famny at fly party of nineteen on Christmas. ,- thejesldenee of Mr.and Mrs. B. P. day. Their gnests were Mr. and, Hudson, Watertown. •', -^ Mn. Horace Beecheir of Larchmtrat! . A letjter which alwayai nreeedes N. Y., Mr. and. Mrs. 8ethBeecher of' The Conn, light & Power Co. Seymour, Mr. art Mrs. Henry W. , CC«M. Beecher and Mr4 art Mrs; Alfred N. Platt. 8r., of Southbmy. Mt and t * Mrs. Alfred Platt art daughter Jao- ioeof West Sand I*ke, W. T.

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Sf A the watertownhistoricalsociety.org Ief the Hew Terk Can Be a Nrismee. ley 1«. aad 8ft. -To be told that It win take yea ef three hours to get mend St. Aedrews •tie, lie In the season, that If you tate-caly mm ease** ceJved three tret place votes, it an hour and a quarter jo the turn A Vi Pi tercst attaches to . was s» dose that a dedded snitch yon wfll Inevitably take an hour and BILLT FAEOfHOLT, vmhetk* to the ballot «f three-quarters home this uv to be of honor orf that woaM • r.s>s sure, s little daunting, bur the real gallant soldiers that •ssex As the nO* and. given the Giants first thing Is nut neariy so bad aa the Im- county. Virginia], seat to the Confed- Tltanbons vehicle the prise. Rut, at aginary picture, writes Bernard Dar- erate army—and if you dent heUeve around the — - -... earaed flrat place from the fact win. In tbe.lAndon Spectator. Essex sent out her full snare of hard The atory of "My Maa- waa vftttea that not one of the eight "In the flrst place, yon have no fighters tit 18S1 Just ask any- native Iry Mark (JsalaM aa* the produetloa voted him lower grievance against aarone In parties of the county, that's alL Tbe olddirected by Archie Mayo,, who wjn be while Uadstnua had two eighth lar. No one tiresome person la keep- gentleman was a famous story teller. among those present st the premiere. place ratings and one sixth place. tag yon back: you are simply one InOne ef his favorites had to do with A particularly pnwnlamg east sur- It waa that one sixth place ballot a great endless stream that goes round an actual occurrence of the Civil round. Miss Brice, tadudmg Ouisa that may have the links all day long at that regular war In which cool grit hi the face of Wttliams, Una Murphy. Aadra de victory. and leisurely pace, and whether y»u almost certain death was mingled, I Segurols, Richard Tucker, little Billy have Braid. Vardon and Taylor In A..-T. riah. of ladaetry. Burt Whitman of Boston, pres- think. In Just tbe proper proportion, Seay, Ann Brody, Arthur BJpyt. jnagkt to MadHoa, Mala*, a ident of the Baseball Writers Asso- front of you. or a fat woman with two with a beautiful sense of humor.* ' usa Selwyaae, aad a host of ethers. small children, makes no difference •f whlwberrlaa. or rather, white ciation, who announced the result ' The man from whom'l got the yarn Tbe "My Man" story supplies Mi .jrrles. Be feand the wash tm- of the committee vote, called on whatever. used to go on hunting expedition* Brice with opportunities not only for "In tbe second puce, the very slow- woods a year or two age, took It ' the members for their ballot before with tbe captain. My Informant and act It out at hla boms. U the world series, so that Bottom- ness of the round saves you from eouldnt recall the name of the bat- thrived and spread so that he now ley's showing In that straggle was yourself. Too cannot play three tle In which the thing occurred but • large patch of : «e bushes. The rounds If you want to. and think how not considered in this vote. It Is ' "~ ~ he waa quite aura it was one of the rlevare not large, but are vary si —I not to be doubted that the St. Louis flrst baseman won this honor be- good that Is for yoor- - — bloody fight*-of the Anal Virginia came of his Incalculable value to hla team during the flrst four months -As to the Scottish caddie, I remain campaign shortly before Lee's sur- an Impenitent Southerner. Be may of the pennant race. Bottomley slumped In his bitting early In Septem- render. .- u , _ _. ' Father (of popular daughter)— ber and also In the world's series, but In spite of that be. bad the Impos- sometimes be a great maov hut. he The general engagement bad com- can often be a great nuisance. He is That young wan seems to take a Ion* ing total of 133 runs batted to hla credit for the season.' He also tied menced. Tbe brigade to which Cap- time tn say good night ^ Hack Wilson for league leadership with 31 borne runs. Th»n be batted spt to be too stern, possessive and tain Partnhott belonged waa drawn dominating, too thoroughly convinced Mother (wearUy)-Men h«Ta*t out 20 triples and 42 two-baggers, giving him a total of 93 extra base up In reserve awaiting the command changed much.-Cappefa Weekly. ; hits, an undisputed leadership In his league as a slugger. He scored of the fact—which 1 am quite pre- to advance, when a small battery of pared to admit—that be knowa better. 124 runs himself, had ten stolen bases and took part In 149 games. Union guns opened upon It from the People who Uve In glaei ! His batting average was .323. Undstront who pressed Bottomley so That, however, Is a matter of In- top of a nearby hill, doing consider- should sever forget where they are. closely in the voting and had the greatest year of his league career, led dividual taste, and some persons like able damage; An order was given ; his rival at the bat with an average of .858. but trailed him by a slight being dragooned. It Is not merely s that Captain Farlnholt's company ; margin In all the other essentials of playing value. matter of taste to object to driving should capture the battery and si- ' Larry Benton. who pitched such wonderful ball for the Giants, and bargains with your caddie, to under- lence the bothersome guns. take to pay him extortionate sums, ! Grimes, the grand old veteran spltballer for the Pirates, and Crits. ( This meant' that unless some one ' sensational second baseman for tbe Reds, were the runners-up to the , and then to find that he has either devised s better plan, the detail must I two leaders. Grimes got 53 votes, and Benton and Crlts 37 votes each. ; spent them In advance and so Is not rush the hill by a frontal attack. It well enough to attend, or else that he Graee CoU-R«(WlnB, producer ef > In addition to the honor of being voted the most valuable player • also meant that the little assaulting M ' in his league, Bottomley will receive a prise of one thousand dollars ; baa merely 'gone with a handsomer force must suffer heavy casualties "Whistles"; Al Jolson, The Singing In gold from the National League as a token of bis supremacy In the . man than you.' even If It were not entirely destroyed; Pool," Winter Garden; and Fannie field of baseball endeavor. ! "Doubtless there are great dlfflcuJ- for there waa no cover. They must Brlee, "My Man," Warner's. Bottomley was born in Oglesby. HL. twenty-eight years ago. and < ties In the way of the authorities, but chnrge. the enemy across an open I still think that the caddies need not the display of that keen humor to still makes that country town his home He came straight from the , space where tbe Federal pieces might which she owes a great part of her NEW YORK SHOPS AN* sand lots and high school diamond of Oglesby to the St. Louis Cardinals. ; be quite such an uncontrolled rabble play directly upon them. as they often are. popularity but several moments, as AMUSEMENT PLACES then under the management of Branch Blckey. He was farmed out to As tbe men awaited tbe word to ad- well, calling for really serious an* Mitchell In the Dakota league In 1020. spent 1921 on the Houston farm vance, the company commander felt poignant acting. No Brice vehicle, ot of tbe Cards ana 1022 on tbe Syracuse farm. In the latter part of 1922, Meredith to Coach it bis duty to advise them that this course, would be tolerated without a after minor league failures, injuries and successes, he was pronounced was a most desporate adventure oh group of Brice songs and in "My Man" ready and came to the Cards to supplant Jacques Fournler at first which they were about to start. His the comedienne sings seven numbers, base. Ever since then he has been regarded as one of the best flrst own Instructions, be explained, were Including the memorable "Secondhand basemen In the league and one of Its leading sluggers. His greatest not specific. He merely bad been Rose," "I Was a.Florodora Baby,' Tin batting year was In 1925 when he hit .367. He slumped In. hitting the told that be must eliminate those an Indian." "The Funny Burlesque,' BIT*, THBA, «•(• st W. at srn»< next year to .290. the only time he hit below ,.300. This season he pestiferous Tanks. Then, departing "Spring Song." and the more recent •*"» Bra. S:M. Mala, WaA. Sau I SO carried bis team through June and July with a tremendous burst of somewhat from strict military disci- "I'd Rather Be Blue Thinking of Ton Janet Beeoher ia "C0UBAO1* batting power and effectiveness. He slumped in late August and early pline, he asked whether any individu- Than Happy With Somebody Blse," A Ha» Ha> wM» • September and was far from himself during the hut world series. al present cared to make a sugges- and "If You Want the Rainbow You ','> Bottomley Is such a pleasant likeable fellow that he Is known to tion whereby the enemy's battery Must Have the Bain," whita for good ni» a« I* Wattk as* at n*i I! pl«yers and fans over the circuit as "Sunny Jim." could be taken with the least pos- measure Miss Brice adds the untrtrgetr wit* .o* Jaa» Wrar sible loss of life.*' 'A pause befell. table monologue, "Mrs. Cohen at lie ********* >********************•**** No one. It seemed, could think of an Beach." The scenic sequences in 'My easier way than the one already de- Man" are decidedly unusual and effeo- cided upon. , live. .Mies Brice is looked iipon are Night Hostess Manager Blackburne to A private, who stuttered badly, feminine Jolson and gossip fawn Hoi- •ANDXBBn.T rasa. w. 4«n a broke the silence: Jwood has it that she will score the Keep His White Sox Job bit of her career to "My Maa|. ^ Sraa.. Waa. aad Sat. Although he admitted he has not _i"W-b-h-a-a-t say, fellers,. l-e-*e-s-a just; c-h-l-p in and buy the a-a-a-mned signed a contract as yet, Russell Winnipeg's 1:57% Is the fastest mile {"Lena") Blackburne. declared at Phil- by a pacer since 1915. uitogr adelphia that he would manage the ON CALL GIRL • • • Leaving While the Leaving DEVaOPS SMALLEST White Sox again next season. Pelota, as now played In Spain, Is •saiaVITiOMAI. SE» COMSDT •The 'Old Man* (Charles Comlskey) Was Good claimed to be the fastest ball game LIGHT IN EXISTENCE SMaen'a Oaytat Comady Rltl and I have agreed on terms." Lena In the world. ERT SWOB, the minstrel man. said. "Harry Grablner, secretary of • • • B uses real life Incidents for tbe the Soxr- asked me to report In Chi- Viotot RBMINO ft Ulnw WATSON Xale, Harvard, Princeton, Army, material of bis monologue acts. He Scientist Devises Unique Appa- cago two weeks ago, but my father gathers them up In the South during SMJOU. w. «itu at Mau. waa. * at was too sick for me to leave. Navy, Leblgh, Penn and Cornell are bis vacations and repeats them on the ratus for Laboratory "I told him whatever he dW was all playing soccer. James E. (Ted) Meredith, former stage In the theatrical season. Research Work. m nonuB asao TMARB SCBOO*. • • (tanrpafalcan - right with me." Of course Rogers Hornsby could Olympic and University of Pennsyl- Here hi one which he tells In black- 1TK-19 BraUwur. Htm lark CM» vania track star and holder of the face with great effect He swears It PITTSBURGH--What is probably fta anaalaatloa itwiM to taa tmlldlae Speaking of trades which he said play second base for both teams, but aCalnklpa to b» atlllaM fn» aoinmarctal he had already discussed with Mr. then he'd never get to bat world's quarter-mile record, who was really happened In a small Texas the tiniest light In existence, a glow- Comlskey, Blackburne averred he was •- • • . '.».*•_• appointed assistant track coach at his town: Ing point so minute that only a micro- seeking a second baseman, a catcher Tom Heeney says the next heavy- alma mater. He will assist Lnwson It seems a colored girl was enter- scope can detect It, lias been devel- Robertson. . and a right-handed hitter for the out- weight champion of the world will be taining a gentleman friend when an- oped at the University of Pittsburgh; field; no other than Tom Heeney himself. other suitor for her favor appeared at The light Is not enclosed in a globe, GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS ; 'Well probably have our troubles, ... • a • . • . the locked front door and demanded but is collected into a little ban by the UD BMBBOntEBin SMaa HMgrBM 1 The Giants announce the - uncondi- Bishop of Athletics Is admittance. There was Jealousy In peculiar affinity that Quarts has for though. 'he said. "Everybody wants bis manner and anger In bis- voice. Lyons and Thomas. We can't give tional release of Leslie Mann, thlrty- Best Fielder at Second light. The apparatus was devised by arttitle ». — flve-year-old outfielder from Spring- Also, there was a Justifiable suspicion Dr. Alfred B. Wolf, ot the department •oft contraattaa; Beta. Runncra, Tray them up. I would like to have Cy According to a number of players on on the part of the occupants of the mmU of linen ahd raw atlk affactlvjl Perkins behind the plate, but I don't field. Mass. of zoology. ' „ «. bWeid with Oraek dadstti In •oft. . .' :. ••.-••• the Athletics, Bishop,la the best sec- house that lie might be. toting a razor. thatdallfhttha aya. think Mack will let him go." Crystal clear quart* has all the John Merrlck Kelly, wlngman on ond baseman in the American league Anyhow, the newcomer had a reputa- the University of Chicago football in 1928. Much of the success of the tion for behaving violently at times. properties of glass and others besides. A -piece ot it, of the shape of an un- Pick Walter Hagen team, has been elected captain of the Infield they attribute to Bishop's speed His' rival within doors waa of a more 1 harpened pencil, transmits light from •nt* IriS? aSd halp thouaanda of womaa to 1029 Maroons. In chasing grounders and bis great pacific turn of mind. halp skill for going out to the short fields one end to the other, like a llghP shin- • • • "Gal." he said to his hostess, "I for fly balls that the outfielders can- shit almln* to have no rookus wld ing through a straight piece of rubber The best tennis player In Mexico not reach. In this, department of the hose. If the rubber tube to bent, the Is Rlcardo Tapia, and the best woman dat'tough nigger outside yonder." game, at least he has no peer. "You ain't skeered of him. Is your light ceases to shine through, but player Is his sister. He Is eighteen, Bishop Is the kind of a fielder that when the quart* pencil Is bent It still and she Is sixteen. demanded the lady. brings Joy to a pitcher's heart He •1 aint skeered—rse Jest careful, transmits light from end toend . • • • cuts off base bits for them, pulls them that's all 1 reckln de best thing fur Dr. Wolf had one end of a quart* Man of sixty-four, playing golf for out of trying situations with flashy pencil drawn down, just as glass Is Ail Opportunity to forest his health, drops dead. Ton've got stops and plays and saves many a run me to do Is Jest to climb out of one MAKE IV WEY B OFFERED! of dese here back windows and go on drawn, until its point waa finer than to' play a game for fan to get anyfrom being charged against their that ot a needle. He applied ultra- M«t*a»*lttaa Bavalty Ce*»e»*«le» real benefit from It earned-run average, •bout my blzness." Offering- common •tock at, IJ.M.par "You better not do dat," said the violet light to the lar'e end and It ap- hare «t present parlns- a dividend »f • . • • Bishop attributes the Improvement peared at the needle end in a globule % par annu-n. Writ* for.frae tafor- George KIrby, a golf professional, In his batting to the fact that he Is girt. "Dey's a dwag In de back yard." natlon and' literature, "Honey," quoth the departing one finer than any mist recently made a record hole-ln-one swinging more and -has changed the Two. of these quarts pencils were G. F. MEEKS A COMPANY stroke—340 yards—on a course at model ot his bat In commenting on as be skinned, over the window sill, "de way things Is ont In front It dont made, fastened in the mldale, to work • •*••« Btr—t - ITtw Ti* City. Southampton,^ England. his hitting, Max said: Tve stopped as a pair of pincers, and with their looking at as many pitches aa I used make no dlff'unce to me ef de back • • • yard Is upholstered In dawgs." points bent so as to meet each other Aero Narigttioi Corp. So far as It can be determined from to. MB. by the McNausht Byndlcata, ln*> when the pincers dosed. Each point, 11 W. 42nd St. the figures at hand, about 176% ball "I've also changed my bat Tm using or one ot them, may carry ultra-violet players have- been traded In their a Travis Jackson model now, that I light, so that the operator has an in- M. Y. C. Tmc All Through OfTen the Comrto. sknaa af U>« a*** time for Rogers Hornsby. find suits me better than the bat I He that to babltuafea to deceptions strument that, under a microscope, • • • used to use of my own model. Other- and artificialities In triflss will try 'o will pick, uu single cells. School athletics have been made wise, rm batting Just the same as 1 vain to be time In natters of impor- So fine are the points that they can compulsory In France. At least two always did. II haven't changed my tance, for truth la s thing of habit be made to penetrate through only hours • week mnst be devoted to ex stanctance orr tried anything new.new." part of a sl»gl« cell, at wUL and to Walter Hacen was Indorsed by the any given case by any sudden and place the minute ultra-violet ugntTn Professional ^Golfers Association of The odd thing In the case of young able effort will to be true. It rbewhateTer part ot the ceU the lnvesttr America to captain the United States Mr. Damlt the Chicago left guard, nablt of your life has. been Inaincer |Elyder cup team of professional golf-, Is that apperently he was. not named ttyl—I". W. Rohertson. WlUtrvawn* ••w.r-r veWIaW. •Ilia -„-____ • era which will go to'England next by a head coadr between balvesi freckles aad cure rickets In children. spring for the biennial meeting with R^dGoo&in Him The quarts probe, called a mlcroradt- the Great Britain team. Mike Gawlli, Ijfankee. mnelder, ator, 6«e» a means ot Introducing the For myself I an certain that the played one-half Inning In the world's rays inside an organism without hav- •odd of human lira cannot He toth e series and several games during the ing flrat to expand their effects partly Farrell and Brother Are possession of' things, which for om season, and drew $T&00(> for Us ef- on the surface. In measured quanti- man to possess Is for the rest to lose, ties, these rays have known beneficial Pros at St. Augustine forts. • • •• hut rather In thraga which ell caneffecta and the Pittsburgh device Johnny Farrell. open golf champion Herbert Hoover, the next President possess sllke. snd where one mans makes possible the finest gradation! of the United States, again will act of the United States, never misses a wealth promotes bis neighbors.—Spl of measuring for new effects. The as professional at the St Augustine chance to see a football game, espe- nosa. ' rays slio may destroy, and can be links this winter. • cially «f Stanford, his alma mater, is used as • dissecting knife of light With him as coprofesslonal will be one of the teams playing. AUukoTt Urn* *$ It is thought that the rays may hell hl»< brother _Jlmmy. who pairs with The< coastline fit «»*• * K>n«m to differentiate between, growing areai Johnny at pro at the Quaker Ridge The fasteftyffn In the Western than the Atlantic and Pacific coast- ot embryos and sevaaps reveal hew dub. Mamroneck. L. L, during the league last y«SrV Joe Botblt was Unes of the United States pat togeth- one portion develops Into a specific northern golf season. bought by Toronto. This year Seat- er. In nautical miles they measure: adult function different from othei Parrell's career as a golfer was tie purchased Clarence Hetheriy, third Alaska. 4.128; Atlantic eoatUlne, • V parts.' climaxed this year by his extra- ' from Omaha. He was lead- TO; Padttc WWL round victory over Bobby Jonw for stealer. the .national open title- ' I •<- i Property of the Watertown Historical Society watertownhistoricalsociety.org

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^ Drop in Temperature Explained by Culprit LltUe Walter Bowes, of Highland JWhen in New York Park, takes life very aerlotuly for a •mall cliap and when anything goes Stop at the New wrong he manages to contrive some logical explanation therefor. One day recently he accompanied bis mothtr COMMODORE CLDB HOTEL when- she went to call upon friends FOR MEN AND WOMEN la Boyle Heights and while the cus- tomary gabfest was In progress Wal- 400 Rooms—400 Baths—400 Showers reR ter played on the porch, and while WEEK running back and forth, knocked down 'DAY AND UP the thermometer. Each room with Pantry* Bedroom This-win- a serious mishap but the —living room combi —Restaurant and little chap felt that It was his duty Grill—Reasonable prices to Report It and take, bis punishment, neverttiele**. io he" toddled itit* the bouse and stood at lit* mother's knees 351 West 42nd St., New ONE BLOCK ROM BBOADWAX^.., "Wnat is ltr asked Mrs. Bowes, guessing from Walter's attitude that something was wrong. ZALKDie MOTION nCTUBBS CARTAL fowantedr Immediat. Reputable prodaettoe producen ro fdeetrc eertree capluof all "1 was playing on the porch," said For Old Sores talklns motion plcturee. renowned director. Walter, "and now the temperature Is Playe and jitory material on band. Fully HanforJa Balsam of Myrrh equipped aound etndloa> avallabla wide open down."—Los Angeles Times. VMl JMi filw^aS« ee BH at. w«w Terk. tabUdud U yran; aumnal turnovtr flt.OM; no commit Ion; will Mcrlfle* property, sad WE WANT AN ENERGETIC Bentley Uulford of New Zork, who •toesk fo" r quic..k •*]«. , Barr- y * Conrad. Ltd.. MAN OR WOMAN ta forming an artists* models* union, Confifadtratipi B Bide Montreal. Qntbae. To repmeat ua In every: town, full ar part said the otter any: **Tbere are a time. A sood Income aaaured dtatrlbuUna' our BMtt Haar MoatNal; artabllabad U ytan; weU known VASCO CLBANINa CRTSTALS number of models who wont Join the annual locotn* fll.Ott; owner ntlrlnc; will and VASCO HAND CLBANBR, To eonvlnco aaerlSoe. Barry A Conrad. Ltd., Confadera- you of the merit* of tneoe products, we will union. TheSfr-glrts) j«on> live up to tlon Bids.. Montreal. Quebec. . aend you wltb our offer, a regular Me pack- their duty.' Spoiled,'you know.' They ace of each prepaid, on receipt of tic In wall and moan about their bard lot, ofQiabecQuebw:f onlTme ornrr reounranat Jo.th« Place; rent lilll; will sacrUce; I1.IM; but at the same tine they lay down' terms arranaad. Barry a\ Conrad, Ltd., Con- federation Bldg.. Montreal. Quebec Oara cMew 8ke^ One Station, prop- on. the artist Halfway through a erty; ettabllehelehed II yean; Weetmonland painting, his model disappears. All CCo., Pa., eapacltpaltT M can; ehohpp and equipeuip- that work is a dead loss to htm. General atora and poet offlee; proeperoua ment In first cliae condition: owners re* town, Quebec; eetabllabed U yeans dolns Urine; will •acrlflee;Ht.eOO cub. balance •These spoiled models, walling and very nice boalneea; price II.(M. Barry * MM. Empire Broken. Ill W. ilnd St.N.T. Conrad, Ltd.. Confederation BJd«.. Montreal. moaning In night crabs, are like the Quebec •polled child. established over If yoan; this aad Grace** i good little town situated in maautactnrlnt town In province •The spoiled child was'crying; and near Montreal: established over II yean; ot Quebec: annual turnover SIMM; snap good building aad .well established but for riant party. Barry * Conrad, Ltd.. Con- bis fond mother bent over him to Peg, Don't Be Cruel win sacrifice; |4,lt«. Barry 4k Conrad, federation Bids., Montreal. Quebec wipe his eyes. But he dashed her HNNEY OF THE FORCE Confederation Bids.. Montreal, QMbet . Montreal) established Itt yean; handkerchief away and growled: an mala street In villagevill ; this Is very UrsU* btbetel l andd moderd n lla t t «'Aw, what are ye wlpto" me eyes Usnea U yean: sales IU.i will ct: seiio— fort Ialntdooeyef-

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•-I'iit.K' i Property-fjr^mi^m^^smm^:: of the Watertown Historical Society watertownhistoricalsociety.orgj*, written beneath the •"*» <«M au would be at happy to Dag "K. xiP% the letter came. la th» other New York SL cases the signators Is «iarts»ly •«* so easily decipherable as to obviate WASHINOTON NOTKS I the desliabttity of Its susirtng to typewritten form. If thoss writers Is there any other dty are laboring under the Impression country where the Christmas that their names can he read, they is so beautiful and so )oyo—ly «*• are greatly mistaken, One earn guess servd as In this** the Capitop l CityyT at them, but the guess Is as likely There Is BO snow, but dry streets to be wrong as right and sidewalks, a brillianilit t sun shinh - The recipient of letters bearing tog to a cloudless doss blue sky, hieroglyphic signatures mast neces- wide streets with Christmas trees sarily waste a great deal of time in outside the stores sad homes. bias- an effort, often fruitless, to 'find out Ing with colored llghta. .., to whom a reply, If called for, should Monday, at Keith's Theater Mrs. Among girls picked by their respective countries as outstanding be addressed. Of course most of Coolidge helped distribute the beauties, in the United States oh a theatrical tour, are, standing left to these freak signatures are a pure Christmas bags from a huge tree to right:notifr*. lUarpiilarcyan . ^nanith Aane*r*; JafarAn^KfMc g Gobfa, KCiSS Spain; GinettC affectation. We should be loath to those children who might otherwise Gaubert. Miss Pans, Angel Joyce, _^._ England-_o_™_.: Elsi-„.>e .._.,_Korin,, _—Miss. believe that anybody, unless afflicted fall to receive a present These bags ESTER* Oregon, with one •t* Watt CflSBSBj •• ••' i i --. . Austria, Marguerite da Frence, Miss France. In ovals, left to right: Mnatioas. Here Is a recipe which Nita Smoleski. Miss Poland; Nathalie Barr, Miss Russia; Kate ReTter, with shaking palsy, could not dp bet- were given out by the Union Mis- of the smallest prune crops in sion to churches, societies and lndl-j its history, estimated at 10 to win enable yew to meet the emer- ter to writing his name If he really gency call when your family begin* tried. If certain great men wrote a vlduals willing to fill them. Bach; 15 per cent of normal, is putting KELLOQO PACT MARKS STEP very different idea from outlawry up one of its largest canned prune to clamor for them* • » FORWARD Thus it is obvious that only a frac- hand that somewhat resembled hen- one contained an article of clothing,' packs. Not only is practically the tracks, greatness is not to be ac- a toy. candy, orange and an apple,] entire Western Oregon crop going Oregon Fossa tion of the original outlawry pro- and as many other things as the one i Worthy to Be Ratified, Therefore, quired by emulating their example. into cans, with hardly » dryer; op- gram has been achieved. And this filling the bag chose to put to. Mrs. j erating, bnt large tonnages, of East, Remove the pits from the prune* Although Many Steps Remain to We may perhaps grant that the writ- program itself was utterly inade- ing of beautiful script has become a Coolidge enters into the spirit of thej era Oregon prunes have been ship- •in a number three can, ward with drastic reductions in arm- ernment frequently made during the sioner Dougherty presented the the chief means of advancing nation- ies and navies; abandon armed In- war, and it is quite as applicable to President to the assemblage. A boy al policy. Only recently have go- tervention and coercive control of peace-times. and girl scout presented the welcome ernments felt obliged to Justify their other peoples; withdraw sanction of the city to Mr. and Mrs. CooUdge, wars on grounds of self-defense. Ag- And while we are on the subject, Jimmy "Satns-1 and support from the entire war sys- in accordance with the annual cus^ gression was formerly regarded as may we not courteously suggest-that bury isthecham-, tem and refuse ever to engage in lorn. The President pressed a but- the sovereign right of a great power. women correspondents, whose signa- pion basket jug-, it; devote time and money to a ton and the "National Christmas gler of London. Now the signatories to this treaty tures are not generally so frightfully world-wide- campaign of* education :Tree!' burst into a thing of marvel- He isjmown jn_ renounce an ancient prerogative. If disguised, make it a practice to put for peace and friendship. These 'Miss" or "Mrs." in parenthesis be- ous beauty with Its numberless this photo eclips- the two main articles of the agree- steps, If'taken, would not bring us ing his own rec- ?/ ment stood by themelves and really fore their names? If there is a rule lights of all colors while a flare an- ord by juggling ~ instantly to the millennium. But of. etiquette or otherwise supposed nounced* "--that' "-the- *tre—e was lightedn-u»»*, meant what they appear to Bay, then they would lead to far greater se- twenty baskets on ' - indeed a new day has dawned. On to govern this matter, few seem fa as trumpeteers sounded their notes. "• Mary Rarniey of Cedar jRapids, his head in Con. curity than can ever be attained by miliar with it As we know from The National Capitol Oratorio Asso- la., born with only one hand, shows vent Garden re- the face of it these words commit battleships and battalions.of armed the signatories to the pacific settle- Bad experience, it cannot be safely ciation sang carols and at the con- remarkable speed and accuracy as cently. The fel- men. Moreover, they would carry a typist She is employed in an of- low on the left is ment of every conceivable contro- Inferred that a woman's signature clusion the Star Spangled Banner. UP beyond the probability of further fice and also attends business making a noble versy which may arise between standing alone indicates her unmar- At nine o'clock the President and school effort to imitate them. war. ried state. In this age when so much Mrs. Coolidge opened the Korth emphasis Is placed on efficiency and But unfortunately the treaty is We can have peace in our time if Portico and lawn of the White House orderly procedure, a little more at- accompanied by a series of interpre- we desire it with sufficient earnest- for carol singing led by the choir tention to signatures by both men Youngest "Talkie" Star tative notes from the various govern- ness. The multilateral treaty may or tike First Congregational' church.i and women would not come amiss.— ments which nullify much of its yet prove to be the charter of eman- Christmas Day the Washington I Hartford Courant. value. According to these interpre- cipation for mankind. Only we must Federation of Churches held their tations at least four kinds of war not falter. Resolutely we must take annual union service at the First are permissible: hi self-defense; in the necessary steps one by one. To HOPE FOR THE KINO chcurchi In all the churches there defense of third parties; In cases of rely upon the pact as interpreted are services, many of them, holding armed intervention by great powers; in the accompanying notes would be The public- lite of the King of sunrise srvices to begin theory. At in "certain regions." The latter simply to toss away humanity's England, for whose recovery his the hospitals, children's and oU peo- reservation especially will destroy glorious opportunity. To move for- physicians now declare that there ple's homes, everywhere it is needed, much of the value of the pact it aU ward timidly for fear of treading are "solid" grounds for hoping, the generous people of .the city try lowed to remain. Under it Great upon some deep-rooted prejudice or shows bow possible It is for an un- to spread the Christmas cheer. Britain reserves the right to wage of encountering some political shib- pretentious monarch to do his coun- try distinguished service. King Congress adjourned for the holiday war in defense of Egypt, Gibraltar, boleth will be to miss the chance of recess Friday and many of the mem- the Sues: canal zone, - the Persian a thousand years. lThi"-ts- *is no ""tim*i George has never asserted himself In English foreign affairs as did his bers of Congress are out of the city. gulf and India, Indeed the lnterpre- to soft-pedal on the Permanen The debates on the Kellogg Peace tation may be stretched . to cover Court, the league, disarmament, | father, the late Edward VII. Nor Pact and the Cruiser Bill, during the most of the earth. It Is highly sig- pacifism, or the abandonment.of in- dfd" he seek to make himself a power last days of the sessjon, were Inter- nificant that Secy. Kellogg did not terventlon and coercive imperialism. in domestic polities, as did his esting and the galleries were filled Challenge the validity of this inter- The occasion demands a tidal wave grandmother when on the throne. each day. It was a disappointment Evelyn Mills, 4, who has been of public opinion. Let the people He always bore himself as strictly a to many that both bills were not dis- an actress since the age of night pretation: How could he, as long as months, is now in "talkies"—the the United States reserves the right rise up and instet that governments constitutional .King. That is to say, posed of before Christmas. They cease playing with the destiny of he followed the advice of his Prime youngest girl star, of the screen to to wage war hi the Caribbean under are to be taken up January 3d and havtf a sneaking Dart. the so-called Monroe Doctrine? the human race. One step will not Minister. Whether the holder of everyone hopes for their speedy pas- take us out of danger, but many that office was for the time being a It is apparent that such a pact Liberal, a Laborite or a Conserva- sage. Senator Moses rapped the Surely to Be Avoided Baby?* Tough Luck does not outlaw war in any genuine steps will lead to security and peace. "pacifist lobby which infests Con- Courage and daring are desperately tive made no difference in this re- An Irishman said at a confer- In feeding.jtunall children salads, sense. Indeed the word "outlawry" gress"' In a recent speech. take; out the cheese, nuts; raw vege- needed by the peace forces of the gard". Ramsay MacDonald has lately ence r "Gentlemen, this is a most In- 1 does not occur In the treaty or in The Aeronautical Conference held sidious proposal. If you accept It, tables and dressing, * says a dieti- world.—The World Tomorrow. testified to his high impartiality and tian. Well, he has the plate and any of the notes. Renunciation is a fairness. King George knew of no in the Chamber of Commerce Build- you will find It neither more nor ing was attended by-delegates from lass than the thin end of a white spoon left, anyway. — Woman's way of ascertaining the will of the elephant."—London TIt-Blts. Home Companion. people of England except through forty countries. One evening was What Shall We Put their elected representatives in Par- open to the public, with a wonderful liament and the head of the Govern- motion picture showing the progress ment freely chosen by them. A of aviation In the ?5 years since the in The Vacuum Bottle? rather severe test of King George'B first flight by Orville and Wilbur fidelity to the constitutional princi- Wright. Many of the famous avia- ple, came comparatively early in his tors of the world were on'tfie stage reign. The House of Lords was pre- at the auditorium, and were-Intro-

in the House of Commons. Mr. Asquith obtained from the King a was given an ovation, and then the promise to create, If necessary, audience stood' In silence s moment enough: new peers to overcome the In memory of Wilbur Wright, and Conservative majority In the Lords, the other men who had given their j The mere public statement by the lives to advancing the science of I Prime Minister of thiB royal pledge. aviation. Saturday there was a dis- • was sufficient to prevent the need play of wonderful flying at Boiling of Its application. The Tory Lords Field. Washington certainly was surrendered at the very thought of "air-minded" during that week. Sen- three or four hundred new Liberal ator Hiram Blngham, as President of peers entering the Gilded Chamber. the National Aeronautical Associa- "Throughout the war, which tried tion, took a prominent part to the the royal prerogative as. by fife, conference. King George was an example of en- The Sunday Washington Star had an interesting picture of Senator propriety and simple dignity. 1 1 and Mm. Dlnghsm vH t ""*- «*"""» Whatever he may have thought of a truly remarkable family. some of the British military opera, the new build- Q yon realize that nearly three add to scalded milk. Biadwitfieas ing with them. The choice of com- million dollars worth of canned tabletpboa flour and one tablespoon HDSUMMER and midwinter ment as well as heat and stimulus, rapidly and lt is hoped and expected oysters arc bcuuj 'consumed in butter, rubbed together^ season with to take the tingle out of your manding officers and the conduct of that the auditorium, will be ready are the two seasons when the campaign were left by him the United States this year? A*i one.teaspoon salt and paprika, to vacuum bottles are most in fingers and toes, why not take along to be used for the Congress In April. cording to reports, made by forty- tastfc and hat add one-fourth cup vogue. But the chilled fruit drinks, some one of the canned soaps for where they belonged—that is, with The new Bad Cross building Is also uve of the1 fifty-four canneries which cream. Senre-'at once with oyster iced tea and coffee and chilled this purpose? You can have your the responsible. servants of the going on well and win be a great were being operated during the crackers. This recipe witt serve soups that keep so miraculously cold choice of asparagus, beef, bouillon, Crown. There was, to be sure, that boon to the District Chapter, whloh 1927-1928 season; the production cif four. \ . . . '' in summer are sufficient to send celery, chicken, gumbo, clam broth, extraordinary pre-war exchange of canned oysters in the United States dam chowder, consomme, julienne, now Is housed m cramped- quarters shivers up and down your spine notes between the Emperor of Ger- to a former private dwelling. 8. was 499,160 standard cases, valued these frosty days. We still like to mock turtle, mulligatawney. mut- at $2,733,115. ton broth, oxtail, pea, vegetable, many and the King of England, bat be outdoors, however—skating, ski- they revealed the mischief-maker to ing; bobsledding, automobiling— vermicelli or tomato; or, if you Oyster Stew Now crave something exotic and savoring Berlin, and the, friendly but«aut}ous Vene and Poetry and the time comes in aU these Much vene fails of;belng poetry sports when "something; hot" looks of the crisp outdoors, try hare and correct man to London. Through- .The ever mighty inviting: • soup.' out his whole reign, in fact, F'" teca'ise It wan not written exactly 'no IongcrC»w »w ounce Heat it at home and pour it into George seems to have tak ator cars. Hers scauoptd&hes. in tight, and screw on the top. Then b.the way to nuke » deHeiow Why not take along some steam- the end of witb' oystcn from tae-'CeWts ing coffee, hot and; dellcipns. made overcoat, overshoes, stoves or mit- tens, perhaps ear muffs, and vorfre do my dutr." Scald three, cups of milk in doafcls fram-. coffee packed in vacuum cans, Becance he did lt so boikr. Heat oysters -— •— from wWcn none of the arohwhas all ready to face old man Winter at «m cut to fust Wow 1 ZZZ^Sraat; if you want aonrish- msworstl sure that there will be no