Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 11, 1911, Page 4

Fulletin . '_.n?is'- 5 115 YEARS OLD, ien sz, 130 & werks 500 = g Thursday, May 11, 1911. LAW SHOULD BE ENFORCED The new Jaws for lessening the fire demmer in New Fngland do not seem 0 be as effective as they should be. In the past thirty days serieus weod fires have been reported from all parts of New Eugiand. It is many vears since there have been wo many wood fires in easterh Commecticut as have occurred this spring; and the wood fires in the sub- urbs of Norwich have exceeded those of any recent year. Bverywhere the necessity is recog- mdsed for the inauguration of a Vig- oreus campalgn of education and law “enfercement 1o bring careless stroilers | through dry woods o a sense of their | respomsibility for damages done threugh the thoughtiess habit of build- ing fires or throwing down lighted matehes from which fires are started whioh burn over acres of valuable tim- ber land. To be made sffecticg, the law sheuld Be enfovoed; and & littie good work| in thas direction would call attention to it and quicken stroliers in the weeds to be mers careful. Activity in this divection would reduce the fire loss o all parts of New England. GASOLINE BY ‘YHE CHUNK. Tt is claimed that a way has been dissovered to condense a gallon of| gamoline into a stick the size of a cake of shaving seap. This being true, there is nothing (o hinder an auto- mobilist from taking a hundred or two of gallons aboard without discomfort. | Gasoline packed away in such a form| could be taken in sufficient quantity | 10 sou a touring car across the con-| tnent, or a motor pleasure boat from | ut ke (®d Point Comfort and back without being bothered to Temew ihe supply of fuel | Since, in these days of tablets, a| man may take enough nourishing food | in e pecket te last him a week, it| would net be surprising if he should Bbe able to carry a barrel of condensed gaseline in a six-quart pail If masoilne has been condensed i this way, the hope is expressed that| it will be given a more agreeable| odor. There Is plenty of room for a | reduction of the fufies; and a long- | suffering people will appreciate the| {mprovement. | OF INTEREST TO MANUFACTUR- ERS. Congressman Focht of Peansylvania is awthority for the statement that the state ment has endorsed a pro- Jject for pleing on file in every Amer- ican consafete in the five continents| of the wdrld a complete card index | catalogue of American-made goods Amy manufacturing coneern can have his catalogue briefed and transiateg into the lunguage of the country in| which the consuiate is located. The| plan is, practically, to place a dirgc- tory of American products whera it will always be available to the foreign to malke the directory plete and always up to date and eas- ily_acceswible (o any ene interested This is in line with the w the bureau of manufactures of the d partment of commerce and labor which hme for several years kept a record of all imquiries for American goods re- celved by the consuls of the United States. But there has been universal | complaint from those officials of the Jack of catalogues and sales lists in lunguages understood by the inquirers, Mr. Focht declared it as his firm be- liet that 4 plan of this character, de- signed to bring the state department into closer relations with the business interests of the couniry will result in B immediate increase in our foreign eomnmerce which will eventually add| umteld millions to (he balance of trade i favor of the United States. THE SOUTH AND THE NEGRO. The advance the negrees of charac- er, abMity and economical habits have inade in the south since their eman- cipation is to the credit of the south as weil as to the credit of the negroes »ho have entered all the employments Of life and possessed themselves of suijlions of doilars’ worth of property ere at the north we do not fully Tealize how the colored man has suc- ceeded in the south and that he has strong and true friends there and his| comdftions are so much better than the workers of some other countries that Te is not today regarded as the under o8, Booker Washington's studies of the working classes of FEngland have prompted him 1o say with reference to the man at the bottom in this work- wday world—the white English laborer —in & paper he has contributed to The ©utlook the following “If I were asked what would be the greatest boo be conferred upon the English labore: I should say, that it would be foF him to bave the same opportunities for constant and steady work that the Negro Bow has in the south.” This is not very creditabie to Eng- Yish civilization: but it certainiy does wpeak well for labor conditions in Am- eriea and the welfars of the negro who Pprajudiced people still ihink is woefully abused in the south A Chicago man who had attended ehuroh two years without being spok- m to by any one wore his hat in to wee if he could get an introduction to mome one; and he just escaped be- coming acquainted with a policeman. The fires for April. with the Bangor loss Included, is still under the losses of the month in previous vears; but the fires for the first four months were the largest for two years. Next Sunday Is Mother's day for wome folks; but a larga part of the community realizes that every day is mother's day; and they would not knew what to do without her. il i A Massachusetts man has been dis- covered who borrowed $160 and Las peid $176 upon his note, and still owes $190. A lesson like this ought 10 check borrowing. { general The Mesicans are sounding the re- call for Diaz, but he decliness to gc ‘wav back and sit down e 2 % L, Was th ho‘lest place on the map W jen it is learned that a forest that swept over five thousand scres visited that locality. The start] designation of the region deva is in harmony with the news, though it seems at first glance dificult to think of the land of steady habits paying such tribute to his Satanic ma- jesty. Probably the name had its ori- in the dim’ ds ‘when people real- Iy believed in a “persomal devil” In the gloom of the Puritan imagination Satan lurked in the nearby woods and had friends and pupils in the mettle- ments, Hence there is scarcely an. ancient tawn in whose vicinity & “Devil's Pulpit” cannot be found. Those are usually high and impres- sive rocks, whence, according to the superstition of the seventeemth cen- tury, Satan held forth to his chosen ones, and confirmed the nev- ices in witchcraft, Haerthorne report- ed one of these conventieles that his imagination conjured up. — Boston Transcript. - “There is no other part of the ceun- try where his Satanic majesty is so wmemorialiged as in New England. There are a score of Devil's puipits, Devil's dens, Devil's basins, Devil's| tracks and Deyil's toothpicks, not in- cluding Ben Butler's at the mouth of the Merrimac, in Massachusetts. And all of the six New England states have them. When the early settiers anything mysterious or freakish in nature, they just gave the Devil's name to it. That's how Connecticut came to have the Devil's Hop-yard. as well as Satan's Kingdem; and the hole, in Ayer's meuntain caled “the Dragon's Hole” might just as well have been called the Devil's Den. There are so many Devil's dens in New England that the namer of this lark cave must have thought variety was the spice of Iffe. EDITORIAL NOTES. Women's shoes are coming larger in the interest of comfort. Fashion has worked 100 long the other way. Happy thought for today: Some peopie would mot try to be good it they were forbidden to advertise the fact. ernor Foss' messages mow num- ber thirty-three; and how many more he has up his sleeve Heaven only knows. * The Japanese have learned the art stealing bases from the Americans and in this might give Captain Hob- son points, Now that July Fourth has got to unning on the safe and ssne plan, it does so with much less noise apd better results. were so thick on an railroad line one day last the train had to stop for Caterpillars Oklahoma eek that It is now claiied that there “are suns in space 50,800 times greater than our sun; buf no one has figured out what they are deing. King George and his ‘queen are dis- couraging the week-end Rolidays ir England because they are oppressive to the serving classes. It has been announced that Champ Clark has fised up four gavels sinee he took the chair. He has worn them out, trying to keep order. Arkansas has a law nizes the right of a public oMicial tc which recog- get he drunk once; but the second time is subject to removal from office There are a good many Canadians who find life this side of the line so attractive that they come over and stay.. There were 22,000 of these last vear. Down south it is suggested that Good Gracious “O Fudge!” and “O Peanut Brittle!” might be added to baseball exclamations in the interest of purity. The monetary commission knows that money is good to spend. It made way with $200,000 of Uncle Sam's money, and nobody is claiming it was extravagant. Brief State News Litchfisld. —It was announced at St. Michael's church Sunday that Bishop Brewster would administer confirma- tion in this parish Ascension day, May Norwalk. —In Trinity Episcopal church Sunday the first sersices in commemoration of the golden jubilee of the establishment of the Episcopal church in South Norwalk were held. . Torrington.—The Union Hardware company is operating on_a five and one-haif day schedule. Business is slow at this sesson of the year, par- ticularly in the roller skafe depart- ment. 2 ! New Haven.—Walter Camp was elected president of the Council of One iiundred of the Civic Federation this we succeeding Dean Henry Wade Rogers, who refiised to accept a re- election Hartford. —W. I Seeley, retiring passenger agent of the Central New lngland raliway, was presentad # handsome loving cup by the agents and passenger conductors of the road before leaving Hartford to take up his new duties in Boston. ; Meriden. At fhe vequest of 'the Meriden horal union. Rev. John T. Linch, rector of St. Joseph's church, has written for the Journal an explan- 10Ty 3ynopsis of Verdi's requiem mass hich will be sung at Poli's theater this (Thursday) evening. Wallingford.—Articles of incorpara- tion have been filed and recorded at the town clark's office whereby (hoate | school necomes incorperated with a capital stock of $150,000. The naw corporation will be known as The Choate scheol, incorporates Southingten.—Veterinarfées werz call- ed here to study the causeof the death of sever horses.from poisoning. Sev- eral new cases of wmickness among horses developed today. The theo) has been advanced that poisop usd Ln kiil bugs on oats affected the orses. Bridgeport.—In order that unother siep in the advancemeni of aerial nav- igation may be taken, the New York World, in conjunction with the Curtiss aviators who will fiy here, will con- t an experiment today (Tharsday). ciday and Saturday with - wireless telegraphy from fiving Machines while they sail hundreds of fzet above. the city, SRy s, Kules for Young Writers. - plainly on one side of the al number the Uy pe i Ik et poned 1. Write paper ST 3. Shert and pointed articles wiil be given preference. Do mnot use over 250 words.- : 4. Original stories or will be used. 5. Write letters ‘only your name, age and wd- t10p of the first page. ‘the "ua“-!a"j il ommunications Uncle Jed, Bulletin Office. to as it vas hard for a little girl like 1me to make out S0 many words. Kind- ly yours.—Eva Sistare - Partridge, age, 7. Brewster’s Neck, R. F. D, No. 6, box 16. L Taftville, Conn, May 8, 1911. Dear Uncle Jed: for your book. It is very interesting and I ap- preciate it very much. From your lit- tle friend, Puth E. Heap. LITTLE ORIGINAL STORIES. rest of the way.” “Reach up as far as you can, and God will reach down all the| The Story of a Brave Boy. _ September was here. It was a very Pleasant ‘morning. Mister Green, an old man, rose very early to go to the A Spring Song. There' a_chinyberry tree, blossoms used to ibe: An* I hea: Way it used to sing When (e & bluebird jest a chirpin’ on An’ a_robin’s red and rosy where the the river singin’, jest the cattle bolls was ringin' in the meadows of the spring. There's a blossom at my feet: shadow of the pines honeysuckle vines. Draamy d: Running Away. Three little (Hush! Dt tell! Shaded with candy trees. D Come in the early Come in the dusky eve: LITTLE FOLKS. ability to do thing: er little competitor did not. meking a sentence than i to_be made. . Found Again.” will be: “Lost time competitor, second. wich, with 280 sentences, TSt prize. FRANK' E. second prize. did creditably. Brewster's Dear Unele Jed Last Week Winners. KENNETH W. MAIN, age 10, Nor- ys and gleamy An’ earth an’ heaven is bright, There's a blossom on the bosom Of the dey and of the nigit. —Frank L. Stanton. When our boys and girls_get work they surprise Uncle Jed by their | have, your Giner tea.” Last week they | made words from a sentence and five | some more pages from my book; but of them made betweem 800 and 1,100 | just now I am very busy | words from a singie line. And_this week, from the sentence, ! “The Rose of New England” one lit- | tle fellow sends in 280 sentences and | another 188. The first excelled hecause | One b “he took the license to use some of the A O1e'S friends in books than in real life, letters more times than they were used in the line quoted, which the oth- It should} have been stated that the letters were | “n* net to be used any more times the one | from which the other sentences wers n Dreamy davs and gleamy days, An' ‘earth an’ hiaven is bright. on the bosom Of the day and of the night. The sunshine is so pleasant an’ the mountain wind 80 sweet, 1 100k to see the daisies jest a. foamin’ An' where the lakes are lyin’ in the | 1 hear the brown bees flyin' to the day ldren running away, Don't tellt) Hand in hand 0 a Jovely land Off where the fairies dwell. Oh, what fun! for the land is large, There You can play the livelong day; There you can do as you please. morning time; UNCLE JED'S CHAT WITH THE Phks in May and cowslips ga: to in This weekc we will try another line. | Suppose we take “Lost Time It Never FOR THE BOOK WINNERS. The sentence exercise for this week never found again.” The maker of the largest number of | sentences from the letters of this sen- tence, using no letter more times than it is used in the quoted sentence, will be given the first prize and his closest takes the GALLUP, Jr, of Danielson, with 183 sentences, takes age 10, The littls folks who did not care- fully read the instructions and sent in words did not get into the competi- tion, although they orked hard and LETTERS TO UNCLE JED. Neck, May 5, 1911, —I' want to thank You for my book, for it is very nice, Ppos: uffie to receive & leitec from his son Tom, who was fighting in the war between the United States and Mexi- co. Every letter was always opened with much anxiety. But this morning Mr. Green felt as if something was going to happen, as he hurried Mrs. Green to get his breakfast. After he had finished his morning work he afe his breakfast and started to go to the pest office, where as ustal he ‘feumd his Son's letter. When he reached home he called his wife and they opened the envelope and took the letter out, and it read as follows: San Antonio, Mexies, Sept. 2, 1902. My Dear Father and Mother:—You will be greatly grieved to learn that this_will be the last letter you will receive from me. My heart is aching to see you, but as I have always claim- ed, and I do now, I had rather die fighting for my country, as I am now dying. So let vour poor hearts be at ease till we meet where many others have and will. Your beloved son, TOM. The rest of Mr. and Mrs. Green's short lives was spent in mourning for their only son Tom.—Clara Miner, age 12, Leonard’s Bridge, Conn. MORE ABOUT A FLORAL ALBUM. Dear Uncle Jod: —1 want to thdnk you |and The Bulletin company for the many nice books you haxe given me. So many of the school children are | making flower books, 1 thought I | would give them a few more pages | out of mine. For false Solomen seal and bieeding | heart T put: “Was it falde Solomon or | not that caused my lady’s bleeding | heart.” For another page of Solomon Come with the throng and hurry along | 52l beach drops, cowslips and May To the jand of Make Believe. | pin¥s I put: “Solomon! oh, | how does yvour garden grow Solomon! with , and beach drops all in a row?” | Another page of five different kinds reads: “Geranium, mustard and wood anemone, in this Painted Cup vou shall Later in the season I will write with my live Stock—Raymond P. French. Cheosing Friends. One has a greater power to choose and even at the cest of considerable trouble it is well o take tne Opportu- nity given us to meet the best. You drop_them if they do not appea: to ¥ou; but at least de mot lose the chance’of knowing the brave, tho gal- lant, the generous, the kind, and the fugny people who are waiting for you hetween the covers of countless books. They cannot begin to live, as far as you are cencerned. until you set them | free by cpening the velume in swhich | they are imprisoned. Then how alive |they are, how much they give you, | how fresh and interesting is their talk how thrillipg their fate! Often one | fesls that dne would love to introduce them to each other—special favorites of one’s own. Things That Make No One Sorry. | yoTnere are ten things for which no one has ever yet been sorry. These are: For doing good to all; for speak- |inz evil of none; for hearing befors judging: for thinking before speaking: for holding an angry tongue; for being kind to all the distressed; for asking pardon for all wrongs: for being pa- tient toward evervbody; for stopplag the ears to a tale-bearer; for disbe- lieving most of the il reports. The Merry Wren, The wren is & little hird Americans all love for its song and for its socia- bility: but in Bngland it is called the | devil's bird because a myth has given | it a bad name, and they treat it there a5 mapy foks do the English spar- row. It is refused a nesting place and the superstitious peasants stamp its nest and contents heneath their feet; what way. Curley left his home could not endure seeing poodle sitting up and Eoodies and getting them: human beings call i written about him like this legs, =0 cute when you are & fit of jealousy one day door was open he ran of hoodlums who did not know where he waited till he met a do frisndly and who took human; was right to hang night after ‘saying good- looking for a new hom. know where he was goin, He fojlowed this one but they took no notice into his good graces at on zleefully along with side, and they went into a iskered man irsice. “A nice little dog that hand when I was o keep isim like that. “Where asked the 1 dutno” repiied the “but conidn’t he sleen of night? He don't need up, and I know h ause he 1 f#nd set hi 3 ire vou & and his rough deddy say- anythipg to gr plied © ; “That will do for one nigl T « around Curley- a =~ b3 i 5. by of doz, %0 he finally ran up to a ragamuffin who was crying and lapped his hand and wageed his tail and got | ce. The 'hoy stopped crying and and finally came to an old house, the-boy opened the door and in, with the spaniel following close. ‘What have ve tlhiere?” sald a big- | [0 lapped_my | ving hecause Ruto Rvland kicked me, and I'n © 2 onto had boys | Smart to be gof rid . in that way, to keep him? bie-whiskered men. singster, | to- 0 he covered | Vit Billy to scé the town, and with- hi ” The Tramp Dog—Part 1 A Story for Young Folks (Copyrighted.) An ordinary dog with a bad dispo- sition would not make a successful tramp dog. The dog who goes out in- to the world for an independent career must have good nature and tac and winning because he French begzing for o and being praised and hugged by the mis- tream of the house and havi then verses Our 1it- tle dog is véry smart, he begs for cake and pie, by trotting round on his hind So in the nto the street and decided to follow a crow were following a brass band; and when night came he He dia not dare foilow the hoodhins home, =0 that im to dinner with him as politely as it he were but the supply was so limited | that neither dog had enough to eat. | The polite Collie did not complain, but the little Spaniel did not think it and dis- tress a friend. s4 he went out into the to his Collie friend, after telling him he was | and did to find it. ind that one, looked a stri hed will keep still, be- | Out any Little Billy Bowlegs had a kindheart d not want to ve him, so he re- not | little ran Curley by his | BU rk alley and alked When it came time for Billy to go to bed, he called Curley, who follow ed on, up to the attic and sprang up- on the bed just as if he had under- Stoed the talk below. Carley did not look good Bowlegs, but he thought he leave him there awhile, and Billy was fase asleep he would sneak to Mr. would the bed and quietly send him out into th> darkness: and when Billv awoke in the morning he could tell him the dog wanted to go out, and he opened the door, and had not seen him since Curley’ 6id not like the locks of big- whiskered Mr. Bowlegs, and the sound of his voice was not good, so the dog just 1aid" theve and watched afte Billy's little arm had fallen from his neck and he had dozed off to the land of dreams. 1t was quite late when Curley heard soft [ootsteps approaeh- iag on the stairs. Pretty soon @oor opened and “Big-Whisker,” with a lantern in his hand, said te Curley ft but annoying tone. of here, vou brite!” ley's eves glared at him. he growl- ed ferociously and refused to stir, which awoke little Billv. who threw his arms around Curley’s neck and told him o be a good dos and go Tight to sieep. Curley snuggled aown boy and saw his enemy Daddy_would have been have Billy know he was sneaking around to drive away his pet. And | several times he tri=d to do this mean thing quictly: but Curley always showed his feeeth and awoke his | triend Billy, who always had a new for him, and wonuld say kindly: Now, doggie, go Tight to sleep; for no one will harm you.” So Biliy’s fathsr had to leave the | 90z there and Le spent the night on bed in the attic beside the little beside the retire, for ashamed to boy. In the mornin; azain to drive | awakening Biil Billy's father tried urley away withotit but’ Curley was too and woke the boy up, and the two play-mates had a real love-feast be- fore they got yp in the morning; and ley moticed'that food was scarce: but e did not mind. He went out special adventure returned with the Jad Jate in the afternoon, to be refused admission into the house. e hung around the yard and whined little for his new-made friend, who | brought him ont a small bit to eat. UNCLE JED, when | up into the attic and pull the dog off | the | nd High Grade value, and 2 by our SEAL. OF GUARANTEE. stinguish between an adul- unable toclearly disti 8J On sale by "~ Tailors of or GUARANTEE terated/ piece of cloth and a genuine Al Pure Virgin Wool Fabric, go to your Clothier or Merchant Tailor and insist on an Earnsdale " pure wool fabric for your next suit. SEAL OF GUARANTEE A Treatise on * Adulteration of Woolen Fabrics ™ sent free. subordinations. and you are 'lprotected f you are Clothiers and Merchant repute. Look for our but in the south of Ireland the wren is held in high esteem and is the bird of St. Stephen’s day. The wren isoneof the few birds that will not abide a lazy | mate and will break up housekeeping and separate if things are not congen- ial. and this may, be ome reason he goi a bad name .abroad. Mr. Wren has to do his part or little Jenny Wren declines to be his mate. The Bright Girl. “Well, grandma,” said a little boy, | resting his elbows on the old lady's stuffed chair arm, “what have you been | doing here at the window all day by yourself?” “All that T could,” answered his dear old grandma, cheerily. “I have read a littte and then looked at the peopie passing. There’s one little girl, Ar- thur, that I have learned to watch. Sha has sunny brown hair, her brown eves have the same sun- ny look in them, and I wondered every day what makes her look so brigist. Ah! she's eoming now and I will ask her in* Arthur took his elbows off the stuffed arm and put them in the window sill. When she was near Arthur's house his grandma asked her in. She said she did not have time to come in, but if any one wanted her she would wait for them. Arthur's grandma asked what made her look so bright. “Why, I have to,” sald the little girl. “You see, papa’s been ill a long while, and mamma-is tired out with nursing, and the haby’s cross with her teeth and if I am uot bright who weuld be?” . “Yes, ves, I see,” said Arthur's dear old grandma; “there couldn't be a bet- ter reason.” The Cedar Waxwing. The cedar waxwing will be an en- tirely new friend to most of the bird lovers. It is one of the mest beautifu: our birds, with its smart sprinz suit wnish to greenish gray. ~Never was a bird neater in ifs appearance than the cedar waxwing, for each feather is kept carefully in place, and the trim gray wings are always nicely folded. The tail is gray, 100, and looks of vellow paint, for each tail feather is tipped with yellow. | A black band across the forehead ‘from eye to cve gives the appearance of a pair of spectacles—perhaps . the waxwing needs them so that it can find the cherries, which are its favorite dessert, and the buzsand worms wh'ch make up its weekday diet You will see the cedar waxwing fiying around among the trees in flocks of five to a dogen. and will perhavs hear 1ts soft lisping call, which is oft- en repeated rapidly a number of times. Look carefully and you may see the crest on its head. or the red, waxlike tips of some of the small wing feath ers which EIVE the waxwing its name. Butterflies. One sunny day in June I was walk- ing in the garden, when T noticed a lot of big brown caterpillars, not the kind with fur; these were large and smooth. They were al] over the vines. the house and put them in ‘a fish- globe filled with mice fresh grape leaves, because that is what they eat. Every morning I put fresh leaves in. And by and by they began to spin. Then I put them in a candy box filled wijh leaves and made a lot of hol in the top fer air. In two days I look- ed in the box and found there were only three cocoons in the box and eack one wes fastened up on the top of the box by a silk thread they had made. ‘After about three montiia the co- coons began to change colors, the: | got dull blue, green and red. One day, about = week Ilater, found a dear little butterfly It was small and its wings were all wrinkled up. I teok it on my finger 1t stood there, and after a few min utes jts wings began to stretch out |and the wninkles disappeared ana there was a large butterfly on my fin- | ger. With its wings spread out flat on a post card it would about cover it The wings were black with a blue ieflx’. I put it on a flower and it i soon flaw away. In a few days [ had two mora, all three were alike—Writ- | ten by a little Nebraska girl. The Adventure of a Slflny. | 1 was born in the Rocky Mountains and was made into & United States penny in Philadelphia in 1887 with an kndian heaa on one side and the word: | “One Cent” on the other. Welt. T was | taken to a bank, and that very day a littl> 2irl came and said she wanteu five cents out of her bank account. Then she handed him a siip of paper and I and four other pennies were ex- changed for it. She took us to a cand: store where I was exchanged for a | sugar image. 1 don't know what be- | came of my companions. Next T was given in change to a very close old gentlemau who hung on to me as I were a gold coin. He s if the end had been dipped in'a pot | 1 picked up three and took them into | Malted Milk Those Who Accept Substitutes are Losers : Malted Mitk Dept. BORDEN’S CONDENSED MILK CO, New York. teok me home and put me in & large bag where there were several other coins and then placed the bag #n an iren chest. In the night a burslar ibroke into the house and got us all. He toak us to a cave and put us intc another bag. The next day he packed his clothes and said he was going back o his old home in the Roeky Moun- tains. When we got there I lorked out of a hole in the bag and saw that |1 was at my old home, so I rolled out of the bag and I have been lying here ever sinze.—Written by a Western boy. SUPERINTENDENTS MEET. Public School Heads to Have Tenth Annual Session at Meriden. The tenth annual meeting of the Connecticut Assoeiftion of . Public School Superintendents will _be held in Meriden, Friday and Saturday, May 12 and 13. ot the Winthrop hotel. The meeting will be opened by an address on_school legislation by the Hon. Joseph R. Ensign, chairman of the house committee on education. The session on Saturday will be de voted to business and general discus. sion. Governor Baldwin s down on the programme for an address, Things to Imsist On. Stanley H. Molmes, Su- perintendent of schools of New Brit- ain, will talk on Differentiation in the GramWar Grades, and Edward C. Moore, professor of education at Yale, will speak on The School Superinten- dent and His Work. The executive committes js made up of Clarence H. Woolsey, New Britain, president; Ed- ward B, Sellew, New Haven, vice pres- ident; Edward C. Stiles, West Haven, secretary-treasurer. TOOK WRONG BOTTLE. Naugatuck Singer Got a Mouthful of lodine for Cough Syrup. Robert Griffith of Naugatuck, a bar- itone soloist, met with a mishap Sun- day evening which prevented him from filling his engagement to sing at the moving picture exhibition in the Gem Feet S_u Sore Couldn’t Walk TIZ Cured Her Quick, | I3 | 1f vou have sore feet, tired sweaty feet, lame feet smélly feet, corns, caliouses or buni read what happened to Mrs. Croc | of Joffersonville. TIZ DID FT. 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