Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 20, 1916, Page 7

Cases to Hand Bags. Your Christmas shopping will not be complete without a visit to our store, and you should plan to acquaint yourself with our stock of LEATHER For gentlemen we have POCKET GOODS. BOOKS, BILL FOLDS, CRANSTON’S Open Evenings This Week Leather Gifts There are numberless useful and pleasing arti- clesin Leather that make appropriate gifts for ladies and gentlemen and our large and varied assortment contains nearly everything from Card CARD CASES, PASS CASES, CIGAR and CIGARETTE CASES, LEATH- ER COVERED FLASKS, BRUSH anc COMB SETS, COLLAR BAGS, ETC. For ladies there are ITY CASES, PURSES, MANI{URE SETS, VAN- CARD CASES, HAND BAGS in many sizes and shapes, STATIONERY CASES and TOURIST TABLETS. In this same department we have the hand- some NEW SATIN HAND BAGS, STEEL BEAD DECORATED, and making a gift that is at once unusual and sure to please. CRANSTON’S 25-27-29 Broadway WILL MAKE KIDDIES HAPPY New London Lodge of Elt! Will Give Out Christmas Joys. New London lodge of Elks is going to distribute Christmas joy in the old fashioned manner to mgre than 250 children Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock et the Elks' home in Washington street. The occasion is going to be one grand, glorious round of pleasure for the youngsters and no fancy re- strictions will be placed on the pro- gram. It's simply planned as a gen- uine good time and generous Elks are doing their utmost to make it so. First on the batting order will be a feed served in the banquet hall. If any kid goes out hungry it will be beczuse somebody slipped a muzzle on him or her. There will be sub- stantial dishes, of course, and there will be ice cream and cake and then more ice cream and cake. If hands are washed it will be all right and if they are not washed, it will be all right, too. this event. Tickets for the biz show have been There will be no frills on Erected on Association creasing in Membership. et Norwich is to nave one of the best en dmost modern “equipped wireless stations in Connecticut. This has been brought_about by the tireless efforts of the Wireless club of the Y. M. C. A., who are all enthtsiastic over the prospect of the proposed station. The station will be located on the roof of the local Y. M. C. A. building on Broadway, which is one of the highest buildings in the city. A hun- dred foot aerial of four copper bronze wires will be erected on the roof and the receiving and sending apparatus will be located in a room on tne top door of the building. The work of fitting up the room will be begun this week. The members of the club who are all expert electricians will be en- gaged in this work. Electric lights will be installed and the room will be heat- ed with steam. The apparatus will be Y. M. C. A. Club to Have Modern Outfit—Aerial Will be Building—Organization In- ~ of” the most modern type. The send- ing and recelving apparatus will be such that nearly all of the stations all the New England coast can be touch- e At a meeting of the club in the Y. M. C. A. Tuesday night working plans were discussed and the means to de- fray expenses was decided upon. The club is in its infancy, baving been es- tablished only a little over a nfonth but rapid sctrides have been made along progressive lines in the field of wireless telegraphy. Lewis J. Smith is president and B. Dudley Lathrop is secretary and treasurer and the char- ter members are Daniel Carpenter, B. D. Lathrop, Percy Caruthefs, Lewis J. Smith, Harold L. Sterry, Otto A. Heebner, Frank B. Sterry, L. S. Bay and Edwin HilL Several new names have been added to the list of mem- bership since the organization. THREE HUNDRED FAILED TO SHOVEL OFF THEIR WALKS. Law Will Be Enforced on Second Oc- currence. Mayor Allyn L. Brown has a list of about 300 property owners who have failed to comply with the city ordi- nance relative to the shoveling off of snow from the sidewalks. The neglect- ful ones were reported by the police officers on the various beats through- out the city. Since the names of the delinquent ones have been handed in some of them have feen to clearing their walks. The mayor will give these 300 citizens a fair warning this time, it being the first offénse this winter, but on the second occurrence other methods will be used to enforce the law. Ex-Attorney General Aids in Trial. Thomas Jefferson, former attorney general of Massachusetts, has been in Rockville for a few days. He came to Connecticut Friday to assist Lawyer T. J. Kelly of Willimantic in a superior court case, that of Addie L James, executrix, against Charles N. Fitch et al. The case was a peculiar one and the point of law was to be the mainstay in the decision. It was a question over ancestral estafes. The judge reserved his decision. placed in the hands of the teachers of the public school primary grades and of St. Mary’s school, the commit- tee relying on their good judgment to put the precious pasteboards where they would do the most benefit. While the gorging process is on, and by the way there will be favors at each place, an orchestra umder the direction of Brother Christmann will discourse sweet music. Then adjournment will be made to the lodge room, where there will be a tree. somewhere near the propor- tions of a California redwood. And it~will be loaded. Loaded is right. There will be gifts in abundance for all. There will be toys, warm woolen caps, warm_woolen stockings, ditto mittens candy, fruit, more toys and land knows what. There will be a Santa Claus also. And after it is all over and the chil- dren are trudzing home with their bags of presents, some more z00d Sa- maritans from the lodge will take Christmas dinner baskets around to deserving families. selection now— Pay As | | ! \ I \ 1 | CLOTHING o~ CREDIT For the Whole Family With the midwinter season, we find ourselves well stocked { with garments of 21l kinds in all departments. We offer special values this week, to clean out for the season. Specials in Ladies’ and Misses’ Silk Plush, Velour and Mixture Coats . to $10:-2 These coats are elaborately tailored in aatkentic styles, with for mmmmga of various skins. With our large stock a satis- Overcoats | 8120 to §22 Winter is surely here—the cold weather makes demands for warm clothing. Our men’s department offers the pick of the market—in good, warm, serviceable elothmg. Come in, make You Wear. $30-2 FIRST GRADUATING CLASS AT SUBMARINE BASE Twenty-one Lieutenants and Ensigns Complete Months’ Course. The first graduating exercises of the training school at_the submarine base will take place Saturday, when 22 junior lieutenants and ensigns will have completed their six months’ course. A new class of 50 will enter the school Jan. 2. The following or- ders for duty have been issued to the graduates Lieut. W. M. Quigley, detached Ful- ton at the , to command the -3 at_Mare Island, Cal. Lieut. J. R.Mann, detached the Fulton to the Lake Torpedo Boat Co. at_Bridgeport. Lieut. C. S. Alden, detached the Ful- ton to connection with the fitting out of the M-1 and on board when com- missioned. Lieut. J. Parker, detached the Ful- ton to connection with the fitfing out of the L-8 and in command when commisioned. Lieut. G. W. Wolf, detached the Fulton to the D-2, at New London. Lieut. G, Hutchins, detached _the Fulton to the C-3 at Cristobel, Canal zone. Ensign F. S. Low, detached the Fulton, to the D-3 at New London. Ensign R. P. Luker, detached the Fulton to the C-4, at Cristobel, Canal zone. Ensign W. Seibert, detached the Fulton to the K-6 at Delaware Break- water. Ensign C. F. Angel, detached the Fulton to Berlin, Germany, as assist- ant to the naval attache. FORMER PREMIER ASQUITH CONGRATULATES LLOYD GEORGE | And Comments Causticly on” German | Proposal for Peace. London, Dec. 19.—The former pre- | mier, Mr. Asquith, after declaring that | his first duty as to extend congrat- | ulations, which he did with all h heart, to Mr. Lloyd George upon his accession to the highest and most im- portant office in the service of the Crown, made a brief, but pointed ref- erence’to the question of peace. “The country,” he_ sald, “has just recelved some so-called peace propo- sals from Germany. True, these pro- posals are wrapped up with the fa- miliar dialect of Prussian arrogance. But how comes it after two years of war that a power which professes it- self conscious of military superiori and ultimate victory begins to whi: per—nay, even to shout so that all the world can hear the word ‘peace? | “Is this from a sudden access chivalry? When did the German chanceilor become so_sensitive to the dictates of humanity? “We must look elsewhere for the ! origin of these proposals. They arc born of military and economic neces- sity. We all yearn for peace, but it must be an honorable, not a sham faced peace. There must be no patch- ed-up precarious compromise. It must be a peace which achieves the purpose for which we entered the war. Such a peace we would gladly accept. | Anything short of it we are bound to repudiate by every obligation of ho: or and, above all, by the debt we ow those who have given their lives to | the cause. i “I see nothing in the note from Ger- | many which givgs me the least reason to believe that they are prepared to | give us reparation and security. If they are in such a mood, if they are prepared to give us reparatign for the past and security for the future, let them say so.’ Mr. Asquith, in congratulating Mr. Uloyd George, said that if he spoke from where he did it was not because he claimed to be the leader of the opposition. Opposition there was none | and his one great desire 1o place at the disposal of the government what- ever experience he possessed. While it was & relief to be a free man from the almost unsupportable burden, continued Mr. Asquith, it was also a matter of resret to leave un- finished the task for which he had la- bored so long. He did not assume the role of opologist for the late Zov- ernment and he denied that there had been slackness on its part. The former prime minister also spoke of the general situation, saying: | “The prospects regarding finance and transport are serious, but not so serious as .to justify misetvings or alarm. But the difficulties will not be solved, as some seem to think, who mistake bustle for business and ve- hemence for strength, by short cuts or a series of coups de main, “I agree with Mr. Lioyd George about Rumania; it has been a bad business and it is impossible to ap- portion the degree of responsibility therefor. But it is a good illustr tion of the urgent necessity of more intimate co-operation.” TO INCREASE OUTPUT OF COAL MINES IN FRANCE French Cabinet Also Takes Action to Facilitate Transportation. Paris, Dec.. 19, 3.00 p! m—The cab- inet took certain decisions today for the purpose of increasing the output of the coal mines and to facilitate the transportation of coal and reduce its consumption. Coal is now difficult to obtain at 200 francs per ton. Louis J. Malvy, the minister of the interior, already has been able to ef- fect a reduction in consumption for public lighting of 44 per cent. as com- pared with the consumption at the be- ginning of the war. This, however, is considered insufficient and M. Mal- vy has reached the determination to reduce the consumption to_ one-third of that for normal public lighting dur- ing the winter before the war. He gave instructors today to the prefects respecting private lighting, which will be limited to one cubic meter of gas per day for a household or three hec- towatts of electricity. Waterbury.—During the 12 months ended Dec. 1 last the damage by fire to property in Waterbury amounted to $192,334.32, compared with $126,. 769.34 for the preceding 12 month: Ol.lrstmquen he Porteous & Mitchel BOOKS IN MILLINERY DEPARTMENT HRISTMAS SHOPPING HEADQUARTER TOYS IN THE BASEMENT We Show Holiday Novelties et Staple Goods for Practical Gifts o= LARGE FORCE OF TRA SALESPEOPLE IN EVERY DEPARTMENT TO GIVE YOU PROMPT AND EFFICIENT SERVICE THE TOY STORE SHOWING. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE FINEST AND MOST COMPLETE LINE OF TOYS IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT VISIT OUR BASEMENT. THERE ARE IRON TOYS, WOODEN TOYS AND ALL THE LATEST NOVELTIES IN MECHANICAL TOYS. IN FACT EVERY KIND OF TOY IMAGI- NABLE IS INCLUDED IN OUR HOLIDAY THE DOLL SHO BIG DOLLS, LITTLE DOLLS, DRESS| DOLLS, UNDRESSED DOLLS—A ASSORTMENT INCLUDING ALL THE BEST MAKES. WE FEEL THAT NO MORE COMPREHENSIVE LINE OF DOLLS WILL BE SEEN THIS SEASON ANYWHERE. ALL THE BEST KINDS ARE HERE TO GREET YOU IN A FULL LINE OF SIZES AND PRICES. BOOKS--BOOKS For the Little Folks Muslin Picture Book, bc, 10c, 150 and 25c. Linen Picture Books, 7c, 15¢ and 25 Board Covered Picture Books, 5c, 10c and up to 50c. Books of Rhymes and Fairy Tales, 10c to 5oc. Cut-out Books, 5c and 10c. Patnting Books, 10c to 25c. Billy Whiskers, 25c. Andersen’s Fairy Tales, 25¢. Robinson Crusoe, 25c. Chatterboxes, 60c and 89c. The Peter Rabbit Series, 250. Time Tales by Arthur Sleepy Scott. Bailey, a_new series of 10 vol- umes for children of 4 to 8 years, at 26c a copy. Bunny Brown Series by Laura Lee. Hope in five volumes for children of 5 to 10 years at 25C a Ccopy. Bobbsey Twin Books by Laura Lee. Hope in eight volumes for chil- dren of 5 to 10 vears at 25¢ a cODY. Hundreds of Books for older chil- dren and for adults—the most com- plete Book Store in Norwich. Thermos Products A Thermos Bottle or Carafe will be e most acceptable gift. We show a broad assortment of Thermos products—Bottles, Food Jars, Carafes, Jugs, Lunch Ki Bte. Bvery wanted size and style. Boudoir Caps Very popular this season for gifts. We show a splendid assortment in- cluding every wanted color and de- sign—price range 25c to $1.50. AREroipery Novelties There is a wealth of beautiful gift suggestions in our Art Em- broidery Section—finished articles and stamped designs in a variety that covers the entire range of goods in this popular line. Rosary Beads 25tors We carry a large assortment of Rosary Beads in jet, garnet, ©emerald, amethyst, turquois, topaz, moonstone, etc., at 25c and 50c. Better grades at $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00. Holiday Ribbons Complete assortment of Narrow Ribbons for fancy work and other Holiday uses—both by the yard and by the piece. Fancy Ribbons—a splendid as- sortment of Novelty Ribbons at 25c and 39c a yard. Gloves for Gifts - ‘Women's Golf Gloves, all colors, at 50c a pair. Boys' Leather Gloves, pair. ‘Women’s Lined Kid Gloves at $1.25, $1.65, $1.75 and $2.00. ‘Women'’s Fur-lined Gloves at $4.00 and $5.00. Women’s Dress Kid Gloves at $1.25, $1.50, $1.65 and up to $2.00 a pair. at 5% a Sweaters 20Y¥MENs Juvenile Sweaters, in white, car- dinal, etc., at $1.49 to $4.95. Women's and Misses' Wool Sweaters at $1.95, $2.95 and up to $8.50. ‘Women’s and_Misses’ Fibre Silk Sweaters at $5.50, $7.60 and up to $15.00. Women’s Cardigans ‘Women's Cardigan Jackets, in black and gray at $1.69. ‘Women’s Spencers, in white and gray, at $1.50. ‘Women’s Knit Skirts at 59c, T5c and $1.25. ‘When in peen 2 s HANDKERCHIEFS 557 COME HERE for the most complete line of Handkerchiefs in Norwich—Men’s, Women’s and Children’s—plain ini- tialed and embroidered, and the values are unmatchable. FOR QUICK SERVICE, HANDKERCHIEFS ARE AR- RANGED ON SPECIAL COUNTERS "All purchases of Handkerchiefs amounting to $1.00 or over will be packed in a Holiday box upon request. At 3l,c—Children’s White and Col- ored Border Handkerchiefs at 8%c each, 8 for ldc. At 5c—Men's and Women's Hand- kerchiefs, all styles. At 100—Men’s and Women's Hand- kerchiefs, W1l styles, at 10c each, 3 for 25c. Children’s Handkerchiefs At Bc — Children’s Embroidered Corner Handkerchiefs. At 15c—Children’s Handkerchiefs, 3 in a fancy box, white and col- ored border. At 25c—Novelty Boxes of Children’s Handkerchiefs, 3 in a box, at 25¢ a box. Womien’s Initials At 25c a Box—1,000 boxes of Wom- en’s Handkerchiefs, either white or colored initials, 3 in a box, at 25c a box. 250 — Women’s Linen Initial Handkerchiefs, at 25c ecach, or $1.50 a box of six. At 39c—Women’s Initial Handker- chiefs, white or colored ini- tials, 6 for 39c. At 59o—Women’s Madeira _Initial ‘Handkerchiefs, 3 in a box, at 59%¢ a Dbox. At Men’s Initials At 12/s0—Men’s Japonette Hand- {erehlfls, with silk initials, at 12%c each. At 15c—Men’s Linen Initial Hand- kerchiefs, at 15c each, or 87%¢ a box of six. At 25c—Men’s Linen Initial Hand- kerchiefs, at 25c each, or $1.50 a box of six. At 25c—Men’s Lingn Handkerchiefs, with colored initials, at 35¢ each, or $1.50 a box of six. Men’s Handkerchiefs See our Men's Plain Linen Hand- kerchiefs at 15c, 19¢, 23c, 3¢ and up to 50c each. Boxed Handkerchiefs At 29c—Women’s White and Colored Embroidered Handkerchiefs at 29c a box of three. At 590 — Women’s Embroldered Handkerchiefs at 5%¢ a box of three. At 69c — Women's Embroidered Handkerchiefs at 69c a box of six. At $1.00—Women’s Hand-embroid- ered Handkerchiefs at $1.00 a box of three. At $1.25—Women's Hand-embroid- ered Handkerchiefs at $1.26 a box of three. Umbrellas for Gifts Children’: Men’s, Women’s and Children’s Umbrellas, size 24-inch, paragon frame, metal rod, good, serviceable Umbrellas, at 79c and 89. Men’s Umbrellas Men’s Umbrellas, size 28-inch, metal rod, paragon frame, mer- cerized covering, plain and trimmed natural and horn handles, case and tassel—price $1.00. Other Men's Umbreilas at $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00 -and up to $5.00. Women’s Umbrellas ‘Women’s Umbrellas, size 26-inch, metal rod, paragon frame, fine mer- cerized covering, trimmed horn and trimmed natural handles, case and tassel—price $1.00. Other Women's Umbrellas at $1.25, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 and up to $5.00. A Great Showing of Women’s Hand Bags The widespread favor of Hand Bags make them an ideal Christmas gift for a woman or a miss. We show hundreds of Bags of every desorip- tion—Leather, Silk, Moire and Velvet—svery style that fashion has ap- proved. We show Leather Hand Bags from 50c to $6.98. SIK,_Motre and Velvet Hand Bags, beaded effects, $1.00 to $6.50. Hundreds of other articles of Leather for Holiday gifts—Musio Rolls, Card Cases, Collar Bags, Toweling Cases, Suit Cases, Eto. Women’s Silk Hosiery Make Ideal Gifts We make a special showing of Women’s Fine ilk Hosiery at this season—exclusive styles to be found nowhere else—price range 50c, §1.00, $1.15 and up to $2.50 a pair. Featured in our showing are the well-known “Phoenix” “McCallum,” “Kayser,” “Onyx” and “Gold Stripe” Silk Hosiery for women—none better. Dependable Silverware for Gifts We offer the best to be had in Silverware—quality backed by a de- pendable guarantee. 25 and 50-year guarantee. We refer to the Oneida Community Silver with 10, Our showing cludes a number of 25-piece and 43-piece Sets as well as Knives, Forks, Spoons and everything up to Ladles. Games, All Kinds--Puzzles If you are considering Books, Games or Puzzles, then you should see our immense showing in the room usually devoted to Millinery. There are hundreds of Games and Puzzles of all kinds and the price range is 100 to §1.00. The Porteous & Mitchell Co. OUR MEN'S STORE Gifts That Men Will Appreciate Men’s House Coats Men’s House Coats or Jackets, new effects in plain and fancy styles, in worsted, velvet, corduroy and silk, at $4.98 to-$15.00. Men’s Bath Robes Men’s Bath Robes, Terry Robes, in Turkish designs and ~Blanket a‘ofl&. Robes—price range $2.98 to Men’s Night Wear 3 Men's Night Shirts;of flannelette or muslin at 500 to $1.00. Mew's Pajamas of flannelette, percale, madras soisette, 575200 @ suite e Mo Nk ucat. All the newest shapes and most fashionable colorings in Neckwear for Men and Boys—price range 26¢ to $1.50. Neckwear put up in & fancy box 1if desired. Men’s Suspenders Men’s and Boys’ Suspenders, - cluding the well-known “President” Suspenders, all in attractive Holi- day boxes, at 250 to $1.00 a pair. —————y Combination Boxes A great variety of Combinatfon Boxes—>Men’s Half Hose and Neck- ‘wear to match, 50c to $1.50 a box— Men’s Neckwear and Handkerchief to match, 50c to $2.00. We sell the celebrated “INGERSOLL” Watches, nickel or gun metal— The “YANKEE" at $1.00 The “ECLIPSE” at $1.50 The “MIDGET” at $2.00 The “JUNIOR? at $2.00 Men’s Fancy Shirts A_splendld showing of Men's Negligoo Shirts in plain whi White and Fancy Pleated S including the ‘“Eagle” Shirts at $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00. Full Dress Apparel Men's Dress Shirts, Col Neck- wear, Vests and Dress and Buttons—all dependable makes. e Men’s Dress Gloves Men’s Dress Gloves, including Fownes’, Bacmo and D. & P. Gloves, tans, grays, black and white, both regular and cadet sizes, at $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 a pair. Men’s Jewelry Men’s _Jewelry, all attractively boxed—Cugf Links, Scarf Pins, Tie Holders, ‘Watch _ Tobs, Watch Chains, Bte,, from 25 upwards. Men’s Hosiery Men’s Fine Hosiery, cotton, silk or wool—extra good values in Men’s Silk Hosiery at 25c, 50c, $1.00 and $1.50 a pair. Men’s Sweaters Men’s Sweaters of cotton, wool or worsted, in Byron, Turtle, Ruff or ¥ Neck, 59c to $3.00. Men's ' Cardgan Jackets, black and brown, $2.00 to $4.00, Suit Cases and Bags “den's Suit Cases, all styles, at $1.00 to $15.00. M-n's Traveling Bags, all Xinds, at 3198 to $30.00. —_— Men'’s. Winter Caps Mea's Capi Auto, Fur and Bealskin—a complete line—price range 500 to $5.00, i i TR RS e e A sl N .