Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 5, 1919, Page 7

TR LT T T F- 3 NORWICH, BULLETIN, SATURDAY, 5, AND VIS!T OUR LINEN DEPARTMENT TODAY AND EXTRAORDINARY OFFERINGS OF HOUSEHOLD AND DEZCORATIVE LINENS. THE PORTEOUS & MircreLL Co. | ONTINUED TODAY:=-THE SPECIAL SALE OF HOUSEHOLD AND MADEIRA LINENS. DBON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE FINE LINENS AT REDUCED PRICES. We Are Goirg To Make Saturday An Unusually Active Shopping Day At This Store ITION TO A COMPLETE SHOWING OF NEW SPRING MERCHANDISE IN EVERY DPARTMENT, WE ARE OFFER- NUMBER OF SPE CIALVALUES FOR TODAY. WHATEVER YOU NEED IN SPRING MERCHANDISE, CHANCES ARE WE CAN SUPPLY IT, AND ALWAYS AT THE RIGHT PRICES. SO MAKE UP YOUR MIND TO VISIT THIS STORE ND SHARE IN The weather today will protably ¢ Fair, warmer tomorrow Qur Price Policy Is a Guarantee to Our RING SUITS Men's Spring models $18.00 Customers. During this period of National STEIN-BLOCH SUITS sinet Smart business readjustment, we are constantly vigilant and ready to 5.00 ¢ olorings— cenform immediately.. w i t h $45.00 marked changes and creations. This means for our customers a TOP COATS Wi that i s guarantee at all times ashionab merchandise bought at this store tailored—a will be kought at the lowest pr E Wo will undersold. iE CUSTOM TAILORING be THE PORTECUS & MITCHELL CO. e s e HOSIERY or the Royal want SPRIT MEN'S tift Soft and at MEN’'S SPRING s at §1 MEN’'S SPRING NECKWEAR f shapes and colorings, includi fashionable Knitted, Poplin and Megadore MEN'S SPRING 3 of Men's Hosiery wear price a n‘av" 59¢ [ € of Wo igh rance 50c to §: includes all the newe THE SPECIAL VALUES WE ARE OFFERING. Favored Styles For Spring RARE BEAUTY, SMART STYLE AND EXCLUSIVE- NESS ARE ALL ELOQUENTLY EXPRESSED IN OUR VERY COMPREHENSIVE SHOWING OF WOMEN'S SPRING APPAREL. : GRACEFULLY DRAPED DOLMANS AND CAPES The graceful of Dolmans and Capes is not to be denied. These most facinating wraps arc the fashion sensa tion of the season. Their newness and charm, their entire suitability for Spring beauty and Summer wear, makes them especially desirable. Price range $1250, $1350, 316,50 and up to §65.00. J “JAZZ” CAPES AT $10.00 We offer a very special value in the pop- ular “Jazz" Capes, made of good quality navy blue serge—Special price $10.00. NEW SPRING SUITS The New Tailcred Suits are typicaily Am- erican. All our Suits are of excellent ma- i terial, the dyes are fast, the linings are guaranteed, the tailoring perfect, the styles exclusive—price range $22.50, $25.00 and up to $65.00. SPECIAL SUIT VALUES AT $22.50 Women's Tailored Suits of excellent qual- ity Serge and Poplin, colors are black and navy. These Suits are in stylish models, the Coats are neatly plaited—the value is exceptional—today at $2250. CHILDREN'S SPRING COATS Spring Coats, sizes 8 to 16 variety of attractive models. Because of an advantageous purchase, we are able to offer these Ceats at from §3.00 to $7.00 below present valuations. Prices are $6.50 for emart belted models—$8.50 for Coats of fine quality serge—$12.50, $15.00 and $16.50 for finer Coats. - CHILDREN’'S GINGHAM DRESSES Children’s Gingham Dresses that will appeal to particular mothers, smart models of fine quality Gingham, sizes 2 to 6, at $1.50—Smart styles in Dresses for older girls, sizes 6 to 14 years, of Anderson Gingham, at $2.98. Children’s Sina We and Notaseme bra all to $150 a pair feature particularly Phoenix, of them being dep Infants’ Unde:wear MEN’'S SPRING UNDERWEAR wrence, Oxford and Munsing perfect fitting Union S Also | Rocking Chair Nainsook G §2.50. funsing and from 85¢ to price each EXTRA SPECIAL VALUE IN U lar $2.00 Value ue CN SUITS @1 18 Handkerchiefs ON SALE TODAY EVERYTHING THAT IS NEW AND STYLISH Hundreds of new models in Women's Dress Hats are here this week—the product of some of the leading milliners of New York, whose styles are sold exclusively by us. Al smart up-to-date shapes in variety enough to please any woman—remarkable values in Dress Hats, at $3.98, $5.00 and $5.98 And these Hats are exclusive, snly one of a kind. MILLINERY We are acknowledged head- quarters for Cl ren's Mil- linery. Our showing includes Tailored Hats and Dress Hats in every fashionable shape and color. We show Child- ren's Trimmed Hats at $1.98, $298 and up to $5.98. Cen MR. WILLIAM WHEELER, cclebrated il tenor of New York City, Soloist at S \ thes and fv :, e X ‘: B-rihclomew’s Chuich, New Yor! 411 Musical Director at Commecticut Cellege, |\ will eing. A Good Place to go Sunday Evenings n fire engine' lday school, 12 {6 | chic Boys’ Spring Apparel Boy: each Poys' Rompers, Special price . Boys' Khaki O Special price a pair . Boys' Trousers, in neat mixtures, ver: * Blouses, white and colored, regular value $1.00—Special price serviceable, sizes 5 t regular value $1.25—Special price a pair Boys'” Navy Sergge Trousers, Special price a pair Boys' Norfoll regular value §10.00—Special price Other good values in Boys’ Spring styles, in Norfolk Suits at and $16.50. sizes 8 to 17, neat mixturi regular value $3.5 $295 ... $850 $12.00, $15.00 Special Values In Women’s Sweaters Women's Sleeveless Streaters, green, regular $2.50 value Women's Slip-O; Nile, regular $5.00 v at With sleeves, lue at . salmon, in salmon tan, American Beauty and $1.95 turquoise, purple and $3.95 Gloves For Spring This store is noted for the worthiness of its Gloves. We show complete lines of Women's and Children’s Gloves for Spring—Kid, Silk, Chamoi- sette, etc.—our grades, all colors, ali styles. New Ribbons for Spring Our Ribbon Department is part the New Spring Ribbons. ularly bright and attractive just now with The showing includes piain weaves, in all widths, styles, and colorings and a broad range of the newest ideas in Fancy Ribbons. Extraordinary Linen Values The Special Sale of Household and Madeira Decorative Linens Will Continue Teday. Special Offerings. 8-inch Satin Tabl Special price a y —Special price a yard Extra Fine Qualit Special price a yard . 2-inch Imported Table Damask, $2.00 value—Special price a yard 100 dozen Hemmed Napkins each 18-inch Hemmed dozen Sh Damasls, rd 70-inch Satin qual 72-inch Table {hose Napkins, re Special values TABLE LINENS—NAPKINS n two de: excelient Damask, price $2.00—Special Here are some of the gus oaly, regular 3% qual- 37Vae des regular $1.00 e 68c tlar $1.50 qu 98¢ $1.48 very special value . 8c price a ... $148 in 5-8 size Union and All Linen Napkins —at $350, $4.50 and $5.50 a dozen—actually less than today’s wholesale prices. TOWELS AT VERY SPECIAL PRICES 50 dozen Union Linen HMuck Td these are exceptional value 10 doz T5c value—Special price Turkish Towels, Turkish Tow each . SPECIAL VALUES IN 36-inch English Long Cloth, 36-inch English Long Cloth, & price a yard 36-inch in the better g regular tter ainsook, Special price a yard TWO ITEMS IN 36-inch Round Thread Line dre: S nd art purposes, regu 44-inch Round Thread Li Special price a yard £ple ar $1 church, Rev .| day morning wor Awakening Church horses| 12 o'clock. Epworth oor v ivening worship with t Barriers Burned Away. At the United Congregational church, Rev. James Grant of New Haven, will preach at the mornin ervice. Ibh cmfwyu hhmf hmh mhm h ..At First Baptist church George ienry Strouse, minister at the morn- ing service the Lord's Supper will be observed and the pastor deliver a brief address. Sunday school at 12 o'clock Y. P. U. the e sermon topic, those who srins of the firemen, for the sucklehead who was ringing the bell ngled promiscuously until the ic of the case became known. SUNDAY SUBJECTS ing theme: A Prisoner's St The subject at the Christian Science|529% Sive in the Thayer building will be! At the Church of the Good Shepher ality. Universalist, Rev. Jo . Cobb wi Christ Episcopal church, quncon o Communion i ‘mon, 10 12: evening praver a vere D m f Holy nn 1d ad- at neon superintendent of tunday scheois of will he present to “hool. At the Central Baptist Church, Rev. Arthur F. Purkiss, paster. Morning ‘ sermon subject The Lever That Lifts ch there{the World, Serviee in Italian 10:45 a. and sermon |m,, J. W. Carlevale. Sunday evening service | school and Bible for men at m ] L Y. P. U. 6:30 p. m. Evening At St. Andrew’s Episcopal church, . subject Faith and Feeling. v \ H, Smith, rector, Hol the Wauregan Congregational 10:30: Sunday school atfchurch, Rev. William Fryling, minister, ing prayer | True and False Standards, will be_the sbject at the morning Worship. Mrs. Addison Traay’s lass will conduct the opening exercises in the church school. Miss Evelyn Jette will lead eavor meeting at service Thursday Mrs. Uni assa- address Al Taftville Congregational church, morning, Lenten sermon The Church Feeding: evening, address, Going Up to Jerusalem. At Trinity Episcopal s Holy Communion 10:30 a and d address at 7:30 p. church ommu on and choir of the (ireene- b will con- ngre Arms Sunda At the Federated church Re of Putnam, Conn.. will morning and evening A Greaneville Congregational | PROPOSE LICENSE FOR church Sunday morning WAR SAVINGS “SCALPERS' ©o-called “scalping” in War Savings tamps and _certificates throughout the State of Connecticut will, it is be- lieved, be effectively stopped as a re- e assage in the nnecticut General smbly of 4 measure soon 1o be fav- orabiy reported by the Judic Com- miftce, designed to protect foreigners Episcepal and others in the state who have in ). The 5 usual a inday 12 o'clock. Spiritual Academy, ' Anne Pettingell psyeholmetris weaker will give rllow them wi 2 and Methodist Par Con and brief ston, me At Trinity Testing | t been induced vings Stamps scemable me complaints been the Connecticut Sav Committee to the effect that cer- tain individuals in the cities and towne of the State, especially in the center: of foreign population, being in- duced to sell their W, S. 8. at price: raneing from $3.00 to $3.65, whereas ihese stamps are now worth §$4.28 Some time ago evidence against sev eral persons was placed in the hands of the Treasury Dpartment at Wash- ington, but in the meantime in order to stop this practice, the Connecticut “ommittec had drawn up u oill to be placed on the ¢ the State, which, it is believed, will prevent the hing of War Savi Stamps at all places except post offices. The bill now pending before the Ju- diciary committee that all persons buving W heir present cash value first take out special license from the Btate Bank ommission, for which a fee of §30 is required, also it is stipulated that such persons provide a bond of $10,000 from some approved surety company, be- fore engaging in such a business. The penalty for violation is six months in jail, a fine of $1,000, or both. The Connecticut War Savings Committee has been assured that the pill would be speedily passed and that it would have the support of both parties in the house and the senate. ction of some reaching in; wer FARM BUREAUS TO TAKE HOME EFFICIENCY SURVEYS Efficiency surveys will be taken this summer in about three hundred Con- icut homes through the agency of ounty Farm bureaus, with a determining just how modern ac> the methods and equipment em- ployed. Homes scoring highest in point of efficiency wil be used as dem- onstration centers for the benefit of s less fortunate or less pro- gressive. The survey will include va- Tious forms of labor saving devi from vacuum cleaness to bread mix ers, and in rural homes will involve a study of the possibilities of electric lighte. running w ete, wh hese regular STAPLE WHITE GOODS 30¢ equally eir] For{out an efficiency p splendid weight and quality— ir 39c grade—Special price. extra large Union Linen Huck Towels, hemstitched, regu 1230 value—8pscial price 19¢ e—Special price a yard 19c value—Special quality, ROUND THREAD LINE well adapted for waists, 5 value—Special price a yard n a finer grade, regular $2.00 value— are net had. Asar the women will be a: ult of the su ed in working n. covering a five- vear schedule, in which the object will be to insure to the home as mod- ern and e euipment, compara- tively, a ce or factol Miss Maude ¥ home demonstration 3 i Connecticut Agric the Farm Bureau S e details of the plan. (uestionnaire showing the extent to which labor saving devices and mod- methods are employed 2 for use ‘n the sur- Surve will be taken in twelve, not more than one n in any one town. Among the points to be considered in are washing machines, vacuum cleaners, kero- , fircless cookers, electr fixtures, hardwood floors, wheel tra: and kitchen arrangement. By getting housewives to plan on 3 schedule, Miss Hayes polnts out, it will be possible. for many women of Iimited means to modernize their home equipment without making the under- taking burdensome. This is but one of the many phases of the work plan- ed for the vear by the home demon- rotion department the County Farm Bureaus. the off Hayes, for the The unity of SHOT WHITE CROW IN WETHERSFIELD HUNT Bird students of Comnecticut will be interested to learn that a white crow was shot at Woetersfield on March 15th, by W. M. Coe, of the Marlin-Rockwell company of Norwich, whose home is in Wethersfieid. While not a pure white, it is so near it that it could be called se. “Birds of Connecticut,” published in 1913, page 198, it is noted that a common cinnamon colored crowd was|i recorded from Groton on August 20, 1879, but ne albino Was reported. it is hoped that the bird will be on shibiizon eon its return from the tax- idermist. An albino robin attracted much at- tention here a few years ago. The cup that cheers is a noisy picce of crockers, THE S00% § (Lola Gorfidil in Syanéy B I stall be born toright dn-Ged £ I TJC Wwritten I it bt e pe £t d Witk fium&‘ i 816 De- And, n};g\(’y soul is.freed,.I-shaTelook Appealingly along theslamingstracks Heaven's gato has closed belind me, I am A oF the e inemens hurled - Into the mner?am Into a night of blackest shmen| I cry to Him and ask.Hith {6 relent. He dc::e;ot hear the Sobs of my dis- So thin updn the wind's sheer-barren- ness. Budden, I saw a NEht through the pall ot Ea;th axfifl td a faint volce sgl‘l‘- ly call. Subconséious wit neei h eternal areams I To smile and answer wiile 1t faintly ied, “A little son” ana sigh 2 broken ‘tears, g “Most precious guerdon of my ebming Fears! I was so small{ and oh, this soemted Of woman's arins fhat held my little Her face 1 had net seén before, but it With all Life's possibifities was lit And promised me a love so white and I thrilled and opened new and mortal voice ceased and_day. s so sweet I might to haunt me not go And Heaven, where used to play and live. Receded like a vision fug I am her heart, bone of he The little soul He sent her for her own. once I OLD MRS, GRIMES Old Mrs. Grimes is living still, g Widow still s sie; She wears a neat old-fashioned froc! And neater ne'er can be. B §he's blest at home, nor seeks abroa ‘The scandals of the town; B There's not enough put in her sleeves To make another gown. Although she’s poor, the needy poor's Hard wants she will appeas‘e;’ Tler dress it never drass the sround, Nor sits above her knees. She every Sunday goes to church, Nor sleeps nor chatters there Her caps are of the plainest kind Save one for Sunday wea She often says “she hopes above To meet her husband dear.’ e rents a cot at fitteen pounds, And pays it every vear. She alwavs was industrious, And rises now betim he's called by all the Zhbor: he good old Mrs. z Grimes —Anon HUMOR OF THE DAY “O’Brien, Oi hov Wan for vez. If a man is born in Lapland, lives in Fin- land an’ dies in Poland, phwat is he? “That's a A car’r-pose.’—Bos- ton Transeript. Alice—Paps Papa it rain, Alice (nervously)—I was going to, papa.—Pearsons Weekly, Mother—That young man of yours is simply impossible. He doesn't like Shaw; he doesn't like Ibsen; he does- 't like Galsworthy. Whom does he (demurely)—Me.—Boston round it is going to rain. (who' is busy)—Well, let Daughter Transeript. thought Gook z mechanics? val—Nope, liberal education. Hort—Think he'll make a successful teacher? Prre- think.—Iroth. First Old Salt—Me sister writes me cvery bottle in_that box we sent her was broken. Afe you sure yez printed “This side up, with care” on it? Second Old Salt—Oi am. An’ for fear they shouldn't see it on top. Oi printed it at the bottom as well— Saturday Journal “I was with the expedition, to plore Bablyon. We set up six seven huts, “Yes.” “And a Bedouin real estate man was tickled half to death. He thought Babylon was due for a building boom.—Kansas City Journal. Bein’ a sodawater jerker ain't mo job for an ambitions young _chap hese days,” remarked Mr. Grubbins. “How’s that?” “Th’ time has passed when a brisk voung feiler in that line of business Positively, if he made you ex- or [ had a chance to develop into a regu- lar bartender. Herald. john” announced Mrs. Stylover, “Pm going to town tomorrow to see the new hats.” “You forget,” her husband reminded : -r, “that tomorrow is Sunday. Wie Dbe closed.” anything sbogt shops? o church.—aSemphis — Birmingham Age- awill ho said Fnglapd supplies {aking long Jour- the monotony of railroad in for children relieve A cargo of 2,500 tons of energy stone and other merchandise for Boston merehants, which was loaded at Smyrna in 1914, only recently reached When the war broke out the vessel was detained by the Turkish authorities until a few weelss ago. Worls on the one-fired white Ware has been compieted successfully. The werk dealing with the can materials for white- e conducted at 11 potteries in East Liv- erpool, O., has been completed and the °d ware inspected by a commit- tee of pottery manufacturers. Pax Collector Charles H. Innesy, of Saco, found alive in the haymow of his barn a turkey that had disap- peared two months before, having Hown to the top of the barn and got caught between the mow and a beam. The bird was 3§ Door as a crow, but responded to a breakfast of hot mash and in the afierncon was as lively as a chicken. Particular note should be made that on the entry of Italy into the war the airplane industry was of but Minor importance and was more of leas experimental The war has so stimulated an in stody of acronautics that-in two yesrs z. stals has been rcache8 Which might have reuireg ten years umder nermal conditions. now ‘being The Pavesi motor plow, placed on the market in-Raly, has in the course of the past winter been given thorough tests before gowern- ment officials, superior to any mapnulmmred or offered en lm.nl:l; ijan market. It is said to be in/ way adapted to<the agriculturai® needs of the country. A cablegram, dated March 3, ims Dbeen received from American Leonard in Colombo, announcity the Ceylon import daty of passenges automobiles Bas been resmcefl fremx 1977, the importation ‘of “passengec Imobilesands dide IOC-ADPIY;:tr SOBOR trucks.