Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 2, 1920, Page 5

Let “Danderine” save your: hair and dogple its beauty. You can have lots of ‘long, thick, strong, lustrous hair. Don't let it stay lifeless, thin, ecraggly or fading. Bring back its color, vigor and vitality. Get a 35-cent bottle of delightful “Danderine” at any drug or toilet coun- ter to freshen your scalp; check dan- druff and falling hair. Your hair needs this stimulating tonic, then its life, color, brightness and- abundance will return—Hurry! < Ve advertise exactly as it is OVERCOATS AT MARK-DOWN PRICES Wages and materials are high- er today than ever before, and there’s no prospects of them being lower next winter. A wise man will buy his next winter’s Overcoat now. $30.00 Overcoat for $24.50 $35.00 Overcoat for $28.50 $40.00 0yercoat for $34.50 $45.00 Overccat for $38.50- $50.00 Overcoat for $41.50 $60.00 Overcoat for $47.50 Murphy & McGarry 207 Main Street “Nerwich, Friday, Jan. 2, 1920 ' VARIOUS MATTERS | Be king to the census man zolay. Tight vehicle lamps at 4.59 o'clock this evening. | This is the last day of vacation for most of the schools. The first full moon of the new year comes Jan. 5th at 4.05 p. m. The banks and library were closed for the legal Fcliday Thursday. There, was a little of the old-fish- | ioned New Year's calling Thursday. lence of Connecticut farmers shows that ice cut early keepg best. During 1920 there are to be four eclipses—two of the sun and fwo of the moon. At ‘Rockville the Toresters of America have elected William Dittrich chief ranger. Connecticut is expected to raise $60 for each of the 10.000 orphans in Ar- menia and the Near East. Owing to the cold weather and snow there is not much work for the men on the state highway in Tolland. The January sales in the stores will ‘attract the customary number of shoppers to town for week-end bar- gains. Miss F-aqeas Tester book, Endicoit an@ I has been el at. Pees Lidrary, Norwicl Academy. Miss Edith Fox, a teacher in Say- brook graded school, for four years. dieq at her home in Westfield, Mass., from spotted fever. A new auto fire apparatus recent- ly purchased by the state has been i Mrs. Irene G. Holmes of Boston was in town for the holidays. Attorney John H. Cassidy has re- turned to Waterbury, after a holiday visit at the home of his father, Dr. Patrick Cassidy, of Washington street.| Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Fuller of Talcottville announce 'the engage- ment of their daughter, Miss Mary J. Fuller, tc Chauncy C. Hinckley of Willimantic. Miss Ray M. Briggs, who recently visited Norwich friends, sailed from New York last week and was due to} reach her home in Galyeston, Texas, Wednesday, but her steamer has been delayed. 4 ROLLER ‘SKATING EXHIBITION BY BOB GOODHEART At the Russell amusement pavilion Thursday evening Bob Goodheart gave an exhibition of roller “skating that made a feature of the evening for the crowd of 350 present. He had three changes of costume, making the first' change while spinning. The flat- foot spin is one of his specialties for he is the only flat-foot skater in the world. Te also lit a cigarette and wrote name cards while spinning and swung a 150-pound man on his neck. Mr. Goodheart, who is visiting his sister in this city, has just come from a tour in the south and is to give an- other exhibition here next week. OBITUARY. Mrs. Thomas A. Holmes. Ellen Bonney Pike, wite of Thomas A. Holmes, died late Thursday even- ing a% her home, No. 214 ¥ranklin street, after a short iilness. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes quietly observed the 60th anniversary of their wedding last Iri- day. At that time Mrs. Holmes’ health stalled 'at the Connecticut state hospi- tal for the Insane at Middletown. The sun shone long enough during New Year’s afternoon to encourage the crowds to venture out, although the thaw has left the walking pretty bad. Regular meeting, K. of C., tonight, 8 o'clock,” Sunlight building. First de- gree.—adv. The planet Mars is morning star until January 29; then both evening and morning star till July 2nd; then evening star. during the remainder of the year. Rockville-has Winsted beaten a mile: It reports the birth of a calf with seven legs. Unfortunately the animal is useless for show purposes, since it was born dead. = } Starting New “Year’s day and end-! ing April 30, the greatest peacetime drive for recruits will be carried on in the 56 general recruiting districts of the United States army. Owners of jitnays and automobiles in the public service have been ma! ing a grand rush to Hartford to ha their now license, which is costly they must have it to do business. When the big Marlin-Rockwell Nor. wich plant was in full operation theve| ‘were about 70 telephones in the build- | ing. Now one or two do for the trree | government men still employed there. | In the fown of Thompson, ice has been harvested at IMlovd Bowen's and | Ira Munyan's the past w (o {a Pierce is working on e Holland Meadow in the Sgwyer district this! week. { Capt. Ralph Packer, gon of Mrs, Li- da_Packer, formerly of Noank, now | living in Meriden, has been given command of the 10,000 ton freighter E. A. Morse, recently built at Alexan- dria, Va. Since Miss Tone D. Haviland has| laft .town for the winter, the United | Workers are having difficulty in se- curing a cooking teacher for the ve | hul i GEORGE G. GRANT Undertaker and Embalmer 32 PROVIDENCE ST. TAFTVILLE Telephone 430 2prléMWFawl The Lyons Co. Wauregan Block ’ Norwich, Conn. Ladies’ Muslin Underwear e Continues All This Week. children's classes in charge of Miss Cogswell. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. Neri Coderre of North Grosvenordale have announced that the marriage of their son, ¥ derre and Miss Anna Aarie, to take place January 12 In St. Joseph's church there. 2 The necessity of having the appli cation for a license ‘for a motor car | sworn to before it is turned in has| been giving local persons hoiding a | notary sal or that of a justice of | the peace considerable extra busi- | ness, A Thursday afternoon the Progressive! Missionary Club met in the room at the Central Baptist churc Mrs. John E. Post presiding and s en attending. Mrs. A. T. Uty re- ported the golden jubilee pledge of| $106 raised. i When neighbors went to the shask of Charles Clark, 72, in West Ash- ford, the other evening, lhey founi him dead.- He was last seen alive on Christmas night. The doctors believe! he had been dead about forty eight | hours from apoplexy. Among the choice Christmas salu- tations sent out by friends was an attractive card confaining an original greeting in verse by a Norwich wi Miss Amanda Benjamin Hall, which those who received it prize as cspec- ially graceful and beautiful. & A former ‘Norwich Town resident, daughter of Rev. Jerome Greer of Mystic, Miss Sarah Greer, has gone to New Haven where ™Migs Greer will teach music in the deaconess home and do settlement work, spending a gm;t of each day studying music at ale. A splendid opportunity to buy Muslin Underwear at bargain prices, and materials and styles are excellent. See our Carset Covers at 59¢ and 79¢ Also our Envelope Chemise and Gowns, at $1.19 each. Also White Skirts at 98¢ each. Full line to select from, also in the better grades. The Thames National Bank Norwich, Conn., Dec. 20, 9. The annual meeting of the 1sszloc,k of Directors and the transaction such other business as ma; come before them, ¢ is herebyycalled t be held at their Bankin, NATHAN A, GIBBS. Cashier. NOTICE 126th Annual Meetine ,of 1 urance Co. of the i will be held at the th City o n Society . Monday, Jan. . at 10 a. m. : Notice to Policybolders. es will be renewed at the Nor- C. R. BUTTS. Treasurer. LOOKING FOR THIEVES WHO STOLE ADDING MACHINE State police are looking for thieve: got into the Yantic Grain Pro Co. building on the night o bolders of this Bank, for the election legally House Tuesday, Jan. 13, 1920, at llgo'clock a. :{ Norwich 12th, vings Society on presentation. saturday, December 27, and stole.an The state board of education is \r\u‘ ing to provide a way to retan the services of Charles D. Hine. a former Norwich school superintenden: and for 37 years the secretary of the board by an arrangement that would relicve him of the most taxing of his pres- ent duties. Cases to be heard in the s court in Hartford o are those from! Windham county: Alva J. Dixon against Byron M. Lewis and another, plaintiff’s appeal from sunerior court: A. Henry Mosle, trustee. against Cas- par F. Goodrich ang others, reserva- tion from the superior court. Announces Engagement. Mrs. Gertrude E. Fraser of New London announces the engagement of her daughter, Anna Isobel, to Charles Tuthill Glover, son of Mrs, A. U. Luce of Orient, New York. Miss Fraser was a member of the class of '19, Wil liams Memorial Institute. INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY Mrs. Howard Vernon of Brooklyn was a recent visitor in town. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Osgood leave town this week to spend the winter in Florida. . Miss Mary Hyde of Brooklyn is the guest durinz the hol her sister, Mrs. W. Tyler Olcott. Miss Emily Camp has returned to Miss Marot's school at Thompson, where she is in charge of the land and general out-of-door improvements. Previous to the New Year eve dance at the @olf club, attended by many of the younger society folk, a dinner of ten covers was given by Miss Eleanor B. Norton, a2t her home on Broadway. According to their hospitable cus- tom, Mr. and Mrs. Eben Learned of Huntington place were at home to their friends on New Year's after- noon. Delicious egg-nog from an old- time Washington recipe, was served by Mrs. John D. Hall o ys of | e f 4 1t is’ surprising how slow a. waich ‘ean runtin:cirureh. Mrs. Thomas A. Holmes. was not of the best and since then she failed very rapidly. Mrs. Holmes was born in Water- ford, Vt., January 30, 1835 and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Miner Pike. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes were mar- ried Dec. 26, 1859, in this city, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Dr. Alvin Bond, then pastor of the Second Congregational church. Besides her husband, Mrs. Holmes; leaves two children, Mrs. Edwin A. Fish of New London and Albert C. Holmes of “Torcester. Charles S. Woodmansee. After a serious illness of only two days’ duration, Charles S. Woodman- see of No. 48 Hinckley Hill, died on Thursday at 12.45 p. m., at the age of 88 years. Mr. Woodmansee had been troubled with a cold ‘during the past month. He became seriously ill and it was thought advisable to have him vemoved to the hospital. Mr. Woodmansee was the son of and Mrs. Peleg Woodmansee and ! born in Preston 88 years ago. He ed all his life in Norwich and ! Tor thirty years he had been T as engineer at the old roll- ing millg but hag -led a retired life for the past ten or twelve years. For he resided on West Thames street and at one time was a member of the ool board of the East Great Plain riet. urvive him his wife and sev- —William C. Woodmansee, A lian J. Woodmansee. Elijah B. Woodmansce, Robert S. Woodmansee, driver of the aerial truck at the Cen- tral fire station, Mrs. Edward S. Ross, th whom he resided,. Charles S. Wondmansee and Mrs. John Davis of Philadelphia. There are also twelve ~randchildren, and the following brothers and sisters, William Wood- mansee of New Haven. Horace Wood- mansee of Norwich Town and Mrs. William Mitchell of Norwich. Mr. Woodmansee was well ¥known throughout the city and his death is deep'y regretted by his wide circle of admiring friends. Mrs. Elisha Comstock. Comstock, widow of Eli- tock of Fianders, died Wed- nesday night at the L.awrence Membr- ial hospital in New London, following a longz illness. She was well known in East Lyme, Waterforq and this city greatly beloved by her. and w who knew diate few nje 'S 3 sister of the Ja mer of Chesterfield was connected = with mills. those She leaves no imme- being a he was a s. George Lati- whose husband the Latimer i FUNERALS. Mrs. Henry. R. Gardner. Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock’ the funeral of Sarah A. Gardner, wife of the late Henry R. Gardner, was held from her home, No. 58 McKinley ave- nue, and_th rvices ‘were conducted by Rev. B. A. Legg, pastor of Trinity Methodist Episcopal church. The bearers were Addison T. Gardner, Oli- ver €. Gardner, Willis O. Gardner and William Plimpton, and burial took the family lot in Yantic cem- y. A committa]l service was read at the grave by Rev. Mr. Legg. There was a large attendance of relatives and friends and the flowers were many and _beautiful. Undertaker, C. A. Gager. Jr., hag charge of the ar- rangements. Miss Inez Horton Engaged. Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Horton of Niantic announced the engagement of their daugbter, Miss Inez Loretta, Horton, to TFrancisco Girard Connor, son of Cornelius F. Connor of Wor- cester, M. at a card party Tues- day evenin; The party was given in honor of Miss Edna'Herbert, a former school- mate of M Horton’s at the Nor- wich Art school. Mr. Connor is an ex-service man formerly stationed on the U. S. S.Ful- ton, Leap Year Dance An enjoyable vprivate leap year dance, with an attendance of 40 couples was given Thursday evening in Chamber of Commerce hall by N. H. Levy, the dancing instructor, for is pupils and their friends. A Paul ones and a tag waltz were among the features of the evening to the ' The eighteen +census enumerators for the town of Norwich will start out on their work today (Friday). Their commission allows them to do the work very much as they please 80 long as hours per’day are concern- ed, the only requirement as to time being that each shall conclude his or her work within fifteen days. There are three women enumerators in Nor- wich. Norwich, is to have his office in the mayor’s office room at the city hall, where. the enumerators * will such instruction ‘as_ they may need from time to time. The town has been divided into districts, _this is hard to say whether the'enumera- tors will have districts that will com- sation of the n upon the number of names they list, Henry Gebrath, census inspector for receive division having been made at Washington by the government geographers so that it pare with each other in the number of people to be counted. As the compen- enumerators depends | 2 4 cents for each name, it Will make a difference to the individual enumera- tor whether he gets a well populated district or the reverse. Hach person is to be counted at his home and not at his place of employment and it is expected that somebody in every fam: ily will be able to give all the neces: sary information as to the household. The following are the Norwich enu. merators: Herbert H. Smith, district No. 270; John J. Miller, district No. 271, ‘both covering Norwich Town and East Great Plain; Mrs. Anna R. Mil- ler, district No. 274, Taftville; Arthur G. Broadhurst, district No. 275; . liam H. McGuinness, district No. 276; Miss Marion C. Bartlett. district No. A J. King, district No. 27 g, District No. 279; thero, district No. 280; Charles E. Ellis, district No. 284; John J. Ander- son, districts No. 282 and 283; Cor- neliug J. Downes, district No.: 284; Meyer Blumenthal, district No. 283; William L. Fletcher, Jr., district No. ; Mrs. Jane E. Cassidy, d'strict No. district No, 288; George L. Smith, district No. 289. COMMUNITY CENTER GREETS NEW YEAR WITH DANCE Two hundred attended the Year's dance at the Community Cen- ter for Girls Thursday evening and it proved one of the most successful affairs yet held by the girls. The dec- orations, which werc in keeping with the custom of New Year's, were pretty and reflected much credit on the dec- oration committee. The lighting ef- fect was very artistic. Miss Rose Speck, the former popu- lar recreational leader of the,club, now located - in Atlanta, Ga. sent New Year's greetings to the girls,.all of whom greatly miss her. The greet- ings in the form of a telegram were received during the dance. There were favors for all present. The favors were memorandum books, tiny volumes of the classics, kewpies, étc. Mrs, Danihy's orchestra, which has given splendid service throughout War Camp activities in Norwich pro- vided the music for the dancing. Re- freshments of ice cream, fruit punch, cakes and candy wére served. Miss Grace Boyer who is to succeed Miss ‘Speck, =rrived in Norwich on Thursday afternoon, about 5 o’clock, coming from Portsmouth, N. H., where she formerly worked with Mr. Ratclift. Miss Boyer was present during the evening and was introduced to the members of the club. Jr. McAny, the new organizer, who has come here from New London to take up the lo- cal work, was -also present during the evening. Mr. Ratelift who has been local organizer and director, is to leave this week for New York. He will be in Norwich once or twice a week for the remainder of the time he will be connected with the W. C. C. S. The dance wiis in general charge of Miss May Kilday, president of the girls’ executive committee. The va- rious committees were as follows: Decerations: Mary Flynn, vice pres- ident, chairman; Elinor Stevens, Mary Swanton, Josephine Murphy, Helen Fiynn, Althea, Church, Elizabeth Wel- ler. Bessie Fitzgerald. Refreshments: = Thelma Solomon, secretary, chairman; Evelvn McMillan, Helen Lewis, Mary Fox. May Hollings- worth, Lillian Crumb, Miss Slosberg. Favors: Geraldine ©Oat, chairman; Blanche - Armstrong, Fannie Budnick, Clizabeth Dunderdale, Even Broad- hurst, Ruth Grant, Anna Kilroy. Dance Committee: Mary Swanton, chairman; Mary Fiynn, Josephine Murphy, Geraldne Oat, Rosalie Rior- dan, Elinor Stevens, Mrs. Jennie Fens- ley and Elinor Fitzgerald. Mrs. Harry E. Hirgins was hostess | for the evening and fhe chaperones were Mrs. Fdward Kilday, Mrs. Jo- seph Lahn. Mrs. W. R.. Stevens, Mrs. W. H. Colling, Mrs. M. Flynn. Miss Helan M. Lathrop was in charge of the register. There were guests renresenting the women’s advisory couneil. Mr= A W, Chase, president, Mrs. Harry E. Hig- vens, chairman. has ju. finished a season, dressing many dozen hildren of Norwich; bad jackets, nrov candy for childen in ins<titu i many dozen nvpicture books and Brownies, a very un‘ane tov for the vounger children made from old stockings. sawdust and wire. Fruit far the hosnitals a< well as many heanti- ful houauets of flowers. This service oluh was the idea of Miss Carey and her jdeas have heen most gnlandidlv earried ont by Mies Stevens and the @irls under her. The first funds for this purnnse were wiven by Miss Carey then a whist, which nroved most sne- cessful has enahled the =irls to carr: on this wonderful work which has bhrought much happiness to many homes in Norwich. as well as brizht- ened many a sick hour for patients in the nearby hospitals. PUTNAM STORE DAMARFED (Special to The Bulletin.) which had not been determined at 1 o'clock this morning, broke out in the Mullan grocery store on Main street just before midnizht and when it was checked the interfor of the store and the stock had been badly damaged The loss apparently is several thous- and dollars. 5 The Mullan building is a_frame structure separated ‘from the Putnam Inn building by onlv a driveway and guests of the hotel husileq out of bed and dressed, but it was not necessary for them to leave the building. Tons of water were poured into the Mullan building before the fire was brought under control. The upper floor is oc- cupied as a boardingz house. All the occupants escaped without injury. ICE CREAM HOLIDAY TREATS AT HOSPITAL hosnital have had three ice cream | treats during the holidays. On Christ- mas the ice cream was given by the Hebrew Women’s or=anization: a gen- erons check from Mrs E, R. Norton provided for the second treat the Sun- day after Christmas, and on New Year’s day money left from the Holi- day Purchasing Fund paid for this delicacy which wag thoroughly appre- ciated by the shut-ins. LIEUT. RUMSEY GUEST OF PRESTON CITY FRIENDS Lieut. Albert Rumsey of the TU. S. S. Moody of the Pacific fleet, now in vort at Boston, is spending the New Year holidays as the guest of Gordon Reed. son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Reed diately after the war broke out he en- listed in the 'navy and went to An- napolls where he received his ‘com- mission. He had seen a year’s ser- vice overseas. Elected Outside Guard. music by Kyle's jazz band. Re- freshments were served. Even after slates were ‘invented people continued face .of* the-earth, Wulf Blinderman was elected out- side guard at .the recent meeting of to - multiply on thallndependenL Norwich - lodge, No. 309, | Mandell's, Woman 3 L Otevson Bres. New wins and Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Casey,|BY months the arrests were as fol- e F. Roers, Mo ey |lows: January 170, February 121, AMrs. W. H. ins and Miss Louise B. [ March 99, April 148, May 121, June 115, Srecnt July 52, August 58, September 107, The Service Club, Miss Elinor Ste. | October 88, November 58, -December BY MIDNIGHT FIRE Putnam, Jan. 2.—Fire. the cause of NEW YEAR’S EVE MUSIC AT BACKUS HOSPITAL The patients at the Backus hospi- tal were-given a New Year's eve treat Wednesday evening under the aus- pices of the Brothers of Joseph, Wo- man’s auxiliary, when a musicale was given them by Prof. Hugh Kinder and pupils. : For 'an hour, from seven to eigth o'clock, a programme of exceptional merit was well rendered. The pro- gramme arranged by Prof. Kinder con- sisted of several of the popular songs, also solo and chérus work. Prof. Kin- der as accompanist. The opening num- ber was a solo. by Prof. Kinder, “Calling Me Home to You,” Miss Ha- zel Banfield accompanying. The num- bers included the following: Solo, “My 0Old Kentucky Home.” George Holl- ingsworth; solo “Old Black Joe” Frank St'enke; solo, Miss Ruth Bogue. An effective number of the programme was the song, “Hawaiian Moonlight,” given by the chorus, the solo part rendered by Miss Marion Allen. Assisting in the chorus work were Miss Cipa Rosenberg, Miss Lois Man- ning, Miss Hazel Banfield, Miss Fow- ler, Miss Eleznor Donovan and -Miss Viola Grover. . The patients were greatly ‘cheered and expressed much pleasure in the singing when New Year's greetings were exchanged at the close of the programme. * “BEGINNINGS” WAS TOPIC FOR NEW YEAR'S ADDRESS A congregation that filled the Sun- day school rooms at the United Con- gregational church .attended the an- nual New Year's morning service there Thursday, held from § to 9 o'- clock. The pastor Rev. Alexander H. Abbott. madean address upon the sub- ject of Beginnings. In part he said that if we continue the gospel of Jesus, the. record of whose beginning| Mark described so s'mply, we shall do one thing this year of surpassing mo- ment. We shall “let our hearts live.” That is, we shall thoroughly enjoy normal human pleasures; our relig- ion shall be of the buoyant, enthusias- tic and contracts shall be -inspirating and not devressing; and our one dom- inant desire shall be to make salva- tion not the result of searching for satisfactions that are selfishly pious, but the result of giving ourselves without restraint to the task of malk- ing our worlg a better place to live in, socially, politically, economically and above all spiritually. We must con- tinue the gospel of Jesus, which Jesus himself began, by living that gospel unreservedly. iWilliam Trachtenberg, The Pasnik Co., John F. Magch, F. A. Wells Co., Bar- rows The Shoeman, The (leorge W. Kies Co., Hourigan Rros, J. M. San- MADE 1,184 ARRESTS IN NORWICH IN PAST YEAR The local police made a total of 1,- 184 arrests for the year 1919. - The majority of the arrests were made dur- ing the first six months of the year. 56. total 1,184, The 56 arrests made in December were on the following charges: Intox- ication 22, breach of the peace 8, theft 8, burzlary 2, keeping house of ilifame 1, frequenting house of ill- fame 4, non-support of family 2, vi- olation of motor vehicle law 1, in- sane 2, aseault and battery 1, failure to send children to school 1, crnelty to animals 1, abandorment of child 1.9 keenine unlicensed dog 1, gambling 3, tota] 56. SENATOR BRANDEGFE TO RETURN TO WASHINGTON United States Senator Brandegee has been at his home in New London for a few days, ‘and leaves. today (Friday) for Washington. Sentor Brandegee does not expect he will be back to New London again before spring as congress will be so busy over the many important mat- ters which it will have to consider. He shid that the session will doubtless last until spring. The senator’s position regarding the league of gqnations and the peace treaty is so well known that there was nothing which he cared to add concerning it. The senator sald that he talking had all been done and there was nothing to be eained by future discussion of the subject. SIX ARRESTS ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR Six arreste wera made Thursday by the local nolice. Four yonthful prison- erssraneing in age from'14 fo 11 yvears are held at police station as beinz in- corrigible ard their cases will he dis- posed of in the city court this (Friday) morning. - The four boys ran away from the County, Home on Smith ay- enue. They are Kenne*h Gallagher, 1 New Londor; T.ouis Battv, -1, Mys- tic; Tohn Novak. J4. New T.onden; Charlie Myers, 12. New London. The Notwithstandinz the sugar sliort- | latter is.a,.colored hor. One man wae age and the zemeral strimmency in |arrested on an intoxication charze and sweets, the patients of the Backus|# Yantic wan was arrested on the charee of violation of the motor ve. hicle law. SHORTFR SATIIRRMAY NIGHT FOR STORES IN NORWICH Eighty-two of he retail stores in Norwich have signed the agreement for the Saturday night closing hour of .9 o'clock which goes into - effeat for the first. time on Saturday of this week. This change of the Saturday night closing hour from 10 to 9 o’clock which was recommended and' voted upon at a meeting of the Norwich retail mer- chants’ bureau. on December 17, will he a great benefit to the clerks and will work no hardship, it is believed, on the public which for -vears has of Preston Ci 2L Lieu§ Rum_sc_v, been accnstomed to the long Saturday whose home is in St. Louis, Mo, is & | avening In which to visit the stores. graduate of Harvard, 1917. Imme- The proprietors have readi'y agreed to the change with the modern trend for shertening of working hours. The following are the’ stores which have signed the agreement: The Reid & Hughes Co., The Cran- ston Co., Coilis Millinery, - The: Wo- man’'s Exchange, The Maurice Sample Shop, R. F. Smith, The Mohican Co. Mrs. Bdwin Fay. John Ferguson.« Shop/ Rumford & Inc.“Preston Bros, {Found at Last! And Beautifier dant, “'Soft and Flufly — or Nothing to Pay. Beautiful Hair and Lots of It If You Use Parisian Sage. Here good my for men and women whose hair is faliing out, whese scalps are covered with dandruff and itch like mad. All ,good druggists can now supply vou with the genuine Parisian sage (liquid form), which is guaranteed to qui-kly and safely abolish every sign of dandruff, stop itching scalp and fall- ing bair and promote a new growth, or morne:- refunded. Thousands can testify to the excel- lent results from its use; some who feared becoming hairless now glory in their abundant hair, while others who suffered for years with dandruff and itching head got a clean, healthy scalp after just a few days’ use of this simple home treatment. ! E) matter whether bothered with falling hair, matted, stringy hair, dan- Gruft or itching sealn, try Parisian sage —you will not be disappointed. It's'a sciertific preparation that suppiies hair needs. The first application will make your hair and scaln look and feel 100 per cent. better. If you want thick, lus trous hair, and lots of it, by all means use Parisian sage. ' Tee & good Co. can_supply vou. Don't delay—bezin tonight. little attention now helns irsure ahundant hair for vears to come. Tnc., Murphy & "McGarry, The Lyons Co, . F. W. Guild, The Porteous & Mitchell Co., The Great A. & P. Tea Co., A. T. Otis & Son, Herbert E. Ring, Inc, Alline Rubber Co., Val Lup- pert, C. W. Hill & Son,, 8 P. Avun, Arthur E. Anderson, The Talking Ma- chine Shop, Shea & Burke, Schwartz Bros., ;Inc., The Model Bootferie, Geo. 0. Hathaway, Thomas McMahon, T. Cipriani, Miss Mantesi. John Sterhan- on, A. Denatry, A. K. Malogridas, Frank Ferrv, John Jordan G. Strel- cizk. S. Wener, H. J. Schwartz, A. & P. Tea Co., West Side store, L. Sach- ner, Hertz Brothers, A. Francis & Son, John F. Murphy, S. Feldman. The H. Alofson Co., L. Atkind, C. Budnick, M. Rucorthsky, Theodore Towenheroar The Manhattan, The Eaton Chase Co., N. S."Gilbert & Son, Direct im- Telephone 24 ¥4 Main Street or Central Wharf BEFORE YOU PLACE ORDERS FOR COAL look at ours, especially our Lehigh Coal No. 1 and 2 — $11.90 per ton. : Prompt Delivery Several thousand szcond- hand Brick for sale. John A. Morgan & Son 191st Dividend Office of The Norwich Savings Society Norwich, Conri., December §, 1919 The Directors of this Society have declared out of the earnings of the current six months a semi-annual dividend at the rate of FOUR PER Cent. per annum, payable to deposi- tors entitled thereto on and after January 15, 1920, COSTELLO LIPPITT, Treasurer. of the American Library Association since its founding in 1876, It was called by the president, Chalmers ng Co., Charbonneau & Andrews, | Hadley, librarian of the Denver Pub- lic Library, to give the librarians an opportunity to take action: on the various features of a tentative peace time program adopted by the Associ- ford, Singer Sewing Machine Store, B.|ation’s executive beard. Gotthelf & Co.. S. Mandell. J. H: Myers Recent statistics, it is said, have William H. Murphy, Temple = of |Shown that despite the fact that thers Fashion, H. A. Bruckner, pH, R |are nearly 5,000 public libraries in Woodward, The Specialty Shop. H. the United States, fully 55 per cent of Lahn. Gatelv & Brennan, R. L. Four- | the population ,is without the benefit nier, R. G. Bntts, Tames O, Macpher- son, White Star Clothine M Tamag M. Young & Son and J. E. Marshall. PROBLEM OF DISTRIRIITING ABOUT 1,200000 BOOKS New York, Jan. 2,—Public librari- ans, at a three days’ conference be- ginning in Chicago tomorrew, will discuss among other things the prob- lem of distributing approximately 1,200,000 books, which bave béen re- turned from overseas and from aban- doned camps and hospitals and have ) been ed here by the American Library™Association since the partial closing of its war work. The problem of “tapping” this huge reservoir of philosophy,. knowledge, romance and adventure. has been gim- plified somewhat by the fact that the ‘War and Navy Departments, in re- sponce to their call, will receive about 200,000 of the volumes for use in the army/ and navy libraries recently taken over from the A. L. A. Several hundred thousand more will be used by the Association in continuing -, hrary service to American troops abroad and in the insular possessions, as well as to vessels of the American merchant marine, hospitals of the J. 8. Public Health Service. coast guards, light houses ang light ships. The conference, it is announced | here, will be the first special meeting His Hat In Ring of library service and, in some states, the figures show, the proportion .is less than five per cent. The confer- ence will endeavor to correct this con- diticn in a measure by proper u.sirib- ution of the salvaged army and navy books. Each state, it is planned, will receive a certain quantity of books bosed npon the number of its: ex-ser- vice men. Phone 500 THAMES OAL COMPANY CUMMINGS &RING Funeral Directors and Embalmers 322 Main Strect Phone 233-2 Lady Assistant Govelnur Frank O. 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