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HOLIDAY DOERS W LOCAL INSTTUTONS Once again Thanksgiving was cele- brated in the Institutions of Norwich. There were special Thanksgiving du ners and In some cases special pro- grammes were carried out. George W. Carroll gent substantial checks to the New London County Home and. the Sheltering Arms for the dinners at those institutions and Mrs. Carroll provided the turkey for the Sheltering Arms. The usual Thanksgiving menu was served at the tuberculosis sanatorium. In the evening thet patients enjoyed a CASTORIA Fer Infants and Children InUse For Over 30 Years T T | Prices . ~'v-r~! NaL W We fcllow the any ads oving picture, Her Hwor, The Mayor, Toaned by Morvis H. Zuckerman of the Breed theatre. x At the Norwiéh S!l(e Hocplh-l for the Insane a ®pecial dinner was 'served the 1375 or more patients and the 200 employes. The menu included chick- en, raised on the institution grounds, mashed potatoes, boiled onions, celery, mince pié and coffee; Wednesday evening the employes celebrated the seventh an- niversary of the foundation .of -the state hospital club. The usual Thanksgiving dinner with roast turkey was served to about 65 pauents and the 21 employes at the Backus hospital. There was the usual Thanksgiving programme for the pa- tients. The dren’s v at the Rock Nook Chil- enjoyed a dinner of P tors. turnips, onions,; cran- berry sauce, squash pie, apple ple, and Brupes. G, ice cream was served the childrep. Miss Murray, the matron, had charge of the dinner ey, cdiel W tig or the 28 children md e!g‘h! efillflfl!u The dinner at the Wew London Coun- Home was servs at one o'clock. e 64 children and the teachers enjoy- ed a delicious menu with roast turkey and all the fixings. Miss Jennie Gib- son, tne matron, was in charge of the dinner. « A roast pork dinner with mmmkln pie nnfl fruit was served the 19 men ana one woman in confinement at the jail Smokes ; were contributed, thésé being provided by Jailer Oscar Main. The family of 40 at the almshouse was given a roast pork dinner with mashed potatoes, mashed turnips, boiled turnips, bread, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and tea. The dinner was by Su- perintendent and Mrs. John B. Champan. The dinner was served at two o'clock according' to the usual custom. A real old fashioned New England | Thanksgiving dinner was enjoyed .at the Sheltering Arms by the family of i8. The turkey was provided by Mrs. George ‘W. Carroll and other contributions by The arrangements for the din- ner were carried out.by 'the = matran, Miss C. L. Shutleff. Thanksgiving greet- ings in the shape of cards were recelv- ed by many of the family. THE BOSTON STORE Still Moving Downward Wm.iflc‘ron Mr. lluckler's oldest ‘cut his finger in the m Q‘\IJIIHI to vor): this week. Six men wbr - for Gutkl Amld-vn Clark’s Corners, paying $10 a week for bmfl t Gardner-of Rockville and Miss Nellie 'flu'—.m of Hartford spent Tharkse giving with Mrs. Gardner and daughter. Norman Bligh came from Amlierst Ag- ricultural college Wednesday' -night, to spend the Thanksgiving recess, staying at the Ryder house. Joseph Kr&venic has moved from Pari- Zel’s house to his farm, known as th Joseph Sparks place. - Erank arizek has had his house that was struck by lightning repaired, painted, and a new chimney built. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Reed entertained u Thanksgiving dinner Mr. and Mrs. Ty- d son, Mr. and Mrs. G V. Smith and Miss Chatker. Mrs, Diantha Essex left Wednesday roast | various friends made up.the delectable Bight for Washington, D. C., to spend |- | menu. "YuuntSgving with her daughter, Mrs. Henry Starkweather. Mr. and Mrs. Young of Windsor were guests 6f Mr. and .Mrs. Cosgrove Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarende Essex entertain- Wite Of i‘mir;egt-;le‘ét’ of Ooon-ouil Taflncml’n‘ “The way of all,the And life is cool uwmufl. calmly t-n Among the ncuuun‘ valleys, woods, O move Thou spirit white of sverlasting -l-.. Casting thy of silence, And' folding. O still the soul.. -rh-u r land, When pomp and pageant filled the summer hours, For" vn‘gidn‘ of revel, carnival, Wanting the langer, wistful Whith thou dost bring s o e And we will: heapswith pi i-l.ll ‘huge stone hearth READJUSTMENTS WHICH CANNOT FAIL TO INTEREST market from day today. We buy whenever there seems to be Jantage to do so—and we reduce our prices in accordance. We are even in advance many times, o nrice: being lower than the merchandlse can ke replaced for. T lonm rice Revisions >rizs and Floor Coverings "RIM—We have vards of this good ched bor- in both white REVISED PRICE JORDER SCRIM — o hlindred yards of ch we have . a yard, at which représents the rest terms— REVISED PRICE 15¢c COLORED BORDER is a very good was reasonably : We are now bring- n dc \n to a_new figure which will sarely Mterest you— REVISED PRICE 25¢ 6fc CURTAIN SCRIM — This n offer in either titched, and in n excellent 3%c REVISED PRICE 47¢ SCR"I A\D MARQUISETTE— all of our T6c irquisette and have down to the newly ed price level. This is e only— REVISED PRICE 50¢ “QUAKER FILET NET CUKTAILNS Our entire assortment of $10.00 Curtains Offerad ns the very best. ome Filet nete , with dainty ome are pure palance in the ghade which is We bought these a pair, but the rket makes it we dispose of “h lower price. WE. NOW OFFER THEM — WHILE THEY LAST $6.19 A PAIR BEAUTIFUL WHICH WE SELLING the m them at a mu CRETONNES HAVE BEEN AT $1.39 we have it in ng colors and r drapery or up- v use it is just the thing— REVISED PRICE 98¢ ) LINOLEUMS Square Yard NOW $1.95 sleums, in a good as- of designs, including inite, It is all two yards and the quality is excel- CONGOLEUM (Gold Seal) Former Price 95c a Square Yard NOW 79 One of the mo. t widely known imilar in a) a linoleum of the v, but much lower in In two and three yard REVISED PRICE $39.00 AXMINSTER, RUGS —Were $95.00 Handsome designs REVISED PRICE $69.00 Readjustments Which Affect Colored Wash Goods of All Kinds DRESS PERCALES—Yard-wids Percales of good quality whi we have been selling for 3% a yard. Both light and dark grounds— REVISED PRICE 25¢ comprises our complete stock of holiday pat- terns, for aprons, etc. They have been gelling for 4%c a yard, and are all ard wide— SED PRICE 33¢ OUTING FLANNELS e been selling for 3% a vard. includes the 1921 as well as other makes, in new plaids, stipes and checks. All 27 inches wide— REVISED PRICE 29¢ BATES AND TOILE DU NORD GINGHAMS. These are the best quality, "and have been selling for 43¢ a yard. Shown in a com- plete assortment of checks, plaids and str o solid colors. Width 27 inc : REVISED PRICE 35¢ BATES ZEPHYR DRESS GING- HAMS—Soft finishy fast color Ginghams, in a very large as- ment of styles and coloring$. ‘Width 32 inehes. Have been sell- ing for 59c¢ a yard— 7 REVISED PRICE 42¢ NUINE DUCKLING FLEECE s nd_colorings, and s been selling for 43¢ a yard— REVISED PRICE 35¢ BEACON BATH ROBE FLAN- NEL—This is heavy, double- faced material in many designs and 1 fast colors. Width 28 inch REVISED PRICE 75¢c WINDSOR LINGERIE CREPE ~—White and tinted grounds with small floral Excellent for holiday u Width 30 inches. Ias sold as high as 75¢ a yard— REVISED PRICE 49¢ SPECIAL — BATES' ZEPHYR GINGHAMS — Two to rd lengths of this famous am. All perfect goods, and all new and pretty patterns. Value 59e— REVISED PRIGE 35c A YARD Domestic and White Ggoods at the New Revised Prices - ALL-LINEN CRASH—Bleached or unbleached Linen Crash of heavy weight, intended for sale a’ Sbc a yard— REVISED PRICE 3%¢ BLEACHED COTTON - HUCK TOWELS—Pretty hemstitched towels which would have been good value at 50c— REVISED PRICE 33¢ HALF-LINEN, HEAVY HUCK TOWELS — Hemstitched and formerly, sbld at 75c and $1.00 apiece— REVISED PRICE 5% FANCY TURKISH TOWELS FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS All of our Fancy Turkish Towels have been reduced in price, and are very attractive bargaine, Formerly $1.00 and $1.10. All colors will be found in these towels and many very pretty fancy designs. All are new +goods—, REVISED PRICE €5¢c Formerly $1.15 to $1.50— REVISED PRICE 95¢ COTTON BLANKETS BINGLE BED £IZE BLANKETS which have sold as high as $3.00 a pair—this year— ® REVISED PRICE $2.19 THREE-QUARTER S 1 Z E BLANKETS—white, tan or gray Blankets which were sold as high as $3.50 a pair— REVISED PRICE $2.39 fl FULL BED SIZE BLANKETS— Gray or tan Blankets which we have been selling for $430 a pair— REVISED PRICE $3.29 , ‘WOOL BLANKETS WOOL PLAID BLANKETS which have sold at $12.00 until the present time— REVISED |PRICE $10.00 WHITE BLANKETS — former price $7.50— REVISED PRICE $5.48 ‘WHITE BLANKETS — former price $10.00— REVISED PRICE, $7.50 WHITE BLANKETS — former price $11.00— REVISED PRICE ‘9-00 Silks, Dress Goods and Linings at Greatly Reduced Prices Silk Department 33-INCH NATURAL PONGEE— Imported from Japan, and a very good quality. Has been selling for $1.50 a yard— REVISED PRICE 98¢ YARD-WIDE MESSALINE — Both evening and daylight shades are shown in this heavy lustrous silk, which we sold a short time ago for $2.00 a yard— REVISED PRICE $1.65 40-INCH CRERE-DE-CHINE — All colors and black, also white will be found in our Silk De- partment. This is”pure silk, of .good weight and very even in weave. Former price $2.50 a yard— REVISED PRICE $1.88 PRINTED GEORGETTE CREPE —We are going to close out all that we have left of these beau- tiful printed . silks, which have been selling for $4.00 and $5.00 a yard-— REVISED PRICE $2.00 40-INCH CREPE METEOR—AIl Silk of the best quality, and shown in black and all colors. The price has been $5.00 a yard for some time— REVISED PRICE $3.79 Dress Got;ds Dspartment CHILDREN'S COATINGS — which we have been seiling for $3.50 a yard. The width is 54 inches, and we have it in gar- net,” cardinal, navy, brown and green— REVISED PRICE $2.19 ALL-WOOL COATING ' — A good pebble-cheviot weave, of good weight, in navy, brown and taupe. The former price of $4.50 ‘was- considered low— REVISED PRICE $329 HANDSOME JERSEY COAT- INGS—Heavy in - weight, ail pure worsted and full 54 inches ide. A wonderfully good Coat- g in attractive heather mix- tures. Former price $6.50 a yard REVISED PRICE $429 . THISTLE TOP COATING — A medium weight Coating, of splendid quality, which we have been selling for $9.50 a yard. Good heather mixtures— REVISED PRICE $629 YARD-WIDE SATINES — In all colors, white and black. We have been selling these for 69c 2 yard— REVISED PRICE 55c ~m denends U Wn one point we can give our positive assurance—Boston Store. -rices will always be as low as the lowest ;:nd;se—the only kind we carry. YARD-WIDE SATINES — The quality we have been selling for $1.00 a yard, in a complete line of colors, also black, and white— REVISED PRICE 6% ECONOMY SILK —.This is a combination of silk and fine mercerized cotton, and was worth' the price we’ have asked, $1.25 a yard. It is firm, light in weight, and very handsome— REVISED PRICE 75¢ PRINTED SATINES Were $1.25 a yard. Just tife thing for coat linings. We can show you a splendid assortment of colors and designs— REVISED PRICE 85¢ Men’s Furnishings : BOSTON STORE MEN'S SHOP. ‘We are overstocked in this de- partment, and have decided to cut deeply into the ;prices to clear out our surplus merchan- dise. Here’s an interesting list of bargains. GREY WOOL FLA SHIRTS ‘Were $2.50— REVISED PRICE $1.75 Were $3.45— REVISED PRICE $240 Were $3.75— REVISED PRICE $262 ‘Were $3.95— REVISED PRICE $275 Were $4.75— REVISED PRICE $332 ) Were $4.95— . REVISED PRICE $346 OUTING FLANNEL PAJAMAS Were $3.50— REVISED PRICE $233 Were $4.00— REVISED PRICE $2.98 TEAZLE DOWN NIGHT SHIRTS Very heavy — sizes 15 to 19— Were $3.50— REVISED PRICE $245 $3.50 RIBBED UNION SUITS— Fine Ribbed Suits, in = natural coior. All sizes from 34 to 46 in stock— REVISED PRICE $259 PEERLESS RIBBED TUNION SUITS — A $3.00 suit, in ecru coloring. _Good heavy weight garments, in all sizes, both reg- ular and stouts— REVISED PRICE $250 ENGLISH ALL-WOOL HEATH- ER SOX— REVISED PRICE $1.15 $1.00 CASHMERE SOCKS—Al ‘Wool Cashmere Socks, in hand- some heather mixtures. ~All sizes— v REVISED PRICE 65¢c BOYS' “BEILL”, BLOUSES—We mave been selling these for $1.50. made of best quality Percale and fine woven Madras. For ages from 6 to 16— REVISED PRICE 88 HEAVY RIBBED SHIRTS AND DRAWERS—They were our reg- ular $1.25 grade, and we have them in all sizes. Ecru only— + heavy weight— P REVISED PRICE Jz 50 “DE LU!CB' NEGLIGER | SHIRTS — Made' of handsome Percales and Madras. Splendid shirts and ‘a great = REVISED PRICE $1.65 EL | witl find that a very B streak the hair nor N lqmu-lv from root to tip. COTVRIGHT CLNEOWET. waSRNaToR _ 8enera de Porras, wife of Dr. Don - Belisario Porras, accredited Minister of Panama to Washington, but whe 8 now president-elect of the Isthinus, . ed John Mirtl Thanksgiving. Miss Frances Mersereau is entertaining | Mrs. William Garty of Boston, a former schoolinate. Mrs. Annie Preston was also a Thanksgiving guest. Rev. Theodore Bacheler spoke Satur- day at the meeting of the Willimantic Christian Endeavor union, of which he is | To Keep Hair Wavy, Lustrous, Beautiful it is entirely unnecessary. The hair can i be kept beautifully wavy and curly to any \extent and in any form. d d by using { the simple and harmless silmer id silmerine should be apvlie | hair before doing It up. using tooth brush. In about three pretty wave and curliness has resulted { effect will last qu Liquid sil |15 not stici and ca "need only got a few ounces from your | druggist. 'lh" hest to a front and back hair into from fo trands and to moisten each stiand sep- Where all the long, dark The cesinous logs will autumn eves and dreams, And love will haunt the lnyl-‘- “hushin, light. O shed around us days with sifence dim,- Thou spirit white of mrluh'n‘,ulnp. Arthur 8. Bourinat, president, it being the 92d convention. His subject was The Union: Its Past Preszent and Future. Mr. ler was re-elected president. r Hemmeler is In Washington, D. C.Vvisiting his mother, Mrs. Henry Stark- weather. He expects to leave !or home Sunday. Misses Mary Jenkins and )‘lflnl tler spent Thanksgiving at their homes ‘Worcester, Miss Clara Mann, teacher at Daleville, has gone to her home in Manchester for the Thanksgiving recess. Misses Florence MacIntosh and Veron- ica Jenkins, local teachers, are spending the vacation at their homes in Williman- tic. Miss Clara Mann gave an ehtértain- ment Monday evening at her scheol in Daleville. The room was effeftively dec- orated arnd the children pleased the audi- ence with their singing and recitations. Katie Becker gave a violin solo and Lil- lian Sonkdp an instrumental selection. An enjoyable evening was passed and many compliments were paid Miss Mann, who prepared the children. The musiclans | Dlayed well. Howard Bligh killed two pigs Friday adn sold the pork for 30 cents a pound. Miss Florence H. Dunn of South Man- chester was a week end guest of Miss lara Mann. Miss Marion Butterfield of Hartford was a visitor with Miss ‘Phyllis Ryder over Sunda; William son at Stafford. Mrs. Estelle Pratt is nieces in Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Essex. Miss er, Miss Marion Butterfieid and oJhn Mirtl went to Willimantic Sat- urday. is is logging for Mr. Jack- visiting. her Refrigeration and Meat ‘In less than an hour after an animal is dispatched in a Swift & Company packing plant, itis hanging up ‘as meat in a room brought by refrigerating machinery to a tem- perature just above freezing. From that time until it is in your ' own ice box—within two to three weeks—it is "Opt perature; first in of temperature. Without a skilled use of this sys- packing plants; next on our refrig- erator cars, more than 6,000 of which are constantly moving to market with their perishable cargoes; then in our refrigerator rooms at our branch selling houses; then in your dealer’s ice bex, and last in your own. Orly for the few minutes while it is being put into the refrigerator cars at our packing plants, or taken out of them at our branch houses, or whisked to your retailer in our trucks, is it exposed to any change at the same tem- the coolers at our tem of cooling, made possible by modern science, you could not get fresh meat, prepared under most sanitary conditions, except at’ greater expense —unless live so near live stock raisi you happened to ing centers that your needs could be supplied from live stock raised near-by. If the foregoing raises any question in the mind of the reader, we will endeavor to answer it, upon request. 'Swift & Company, U. S. A. Nor.w_l:h Y.ocal Brafich, 7 Commerce St. J the landlord called every day, in Toromto Globe. HUMOR OF THE DAY have you got?" air tonic.” ‘How will it mix with shellag?™'— Loutsville Courier-Journal. “Some one, Freud, I think, declares that d.mm come hn suppressed de- sires.” “Not w of unsuppressed script. “That's the seventh tithe that young | man ‘has passed our house.” “Then why don’t you come away from the window " “Not likely. I dgn’t see why I should give in first."—Blanco y Negro (Ma- drid). b ‘;{im married a masseuse, didn't e “Yes, and she certainly rubs it into ‘bim.—Boston Transcript. “Talk is cheap,” snarled the attor- ney when the judge had criticised hir wmethod of cross-examining. “1.fin® you $50 for contempt of court,” repiied his honor. *“What da you think of the price of talk now?'— Boston Transcript. “Don’t you sometimes wish for the old days? ‘Nope,” replied Unclé Bill Bottle- top. “When prohibition struck I ow- ed the bartender so much that Fm perfectly willing to forget it, if he is* | —Washington Star. Mrs, Morgan—And so your boy ha: been taken off to a reformatory, Mrs Jameson. What a_shame! Mrs. . Jameson—Yes. lsn't it? Ané him such a good boy, too. Alwayr brought everything home &0 his moth- er!—London Mail. “Do you think men ought o be pro- hibited from standing on the corne and Eiving the short skirts thd once over?” “Certiainly mot; I don't - believe . ic anything that interferes with the free- dom of the " — Florida Times- : some come from ners.”"—Boston Tran. Union. She—One .more - question. He—Yes, dear; I am<listening. lShg—“ ill you love.me when old He—Well-er, this is a practical age. vou know, dear. At any rate, I'll see that you gex adequate allmony.—Bos- ton Transcript. “Did you hear what that young wo- man mld Vhat was it™" "Snc toid the youpg fellow with her that she¥Jjust loved to cook.” h! An old-fashioned girl, .She's using the ‘vamping’.metbods popular twehty years ago."—Binghamton Age- Herald, 'IHE KALEIDOSCOPE me has hli sway at ‘the Drur) e theatre in London for the’ past 40 years. The average wage among -Eritish rainers is now 137 per cent. higher thau before the war. 1 The physically defective child, says an expert, always forgets his ddor& ity in his dreams. In many of the government offices i1 London the clerks are now permit- txd to smoke while at werk. In France it is fashionable to place #old bracelets, studded with Jewels, op the forelegs of poodles. Twenty-five million dojlars is to be apent in widening a section of Lon- “on’s famous thoroughtare, the Strand. Six thousand peopie signed a peti- tion to save the life of a dog which a London magistrate had ordered 1o te killed on accourdt of ity alleged fe- 1ocity. Managers of New York theatrer where the' same attraction has beer running for weeks confess thai they bave never seen a complete perform- ance of the play. By Chinese law, the doctor, the priest, and the fortune-teller cannot sue for thelr fees. All these debts are, however, looked 0pon gs “debts of honor,” and payment ls rarely evaded. A woman living in a London euburb who suld that her husband was very il, complained 10 a- mugistrate that and someiimes twice a day, to Inquire if be were dead yet. Sheshuan, in Morocco, which Span- ish troops have recently surrounded, is one of the few cities left dn fiu m whose streets have n'nr iden by a white man. holy city of the Moo: .-.n.- ously guarded tj "' ’3 plorer has ever been nblc to énter L P TRRRs— e