Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 2, 1921, Page 5

ey Norwien, Saturday, Aprll 2, 1921, VARIOUS MATTERS LRt vemicle lamps at 643 this even- Tomorrow is Low Sundzy, a week after Baster. This week there are forty-eight pa- tiénts at Backus hospital. Choice shad, scallops, lobsters and oys- ters at Powers Bros'—adv i ‘William Bowen of Willington has been in Eastford buying eattle to be taken to his home, 4 William Maine & Son have set up a mill in Lebanon, where they will saw a lot of Jumber. The Norwich Free Academy Journal has twenty-nine school publications on its exchange list. An Oneco resident, Mrs. John Nippola, hag been taken to the Norwich State Hospital at Brewster's Neck. Twin sons born to Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ter Lathrop of Plainfield last Monday morning, died later in the day. The farm at North Woodstock lately owned by Willlam Bugbee has been gold to a purchaser from Attleboro, Mass. Rummage sale Monday morning at 10 o'clock at 35 Broadway.—adv. Strawberries and pansies were offered for sale by Norwich stores Friday, a good sign for the first day of the spring quar- ter. ¥ 5 A Moosup young woman, Miss Evelyn Craneka, is taking lessons on the church organ at the Boston Conservatory of Mu- sic. £ In Noank, the fourth agency has been opened where fishermen may put up their fish and where they may dispose of their A RARE GIFT INDEED |iobsters. New designg stamped luncheon sets and scarfs at Woman's Exchange.—ady. Otis Casey and Miss Alice Taylor, both | of Crystal Lake, Ellington, were married at the church there last Saturday by Rev. 0. J. Aldrich, There is to be an annular eclipse of the sun April 8th, but it will be invisi- ble in North American except in the ex- treme mortheastern. portion. Mentioned among prominent box-hold- erg at a Colonial costume ball in Wash- ington Thursday evening was Mrs. Henry F, Dimock, of South Coventry. Sunbeam Pure Foods, the world's best. Ask your grocer for this brand.—-adv. Mrs. Sarah Colgan, head nurse at Sea- side Sanatorium, Crescent Beach, has resigned, to become night supervisor at the Backus hospital, Nprwich. The Connecticut National Guard In- fantry troons are to receive their summer encampment training at Camp Devens, Mass,, commencing June 11 or 12. Electrical storms such as have been experienced during the month are looked upon . by the older people as an indica- tion of a cold, backward spring. < - 2 ! The April White Ribbon Banner states e i BUSN,OL ME | 1hat Windham County W. C..T. U. will B4 2 3 . ‘hold its annual convention in Putnam in Mr. and Mre. Leonard O. Smith have,yp,y on 5 gate to be decided later. returned to their home, Oldelms, after:™ £ . i Noted baliot medium, Mrs. Iralley, at AR B N e Spiritual Academy, Sunday, also Monda Miss Margaret Sayles, a student at|nrn %% S AT a. S Mary Lyon school, Swarthmore, Pa., 8 N > at home for ten days' vacation. The first stats: paengerfest since 1916, under the auspices of the leading Ger- Miss Eloise Smith, a student at Bald-|pon american singing societies of Con- win school, Bryn Mawr, is spending the | nocticut is to be_held in Bridgeport, June Easter vacation at her. home, Oldelms. | 5r anq 28 e Mr. and Mrs. Willlam T. Crandall have|™ ," . “Fraven man, Oscar Fritzell, fa- returned, after spending the week-end in | nor Gf o patient at.Norwich state sana- New Hiven as guests of Mr. and Mrs.{iorium, ptesented Dr. Hugh B, Campbell e $20 to be expended in Easter flowers for Thomas G. Brown, a member of the |the sanatorium. i faculty at Dartmouth, has been' spending |’ /v, ( yiigs bank of Rockville has et e ome of his parents. | 37.268,282.34 of deposits and is among the ey, A s &), BETR Browmd few such institutions in the state that pay Following the concert at Slater Hall|their depositors five per cent. a year. :_"edf::sldaxi_ elemr,‘ Pn!es;or t“d Mr? The bank is over sixty years old. ‘ran] 4. Farrell entertained a few musi- M o 5 cal friends to meet Joset, Lheyiune,: the|yor tiacs 15 the taime tr e ren 6 Russian pianist. Osgood (Co.—ady. 3 & William Maine & Son have a sassafras tree near where they have set their mill | at Westford, on a lot owned by L. M. Reed, that is 14 feet 6 inches in circum- feronce, or over 4 1-2 feet in diameter. Following the high mass in St. Pat- ridk’s church tomorrow (Sunday) the annual Devotion of the Forty Hours will begin, commemorating the period, during which the body of the Saviour remained in the tomb. The renovation of the office of Judge of Probate Nelson J. Ayling, in the Nor- wich courthouse, iscompleted and the big room is now in the pink of condition. It; is twelve years since the office had its| last removating. Fish sale at Church Bros.’ today. Plen-| ty of lobsters, .shrimp, long and round clamg and oysters.—adv. The wards at Norwich State Tubercu- losis Sanatorium are still adorned with| the beautiful Easter plants which so de- lighted the 150 patients. Mrs. Frederick S. Camp, of Broadway, Norwich, sent each patient a dainty Easter card. There have been repeated and persist- | ent rumors, says the Moosup Journal, of late that the Central-Moosup trolley line is about to start up again, but we are afrald with no’ foundation in fact other than the apparent growing wish of the| people. ' The Umited States civil service com- mission announces for April 27 an exam- Quite Sure of It. ination for assistant keeper, males, 18, “Do you believe that the thoughts |to 40 vears of age, for vacancies in Na- tional Zoological Park, Washington, D. of a husband and wife become Identt- | ("% SISV T WL b cal?’ asked Bounder. “I do,” 85-|eg by congress of $20 a month. swered Jaggsby. “For example, m¥| put down eges at 35c a dozen. Use wife i& waiting for me new, and sbe |them next winter when they're worth §1 knews just what she is going to say |a dozen. Use Water Glass. The Lee & to me, and %o do L”—Brooklyn Ofti.Ossood Co.—adv. oty The bill, providng for the transfer of A Cold may be the entering wedge of any diuu{ that flesh is h"fl'r to. Dr. Humphr System of Remedies covers them all, from Sprue to Gout, T~ Mon, Women and Children. Book on Diseases of “Every Living ing”™ b Thing"—mailed free. “77" for sale at all Drug and Country Stores. . i Humphreys' Homeo. Medicine Co., 156 W“mh.m Street, New York. He just placed around her neck a pear| necklace from CLEGG'S and on her finger one of our dainty diamond rings. The pearls add to the charm and beau- ty of her evening gown and emphasize the graceful curve of her neck and shoulders. All our jewelry is of high- est quality. LEE CLEGG YCUR JEWELER . 327 MAIN STREET NORWICH NEAR POST OFFICE INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY The Monday Auction club met this week with Mre. Franklin S, Wilcox. : Mrs, Frank Lester of Slaterville, R. L, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic H. Cranston, . Mrs. Allen Cleworth and Mrs. W. Rus- sell Baird entertained informally Friday afternoon. and Mrs. Charles C. Elwell, | Attended [Turses’ Meeting. Among thé nurseg from this city te at- tend The Graduate Nurses Association meeting held iyt St. Joseph's hospital, in Willimantic, Thursday, were Mrs. W. K. Tingley, the Misses Mae Maher, Kather- ine Dowd, Rosa Durr, Maude Delaney, Annie Kirby and Elizabeth Sullivan. Unclaimed Letters. The list of unclaimed letters in Nor- wich, Conn., post office for the week end- ing April 2, 1921: Herbert H. Owen, Charles Peterson, Mrs. Mary L, Swift, Mary G. Thompsen. Average LIfe, Thirty-Three Years. Good authorities give the average du- ration of human life as about thirty- three years. One quarter of the people on the earth die befere the age of six, one-half before the age of sixteen, and only about one person of each ene hun- dred born lives to the age of sixty-five, The deaths are calculated at sixty-sev- ep a minute, 97,790 a day and 85,639,885 a year. Births are calculated at about seventy a minute, 100,800 & day and 86,792,000 & year. of 390,000 for a new building and $15,000 for maintenance of the building. The annual public art lecture given at Stafford Springs by the Current Events club Monday evening next, will be by Prof. Henry Bill Selden, instructor of art at the Women's College, Who will speak on The Modern Painters’ Point of View, considering the artists since 1830, The executive council at the United | church for the year comprises the dea- cons, ths tTustees, superintendent of the church schoel, Harry L. Clark, Mrs. B. P. Bishop, Mrs. ‘William P. Wade and Miss Eunice Gulll- vee, People .40 not always remember that by the-reguiations of the Norwich board ‘commuissi shall divert water from or pollute any ‘water rumning to er in the reservoir or ‘mains, is Habie to a pemalty of fifty dol- larse for’ each offense. et Economy. The pot of gold:at-the.end of the Let us attach a pair a:volukr o rinhew—bas ; anybody{ ever seen it? heels to your sho ‘alk arou Will anybody ever .returgz with it? on them 2 day or two. Netice how {| n-onomy may mean’tbe difference be- much brighter you feel—not so tired || .-cen ‘livingn & poor-house and sup- any more—more desire to work, etc, perting 6ne Try a pair today, SHU-FIX || .z ' New Use for Airglane Craine. A Londen factoryowner believes Ato use an airplane en- gin# as an ‘ordinary pewer unit. Only"| a small part of the rated horse power 1s used. - Mr. and Mrs. A Delogie of Trading Cove, were .recent guests f relatives in Miss K.. A Dowd of Backus hospital, Norwich, was the guest Thursday f! ‘Alice T. Hutchins, of Greene, R. L Mrs. Clarence Yeomans and son Regi- hald, of Bridgeport, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs, Henry G. Aurelio, of PAck street. Mrs. I F. Coy has maved her goods to Pine Rest and is staying at Brignt Side, Canterbury Gre«n, ior the pres- ent. * Miss Helen Carroll of Washington street and Miss Edith MeGrevey of Sa- chem street are gpending the week-end in Providence. Miss Virginia Young, of Spring Garden avenue, Norwich, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. M. J. Doyle, of Glenbrook avenue. New London, over the week-end. QUAEER HILL BARN IS BURNED BUT HOGS SAVED A barn owneg by the Soltz Co. of Two arrests on charges of having hard cider on hand in violation of the liquor law were made Friday by the police. The |° first was late in the afternoon at the saloon. of Benny. Mandell, 480 North Main, when cers Casey, Smith and O'Neil made a raid there and brought away. two bfltflud.fnsmuml oontl[:'.):l‘;:(: cider. Mandéll s swee put out by, a well packing house firm. He gave bonds his appearance in court. The police also searched two homes on OPINION ON NEAR-BEER GIVEN C | TO COUNT COMMISIIONERS The county commissioners of Conneéti- cut have received legal opinion that may cause a revolution in the handling and sale of “near beer” and similar beve- New London on their farm at Quaker Hill | rages under the laws of the state of Con- was completely destroyed by fire of an| necticut, without regard to the Volstaac before 41 act. undetermined origin, shortly o'clock Thursday afternoon. Sixty Joe Saunders, manager covereq the flames, Ri This opinion is to the effect that under head of hogs were in the building when | the statutes of Connecticut as at-present the farm, dis- | constituted, every person engaged in sell- g his life he| ing ‘“near beer” or fermented cider o1 entered the blazing building and drove | similar beverags, without regard to the the hogs out of danger. Hay and grain valued at several thou- nds of dollars were stored in the barr with many farm implements and tools The loss Is estimated at $5,000 and i reported as less than half covered by in- surance. NORWICH LAWYER PBEDICTS COLD ST VMIMER AHEAD A well known Norwicn lawyer turned weath prophet this week and made the prediction that the summer ahead of us to be a cold one because the wind will be in the northwest a large part of the time. > Keep your eye on this” he said. “The wind was in the northwest when the sun crossed the line on March 21st and that is a sign that no:thwest winds will pre- vail this summer. Thai means a cold season.” FUNERAL. AIrs. Charles Holman. There was a buria] service for Mrs. Charles Holman who died in Brooklyn, N. Y., at the grave in Yantic cemetery on Friday afternoon. The service was coa- ducted by Rev. C. H. Ricketts, bastor of the Greeneville Congregational church. Henry Allen & Son Co, had charge of the local arrangements. 5 Mrs. Holman was the daughter-in-law of Dr. Gecrge W. Holman, who died Oct. 12, 1911, aged, 85, and Mrs. Harriet E. Holman, who died on July 2, 1908, aged 79, both being buried here. WEDDING Rose—Wright, At 6 o'clock Friday Rose of Farmington, 2, nue were united i Eldred Brown, thel formed at the residen 28 Otis street. The couple were attended by the mother of the bride, and Edward Wright, her brother. Mr. Rose was born in Italy. He is the son of Samuel and Philomene Golette Rose. The bride who is a native of Leba- non has been employed as a Waitress. Cut Force at Gr‘own Tron Works. According to report of the New London Ship and Engine company and of the Electric Boat corporation, in a retrench. ment process. of both concerns, between 250 and 300 have been laid off for an in- nite period since a week ago last Mon- day. A majority of the above number were laid off Wednesday and Thursday, and, more were off Friday. It is said ‘former employes that the reduction 11 reach the point where less than 100 men will bé employe2 a tthe two planta. Information About Comstock Wanted. Mayor E. Frank Morgan of New Lon- don has’ recéved ‘a letter from L. O. Mordf, Arcadia, Fla., asking for informa- tion regarding William C. and Charles Comstock, believed to have formerly Tived in or.near New* London and who were believed to have been in charge of a hotel somewhere in New London county. From the tone of the letter it is believed by the mayor that an inheritance ‘awaifs the brothers. It is considered possible that some of the older people in the county can recall the brothers, if they ever lived ‘here, and can send word to Mr. Mordt to that effect. Far East Cruise, Word has been received at the, local navy recruiting station in New London that the U. S. S. Beaver with the eigh- teenth submarine division comprising the following vessels, S-2, $-9, S-15, S-14, S-16 and’ S-17 will leave Porthsmouth, N. H, on May 9th for the West (oast touching at San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Honolulu, leaving the latter port on November Ist for-the Philippines and the Far East. There are vacancies in skilled me- chanic ratings as follows: Electricians, radiomen, torpedomen, machinists” mates, carpenter's mates, water tenders and yeomen. Ex-navy men wil' probably have the opportunity of re-enlisting for duty aboard ome of the above named vessels. Another report on this cruise will be furnished by tks navy recruiting sta- tion at New London ig the next fow days. Entertained at Whist Mrs. W. C. Robinson entertainet the Jolly Twelve at whist at her hom at 60 Main street on Thursday evening. The ladies’ prizes were takeh by Mrs. Joseph A. George, first; consolation, Mrs. A. Hoelck. The gentleman’s prizs were awarded to A. Hoelck, first; M. P. Baum- gartner, consolation. Sandwiches, . cake and coffec’were served by the hostess during the€ evening. Packing Case Fell on Foot. Martin Burns of 107 Boswell avenue, employed at the plant of the . United States Finishing Company was painfully \injured Friday afternoon when a packing case weighing 1100 pounds fell on his right foot. Mr. Burng was attended by Dr. R. R. Agnew. Banquet to Judge Hinman. Members of the Danbury Bar associa- tion were hosts Tuesday evening at a complimentary dinner for Judge George E. Hinman of Willimantic, who is pre- siding at the March term of the superior court in Danbury. e amount of alcohal, is required to have a regular liquor license, issued by the county commissioners. Every person en- ~aged in the manufacture of such bev- rages .is equally ugder the jurisdiction of the commissioners. And all persons now engaged in mahufacturing or vend- ing these beverages are violating the law and are amenable to arrest and severe. penalties, says X e Bridgeport Post. A liquor license {rday costs $750 per annum and there are now no licenses M existence. Shoulq this new ruling hold good and be enforced, all applications for licenses will come before the county com- missioners as new business, and there will be no “remewals’ The commissioners will thus have it in their jurisdiction to | decide what place is proper for' the sale of “near beer’ and what place unsuitable what person is suitable and what persen not, and all the laws will be enforceable as before through regular liquor prose- cutors in towns ang eities. This matter Xas come up through the discovery that the Connecticut statutes regulating the sale of “spirituous and in- toxicating liquors,” including beers and ales, do not define sach liquors alone by the &lcoholic content, but by the procest by which they are made. Thus no dis- tinction is made between ‘“near beer” and real beer, but under Connecticut law. “beer manufactured from hops and malt or from hops: and barler.” is de- fined as within the scope of the license laws and excise regulation, regardlest of alcoholio content. “Near beer.” which contains only one-half of one per cent of alcohol or less. is thus a subject for licensing and regulation as much as full- fledzeq four per cent. beer ever war. Furthermore, untler _the limitation of licenses in Cennecticut law, there can be but one place selling such beer or near- bear to every 500 of population. DR. GILDERSLEEVE'S NARROW ESCAPE AT WILLIMANTIC Quick thinking and quick acting by Dr. C. C. Gildersleeve of this city snatched him out of a perilous position in front of an approaching train last Tuesday night o; the Main street crossing at Williman- t For some unexplained reason the crogs- ing tender dropped the gatss in front of and behind Dr. Gildersleeve as the doe- tor was driving across in 1is sutomebile, bringing the machine to a stop on the tracks. Looking out, Dr. Gildersleeve suw a fast train bearing down upon him and he had just time to get his car going again and shoot it up alonz a bank hy the side of the tracks as the train whiz- zed by. Mrs. Gildersleeve was in the ear with her husband at the time. BAR ASSOCIATION COMMITTEFR 3 TO PREPARE MEMORIAL Attorneys Allyn L. Brown, Roderick "y and John C. Geary, and Frank L. McGuire Lof New London, have been appointed by William H. Shields, president of the New London County Bar, a committee to pre- pare and present_memoria] resolutions on the death of Joseph T. Fanning for many years a prominent and successful lawyer in New London county. The resolutions when drafted are to be brought before the county bar and the superior court at an early date for the joint action of the court and bar. Memorial resolutions upen the Franklin T. Brown of this city. coroner of the county for many years. and upon Witliam B."Coit of New London will be presented at the same time as those upon Attorney Fanning are brought before the bar association. SR S ST FLETCHER POST PLANS TO DECORATE GRAVES Preliminary plans for decorating the graves of' soldiers and sailors = of the World war were made al the regular meeting of Fletcher Post, No. 4, Ameri- can Legion, held Friday evening at the post rooms in the Stead block. Comman- der John S. Blackmar presided at the imeeting which wag wel] attended. The matter of securing A jpropriate grave markers was discussed as were plans pertaining to the Memorial day ob- servance. The regular reports of the treasurer and adjutant wers heard and accepted. MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER GIVEN FOR MISS LAURA BULLARD A miscellaneous shower was given for Miss Laura Bullard at the home ‘of Mrs. Harry McGlone at 18 North Main street on Friday evening. The shower was in honor of Miss Bullard's aproaching mar- riage with Richard Potter. The evening was delightfully taken up with games and ing the evening by the hostess. After their marriage the couple will live In Charlestown, N. H., where Mr. Potter has purchased a home. RAISES $25 FOR IRISH RELIEF BY HOME JWHIST The local committee for relief in Tre- land has received $25 from Mrs. Charles | Woodmansee of 100 Spruce street. This sum was the proceeds of a whist which was given on Tuesday evening at her home for the benefit of the fund. This contribution will be eredited to the Lau- rel Hill team. CAMB FEOM BAHAMAS TO MAINLAND BY AIRPLANE ‘William J. Stanley of 60 Washington street, who has been spending the winter in the Bahamas, has returned to his home in this city. Mr, Stanley on the return trip from the islandg to the mainland came by airplane. The trip which takeés eight hours by boat was made im about 50 minutes by plane. Dies From Whooping Cough ‘William Colopoulos, 8 years eld son of Theodosius Colopoulos, died at his home at §4 Washington street on Wed- nesday following a short illness with whooping cough. The boy was born in ‘Webster, Mass, but for several years had resided in Norwich. Burial took place in Maplewood . cemetery. Shea — Burke being the funeral directors. Parcel Post to Germany. Effective at once, paresl-post packages containing fats; bread and other bakers’ articles; pates (pastes); meats and meat articles dnd lard will be admitted into Germany up to the weight limit of 11 pounds, when pronerly packed. Field crops of Canada last Douglass, Nelson J. Avling of Norwi. i, Tate | music and refreshments were served dur-| Fire which, it is said, is suspected to nave been of incendiary origin, destroyed the gemeral store of Edward Brooks and four cottages at Pleasure Beach, Water- ford, Friday morning about 1 o'clock. s, which are a total loss, be- longed to Cl t Flagg of George H. Hartwell of Southbridg Mass., Mrs. Lester of Waterford and Bd- ward Wilson of ‘Hartford. Another cot- tage belonging to Mrs. Maria Dickie ofy Brooklyn, N. Y., was so badly damaged | that it may be said to be almost a total Joss. The entire loss of bulldings and contents is estimated at about $35.000. Mr. Brooks was at his store until 10 o'clock Thursday night and it was all right when he left it. The fire had a good start when it was discovered and it spread rapidly te the nearby bulldings. Fire apparatus from ! New London respended to a call for help and did good work ir checking fires that started on many roofs from the falling From the Brooks store the flames. leap- ed first to the Plagg cottage, then to the Hartwell and Lester places, which were all on the same side of the street. Across the street from the Flagg cottage suspicion’ that they were places where in- toxicating liquor was either made or dis- The house of Benny Yesmuth at § Cove street was searched, but no -liquor was found. A visit ‘was also made to the home of Tony Izbitzki at 44 Sturte- vant avenue was also looked over but no liquor was found. Acording to ftive of- ficers who went t> the house a number of jugs, glasses, bottles and utensils which seemed to indicate that the place was equipped for handling liquor were to be Seen at the house. WHOOPING COUGH AND MEASLES IN NORWICH TFour cases of whooping cought and ene of measles were reported from Norwich last week according to the weekly mor- biditysreport issued by the state depart- ment of health. Diseases reported from towns in-eastern Connecticut' during the week Tollow Diphtheria—Jewett City, 1; Somers, 2 Rockville, 2; Thompson, 2. the fire spread fo the Wilson house and Scariet fever—New London, 3; Water- | {rom there to the Dicke house close by. ford, 1; Woodstock 1. Mr. Flagg and family have made this Measles—New London 2; Norwich, 1; Coventry, 1; Mansfield, 1. . ‘Whooping cough—~Groton, 4; New London, 1; Tolland, 33. h regard to sickness in childhood the report savs: Childhood, and particularly the pre- school years of the child, is the period wherein most children wage their fight against cornmunicable diseases. It is un- fortunate that so many lose this fight from certain diseases as whoopinz ¢dugh, measles and diphther‘a before they reach the age of five years. By the method of disease reporting by physiciang and health officers started in 1918, the state department of health h: been able to prepare certain statistics for 1820, to ascertaia the ages wherein Sickness occurs and. the fatality rates for the age gronps. For instance. 33.5 per cent. of all diphtheria cases are in children in the O-4+ year .age group, but 61 per cent. of all deaths are in this age group. In measles the ults are more strik- ing, for in 1820 54.7 per cent. of all the cases occurred in children less than 5 years old. Whooping cough shows the same age incidence of diseases as measles. On the ot! hand, scarlet fever seems to prevail to the greatest extent dur- ing the first few vears of school life, 42.2 per cent. of all the cases reported being in the 5-9 year groub. The highest fatalit yrates of most of these diseases are in the O-4 vear age group and indicate that many lives ean be saved if children can be prevented from having ' diseases during the early years of life. As an example, over 90 per cent. of deaths from measies and _whooping cough cases in' Connecticut are unfor- tunately in the O-4 year age group. BOGUE AUXILIARY WHIST AND DANCE AT BUCKINGHAM There was an attendance of over a hundred at the whist held Friday evening at Buckingham Memorial by Irving Bogue Auxiliary t4 Fletcher Post, No. 4, American Legion.” The whist which was the first held by the auxiliary was highiy successful. Play lasted from 8.15 until about 10.30 o'clock when the prize winners were an- nounced ‘as follows: Green counters, Mrs, J. T. King, first; P. H. Wilsor, second ; George Kramer, consolation. Yellow counters—A. E, Fleming, first; Mrs. Ste- phen Walsh, second. Mrs. Walsh and Mr. Fleming were tied, Mr. Fleming taking firet prizs on the cut. Following the whist dancing was en- joyed, Miss Cecile Stevens presiding at the pianos ™unch and cookies were serv- ed. Mrs. George Frazier was chairman of the general committee which com- prised Mrs. Mildred Weeden, Mrs. Clar- ence Amburn, Mrs. Abell and Miss Hazel Fletcher. i The scorers wers Mrs. Clarence Am- burn, Mrs; Howard Benjamin, Miss Mary Shannon, Mrs, Rusc~ll and Mrs. John Bowman. The p' #1 wag prepared by Mre. Mildred We. .en and Mrs. B. Pullen. Mr. Pullen was in charge of the ticket table, The committee will make a report on the whist at the regular meeting of the auxiliary which will be held Monday eve- ning in the Legion rooms at the 'Stead block. summer place their home for many ®xcept during * the winter months and were to have gone there today- (Satur- day) to open it for the season. Mr. Flagg visited the beach: Friday and found his piace was i compiete loss. His house was completely furnished and contained many: valuable pieces of antiques, furni- ture and curios of different kinds. The family of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Oat of this eity have occupied the Flagg place, which was arranged in two apartments, for a large part of the summer geason for the past 10 years. - The Brooks store was formerly con- ducted by J. T. Rose. Mr. Brooks has already arranged to open a/store for the summer season at once in a building at the corner of the street. a short distance from his burned-out location. T L T S TONY SARG'S MARIONETTES DEAW CROWDED HOUSF Tony Sarg and his marionettes made an attraction that left not a seat of over 700 vacant Friday night at the Com- munity house én Church street for the second ' in the series of entertainments under the auspices of the: Woman's Guild of the United Congregaional church. The little puppets gave a marvelously lifelike presentation of Wasiington Irv- ing's Rip Van Winkie. Every character in the well known story waz there and 1* was often difficult to bedeve that they were not alive, 80 perrectly was the timing of the action of the little figures and the speaking of the invisible actors who gave them tongue arranged. Rip's dog barked, wagged his tail. flappeq his ears and jumped around in toe dog| fashion, Mrs. Rip's pig was a veritable pig. Rip was the likeable old good-for- nothing of the story and Mrs. Rip w the keen-tongued berater of her easy- going husband. Complete scenic effects, carrisad out with true art, added to the ilusion of re- ality anq the great merit of the produc tion, which was enthusiastically applaud- ed at every acene. Tony Sarg himself was given a burst of applause when he made one appear- ance on the stage, veritable ~giant among the pygmy felk of his creation that had given the audience a delightful evening. Norwich, FIFTEENTH ANNUAL BANQUET BY ACADEMY SORORITY Alpha chapter of Deita : Upsilon Pai sorority of the . Academy held its fifteenth annual banquet Friday ev- ening -at the Wauregan house from § tc 8. with covers laiq for twenty. The tablee were prettily decorated an¢ the follow- ing menu was served: 5 £ Grapefruit Cordial Cream of Southern Tomato., au Croutons Roast Native Clicken Duchess Potatoes Fatly June Peas Franeh Bread CoZtry Olub (N Cream Assorted Caker Demi Tasse ! "For the speaking programme that fol- Jowed. Miss Mildred Engler gracefully fillsd the place of toastmistress. and bright responses were made to the toasts as follows: Our Sorority, Miss Chrystal Whitney Lovalty, Miss Helen Cochrane: Initia tions, Miss Marion Blackledge: Our Alumnse, Miss Ruth Loringe Reminisc- ences, M'ss Elizabeth Filimore: Members of Epsilon Upsilon fraternity | ware guests of the sorority for a program of dancing from 8 te 12 o'clock for which Buddington's orchestra played. A de- lighttul evening was enjoyed through the arrangements earried out by the banauet committee, which comprised Misses Heien G, Cochrane. Natalie Bussey and Beulah Carpenter. . ACENOWLFDGFE GIFTS To ROC ENOOK CHILDREN'S HOME The Rock Nook Children's Home grate- fully acknowledges gifts from the follow- in gpersone: Mrs., Willlam Allen, Mrs. Wallace 8. Allis, M Willie Austin, Cas- par Bailey, Mrs. Gurdon Baimy, Mrs. William Blackstone, Miss Janet Black- stone, Mre. F. A. Byrnes, Mre. J. D, Hall, Mrs. William Hough, Mrs Mary C. Lucas, Osgood, Mrs. Bat hmin Pal- mer, Mrs. Frank Pullen, fohn Sherman, Mre, L. O. Smith, Mr. Smith of Franklin, Mrs. Frank Wilson, Mra. Frank L. Wood- ard and The Communiy Workers. Efficient Business Metheds, Efficient business methods demand that all correspondence be correctly address- ed. This ap: # also to onr social corres- pondence. business men do not guess at the . @ ress of a patron. A bad guess might mean a loss of business. Nei- ther will the careful hostess guess at the addresses of her prospective house guests and friends. Few, mighty few, letters of any kind are incorrectly addressed when the praop- er address is available. Good business practice nowadays de- mands that we be as sure of the tele- phone number We want as we are of Lhe address we place on a letter, It takes but littie time to agsure our- selves that we know the telephone num- ber we want. To do so meatis a saving of time to ourselves, to busy telephone oper- ators and tu the person who otherwise, might be unnecessarily called. Moreover, calling the wrong person disturbs the GROTON IRON WORKS OFFERS I BONDE TO REPLACE NOTES Notes held by some 760 creditors of the Groton Iron works. which become due on April 3 cannot be met by that company. The company has o announced and has made a propesition to issue bond obli- gations to all creditors in lieu of these notes. which proposal has the approval of the advisory committee of creditors of which Attorney William BreSmith of Hartford is the chairman. The advisory committee has held a joint meeting with the directors of the Groton Iron works and endorses the pro- | posal, and appointed Mr. BroSmith to recommend the acceptance of the pro- posal by all the note holders. Dexter Rood, treasurer of the Groton Iron works, said this week that he had received 100 replies from creditors in re- sponse to the statements sent out, and that 97 of them accept the ecompany's proposal. It is understood that the pro- posal must be unanimous in erder te smooth conduct of the service, ruffies your temper and the temper of the person wrongly called. carry through the agreement. i g SRR POLICE LOCATE CLOTH year are|cioti estimated to represent 370 per capits. | without SeSWER. The practice of taking telephone num- bers from oid billheads, letterheads or business cards is dangerous to your peacs of mind. This ix especially so in larger communities where telephone number changes MMy necessarily bes made at In- tervals to improve the service, or upon a subscriber’s change from a party to = single line. 1 The right way to obtain the right tele- phene numbers of those you wish to call is to consult the current telephone diree- tory. This should be done as surely and as conscientiously as you look up an ad- dress. It is an obligatien you ewe your friends and yourself. SAID TO BE STOLEN A quantity of blue woolen cloth. esti- mated worth about $156, was found Fri- day afternoon at the home of Joe Stanka- vich of 46 Thames street by Officer Smith and Railroad Detectives Roache and Lewis. The cloth was seized by the police and brought to police headquarters, Stanke- wich was arrested and is charged with theft. It is believeq the cloth is part of a quantity stolen from a freight ship- ment by the Hallville mills - some - time Part of the cloth was found hidden in an ash barrel. Over Half Tmeh of Rain. S W T AT R The rainfall of T ursday night and Party for Third Birthday Friday as measured vy Supervisor Chas.| A birthday party was held Thursday at W. Burton of y the water department Loey Bosrah amounted to .61 of an inch. The rainfall for March amounted to 3.78 inches; the average for March is 4.27 inches. Yeor Burisl Out of Tewn. day of Alice M. Avery, daughter of Mr and Mrs. A¥eert Avery of Bean Hill The little hostess received s number of a birthday ecake Preston on Tussday, burial and they also sent the body of Samuel Greenberg, who died in Nerwich on Thursday, te Bridgeport for burial e " DETIEr AReWN, Today “safety first” Is eme of the mest common expressions In the Eng- lish language. Bvery ene knews what it means and the principles it stands for. T.e Japaness have long made a paper which can be washed repestedly A Remarkable Home Treatment Given by One Who Had It In the spring of 43 1 was at- tacked by Muscular and Inflamma- tory Rheumatism. | suffered as only these who have it know. for over three years. 1 tried remedy after remedy, and_doctor after doctor, but such relief as I received was oniy temporary. Finally, 1 found a rem- that cured me complclely, and it has never returned. | nave given to a number who we terribi; afficted and ever bedridden wii and it effected a cure suftere= from amy form’ of rieumatic trouble to try this marvelous healing power. Don't send a cent; simply mail and address and 1 will send 1t froe to try. After you have used It an it has proven itself to be that long. looked-for mecans of curing your ou may send the price ur, but, underetand, I Jo not want vour moncy unless you are perfectly h you free? Den't de Write today. Mark H. Jackson, No. 116-G Dur« ston Bldg., Syracuse, N, Y. Mr. Jackson is responsible. Above statement trae.—Pub. Australia is Wet Observation has proved that, with few exceptions, the heaviest rains are along the Pacific coust, to the north of 30 degrees south latitude, the falls being regulated by the difference in elevation of the shores d the chains of mountaifis on which the rain winds blow~ frem the northern border of New outh Wales to Thursday Island. On the northwest coast of West Austral- ia the prevailing wi blow from the interior of the continent and the result is the lightest coastal rain in the commonwealth, Woesterly winds are responsible for the reliable, if light rains, enjoved in season by the whole of Tasmania, the southwest of West Australia, the southeast 4f South Australia and the major portions of Victoria. The wettest part of Australia is be- tween Port Douglas and Cardwell, on the northeast coast of Queensiand, where at three stations the average rainfall is 148 to 165 inches. At Goondi the maximum fall was 24153 inches in 1894 and on four occasions the 200 mark has been passed, notably in 1910, when 204 inches were re- corded. The drvest known part of the con- tinent is the Lake Eyre district—the only part of Australia helow sea level., Here the annual average is but five ches, and the fall is rarely above inches in the course of a year. For some time it was held that the dryest part of the country was the inland district of West Auetralia, but ob- servations, over a period of ten years. show that the aver: is from ten to twelve inches.—Sydney Australia) Times. School Life in France Some outstanding marks of differ- nce between the French and the Eng- lish, or, for that matter, the Ameri- can schoolboy, are evident at once, though In noticing them we tage due account that we are seeing the scheol through a temperament. Athletics, outdoor sports of all kinds, \are the main interest of French youth at present; but, following M. Chadourne, in the clerical schools, the games are rather languid affairs, and one of the dreariest forms of taking exercise ever invented is etill maintained-- long walks in batches of two or three dozen, under the eye of a priest. In the French school, boys seem to be taken at their face value: thére meems to be little or no snobbery, such as disfigures many English schools, a nd is dwelt on by Thackery and others. Chadourne says the boys detest the uniform they are obliged to wear; but many boys at expensive schools whose parents cannot afford to dress them well, are’ wounded because of their clothes, whereas the uniform puts them on the same level.—Vincente O'Sulli- van in The Literary Review, Scholars What is schelarship? So far as the physical appearance of the scholar je in question, any college studemt can answer at once. The traditional schol- ar resemblés an ordinary man suffer- ing with acute "dyspepsia; his com- plexion i sallow, and his cheeks are sunken; his eyes have the unseeing look of one whose thoughts are direct- ed inwards; and if he is blessed with shortsightedness and a cold in the nese no undergraduate would hesitate to call him learned. The general public is equally tolerant of his idiosyncrac- cies. Hemay pass his life gathering unrelated and unimportant facts, child- ishly delighted with mere acquisition, provided only that he exhibits no sense of humor and is free from cem- mon sense. What such a being writes, the man in the street admiringly een- fesses is beyond him—and he goes to the movies. He would castly rather acknowledge ignorance of any subject than pay the penalty of having te read the books. So the “scholar” is both honored and ignored by his own gen- eration.—John M. Berder in The Lit- erary Review, Menarch Showed Gratitude, In Plutarch's “Life of Alexander™ Be tells of the great battle this dis- tinguished Macedonlan fought with Darius at Gaugamela, which signifies “the camel's house,” and says that ene of the anclent Persian kings, having escaped the pursuit of his enemies on a swift camel, In gratitnde to his beast settled hira at this place with an al- lowance of certain villages and remts for his maintenance so leng a8 he should live. S— Den’t Be Too Curious. A persen who s too nice an observes of the business of the crowd, like onq who Is teo curlous In observing the labor of the bees, will often bo stamg for his curlesity.—Pope. _——— Height of Business Capacity, Jud Tunkins' ldea of a good bow- mess man is one who can keep doing mental arithmetic while he lets the other fellow attend to most of the argument. —_— DIED. Stonington, Mareh 11, Louisa, widow of Ira C. aged 67 LATHAM—In 31, Mary 19 Latham, a native of Preston, years.