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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28

and 1t happened that the two wrappers were the firstfo. be displayed.
 '.What are these ?,' < asked Mrs. Bow ser as she held them up.
 Wrappers for you. I forgot how much saved, but 1t was $2 or so."
 But they are large enough for wo- man weighing44200 pounds, and didn't need any thing-in that line. It was kind of you, butt
 MT. Bowser drew himself up. Then his face began to grow red and his ears to tWitch, and with a hoarse yell he jumped for the heap of packages and tossed them in the air by the dozen. They fell on the cat, and they fell on Mrs. Bowser, and the chairs and the lounge and the piano, and they were still raining down when he shouted out:
 Didn't tell you that the whole thing was swindle and that the man ought to be prosecuted for liar and 8 daceiverg' M. QUAD.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28
BoWser at Bargains
He Attends Sale WithHis Better Half For the Purpose of Exposing Fraud @ Spends $500 and Declares He Has Saved $l75 Wrapper Doesn't Fit and There Is Trouble

ton were the socks at % cents pair. Mrs. Bowsers had said that they were the same as his fifty centsones, and he had almost thought her an idiot. She had been right, however. They were made at, thes same factoryr and of the same material, and after being satisfied of the fact he ordered si1spairs and in- dignantly exclaimed:
 "You just wait till T go around to the furnishing. store and see Johnson! TT call him forty kindssof robbers, and if . he says q word back I'lispunch his headv'
 The umbrellas came next. They had been reduced froms 1.50 to 98 cents. MT. Bowser expected to find pineshan- dies and cotton covers, but he was dis appointed. He hadSpaid $1.5O for just such umbrellas.
 We've got three in the house and don't need any more" remarked Mrs. Bowser.
 Umbrellas are always a good thing" he replied land I'm going to take three of these. That's saving of $1.50 right in a lump.'
 Bath robes had been reduced from S4 to $2.Y0, and Mr. 4BoWser elboWed his way into the crowd. He didn't need a bath robe, but he wasn't letting such a bargain as that slip through his fn- gers. He ordered one and saved ss$1 80. There were lot, of .women's wrappers on the. next counter, and, though Mrs. Bowser had ;been lost in the crowd, he stopped to look. They had been re duced from S2 to 90 cents, and he or dered two and saved S2.2O.
 Then mad desire crept into his heart. It was to spend $1,O0O,O0O in that store. He Hesdnopped on to the corset covers and bought ten; he found him. self alongside the glove counter and bought six pains; he moved down to the handkarchiefs ands scooped in two dozen; he beughtrsoap,, perfumery, bay rum, nightshtrts, night dresses, gar ana a score Of orner things and he was so busy that it came 8 o'clock in the afternoon before he got out and wend-A ed his way home. Hesfounds Mrs. Bow ser there, ands before he had got inside the door he called out:
 T spent over $500 xand made saving; of about $f76, and if I had any more cash I'd go back this afternoon
 Didn't tell you that there were bargains? r she replied.
 Bargains! Why. they were piled ten feet deep all over5the store.'
 Then his purchases began to arrive..
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28
somaliIand Toilet .

A traveller in Somaliland thus de- scribes the toilet preparations of the natives: These chiefly consist of rub ping themselves over with a coat of grease, and Jumps of mutton fat from last nights feast had evidently been reserved for this purpose. These nomadic tribes are very Biblical in their habits and one remembers the Jewish prophet whose. face was shining with ointment Considering the scantiness of their costume, the Somalis are great dandies and give much care to their personal appearance. They are fond of dyeing-or, rather, bleaching-their hair by clustering the head with a mix ture of lime and water This is left to eyy on till the hair looks like the curls sS 8 stone statue After day or two the dry lime IS rubbed off and the hair comes out bleached to kind of ginger bread yellow. which is considered very becoming '--C Chicago News
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28
COMING EVENTS

Sept 30 to Oct 3-Harvest festival at St Mary Magdaleness church, Oakville
 Sept 30-Eadies' auxiliary. Division No 5, A. o. H., harvest sociable and dance.
 Oct 1-Laurier Social club promen- ade and dance.
 Oct 1-Musicale by pupils of B. B. Hallett
 Oct 1, s-1o p. m.-At Y. M. 0. A., open public reception to the new physi- cal director, Erenest F. Goodyear. Auspices Women's auxiliary. Public cordially invited to greet MT Goodyear
 Oct 1-At Friendly League hall, pub lie reception to the incoming superin- tendent and faculty of the Friendly league, to 10 o'clock
 Oct 3-Waterbury Military band promenade.
 Oct 5-Dance and sociable of Ia dies auxiliary. A. O. H., Columbus hall, Naug,i suck.
 Oct ', 8, 9, 10-Was1lington Hill Ath- letic clubs sixth annual fair.
 Oct 10-St Francis T. A. and B. SO ciety's fourth annual concert and dance, Naugatuck.
 Oct 16-Liberty circle, No $50, F. of A., promenade.
 Oct 17-Safem Social clubs seventh annual dance at Naugatllck.
 Oct 1926 gles. carnival of Wa terbury Aerie 379. F. o. E.
 Oct 28-South End Social clubs fourth annua1s blel and dance.
 Oct 31-Prof Sullivan's opening re. ception and dance, Naugatuck.
 Novs2-T- Elks' bazaar, given by Wa terbury lodge. No 265.s R. F. o. E., City hall
 Nov Ssz4St Patrick parish grand
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28

to be prosecuted and exposed. It is as bad as stealing money from blind man."
 But how-why2 she innocently que ried.
 MT. Bowser looked at her and turned red and white and swallowed the lump in his throat, and then he got up and walked up and down the room for two minutes before saying:
 Mrs. Bowser, pity you and the other poor women instead of blaming. I might sit here and talk for hours without convincing you, but I'm going to adopt different plan. There is a bargain sale tomorrow-tTemend bargains-unheard of bargains-bar- gains never dreamed of on this earth before. You are reading of them and can hardly sit still. You'd rather .go down and go through the store tomor- row than go to Europe. Very well, I can spare half day tomorrow, and I'll go down with you and allow you to spend at least S1O.'
 'sOh, but you don't mean it!'' she ex- claimed as she dropped the paper and tried to hug him.
 "Yes; I'll go down with you, and I'll prove to you that the whole thing is a humbug and swindle and thus effect a cure. We'll ram and jam and push and crowd and buy. and I'll teach you a needed lesson.''
 "You are such a dear old thing. If we get swind1ed in one single thing I'll agree not to attend any more sales.
 '"Then it is understood we go down tomorrow, and if I don't convince you that there are forty frauds to one bar gain I'll change my name from Bowser to Mud"
 That night Mrs. Bowser dreamed of corset covers reduced from 25 to 13 and regular ten cent hairpins cut down to 5 for the occasion, and MT. Bowser dreamed of exposing a dozen different gigantic frauds and bringing swindlers to justice. They had breakfast ten min utes ahead of the usual time and were first among the rush at the store.
 "If there are no bargains why do all those people come?" asked Mrs. Bow
 "Because 1t is easy to get up gath ering of fools!' he replied.
 MT. Bowser meant to find a Swindle in the very first purchase. Ten cent pins had been reduced to cents, and he happened to hit them at once Any man knows asgeod pin sfrom a bad. one, He knew these to be all rish t.. and she had never met withAt them at 4 centssbe- fore. To Mrs Bowser's sconsternationy he ordered ten papers, andsexult ultantIy observed that it was 70 cents saYea Essas ras ainss fxs afskan
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28
tcopyr4sht, 1903, by,c..R- Lewis

Copyright, 1903, by-C.aB- Lewis.l ssRM Y John, but this is an outrage
 I& on the readersr' exclaimed
 Mir. Bowser as he opened his
 newspaper to find whole page devoted to a bargain day adver- tisement This thing may interest a few old women and young children, but they have no business ito force it upon the rest of us. Ifufnd sthis, paper making a handbiil of itself again I'll turn to some other"
 Please let me look at the advertise ment,'' said Mrs. Bowser, displaying instant interest.
 There 1t is. But why on earth you want to waste your time over itis more than can see. Bargains! Humph! Mrs Bowser, did you ever find bar gain in all your life?"
 Millions of them," she replied. There's hardly day goes by that don't find two or three"
 T don't believe it. You simply think they are bargains because you don't know the value of goods. I'll venture to say that you haven't attended a bar gain sale in year that you haven't been swindled out of your eye teeth.
 "Only yesterday got pair of gloves for 9S cents which had been marked down from $15O,' she replied.
 ''Bosh! More likely they were pair of seventy-f1ve cent gloves marked up to 9s. If it wasn't for the fool women hunting after bargains these merchants couldn't buy steam yachts and race horses"
 What did you pay for the last socks you boughtY
 Fifty cents pair, of course"
 Well, the very same thing Is adyer- tised here at % cents. I know they are identically the same because was looking at them the other day Wouldn't you call that a bargain, for instance?'
 No, ma am, wouldn't he replied with good deal of heat lon the con- trary, I'd call it a miserable, lying swim dle. They are not the same socks. They are only Wretched nitations, not worth l5 cents a pair. No doubt you'd rush off and buy 'em and chuckle all the way home, but I'd spot the swindle at once."
 Here are regular dollar shirts at 7S cents" she read from the advertise ment, s'and regular 50 cent neckties at 38 cents and regular''
 And regular swindles for nothing! By thunder, but that advertiser ought
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28
Theatrical
 Fraternal
CREAsTlORE.

The famous CreatoTe and his Italian band made their first appearance or the season at Polls theater last night and drew surprisingly large audi ence for such am imclement night. Many of his countrynSsn occupied seats throughout the house and att the end of the final selection they cheered and applauded him vociferously, f1ll- ing the house with cries of Bravo, bravo For several minutes the ap- plause continued and the famous mu- sician had to show himself several times.
 But it was not only his fellow coun- tryunen who applauded. but nearly ev- erybody in the theater. After each selection there was a terrific outburst of applause, such as has not been giv- en at the local theater since Creatore and his band played at Polls last season.
 Creatore is certainly a fine musician and great leader. His whole mind and body are enraptured with the mll- sic, in fact carried away with it.. But there is grace and harmony in ev- cry movement. His grace of move ment is delicious.
 AS musician CreaGOre IS ITnpTOVing. But this improvement is causing him to lose partly that which has made him famous his wild and eccentric movements He is becoming renowned and at the same time is attaining more dignity and grace. To many this is a cause of regret for they loved fo watch his wild and apparently reck- less motions.
 The band played in fine style last night, but the selections were not so popular as some it has played on for mer visits to the city. After the ren- dition of the Pas des F1eurs,' which was beautiful and entrancing Leader Creatore was presented with hand some floral piece by some of his local admirers.
 Madame Barili. a soprano soloist with a sweet and rich voice, sang beautifully "Covfen Partir,,'' from ''The Daughter of the Regiment"
 When Creajbore and his band arrived here yesterday afternoon they were uet at the depot by the Italian band and delegation of local Italians. The famous bandnaster was placed in 8 carriage and escorted to the Waterbury hotel.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28
VAUDEVILLE AT THE JACQUES

!.
 Manager Poli's big bill for tlas week is having its initdal performance be- fore a large and deeply interested au- dience at the Jacques this afternoon. The bill is certainly one to interest no less than anluse an audience, for there is novelty in abundance as well as comedy among its feature Canfeld and Carleton. who hea;' MI with an absurd comedy err entitled The HooGoo.'' are n aedingly clever pair of faroellrs. !. they keep the audience in rears of laughter ev- cry minute. MT Canfield is brother of the noted comedian Eugene Cam field, and has much of the latter's pow CTS of minljcry. He is a very sweet singer and in the duets with Miss Car teton the two make very sweet vocal music, Foy and Clark are of Ahe bois- terous type of fun1nakers, but they certainly know how to make people laugh with their jolly sketch "O,Fudge and Co., Like Oanfield and Carleton, their names are very common prop erty on the leading vaudeville bills, and there are few houses of import ance where they have not been had lind. The remainder of the bill has comedy and novelty in well divided proportions, among those appearing being Goldsmith and Hoppa in must cal comedy, Marshall in mystic hot Juggling. the Four Flying Bouvards Mrs Alice Shaw and her daughter in whistling, Ali and Peiser in comedy acrobatics, and the electrograph with view showing a tour of Rome. Prices are 10, 20 and 80 cents; afternoons 10 and 20 cents, ladies 10
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28
Dancing and Department.

Miss. Lorette Hawthorne Hayes will reopen her classes in Dancing and De pertinent the third week in October II, Friendly league hall. Notice Of dats hereafter
 Arrangements Tor classes can be made at residence, 4s6 North Maan. street
 Particular attention paid to private pupils.
 Miss Hayes is a graduate of the GIL bert Normal School of Dancing Bos~S ton, Mass. 0-14-Tw
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Central Labor union. Patrick Sarsfleld club. St Joseph's drum corps. Nutmeg lodge, F. of A. Painters and Decora tors. Mantow council, I. o. H. Court America, F. of A. Magnolia lodge, K. of P. Arbutus camp, W. of w. Hellmann Advance corps. Waterbury Debating club St Vincent de Paul society. Townsend lodge, I. o. o. r. Concordia Singers rehearsal. Waterbury conclave, I. o. H. St Francis Xavier drum corpss Lady Trumbull council, D. Of l.. Continental lodge + and. A. M. Abraham Lincoln camp s. of V. Court, Cecilia M.s .sQuigley, I. o. F. Court Fruitful Vine, No 3. F, of A. Waterbury tent, No 36 K. Q. IT A First Baptist church business mee
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28
CATS THAT NEVER SEE LIGHT
Many Are Employed by Government to Protect StoFes-'They Are
 Better Than Traps.

The recent alterations to hotel ID the Strand have resulted among othe1 things in calling attention 10 Fe- markable colony of semiWlld cats tna' has long. flourished in the vaults pe' meath the building.
 Their ancestors, says Stray stories, are supposed to have been pan abandoned by the workmen when tna hotel was being built As their pro geny increased in numbers they tooR up their abode in the blackest ana least accessible vaults beneath the lowest basement, whence they emerged only at night.
 They are extraordinary cats; black and white as to color, with enormous heads; and many of them are nearly IS inches tall and fully three feet fn# length from the tip of the tail to the snout
 Tn Naples is race. Of nocturnal fe-. lines that breed, in the vaults sbenearn the churches. They are regularly fed by the authorities, but not too bount1- fully, for they exist to keep down, so far as possible, the hordes of mice which infest all old Neapolitan build- ings.
 Some hundreds of cat colonies are kept by the British government. The animals receive regular subsistence allowance. which figures each year in the estimates, and the large majority of saem spend their lives almost en- tireIy underground.
 The biggest colony of this kind is T- crqso aries which have been excavated from the living rock just outside the city of Valetta, in Malta
 Here are stored grain and other pro- visions sufficient to maintain the en- tire population of the island during a period of seven years, and quite lit- tie army of cats is constantly employed in waging war against the rats and mice that would, if they were free from molestati0n, play sad havoc.
 Like the Savoy cats mentioned above, these Maltese pussies have. in tue course of years, developed into 3 special breed. very fierce and of great size, the reason being probably that, in accordance with the law which de- crees the invariable survival of the fit test under such circumstances, the weddings have been continually killed off by the rodents with whom they are engaged in perpetual battle.
 In Englend cats are similarly em- ployed by the post office authorities. for the protection of mail bags, a sum being granted for their maintenance from the public Spnrse.
 At the Tower of London the ord- nance department finds it necessary to employ considerable number for the protection of the large quantities of military stores deposited there from time to time
 Dock companies regularly employ underground cats in considerable num- bers. as do also all railway companies, breweries. shipping and storing houses, mills and factories
 Occasionally some firm or other will try to substitute traps, or poison, but in the end they are generally only too glad to revert to the pussies.
 You see," remarked to the writer one day recently the foreman of one of London's biggest flour mills, "it Is not so much the vermin the cats kill as the vermin the cats frighten away Given plenty of cats, of the right sort, and neithar rats nor mice need be very greatly feared Withallt them they will play havoc
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28
LEARN TO DANCE

at Miss Nellye Reeds select school for' dancing and deportment. Lessons given In Knights of Columbus hall, East Main street
 Saturday evenings of each week for advanced pupils. Wednesday evening4 of each week for beginners.
 Afternoon classes for children now forming. Private lessons by appoant- ment. Positively no fadlures.ss z
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28
PROFESSOR PROVOST
 The Well known

dancer and teacher with twenty years experience in Waterbury, has re opened his school of dancing in Meigs block, 1o9 Bank street. where he will devote his whole attention to dancing.
 Open daily. Terms. gents, $500. 12 lessoms; ladies, $4,o0. Glass nights, Monday. Tuesday, Thursday and Fris day evenings. Private lessons daily.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28
NIGHT OW1I,s $.

The well known Night Owls Bur lesquers will be at Polls tomorrow evening. For men who favor bur- lesque this performance will be at tractive. Prices are 25, 35 and 50 cents
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28
Grammar and Grocer,e..

fhe purist who figures in the following story was the proprietor of a grocery in St. Louis, but the Chicago Record Her aid. which prints the story. suggests that he probably came from the east
 One day he was called to the telephone in great haste. Does some one wish to speak to MT. Perkins?" he asked
 ,fYes." said the gfrlfsh voice at the other end of the wire Mamma wishes me to tell you that she wants the eggs she ordered this morning very baG. 2
 T am sorry" replied the grocer, 'that we have not, to my knowledge, a bad egg 5n the house. Couldn't your mother pos s16ly use good ones?"
 Dear mel" he murmured, hanging up the receiver. T wonder why she rang in my ear that t-way2"
 Twice as many infants are born in tIl s United States perx1 ooe ofs the population as in Europe. IT IS fhua a question of centuries when our sllrp plus lafion Ilsssina kp
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28
A. Torsr. rsnher,,.r :, :,

.sI'll never go. fishing with that lunk- head. srnith again.s {
 Didn't Scatch anything oh ?''
 No: and dasnsf say caught any, things Tor fear that | 2 will tall the truth about lgssgs ssaee.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-28
5-TEAC CHERS -5
 zSss$4s
Us 70 Dance

with Rrofessor C.ssiA Bailey Tho large opening cf the entire new kbeginners' dancing class on Tuesday evening in the Chtizens Bank block was an uzr usual one. proving conclustvely that the nRdoddty find thds the most propens school of leazmdngs tp ahtend. Hero the foundatfon of dancing is taught, an absolute necc ss.ty for the beginner, resulting i'm success and sracefumes0. Open daily dor stage dancing and prfs waite lessons. 12 lessons, $5.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-01-30

Nine out of ten ailments first show them
selves in constipation. Medical statistics
show that a greater number of people
suffer from constipation than from ali other
diseases combined. A great talk is made
about consumption, but, constipation kills
more people than consumption. Within
the last few years medicine has been dis
covered of such merit in curing constipa-
ton and It's consequences that now over
ten million boxes of CASCARETS are sold
every year, the greatest sale ever attained
6y any one medicine in the world and this
IS the strongest proof that it is the best
and will do all and more than claimed IF
you are sufferer give CASCARETS
trial, and right here we want to warn Won
to get, the genuine, because all great sue
!cesses breed limitations. The genuine tablet
IS put up IN metal boxes and has the word
CASCARETS with the long-tailed co. ON
me u cover. Every Cascaret tablet is stamped
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-01-30
REACHED AN AGREEMENT.
Conference of the Printing Trades
Organizations Ended.

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 28.-The con
tional organizations allied with the
printing trades, reached an agreement
Tuesday night. The committee ap
pointed to draft plan for a compact
between the factions of the printers
and pressmen and the photographers
reported that it had formed a plan by
which all trades in any way connected
with printing should be under a gen
eral central body, with power to settle
all disputes which might arise. Each
Of the different orders will have Al
equal representation ia the centrai
body. The report was adopted
Under the new arrangement, which
takes the place of the tripartite agree,
ment, which was abrogated at the
Birmingham convention a year ago
all differences are adjusted. The
branch of the international photOen.
gravers, which seeded from the Inter
national Typographical union, few
years ago, is given control OF all pho
toengravers. Heretofore this organiza
ton has not been recognized as q
union body by the American Fedora
ton of Labor and it's local delegates
have been refused representation in
the Central Labor union. Under the
new arrangement the photoongravers
will all be recognized by the nationa!
labor body and will have right to
use the label.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-01-30
THE MINE WORKERS.
Their Work Completed and An Ad.
tournament Taken.

Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 28.-The
Mine Workers completed their work
and adjourned Tuesday afternoon. The
convention has been the most expe-
ditiouS and harmonious ever held.
Many important measures have been
considered and acted upon. Among
them are the formulation of the de-
mand for an increase OF wages of 1871
cents fat per ton on run-of-mine
basis and a fat differential of seven
cents per ton for pick and machine
mined coal; demand for an increase
of wages of inside and outside labor
ers in proportion to the increase of
the miners; the refusal to commit the
convention for socialism and govern
ment ownership; raising the salaries;
the declaration against children work
ing in mines; the demand for an anti
injunction law, and the plans for de-
Tense fund
The conference will be held with the
operators Friday. 1t is the opinion
of the members of the convention that
the conference will be of short dura-
ton. The operators have signified
their willingness to grant an increase
of wages in many instances, but have
never given any intimation as to the
amount that they would be willing
to give.
The West Virginia legislature will
receive memorial from the conven.
ton, asking for law to prevent the
importation of workmen, asking that
a state anti-injunction bill along the
lines of the oar-Grosvenor bill BIS
passed.