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The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11
EDITORIAL. INK. DROPS.

The folly of needing the advice of idle street gossip, "They say," was H. lustrated in the case of the incipient run on the sound New Milford Savings bank, last week, when many excitable and uninformed people, disturbed by idle street talk, began small run o
 thls old bank, which ended ih two days time. People are far too ready in country communities to peddle harmful gossip relating to their neigh bors, individuals and local institutions. In many cases harmless circumsta nces are magnifed by the gossips into stories { that are wrong, malicious and libelQus in their result. If you are not sure of your facts it is safe to give "They say" the cold shoulder. For just taking you into my confidence, I will say: "Mother Jasper told me, that she heard Greenwood $ wife say, that John Hard stones aunt mentioned to her, that Mrs Trusty was present, when the Widow Parkman said, that Capt Hart. wells cousin thought Ensign Doolit- ties sister believed, that old MT Oxley reckoned, that Sam Trife's better half told Mrs Spaulding, that she heard John Brimmer's woman say, that her mother told her, that she heard her grandmother say, that Mrs Gardner had two husbands" Even if you know your neighbor is wrong it is wiser to leave him for trial to earthly tribunals and to that Final Court of Assizes, where no mistakes are made.
 The excellent Waterbury American reprints from THE BEE of recent date an article on the early history of St Johns (EpiscopaD church of Washing ton, giving full credit to this paper. It was from the pen of one of THE BEES esteemed correspondents.
 *
 By the courtesy of our friend, Will liam H. Prindle, THE BEE is able to give some interesting short articles on | local subjects written by men now in mature life, and printed in The Aca- demician in 1853 and 1854. We ven- ture to say some of these men will | smile as they peruse again their early effuSiOnS
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11
TRINITY PARISH,
 A CHRISTMAS SALE.

The members of the Junior Auxiliary will hold a Christmas sale on Saturday, December 12, beginning at ? p. m. A sale of articles for Christmas, photo- graphs, Christmas cards and home made candies will take place.
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11

Contractor Tryon was in Bethel, Saturday, to put in his bid on the State road work in that town. The bids were not opened, as Selectman Bailey had decided to hold the bids open few days to give local bidders an opportunity.
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11

My wife was interested in reading the old history of Newtown, as she isa direct descendant of Joseph Peck. Yours respectfully David 0. Bacon, North Woodbury, Conn.
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11

Harry Coger shot a large skunk, Saturday, which had made it's head quarters in and about the barn of Charles F. BeardSley.
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11

The Congregational Sunday school has decided to have it's annual Christi mas entertainment on Thursday even- ing, December A.
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11

If you have a sweet tooth you can have homemade candy while you pur- chase Christmas articles and knick- knacks at Trinity Rectory, December
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11

will be "Robert Burns" Any person interested is invited to attend. MT and Mrs Storms of Westport spent their Thanksgiving in Brooklyn with friends, and report very enjoy able visit. J. B. Fairchild has just had small building built on the north side of his wagon house in which he has placed his new five-horse power Palmer gaso- 1 lene engine, which he purchased through the agency of R. O.. Mitchell. Mrs William Fairchild is visiting MT and Mrs Lee Johnson in Dalton, Mass. Frank w. Wright of Shelton was a guest, Sunday, of his brother, H. w. Wright.
 George s. Northrop Of Shelton spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs Philo Northrop, in Taunton.
 Don't buy all your Christmas articles until you attend the Christmas sale of the Junior Auxiliary.
 Homer Hawley of Pittsield, Mass, visited from Friday till Monday with Edson N. Hawley and other friends at Hawleyville. He paida visit to Dan- bury, Monday.
 The janitor smiles in the friendliest And asks if there is anything else he
 can do: The postman was pleasant when he
 came to-day
 He said: "I am glad when I have
 mail for you." The cook says she doesn't want after
 moons out,
 And "What are your favorite dish
 es?" she'll say. It's hard to decide what they're think
 ing about
 But Christmas is something like
 three weeks away.-[Chicago Tribune.
 Miss Rosie Quinn returned, Monday night, after a few days visit with Danbury friends.
 MT and Mrs M. A. Todd expect to close their home the first of the week, and go to Hartford for a time.
  u Misses Jennie Fortune and Margaret
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11

F. B. Burwell and men began work, this week, on the task of painting the remodeled convent building on St Roses church property
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11
DoDGiNdTOwN.
PERSONAL CHAT.


 Thirty-five of the friends of Georg ie M. Ferry gave her pleasant surprise at the home of her brother, E. F. Fer ry, in Dodgingtown, Thanksgiving eve. Although it was suspected that the young lady discovered what was meant to be secret, such did not prove to be the case and it was genu- inc surprise to her. A delightful evening was spent in dancing and mu- sic. A supper was served during the evening and it was past the midnight hour when the young ladies and gen. tlemen wish the hostess goodnight. Guests were present from Bridgeport, Newtown and Bethel.
 MT and Mrs George Reed and famil y spent Thanksgiving in Danbury, guests of Mrs Reeds brother, Edward Mansfield.
 Mrs Elizabeth Barnum and family were the guests of her sister, Mrs w. F. Bassett, in Bethel, Thanksgiv- ing.
 MT and Willis Barton and family spent Thanksgiving in Southbury at Elmer Lewis.
 The Thanksgiving guests at B. B. Ferry'S were MT and Mrs Miles B. Wakeley and daughter, Mildred, MT and Mrs Edward Miller of Bethel and Miss Georgie M. Ferry.
 Lewis Frede of Bethel has moved into the Hamlin place.
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11
TOWN TOPICS.
SHAD FISHING.

WILLIAM G. HARD IN THE ACADEMI-
 CLAN OF JULY, 1S53l.
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11

Connell of the Elm City have been passing a few days at the Grand Gen. tral hotel, this week.
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11

At special church meeting, Sunday morning, a nominating committee was appointed to bring in list of officers to be presented to the annual meeting on January l, as follows: Rev O. W. Barker, Dea H. M. Smith, Miss S. J. Scudder, Mrs w. M. Reynolds and Mrs L.. c. Morris.
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11

J. D. Dayton of Bethel has been at home on Dayton street, suffering with a severe cold for several days.
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11

The Literary Circle of the Street and vicinity will meet next Tuesday evening at o'clock at the home of Mrs Elizabeth Tomlinson, The subject will be "Robert Burns" Any person interested is invited to attend.
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11
An Ancient Foe

To health and happiness is Scrofula - as ugly as ever since time immemorial.
 It causes punches in the neck, dis figures the skin, inflames the mucous membrane, wastes the muscles, weak ems the bones, reduces the power of resistance to disease and the capacity for recovery, and develops into con- sumption.
 IA bunch appeared on the left side of my neck. It caused great pain, was lanced, and became a running sore. went into . general decline. I was persuaded to try Hoods Sarsaparilla, and when I had taken six bottles my neck was healed, and have Mas. K. T. SNYDER, Troy, Ohio.
 Hoods CarsoParilid
 and Pills
 will rid you of it, radically and per- mapapt1v ac tbox, bovo r;d <bo,,.s,An
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11

MT and Mrs John Stires of Butler, N. J., who have been boarding with Mrs P. Callahan, will soon begin house. keeping in the north half of Judge DaytOn'S house.
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11

The High school pupils have been presented with lawn tennis net by the ladies of the Street and vicinity.
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11

owned by the Fabric Fire Hose Go. Ii was damaged by fire two weeks since by the burning of a shed.
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11

Mems calf and grain boots for the farmers. Also complete line of fine dress shoes in patent leather and Vici kid at low prices.-[Sandy Hook Shoe Store.
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11

Now is the time to buy your felt and rubber boots. We have all the best makes and can fit you. Prices s2, S2.5O and s27 Also a complete line of la dies felt-lined shoes and slippers for cold weather at rock bottom prices [Sandy Hook Shoe Store.
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11

MT and Mrs Storms of Westport spent their Thanksgiving in Brooklyn with friends, and report very enjoy- able visit.
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11

Lewis Frede of Bethel has moved into the Hamlin place.
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11
and Pills

will rid you of it, radically and per. manently, as they have rid thousands.
The Newtown bee., 1903-12-11

F. E. Burwell and men painted, Mon-
 day, a part of the cottage at Sandy Hook occupied by Andrew Donlan and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-28

Miss Forssiund has been writing ever
since she could form words with pen
Gil First she wrote children's stories,
then at the mature age of fourteen be-
gan her love stories. She has done a
little newspaper work. but fiction is her
field. Previous to beginning Sarah, -
however, she never worked at fiction
systematically because. she confesses,
Il was scared From the time she
could form letters. though schoolmates
teachers and friends pronounced her a
born writer To know life in its full
ness from the start is the matchless
gift of the gods to Louise Forsslund.
She was three years writing The
Story of Sarah 1t was no accidental
success. Her second book. The Ship of
Dreams has proved as popular as the
first 1t is pleasant to know a publish
ing house that rejected her first story
begged the privilege of publishing the
second Immediately on the issuing Of
the first one by another firm.
See here We must get hold of that
girl, said a leading light of the house
that had refused The Story of Sarah
in manuscript the moment he set eyes
upon it in book form. Thus authors set
back at publishers-som The
story of Sarah" has been dramatized-
/ asked the young author to tell me
something of her childhood dreams. In
a charming letter that seemed to have
the air of the sea in its pages, a letter
sincere, strong and picturesque. like hes
stories, she answered:
Tell you the dreams OF my life?
How can ]? They have been many
and I still dream on like great big
fool But if this dream of becoming a
writer-which possessed me from the
time l knew the meaning of the word
.story'-if this is coming true, why
should I not persist in dreaming still? ''
Why not indeed?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-28

Speaking of this story of Sarah, -
one may mention how its author shows
up phase of woman's history that. so
far as 1 am aware, no other novelist
has ever touched on 1t is the phase Of
that strange sex fascina ton or mag
netism which is not real love or any
thing like it. as thousands of women
learn after they have rushed into the
bitter mistake of matrimony on the
strength of it. She who loves one man
and is fascina ted by another whom she
does not really love at all is by no
means uncommon, if the veil could be
lifted from the feminine soul 1t is an
experience Of both marred and single.
Again, the girl author in this her first
novel works her plot in way to mys-
tify a veteran fiction reader. We fear,
we believe, against our ardent wish to
the contrary, that Sarah shot Devine,
and Their at the last
There. too. is the vivid description of
Uncle Sans life saving station crew.
with Its cartroom, lookout. ropes,
rockets. lifeboat and breaches buoy, all
evidently familiar to the girl as house
hold words. and there also is pious. pu-
ritanical Number One, who had q full
moon drunk once a year in January.
Was the orgy in the messroom Of the
little station while the storm was rag
ing like a million fiends outside and
while a schooner was going to pieces on
a reef drawn from life as weI2 At any
rate one gets a living impression from
them as though the girl had listened
with kindling eye and quick drawn
breath to thrilling. real tales of the sea
ana shore and afterward strung them
together in one powerful fiction tale
That IS why and where she is strong.
She has taken up her own Long Island.
out of sight of which she has rarely
been, and proved it one of the richest
finds for the novelist in this great land.
She has followed literally the unsur-
passed advice of Rudyard Kipling to
write of the things you know"
But Louise Forsslund says of this ad-
vice: ..Kipling might have added when
ne said Write OF the things you know.
but see that you love them first
love the Long Island folk, and love
SPANS many bridges
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is plain that coming American fic-
ton writer's will be largely young
women. Several of these gifted
girls are already here. and it is a
great pleasure to note them one by
one stepping modestiy out of the ranks
of unknown writer's to take their places
among the favored handful whom all
the world reads and seeks to know the
beginnings OF. When a novelist reaches
the point where the world searches into
her personal history. her fame is as
sured. 1t is a real compliment, a COM
pIiment that Louise Forsslund, the
young author of those unique creations,
The Story of Sarah" and The Ship of
Dreams may now appropriate to her
self
More than a generation ago a man
halted on Long Island from wandering
up and down the earth and tarried
there He was a Swede. with the wind
and the sun of the northern seas in his
blood. He had been a sailor on the high
seas and gold hunter in California.
He married daughter OF one of the old
American Long Island families and be-
casShe one with them. His name was
Forsslund, which he Anericanized to
Foster. Three sons and four daughters
We're born to the Swede father and the
strong mother. and il is said that -al
these daughters are clever" Louise
Forsslund is one Of the four. The cross
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-28
HOW TO FORGET AND
HOW TO REMEMBER.

IF we knew how to remember what
we want to remember and how to
forget what we want to forget. we
should be in possession of fairy gift
Of good. In the lives of US all there are
passages of which we are not proud
Now we have made egregious fools of
ourselves; now a beloved, trusted one
has broken our heart-at least we think
so Again. we have passed through such
seasons of poverty and anxiety that to
recall them is a nightmare. Let US pray
for the blessed boon of forgetfulness-
At the same time work while We pray.
That is ever the way to have prayer
with bitter, torturing memories. simply
think of something else You cannot
do it at one or two or three trials. but
you can accomplish it in a few months
or year or two. To help drown bitter
memories engage in some absorbing
work and keep your attention fixed on
the movements of your body while you
work. So shall you drown out grief and
bitter regrets and the memory of losses.
But to remember the things we need
20 remember. the thousand and one lit
tie details of housekeeping, of business
that is another matter Yet it, too.
can be achieved by the most absent
minded forgetful woman that ever let
her glorious childhood memory run to
rack and ruin. Every woman who has
a slipshod, worthless memory herself
aas let it go to pieces.
Listen. Nature gave everybody a
good memory to start with. A child re-
members all it sees. It's brain cells are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-28
Morse of the Little Princess

resh and receptive to the Photographic
pictures of events. There are millions
Of brain cells, enough to furnish a fresh
one for every event in the life of a
thousand years.
To begin. never, never say, "Oh. am
getting so forgetful." If you make a
statement. it stands, especially if you
make it against yourself You make
others believe it; you believe il yourself
in time: 50 it comes to be a fact New
er say you are either stupid. ugly sick
~ or forgetful or anything else you
would not like to be-
Draw your mental powers and your
thoughts in from wandering like Satan
up and down the earth and center them
on the duty of the moment. Do not let
them go hither and thither like wild
horses galloping Ger the plain. You
can remember everything you need to.
If through a wicked. hurried jumbling
up OF mental impressions you have let
your memory waste, stop it. 1t viii
help you to write in clear. large letters
upon placard this: Il can and do re-
member whatever / need to- Then
suspend that by a ribbon of your favor
lite color where you will see it the first
thing when you wake in the morning
and the last thing at night. Make 9
powerful, determined effort to live up
to it.
Again, never set down upon paper
what you desire to remember. Nothing.
except the mental scrap bag habit so
many women have acquired weakens
the memory like written memoranduma.
The race had a glorious memory be-
fore it learned to write. If you have a
list of things to buy. set them down
only in your brain. At first no doubt
you will forget. Well and good. The
more inconvenience you are put to at
first the less apt you viii be to forget
next time. So shall you keep your d.
vine memory from running to decay. II
you follow this system of memory
training. you viii come by and by to
feel as though you have been guilty OF
a sin when you forget anything.
JANE MOSES.
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DlSCOuTSGS
Of Hats:
Likewise of Tailor Mades:
Likewise of Bachelors;
Likewise of HOmeIy Girls
With Manner

had removed from winter hat and had
recurled at an expense of 25 cents
Thus you will see she had four hats
where the foolish girl had one.
The craze of the moment is undoubt-
eddy the fan shaped aigret This forms
the sole trimming of a turban or a
toQue of rough straw which clings
closely to the head and shoots forward
and off the face. How often have said
that in this letter? But I don't care.
It is the characteristic of all the new
hats. The fan shaped aigret is merely
stuck through the straw so that it pro-
jects a little in advance of the hat it
self. The style is very smart and most
useful to wear with shirt waists, and it
is particularly handsome carried out in
black and white or all red
Speaking of tailor made styles re-
minds me of another hat which has a
brim which rolls UP all the way around
and is threaded through with ribbon of
a contrasting shade. All this ought to
prove that the shirt waist is to be worn
as much as ever. all rumors to the con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-28

To change the subject, the wonder to
me is not that marriages are becoming
fewer, but that men marry at all. Real
ly. bachelors are becoming too comfort
able They live in apartment houses
which are conducted far better than the
average home. There are rooms of all
sizes and prices. but all pretty. all com
Portable. and all much less expensive
than the same amount of air and space
in family apartment house.
Last night I was present at a house
warming given by one of these selfish
fortunates. / gained entrance by let
ting fall a handsome brass knocker.
was ushered through a pretty hallway
into large room lighted by candles,
shaded in poppy red The walls were
covered with plain paper of this same
shade thickly studded with photo
graphs. drawings. signed verses. etc.
At one end stood piano. on which Jay
a violin. A high backed settle and some
antique chairs completed the rich effect
Of the room. The rest of the little
apartment was in keeping.
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I wonder if the young lady would con-
slider herself a victim of misplaced con-
fidence If I should quote her words on
matrimony? They are so interesting
that 1 will take the risk. A woman
friend told Miss Forsslund that she
1.-THE friend) had not had the strength Of
mind to stay single For answer the
girl who wrote Sarahs story says:
Don't lay the title Mrs to lack of
strength of mind. l should be ashamed
to say that strength of mind alone had
kept me single If the only man in the
world-where is he?-were to come to-
morrow and say, Only woman in the
world let us lock hands, I would do it .
In person Miss Forsslund is slightly
under medium height. little but mighty,
one may say. She has beautiful golden
hair. with large, dark eyes and heavy
dark brows and lashes. Her appear
ance is striking, her voice deep sweet
and rich.
She finds there are three Long Is
lands-first. that of the descendants of
the old settlers; next. the Long Island
of the fashionable millionaire summer
colony; last. the Long Island Of fiction
and the novelist 1t is interesting to
note that the Vonstradam of The Story
of Sarah" is real, a true Dutch ham
let and that its name out of fiction is
West Sayville or Tuckertown. and that
one of its residents is an old Dutch lady
who is particular friend of Miss Forss-
lund. On all these-Long Island ma
tives. fashionable colonists. baymen
and old Dutch settlers-the clear seeing
girl author looks with equal eye, find
ing in them all material to be illumi-
mated by her rich and radiant fancy.
Here are conclusions strangely wise for
one so young IS Louise ForSslund:
People are the same the world over
to be pitied most of them I should
be as much ashamed to say I am bet
ter than thou to slip of a society girl
as I should be ashamed to say it to one
of the baymen who go by my window
every day. The girl will have her op-
portunity to become heroine; the man
has his to become a hero. and just be-
cause we do not know Well. what is
the good of preaching"
ELIZABETH LEE.
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l. Toque of straw with fan shaped aigret.
2. Plain straw shape with ribbon run
through brim.
the back and shelving out pretti1y in
front. one was pure white This she
trimmed with an applique of ecru lace
and under the brim a bunch of white
rosebuds.
Another hat was pale pink. This she
trimmed with a pale pink and pale
blue hydrangea and cluster OF foliage.
Tt served to go with any gown that had
pink OF pale blue on it. Still another
hat was of black chiffon and it cost
her only the amount she paid for the
frame. as she trimmed it with single
long black ostrich feather which she
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-28

Now. three men shared this. One
sang, one played the piano and the
third was no mean performer on the
violin When they wanted to give a
musicale. as last night, all they had tc
do was to ask a chaperon and one or
two nice girls. and I can assure you
their invitations did not go begging.
So they had an artistic atmosphere,
comfort at an exceedingly moderate
price. no responsibilities and all the
feminine society they wanted and only
when they wanted it. Do you wonder
that all three of them are the despair of
the matchmaking mothers2
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don't know whether I am becoming
pessimistic in my old age. but it seems
to me that the day of the matchmaking
mother and of the girl who does moth
ing is past It's the girl who does some
thing of account in the world and who
doesn't care whether she gets married
or not who attracts the proposals. It
seems to worry the men to realize that
she can get along so well without them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-28
MISS LOUISE FORSSLUND. ;
THE LONG ISLAND NOVELIST

They became familiar with the opera
tons Of life saving crews. they watched
the processes Of longing for oysters
and digging for CLAIMS, they played hide
and seek among the sand dunes. The
description in THE Story Of Sarah of
the demented man and the woman who
hunted him among the sand dunes in
the falling snow is as vivid and ter
ribly realistic as anything Hall Game