Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-12
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 The different improvement clubs have n variety of irons In the fire all
 Of more or less importance. but the one that concerns some of them most Is how to get mail delivered at their
 homes. It has been said that the poor
 service in this respect fin Waterbury
 has had something to do with stirring up feeling against Postmaster Guernsey, but those on the inside sny that tlils Ia not so The prevailing opinion is that the post0fiice question Is a purely personal affair and that the service, good, bad or in different,
 such as 1t happens to be, docs rot
 enter into it at all.
 Almost bow to bow, after temp
 estuous voyage of 10000 miles. the frelghters Swiai and Marienfels, from
 Calcutta, India, swung into the port of New York last week. The strang- est part of the trip was that the Swai cleared from Calcutta, October 23, while the Marienfels loft there two days later, yet both ships enter 1 cd the Narrows simultaneously. Cap tain Dobbs. of the Swai. was laslled l to the bridge twenty-four hours dur Ing hurricane, and collapsed when 1 released. The boats were swept over board as were zoo tons of coal stored on the deck. The Marienfels' | rudder was broken fin the hurricane | and to add to the terror of the trip, there was a fire in the bunkers for
 nearly forty-elght hours.
 
 As an unique innovation in tine monthly magazine productions of the l country there will appear soon pub lication which will be edited by a
 Peoria girl. Miss Ann Mooney,
 daughter of former chief of police
 of that city, and a girl who has w-n theatrical notice as member of the
 long skirted" chorus In Marie Ga hills production of Marrying Mary The magazine will be edited by and in the interests of chorus girls, and promises to be vefy interesting read ing. The staff Is as follows: Editor in chief. Ann Mooney: editor "Trhe Makeup Box" Frances Carruthcrs: business manager. Blanche West: ad-- vertising manager, Virginia Stein hardt; musical editor. Jane Hewitt, and dramatic editor, Bessie Graham.
 The associate editors will be Ethel Shaw. Elsie Shaw. .AnnabelIc Cor
 don. Olga May, Elizabeth King, ard Sadie Long.
 Knights of Columbus councils in the eastern states must be up and do- 1 ing If they would keep up with their sister councils in the west. The fol- lowing story from the Washington Post will be of interest to the mem bers of the order in this city: "Af- ter E. P. Harrington. president of the building company of the Knights of Columbus, had completed his address to the members of that organization at their hall on F. street northwest. yesterday afternoon. he stepped to the front of the platform. and, amid an impressive silence touched a match to the mortgage of $14,000. which has been held on the lproperty of the organization since its PNiSudoC ivVS. DclOIe the mortgage President Harrington addressed the assemblage, speaking in appreciation of the services of Adam A. Weschler, the treasurer of the building company. On behalf of the five councils of the Knights of Columbus. he presented Mir Weschler with handsome tea service"
 
 Wateryile folks arc overj0yal at the prospect of getting riil of tha garbage plant. although some of them say that they never could understand why such q fuss was made oynr it and state that the so-caIlcd smell nev- CT bothered them. or course people in the other end of the town will have
 to take everything they hear from this source about the crematory with
 q grain of salt from now on, because
 this may be n part of the scheme tI
 disablise South Brooklyn and Simons-s
 vile that there Is anything to he
 alarmed about in the move to locate
 the plant down that way. but even at that. during all the contention of the sO-called nuisance many wlH live in that part of the town kept out of it and gave as their reason that it didn't trouble them. One of the most objectionable things about the plant
 and what some found most fault with
 was the presence of SO many carts
 on the macadam roads in that dis
 trict and owners of automobiles and
 other vehicles in which nice people are whlrled here and there have long since looked upon the foul smelling cart as an eye-s0rc. and wanted it re-
 moved to where it would not come in close touch with 1t. It may be head ed southward. but it stands good chance of being intercepted on the
 way and probably forced to stop Tor while on the green before 1t can
 proceed farther. for everybody sonth