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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
.NAUGATUCk NUGGETS

At the meeting of the Naugatuck Golf club Monday night plans for the coming season will be discussed.
 The Naugatuck band Is rehearsing the musical program for a dance to be given on April 12. The proceeds of the dance will be used in purchas. ing instruments, music, etc.
 A hearing on the allowance of the account of the administrative of the estate of the late Bridget Sweeney will be held in the probate court on Monday, at 9 a. m.
 Mrs E. H. Bristol of Naugatuck will give an address in the Baptist church. Union City tomorrow evcn- ing. Her subject will be Ethics in the School"
 The funeral of Mrs Freda Englund, wife of Alfred Englund of May av- enue. took place yesterday afternoon at the Salem Lutheran church, the service being conducted by the pas tor, the Rev E. A. Zetterstand.
 Joseph Raytkiewich, whose appli- cation for a transfer of saloon li- cense to the Philip Rubin building on South Main street is being opposed by number of property owners, is getting signers to d petition asking that his application be granted.
 Borough Treasurer G. T. Wigmore l received yesterday from the state treasurer check for $7,1S6.5O. for the number of children in Naugatuck between the ages of and 16 years. For every child the state pays the borough $225. The number of chill dren paid for is 3,149.
 The board of relief has finished its work and deposited the tax book with l the borough clerk. The total amount of additions to the assessors list is $7,4SO and the total amount of de- auctions is $6.90O. The grand list is l now $7.79S,596 on district l and $7,16S, ,046 on district No 2.
 Miss Marion Button. widow of, the late Nelson Button. died Thursday night at 9 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Miss Isabel Button on | Meadow street. She had been resi- | dent of Naugatuck or many years. The funeral will be held Sunday at 2S0 p. m. The service will be con ducted by the Rev c. s. Ball. pastor of the Methodist church. The inter- ment will be in Grove cemetery.
 On Monday evening. at the Bap- tist church. Union City, a musical and literary entertainment will be given. The Aeolian Guitar and Man dolin club will be in attendance and the Donkersleys will give musical selections. Recitations will also be given and members of the Baptist choir, accompanied by Mir Morgan, will render several vocal selections.
 The resignation of John A. String CT. teacher in the science department of the Naugatlck High school, took effect yesterday. At the close of school Mir Stringer was presented by the freshman class with diamond studded watch fob emblematic of the Masonic order The presentation speech was made by Miss Olive Leary an was feelingly responded to by Mir Stringer. It is a very hand some gift and will be highly prized by its recipient.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL PASSES.

Fight Developed In ConEress Over
 Measure-vote Was 1BS to IA.
 WASHINGTON, March g. In the house the passing of the ship subsidy bill developed one of the prettiest fights in years.
 On the first vote the Democrats and the insurgent Republicans had votes enough to defeat the measure. but aft CT three hours of fierce contest the bill as perfected in the committee of the whole striking out provisions for steamship mail lines from Pacific coast points to the orient was finally passed by 155 to IA, Il majority. There were 52 Republicans who voted with the Democrats on the first ballot and fl on De final ballot.
 After the passage of the ship subsidy bill the general deficiency bill was taken up and passed.
 An amendment by Mr. Grosvenor O. was adopted giving to all employees of congress one months extra pay.
 A bill was passed providing for the creation of an industrial peace commit tee which is to administer the $40O00 which President Roosevelt received from the Nobel prize fund.
 After having beep beaten by a vote of 161 to 154 it is said that friends of the shipping subsidy bill by log rolling and chicanery passed the bill through the house. Members, the report says, were threatened, cajoled and pleaded with to change their votes in order that the bill might go through, and it was only by the superior parliament tary knowledge of certain leaders that the bill was finally passed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
FAYETTEVILLE.

At the meeting of the Waterville engine company last evening it was voted to give their annual fair the Jth. 9th and 7th of April. The young ladies will go around the 'ville next week and solicit articles for the fair It was also voted to pay the balance on the engine on the 24th of March All persons wishing to contribute will kindly send in their subscriptions to the citizens committee or direct to the company.
 Mrs D. P. Lynch has returned from visit with her husband in New York city.
 Miss Eva Turgeon has returned from a visit with relatives in Bridge port.
 Miss Evans of Seymour is the guest of Thomas Davis and family of Thomaston avenue.
 Walter Gervais has resigned his position with the American Fin Co.
 Otis l.. Fuller of Hartford was in town on a business trip yesterday.
 Frank Johnson hGs secured posi- tion with the E. X E. Mfg Co.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
Broker Falls Dead on Car.

NEW YORK, March 2.-In the act of alighting from Broadway car at Fifty seventh street close to his home in the Osborne and five minutes late to dinner, at which William H. Trues- dale, president of the Lackawanna railroad, was to have been his guest. Eugene H. Lewis, Wall street broker, expired of heart disease last evening and his dead body rolled of the car platform. To Mir. Truesdale fell the difficult task of acquainting Mrs. Lew Is with his death. Mrs. Lewis was Miss Amy Busby, formerly prominent actress. ll
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
Panic In Rix Hotel.

NEW YORK. March 2.-I.ike gi- gantic pinwheel. but hurling on spurts of steel. not fire. ten foot fiywheei flew to fragments in the cellar of the Knickerbocker hotel. on Broadway. There was wild fright among the guests. the big building was plunged into total darkness. and one man in the barber shop above was injured. The wheel was attached to four cyl. finder $50 horsepower engine. The fly ing pieces held to a tangent and did not wreck the three other engines in the same room.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
Saved at Death Hour.

SPARTANBURG. S. C., March D. While preparations were being made to hang John Shleton. a negro, con- yicted of killing his father-in-law, Sheriff Nichols received an order from Chief Justice Pope of the supreme rourt staying the execution until April l9. The prisoner had been notified to get ready for the march to the scaf- fold when stay was received. Thank Godv' exclaimed Shelton when told he had been granted a respite.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
WATERFOWL JOTTlNCS

A son was born yesterday to Mir and Mrs Frederick Grenier. Arthur Warner who has been in the employ of William Partree has been engaged by John Gaffney of Waterbury. as manager of his farm, recently purchased of the estate of the late Calvin Mack.
 Hiram Davis of Oakville has enter ed the employ of Andrew Barton.
 Arthur White has entered the cm- ploy of the Connecticut Railway X Lighting Co.
 Father Higgins of Naugatuck, preached the Lenten sermon in St Johns church, on Wednesday even- ing.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
President. once Building AbI....

OYSTER BAY. N. Y., March 2.-The second floor of the Moore building, which since President Roosevelt has been in office has been occupied by the presidents private secretary and cleri- gal force each summer, was badly dam- aged by fire. The fire started in par tition where it is thought mice may have carried matches. A bucket bri- gade prevented the spread of the flames to other paNs of the building.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
savan, Advocate. poiysany.

PARIS. March 2.-Dr. Antoine wylm an approved savant. in a work o1 "Ethics of Sex advocates polygamy under state control, permission to mar. ry to be given only when it is shown that the man is able to maintain his wives and educate his families in q manner useful to the nation. Dr. wylni says that if poIygamy was allowe,! many of the evils touching the mora, and physical well being of the whole race would disappear.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
William Dean HoweIIs' Birthday.

NEW YORK. March 2 William Dean HowelIs. the author, celebrated his seyentieth birthday fin his apart ment in the Ho;el Regent here. Witt him were his wife. son and daughter Owing to a slight attack of the griI the author was unable to receive guests or respond to any of the many invitations to dinners.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
H,t hx MiIk Train.

AMSTERDAM. x. Y.. March 2.-John Nethaway. for many years employed in transferring the mail between the postoffice and the Central station. was instantly killed last night while gath .ring mail sacks from the track by be- Ing hit by a milk train.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
Wed. Former Fi.ncee'. Daughter.

WORCESTER Mass, March "A tel egram to Miss Josephine Church of this eity has revealed the marriage in Fair field, H.. of Dr. Jonathan Rigdon, for mer professor of philosophy at Clark college, to Miss Alberta Smith. Thirty years ago the brides mother was Dr. Rigdon's fiancee, but the engagement was broken.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
Matter of Grange Drop. Dead.

wATERTOwN. \. r.. March 2- George A. Fuller. master of the New
 York state grange. dropped dead at his home in Philadelphia, \. '. Heart disease was the cause of death. Mir. Fuller was thIrty-nine years of age and had long been prominent In grange af- fairs. He was elected master a year
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
pe.. HusAe. For President.

NEW YORK. March 2--six hundred lusty Iuneed Comedians launched s boom last night for Governor Charles E. Hughes for president at the annual dinner of Cornell University alumni in the waldorf-Astoria- It was . Hughes dinner. for the governor. once a pro lessor at Ithaca vas in the limeiisht thrpuxbouf-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
Water supply For staten Isrand.

WASHINGTON. March 2.-Senator Platt's bill authorizing the city of New York to lay two water pipe lines across and under the waters of the Kill von Kull from Bayonne. \. l.. to Staten island was passed by the senate.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-02
Mrs. Ch.ncey Die. at Age of Io7.

SENECA FALLS. \. Y.. March D. Mrs. Louise Chancey Is dead here, aged 107 years. She was of French descent and was born in midocean. Her senses were unimpaired. and she was able to read without the aid of glasses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
THE LANDED AsToRs.
How the Great Family Maintain
Its Millions.

From the New Broadway Magazine.
II ever the phrase 'fat OF the land"
meant anything. it does so in the case Of
the Aston family. Land! That Is the
keynote of this wealthy organization-the
solidest aggregation of self-increasing
wealth In America. The Aston millions.
invested in New York real estate, are
absolutely intact and impregnable. By
the most insidious methods OF leasing.
subleasing purchasing. renting (but rare
" ever improving property themselves)
the Astor heirs, enseonced in a plain. stout
little two-story brick building just of
Madison Square, are gradually picking up
acre after acre of priceless land on Man
haitian Island.
There are more than nifty heirs. many in
the fourth generation, to the Aston mil
lions. but upon the shoulders Of William
Vincent Aston, a lad of sixteen. will proba-
bly, fall the management of the bulk OF
this enormous estate At st. Paul's School
be a good student with a bent for me-
chanics. Young Waldorf Aston is level
headed man OF twenty-seven. who recent
ly married Mrs. Mamie Langhorne Shaw.
one of the three beautiful Langhorne sts-
tiers of Virginia. He and his brother,
John Jacob nephews Of Col John Jacob
Astor. are sons of William Waldorf As
tor, the expatriated American. They have
never renowned their American citizen
ship. and should they return may divide
the management of the estate in this
country with William Vincent John ia.
cob, second of the name living, Is unmar-
RED and lives with his father at historic
Cliyeden, one Of the finest estates In
England,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
Prejudice Has Its Uses.
From Scribner's.


/ What is prejudice? Is it always some
thing unreasonable? Is it to be regarded
as necessarily an intruder among the more
sober activities of the mind? Is It an
enemy of clear thinkfng-the counterfeit
of true judgment? On the contrary,
there is a certain form of prejudice which
admits of defense. There is a prejudice
which has proper place in the mind and
must be reckoned with as natural
factor in our thinking, and not as an
ABNORMAL and disturbing element. 1t is
very easy to insist that reason should be
free of prejudice; but no one maintains
consistently and continuously so high an
ideal In practice. 1t is not merely that
prejudices Will steal in despite our most
vfgilant guard and in the face of protest
and serious effort on our part to drive
them out; but in certain sense there is
true function for prejudice to perform
amid the varied activities of the mind
A prejudice is not always an unreasonable
judgment; 1t may be merely unreaSoned.
And there is a vast difference in this
distinction; for the judgment which is
simply unreasoned may prove. in the
course of events, to be eminently reason
able, and, as such, even in its unreasoned
form may serve a most useful purpose in
our thinking.
These unreasoned judgments are abso-
lutely indispensable in the economy of our
mental life. If we excluded all judgments
which are not accompanied by satisfac-
tory proof of their validity, tremendous
waste of time and energy would result
For it is a fundamental low OF our intel
leetual activity that the processes of rea-
son by which we arrive at certain conclu-
s:ons often drop out Of memory; but the
conclusions themselves remain as per-
manent deposit o. knowledge. The proof
which we once knew and perfectly under
stood may be forgotten, but the truth
which 1t established is lodged permanently
In the mind. The history of its origin
we no longer remember. 1t appears,
therefore, as a detached judgment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
Subaltern on Zachary Taylor.
;en Chas s. Hamilton. in Metropolitan Maya

Gen. Chas 5. Hamilton, In Metropolitan Maga-
zine.
On waking in the morning found the
boat moored to the bank, and on going
upon deck. the long array Of tents stretch
ing away in the distance told me that
was in the presence of the Army Of Texas.
soon found the camp of my own reg
iment. where 1 was warmly greeted with
soldiers welcome. After breakfast
started in company with one OF my
friends, to pay my respects and report to
Gen. Taylor. AS We were walking across
the camp I observed riding toward us a
man with round. rudy face. and him.
self rather stout, and whom In the north
should have taken for a country farmer,
for he had on an immense pair OF coarse
shoes which from the distance seemed to
have quarreled with the bottoms of his
trousers. for they were long way asun-
der, and he bestrode a broken-down
horse. the equipage of which was in keep
ing with the beasts appearances. As he
neared us my companion raised his nat.
the salute was acknowledged. and as the
rider came up to us / was introduced 70
Cen Taylor. / inwardly asked myself IL
it were possible that this man was the
hero of Palo Alto and Resaca de IA rama
a better acquaintance with his history
has given me a better insight Into the
man. He is one born to fortune. His
Who'll, success had been matter or luck
Personal bravery he possesses to a high
degree. but a mind to conceive or a gen
ius to execute is not in him. A thorough
study of the battles, the grounds and SIT
uations of the army. both before ana aiter
the victories. has convinced me OF this
In neither battle did he display skill for
each was a hand-to-hand conflict in which
the bravest was victorious. and with
disciplined enemy of equal force with our
own nothing would have been LETT 20 US
but defeat-total defeat. But let him wear
the laurels to which hundred young Of
ficers in the army are better entitled; 1t
becomes not me to disrobe him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
EXILED AMERICANS.
Vance Thompson Writes Of the Pa.
triots in Paris.

From the New Broadway Magazine.
After all. Paris is a city Of flame; and
every year one hundred thousand Aneri.
cans land thousands more) come hither
to scorch their wings. Then as best they
can they hutter homeward over the sooth-
ing sea BY the time the leaves have
fallen from the trees In the Champs
Elysees they have almost all gone. Those
who linger are not mere tourists, way
farers: they a-e the exiles Long ago
their wings We're burned away. They
cannot fly IL they would. Wingless and
dazed they crawl about the city of flame.
They are not Parisians. They never can
be Parisians And yet they are not quite
ike the Americans you know at home.
what distinguishes them is their fierce
ana consuming patriotism. How they
love their native land, the exiles. They
sit AT the little marble-topped tables on
the boulevard. drinking their grog Ameri-
cain, telling each other OF their love for
the Troys and Omahas and Harlems
| across three thousand miles of grey
water, seems glorious indeed in its stately
perfection. New York. between its rivers
looms wonderful. shining, impeecahie-
beautiful as a city in fable. The iron
st"idency of Broadway. heard from over
sea. is like the cooling OF girl; fiaring
Lonsacre vulgarities glitter like fairy
land.
Why. the exiles are the only undAviat-
ing patriots. They will not admit--to
others or themselves-that there L. a
hlemish to be found on things American.
They revere NJ. Roosevelt and knock the
foreigner about the ears with that mighty
name; they revere Mr.. Murphy. too. and
all the Sullivans-whatsoever Is American
they revere. Only exiles are inevitably
patriotic And dining'at Paillard's (when
| the bisque has been removed and the
sturgeon from the Volga comes imperial
ly in on silver. they love to speak ap-
provingly. regretfully, of corn on the cob,
| Of goldfish and cream, of beefsteaks served
on wooden planks and other American
dainties. Tears come into their eyes. In
| blond wine Of Bourgogne they drink
| to Broadway-that milky way remote and
| unattainable-they drink to the PARKWAY.
They are the exiles. the melancholy and
| patriotic exiles who can never be re-
called-wingless and singed they are
| doomed forever to crawl around and
around the flaming city. They have
| their American bars and BARRIERS, bowling
| alleys and banks. their newspapers and
| churches and cemeteries; so they make
SHIFT to live for a while. and then 20 to
| bed. The poor eXiles! With what avidity
| they throw themselves upon the American
| holidays -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
TOILET TABLES.
A $1,000 Christmas Present That
Makes q Millionaire Novelty,


From the New Broadway Magazine. 90. 80
What would you like for Christmas.
my dear? asked a harried, nurrfed
husband looking back. with his hand
on the doorknob as he started for his
day on the street
oh. something different. I have all
the jewels I want, all the gowns, all
the automobiles, all the pianos-get
something else and have 1t made es-
pecially for me. 1t isn't the money but
the thought in the gift. care for.
dear"
That evening magnate from the
money district alighted from his auto
mobile before the door of novelty
prietor of his predicament.
Help me to think Of something" al
most pleaded the baffied man Of affairs
Does she travel much?" was the
suave Inquiry.
Yes, she's as restless as the other
globe-trotting American women
Then permit us to make collapsibls
dressing table for her"
Thus 1t happened that a coliapsible
dressing table with sunken settings for
every conceivable toilet article, and
clasps to prevent their loosening, the
folding table stocked with cut glass
and silver, is gift which a chatelaine
of Fifth avenue, Tuxedo and Newport
homes will carry with her on her next
tour of Europe. The table viii be
folded and packed in crate. ard car
ried to her stateroom on the trans
atlantic steamship. When she is ready
to make her toilet a leaf Of the table
is folded back. pneumatically. and
every article. even to her perfume. is
intact For the tops OF the bottles
have the newly monogrammed silver
security clasps. which screw SO tightly
upon the tops as to prevent the slight
est leak When the VOYAGE Is ended
the table is shipped ahead each day
of the automobile journey. and awaits
her at the hotel where the party will
spend the night. The cost of this lux
ury, which was specially ordered as a
Christmas gift, was $1,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
MRS. ASToR's SUCCESSOR.
The War for Social Leadership in
the 400" Is Now On.

From the Broadway Magazine.
Mrs William Astor. queen of American
society for a third of a century, has laid
down her scepter and the elite are eagerly
scanning the social realm for a worthy
head upon which to bestow the crown.
Social sovereignty is neither hereditary
nor elective. No claimant can come for
ward and demand the succession by right
of birth: nor can any election be held. II
Ward McAllister were alive he might ex-
ereise his once famous censorship and be-
come a queen-maker, but under present
conditions the new doyenne must prove
her worth and establish her supremacy in
the impending social war
Mrs. AStorS regime extends back to the
year 1874, and during all that time she
ruled without rival. Her strength lay In
her elegance, dignity and great reserve.
She was born a Schermerhorn and mar
ried an Aston. trader in furs. She made
no fight for social sovereignty. as would
be leaders must do now. She was wom-
an of superb consistency in her social life
and her stately ball on the second Monday
In January became as much of a social
law as the English drawing room. Her
guests were always people of distinct cul-
ture and position, but in her visiting list
she became far more tolerant in the latter
part Of her reign than during the last
twenty years of the nineteenth century.
She never sought novelty, and wouldn't
think of entertaining her guests with
freak parties: but she was never known
to protest against thoce who did. She was
Travelled, we'll read and liberal minded.
She never sought to govern the mental at
titude of every one around her. She was
always a great lady, and no condition or
situation could cause her to lose her state
" poise.
Those who earnestly desire the re-estab-
l.-A Z
supremacy would like to have either of
two women become the leader-Mrs. Will
liam K. Vanderbilt senior, or Mrs. Ogden
Nils. Both have millions. both have min
gled from childhood with the most distin-
guished people on both continents; both
are of high birth and are fitted to lead and
command. Either of them could carry out
Mrs. AStors policy.