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Connecticut western news., 1908-09-24
OPERATION OF NO-LlCENSE
w. c. T. U. Speakers Also Tell of ln-

w. c. T. U. Speakers Also Tell of In-
 furious Patent Medicines.
 Especial correspondence to The News.
 The Federated unions of Fairfield and Litchfield counties met with the West Cornwall Womans Christian Temper ance Union on Wednesday September, 18th. Mrs. Barnum of Danbury, Presi- dent Fairfield County Union presided.
 MT. Smith of New Milford told of the work done there to obtain no license and of the good results that followed
 Although some of the aggrieved said that grass would grow in the streets of the town, (rather a threadbare prophecy in these days } no such pleas ant green is yet seen to relieve the bare and dusty ways. MT. Smith sad he had seen load of hay in the business parts but it was cut where grass had grown aforetime.
 Although there has been 0 great de- pression in many lines of business the past year and tobacco sales are low as well as liquor, New Milford is not sink ing into the ground.
 The bankers admit that they have done more business than ever and the Saving banks have larger deposits. Tie merchants are selling more goods aud getting more cash.
 The butcher said that W here the child came formerly to buy ten cents worth of soup.meat, the father now bought 6 good roast. Where the children used to go barefoot or wear cast-off shoes from sober neighbors, the father now went home with new shoes for all. The tailor showed good suit of clothes that he was just to send to man who had never patronized the shop before be- cause his money had gone into the saloon drawer, and later a good heavy overcoat went to cover the suit when needed. ... ..#
 There are facts that can be proved. Enough said 'None so blind as those who will not see." @
 Mrs. Gorden of Plymouth, President Litchfield County Unlon. gave a clear statement of the reasons we should give flor the hope that is in us." People who agitate for temperance should know whereof they speak to be able to answer objections. t.
 The state superintendent of work among foreigners Mrs. Maybe of Danbury told of the need for this de- partment and gave incidents for en- couragement.
 Mrs. Taylor State Superintendent of Medical Temperance gave an earnest talk, especially dedicated against the use of patent medicines.
 She told of the evils following the use of soothing syrups for children, had known it to result in death, of headache powders, apd of promo seltzer. The use of the latter IS excessive and very in- furious. She related cases that had come under her own observation.
 One doctor said the more patent medi- cine used the more business it brought him ill the end. K. M. s.
Connecticut western news., 1908-09-24
Wortb Knowing

To remove Pimples, BlacKheads. Blot ches and all forms of Skin eruptions, is according to we'll known Physician, a very easy matter; he says that many are afflicted, with some one of the above ailments, and are subject to great deal of embarrassment on account of the un- slightly appearancew hich they present, and recommends the following simple harmless and inexpensive treatment Go to your druggist and get this prescrip- tion filled: Clearola one-half ounce, Eth CT one ounce, Alcohol seven mix shake we'll and apply to the parts affect ed night and morning. allowing it to re, main at least ten minutes, then wipe off the powder from the skin. Use soft cloth or sponge in applying the mixture and i'll from ten days to two weeks your face will be smooth and clear as a marriage bell Get the Pure Clearola, which is only put mp in one-half ounce packages, Ask to see it.
Connecticut western news., 1908-09-24
DROUGHT OF 1876
Account of One Worse Than the Pre-
 sent One

Account of One Worse Than the Pre-
 sent One
 While the drought this summer was perhaps the worst that even the oldest settler remembers. yet it is said that their was one in 1876, which has never been beaten. Barbour's Historical Re- collections" gives the following account of that long, dry season. It says:
 In the summer of 1876 there was a great drought in New England, which was extremely severe at Mohegan and in the neighboring country. In August the corn dried up; the fruit and the leaves fell off as in autumn, and some trees appeared to be dead. The Indians came from Mohegan to Norwich, and lamented that they had no rain and that their powwows could get none in their way of worship. They desired MT. Fitch to seek God for rain. He ap- pointed fast day for that purpose. The day proved clear, but at sunset at the close of the service some clouds arose. | Next day was cloudy. Uncas went to the house of MT. Fitch with many In dians and lamented the great want of rain. If God shall send you rain will you contribute it to your powwows? He answered no; for we have done our utmost but all in vain. If you will de- clare it before all these Indians, said the minister, you shall see what God will do for us, remarking at the same time their repeated and unfailing recep- ten of rain ln answer to prayer and fasting. Upcas then made great speech to the Indians, confessing that if God should then send rain. it could not be ascribed to their powwowing but must he acknowledged to be in answer to the Englishman's prayer. On that very day tue Goads became more extended. and the day following there was such a coplous rain that the river rose more than two feet ill height"
 From this description it might be imagined that the drought this summer must have been nearly as bad. The corn was commencing to wither in many places, aud some of the trees about town seemed to be dying.
Connecticut western news., 1908-09-24
NOTICE
ANNUAL TOWN MEETIN

ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
 The legal voters of the Town of Sharon are hereby warned and notified that the Annual Town Meeting will be held on Monday October 5, 1908 at the Town Hall in the village and town of sharon for the purpose of electipg officers for the year ensuing, to vote as to whether license or no license shall be granted to sell spirit. uous and intoxicating liquors in said Town of Sharon, to take action upon the reports of the Selectmen and Treasurer also the reports of School Visitors and Health Officers, to lay tax to defray the neces- sary expenses of the town for the year ensuing, to take into consideration more just manner for the payment of the tax collectors fee and to do~any and all other business necessary and proper to be done at said meeting.
 Polls open from a. m. until l2 m,
 Dated September 24th, 1908.
 JAMES J. FAHEY.
 E. A. PEoUIGNEy, Selectmen
 ARTHUR w. LAMB,
Connecticut western news., 1908-09-24
LEGAL NOTICES

hISTRICT OF SHARON ss. Probate | Court. Sept. 22nd, 1908.
 Estate of Mary E. Merwin late of Sharon in said District, deceased.
 The Executor having exhibited his administration account with said estate to this Court for allowance, it is
 OIsDERED-That the 2d, day of Octo- Der A. D. 1908 at o'clock in the afternoon at the Probate Office in sharon, be and the same is assigned for hearing on the allowance of said administration account with said estate, and this Court directs the Executor to cite all persons interested therein to appear at said time and place by publishing this order once in some news paper having a circulation in saidsdistrict, and by posting a copy on the public sign post in the Town of sharon where the de- ceased last dwelt, at least five days before said time assigned.
 Certified from Record.
 Attest: HERMAN o. RowLEY, Clerk.
Connecticut western news., 1908-09-24
A Costly Hat.

Women's hats are both common and costly, as rule. but a woman In Brunswick who made no great preten- tions to fashion holds the record for the highest price paid for an article of millinery. She bought a hat with a lottery ticket which the merchant accepted in place of the money. A few weeks later the ticket drew the great prize of f15,OOo, and, though the woman's husband tried to induce the merchant to share the results, he only received f25. That hat cost f14, ,975.-- T.ordon Standard.
Connecticut western news., 1908-09-24
TO ADMIT ELECTORS

The Selectman and the Town Clerk of the town of North Canaan will hold a session to examine the qualifications of electors and to admit to the electors oath to those who shall be found qualified, at the Town Clerks office in said town on Satur- day, September 26th, 1908, from nine o'clock in the forenoon until seven o'clock in the afternoon.
 WILLIAM J. REEL, Selectmen of the
 CHARLES H. SAGE, town of
 LYMAN K. HOWE, North Canaan. EDWARD D, NORTON, Town Clerk.
Connecticut western news., 1908-09-24
POST CARD BARGAINS.

We have a lot of miscellaneous Post Cards, all clean and perfect New England scenes, no two alike, which wei will sell, postpaid, at 25c per fifty.
 THE CANAAN PRINTING CO.
 CANAAN, CONN.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20
Gossip About Plays and Players

hall is on the ground floor and is well
equipped with exits, cloak rooms and
everything possible to a modern building
The choir will, in all probability, give
some splendid public concerts, but that
will he secondary i'm Importance, owing to
the fact that the first and foremost object
Of the organization is the establishment
Of a high musical standard and a deyo-
ton and loyalty to il, on the part of all
members active and associate. The active
membership is, as the prospectus states,
open to all those who are possessed of
good voices, ability to read music at first
sight, enthusiasm, earnestness and willing
ness to abide by the principal rule, which
is that each member shall agree to learn
thoroughly his or her part outside of the
rehearsals."
The reheaTsals will be Of very great in
%terest, as they win he devoted entirely to
the study Of tone quality, tone color, in
depreciation and the various qualities and
peculiarities OF ensemble or concerted sing
ing, which are too often passed by, or
ignored, in the supreme effort to get a
work ready by a certain time, No time
will be taken up at the rchearsals H. SIM
ply teaching people to sing the notes;
hence the absolute need for study Of the
parts at home by the members of the
various sections.
Many people who are thoroughly in SYM
pathy with the idea are. nevertheless,
sceptical about the possibility Of consum-
mating it i'm Omaha, owing to lack Of
abundant material, general indifference
and other causes. But To all Of these sug-
g~estions Mr., Kelly persistently turns a
Y ,eaf ear and asserts most positively that
he believes the time Is already ripe for
tie undertaking, and he has had assur-
gnces Of support from many prominent
quarters, and especially perhaps from some
who doubt the success of which he is
confident.
The name of "Meudelssohn Choir was
chosen because tha greatest cnoral organ
ization on this continent today is doubt
less the "Mendelssohn Choir" of Toronto.
That organization possesses such sterling
merit that New York critics. with no dis
sentlng voice, gave II the most unqualified
praise, and its success is very largely due
10 the fact that care has beer taken tC
admit into membership only those who
could read music readily at first sight
and who would taka the trouble % really
study their parts at home. Strange thai
other choral societies have not insisted OF
this. The "Mendelssohn Choir " To
ronto has ennohled. digntred and exalted
the position OF the chorus and has raise
il to the place which it should have occu
pied long ago. In a letter 10 an earnes
sdvocat" and promoter of the "Mendrls
sohn Choir OF Omaha, MIR. Kelly ha'
given expression to this sentiment when II,
says:
THE chorus has been too long consid
cred as a mere phase, q pinov adjunct,
necessary evil, a thing 10 look down upon
We must do our part in restoring 1t 20 Il
proper position, glorify il, as IL should b
clarified, use Il as an Intelligent, musice
force, and place is in The position OF i'm
, poTtance which, by right, belong TO II
What is the violin solo or a violonesll
5 solo or a flue solo compared 70 the gran.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20

feet of placing him in the front rank. His
press notices are strong in his praise and
have the ring of sincerity.
Arthur Hartmann will need no further
Introduction to those who were present at
his recital here a year and a half ago. The
fire and vigor of his playing are long to
be emembered. He will be accompanied
on his present tour by Alfred Calzin, a
pianist who has made a considerable stir
in the world of late.
Miss Hopper has made tentative con
tracts for these artists and will sign them
definitely as soon as her subscription list
contains sufficient names to justify doing
so. Her list of artists is a strong one anc
will make a splendid series of musica
events for the winter. The plan ought tC
be encouraged.
Miss Hopper's list of patronesses in.
cludes the names Of Mrs, G.. A. Joslyn
Mrs. Myron Learned, Mrs. W. w. Turner
Mrs, L. +. Crofoot and Miss Helen Willard
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20

The stage version Of George Barr Nc
Cutcheon's popular novel, "Brewster's
Millions has proved its right to the dis
]tinction Of being the most successful farce
comedy of the lines. The original New
York company, headed by Edward Abeles,
terminated its season in June last, with "a
record OF over Ion consecutive weeks, and
this self same excellent organization will
he seen here al the Boyd thcater for the
entire week starting Sunday, September u.
The dramatization of Brewster Millions
was a clever piece Of work, for which
honOrs are due TO Winchcll Smith and -
ron Ongley, but 10 Frederic Thompson is
due the credit for making the play the
real thing. II is not a comedy, but a
bright, sTappy farce, with "a wonderful
piece Of stage realism in the Introduction
Of a yacht at sea, a storm and the tossing
Of the waves on "a roCk-bound coast, So
realistic is this scene that a number in the
audience during the engagement mere last
season found themselves swuying 60 and
fro with the motion of the boat, and others
thought they were really ssasick. Then,
when one realizes that besides the scenic
effects there is "a good company and an
iutrIeatiug story, everybody will look for
ward 10 the Forthcoming engagement with
delight.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20
BARRIE's TRIUMPH is ADMITTED
"WhRt Every Woman knows Carries
Even London Critics by storm.

"What Every Woman knows Carries
Even London Critics by storm.
LONDON, Sept. l9.-(Special)-J. NJ. Bar
re has now revealed the secret of "What
Every Woman Knows" Evidently what
every woman knows is-better. At any
rate, Maggie, the heroine of the play, knew
better than John Shand, her husband. 1t
was a great moment when John, the strong
man, discovered that she knew better than
he; and a still greater moment when he
discovered that she had known all along
that she knew better, and had been trying,
from love and loyalty and canny Scottish
ness" to conceal from him that It was she
who had been steering him like a pawky
little chauffeur at the wheel of a 80
horsepower motor car. Then it was that
John, for the first time, grasped the humor
of the situation. Whereupon Maggie di-
vulged to him the fact that 1t was not
from the rib Of a man that the first woman
was made-but from his funny-bone. And
then the final curtain came down to such
hearty roars of applause as are rarely ex-
tracted from a reserved and captIous first
night audience in London.
Everybody was at the Duke of Yprk's
theater 10 see the play, from Edna May, in
tile first box, to Winston Churchill and his
brilliant mother and his bride-to-be in the
third box, for it was in the air that the
author Of Peter Pam one of the great
est successes Of the mpdern theater, and
of Josephine one Of its most amazing
failrues, was going to give US something
extraordinary
1t is quite exciting to go to a Barrie
first night, for you never can be sure un-
Ill the very last moment that the author
viii not twiddlo his fingers derisively 10
indicate that he is having fun all by him
SELF at the expense of the audience, But
there was no drawback of this sort TO the
success Of What Every Woman Knows
II was the kind of success that can be
made only by a man who can also make
eggregious failures without being aware of
it till someone tells him.
II would be Impossible TO tell the plot of
the play without giving a false impression,
for the story Is a minor matter. In the first
act John Shand, an uncOuth Scotch railway
porter, is caught by Maggie's father and
brothers breaking into their house to steal
learning from their books. They agree not
only TO let him go free, but to pay his way
through college and start him in life if he
will pledge himself to wed Maggie six years
afterWards-fpr Maggie, being thought 70
be without charm, has reached the mature
age Of q without finding a husband. IN
the second act, just as the six years are
up, John is elected to Parha-;ent and mar
Ties Maggle, who has been helping hin
along all the time, In the third act, he has
risen high, bpt Is going 10 spoil il all bS
clipping with a titled lady. In the last acI
little Maggie is triumphant through the "a.
miliar device OF causing the lovers to see
| 10. -...aI Of aa.h aHham nnHt urhaF zen
Of humor, character and sentiment ar
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20
AMUsEMENrs

July weather is "all right in th1
ISL summer time" hut when it gets
so over In September, it rather dis
combehulates the calculations of
k$kSbSH the theatrical magnates. For
28l2AAD this reason the Boyd theater
didn't lose a lot of money by being dark
last week, although the Chauncey Olcott
engagement on Friday night brought out
as many people as the house would hold,
and more than could find comfort Indoors
At the Burwood the week was notable for
a very good production of "Romeo and
Juliet The Marlowe version was used
which permits of easy scenic manipulation
and a generous trimming of the text with
out marring its continuity as a story. The
closing sCeno OF the play is entirely re-
modelled, Ia order to give Romeo a chance
that has beer. largely denied him., and
which Shakespeare thought hardly worth
while, II Is questionable il the drama has
been in any way improved by this cmenda-
ton. The original idea that Juliet should
awaken and find her husband dead along
side the murdered Paris, and surmise the
cause, was far more reasonable than that
she should wake To- the bliss of finding
Romeo alive and apparently well, and theT.
have her heartstrings further wrenched by
seeing him die, But Mr.. sothern found the
making of a leading role of Romeo some.
thiRg mare difficult than he anticipated,
and so he secured the alteration Of the
last act to provide him with one more on,
portunity for emotional work, Mr., Grew
also found this advantageous and really
show better a. that than in any e tN.
other scenes, Mr.. Conner won muth "a.
,miTatiop for his excellent MercutiC III,
week generally was Miss Elliott's, lcr ht
IA the difficult role of Juliet being unmis,
taxable, Her conception OF the part "a 7-
curate, and her ideas were WORKED on.
with delicacy and certainly. She made q
charming juliet In every way. At the or
'pheum business was fair, ana at the Krul
the same report Is made, The managers
trust that the weather mau will provide +,
littlo real indoor show weather soon,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20

The list of subscription concerts which
Miss Evelyn Hopper is planning to place
before patrons of music in Omaha this
coming season contains the names of four
first-class cclebrities-Fannie Bloomfield
Zeisler, Corinre Rider-Kesley, Arthur Hart
mann and Glen Hall. 1t is hardly even
necessary to designate these artists in a
more specific way, for they are all mu-
sicians Of high standing and have been
before the public long enough to build up
for themselves solid and lasting rcputa-
tions.
Mrs Zeisler, the pianist, was lately a
visitor in the city Of Freiburg, in Germany,
for the purpose of playing her repertoire
so that records could be made of her play
ing for reproduction in the Mignon piano
player. II is a safe guess that the manu-
facturors of the Mignon would hardly in
vite a pianist from America in order 10 Sc
cure records of her work unless those rec
ords were considered of great Importance
in their business. Only the great players
have thus far been honored by invitations
to make permanent their work through tn,
medium Of the Mignon.
Rtder-Kelscy has never been heard il
Omaha and her singing will, for that rea,
son, have the charm OF novelty TO a leca
audience. Those who have followed hel
career lately will remember that her ti
umph in the role of Micaela in the Coven
Garden theater last summer was a splen
did one, and that she has been in con
slant demand as an ~oTatorin singer il
many OF the leading music festivals of tn
country.
Glen Hall, the tenor, has also to hi
credit a large number of European sue
oesses. His accnmpanist in a number o
his recent song r~ecitals has been no les.
a celebrity than Arthur Nikisch, the ia
nous orchestra leader. Hall gas a SINCE
Of Importance previous TO his departure 70
further work in Europe, and his pTOtracte'
study while there must have had the ef
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20

AIRS. Temples Telegram is 70 DE de-
Hyered at the Burwood the entire week,
starting this afternoon, and It is under
stood that no combinations Of words ever
were flashed over the wires that caused as
much hub-bub among those interested or
fun OF a most hilarious nature for the on
lockers as this self same telegram addressed
to Mrs. Temple. A Of the many ludicTous
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20

clate Mr., O'Ncill from his well-known role
Of edmund Dantes in 'Monte Cristo,' but
if one took the trouble tor look up Mr..
O'Neill's history on the American stage.
they would find that ne is, as Shakespeare
says, "a many Of many parts" and his
versatility as a player becomes apparent.
He has in his time played Qthello to Edwin
Booths lago; MaCbeth to Charlotte Cush-
mans Lady Macbeth, ana he has acted
Romeo to Adelaide Noilscn's Juliet. lie
has starred in such w~ell-knQwn plays as
The Envoy, The Dead Heart" The
Courier Of Lyons The Musketeers, %
Julius Caesar" and has been pronounced
on OF the best "Nirginius' who ever
essaye ed this trying role. In most Of these
plays the chal 2cters he has portrayed have
been of the robustry heroic order, and II
will be a pleasure to his many admirers t.
study him In the quieter role of the venor-
able old able, far removed from the worlC
and its strife, content 10 lead a plous
simple life among his loWly flock on tn,
Corsica,