Putnam patriot., 1909-09-10

The public and High schools open ed Tuesday morning.
 Miss Nitric Dwyer of Webster, has been the guest of Miss Beatrice Dwyer of this city.
 Randolph H. Bullard has returned from a stay at Narragansett Pier. He made the trip by carriage.
 Fred King, of Boston, has been the guest ot his parents, MT. and Mrs. Nel- son King, Grove street.
 Joseph Gagne and family hay e been entertaining Mrs. kinberger, of Providence.
 MT. Alexander Gilman and wife, and Miss Louise Rivard, have returned from Bethel, Vt.
 The Misses Egan have return ed from a week at Asbury Park, N. J., and a week attending millinery open- ings in New York.
 MT. Harry Mann and family re- turned from Gales Ferry on Saturday. after spending the summer in their cottage at that pleasant resort.
 Announcement is made of the re- cent death of Clayton L. Alexander, at his home in Vermont. He was 46 years old. He held life interest in the All exander estate, which includes Wild wood Park.
 Edward D. Eidredge, of Brook line, Mass, son of the late Henry G. Eldredge, is making visit to his na- tive town of Pomfret, with wife and son. They are stopping at The Ben Brosvenor.
 Edward E. Mann, of San Miguel. San Luis Obispo County, Cal, and Mrs. Herbert Wade, of Mills, M ass, are visiting their mother, Mrs. T. P. Botham, Oak Hill. MT. Mann has not been East for Iwenty-six years.
 List of letters remaining in the Putnam Post Office for the week end ing Sept. 6:s
 Gentlemen-Felix Boulais, L. Bra- nette, Thomas Milligan.
 Ladies-Mrs. Gertrude Hailer, Miss Emelia Renlund, Clara k. Whipple.
 The Tourtellotte Memorial High School, at Thompson, opened in regu- lar order Tuesday morning. The pu- pils met in the Assembly Room for morning exereises-47 being present. Ten more have arrived since.
 A business meeting of the Eliza beth Porter Putnam Chapter, D. A. R., will be held in the Chapter rooms, in kentis Block, on Monday, Sept. IS, at 3 p. m.
 The Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chap ter, D A. R., will make their annual Pilgrimage on the 2lst of September and will visit Woodstock Hill. Car. riaees will leave the Square at l:3o ? m.
 The influence of the French on the architecture ef the present day is exert ed through their school of architecture, School of Fine Arts-the leading school for architecture in the world. Owing 10 the liberality of he French this gov ernment school has been opened to the world. Our country having grown wealthy will hereafter pay more atten- ton to artistic houses and other refine ment in cities. The introduction of Trade Schools will lead the way to great changes not only in architecture but in many other matters.
 On Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day, Oct. t, and s, the annual State Convention of the Woman's Temper ance Union. of Connecticut, Is to be held in Willimantic. Some 200 deie- gates are expected to be present. We hope our local w. C. U. will send a strong delegation and endeavor to have the next annual convention held in Putnam. Such convention could most likely bring about union of the divisions of our local Union, as there now exists no reason why they should not be united and become strong bo- dy, winning general favor.
 Boys summer camps are common enough, but working girls summer camps are new undertakings that are likely 10 become popular, At Evans vile, Ind, Working GIrls Associa- tion solved the outing problem by practical demonstration. After sum- mers camping in abungalow, 50 miles below Evansville, for a few years, the Association decided that it would be better to get a place near town, where they could stay all summer and go to and from their work daily. They leas- ed piece of timber land and erected tents and cheap buildings. The actual cost,to each for board was s week. People who can sleep and eat in the country during the hot season, continue their work in town, and at the same time save money, are doing very well.
 Two weeks ago we presented the importance of new, cheap cottages be- ing erected to meet the prospective de- mand when the expected new indus tries begin operation. Edison, the greattinyentor, who has been exper1- menting with re-enforced concrete for building cheap cottages, now declares that. he is enabled to build six-room cottages that can be rented for..about s9 8 month- And wonderful to relate, he declares this new discovery is greater than any discovery that he has hither- to made. Edison is not a man to talk