The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-23
STAMFORD
The Flower of Sfra'f 'rd-Child Labor Problem No Town Meeting-A Pro. disious Supper-New Women's Con. greSS.

As one lady expressed it, .tthe flow
 CT of Stratford'' was at the library to
 listen to Prof. Phelps lecture on Rud-
 yar6 Kirling. In the audience one
 saw Miss Lettie Bennett, the principal of the High school. Miss Emma G. AL len, Miss Vivian F'alken, Miss Harley J. Hurd Miss Ethel Beach, whose en- gagement has been so recently an- nounced, Miss Celia Curtis, Miss Alice Judson, Miss Laura Wood of StOn1ng- ton Miss Francis B. Russell, the li- brarian, Miss Lowell. Miss Myrtis Fair child, Elliott W. Peck, Carlos Blake man, Rev. Arthur Shirley, Dr. and Mrs. William Cogswell, Hon. and Mrs. Stiles Judson, Judge and Mrs. How ard Curtis, MT. and Mrs. Moses Y. Beach, MT. and Mrs. David Coe, Mrs. -Radford Smith and Radford Smith. Jr., Donald Sammis, Arthur Wheeler, Capt. and Mrs. A. Bedell Benjamin. Judge pr. and Mrs. Packard, Mrs. Isaac E.. Beach of Meriden, guest of MT. and Mrs. Warren Briggs: Mrs. Byington, Mrs. Gunther, Mrs. Arthur Wheeler, Mrs. Randall, Mrs. Thomas P. Taylor, and many others.
 Tomorrow morning at the Congrega- tional church, Rev. W. w. Wallace, of Madina, India. will speak in the morning. In the afternoon at 4 o'clock, Rev. B. N. Packard, D. D., will speak on "Child Labor as a Ma tional Problem Dr. Packard has gathered a great deal of information on the subject, and his discourse is in line with the great convention which has been held in Chicago this week to discuss the same subject, and devise way and means to arouse the atten- tion of the public until some laws can be enacted and enforced putting a stop to the child labor slavery which prevails in many of the States.
 In the morning at the Methodist for his theme "Censure for the New vs. Search for the True.'' In the ev- ening his sermon will be '"The Chal- lenge of, the Dagger or the Ox-Goad."
 The new hay scales have arrived in town and will soon be put in position for use.
 Some one suggests that the town house be turned around, so that people can get into the back entrance from the street.
 It will hardly be necessary to call town meeting or to go to the expense of putting up a new building, just for the sake of housing 800 feet of hose outside the fire house. Roonf~c can be found in the town hall, back of the front door, for the new hose which the fire underwriters wish to have re- moved from the house of the Hook & Ladder Company, fearing that even that structure may take fire, and the hose be put out of commission. It is a sensible thing to divide the hose up into sections and place it in various parts of the town, where it can be readily obtained in case of need It would be foolish to build a new con- crete block house for the sole purpose of providing a place for roll of hose This would he an unnecessary burden upon the taxpayers. A few hooks put up on the wall of the town. hall is all that is necessary. Besides who wishes to see the lawn in front of the cooler, between MT. Reeds store and the town house, disfigured by a miserable little nut of a house? All the public parks of the town should be preserved in :, ease. the adjoining city absorbs what 1