The Press., 1910-12-21
Ftabisbea 1858 STAFFORD SPRINGS CONN DE1
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STAFFORD SPRINGS.
 Miss Helen M Leach was at Hart ford over Sunday.
 William ClaW ford of Worcester was in town W Sunday.
 Regular me- ting of Mineral Spring llodg., No 73, K. of F., next Tuesday ltvsning instead of Monday evening as usual
 \ Pccrle interesting in aut1s at moderate figure will read with inter est the big ad in this number If the Hudson Motor Oar Go of which Norman Gold is the local representa-. tive,
 The pest flee will be open from tl 10 m. Sunday, to accommodate these who may not be able to call | after the late train Saturday evening { l and get their Obristams packages The holiday hours on Monday will be 6. 80 to l l a m. and to 2 45 p. m. AI The Masonic assemblies are among | the most p pular of local amusement 5 Ievents, owing u the hearty spirit of ' good fellowship that exists among the slaftendants Next Monday evening B thare will be a social and dance at the lodge rooms, the first of tbe win 7 Her season. The Masons and their families are loo ekiDg forward to the ' levant with pleasurable anticipation At the wrestling match st the sena hall last Friday evening, Young E Go ch defeated Joe Monty of Baltic $ The Baltic man proved to be stayer z IGotch took the first fall in 43 minutes ' with body scissors. The second fall S went to Monty in 23 minutes with a z lhalf Nelson and further arm hold. E The deciding fall was Gotch's, with 2 a head scissors and hammerlock in 25 a minutes. The preliminary four-round ll boxing bout was between Young Ro. H Ibarge If Willimantic and Snowfall 4 Woods. Next Thursday evening, at z lthe Sena hall, Bcb Somersville. the 6 champion lightweight wrestler, will H be matehed against Pete Lewis of 9s Ha, tford There will also be an ex A lhibition bout between Young Gotch H and & w man wrestlet.
 E Grscs Church Notes: There will A be mystery Hay, entitled "The Ma z lsivity, 7 at the guild room of the y EshuTch on Saturday at in the after & lnoous t1 which all the parish, and I lfrie fds, are,3f invited. This will be & Followed by the Sunday school tree G4 and carol singing The services on a Chrittmas day will be the holy com- y munion at z 30, as usual, and at . I1O.454 R choral Eucharist. There 66 willsb Sunday school session, but 5% thsschool is to come to Evensong, sG which will be at 4 in the afternoon. I linstead of in the evening. All JJ To 1mmuuicapts are urged unless reason 5A ably prevented, u make their Christ " mas communion at the early service sE on Sunday Tn addition to She Ea Ea Ispiritual advantage in so doing, the S later cele br8tion will not ba unduly " heightened The shop of the diocese 6G visited this parish last Sunday morn N ling and confirmed class Ht 8 preached very strong sermon, etp'- SN cially to ouug men and boys, on the Fl will power and Conservation of man . hood '' The lecture on the Philip 2 pine Islands last Thursday, under thu z auspices of the Mems club. was ap preciated by the audience wli J % braved- the rough weather. Ther' & will be no mee ting of the K o K [ A. this week.
 The "Boy and his Job" was tn $ subject of vsry practical as we'll a 4Iinteresting lecture by Everett W
 Lord of Boston University, Monda.. night With broad knc wledge an @ xperience Mir. Lord was enabled t
 give many helpful suggestions, whic if following would go far towards de &tcreasing the vocational misfit, now 8 4levident. At the present time 95 pc &lself acknowledgement dissatisfied wit
 their occupations and would choos { differently could the opoTtunity sgai Ibe theirs. In fact few choose, br
 the majority drift into their life wor 4lwithout thought CT understanding { A 41taks what their limited town indu : tries offer without thought of tt % wide field gof. labor open to all in tE 3O3 occupations tabulated in the la
 censusi In indirect competition vii
 husbands and brothers, women ha7 entered into all save four of this larI
 occupational list, the U. s. arm
 slating and roofing, telegraph al
 Telephone line-work and steam boil paking being the exceptions. s
 per cent. of the women of the count
 are employed outside the home al
 six per cent. of the boys and girls b
 tween 10 and 5 years of age are
 work. In 8 measure this is the
 IT ct result of competition of wom
 and child labor against work of n
 at a lower wage. While many b.
 and girls leave school from necessi
 a large. proportion would c1ntin their studies could they see in tn
 practical preparation for future vol Not all schools can, at present, hs
 manual training but all can hs
 records. of the natural abilities g
 aptitudes of each pupil and help alc
 those lines could bs suggested
 teachers. parents or interested frien
 There are vocational advisers in amks- school systems of Boston, New To
 Cincinnati and Chicago, as yet in
 departmental stage, but through tn