Connecticut western news., 1912-11-21
Gathering of the Bald Head Clan.

It takes a good deal of intrepidity for a lot of men whose hirSute adOrnment has >Dg sine deserted their pateS to Oregather in meeting that will identify tlieuI for all time with the baldhead clan, but FallsVillage and contiguous territory Cor had we better say, envlrOns) has al. ways been noted for its brave and chivalrOus men, hence there need be no surprise Ill the announcement, or rather tho reminder that for fourteen years, or whereabouts, there has been all Organiza- tiOn of balaheaded men ill that most charming part of Connecticut. Nor need there be alarm felt ill the fact that these intrepid men have concluded to give banqu9t on the evening of Nov ember 25th i'll the village inn at Falls Village. The guests will be men who can show all area of skull completely cleared of hirsute timber and under growth. Specifically speaking, all pates must have an area as clear of any adOrn- ment as the proverbial billiard ball. he sane rule holds good as to the speakers at this banquet of whom there will be a gOHdly collection from the state's most ornate orators.
 Of course this organization of bald heads and their banquet will furnish plenty of material" for every humorist, and near-humOrist, and would-be humor- ist i'll the state, and. perhaps, outside of 1t, but seriously, we are proud of them as Connecticut products. They signify that in an age when the fear of the feml- nlne influence seems to be the big buga- boo there are yet men endowed with courage similar to that which made Israel Putnam take his historic canter down the now famous flight of steps at Gree nwich or the Yale students and men Of New Haven turn out to turn back the British redcOats when they made their hiS'Nri3 attempt to lan1 near New Haven.
 We say these men are courageous be- cause there once was a time when as soon as the halr began to grow thin on any part of the head, the owner of said head immediately undertook to discover means whereby he might defy the touch of time and incidentally cover up the wOeful discrepancy of adOrnment that had come as part Of the evidence of md de age. But there are now no middle aged men. They are all boys yes, sir! all boys, every mothers son of them ], And boys they remain until they cross the RubicOn of sixty or seventy, when their pride takes another peculiar form of van1Gy. and they bid defiance to the marks of time by declaring their ages ri ight out in court, society or wherever else they may foregather with their kindg
 If you read the roster of western Con necticut' baldhead club 1t will sound like the list of the directorate of all the big state corporations and political and social organization. But closer inspec- tiOn shows that these willy men of the west have inveigled lot of good fellows from other parts of good old Connecticut into their vanity dispelling organization and that they have even persuaded P. Davis Oakley, Philip Troup, Judge Tin gier and lot of other valiant and true citizens of the state into joining in the merry making of the banquet and going to the extent of contributing to the plea sure of the evening by making a few timely remarks as speakers for the occa- sion.
 Because of all the elements that enter into this affair the rest of us who still pride ourselves upon the abundance of our locks will sit back and wait patiently, though confessedly with some envy, for the reports of the "doings" of the unique gathering, wishing them all the while the fullest measure of enjoyment.-Hart- ford Post.