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The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08
Not Like the Olden Days.

In the good old days re-
marked an old-tiner in Con
gress to the correspondent
we used to get a little rest
from Congressional work.
And then he tilted his cigar
to All angle of foufty-hve de-
gree, aud continued: But
there is nothing doing III this
respect any longer, and
| should worry,' The country
is SO busy that a Congress-
mas doesen't get home long
enough to attend to his law
business, or if he has farm,
to help pitch in The hay, or
do any of those stunts which
make him popular through
the district. Yes, it is tough, >
reflected the statesman. 'Or-
dinarily one would figure this
year that Congress would not
be in session from March 4th
until December, but before he
gets into Office the new
President announces that we
will have to come back on
April hrst1 to revise the tariff
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08
Electric Theatre to
Have Vaudeville.

Commencing Monday, March
18th, this popular playhouse will
start on a twice-a-week program
of the latest vaudeville, getting
their service from the regular
Orpheum circuit, and is positive
ly the same as all the large cities
of the country. There will be
three separate acts each night,
each act by different actors, in
addition to the regular picture
program, assuring to Winslow
theatre patrons the very best
and most up to-date amusement.
On ccountof the increased ex-
pense the admission on these
nights will be: children, Is cents,
adults, 25 cents. And to satisfy
a general demand reserved seats
for each performance will be on
sale at the Kelly Drug Co. at 35
cents. Reserved seats for the
first performance will be on sale
next Monday morning.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08
Our Public Schools.


Suppose we consider our
schools as agencies which
shall determine the destiny of
our country, for that is pre-
cisely what they are. When
viewed in that aspect they
Immediately become the bull
warks Of liberty, and no true
patriot can then deny them
the moral and financial sup
port needed to make them
efficient.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08
Paying Profit on Both
Goods and Water

If there are any residents Of
this community who patronize
the mail order houses in the be-
lief that goods are sold to them
at a small profit they should read
the following which recently
appeared in the Chicago Tribune
concerning the rapid rise Of
Sears Roebuck stock:
The extraordinary rise in mar
let value of Sears -Roebuck com
mon has occasioned a great deal
of interest and comment in La
Sale street. Two Chicagoans,
julius Rosenwald and Adolph
Loeb, are credited with being
the most fortunate of the stock
holders. Not within the last 20
years has there been on the stock
exchange, either of New York
or Chicago, the securities of a
company that has made a record
of earnings such as shown by
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
When the company was max
ing a struggle for it's existence
and it's future was in doubt, it
happened that julius Rosenwald,
at that time of the firm of Rosen-
wald & We'll, manufacturers Of
clothing. decided to retire from
the clothing business. He had
$50. 900 to invest with the Sears
Roebuck Co.. which concern, as
indicated, was in need of funds.
Subsequently, with the financial
reorganization of the property by
Goldman, Sachs & Co. in 1906,
there was issued $40, 900, 900 pre-
ferred and $50, OO0,0 900 common
stock. The latter was what is
generally spoken of as water.
For a long timeSears, Roebuck
common sold at 500 share and
support was required to keep the
stock at that figure. Now the
same stock is selling at $2O5 q
share. Meanwhile Mr.. Loeb and
Mr.. Rosenwald have become the
largest owners of the common
stock. They have been in the
fortunate position of being re-
uuired neither to worry nor
think, and while they slept their
fortunes have been made. In
addition to the increase in the
market value of the common
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08

big event of Marah 3rd the
city was almost captured by
the women who want to vote,
and the great meeting places
of the city were nightly filled
with crowds who listened TO
the fair orators tell why they
should have the ballot.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08

there was issued last year an ab-
solute gift of 33 and one-third
per cent Of the common shares
to the holders of that stock. This
dividend of common, which cost
nothing, is worth in the market
S305 a share.
Nothing like Sears, Roebuck
common stock has been known
on the chicago stock exchange
within the last quarter of a cen
tury.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08

The question Of safety for
the lives and property of
American citizens looms up
as much more important than
any differences which the
Mexicans may be engaged in
agitatlng among themselves.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08
Saturday, March g, 1918.
Look What This Town Did !!

Towns that make no at
tempt TO wake up and show
some form of civic pride
should look at the example
being set by Mowrystown,
Ohio, a little village which
can not boast more than 800
souls. Five years ago this
little Buckeye State village
was such run down place
that even the local undertaken
thought there was no further
use in staving. Streets and
sidewalks of the village were
unimproved, the alleys were
filled with trash, the vacant
lots had fine crops of weeds,
and no one in the village seem
to care a rap whether school
kept or not.
One day. q live idea struck
one of..the business men of the
village, who otherwise had
been about as much of dead
one as the other business
men, but the idea was live,
and SO stuck around for a
while 1t -was5 aWhy can't
something be done with this
town of ours ~ The idea
made itself SO felt that the
business man told his neigh
Dor about it, and the two
called in a third to talk it over.
The result was that the idea
got to buzzing in the heads of
several Of the business men
at once, and it developed into
a real live movement.
The movement of Cleaning
up the town" got good start,
and the good start kept on
until to-day Mowrystown is
not to be scoHed at. The
village has a miles of cement
sidewalks, the streets are i'm.
proved, the vacant tots moved
and the business men are
alert to anything of a civic
nature that will help their
village and further improve
ment conditions. The only
thing poor about the village
OF Mowrystown now is the
crop of weeds. for the weeds
are not doing well.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08

If you get something from
mail order house, better
take it home up back street.
You mighc meet some neigh
Dor who has done something
to make this town a better
one for you to live III.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08
Suffragists Show a Big Affair

The pageantty of the inaug-
ural is the great marker of
time iii the National Capital.
Nevertheless the suffragists
have been putting up show
that Washington will not for
get very soon. Prior to the
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08

Those Mexicans would
make a board of arbitration
look like a Sunday school
picnic when the cow had
kicked the lunch table over.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08

If Congress can prevent the
w a S hington Hotels from
gouging people during the
Inauguration, why can't it
prevent the trusts from goug-
ipg them all the time ?
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08

Izzei Pasha, the new Minis
ter of War in Turkey, may
properly be referred to just
now as Busy 1zzey.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08

The danger was not serious
but the country must bre athe
easier since the. ELECTORAL
college completed its work
without any stormy protest
from Col. Roosevelt.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08

The Mexican revolution has
crowded poor old Turkey onto
the second page, bottom col
ump, below all advertising
matter.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08

The popular desire for a
little farm by the roadside on
the part of a number of states
men should not be mistaken
for an impulse to taks. the tall
timber.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08

There is no doubt that the
people of the United States
would feel most kind towards
Mexico's government if Mex
leo would only get one.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08

Another far-west Aourishing
industry has received set
back. Nevada divorce mill, +,
it is reported, is soon to re
duce its output.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08

If an era Of simplicity can
be attained which will simplify
tariff debate the republic will
be eternally grateful.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08

The town that grows by
bound and leap IS not the one
that's sound asleep.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08

The Mexico way is to ar
range ones own time for
inaugural ceremonies.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08

Remember that the biggest
town isn't the best one. Any
cook who ever carved a squash
can tell you that.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08

The problem in Mexico is,
What shall we do with the
Diaz family ?"
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08
Good Sence

The great trouble among
American youth is the lack of
application and thoroughness in
what they undertake. Anything
that cannot be learned by super
fetal study is given the go-by for
something less tedious. Study
and hard labor are looked at from
a wrong standpoint: and as con-
sequence the clerkship ranks are
full of unemployed young men,
and the professions are overflow
ing with mediocrity, while good
mechanics find plenty of work at
living prices. And those who
work at a trade do it so loose and
careless manner that they often
are not competent to do the work
they promised to do.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08

1t is easier to make this a
better town than to find one.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08
Electric Theatre,
Monday, March 18th.

AS our opening vaudeville at.
traction we offer America S
greatest singing act, Melrose
Four, a melange of music and
mirth.
Raymond, novelty acrobatic
juggler.
Tarlton and tarlton, comedy
novelty; musical offering.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08

Ladies Skirts and Waists at the
BEE HIVE.
The Winslow mail., 1913-03-08

The Ladies of the Maccabees
will give a big ball at the Electric
Theatre, Monday evening March
9th, (St. Patrick s Day) and the
music engaged will be the
Mexican Orchestra of six pieces.
The price of admission will be
$1.00 for gentlemen and ladies
will be admitted free.
Mr.. Larry Quinlan, the en-
ergetic young manager Of the
Babbitt Brothers interests in this
locality, spent the early part of
the week at Flagstaff. Mr.. Quin-
Ian is fast becoming an ardent
booster for Winslow and Navajo
County, and says he prefers the
warm pleasant sunshine of
Winslow, to the wintery blasts of
the Flagstaff mountain country.
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Copyright. 1910. by Meredith Nicholson

was arrogant and he missed rather
than spoke.
'1'm directed to command your pres
ence at the Prescott Arms tomorrow
at IL O'Clock. The business is impor-
tant"
''I regret, my dear brother, that 1
shall be unable to sit with you at that
hour in committee. of the whole, and
for two reasons. The first is that 1
am paired with Lord Arrowood. You
refused to take him into your base
compact. and allowed him to be thrown
out of the inn for not paying his bill
The act was deficient in generosity and
gaTlantry.''
'NThen suppose you would think it
a fine thing for such pauper to marry
woman like that-like that, I say?''
and he jerked his head toward Cecilia
81 consider a lord of Arrowood as
good as the proprietor Of a knitting
mill any day, if you press me for an
opinion" I replied anoiab1y.
"And this from a chimney sweep ?''
he sneered..
you hatter me, my dear sir. I've
renowned SCOT and become a gentle
man adventurer merely to prevent
type that long illumined popular f1c-
ton from becoming extinct 1 advise
you to ill the void existing in the
heavy villain class. Believe me, your
talents would carry you far. Study
Dumas and forget the wool market
and you will lead happier life. My
second reason for declining to meet
you at the Arms at IL tomorrow is
merely that the hour is inconvenient
assume that you mean to urge lunch
con upon me, and never eat before L.
My doctor has warned me to- avoid
early luncheons If would preserve my
figure, of which you may well believe
me justly proud"
You're coward-that's ALI there is
to that dare you to conner
well, as L think of it, I'd rather be
dared than invited. IF I find it quite
convenient L shall drop in. But you
needn't keep the waff1es hot for me.
Good evening"
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marked, taking the pumpkin from me
and dropping down on the far side of
the stile.
'sHezekiah, I've trotted across most
of Westchester county after you, and
my arm is paralyzed from carrying
that pumpkin. I must know what
you're up to right here, or I'll go home
Besides, there's a mist falling and
you'll be soaked. What do gov sup
pose your father thinks OF your abb
sence at this time of night?"
"Oh, he'll never forgive me for not
letting him in on this. This is the
grandest thing ever thought of. Sit
on this step and gently incline your
ear toward the house. It's about time
those gentlemen were leaving Cecilia,
and they'll be galloping for their inn
in a minute, and them
Hezekiah whistled the rest of it.
While we waited I tried once or
twice to revert to the silver notebook,
but without success. Hezekiah was a
mistress of the art OF evasion with her
tongue as well as her feet.
ssWait gill the evening performance
is over and I'll talk about that Sh!
Quiet! Crawl over there out of the
way, and when I say run. beat 1t for
the road
These last phrases were uttered in a
whisper, her face close to my ear. She
gave me a little push, and withdrew
few yards and waited. The ground.
may say. was wet and the drizzle
had become a monotonous autumn
rain.
The light of the lantern fell warmly
upon Hezekiah's face as she held its
iIlumined countenance toward her
crouching on the stile steps. 1 heard
now what her keener ear had caught
earlicr-the tramp of feet along the
path. The suitors were returning to
the inn, and the voices of one or two
of them reached me.
The nature of Hezekiah's undertak-
ing suddenly dawned upon me-. Near
er and nearer came the patter of feet
and 1 heard, for I could not see, the
scraping of Hezekiat's slipper-a wet
little shoe by now-as she eept higher
son our side Of the stile. The first suit
or CROPPED bIindly for the steps, slipped
On the wet plank, growled and rose to
try again. That growI marked for me
the leader of the van. Hartley Wig
gins beyond a doubt, and in no good
humor, guessed! The others, judg-
ed, bad trodden upon one another's
heels at the moment Virgins stumbled.
Thus let US imagine their approach
six gentlemen in top hats headed for
stile on chilly night of rain.
| It was at this strategic movement
that Hezekiah pushed into the middle
of the stiIe platform, its grinning face
turned toward the advancing suitors,
| the jack-o'-lantern her hand had fash
| Toned.
| 1 marked it's position by its faint
| glow an instant, but an instant only.
| The world reeled for moment before
the sharp cry of a man in fear. It cut
| the dark like lash, and close upon it
the second man yelled in a different
| key, but no less in accents of terror,
! The first arrival had flung himself
| back, and SO close upon him pressed
| the others and SO unexpected was the
| halt that the six men seemed to have
flung themselves together and to be
struggling to escape from the hideous
thing that had interposed itself In their
| path.
| ALI was over in a moment In the
! midst of the panic the lantern winked
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escape in the second floor hall when I
came out of Cecilia's room. must
have lowered a record getting upstairs
And one shoe isn't bit comfortable.
Allow me to relieve your
''Here's your slipper. You ought to
be ashamed of yourself"
For losing my slipper? I thought
Cinderella had made that respectable
She place6 her hand on my shoulder,
lifted her foot and drew the pump on
with single tug.
''We11. what did Aunt Octavia say?''
ooh, she had thoughts too dark to
express. You probably heard what we
said. It was she who found the slip
per!'
Hezekiah laughed. The wind caught
up. that laugh and whisked it away
jealousy. -
''She found it and carried it to you.
chimney man, and I skipped just as
you began that beautiful story about
finding it in Beacon street I'm not
supposed to see her. you know, until
Cecilia is all fixed. Hurry and tell
me how you got me out of it.
Glow did you know I-would try to
explain it? You did a perfectly fool
hardy thing in roaming the house that
way, Soaring AOEu AG1OWOOO ACdI1y
death. to say nothing of me. Why
should help your
"Oh, you're a man and was just a
little girl who had lost her slipper s.
she replied. ST was sure you would
fix 1t up"
She drew from behind bowlder. by
which we stood a. pumpkin of portable
size. which I surmised had been carved
into the most hideous of jack-o'-lan-
terms by the shrewd hand of Hezekiah.
"Comep' she cried. IF you are good
and won't begin preaching about my
sins I'll show you the funniest thing
you ever saw in your life
In my Joy of seeing her was neg
lecting Cecilia's commission. Very
likely Hezekiah had forgotten all
about her theft. Hers, reasoned.
was nature that delighted in the
nearest pleasure. I would follow her
Jack-o'Iantern around the world for
the chance of seeing the fun brighten
in her brown eyes, but I had made a
promise to Cecilia, and meant to full
| fill it.
She led me now across the meadow,
over a stone wall, up a steep slope
and by devious ways through a strip
| of woodland. I bore the jack-o'-lan-
| TERN. Sue uaQ plQQeA me 90 II WILL
some notion "a did not question OF
making me a party in whatever mis-
chief was afoot.
Also, she demanded that repeal
fully the story had told her aunt Of
| the finding of the slipper.
"You are better than I thought yoI
were, Chimney Man, she declared
| when had concluded and added he
aunt's comment. ''You may be SURE
that tickled Aunt Octavia. You cal
lie almost as well as an architect
| Aunt Octavia says architects are bet
ter liars than dressmakers.'
| cit was my weakness for the trutl
| that caused me to abandon architec
ture. For heavens sake, what are yol
| up tor
had kept little account OF the di
rectfon of our flight. and I was sur
| prised that we had now reached tn
stile over which I had watched tn
passing of the suitors on the Afternoon
| of my meeting with Hezekiah in tn
| orchard.
''This is the apnointed place >, she re
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BOARD OF RELIEF.

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Relief of the City OF Bridge
port will meet at the Assessors, Office
City Hall, for the purpose Of heariu8
appeals made from the findings 81 the
Board of Assessors. Hearings viii be
held on the following dates in Eab-
ruary: Saturday, Feb 1sts MouoaIs
Feb 3rd; Wednesday, Feb. 5ths ri
day, Feb. 7th, from 8 a. M 70 q =
m and on the evenings Of MONDAY
Feb. Bird and Friday Feb. 7th from
z to D. m.
Dated at Bridgeport this 18th day
of January. 1913.
THOMAS +. WHITE,
CHARLES J. BYR1E.
CHARLES H. POLAND.
A zOts Board Of Relief.
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out, and Instantly Hezekiah was be
side me.
s"skipP' she commanded in a whis-
per, and, catching my hand, she led
me off at a brisk run. When we had
gone a dozen. rods she paused. We
heard voices from the stile, where the
gentlemen were still engaged in olsen
tangling themselves, and then the
planks doomed to their steps as they
crossed. They talked loudly among
themselves, discussing the cause of
their discontinue. The lantern, may
add, had been knocked off the stile by
the thoughtful Hezekiah when. she
blew out the light.
"Oh, that Hartley Virgins!
might have known iti'' she cried.
known what?'' I asked, pricking
up my ears.
'Hrhat he would be afraid of a
pumpkin with candle inside of It,
Did you hear that yell?"
ANYBODY would have yelled I sug-
gested at think 1 should have drop
ped dead if you'd tried it on me-
"No, you wouldn't" she asserted,
with unexpected fattery.
Don't be deceived Hezekiah.
should have been scared to death if
that thing had popped up in front of
me-"
ST don't believe it. I gave you a
worse test than that. When 1 switch
ed off the lights and swung a feather
buster down the stair well by a string
and tickIed your face you didn't make
a noise like a circus calliope soaring
horses in Main street, Podunk. But
that Virgins man?'
rs Be ContinueA.)
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~ HURRIED back to the trunk
room and had soon gained the
roof To my disappointment and
chagrin my young lady of the
single slipper was nowhere in sight
found, however, lying near the library
chimney a trunk tray that required no
explanation. With this Hezekiah had
blocked the due, and smiled as pic
tured her Hptoeing to reach the Chin
ney crock and dropping the tray across
the top: How g1eefuIly she must have
chuckled as she waited for the fille to
ill and send the smoke ebbing back
into the library, to the discontinue of
her aunt and sister and the suitors
gathered about the hearth The spirit
of mischief never whispered into a
prett1er ear trick better calculated to
cause confusion.
had thought Hezekiah secure when
locked the trunk. room door, but I
had not counted upon the versatility
and resourcefulness of that young per-
son. I dropped to the second roof lev
81 and inspected the down spouts, but
it was incredible that she had sought
the earth by this means. I swung
myself to third level and after much
cropping for my bearings decided that
an athletic girl of Hezekiah's venture
some disposition might, if she set no
great store by her neck, Chamber off
the kitchen roof by means of tall
maple whose branches now raspingly
called attention to their slight contact
with the houye-
AS the moon cruised into a patch of
clear sky something white duttered
from a maple limb, and I bent and
pulled it free I took counsel of
match behind the kitchen chimney
and found that it was a handkerchief
that had been knotted to the tip of the
bough. No one but Hezekiah would
have thought Of marking her trail in
this fashion. held it to my face, and
that faint perfume that had been q
mystifying accompaniment of the
passing OF the mansion ghost became
nothing more unreal than the orris in
Hezekiah's handkerchief case The
wind whipped the bit of linen spiteful-
1y in my hands. l reasoned that If
Hezekiah, the inexplicable, had not
meant for me to know the manner of
her exit she need not have left this
plain hint behind, but the swaying
maple bough did not tempt me- I
hurried back across the roof to secure
the trunk tray, resolved to dispose Of
it. seek the open and find the Grant
AOHCA4dA she SILL 41ASSEO0 al LIZ
neighborhoSd.
I looked off across the windy land
scape before descending, and as my
eyes ranged the dark I caught the
| glimmer of a light as of a lantern
borne in the hand in the meadow be-
yond the garden. 1t paused and was
| swung back and forth by it's unseen
bearer It shed curious yellow light
and not the white fame of the COM
mon lantern, and now it rose a trif1e
/ higher and slowly resolved itself into
a weird fantastic face.
Three minutes later I was out of the
/ house, using the back stairs to avoid
/ the company in the library, and lad
| crossed the garden and crawled through
the hedge. AS I rose to- my feet a
| voice greeted me cheerfully:
| t'WAll, done, Chimney Man! You
were little slow hitting the trail, but
you do pretty well considering. How
| did you manage with Aunt Octavia
about that slipper? I had a narrow
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though it covers much more ground
than the old structure, has been erect
ed at a cost of millions for buildings
and ground. The terminal has floor
area of seventy-nine acres, including
both track levels. Local and subur-
ban trains and through expresses will
be on separate levels, and incoming
and outgoing traffic will be entirely
separated. Close connections will be
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THE COLONAVMHA

Given by the Ladies of Charity of st.
Vincent de Paul at the State Armory'
Rr.ideeDorf. Conn. Evenings OF JAN
29-29-3O-31 Feb. 4 1913. The Colo
naviIIa March each evening followed
by a special entertainment and dane
ing. Single admission 20 cents;