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Connecticut western news., 1913-03-27
Beautiful Berkshire's BaIdheads.

A. F. Chapman, secretary of the Bald Head Club of America, was in town Monday. He reports unusual activity in the secretary's office these days. en- rolling new members, sending out ap- plicatlon blanks, issuing certificates of membership, and answering inquiries concerning the second annual banquet, to be held at the Garfield Oct. Is. A recent mail brought to the Secretary the appended list of Pittsfeld gentlemen eligible for membership. It is expected that Berkshire county--and Pittsfeld especially, being the home town of the Clubs president, k. J. Orr-will be well represented in the organization. and that. in view of the trolley advantages, with the expedient of securing special car, the banquet will attract a goodly delegation of bald-heads from the north. The Pittsfeld list is as follows:
 Edward T. Hull, John McQuaid, Fred T. Francis, Wm. J. BaughmAn, Wm. D. Machines, Wm. H. Machines, Chester E. Gleason, Geo. A. Grounds, c. Zenas Adams, Geo. H. Cooper, S. Chester Lyon, Wm. c. Stevenson, Jay P. Barnes, Irving J. Barnfather. Chas. B. Durham, Wm. E. Wilcox, O. Archie Burbank, Wm. A. Burns, Esq, Edward ,Boltwood, J. Edward Burns, T. Cooney, Jr. Dr. B. s. Davenport, Louis A. Mer- chant, Dr. A. W. Gabler, Chas. w.. Sloper, E. G. Hoag, O. O. Henry, P. H. O'Connel, Jonathan Haight, H. B. Wellington, H. A. Root, Edward Ros- enbaum, John L. Russell, w. H. Shand- off, Edward J. Spall, James w. Synan, Chas. H. Talbot, Chas. H. Wright, Clarence H. Waite, Marshall H. Vel lington, W. D. Crosier, Harry G. West, Wm. G. White, E. R. Whiting, E. E.. Wilkins, W. D. Wyman, William L. Adam, (who, by the way, has relatives in Canaan,) Frank D. Taylor, Joseph Ward Lewis, Walter 0. Kellogg, Henry J. Ryan, H. 0. Crafts, H. s. Russell.
Connecticut western news., 1913-03-27
Art Circle.

The Art Circle girls met at the club house Tuesday, 13 girls being present. with one visitor. There were general exercises, sewing. playing and dancing in the yard. Mary Caldwell and Ellen Lin dell set the table. Rosa Reel, assisted by Viola Holt and Hazel Whitford, made delicious cake, which was highly appreciated by the girls. Mrs. Caldwell treated all the girls to ice cream, and Mrs. Reel furnished the cake. E.C.L
Connecticut western news., 1913-03-27
Bad Man Surrenders,

Joseph Cohen, of Stamford, who is wanted on charge of enticing IT, sold girl for immoral purposes, sur rendered himself Monday at the county court house in Bridgeport His bonds
 were fixed at $6,O0O and Abraham Spelke, of Stamford, qualified as bonds man. A bench warrant for Cohen was issued over week ago. Cohen asserts his innocence. It is alIegged that Cohen and Miles V. Doud of Bridgeport took the girl and another woman on a joy ride, which ended at Strat tford road house
Connecticut western news., 1913-03-27
Recent Weddings.

Earl S. Williams and Miss Annie F. Turner, both of Pittsfield, were married Sunday evening at the Methodist par sonage, by Rev H. Cornford.
 Monday afternoon at the Pilgrim Church parsonage, Predon s. Boehnlein, and Margaret A. Johanns of Johnstown, N. Y, were married by Key E. o. Gil lette.
Connecticut western news., 1913-03-27
Fannie Crosbv at ga

Miss Fannie Crosby, who has written 5000 gospel hymns, celebrated her 93rd birthday in Bridgeport Monday. Miss Crosby, although blind, was the guest at a reception during which she met sever- al hundred church workers here. She is in full possession of her faculties other than her sight, and told her friends Monday that she hopes to be present at many more birthday parties in her honor.
Connecticut western news., 1913-03-27
Suffrage News.


 No announcement has yet been made as to the report of the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments, or as to to the date when woman suffrage will be voted on by the House of Representa- tives After the hearings last week, one thing at least is evident, and that is that men and women alike in Connecti- cut have come to realize that woman suffrage is a subject of first importance. Most people also realize that 1t is sub. jeot the agitation of which will not cease until it is settled by the granting of the vote to the women. If the Legis- lature turns the women down thls year, the leaders of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association are emphatic in ther declarations that there will be no cessation in the work. More time, more labor and more money will be spent in getting the vote but that is all If the women get the voee with little delay, all this time and money and labor-on the part of both Suffragists and Anti Suffragists-which now goes into the fight over the ballot would be directed to bettering conditions in the commun- ity in which women's work is needed, and the liberation of these forces would certainly make for an increase in ciyi- lization in this state, independently of what might be done directly by the use of the ballot. -
 The arguments last week were few of them new. Of the Anti. Suffrage there was none that was new. They con- sisted of the old fears and tremors which affliot people who have no belief in democracy, no faith in their fellow. men, and especially no faith in their fellow women, and in the demand of women, who have everything they want, to be spared the responsibility of extending help to others in the com munity by a proper study of political conditions and wise exercise of the power of suffrage.
 On the side of the Suffragists the de mand was for pportunity-opport VO AOAP bAiO SOhhihuhAbg DJ suhIluk Ill the work of government, opportunity for improvement and education which would come of the responsibility of full citizenship. The Suffragists were full of hope, of faith and of confidence. Their belief in humanity and in progress was the chief note of their speeches. The Anti-Suffragists were naturally filled with fears and distrust-dread of the ignorant vote, of the weakness whose characters would be irreparably injured by any contact with politics, and dislike of any further duties toward the community.
 Confident of the outcome of their movement. the suffragists are planning for more and more active work. Even in the few days that have elapsed since the hearings, there have been evidences of the increased interest in suffrage. Several new leagues have been formed, and the public meetings are announced as being planned in at least Q half dozen towns and citles. This week Meriden is the scene of a campaign which is to last ten days, and the whole band of Miss Emily Pierson's little army has descended ou the city with the ob- ject of converting the inhabitants by wholesale to belief in Votes for Wom- en. CONN. W. s. A.
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Connecticut western news., 1913-03-27
Admis sion by the Foot,

The Young Peoples Society of Pilgrim church invite the public to "An Indoor Athletic Meet at the Pilgrim church parlors, on Thursday evening, March 27, at 7:30. Admission will be charged ac- cording to height, two cents foot.
Connecticut western news., 1913-03-27
Bright Negro Girl.

Miss Lottie Jefferson, negress, has the valedictorian honors in the Derby high school. The award was based on her standing for the four years course. There was a close contest between Miss Jefferson and Miss Pearl Brown, of Or ange.
Connecticut western news., 1913-03-27
Sunday Shorts.

Shall Sunday amateur sports be allow ed in Connecticut? That is one of the pressing questions before the legislature this year. The Brotherhood Glass of Pilgrim Sunday school will discuss the subject of the proposed changes in our Sunday laws.
Connecticut western news., 1913-03-27
Fatal Mistake.

James E. Murray, 30, of New Haven, got up early Monday morning with the intention of taking cod liver oil, which he neglected to take the night before. He drank carbolic acid by mistake. and died.
Connecticut western news., 1913-03-27
Strike in Meriden

Twenty men employed in the chande- Her department of the E. Miller factory in Meriden struck Monday, owing to dissatisfaction with a new card system which has been installed.
Connecticut western news., 1913-03-27
MARETTl ARRESTED
Italian Charged with Serious Offense
 was About to Skip.

from the lime kiln colony, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Rhoades yesterday morning, as he was about to take train for New York, whence he had planned to sail for Italy. The arrest was made at the instigation of Mrs. Lena Squarso- nj, widow of the Italian who died insane in the asylum at Middletown about a year ago, who charges Marettl with se- rious offense.
 Maretti was placed in the lookup, to await the return of Prosecutor J. Clin- ton Roraback, who was engaged out of town.
Connecticut western news., 1913-03-27

"How. was the silence broken ?" Somebody dropped a remark. Bal timore Am merican.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12

to make things easy and settle difficult
problems, so that his children will not
have to deal with them. The man who
is money mad most times piles up his
boards of golden coins for the children
who come after him. The parent who
lives in the hovel sees better times
coming for his children, and is content
to put up with his hard lot, knowing
that he will live again in their enjoy
ment and in their ease.
The society lady knows the vapidness
of her life and feels that she has no,
lived in vain and been a drone in the
hive if she gives forth to the world chill
dren. The poor washerwoman works
and denies herself to keep her family
of tots together and give them advan-
tages that she had not
Ofttimes in a crowded car my little
lady comes in and perches primly on
the edge of the seat. There is a change
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12

not as clever as others. not as witty
and not as attractive; l will remember
my shortcomings and be humble"
The new creed, which better fits new
conditions, is that she must not brood
on her faults, but recognize them only
in the desire to become their master. If
she realizes every minute of the dav
that others have good qualities which
she lacks, and sinks in humility at the
thought, she acquires the habit Of in
feriority, and a victim of that habit is
Of no more use in the world today than
the loafer who drags along in the rear
of a procession.
She must say, Il will do as well as
others; I viii climb as high; ! will
amount to as much, and never, for
moment. will I let the feeling Of infe-
riority distress or discourage me"
After she has realized her ambition
remembrance of the struggle it has
cost, and always the knowledge of the
uncertainty of her position will make
her humble.
And that is the humility that is a
grace today: The humility of achieve
ment!
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12

when l say something that startles
her"
Or he would say Il love her be-
cause her eyes mist over with compre-
hension and sympathy at a tender
passage in book, or pathetic scene
in play" Or, Il love her because she
is little and weak, and clings to me
like trusting child" Or, Il love her
because she always sees the points in
my stories, and laughs at my jokes,
and is the only woman l ever met that
had intelligence enough to appreciate
me-
Or. when the man was asked, "Why
do you love this woman" he might
simply throw up his hands and reply,
Search me! But | do"
And that's as good a reason as
any man can give for assuming the
board bill and shopping ticket for life
of some particular woman. Funny
when you come to think of it. but then
love is a funny thing. anyway-wheu
it isn't a tragedy. DOROTHY DIX.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
An Alienist Needed.

Then the Grand Inquisitor would take
one squint at Arabella and, perceivlng
that she was an ordinary looking young
person with a suub nose and hay col
ored hair, and that she simpered and
giggled, and bore none OF the ear
marks of the superWoman. he would
pityingly commit the besotted youth
to a padded cell, as he remarked: /:
Young man, what YOU need is an
aIleuist and not a marriage license"
No. No man can give q reason for
the faith that is in him concerning the
woman he loves. lie Just loves her
that is the answer, She's just the one
woman for him. and that's all there is
to it, and logic has got nothing to do
with the situation
OF course, to the Grand Inquisitor 1t
seems that man should be able TO
give some intelligent reason for the
that when he is asked. Why do YOU
love this woman? ?" he should be able to
reply, tor instance:
4 love her for her beauty" That
would be a good answer that would
carry conviction with it. But. alas. not
one man in a million could truthfully
make H. The average man doesn't fall
in love with beauty. He doesn't even
think that the woman he loves is par
hcula.ly pretty. He knows dozen
utHcrs thut outcIsss her m the living
picture line. and her looks cut uu figure
/ iu his Affection Tor her
cor tn' man might >a>. Il love this
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
say about the broadening effects
of travel


say about the broadening effects
of travel.
Which means boiled down to meet
the limitations of actual experience
that every time a woman goes to an
other town to broaden her mind she
comes back glowing with tales of the
wonderful bargains she found there il
a ten-cent store.
Daysey Mayme Appleton is fru
advocate of this method of broadening
the mind. and is never so happy as
when at the depot ready to spend her
fathers money, get cinder in her eye
and experience all the broadening ef-
fects of visiting a new ten-cent store
She returned from such a broadening
trip with a gold" pin she bought at
the marvellous ten-cent store in the
town she visited She had paid only
ten cents for it,
The next week she lost it. Then it
began to assume a value out of all
proportions She lamented it's loss to
her friends, and advertised it in the
papers. 1t was unique and antique. and
she began to adorn it with a ruby.
No one rebuked her
1T had four diamonds" she said
next, and was worth thousand dol
1ars'
1T was nay great great grand
mothers betrothal gift" she said next
time and no estimate can be put on
its value"
She added more diamonds, and then
a pearl or two. In short, within a
month Daysey Mayme had begun to
enjoy her loss so much that no greater
distress could be known to her than a
return of the pin
why do you do this. and make your
loss greater" complained her father.
Why does any woman who has suf-
fered loss, be it ten-cent pin. a
friendship or an umbrella. add 10 the
loss by looking at 1t through magnify
ing glasses? Why not admit that pin
IS worthless, the friendship of little
worth since it could be lost. and the
umbrella something that could be cas-
uy replaced?"
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
Do You Know

Among poor people there are more
deaths from measles than from any
other infectious disease.
Owing to the hind wings OF an ear
wig resembling In shape the human
ear, the insect has derived it's name.
\ total of $l2O,OoO,OOO per annum is
spent on the salaries Of government
officials in England, Scotland and Ire
land.
During the past fourteen years the
production of crude petroleum In India
has increased by nearly 100000. 600 gal
Ions.
India has an annual output Of coal
exceeding twelve million tons. ninety
per cent OF which comes from Bengal
\ good cure for increasing badness
rs To rub the affected part with the FOL %
lowing oiutmtnt, one part. ammoui-
atod mercury ointment. four parts.
htnzoated l0rd.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
Not Helpless.

The mistress of a house advertised
FOR woman to do general housework
and in answer a girl called. announc-
ing that she had come for the position
Are You a good cook" asked the
lady.
No, indeed. | don't cook" was the
reply.
Are YOU a good laundress?"
Il wouldn't do washn' and ironin':
it's too hard on the hands"
Can YOU sweep"
No was the positive answer I'm
not strong enough"
We'll" said the lady of the house,
quite eNaSperated, may | ask what
you can do?"
81 dusts,' came the placid reply.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12

in the atmosphere at once, and humans
who were glowering at each other smile
and laugh to see the little one ape her
groWnup sisters.
The nifty little kid you meet on the
way, who looks up at you with friendly
eyes, clear and unafraid, stirs your
heart more than all dreams and visions
OF money and success.
The little tatterdemalion you meet
makes you want to change conditions
so that all children can be taken away
from the city and given the joys of the
country and a taste of childhood close
to nature.
And the baby, who plays with it's lit
tie pink toes, and is all unconscious of
your presence, is of more interest than
the speculation and theories of the
philosophers who have filled the libra
rles with their thoughts from the long
ago till now.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
Habit of Inferioritv
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

w TE have fallen into the custom of
wv making a shrine of that term
fashioned" and attribut-
ing to it all the graces the world has
ever known.
Yet with all homage paid to the rev.
erence, the modesty, the thrift, the
purity of thought and word of those of
sweet memory there is one attribute
that made them lovely in their day and
generation which has no place in the
world today, and that is their humility.
One should be humble; goodness knows
there is nothing in our parts in this
passing show to make US proud, but
one should not make of humility the
supreme virtue It was several centu-
ries ago
1t had its place then. 1t should not
be overlooked now; but if we attempt
to be as humble as were our ancestors
we succeed only in becoming victims
of the habit of inferiority.
The old-fashioned girl said in her
humility, Il am not as pretty as other
girls; I am not as witty, l am not as
clever, l am not as graceful. l must
keep in mind all these shortcomings
and be humble"
And humble she was and as girls in
those days had no other part in life
than to sit and spin while waiting for a
lover to come riding by, her humility
became her and assisted her in accom-
plishing her desired ambition, and that
was to be wooed and won, to become a
wife and mother
With the passing of this sort Of a
passive existence, there has also passed
away some of the grace of humility.
The girl of today must work out her
own destiny, and to be something, to be
somebody in the world, she dare not.
she must not, sit down and say, Il am
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12

"HERE seems to be one universal
and unanimous answer to the
question of What makes life
really worth the living?"
No matter to whom you put it, if he
or she has lived-and in the living
joyed and suffered-the one answer
that is given is Children"
And, after all, the little tykes do
make this old world of ours worth liv-
ing in. They may be trial and a
tribulation-they may be care and a
sacrltice-but where is the one who an
swers to the name Of father or moth
err who are really human men and
women, who do not prefer children to
all forms of wealth and all shades Of
glory.
We see the king on his throne trying
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
Not a Complaint.

Look here" he said to the groom
ARE you the man who put the saddle
on Miss Jennie's horse?'
Yes sir. Anything wrong, SIR
1T was loose-very loose. She had
no sooner mounted than the saddle
slipped, and if | hadn't caught her she
would have been thrown to the ground.
I'm very sorry, sir
But l did catch her" went on me
young man, meditatively, q caught
her in my arms and-here's half a
crown for you, John. Do you suppose
you could leave the girth loose Wheh
we go riding again tomorrow?
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
Sufficient.

Professor Thomas r. Lounsbury. of
Yale, was at the Graduates club. going
over list OF New Haven worthless from
1887 to the present time, compiled in
connection with the recent local cele-
bratlon. on the list was William D.
Whitney, the philologfst
"Whitney?' queried bystander.
Don't know the name. What did he
ever do for New Haven?"
loud preliminary snort burst from
Mr.. Lounsbury.
What did he do?" he thundered.
For New Haven? Great Zeus! He
lived here!"
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
Daysey Mayme and Her Folks
BY FRANCES L. GARSIDE.

ut has been in our family since
lS54--- began Daysey Mayme and
her father left the room in disgust.
Moral" he wrote i'm his diary that
night after relating the incident-then
he scratched his head and hastily
added:
There is none Since Eve milked
the first cow and grumbled because
she had To do mans work. women
have crie1 over spilled milk. contend
ing that 1t was cream"
Then he closed mis- diary with the
solemnity of one who has discovered a
Great Truth.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12
Dorothy Dix Says N1 I M" z 5. WI, s He Love. G and H: VIII

n WOMAN who is a social worker
| ~ in Boston has been giving young
people some good advice about
| marrying. She thinks that a great deal
of matrimonial misery might be avoid
ed If all young couples contemplating
| matrimony had to so before a commits
I sion and answer certain inquiries not
only as to the state of their finances.
but their minds. Among other heart
searching questions that she would ask
young man is this one:
Why do you think you love this par
ticuar glrl?"
It's probably Just a we'll that the
| issuing of a marriage license doesn't
depend on man speaking right UP and
answering that conundrum promptly
| and to the satisfaction of the Grand In
quisitor, for If it did there would be no
more wedding bells.
No living man knows why he falls in
love with the one girl, instead of an
other, or why one maiden sets his
pulses thrilling while another leaves
him as cold as ice.
OF course, the enamored lover. If such
a question should be put to him, would
say that the reason he loves Arabela
Is because she is the most beautiful
creature on earth, with the most lissom
figure and the sweetest voice, and the
dearest ways. and because she is the
first and only female lady person that
was ever created that possessed all of
the virtues and did not have single
fault.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-03-12

woman because she is SO intelligent" "
That would be a lovely high browed
Justification of his sentiments. but it is
doubtful If any man ever really fell in
love with a woman's brains. When he
loves such one it is generally in spite
of them, and not because of them, and
as rule the more scrambled they are
the better he likes her.
Or a man might say: Il love her be-
cause she Is so good" That would
truly be an excellent reason for love
But did ever the knowledge that q
woman was an angel on earth set
single mans pulse afiutter? A man
may respect admire, reverence good
ness in a woman, but it has never yet
lit the fire of passion in his heart.
His Many Reasons.
Or a man might say: II love this
woman because she is so domestic, be
cause she will be such a helpmate to
me, and make the sort of mother l
want my children to have" That's a
fine and dandy reason to be able to give
for ones affection. But Cupid isn't a
practical man. He's a dreaming boy,
and no man ever fell in love with a
woman because of what she could do
for him, and how comfortable she could
make him. True, he sometimes marries
for that reason, but when he does he
marries for his stomach and not his
heart.
In all good faith, if a man had to
answer the question, why do you
think you love this woman?" and he
answered truly, he would say some
thing that would never get by the
matrimonial censor. He would say,
81 love her for that little dimple at the
for the way heF hair curls around the
nape of her white neck" or, II love
her for the cunning look in her eyes