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Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-21
Carnival a Success

The carnival of the Spanish War Veterans, which closed Monday night at the state armory, after three days run, was a financial success. The proceeds will be used in furnishing the members of the camp with regu- latiOn uniforms.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-21
WEDDING.
Connor-Zechiel.,

John Lawrence Connor and Miss Caroline Julia Zechiel of this city were married Tuesday morning at St. Jo- seph's parochial residence by the rec tor, Rev. Thomas F. Bannon. The cou- pie was attended by Louis Zechiel, brother of the bride, and Miss Rose Connor, sister of the groom. They left immediately after the ceremony for an automobile honeymoon trip through Massachusetts and Connecticut. Upon their return they will reside in South Coventry,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-21

ment, making the store when com pleted, up-to-dat in every way.
 The space gained in the basement will be utilized as a salesroom and the additional space on the ground floor will contain the office and a salesroom. The new space will just about double the space available for the facilities of the business. A new stairway will be constructed to the basement The new store will be a big improvement to Main street, in line with the many recent changes on the street.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-21
Die Resseruna Pronram-

at Tuesdays regular meeting of Die Besserung, the w. H. S. society: Piano solo, Mildred Stone: recitation, Grace Wyman; selection, Helen Brown, Pearl Webster and Alma Trudeau: recita- tion, Grace Patton; piano solo. Dorothy Crane,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-21
Consul Daniels Stricken.

Nelson A. Daniels of this city is in Sherbrooke, Canada, where he was called Monday night on receipt of a
 telegram announcing the illness of his
 father, U. S. Consul Charles N. Dam iels. A telegram from Mr.. Daniels to
 his wife Tuesday stated that his father had been stricken with apopleXy and
 was in the hospital, but not in se- riouS condition,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-21
Defenses of Babyion.

The River Euphrates flowed through the city of Babylon, and on each side of its banks the walls of the city were carried up to height as great as at any other point, so that even during a siege the city was as formidably defended on the river as on the land side.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-21
Rush Hour Luck.

That's what I call hard luck!" laughed man at the Brooklyn bridge the other night, as he rose from a stopping position amid the hurrying feet that damned the stairway. T saw dollar bill all right lying down there, but the crowd wouldn't wait for me to pick it up."-New York Evening Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-21
Ramsey WalIace's New Engagement.

Ramsey Wallace, well known to local people, who has just finished a suc- cessful engagement as leading man in PolygamY, on Broadway, has en- tered one of the companies under David Belasco, and will open in The Love Thought, at Parsons theatre, Hartford, next Monday.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-21
What Is eoino On Tonight

Ladies Catholic Benevolent Associa- ton K of P. Hall.
 Eastern Star Lodge, No. A, A. +. and A. M., Masonic Hall.
 Francis s. Long Woman's Relief Corps, c. A. R. Hall.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-21
Tea for Dauahter-in-Law

Mrs. E. c. Sharpe of Prospect street entertained at an informal tea Tues day afternoon from 3 to 6, in honor of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Archi- bald c. Sharpe, formerly Miss Eleanor SchillingS of Toledo, Ohio.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-21
OBITUARY.
Joseph Edward Dainton.

Joseph Edward DaInton.
 Joseph Edward Dainton, 40, died at his home in South Coventry Tuesday
 l morning after weeks illness with pneumonia. He was native of Leb- anon, born December IS, 1874, the son
 | of Joseph E. and Margaret Ellis Dain- ton. For the past few years he had
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-21
CITY SUED,
Mrs. Etta Donovan Claims $5,oo0 Dam ages for Injuries Received by a Fall.

Papers were served on City Clerk A. c. Scripture Tuesday afternoon in the civil suit of Mrs. Etta Donovan of TOP Main street for $5,000 for dam ages received by a fall on the city s streets year ago.
 The complaint alleges that the ac- cident occurred on Jackson street, and
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-21
JEWETT CITY

Committee for Parish Whist-W. c. T. U. Holds Willard Service-Dam- age from Forest Fires-Bridgeport Catholics Testimonial to Rev. J. H. Sieferman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02

ers-which seems to be the end and aim of the greater number of them.
 Funny about that, tool mean the con duct of strangers-they walk along peek ing up at the skyscrapers out of the corners of their eyes, afraid to take a real good look at them-they want to give the impression that such things are not new sights to them. But Lord bless 'em. if they only realized how little Broad way notices them, and how little Broad way cares. they could look upward to their hearts content. With 100000 visit ors day, it is hardly possible to keep up an interest in the behavior of our guests.
 About this time of year the southerner comes up all garbed in his white linen, or white flannel suit thinking he Is at tired as he should be. He hits Broad way. sees about one white suit in each 10 miles and soon begins to feel conspic- uous-not bit of use. Broadway if it stops to think of him at all, will prob ably think that he is dressed that way in order to attract attention, and there Tore declines to accord him what it be- lieves he wants-which is a way Broad way has in many things.
 However, at this season of the year the Broadway throngs are not ''representa- tive" if they ever are. Inc fash1ona bles are leaving us, or they are busy getting spring divorces. eon. while others arc also enjoying that best of all privileges of those who live in New York-the ability to get out of 1t.
 At the theatres there are fewer evening clothes, and one can readily see that the audiences are made up mostly of visit ors and those who do not see a play dur ing its early presentation. The poorer classes are filling the parks and open air amusenent poaneA while poer old
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02

And that's the way with New York. Never realizing that the great majority of its geniuses and great men come from elsewhere 1t goes on its kidding" way. believing that when one is discovered who is not native of Manhattan Island, it must have been an accident that he was born elsewhere. New York gets all the credit for his discovery and Paducah ct al get the laugh
 If any of the Birmingham lovers of the Grandoldgame and followers of the Grandolddope. who have failed to keep trac kof one William Foxen. are grieving over the thought that he has hit the Shadowy Trail. let them at once banish the briny. Bill is handsomer heftier and happier than he has been in moons. ace cording to his own statement.
 No he is not worrying over baseball these days. hut when saw him on Broad- way this week--well consider the lilies'
 but l say unto you however, you get the idea. William is working down at 1i0 Nassau street if ye care to communicate, but incidentally he is wearing attire that makes even Broadway give him glance or two. and incidentally wearing upon his arm a feminine decoration with a face whose beauty was never formed upon Manhattan Island. and a voice that never grew within sound of the subway.
 Whats he doinge Didn't ask him. We don't go into those little matters too closely here Il is producing. and that's the final answer Bill likes Broadway and baseball bores him nowadays lie Is said 10 be a tango terror, however. marvel at the maxixe and even founders around In the Lulu Fado. 'BirminGhan3~ aayn Bill-''oh. yes. remsmber.v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02

longer the thing where the play Is not musical. Very few theatres retain or chestras now unless they are showing musical comedy, opera, etc. The musi clans space is generally banked with flowers and ferns, and the curtain rises to the ring of little silver-toned bell.
 No city changes it's general appear ance more rapidly than New York. f you have not been here in six months there Is much for you to see that yoa could not have seen then. Perhaps that Is why it Is so progressive--it never stands still.
 Take some old landmarks for In . stance: Wallack's theatre has closed Daly's famous old playhouse took to burlesque. fell down sadly on It, tried out the movies and is now underg oing repairs; great apartment buildings are being built in Washington square, right by the side of the handsome old resi- dences. and new skyscraper. with a tower like unto that of the Metropoli tan, Is under course of construction oi, the northside of Columbus circle. Broad way and Fifty-ninth street. These arc just few instances. In all sections of the city these changes are in progress, but here there seems to be less regard for the historic things than is evident in Dixie. Yet New York city Is full of historic interest though 1t advertises that fact but little.
 At q recent dinner given to irwin Cobb of Padueah. Ky, by large number of his friends and admirers here, Paducah was shown in a ludicrous way on special
 film prepared for the occasion and called. From Paducah to Prosperity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02

an appearance that is like unto that of no other thoroughfare on earth. You see there are too many of US here to change. as a unit, with the styles and the sea sons, the result being that each shift catches a lot of us entirely out of har- mony with the fashion plates. and pro- duces a sort of kaleidoscopic conglom- erateness.
 Pose (not post-everyone poses) yourself at the corner of of Broadway and Forty sectond street, which is as near the heart of Manhattan as you could possibly get, and you will observe winter furs walking beside summer flminess. an overcoat am- bling along, arm in arm with a vestless coat low quarter shoes stepping out in time with high shoes and the inevitable spats. One even sees a straw hat or % on a masculine head while other heads srs 5till. covered with the heavy fur caps of mid-winter
 However, there is never any danger of exciting comment as a result of being dressed out of style. We are cosmo- politan, you know, and it really seems to be degirabIe to look different. One may wear what he pleases and ''get by with 1t A soldiers or a sailors uniform, riding habit, golfing togs, q tennis out fit the clothes of any season or year they are all to be found on Broadway. If you should appear in the costume of the sixties it would be perfectly all right, and though one or two visitors to the city might turn to look you over New Workers wouldn't, and the majority or the visitors would be afraid to. thinking they were not behaving like New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02

Not specially; I like to be where the lights are and where something seems to be going on" And this rejoinder was ac- companied by a meaning glance at near by lobster palace where the inevitable dancing was also in progress.
 But look at that glorious moon up there; doesn't that appeal to you?"
 "Oh, I suppose so" she answered, but there are so many more moons on Broad- way
 Er-by the way. that was very nice lobster palace. after all, but these war prices are very exhorbtant, aren't they?
 .s'rhe Natural Law" a three-act drama by Charles Sumner. opened recently at the Republic theatre, on Forty second street, presenting to the public the wicked play that has yet undertaken to shock Broadway. When the press de- partment of John Corts attractions slipped me two passes to this drama. they expected me. no doubt, to write something about 1t that would help fill the house-well. I have about complied with that believe.
 Here Is one of the startling scenes: We see a beautiful virgin in the pas sionate embrace of her lover, for whom she has just confessed an overpowering affection Presto! The house Is in a pitch -blackness. An hour is supposed to elapse. Lights. Behold tho vir-er- girl. disheveled and weeping while she screams: "Go away, leave mel never want to see you again.' The fact tha, the cast is splendid only increases the shock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02
Visit to the Rural
 Retreat of a Friend

electmint sad employ sum trends of ours that time sum small boys cum along, and for the consideration of two bits they agreed to dislodge the ennemy. My frend turned ovver to them the 25 cents and his deed and told them to march up theere and put the invadurs off the premmisses, and we would obsurve the operasions thro' a pair of feeld glasses. The most successful way to obsurve an assault on wasp s nest is thro' pair of feeld glasses geered LID to long range. Also if you want to get rid of wasp's nest call on the average small boy He has mannur of charging wasp's nest that is verry convinsing and effective Theese boys hooked the stuffin out of that colony, and scattured peeved and irritat- ed wasps all ovver the state of Merryland. Highly exsited dark blew wasps with pur- pie trimmings expressed theere indigna- sion to oughtomobile tourists as far nawth as Batimoor that afturnoon.
 However, aftur an hour or so it was comparatively safe to approach my frend's lot, if dun in moddest and eau sious mannur The lot was located on a slite rise, hardly as large as the one on the back of my neck wheere the wasp lit, and my frend sed he would locate his bunggle- low at the crest of it. The lot, not my neck. I remarked that the reel estate com- panv was certainly stingy with theere land, seeing 1t was so plentiful, to wish little lot like that on an unsuspecting nut like him. He sed the lot was big enuff We'll, l sed, if l was going out in the country I'd get peese of it big enuff to draw by breth in. If Ollie James was to cum to see you, ] sed, you couldn't get all of him on your own premmisses. While we air heer, sed, why not get spade and take your lot closur to the car linef
 He sed his bruther-in-law was a genius and had maid all the arkitecks jeelus by planning his own house. He sed that he had got out patient on the plans. When l saw the house l asked him what kind of whisky his bruther-i -in-law drank, for I wanted to avoid 1t in the future. When he bilt that house he threw in lot of odd winders that theere seemed to be no use for, and then dobbed it all up with a job lot of culurs he had bought at auctsion and put on with shotgun Theere was look of extreem disordurly conduct about that house that an artist mite struggle for yeers to acquire and then fail
 My frend stood around and admired that house all the afturnoon, yet he used to be perfectly rasonel.
 It may take him sevvere mn aths to ma ture his plans, and by that time we hope that he will get sum kind of seevere shock that mite restore his reesun
 Theere is car line alreddy bilt to with in three miles of Edenville Edision, and theere air cars on it two or three times ev- very day; but my frend says he will not use the car line aftur his house is bit; he sevs he is going to buy Ford Theere air times when his case seems entirely hopeless Yours troolv,
 Washington, D. c. BILL VINES.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02

aftur we arrived on the scccn before we weer at liburty to inspect it leesurly and in detail. Altho' my frend had warrentee deed to the lot, subject to varius and sun dry condisions, which he had with him, we discuvvered that theere weer squatturs on it. A colony of waspses had located in cute little brier patch rite in the middle of his lot and had started in to raise fam merly. Meerly as mattur of precawsion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02

and ponder ovver, and immediately with
 drew frum the sceen in ordur to collect my thoughts and uther persunnel effects that left behind me in the hurry of my depart ure My frend took diffurent route, heading strait for Albiny, N. Y., and points east, so it took us some time to get to- gethur Aftur an hour or so, however, we collected our forses and held war con furrense. We desided to draw up Tit of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02

they had thrown out skirmish line and had sharpshooturs located along the fronteer At furst we did not notise this situasion, and in fact overlooked it en- tirely until it was brought sharply to our persunnel attension by the squatturs them selves One of the sharpshooturs pointed out to me that possession was nine points in the law, and at the same time giving me one of the points to take along with me
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02

RDISTUR EDDITUR: When our fore !x1 fathurs originally planned the Ma ES&4 sionel Capital they fingered that a spasefof 10 miles square would be sui fisient for all times to cum. At that time they constituted that much territory was extreamly extravvigant in the way of room It would have been possibull then : to have packed the entire populasion of the Union into the District of Columbia, in cluding the polytisians and the Colloniel army without much discumfurt. But they did not reckon on the grate growth of the country and the extreem fasillity and spontaneousness with which our feler cit izens would cum to Washington and at tach themselves to the Guvermint pay roll. Tbe District of Columbia is becum- ming verry contested. It has filled up the small spase allotted to it, and is pushing ovver into Gawgetown, and stopping ovver the Virginia and Meryland edges Evvery time fat man like ex President Taft cums to town several hundred citizens has to step outside the city Immits so theere'll be room for our vissiturs. So Washington is getting its commuturs. A commutur is a persun who wurks in town-or makes a stall of doing so--and lives out in the country ninteen squares frum the end of the car lne-and makes out like it is .'the life'
 I have a frend who has announced his furm purpose of becumming commutur. For menny weeks I had notised a change cumming ovver him. His massive intel lect has been displaying unmistakabull ev- violence of becumming moth-eaten, and his 7 reesun has been totturing round on it's thrown for sum days His wife notised it and consulted fissisian, but the man of syense told hur 1t was too lait
 He had been bit by the Rural Bug and was alreddy wondurring in his mind. He will connur persunnel frend and discorse for hours upon the buties of nature and the advantage of raising the festive Spring Onion and cuItivating the Summer Squash on your own premmisses. When he gets started on this subject theere is no way to do but to humur him, or put him to sleep with peese of gas-pipe and call the am- bulanse He has purchased himself a lot about the size of one of the War Revvenew Stamps that adorns the mortgage, out in the Edenvllle Edision and is going to erect a bungglelow, which he figgers he will get paid for, barring accidents, in 1967 He is going to save lot of mummy by doing sum of the wurk on the bungglelow him self. He took me out to see it last Sunday that is we started early Sunday a. m. and got back in time for supper Monday evening" The Edenville Edision is as yet sumwhat rural. Eventually, however, they air going to have electrick lites, watur wurks, sewers, sement sidewalks and bonded debt. My frend's lot is not rite on the main road. It is, I mite say, consider abully off the main road. We restled with bard-wire lenses, jimsun weeds, and waded thro' peerly streems, avoiding alligaturs and reel estate sharks till we finally To- cated his lot. 1t was sum time, however,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02

Broadway has to accept whatever it can get. Yet there is no apparent diminish ing of the multitude that is forever thronging its pavements It merely changes it's general appearance little. while few of the white lights flicker and go out until another winter season shall cause them to flare forth again. Dull? Not bit of it. New York could furnish enough amusement to supply any number of other cities and still have enough left to entertain her millions 600 movie theatres? And if the worst came to the worst there is always Coney Island, only about 20 minutes from the heart of Manhattan.
 THE EFFECT. Amt it funny how little bit O writin', With a curve or two that you can recog-
 nize.
 Seems to get beneath whatever woes s
 a-blightin;
 And to lift it, like feather, to the
 skies?
 Kind O seems, while you're a-reading Just the thing you've been a'needin'. And the love-light comes a-beamin from
 your eyes. There's lot O mighty pretty signs on
 Broadway.
 bright, But there's nothin' on that fare- you we'll That. compares with what I'm readin
 here tonight
 Tain't no wondrOus composition No. it has sweeter mission, For 1t turns my heayt's own, darkness
 into light
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02
UP AND DOWN BROADWAY--By Allen Griffin Johnson

There's look O love in ev'ry little letter, And kiss in ev'ry crossin O. a ..t;'' Maybe some great penman might have
 done 1t better.
 But 1t never would have looked as good
 to me:
 Here and there where harder presses Pen to paper, are caresses--
 can almost feel 'em where they ought
 to be.
 Why. the envelope itself says. q remem-
 ber,''
 While an odor whispers faintly. softly.
 When?'
 And I know that love ain't just dyin'
 ember.
 And my fightin spirit rises once again. Why. I'll lick this darned old city Until Broadway howls for pity, If you'll only keep a-writin' now and
 then.
 BROADWAY'S MOONS We were walking along upper Broad way. The night was balmy and overhead there was regular moon. T knew it was there because had caught little glimpses of it at the street intersections. Moons are supposed to be sort of natural south ern weakness, and at any rate, that one worked on me very noticeably. Riverside Drive was only two blocks west of us and knew that thereon were certain se- ciuded spots reached more frequently by moonlight than by the multitudes My suggestion to go over son the Drive met with dlsapprovaI.
 "Oh,' there are not so many people over there. like to walk on Broadway. where can see the crowds"--that was the reply. But don't you like to get away from the crowds occasionally. and enjoy the ssclusion and | touch Of nature 7y | esked,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02

theatres. you may as we'll get the added information that an orchestra 10 no
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02

iW YORK, May 1.-(Special Cor respondence.)-Dear Folks: Now that spring has really estab- ished itself in our metropolitan
 midst oodWau haa a.s..x..aA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-14
LAUDERDALE PLANS
 NEW ALMSHOUSE
Dr. Oates Goes to Florence to Confer With County Commissioners To-
 morrow Morning

Montgomery. November 13.-(Spe- cial. al.)-Comnisisoners of Lauderdale county will meet in special session at Florence Monday morning at 10 o'clock at the call of pr. w. H. Oates, state prison inspector, who will confer with them in regard to rebuilding or inn proving the almshouse of that coun- ty. Dr. Oates will go with the com missioners to inspect the institution.
 Much complaint in regard to the almshouse of Lauderdale county has been made to the state Nuring the last few years. The matter was once brought before the governor by pr. w. J. Kernachan. county health of ficer, who urged that an improvement in the institution bas made.
 Commissioners of the county pre- viously were directed by pr. Oates to rebuild or improve the almshouse, but failed to observe this direction. At the meeting Monday 1t is probable that the state prison inspector will insist that conditions at the almshous be remedied to meet the approval or the state.