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Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02
Letters From the People
Those School Typewriters.

To the Editor of The News:
 "A Reader" evidently objects tC school pupils learning to write with { typewriter having three rows of keys Does he know how many of the later machines are equipped with three rows of keys? Probably he prefers to write with machines having from four tC seven rows of keys and expects others to do the same. In days of efficient workmanship and service he must re member that the simpler in construc tion machine can be and yet render the same or better service, the better This is exactly the position we take i'll selecting a typewriter.
 It is very possible that one having learned to write on a simply con. structed machine with only three rows or 28 keys might find a little difficulty at first in changing to machine of 42 or 84 keys like the machines he men tiOns. The writer learned to typewrite on two of the machines "A Reader named in his article and was advised by the operator of third mentioned, who also has an Oliver, to get the latter machine, and did so. It was just de- lightful to change from these so called standard machines to operate an Oliver. (Only 28 keys to learn the position of. ) The universal arrangement of symbols, so far as l have observed, is placed on this and the other so-called standard machines. The difference is that two shifts are used on the Oliver instead of 1, to shifts I suggest he get the S4 key machine and learn the position of them to suit his fancy. Shifts certainly will not bother him then.
 A few days time should be sufficient for anyone to make change from one to another of the many typewriters commonly used and equipped with the universal key board. Sometimes it is we'll to be little above the standard committee in purchasing a superior typewriter.
 Still another factor entered into the selection of the Oliver machine. The Canaan school is run first of all for Canaan people. There are probably more machines of this make in North Canaan than of any other make and possibly of all other makes combined. The school should therefore cater to this make if any.
 Still another factor to be considered is the fact that these machines could be purchased for a more reasonable price than the so-called standard machines.
 What is Standard" machine
 "A Reader" says that the one Tn the school is not a standard machine and later states that Git is difficult for them to use any of the other standard ma- chimes" this time placing the Oliver among the standard machines and I think he is sane and right in his latter classification. We should like to have him define standard machine and point out it's superiority.
 We have yet to learn who put one over on the School Committee.
 Who put one over on "A Reader?'
 The above is written for The Com mittee. It is written to prevent any erroneous impressions being fixed. Other than feeling ashamed of having to reply to such an article there is no feeling of shame in writing the above. I will therefore affix my signature.
 Edwin B. Stone.
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GRIP RHYM $.

Following the New York plan ot checking the grip epidemic by means ot rhymes, the Detroit Free Press ventures to offer few, thus: When out in company you dine, Don't sneeze into your neighbor's wine.
 The following to the letter should re- suit in a considerable lessening of the epidemic. This too, should be of some assistance:
 If to check the sneeze you are not able, Just duck your head beneath the table.
 One should always be thoughtful Of others. Careless sneezing is not only bad form, but it is also positively dangerous. For instance: Observe this rule in every place: Don't sneeze into your neighbours face.
 There is joy in a good sneeze, un- hampered by restrictions and given freely, with the head thrown back and finished with hearty shake of the body in the manner of dog just getting out of water. But the scientists have dis covered that there is menace in this form of indulgence. So: Control your sneeze! Don't let it rip l! That way you're apt to spread the grip.
 And lastly, in all circumstances, re- member:
 For fear that you may spread disease, Warn others when you're going to
 sneeze.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02
The Wurra Wurra Club

The attendance was all that could be desired. Any how, it was all that could be expected, and the best that could be persuaded to come. So there was no use finding fault. The presi. dent, MT. Al. Hubbard, called the meeting to order, when all had entered who wished, and the roll was called by the secretary. Judge Whittlesey sang the Opening Ode, accompanied by Con. stable Rhoades on a jewsharp, follow ing the reading of the minutes by Lester Adams.
 A motion was offered by Billie Reel that a committee of five be appointed to wait on the board of relief and insist that the furniture and fixtures of the Club be placed in the tax list, in order that the organization might be in a position to make a sympathetic fight, as body, for the interests of some of its various members whose property has been re.assessed at a higher figure
 The fat member got up. "I don t see no sense in tryin' t. gIt into that squabble, as long as we can keep out of it," said he. "An' I'm jest fool enough t keep out of a fight when they hain't no prospect O winnin' by gittin' into it. They've raised me, long with tn rest, but I sez to my wife, sez I. All they is to it, we're jest that much richer'n what we thoTt we was, am we ort t be willin' to pay taxes on tn in- crease. Anyhow, it won't look good fir us t plead poverty Tong as we're in our class O. society, so I'm goin' t. let Ter rip, an say nothin'.'
 The Reel motion was not seconded, and died a'bornin'.
 Fred Parmelee rose to inquire if the astronomical bureau of the Club had anything to report on the rare spectacle of Jupiter and Venus coming so close together in the western heayens-a spectacle that has attracted worldwide attention all over the country.
 The fat member got up again. Sad he: ''I hain't much on these asternomi- cal p'formances, but l reckon Brother Creevey could tell us a whole lot about it if he was heres but he's up t Cam s tonight, playin' tiddledy-winks with tn kid. My oldest girl is some pun. kins. on astronomy, though, am she undertook t explain tn hull heavenly stars to us few nights ago. As near as could make ont Jupiter an Venus an 'Adonis, an some other meteors is all out O. their orbits jest now, on count O tn war, an them two stars that we see right over tn town O Sails bury, is sailin' away from tn jurisdic- tion O. Canada an streakin' it fir Ursa Major, or tn Big Dipper, or some other neutral consultation, tharby projucin' tn weather conditions that brings such much snow am mercury, an results in crime waves an disease an increased taxes, which is sign that"
 '"Mr. President" shouted Cat De- Hart, interrupting, "I make motion that the gentleman is out of orderr"
 "Second the motion. " said the chair, getting excited He is referred to the committee on roads and brooches. '"
 After that it was impossible to get the meeting quieted down to the point of transacting any kind of business, and adjournment was voted, on motion of Frank Hitchcock.
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Stirred up.

Uncle Sam reclined upon divan in the drawing room of his luxurious apartments. A servant entered, at his signal, with the evening papers.
 What happened today?" asked Uncle Sam.
 "A few factories have been bombed, '" said the servant Several thousand women and children have been drowned, the government has been in- suited, the Capitol has been partially des-'
 "oh, yes, yes-but anything of im- portance ?''
 "A foreign power has detained our other merchant vessel, causing us a loss of four dollars and thirty cents in money"
 The old gentleman leaped to his feet.
 Enough of this lawlessness " he roared. Four dollars and thirty.on cents in money! Before heaven"- and one could not mistake the deter imitation that animated the man-'be- fore heaven l swear that l shall give this foreign power no rest neither by day nor night, until have recovered, with legal interest, my four dollars and thirty one cents r'-From Life.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02
It isn't your town-it's YOU.

Just another week to submit your suggestions for Canaan slogan. The contest ends March 10, on which day the sealed slogans will be opened by a special committee of judges, who will go over all the suggestions carefully and without knowing the identity of the authors. and award the prize of $5 in gold to the person found to have written the slogan which a majority of the judges shall agree upon as the best trademark for the town.
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The Irish Guards.

ne lTiSh SudTQss Shoulder to shoulder, no sight is so fair,
 Every man Irish from crown to tip- toe, Standing six feet in the brogans they wear; "Divil wan" is afraid of foe. On to the front have the darlins been sent,
 Courage and honesty live in each breast, Every last one of the laddies is bent On proving that Ireland has given her best. Tears fill our eyes us the banners of Clare, Donegal, Antrim, Down and Tyrone, Mayo and Limerick, Cork and Kildare, Wave farewell, and our hearts turn to stone, All look to Ireland when men big and strong Are needed in battle to uphold the right Ever have Irishmen. fought against wrong And carried the harp to the front of fight. God safely keep the dear laddies in green, For their lone mothers and wives OCT the Lea; Hearts that are tender and wits that are keen Must not be vanquished on land or on sea. Brsvely they're striving the fight to defend; Guard for Old Erin each glorious boy When war is over then back to us send Our lads, and you'll give us un- paralleled joy.
 -George Willard Bonte.
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Only a Dad.

Only dad, with a tired face Coming home from the daily race, Bringing little of gold or fame To show how well he has played the
 game.
 But glad in his heart that his own re-
 joice
 To see him come and to hear his voice. Only d dad of a brood of four One of ten million men or more, Plodding along in the daily strife, Bearing the whips and scorns of life With never n whimper of pain or hate For the sake of those who at home
 await.
 Only a dad, neither rich nor proud, Merely one of the surging crowd, Polling, striving, from day to day, Facing whatever may come his way, Silent, whenever the harsh condemn, And bearing it all tor the love of them. Only dad, but he gives his all To smooth the way for his children
 small,
 Doing, with courage stern and grim, The deeds that his father did for him ; This is the line that for him pen: "Only q dad, but the best of men,"
 Detroit Free Press.
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What the Other Fellows Say y

According to Panama canal reports, whether we can fight or not, we can move more dirt in d day than the best trench diggers of Europe. Eagle.
 The announcement that England s new gigantic note of credit, amounting to $2, 100, ,000,000, brings the total sum to date appropriated by England for the war game to $10, 40, 900, ,000, must thoughts upon the whole proposition of settling international differences of opinion with the mailed tist.-New Haven Journal Courier.
 The hero gallantly advancing on tine enemy, amid cheers, with sword in hand, has been pushed aside. They now advance with a gas bomb in one hand, a hend grenade in the other and gas mask enveloping the head. New Haven Union.
 sioner suggests that property owners be sent to jail for failure to remove the snow from their property but in this city they are unmolested, and the pedestrians suffer. r.--Bridgeport Post.
 When John Bull can mistake the coo- ing Jupiter and Venus for Zepeplin he is badly in need of nerve tonic.- Torrington Register.
 The latest air raid on England brought its usual slaughter of non- combatants. The more one sees of the hap. hazard nature of these attacks the less one can reconcile them with mili- tary necessity or with a spirit of humanity. They bear all of the trade marks of the lust of killing for the sake of killing that marks the submarine campaign. Sentinel. A story concerning the recent tag day held here is now going the rounds. Late in the afternoon, slightly in- ebriated man was approached by girl who asked him if he would buy a tag. "Well," he replied, "I've already been tagged, then I got jagged, but I'm willing to be tagged and jagged again. y
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02

In view of the business mems "pay-uI week. movement, the following para graph from an exchange may be timely
 Waukon. Ia., deserves it's "na- tional reputation" for having adopted "payup week." Chinese merchants, it is told, have an an- nual pay up day, non- n-observance of which sends the delinquent to jail. If Waukon will add this peril of the Orient to its programme its reputation will become inter- nalonal.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02
CROOKED QUOTING.

If the reporter who quoted President Howard Elilott's address at the Colum- bia School of Journalism, was gradu- ate of that school, he owes it to himself to take postgraduate course ill some cross road country newspaper office.
 He could hardly have gone farther afeld than when he put into the mouth of that straightfor gentleman these
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02

Connecticut is thrifty and prosper ous state and nothing proves the state ment better than the annual report of the condition of the state savings banks. as issued by the bank commissioner, says the Hartford Post. This is espec- ially true this year when Connecticut has been busy making munitions of war and has been running her factories overtime.
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IN PASSING.
BY EMMA RoDEMEYER WATT.

They're like sudden gleams of sunshine People We meet on the way; And the brightness that they scatter
 Seems to gIadden all our day. Each one brings to us a blcssng-
 Some new thought or word of cheer That We keep in fond remembrance
 Memory ever holds them dear Just little word in passing
 'TiS of life tritling part, Yet it often proves a vision
 Of true and loyal heart. So we treasure these dear glimpses
 That We meet along Life's way; Trusting that we. too, may scatter
 Bits of sunshine every day.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02

Baby Week" is natural result of the establishment of such holidays as Fathers Day and Mother s Day. Here's success and everlasting life to Baby Week,
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02

An exchange suggests that it would be proper at this time, to give the Fili- pinos their independence and take away their ammunition.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02

Give women on the Ship of State A place, ye voters, please, And let 'em have, sans more debate The freedom of the she's.
 -Bostcn Transcript.
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The bride is pleasing young woman we'll known in Beardstown's younger social set and, enjoys the acquaintance of every one who knows her.-Beards. town, Ill.,. Star.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02

Get Together. Pull Together. The more the knockers sheer and snarl, the better proof that things are being ac- complished by the getters together and pullers together.
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MAILS CLOSE GOING
THURSDAY. MARCH 2, 1916.

The person who is always "knock- ing" someone or something is no more use in the world than dead man-but takes up more room.- Anon.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02

Mildred-"Papa, am going to make mamma one of those three dollar cen terpieces that the Woman's Home Jabber says can be made at home for seventy-five cents.
 Papa, Remembering past year, Certainly, dear! Here's ten dollars. That ought to be enough to cover the expense. ''-Puck.
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Madge-I hear that Charlie is an awful spendthrift.
 Mariorie-I should say he was. He's trying to make two wild oats grow where only one grew before. Puck.
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Cent-a-W ord Advertisements
 Minimum Charge p Cents
MISCELLANEOUS

CLEANING. pressing and repairing reasonably done. Clothing sent ny parcel post will be rec turned at my expense. Anna NJ, Tierney. East Canaan.
  FOR RENT-House aud barn on East Main St., has bath room and steam heat, Mrs. H. B. Ives HOUSE TO RENT-Th Kane place mile north of Cauaan. Newly paprrrd and painted Good barn. 3 acres land. M. F. Kane, Ashley Falls, Mass.
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Pay.up week. Now pay up if you can.
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Entered at the post-office as seCond-class
 matter.
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Evening journal., 1916-01-06

that he hardly remembers the time
when he was not actively at work.
1t seems that his fathers principal
source Of income was derived from
hauling -four a distance of some
fifty miles to the city, and when
only nine years old, and even in the
dead of winter, young Lewis ac-
companied his father, relieving
him on the long drive and taking
charge of the team while his
father slept. Often the boy would
be overcome by sleep himself, and
would awake to find the horses
had gotten off the narrow road into
a ditch, in some cases upsetting
the wagon and spilling the -four
along the roadside.
The father emigrated to America
with one of his uncles a year be-
fore Lewis was sent for. He came
over when only 13 years old in
charge of one of his aunts and was
Immediately put to work as a ped
dler, the youngest and perhaps one
Of the first boy peddlers seen on the
streets of Wilmington. During
his first year in America. he man
aged to save about $500 from the
profits in peddling stationery from
house to house in Wilmington.
This he sent to his mother in Rus
sia, enabling her to bring the rest
of the family and herself, seven
persons in all. to America and to
Wilmington. A home was estab-
lished for them at Front and Madi-
son streets. where they Lived for
fifteen years, then moving to Front
and Market streets, where they
lived for ten years.
Lewis spent about five years as
a peddler and started in night
school at Eighth and Jefferson
streets, but owing to the fact that
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shop in the cit. one is convinced
that again has Wilmington cause
to be proud that she has emerged
from the Small Town" class, and
that here is another proof that
she is an up-to-date progressive
city.
Improved and Modern Fixtures.
While the fixtures and equip
ment formerly in the Leshem
Brothers Shop could not be class
ed as old, so many improvements
have been made in barber shop
equipment within the last few
years that il was felt necessary. af-
ter doing over the snop in a new
dress of paint. and polishing up the
marble columns and fittings till
they showed a lustre higher than
when new, that nothing but the
most modern chairs and equip
ment would justify such surround
ings. At cost OF $1,000 ten porce-
lain. enameled, hydraulic chairs
have been installed, which are de-
scribed by the manufacturers as
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LESFIEM BROTHERS PALATIAL $4,000 BARBER SHOP

on this site as an apprentice
without money, and without a very
extended knowledge OF the English
language, Lewis Leshem after a
lapse of some fifteen years. should
return as active head OF one of the
largest, most luxuriously equipped.
and handsomest barber shops to be
found anywhere on the Atlantic
coast.
It speaks well for their deter
mination. integrity and ability to
make friends and keep them. to-
gether with their business acumen,
for without these attributes the
success that he has met with would
not have been possible.
David Leshem.
David Leshem. the third of the
brothers, came to this country
with the rest Of the family the year
after Lewis. Like the latter and in
fact with him, his start was made
in peddling in and around Whining
ton. Some idea Of what this meant
may be gained from their state
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ing chairs is installed here, as
well as all the equipment necessary
for thoroughly efficient and salts
factory work, such as electric mas
sage machine, electric hair-dryers,
with of course the usual manicuring
and shampooing requisites.
Four thoroughly competent lady
operators are on duty here during
the regular hours that the shop is
OPEN end their customers are as
sured of the same care, attention
and satisfaction they could obtain
in any metropolitan hair-dressing
and manicuring establishment.
They are also assured of abso-
lutte privacy in the shop, but where
for any reason. II is more convent
ent or desirable to have the work
done in ones own home, arrange
ments may be made at slightly ad-
ditlonal cost for the service.
No Barber Shop would be quite
up-to-date without shoe shining
facilities and the stand in the Lesh-
EN- Brothers Shop. presided over by
two natives of Sunny Italy, is in
keeping with the rest of the estab-
lishment. and like all else is daily
increasing in popularity.
All I'm all the Leshem Brothers
Shop is one. that with the latest
equipment the most sanitary meth
DDS. polite and efficient employees.
satisfactory and pleasing service is
a foregone conclusion; IL would
be hard to fine one, who having
once tried this shop, would be will
ing to go anywhere elsa in Whining
ton. It is a credit to the city and the
magnificent building which houses
the powder companies. a bank, a
theatre and a hotel, each in its line
of first Importance here.
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Lewis Leshem. proprietor OF
Leshem Bros, and the active
head of the magnificent barber
shop in the duPcnt Building, is well
and favorably known by a large
proportion of the citizens of Will
mington. Very few, however, are
familiar with the interesting de-
tails of his life since he came to
America about thirty years ago
from Russia.
In speaking 20 a representative
of THE EVENING JOURNAL re-
Gently. he stated that he was born
on farm in Russia and
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ing else been done in the other
portion of the operation. The fa-
cilities of .he Snow White Family
Laundry for handling entire wash
OF this character. or that Of private
families are such that IL Is enabled
TO handle the wash with attention
to detail, but in an economic man
ner from the laundry standpoint,
use the utmost care and yet finish
the family wash at a price that
the housewife can AFFORD.
Ladies' Department.
Within the Barber Shop. but to
all intents and purposes. separated
from IL, as Il is screened from the
shop and from the view of anyone
entering or leaving. is the ladies'
hair dressing and manciurng par
lOr which is rapidly becoming the
most popular place of its kind in
Wilmington.
One Of the new hydraulic reclin-
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in meeting conditions that had
not been forseen in taking over
such a big undertaking. and those
who know the brothers give them
full credit for the enviable record
they have made for themselves.
The Leshem Brothers Barber
shop in the dupont Building has
had the reputation since its open
ing of being the finest in the city
but in announcing a further expen-
diture of several thousand dollars
in refurnishing and refitting the
shop. announcement is also made
that Wilmington now has a down
to-the-minute sanitary barber shop
the equal in appointments of any
in the country.
Beautiful Appointments.
When entering the shop one is
struck with its beauty, cleanliness
and air of comfort When one
learns OF the care that is taken,
and the expense that is born daily
in making this at once the most
beautiful and the most sanitary