Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-04

League for National Service. in the Thayer building, Norwich.
 The booth occupied is that leased by the Eaton. Chase company. which has been placed by this firm at the free disposal of the Red Cross.
 AutomohiIe Accessories.
 The Frisbie- Mccormick company has well arranged booth in which ODonnell of the Norwich office has charge of this exploit.
 Crochet Work.
 Mrs. Joseph St. John of Jewett City, fills large booth with her own cro- chet work-spreads, bureau scarfs, tea gets, doilies. .tidies. stand covers. bed frills, shams. and a couch cover in reindeer pattern, being shown. Mir. and Mrs. St. John and Miss Rose St. John are in charge here.
 The PIaut- Cadden Company. ..
 This enterprising firm is branching out this year. adding 50 feet to it's display space, filling in all about 12O feet, with a most attractive showing of pianos, player pianos, victrolas and Rrafanolas, etc. A feature which at tracts the attention of all corners is banjo orchestra designed for dances. This operates all the pieces of an or chestra, including banjos, castanets, snare drum, tambourines, triangle, etc. What makes this wonderful me chanical orchestra of special local in terest is the fact that it's manufactur-. CTS in New York state are using thaE phrasing device invented by AdelardE Morin of the Plaut Gladden. company This invention is sure wonder, ab solutelv perfect in times equipped with a series of cut-outs so that any indi-- viduai instrument may be , played. While the price is s1.250 the banjo dancing orchestra is extremely simple and is warranted for five years. A smaller arrangement of the same de- vice, in piano form. retails at $750.
 The Beher Brothers player and the Wasserman Crawford are also fea- tured.
 The pianos are demonstrated by Louis Delude of Willimantic.
 House Furnishinss/ and Ornaments.
 The Plaut- Cadden company launches out this year with a big display of ele- gant furnishings, showing a living room set in genuine Japanese lacquer, artistic and practical. Silk velour and damask upholster. a parIor suite mahogany with Japanese shade in a striking offering. A tea and break fast table with leaves. in American walnut, is dainty in design. An AmerlCdn walnut dining room SulCe IS shown near a Sellas kitchen cabinet, and the famous Herald range, a com bination of coal and gas in one stove.
 The big display is in general charge of Adelard Morin. with Herman S: Sears assisting. Frank g. Spicer cf Norwich and H. B. Parmelee of Hartz ford having charge of the talking ma < chimes. William A. Costello of Wil+ Iimantic aiding also.
 MapIewood Nursery. :.
 Cut flowers, Towering plants, orna+ mental trees, fruit trees, vines, shrubs, floral forms for funeral designs, floral -bdskets, etc, are shown near the west door by the Maplewood Nursery: T. H. Peabody assisted by Sales Agent Fred M. Dat is looking after this booth.
 A novelty which appealed to the farmers is the Atlas Farm Powder useful to blow out stumps, ditches, dig holes for tree-planting and other use- full work about the farm.
 The Speciality Shop.
 In front of the suits, coats, dresses furs, waists, and other smart Fall and Speciality Shop. a crowd gathered all day Monday. An especially fine line of Stouts garments is shown.
 A big feature of the exhibit is the Bon Ton corset, this portion of the exhibit being in special charge of w York Salon of the Royal Worcester Corset company, 3S, West 34th street. The 1918 model Bon Ton shows a tens dency to more pronounced curves. me 7 diIn bust and good length. What ap- peals to stout ladies is the front lace model which Mime. Perron advocates. On Wednesday she will be at The Spe- clalty Shop to meet patrons interest ed in corsets or who have difficulty in finding a satisfactory corset and want confer COrSGtierHT from Paris. @
 Tait Brothers Ice Cream. 2
 Luther Wilcox of Mystic. has an ice cream booth in the center of the hall, which is well patronized. Grange Exhibit. f
 In the Farm Exhibits hall only two sranges make a display this year, Ko-- nomoc, of Waterford and Norwich+ grange. As to size, tke exhibits are. about equal although in some re-, spects the visiting grange has it's dis. play a trjf1e more attractively arrang ed. That the gardens and orchards of the county have done their bit dur ing the war year is evidenced by the variety of fruit, flowers, roots and grain displayed Tall corn, big toma-1 1 toes, caulifiower, squashes, beets, i onions, pumpkins, cucumbers, beans,1 i carrots, melons, besides can ned fruits and vegetable hops, bar berries, Gdd products in many. lines, eggs, grain stalks. etc., etc, are group ed and contrasted in a most effective way. The Konomoc exhibit features B coop of guinea chicks and their de- voted mother which was the delight1 of all the children. l
 The Norwich grange exhibit was ar ] ranged by John Lyman. Miss Lena Lautenbach and Miss Mabel Hagbere. Others on the grange exhibit commit tee were Silas Whipple. Mr. Case and Alfred Sheldon. 1
 Mammoth Potatoes.
 Woodbury O. Rogers makes a dis | play of about fourteen varieties of po- | -atoes, especially of Green Mountain 1 and Irish cobblers. In all MT Rog- CTS has planted about 20 acres to po- tatoes and expects to dig from three 1 70 four thousand bushels. Many of ] he Irish cobbler potatoes weigh over ! pound. while some of the Green | Mountains weight T. or IS ounces.
 Cake, Bread and Honey. Il