The Press., 1918-01-17
Regular meeting of Mineral Springs

Regular meeting of Mineral Spring lrlge, K of P, tomorrow evening.
 The Italian Tirolese society vii
 hold a masquerade hall on Saturday
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 West Stafford.
 isMrs. F. z. Fairfield is confined tC the house by, illness
 Mrs. Charles Glazier requests all members, of the choir to remain after the Christian Endeavor services or Sunday evening for choir rehearsal
 The-boy friends of Roger Pownall gave him genuine surprise party ou Friday evening Refreshments were served and all had very happy time.
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 Leroy Chapman of Bridgeport spent Sunday with relatives in town.
 Mrs Robert Greeley visited her aunt Mrs Simonds on Monday, re- turning home Tuesday.
 Mrs s H. Smith has received word of the serious illness of her sister. Mrs Henry Simonds, of Springfield, Mass.
 Stafford.
 Paramount Pictures, Town Hall |: Jan. 18th, Marguerite Clark in "The For tunes of Fifi." Miss Clark makes her first appearance on the screen following her great triumph in the famOns Players Paramount adaptation of "SnOw White, !" in another adaptation, Molly Elliot Sea- wells play, 'Fi he Fortunes of Fifi," the tale of little French actress. Jan. 18th. Blanche Sweet in Those Without Sin" Melanie Landry, daughter of a govern ment clerk, lives with her father in the south at the time the rebellion breaks out. Bob Wallace, just out of We0t Point, Is in love with Melanie. At dance Mrlanie meets Henry Melon. who has been placed at the h5ad of the Fed eral off @ in which Melanie's father Is clerk. Melon manipulates Mir. Landry's accounts. and offers to maze good the shortage under certain condi- tiOns.
 Mrs. J.P. Brown, L. A S.. attended the state grange meeting in Hartford last Thursday.
 Baptist Church Notes: The Ladies Aid will serve supper tonight in the chapel from 6 to o'clock. Hostesses: Mrs Hatch and Mrs. Manderson. Sunday morning subject: "Light to the friend, darkness to the foe. ' Exc. IA: 1920. The annual meeting and roll-call will be held in the chapel Wednesday evening. Supper will be served by the ladies at $ o'clock promptly It is hoped to have Dr. Goats of Hartford as principle speaker.
 The annual play, given by the church, will be presented in Memorial hall, Friday evening, Jan. 25th, "What Happened to Jones'" is a farce in three acts and differs widely from plays selected in former years. Much time has been given to rehearsals under the direction If Dr. Puffer who feels that the play will provoke more mirth and perhaps give more pleasure than anything yet given. The cast of characters follow: Jones, who travels for a hymn book louse. Harold B. Pinney; Ebenezer Ioodly, a professor of anatomy. John NJ Larned; Antony Goodly, D. D , Bishop of Bsllarat, George H. Lord Richard Heatherly, engaged to daIjnrie, R. A. Booth; Thomas Holder, a policeman, John P. Brown; {; William Bigbee. an inmate of the F. A. Lasbury; Henry Fuller, superintendent of the sanitori- m, James Lewis; Mrs GoodIy, | Ebenezer's wife, Miss Rachel Glover; Jissy, Ebenezer's ward, Mrs. Harold oinney; Marjorie, Minerva, Eben. gers daughters. Miss Isadore Dun- lam, Mrs. Maud Furness; Alvina Starlight, Mrs. Goodly's sister, Mrs. Jhas. Dimluick; Helma, B Swedish ervant girl, Miss Edna Ensminger
 Editor of The Press. Sir:
 To be unprepared for a crisis, an ,pidemio or crime in a nation or a invites suffering and dis lster, an efficient police force is often deterrant to the violation of law. No providence is going to stand be- ween us and a conflagration we must ake care of ourselves, we learn this rom observation, and it is the teach ng of history. The reign of law is and we try in measure to meet it's requirements by refusing permits for the erection of fire traps, 1y forming and maintaining fire com ,anies to protect ourselves from fire ,ugs and the. careless handling of ,ombustibles, and in order that the business man, the farmer and mechanic ,an give their time to their different kinds of work, and not to the study