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The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
SOME ODD FACTS ABOUT COAL
-ColIiery Merely Derivation
From Coalery.

A colliery used to be called a coal
cry. Coalmeter is an old name given
to one who superintendent the meas
ur1ng of Goals. COalstone is a species
of hard, Opaque, inf1ammable coal.
which does not soil or dirty the fin
gers when touched. It is jet-black,
and can be cut Brown coal has been
found at Bovey, Devonshire and on the
continent. Coal-hod is an oId-fash-
Toned name for scuttle. Gas light can
be traced back over 200 years. A Mr..
T. Shirley, in 1869, attributed a burn
ing well at Wigan to the presence of
coal underneath it. Just about this
time a Mr.. Clayton procured gas by
dfstilling coal. Practical lighting,
however, came very slowly. In 1923
Mr.. Murdoch Illuminated his house
with gaslight, and very poor show it
is said to have been. He lived at Re-
druth, Cornwall. In 1902, Birmingham,
in celebrating the peace of Amiens,
frightened up large factory with
gaslight. Thousands journeyed to see
the wonderful sight-which led to
gas-works being established at that
place, and in Manchester and Halifax.
Herald.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
PUPILS WRITE SCOUT ESSAYS.

Great interest is being manifested
in all large cities in the experiment
made by the board of education OF
New York city in making the writing
Of an essay on the subject "What Boy
Scouts Can Do for Greater New York;
a part of the regular classroom work
on one day for the fifth, sixth, seventh
and eighth grades of all elementary
public schools. To make the prepara-
ton of the material and the writing,
and especially the study Of the pur-
poses of scouting more effective and
attractive the work was made COM
petitive, with the following prizes:
For the best essay in each school
in Greater New York a bronze medal,
for the best in each school district, a
silver medal, for the best in each of
the five boroughs, a gold medal, with
special grand prize for the best es-
say in the entire city, all prizes given
by the Boy Scouts of America.
"This will give an admirable oppor-
tunity for the principals to discover
the effectiveness Of the teaching of
practical civics in practical ways, and
will focus fresh interest on the vital
essentials of good citizenship"
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
GEN. WOOD PRAISES SCOUTS.

In the recent Boy Scouts of America
essay contest on the subject of fire
prevention Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood,
commander of the central division of
the army, acted as chairman Of the
board Of judges. He took keen inter-
est in reading the essays, which, be-
cause he was unable to leave Fort
Sheridan, Ill, were taken to him from
New York by a representative of the
National Board of Fire Underwriters,
under whose auspices the contest was
conducted among the entire member
ship Of the boy scouts in the United
States and it's possessions. At the
conclusion Of his work Major General
Wood issued the following statement {:
ST cannot tell you with how much
interest and appreciation l read the
essays from the boy scouts contest
with reference TO fire prevention. The
idea Of this contest was a fine one. 1t
served to bring to the attention of the
boy scouts throughout the country a
most important field of effort, namely,
that Of vigilance in measures looking
to fire prevention and the dissemina-
sources of danger and what can be
done to prevent. The fundamental
cause of fires is carelessness, combined
with a certain amount of ignorance. If
the boy scouts take up the campaign
in behalf of fire prevention and speak
as intelligently as they have written
I feel that we shall soon reduce the
danger from fire.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
American Shops Full of English
Styles-More Attention Given to
Millinery for Country Wear.

Sport hats from London! Our mil
linery shops are full of them. And
the American woman who goes in for
outdoor life and, like the English
woman, lives in her sport clothes I'M
til it is time to change for dinner, has
taken very kindly to the English type
of sport hat, observes a fashion
writer.
After all, this is the sort of mil
Iinery that the English excel in, for
the English milliner finds this type
of hat in greater demand than any
other. Therefore she spends much
time over it, and it is only reason
able that it should be of better design
and better made than those of any
other country.
Our milliners are giving more and
more time to the consideration of hats
aOr life in the country, because the
1f1nand for them is increasing all the
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
HONOR FOR CANADA.
Wins Championships at Interna-
tionaI Live Stock Show.
Splendid Exhibits, Both Of Animals
and Grain, Won Admiration of
Judges and Spectators.

One of the most interesting sights
at the International Live Stock show
at Chicago was the evening parades
of horses and cattle AS the Cana
dian section of these parades came in
to view, and as it passed around the
ring, there was continued applause
There were two or three reasons fol-
this, the principal one being that In
this section there were the wonderful
Clydesdales, the Belgians and the Per
cherons that had carried off champion
ships and first prizes. The province
of Saskatchewan had a splendid dis
play of Clydesdales and showed in a
number of classes, and in every class
they got in the money. A remarkable
and noted winning was that of the
University of Saskatchewan, showing
Lady Bruce" female Clydesdale, in
a class of "a and taking second. In
competition there were entries from
such famous studs as Conyngham Bros.
of Wilkesbarre, P. L. James of Easton,
Mass, and George Chiett Of the same
state. She was beaten by an imported
mare, but was later made champion
American-bred mare and reserve
grand champion, an honor never before
conferred upon anything but an i'm
ported animal
The following are some of the good
things that Canada won at the Inter
national, in a fair fight and no favors.
Grand championship for Clydesdale
stations; championship for American
bred Clydesdale mares; reserve senior
and reserve grand championships for
ClydesdaIe mares; grand champion
Ship for SOuthdOwn sheep; sweepstakes
grand championship for wheat for the
continent of America; championship
for Durum wheat for America.
Another of the reasons for the ap-
plauSe given the Canadian sections of
the parade was the heartinesS with
which the American spirit was imbued
that impelled it to greet with the full
est appreciation the efforts of the win
ner, and the hundreds of Canadians in
the immense audience of the amphi-
theater appreciated it.
The purpose that Canada had in
making exhibits from their farms,
whether it was of live stock-and they
had it there in all branches-grains
grasses or roots, was to demonstrate
that the war had not created devasta-
ton, that the country was alive with
interest in the matter of production
and that it had ability to produce in a
manner that would bring it champion
ships, and what better place than the
International, where it would be placed
before thousands many Of whom, with
the enlightenment thus gained and
with a desire to better their condition,
would be made to realize that in the
neighboring country to the north there
was an opportunity that it might be
of advantage to them to embrace
Advertisement.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
Paillettes Grow i'm Favor

The other coat, inspired by the dress
Of the middle ages, is developed in
black duvetyn, which makes a very
smart topcoat. 1t is embroidered in
jade green and jet paillettes. The
use of paillettes this season is most
pronounced, this form of trimming be-
ing featured by a large majority of
the leading dressmakers. Preference
is given to black paillettes, jet bugles
and jet beads, but colors, too, are
often features, such as royal blue,
dark green, brown and white.
Evening wraps are very lovely.
Many of them are in cape form and
are made of brilliant colored velvets,
fur trimmed. These capes are straight
cut and wrap the figure closely, there
being very little fullness. There are
few capes cut to follow closely the
lines of the figure. This sort Of cape
clips the shoulders like coat and
hangs perfectly straight with no full
ness whatever.
A large number Of three-piece suits
have long coats that might almost be
worn as separate wrap. Indeed, so
many of the winter jackets are long
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
GALL STRIPPED FOR DINNER"
Buffers Remark That Might Have
Set Father of Family to Small
Job of Thinking.

Edward Box, the talented ex-editor
and reformer, said at a business
mems luncheon in Philadelphia
Il claim that business men are
partly to blame for the ridiculous
fashion from Paris which their daugh-
tiers wear. The business man should
not permit his innocent child to ap-
pear in shocking creations designed
in the Rue de la Paix for the demi-
mOndaine trade.
Mr.. Box paused and smiled.
"a Merton business man." he went
on, "entertained a house party the
other week. AS he came from his
dressing room one evening during the
party he overheard his butler saying
in a fierce whisper down the dumb
waiter:
"'For de lands sake cook, hurry
up de soup. De ladies is all
stripped for dinner"
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
BOY
SCOUTS
81 81
Conducted by National Council of the
Boy Scouts of America.)
SCOUTS MEET VERDUN HERO

The Boy Scouts of America were
honored by being selected to greet
Gen. Robert Georges Nivelle, former
commander-in-chief of the French
army and famous hero of Verdun, up
ON his arrival in this country recently
to attend the Pilgrim Tercentenary
scouts took part in the reception.
At the French line pier five picked
Eagle Scouts met the general as he
came off the steamer which brought
him to New York. They were with
DR.. Charles S. MacFarland, field scout
commissioner, who is the general sec
rotary Of the Federal Council Of
Churches of Christ in America, on
whose invitation Gen. Nivelle came to
this country. From the pier he was
escorted to the Waldorf hotel where
five troops Of boy scouts, troop from
each of the boroughs of Greater New
York, carrying American flags and a
French flag fifteen feet long, were
lined up at salute and were reviewed
by General Nivelle.
The scouts were greatly interested
In the blazing star of the Grand Cross
Of the Legion Of Honor which the gray
haired general wore on his army uni
form. His eighteen military honors
other than the Legion Of Honor were
represented simply by five rows of
ribbon bars across his left breast.
A diminutive thirteen-year-Old Man
haitian scout Frank Tobin, who wore
a tri-color ribbon was singled out by
General NivelIe, who had him come
forward to shake hands while in very
good English he told the assembled
scouts how pleased he was to be well
coined by representatives of this great
organization whose Jamboree party of
300 picked scouts last summer gave
an exhibition of scouting in Paris
which opened his eyes and those of
many other men of affairs there as to
the great value of scout training in
the formation of sturdy and useful
manhood.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14

it's feminine grace? We may pra te
at length upon the practical in
dress, but the practical minus
beauty and artistic appeal never
finds real favor.
The cape has considerable roman
tic and historical background. This
probably bears subcOnscious fnfu-
ence in it's favor. Coming down to
the purely practical, a coat is made
much warmer by a cape falling over
the back, but [ cannot say that this
has anything to do with it's hold on
fashions.
1t can be claimed, however, that it's
yOuthfulness does much for it, Ger
tainly a coat Of this type gives it's
wearer a much younger and less staid
appearance than the old-fashioned
practical topcoat, which put the fin
ishing touches in more ways than one
on a perfectly good-looking costume,
for, no matter how smart ones dress
and hat might be, the effect was lost
through the addition of a prosy look
ing coat.
Where Parisienne and American Agree
1t may safely be said that the cape
coat is one of this winters greatest
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
Garment Gives the Wearer Much
Younger and Less Staid
Appearance.
MANY LONG WINTER JACKETS

There Is much to be said for coats
with cape backs other than that they
are exceedingly fashionable, observes
prominent fashion correspondent.
They have the grace Of a cape without
any of its impractical features. There
is the comfort Of a good, substantial
long coat combined with the artistic
outline of the flowing cloak.
That the cape is never really alb
sent from fashions proves that 1t
must have some great staying
power. There is some reason for
wo4nen's always wanting it-for it Is
always finding a ready acceptance.
What can this reason be other than
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
WOMEN NEED SWAMP-ROO1

Thousands of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect it.
Womens' complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in a healthy
condition, they may cause the other Or
gans to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss of am
bition, nervousness, are often times symp-
toms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a physicians pre-
scription, obtained at any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get g. medium or large size bottle i'm
mediately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for 6
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
Welded in AirpIane.

The first wedding ceremony to be
performed in an airplane in India oc-
Cured recently. The ceremony was
unique from the fact that eight guests
in addition to the clergyman and best
man were present in the machine. The
airplane climbed to a height of over
one mile above Calcutta. The engines
were shut off and the airplane glided
to the earth in comparative Quietness.
The ceremony was completed long be-
fore the machine had reached the
ground.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
Like and Unlike,

The death of Anders Zorn, the ia
nous etcher, brought the talk round to
Whistler, and a Pittsburgh poet said
whistler and Walter Sickert were
once printing etchings together. Sick
ert, stumbling, had the misfortune to
drop a copper plate.
"'How like you! said Whistler
Jelly.
Hardly five minutes later Whistler
usually the deftest, surest of men,
dropped a copper plate himself. He
stopped and picked it up. Then he
murmured:
"'HOW unlike mer"
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
HaII'sCatarrh Medicine

Those who are in run down. condf-
ton will notice that Catarrh bothers
them much more than when they are in
good health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh is a local disease, it is greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is
Tonic and Blood Purifier, and acts through
the blood upon the mucous surfaces of
the body, thus reducing the Inflammation
and restoring normal conditions.
All druggists. Circulars free.
3. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo. Ohio.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
She Had the Habit.

She was ten years old, and she had
gone almost every evening of her
young life to movies. For the first time
she was taken to see a play on the
legitimate stage. 1t was a melodrama,
and she was delighted.
Breathlessly she sat at the end of
her seat and watched and listened and
was thrilled.
At last the curtain descended upon
the first act.
"Oh, mother" she turned, cts won
derful! Oh, please, mother, may / be
allowed to stay for the second shown
Film Fun.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
More Important.

A colored doughboy had just re-
ceived his discharge and was making
tracks at all possible speed for the sta
ton when he caught up with another
one of his company, who demanded:
"Hello, than, Jackson; whah yo' goin' p
Jackson paused just long enough to
shout back:
"Ain't goin' nowhere, but, oh, man,
look where Use comm FROM"
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
GOOD TURNS FOR BOY SCOUTS.

Camp Kiwanis, built by the Kiwanis
club of Saginaw, Mich, for the boy
scouts of that city, has one of the
finest log cabins in the country, plans
for which are being sought from many
cities by other clubs who want to
boom this big boy movement.
Troop IL, Spokane, Wash, provided
clothes and food as needed by two
Door FAMILIES, gave $40 to Near East
relief and furnished two scouts daily
for two weeks to run errands for the
Social Service bureau.
Troop 1, Woodbury. Falls, N. Y, cut
wood for disabled men, cut and de-
livered wood to local library, assisted
Ladies' Aid in church.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
London Sends Sport Hats

time. They really are becoming the
prettiest type of hat shown.
The American milliner's conception
of a sport hat is a little different
from that of the English. Our hats
might be termed a little less practical
and a little more beautiful The Eng
lish must give considerable attention
to getting something for outdoor life
that will withstand fog and mist
elements which do not give US much
concern.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
SCOUT MOTHERS ACTIVE.

With increasing frequency the moth.
ers of boy scouts are showing their
interest in the scout movement by es.
tablishing local organizations. The
latest group is reported from Pater.
son, N. J. There will be regular meet
ings attended by representative
mother from each troop in the city.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
Used i'm Family For Years

Schenectady, N. VI had
been treated without much help
by two different physicians. I
needed building up and was so
badly off I could just drag
around and could not work. I had
no strength. My druggist recon-
mended DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery and I began using it.
I saw it was doing me good and
kept it up. I gained steadily and
became stronger and better. I
am now we'll and strong"
MRS. D. D. G. PLACE,
RED. Box GIG
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14

'Say, looky here!" demanded a
administered customer in the rapid
fire restaurant. Il want a good sub
stantial meal no frills or fxin's, yum
derstand, but suthin' that'n fill me
up"
Bale O. hay for the gent from jump
son Junction!' calmly yelled Heloise,
the waitress, back to the Kitchen
Kansas City Star.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
ArranQinu the Veil.

An attractive way of arranging a
veil on a small toque is that O. drap-
ing it rather closely about tie crown
and gathering the fullness p Knot
at either the back or side ana per-
hitting the long ends to hing.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14

that it seems hardly worth while to
call attention to their increased
length. One of the very popular mod
els shows a three-Quarter length semi
blousing jacket. The suit is devel-
oped in navy blue duvetyn with peas
ant embroideries in red and brown
with touches of fur.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
SmattererS.

'The late Jacob Schiff," said a
banker, twas a progressive and a So
cial reformer, but he hated the pinks,
or parlor bolsheviks, and above all
he hated your real bomb-throwing
reds.
"Mr. Schiff believed that the cure
for the reds lay not in deportation,
but in education. AS he once said:
ga red is a chap who hasn't read
enOugh'"
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
Drawing the Line.

Miss Cora was taking her first trip
on the train.
The conductor came through and
called for the tickets. Cora readily
gave up her ticket
A few minutes later the butcher
boy, coming through, called: Chew
ing gum"
Never" cried Cora bravely. "You
can take my ticket, but not my chew
ing gum" THE Overhere Digest Min
neapOliS).
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
Taken Out of Himself.

'Mr. Grabcoin's address on honesty
pressive talks I ever heard"
ITO hear him speak you wouldn't
think he'd ever sold any bogus stock,
would your"
mo, and while he was talking he
was in such an exalted mood I don't
believe he thought he'd ever sold any
bogus stock either" -Birmingham
Age-Herald.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
Don't FORGET Cutjcura TaIcurn

Don't Forget Cuticura Talcum
When adding to your toilet requisites.
An exquisitely scented face, skin, baby
and busting powder and perfume, rem
dering other perfumes supertiuous.
You may rely on it because one of the
Cuticura Trio (Soap, Ointment and
Talcum). 25c each everywhere.-Adv.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
Slippers Match Erock

There is an increasing tendency by
the smartly dressed woman to wear
for evening a brocade slipper that
matches her frock. This is the one
occasion when a really high heel may
be INDUCED in.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
One EXPLANATION.

Jud Tunkins says the reason so
many of US are afraid of work is
that we are too bashful to get ac-
quainted.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
Its Kind

"Some scientist now rises to re-
mark that bees have a language of
their own"
81 bet they use it chiefly to make
singing remarks"
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14

in good health and claims it is
excellent. I also have taken the
'Favorite Prescription with good
results. I took it after mother
hood to build me up in health,
which it did.
MRS. A. B. PARKER,
5O7 Gradwen Place.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
Combining CoIors.

The fashion for combining <olors,
even startlingly different colors, offers
many suggestions of the utmost utility
and charm.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
Frinoed Sweaters.

Fringed sweaters are worn by some
we'll dressed women. They show fringe
around the lower edge end sometimes
around the sleeve and collar as we'll
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14

need of a tonic
and it was 8
great help to her
in many ways,
and father has
for ars de-
pended on DR..
Pierce's Golden
Medical Discov-
orxy IN boon hi"
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14

Dr. Peery's Dead Shot" In powerful but
safe. One dose is enough to expel Worms
or Tapeworm No castor oil necessary
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
BAD Adds Color NPte.

Flame-cOlOred leather blss are oe
ing carried with dark suits "h1ch nav
no other color note.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
PUTTING Her Foot in II

Irwin S. Cobb talked recently at
Greenwich Village about tact.
''Tact," he said, sis a priceless and
rare art, which sometimes gets us in
hot water when we try to practice it.
Like the young Red Cross nurse
Meeting this young lady during the
war at a luncheon in Tours, 1 hap
pened to remark:
"1 am looking round, you see'
"'Oh. not so very, Mr.. Cobb the
kind-hearted girl demonstrated, tact
fully"
1t is no sign of ducks nest to see
fedders on de fense.-American negro.
Destruction is a word that only
grows on dunghilIS.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
Mother, Father and Daugh.
ter All Testify

Elmira, N. Y.-"My mother
always took DR.. Pierce's Favorits
Prescription when rundown or in
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14

Never permit a costive tendency to de-
velop into a habit; if the habit exists have
recourse at once to Garfield Tea.-Adv.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14

A great crime is in a great man
greater.-Massinger
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
Why Not?

chubby, here's dog store"
"WeI?"
81 want a Peke"
81 don't mind indulging you to that
extent. Take a good look. Louis
vile COurier-JOurnal.
The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14

Chronic Constipation is as dangerous as
Garfield Tea cures it.-Adv.