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Connecticut western news., 1921-09-15
Vienna Still a Music Center.


 About the only thing that may be said to flourish in the Austrian cap ital these days Is music. Despite the hard times and the almost worthless ness of Austrian money, the concerts are largely patronized. The capacity of the concert halls is taxed to the utmost. .Music-making starts early in the day and lasts till night, one hall frequently having as many as five concerts in one day. And most of the halls are sold out, although where the money comes from is somewhat Of a mystery.
 This artistic life speaks well for Vienna as a music center, as that city is attracting not only native talent, but musical artists from many out side countries. Even Sweden Is send ing musicians, and a seventeen-year- old Chilean boy pianist was a recent artist who took that city by storm.
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-15
SOUTH CANAAN

Donald Spencer and Billy Holcomb have completed their camp which they have been building for the last four weeks. On Friday evening they gave a picnic supper to number of friends.
 Miss Hattie Bosworth, the guest of honor, broke bottle of peppermint on the side of the cabin and chris tened it "Pinehurst". Coffee, cake and sandwiches were served and all, had an enjoyable evening. On Sat urday the boys hope to cut bee tree which they found some time ago.
 Adolf Hein bought several head of stock at the auction at Pine Grove farm last week.
 Mrs. H. N. Wright attended a meeting of Pomona Grange at Bridg gewater Wednesday.
 Mrs. Fred Parmalee and Fanny Silvernale spent the weekend in Lime Rock.
 ! Mrs. Dorothea Holcomb spent Saturday with the Misses Morse in Ashley Falls.
 Edwin Bailey of Fa''s Village op=nt Sunday with Frank Passanj.
 MT; Lillian Kicks visited for two days at Pittsfield last week.
 Miss Hattie Bosworth has returned to her duties at the Boston Library.
 g. L. Holcomb of WinsCed spen. t5e We week-end at Mrs. Holccmo's. several of the neighbocs attended l the funeral of Miss Root at Falls I VI'iagc last week.
 Mrs. Fred Bushey Sr and daggh- ter l era spent Thursday with Mrs EdW ard Houston at Falls Village.
 JGhn Wright and his mother were i at Goshen Fair on Monday.
 +'eo R9shey returned to tie l1mher camp at Sheffield on Sunday efter lew days visit to his home
 William Folcomb spe 1t Satu-> ay i'll Great harrington.
 The Junior Mission Circle had . work meeting with Miss Hattie Mil lard on Saturday,
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-15

days last week in Danbury.
 A son was born last week Tt the Litchfeld County Hospital, Winsted, to MT. and Mrs. Ralph Black.
 Mrs. H. F. Lawrence entertained her brother from Great Harrington over Sunday.
 Miss Kate Bird has been with her sister in Southfield for week.
 G. E. Beebe has been under the doctors care the past week.
 Miss Clara Allyn has been at MT. Beebe's for short time.
 Wm. Delmhurst of Jersey City was at Payson Allyn's over Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. H. K. Prescott en- tertained a party of friends from New Britain last week.
 MT. and Mrs. Weston Barnes were guests of Mrs. Flora Mcintyre last Wednesday.
 Benjamin Baldwin is much i'm. proved and is expected home this week.
 Timothy G. Goggin has purchased new car. .
 Timothy G. Goggin spent Sunday at his home in East Canaan. Misses Alice Perdrizet of Hartforc and Julia Perdrizet of Sharon are spending couple of weeks at theil home here.
 Miss Kate Bird is spending fev days with her sister in Southield | Mass.
 Miss Martha VanVlack is spending couple of weeks with her brothe: at Patterson, N. Y.
 Don't forget the dance in th Village hall tonight (Thursda. nightly
 Mrs. Mary Foley and John Fole, of Springfield, Mass. visited at Johl Foley's last Wednesday.
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-15
Progress in New Guinea.

It Is 13 years ago that Zahn of the Evangelical Lutheran synod went to New Guinea and began his work among the natives, who were then largely heather. There were many cannibals in the territory. A letter recently received from MOrobe, shows wonderful spiritual progress. A large proportion of the islanders have re- nOunced heathenism and given IF their instruments of witchcraft It is estimated that 5000 of them have been received into the Christian church.
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-15
TACONIC

MT. and Mrs. Harry Gordon and daughter Vivian spent Labor Day with friends in Canaan.
 Miss Mary Holmes and Miss Sarah Aronoff, K. W. Gray and sister Lena attended Rhinebeck Fair last Thursday.
 MT. and Mrs. Harry Tomlinson are entertaining relatives from New York.
 Miss Alice Ryvell visited her sis. ter, Mrs. I. Kelly in Winsted last week.
 John J. Miller Jr. of Millerton called on friends in town last Mon. day.
 MT. and Mrs. Jones attended the big fair at Goshen Labor Day.
 Camp Garfield broke camp last Thursday and returned to theil homes in New York.
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-15
Files Spread Plaques in Russia.

Spread of dread diseases in Russia is due to swarms of flies and gnats At the Pan-Russian health congress al Moscow Health Commissioner Samasj. ko presented a sensational report Plague, he said, was rapidly spreading in southeast Russia from Persia and Siberia, cholera was raging in the southern and middle governments, and there was hardly one part of Russia unaffected by malaria. This alarming condition of things he attributed to enormous swarms of flies and gnats which were the disease carriers.
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-15
FALLS VILLAGE

Isnella Rectal, Levi Gandelli, Clara Castagna, Louis Crow motored over the Mohawk Trail Labor Day.
 MT. and Mrs. G. F. Hamlin enter tained relatives over Sunday.
 A good time was enjoyed by all those who attended the dance Friday night, given by the baseball team, about $50 was realized.
 Mrs. s. L. Cooper spent Saturday and Sunday in Salisbury.
 Floyd Ferguson spent Sunday in town.
 Andrew Brown of New Haven spent Sunday at Michael Hines.
 Mrs. Nealie DuTrau and daughter and family, MT. and Mrs. George Wilcox of Unionville called on Simon Williams Sunday.
 Mrs. s. l.. Cooper was taken from her school duties this week on ac- count of the illness of her daugh- ter, Miss Mary Cooper, who is sick at the home of George Brigner in Amesville.
 Miss Jennie Weiner is teaching in the Huntsville school.
 Mrs. George Deal, Mrs. N. M. San ford, and Miss Eleanor Tracy mo- tored to the Ward homestead last Thursday afternoon and had a very pleasant visit with old acquaintances.
 Ward Finkle who has been spend ing few weeks at his sisters, Mrs. Mary Blakes on Frink Hill, returned to Readville, Mass. Saturday.
 MT. and Mrs. George B. Deal of Amsterdam, N. Y., MT. and Mrs. R. A. Weiman and son, George of Schnectady, N. Y. were visitors at the Falls Village Inn over Labor Day. Mrs. Deal had the pleasure of meeting a number of her school mates and friends here.
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-15
Aerial Mail Service.

Ecuador and Nicaragua are estAb fishing aerial mail service, and ir China 40 planes are operating SC@ miles from Shanghai to Picking, ac" cording to the Nations Business. Pas sengers and parcels are carried as well as postal matter and on letters thus delivered in Old Cathay are stamps bearing by way of fitting contrast a pictured airplane beside a picture of the Great Wall.
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-15
Kansas Family Problem.

An Emporia family takes the family dog to church once in a while. Last Sunday the dog was tied to the motor car during the services. Every time the choir sang the dog howled. It was a question whether to take the dog away to keep from disturbing the peace or stop the choir to keep from disturbing the dog.-Emporia Gazette.
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-15
Condemned.

Well, we are all cOndamnes as Vic tor Hugo says; we are all under sen- tence of death, but with sort of in- definite reprieve .. we have an in- terval, and then our place knows us no more. Some spend this interval in listlessness, some in high passions, the wisest, at least among the chiI- dren of this world in art and song."- Walter Pater, in The Renaissance.
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-15
By Way of Proof.

It is being insisted upon that col lege students of today are not nearly as great fools as their great-grandfa- thers. who graduated. It must be SO Nobody today tries to get a COW into chapel or upon the roof of the dormi- tory.-MinneapOli Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-15
Rare Cliff

The scent smeller is as essential to perfume manufacturers as the tea taster is to the tea merchant. The gift of scent smelling Is a thousand times more rare than the gift of wine ampling.-Indianapo News.
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-15
SHARON

MT. and Mrs. c. H. Whitford have
 been the guests of MT. and Mrs. c. O. Sabin on Sharon Mt. for the week end.
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-15
EAST CORNWALL
Jones-Clark Wedding

Miss Esther Abigail Clark, daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. Andrew Miles Clark, and Elmer Gordon Jones, son
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-15

Letter wax in colors, also initial stamps. The Canaan Printing Go.
Connecticut western news., 1921-09-15
MARTIN B. DODD
 Norfolk, Conn.

NEW PRICES OF STUDEBAKER CARS f. O. b. Factories, effective Sept. 9th, 1921
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-17

And how happy Marian was that she
could say that she hadn't been nerv-
Gus and that it was going to come out
all right, she thought.
II bet it was a job making your
first plum pudding" said Uncle
George. and Bert looked angry and
grieved. He didn't want anyone to
make his Marian feet uncomfortable
And now his own family were doing It,
''Uncle George" Bert said 1--WE
meant to tell you. We're not going
to have one of those Old-time din
ners. We think that people have al
ways felt wretc1edly at Christmas, and
after Observation-Disclosures and all.
So we're Just going to have a nice
simple dinner"
Marian had left the room now. But
she could hear the defending note in
Bert's voice. and at the same time
note Of sadness that their dinner was
going to be so simple.
She wanted to rush in now and tell
them all that it wouldn't be so simple.
and to put her arms around Bert's
neck and kiss him. He was standing
up for her. And they were all try
ing to be critical. And she had in
vited them all to her house. This
was the way they were accepting her
hospitality!
"But, following number more sim
liar remarks on how did she get along
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to boast Of what she could do!
At last came the dessert-mince pie
and apple pie and plum pudding, too.
How Bert's eyes opened wide with
surprise when he saw the pudding.
"What did you mean when you said
you were going to have new kind
of dinner without any Of the Christ
mas trimmings?' asked Uncle George.
'My wife likes surprises" Bert
beamed. And after they had all gone,
Bert said:
.aThey behaved atrociously, but oh !
How proud was Of you. And Ma
rian darling
eyes, dear?"
''The plum pudding was the best
that has ever been served at any
Christmas dinner at any time I know
81 think It was a success s!ariaa
smiled.
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0hriatntaa
TrHttual

EsY He INSTITUTION of the festival
", of the birth Of the Savior is
attributed by some authorities
to Pope Telesphorus, who died A. D.
1873.
In the early days of the Christian
religion it was one Of the most NOV
able Of feasts, being often con-
founded with the Epiphany and cele-
brated by the eastern churches in
April and May. In the Fourth century
the urgency Of St. Cyril Of Jerusalem
obtained from Pope Julius I. an
order for an investigation to be
made concerning the day Of Christ's
nativity. The result Of the inquiry,
made by theologians Of the East and
the West, was an agreement upon the
twenty fifth Of December.
AS told in the gospel of st. Luke,
Christ was born in the night. There
fore, divine service is performed on
the night Of December 1926. It is
the custom in Roman Catholic
churches to usher in Christmas day
by the celebration Of three masses,
one at midnight. the second at early
dawn, and the third In the morning
This custom dates from the sixth
century.
Preparatory to Christmas the bells
are r,lng at midnight throughout Eng
land and the continent After the
solemn celebration Of the mass in the
churches Of the continent. which are
efficiently adorned for the festival.
Il Is customary for the worshrers tn
t>a~tsli-e re j collation.
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shops the otI;eF day"
Yes that's d splendid idea" her
husband heartily agreed.
"Ill 90 downtown and attend to It
tomorrow. I haven't much time.
Christmas Is almost here"
Our first Christmas" said the
young husband as he clasped his
bride to him.
"Our first Christmas" she muir
INJURED.
The next evening he asked her If
she had arranged about sending the
gravy dish to Molly Stevens.
1T couldn't send It," she said.
"Why not?" he queried
Because of the monogram In the
center" she said.
"But you told me that that could
be erased By the silyersmiths and a
new monogram placed there" her
husband persisted
II know I did," the young bride
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-17

days Marian planned her Christmas
dinner. She sailed nuts, she made
cranberry sauce. She ordered a fine
young turkey. She wasn't nervous
about the turkey-that was just about
as easy as chicken.
Yes, she was planning to have the
old-time Christmas dinner She
wouldn't tell Bert. She would sur
prise him. And then. if she did tell
him, she might be more nervous about
the things she had planned to Go, feel
ing that he was going to be so proud
Of her that she couldn't fulfill his ex-
pectations of her success.
SO she worked and planned and
schcE1ed.
And that Christmas eve when Bert
kissed her goodnight she. smiled to
herself as she heard him say:
"Well, it's quite true. People have
always eaten too much at Christmas
time in past years"
Bert's family all arrived in due sea
son for Christmas dinner.
"Well, We're you nervous over your
first turkey?" asked Aunt E1nilina.
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With her m1nce
pie, and did she
burn herself salt
ing the nuts, she
at last announced
that dinner was
quite ready.
Admiringly, in
creasingly admir-
ingly, the guests
ate and ate and
ate. There was
nothing that had
ever been a part
Of a Christmas
dinner that Ma
rian did not have.
And ! 7. Bert grew
prouder and more
boastful of her
by the moment :!
How Bert loved
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-17

plicate which were not initiated she
fastened to the place from which they
had been purchased and picked out
other articles Of beauty and Of house
hold necessity.
Her friends had really been remark
ably kind. She had been surprised
to find how ready the shops had been
about taking back gifts and substitute
ing with others, or in engraving pres
ents which had not already been en-
graved. Only one had charged for
engraving-the gift had been purchased
at wholesale rate" and so engraving
was not included.
Altogether from the point Of view
OF presents as well as from the point
Of view of a mate she had done re-
markably well. This would enable
them to make very good appearance
in their home without having to draw
from the none too plentiful savings.
She viewed everything over again
one evening, presents and those which
were exchanges There was just one
llttlIS lIicliI LldL was IUL ACS-
essary and not particularly pretty. It
was a gravy-dish. She knew Of no
particular use to which she could put
it-she had one Of the kind she really
liked.
She could not exchange it. It had
a monogram in the center.
II know what I'll do with It," she
said to her husband. "I'll give it to
Molly Stevens for Christmas pres
ent. She has been so good to us and
I'd like to show her how much
appreciate it.
"You know she is going to get mar
ried in the spring-that is-her en-
gagement Is all but announced.
''Don't you think it would be good
idea? She was so helpful about my
wedding and she has told me, quite
confdentially, that the wedding will
be In the spring.
ut would be good idea to give her
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-17

answered, "but you see they told me
today at the shop that 1t would be
possible to do 1t were it not for the
fact that 1t had been done SO often to
this gravy dish that they wouldn't
dare take chance with it again.
They'd not be able to avoid boring a
hole this time! It has been given
away once toe often for me to put to
any USE" she sighed sadly.
"And / shall just send Molly a
Christmas card. After all she did no
more than any one else!''
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-17

HAS ilttIICCl. 4it1 lLcJ Iuu
planned to go to their own new little
home which they had just finished
furnishing and fixing up. They were
going to have their own little Christ
| mas tree there-Guite by themselves,
and their friends had left their we'd
ding presents and their Christmas
presents there, though almost all Of
the former they had seen, of course.
care you almost ready?' 1t was
Mrs. Allen calling up the stairs.
"Almost, mother DEAR" she an
swered
you'll be late" her mother called.
9TH hurry" she said.
"Do you want any help?"
But she had taken longer than she
had thought Yes, If she didn't hurry
she would be late! Still she would
have George all her life now. How
wonderful it would be! She wondered
If that was why brides were so often
late because they felt they had so
much time
It was gloriously happy thought
to realize how much time she had.
She was only ten minutes late. The
few friends were at the Christmas
day wedding. And her bouquet was Of
holly and mistletoe. She had always
said she would love to have such a
wedding bouquet. It would be so
merry and Christmasy and such
happy, gay kind of a bouquet.
George had consented Of course. He
agreed to everything she said be-
cause he loved her so, and she was so
fair with him, too, because she loved
him sol
The ceremony was over. They
drove away in low sleigh with
jingling bells to the small house.
There, by themselves, they opened
presents. What glorious time they
had
And she had a little surprise for
him. Just little bit Of a surprise.
But she knew he would like it.
"Open that box, there, George" she
said.
He opened it.
And looked at some collars, many,
many collars, all much too big for
him.
"When I was buying my wedding
clothe. in town that time, George,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-17

=
that you'd spoken
of a wonderful
Kind ofecollar you
liked. I remem-
bered the name
too. WAS a
little pu zzl e d.
when the m a n
asked me your
. size. told him
though that as
long as he had
the right kind
the size didn't
make any differ
ence. When he
asked me if you
were bfgor small
told him you
were bi g of
course t.!
'tsWhy.GpOrpe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-17
Celery and Banana Salad.

Cut the bleached portions Of crisped
celery into half-inch lengths. Mix with
1t an equal quantity Of diced banana.
Arrange In small mounds In lettuce
cups, dress with mayonnaise and gar
nish with English walnut meats, or,
II novelty is desired, serve In banana
cases.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-17
The Plum
| Pudding
J Bv MARY grab AM BONNER
>ccc2oSoccoc 5000

a iAoA AAS
G / b G f o r e
cooked at all
to speak ';';1-|i Of
until she had
married Bert
that summer.
S h e h a d
made a great
success of 1t,
but she was a
little nervous
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-17

afterWard when she realized that she
had invited all Of Bert's family and
near relatives for a Christmas dinner
And that they had all accepted
''Now Marian dear" Bert had said,
"just have a simple dinner. Don't
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-17

lie was a young
bride. Every
p r e SIC n t she
had received
was very well
come. She had
depended on
pre- S e n t S to
furnish h e r
new h O m e
When she had
- -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-17
CHRISTMAS 800 YEARS AGO
First Yu!etide Eve of the Pilgrims
Was One Saturated With Grave
Fear of Attack.

& @ITTING about their camp
90 fires on Christmas eve, 300
A years ago, the Pilgrims on
- shore heard cry In the
woods and jumped to their
feet, expecting a sudden onrush Of
whooping Indians The attack failed
to materialize. How the Pilgrims
spent Christmas is told In the journal
they have left which says: mo man
rested that day"
The settlers were nervous. and again
at night they left well-armed men on
guard.
These poor fellows on shore did not
have any Christmas beer to drink.
About this time. it seems, the beer
supply was running low, and Captain
Jones of the N1ayf1ower was guarding
his stock Apparently he put every
body on water basis But Christmas
night he relented. Beer was served
to those OF the Pilgrims who were on
the ship.
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bother about the
frills. Our ordi-
nary Sunday din
ner will do beau
tifully. A n y 0 n G
who gets ur
usual Sunday din
ner is getting a
fine neal"
"Well, I guess
that is about all
I can doand for
so many, too,'
Marian said.
you're a Won
der to attempt
It," Bert said adj
miringly. B Il t
don't think you
have to overdo
It," .... .+. ....
For flayS and
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what is the matter? Won't they fit
you? Is the size so Important
"NIy darling little girl" he laughed,
what does it matter what the size
u.s. That is-it does matter about
wearing them I'm afraid, my love. But
to think you thought of me even
when you were getting the wedding
tineries and remembered the name of
the collar
They're my Christmas collars he
exclaimed, land I'll put them away
in the box with the Christmas bouquet
we're going to save. Such Christ
mas gift from a dear little bride
should never be mangled by any
laundry!"
"What silly I am" she laughed
gaily.
"But such an adorable sills
George answered o* he .fsSet her
WORRIED
"Jin1 didn't call last night"
"He didn't. What's the matter?"
s'sis doesn't know whether he's Ill
or Just lodging Christmas present"
When a motor ear, after being
.cranked, runs fer a minute or two, and
then stops, the first place to look for
the cause of the trouble is the gasoline
feed line.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-17

ment which she had repeated several
times.
She was speaking of George Far
well. George was so good looking
with his wonderful blue eyes, his
brown hair, his fine erect figure.
Wherever she saw men she thought
how insignificant they looked beside
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-17

Should Remember the Needy.
There is another thing than Christ.
mas shopping that should be attended
to as early as possible by those who
can afford it, and that is the making
of Chr :t+.stce f2crtot;~,,r &C.. fix, rnry
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-17

George. She was
glad that she
t h gu g h t that
way. She hoped
others thought
that way about
the men they
cared for. Then
everything would
be so smooth and
so simple.
She w a n t e d
everyone to.like
her George i'm
mensely. But it
would be ernbar-
RAISING if every
one thought just
the same about
him as she did.
T h e wedding
was to be Christ
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-17

"pIl Give 1t to Molly Stevens for I
Christmas Present"
something for Christmas that she
could have for her new home.
1--WE really can't afford to buy
another thing just now and that will
do beautifully"
'But the monogram her husband
inquired.
ooh, that can be taken off you
know, and another one put there In
its place. / heard some one ordering
that to be done In one Of the silver
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-17
HE TAMMNY
Christmas
Collars
By MARY GRAHAM BONNER

LOVE him, I
love him, I
love him." Ag-
nes Allen said.
And as she
49, was alone in
her room, and
as no one could
h e ar h er,
naturally there
was no answer
Ohpr state
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-17
A Christmas
Joke
By MARY GRAHAM BONNER
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