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epoch were acquainted with a means for opening the front door by operat- ing a mechanism on an upper floor, just as the modern fiat-dweIler does by pushing a button.
 Doubtless those people possessed the know-how of a great many things which we have had to rediscOvcr. nos suspecting that they were old inVen- tions. Take for example the matter of steam-power. A citizen of Alex andria, in 150, B. C.. constructed simple steam engine in which cop per sphere was made to revolve by jets escaping from two opposite sides.
 It was, of course, only a toy; but there is no question of the fact that. before Christ was born, priests of the ancient religions contrived most in genious apparatus that was operated by steam, for the purpose of hunbug- ging the multitude with suggestions of the supernatural Thus at Sais in the temple of Minerva, there was an altar on which, when fire was kindled statues of Bacchus and Diana poured wine and milk. while a dragon hissed loudly.
 A Roman Hospital
 As a reproach to that ancient civil ization, 1t has been said that in the great city of Rome there was not one hospital. Perhaps that Is true, but if Is certain that there were military. field hospitals In the days of the Caesars. One of them, or its remains
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cocks much like those in use today. At many street-intersections there were fountains fed by the city water.
 If you want to get a notion of what the shops of that period looked like, take a stroll along the Boardwalk at Atlantic City, observing the open fronts and goods exposed on counters edging the thoroughfare. The shop ping quarter of ancient Rome had much the same aspect, with mer- chandise displayed in the same way.
 There were, of course, many mag nificent buildings in old Rome, but few that were more than two stories high. Prof. Camden M. Cobern, an expert in antiquities, recently stated that the palace of Nero had three ele- vators. But he thinks they were used only for freight. and that they were operated by man power, with ropes and counter-weights.
 The windows of the humber dwell ings were glazed" with thin sheets of oiled parchment usually; but those of rich mems houses and public build ings had panes of glass, set in bronze frames or in marble slabs. At that period nobody knew how to make glass transparent and free from bub- bles, and so. while the panes ad- mitted light, persons indoors could not see clearly through them.
 OId-Tfme Luxurious Furniture
 The ancient Romans were not ac- quainted with stoves. and their houses were heated with braziers Of charcoal. They had beautiful furniture, their bedsteads (open only at one side, with a short stepladder for the convenience of the occupan) being provided with luxurious mattresses and pillows. blankets and sheets. Nearly all of our chairs - reclining, cane-seated, I, leather-seated, and claw-footed-are copied after those they used. and we know no more gorgeous upholstering than theirs.
 The houses were lighted wita lamps
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BY ARTHUR BUDD

~ HE bar rail and the bungstarter are not mentioned in ancient & literature yet the grandeur that ~was Rome does not seem to have been spoiled by a lack of saloons whiskey had not then been invented but there were plenty of wineshops.
 Recent archaeological discovery has revealed much that was hitherto un- known about the comforts and con- veniences of life in days before Christ was born.
 Take for instance the matter of running water in houses. If there is one thing that, above all others, we regard as necessary of civilization 1t Is that. The ancients looked upon 1t in just that light, yet with us it is comparatively new
 The city of New York had no run ming water in its houses until 1776. when a reservoir was built for the purpose east of Broadway. water be- ing pumped into it from wells.
 Rather primitive-eh, what? What would Julius Cesar have thought of 1t? When. in the century before Christ was born, he paid a first visit to Alexandria, in Egypt, he found there underground water-supply system so complete that, as he wrote, the city seemed hollow underneath p
 Water In Ancient Rome
 To excite his attention, it must have been indeed remarkable, fnasmuch as Rome in that day had a wonderful water system. the water being fetched to the imperial metropolis by great aqueducts which were marvels of en- gineering. At intervals along the streets stood tall pillars of masonry each surmounted by a tank of hewn stone. The water emptied into these tanks from lead pipes was distributed through smaller pipes to the houses in some of which there were a dozen or more faucets controlled by stop
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which burned olive oil. and with candles of tallow and wax. St. Jerome wrote that the streets of ancient An tioch were illuminated by lamps, but it is not known whether the same was true of Rome. It seems likely. People carried about with them, at night. lanterns of bronze, with panes of horn, mica, or oiled silk. In the ruins of Pompeii a mans skeleton was found, with a lantern alongside it. Probably he was using it in an effort to escape amid the darkness of the eruption of Vesuvius.
 Pompeii was a city of about 20 900 inhabitants. It was the fashionable summer resort of welI-to-do Romans, on the beautiful Bay of Naples, cor responding to our Newport. The lava flow (which wiped out nearby Hercu- laneum) did not touch it. but it was buried nearly to the tops of it's two story houses by a rain of volcanic ashes. By this means it was pre- served relatively intact through the centuries; and, thanks to recent ex- cavattons, it has revealed much that would otherwise be unknown about the ways of living of the Romans in the first century of our era.
 Caesars Fire Department
 It Is known that a fire department was organized in Rome. in the year 73. B. C.. by Julius Caesar, and that it gave employment to a force of 500 men. The primitive fire engine used was pair of pumps worked by beam. There were also at that period emergency fire extinguishers kept in houses, called 'siphons," but what they were like nobody can say.
 Romans in the Augustan era-just about nineteen centuries ago-used latchkeys- They were very different from ours. and were attached to flnger-rings. having thus the advan- tage that they could not easily be lost And. by the way. the folks of that
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carved in reverse Dut Nebuchadnez- gar, who rebuilt Babylon and recon structed the Tower of Babel, left his own name on thousands of millions of bricks, printed in the same fashion. The Edison Of Syracuse
 Archimedes, the famous philosopher and scientist of Syracuse. who for three years held off the besieging Ro- mans from the conquest of that city by novel war machines of his own contriving. was the greatest inventor of his age. He is said to have in vented the lever and is quoted as re marking that if he had a lever long enough and a fulcrUm strong enough. he could move the world. The wind mill-driven screw used today in Hol- land for lifting water was originated by Archimedes.
 The Egyptians used incubators for matching eggs thousands of years be- fore the birth of Christ. exposing them to slow heat in oven-lil1e structures of mud. Probably those people of the Nile invented many things which con tribute importantly to our civilization today. Their engineering cleverness, especially in connection with the Py- ramids, excites our wonder even now
 The problem of the Pyramids how ever. has been solved. We know that the blocks of limestone were quarried at Turra, ten miles upstream, dra gged on sleds with the help of rollers to the Nile bank. foated down the river on rafts. dragged again to the build ing site, and pulled with ropes up temporary inclined planes of earth to the requisite height for putting in place.
 We know mighty little about irriga- tiOn engineering that was not familiar to the Assyrians and Babylonians 1000 years before Nebuchadnezzar was born. The vast alluviaI plain Of Mesopotamia was a marshy waste when they tackled it. and they trans formed 1t into a garden.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-23

F'ishhooks of exactly the patternl familiar today were used by the SwissI ake-dweIlers 12,O00 years or moreI ago. The EtrusCans, who antedatedI the earliest Romans in Italy, uSedI bronze studs like our collar-studs .oI fasten their clothing. In one of theirl tOmbs was found a plate with several artificial teeth of wood attached to it-I
 Minor Inventions Of Antiquity
 Safety pins of modern pattern wereI in common use among the ancient Rc-I mans and Greeks. Sometimes theI were ornamented with gems. A!soI thimbIes (topless like some modcrnI ones). with fluctuations to engage theI needle; bodkins like ours, tweezers fprI the toilet, fnetooth combs of ivoryl and big-headed hairpins which werS the originals of the hatpins wom eHI now use.
 Their razors were of bronze.l curiously sKapsd like a crescent mood with a straight handle. Julius CasnfI must have shaved himself with one oi those: his portraits show that he word no beard. The ladies of his period used hand-mirrors of the same pat tern as those now familiar, but theH were of polished bronze or silver.
 The common paper-fastener, used by the modern business man to ho.5 sheets together, was an ancient Ro-I man invention: but it was employed to secure the thin strip of copper Id the leather of the soldiers belt. Per haps also for other purposes of whicF% we know nothing.
 Silk and cotton were woven ir China and India many centuries bel fore the birth of Christ. But why gc| on? One might write book about the| ideas and inventions which our mod ern civilization owes to the ancientsI
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%3 HERE have been many varia- tions of crook plays" with num- E berless methods of working the S1 reformations. but in "Slippy Me Gee" a new formula has been found by Marie Conway Oemler, the South ern novelist, whose story in book form reached tenth edition popularity. Had "Slippy McGee," the country's clever est cracksman. not fallen from freight train in making his escape and been carried to the parish house in small Southern town. there would have been no story. But the author works from this situation in her striking story of human salvage which centers about the crook. a priest, a boy and a girl.
 The story was filmed in Natchez, Miss. The camera invaded the his toric old mansions for the first time, some of the "Iocations" being in the most prominent homes of the South. Wheeler Oakman and Colleen Moore play the principal parts.
 Morals"
 Carlotta (NIay NcAvoy) is an Eng fish girl who has been reared in a Turkish harenl. To escape a distaste- full marriage she escapes with an Eng fish adventurer, and finally reaches London. Here the man is killed and the girl is destitute. She attaches her self to Sir Marcus Ordeyne in a park and begs his protection. He takes her home out of pity and finds no way of disposing of her. Her naive charm and utter innocence soon win his staid bachelor heart and he plans to marry her. Judith Mainwaring, a woman of the world who has long loved Sir Mar GUS, tells Carlotta he merely pities her and is marrying her to stop unpleasant Ca~lnAfS PaSQuale, one of Sir Marcus friends, though she loves Sir Marcus. Months later Mrs Mainwaring meets Carlotta in Paris. and ashamed, tells the girl the truth, that Sir Marcus is distracted and still searching for her Carlotta then goes back to the kindly bene- faStor who has wakened her soul and
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SNAPSHOTS.

Another instance of q star supporz ing a star is found in the case Of COB way Tearle, who is playing the n1st lead to Norma Talmadge in her c11f rent prod uction. The Duchess Langeis.''
 In his next comedy Buster kea19| will be a policeman-or at least thA is the inference from the title he i1a just given it--Cops-"
 Douglas MacLean is to have one P the uveliest vehicles of his career Bell Boy 13."
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taught her what love means.
 "Chivalrous Charley''


 "Chivalrous Charley,
 In "Chtvalrous Charley Eugene O'Brien, who plays the title role, is at his best He is the soft hearted but hard listed nephew of an Uncle poli- tician, who wishes to cure him of try ing to protect the fellow who is down." thereby getting himself into countless squabbles. He wins the title Of "Double-flsted Riley" and proves that he isn't afraid to soil his clothes or tear his shirt or get beaten up trying to help the under-dog. In this picture Charley" Is supposed to have spent months on a ranch where he learned to fear nothing, yet he returns to New York only to get into trouble again, protecting defenseless women. In the fight scenes he goes after the toughs like a Dempsey. challenges ''an corners" and fights like the man he really is.
 "F1ower Of The North"
 This is a tale set in the heart of the Canadian Forests The principal characters are D'Arcambal, a recluse; Jeanne, "Flower of the North" known as his daughter; Philip Whittemore, young American. and Pierre Cauchee, a half-breed. There are sew era1 thrilling scenes. One shows Jeanne caught in Big Thunder Rapids. The canoe Is overturned. but Philip swinls out from shore and goes through the rapids with Jeanne. final ly bringing the canoe to shore Later on there is an Indian fight In this scene Jeanne lights a signal fire and summons group of friendly Indians in time to save Philip.
 Pauline Stark plays as Jeanne, and Henry B. Walthau as Philip.
 "ToIable David'
 How love and adoration on the part of a carefree mountain youth for his big brother lifts him from boyhood to manhood in a single day and causes him to scale insurmountable heights in behalf of his brother is the story which Richard Rarthelmess portraYs
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in 'Torable, David." the stars first starring picture.
 The play, staged in the mountains of Virginia, is full of heart appeal wound around simple family life
 A newborn babe who pulls at the heros very heart strings with the mes sage his entrance into the world car ries is among the characters David's dog, his courageous father. tender mother. pitiful sister-in-law. whose
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life is blighted by the tragedy which befaIls his hero-brother. all carry the same message
 ssWinning With Wits"
 The story carries an acute human interest and deals with all kinds of situations from business methods to Hindoo magic It is an adaptation of a story by H. H. Van Loan. the noted fctionist, relating the experiences of a courageous young girl who puts into
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Some girls like to be "mermaids'' Palm Beach or "batEing girls. in Ca
 ifornia. while Norma Slrearer says sh prefers to be 'snowbird" up Canada
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execution a scheme to fight for her

execution a scheme to fight for her fathers edom-and who wins
 One of the ways in which she se- cures a confession from her fathers employer and false accUser is by means of a clever fortune telling stunt, in which she dresses herself as a famous seeress and conjures up be- fore the eyes of the terrified employer an apparition of her father This scene is especially we'll acted and is
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~ HE bar rail and the bungstarter are not mentioned in ancient & literature, yet the grandeur that
 D was Rome does not seem to have
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"SlippyMcGee''-"Mo Morals"- "Cf,ivalrous Char ley''-"Flo,Oer of the North" "-"ToIable
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ES HERE have been many varia-
 tions of "crook plays" with num-
 berless methods of working the e1 reformations, but in ''SHppy Me
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beautifully designed and costuned.
 Barbara Bedford is the star. She has a dual role. playing as Mary Sudan and Mary Wyatt
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Norma Shearer

Norma Shearer. the talented young insenue. is right in her element up in the frozen north, where she is sup porting Eugene O'Brien in the filming of "Channing of the Northwest" Norma is a Montreal girl by birth and has always been devotee of the win ter sports She is an expert in skat- ing and skiing and can steer coaster down a mountain-side as well as any boy. While not actually working be-
 fore the camera Norma expects to en- joy some rare sport during the next six vt eks. not to mention the snow shoeirg to location" every morning.
Putnam patriot., 1922-08-11
DIED

ANGEIt In Putnam, Aug 8, Alice F. AugeIL wife of Mathewson An gell. aged iG years. BARTLETT In East Killingly, Aug. G, Almond T. Bartlett. aged >7 years
 BlBlk In North GrosvenordaIe Aug l. Joseph Bibik. aged years FIELD In killingly, Aug $. Mrs. Julette trhomasl Field. aged s6 years
 JoSLIN-ln East Thompson, Aug 9. Sylyanus Joslin. aged 69 years HLERART In Putnam. Aug x, Mrs Ida F klebart. aged 6o years. STEPHAN In Bridgeport. Aug r. Ms Catherine Sheehan widow of Patrick sbeehan. aged so years SMITH In Putnam. Aug. 3. Orrin smith. aged S4 years. WEEKS h Putnam, at the Day Kim haH Hospital Aug :. infant son. Merton Edward. of Mir and Mrs. Orrn Weeks of Abingdon.
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MT. Ida E Klebar,

The funeral of Mrs Ida klebart, who died suddenly Tuesday afternoon at her home on South Meadow street, while sitting in her favorite chair. was held yesterday afternoon Numerous relatives and friends assembled at the late home of the deceased Co pay their lazt sad tribute Of love and respect to hef memory The service was con dueted by Rev John W Walker. for mer rector of St Philips church. Burial was at Webster. Mass
 Hfz klcbui made her home in Put nam for many years. She was a member cf St Philip, church, the Womau's Relief Corps and the baugh- terz of Rebekah. in all of which she was greatly interested and did much m E.r lifetime fo promote their wei. fare During the war Mrs. klehaft wa= particularly active in behalf of tAa Rcd Cross, devutnr much of hef sme and giving much labor 10 the un I,rtakinps of the society.
 Hry klrhart iy survived bY twt
 HIaeu Naek H. who is adiatant o' Ansem Mayottr Post the Americar g.ezian. ard Miss lnel Klebart
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PUTNAM PERSONALS

Mr. and Mrs. William P Warren we're in Worcester last evening at tending the fbeatre
 Joseph Giraea. employed by the American Railway Express Go, is hav ing a weeks vacation.
 C. A. Hammond. Oak Hill, has been entertaining his niece. Mis- Laura Phinney of Haydcnville. Mas.
 MT and Mrs M K Coleman re turned Saturday from motorcycle trip to Rochester and Niagara Fnu
 Cyril Remillard, window dresser at Che Byrue Co, store, with Mr and Mrs Harry St Onpe of Worcester spent one week of his vacation ai Camp Rich. Milton. leaving Monday fot Ross foiut
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Orrin smith

The funeral of 0rriu Smith. who he'd m this city Saturday, was held Tuesday afternoon at o'clock at the Grove Street chapel Burial ln Grove Street cemetery
 Nr Smith WIS born tn Canterbury Feb 20. Is3s When a young man he came Co Putnam and engaged lH che blacksmith trade He lived for many years on Elm street lnow Mann m thc house removed back Go make way for the new brick block being built op- positr the Pelouuu building \ score 5f years ago he settled near che vil- lage of AttaWauRan. .tI. he con dueted hlaeksmitby Several years ago he came back to Putnam. living in tho David F Clark tenement on k1llugly avenue Comparatively n short time since he shod par of oxen just to prove that hc hadn't for gotten how His wife and daughter. Mrs. Clara Brown, both of them in feeble health, survive Mir Smith was one of the oldest members of the Baptist church and. until his hearing failed. was a regular attendant
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OBITUARIES
Mrs Alice Angeli

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 MI Alice r AnzeIl wife of
 atheAson Angel. passed away al her home on Fremont street. Saturday. sae g. Death came at the age of s6
 eais following prolonged illness eH JaHuafy sine suffered shock fl9B which she partially recovered
 at ace the l6tf of March had been
 HhHe8 Co He bed Although sh,
 aaHa4 intense pain almost eeHtia- 8sIiy through H al she showed the same ss.rt.tue and patience which aad ci ar etefzea her throughout life
 Funeral services were held Tue
 af at2 o'clock at her home Rev J. Spencer Noorhees, pastor of the Goi % zreRatioual church of P0mfret. off, liated A quaItef sang "God Will take care of you" and Tn the sweet by and bv Burial waa in the Grove Street cemetery and the bearers were her aephews, Walter 1 Wheaton. Wil- nam E Wheaton. Raymond Wheaton. and n-iu-law. Walter Turner
 Mir Angell was born in Pomfre, 5he daughter 0f AHgell Wheaton and Lydia A. Williams Wheaton. She re- eeised her education in pomfret and later attended Putnam High school At the age of : years she joined the Congregational church of Pomfret. where she held her membership until last year. when she transferred t to the Second Congregational church Of tbis city
 On September i3. 1881. she WIS married Co Mathewson Angel. Five daughters and son were born to them She leaves beside her husband three daughters, Mrs William MeMan- Us of Holyoke, Lottie NJ Angell of Troy. N r., where she holds the posi- ton of Girls Work Secretary of the | W. (. A. and Mrs Howard k Car peHter 9f this city. her son. Edward T. Angel of Newark. N J.; step-son, Warren F. Angell of Scituate. R l.
 Her oldest daughter. Mrs Walter Turner. died January 90, 1919, and Alice L. Angell m infancy
 1 sister. Mrs Frederic II Stone of WiHsted, also formerly of Putnam and q brother Thomas Wheaton, also survive her She was sister of the late Edgar M Wheaton
 Nrs Wheaton was a devoted wife . a self sacrificing, loving mother. and al~ays lent helping hand wherever she could be of service 1
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Gard of Thank.

Through tbe circulation of this pa. per. we Wish Co express our sincere heartfelt thanks to our relatives, friend and aelghbors for ther many gifts and contributions of beautiful flowers. tokens of sympathy and love which they from time to time have brought to our beloved deceased wife and mother also for the floral con- tubuueHs at che time of the funeral
 Mathewson Angell
 Warrcu E. Angell
 Ni- William NJ McManus
 fafte NJ Aneefl
 Mr Howard K Carpenter
 Edward N AnEell
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LUCIUs F MERRIAM LEAVES
 HOSPITAL. VISITING BROTHER

Lucius r Merriam, who has been at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Boston. several weeks. where be uo- derWcnt m operation. ts now at the home of his brother. Henry r Mvru am, Arlington Heights, where he will recuperate before coming to his home iu this city
Putnam patriot., 1922-08-11

The Canton Christian College of south China is importing American dome ac animals and numerous plants and fruit and nut trees In an effort to improve the agricultural situation m that section