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Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-16

therefore it takes care of it in any way it sees fit, and this week it has seen fit to spread a black sticky substance over the surface. As soon as possible the oil or tar was covered with sand which dried quickly and when the gentle breees blow a fine dust is waited about. The police are in no pleasant state of mind for it is up to that department of the city to repaint the pure white lines that the state of Connecticut is engaged in obliterating. But there is no strike contemplated no departmental war i; but the state men go merrily on spread ing the road preserver Gnmindful of and oblivious to the scowls of the city's fin est as they pass along on their beats.
 It Is understood that unless the rail road situation clears up before long, some local industries may be seriously affected. This is not on account of lack of coal to furnish power but because shipping facilities are becoming such that manufactured products are not cas- fly distributed from the New York com mission houses which place orders with local mills. At least one Putnam mil has been storing cloth and doubtless others are in the same condition. This Is because they have been ordered rc hold of sending cloth to New York ex. cept when specifically ordered so to do.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-16
PLANFIELD

Dr. Hudson. John Jolicoeur, Mir. Fisher Dick Provost, Louis Holdham and Teddy Peltier were callers Sunday at Boston and Revere Beach.
 Due to the heavy fog Tuesday morning two automobiles collided at Lathrop's corner. One car was driven by Ben. Burdick and the other by Christopher Dear. The Dean car was damaged lit tie more than the other.
 Business callers in town Tuesday in- cluded Antonia Tony and Louis Masse from Norwich. Albert Peltier from Ma tick, R. l.
 Union St John the Baptist held it's meeting Monday evening. About 15o members attended President Edmund Mercier initiated 22 members which shows the progress being made by the organization. A light lunch was served by the women members of the society. There was singing by the two Denomme brothers and Victor Cloutier, and very interesting address was made by Rev. Father James J. Tyler, chaplain of the order, also by Paul Peltier, the vice president.
 Miss Severine Proulx was a caller in Danieison and Putnam Sunday. | An error by Smolowitz lost the game for the Young Giants playing against Fabers All Stars in a twilight game 1 Monday. As the score denotes, to S. the game was hotly contested battle The lineup was:
 1 Gaber's All Stars-Guestin C. Faber D
 Watson h. starkey 2b H. Vincent ss 1 Pat Burke 3b, Beausolet1' If, Phillips c6 | Bassin If
 Young Giants-Duffy c. smolowitz If 1 Aubrey of, Provost 3b. Sullivan D. J. Let | 2b. Jim Lee ID. Cotoin ss, Laporte 2b. | Scorer, Cote; umpires, LumDa and Sis Ter; time, 1 hour IT 1-2 minutes
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-16
DANELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

Dr. Harry Foster, the New York nose, ear and throat specialist, finished his weeks clinic at the Day Kinball hos pital, Monday afternoon. He performed in all a total of 15s operations. The larger percentage. of these operations. were performed upon children for ton
 sils and adenoids The hospital has been very busy place the past week and although extra nurses were employ
 ed the end of the clinic comes as a re- lief to a tired staff. Most of the chill dren were allowed to go home in the evening of the day of the operation but there were enough adult patients so that the hospital has been taxed for sleeping room. Those in touch with affairs at the Day Kimball hospital feel that be- fore long an effort should be made to- ward fund for a nurses home, which is sorely needed On account of present crowded conditions the night nurses | have to sleep away from the institution and some of the day nurses are occupy ing the. sun parlor and other parts of the hospital not intended as sleeping quarters. While there Is no complaining about cramped sleeping conditions 1t is not as 1t should be and some day q
 nurses home will be added as needed requirement for this institution constant
 ly enlarging its humane service.
 Ground was broken Monday morning for the new addition to St. Mary's
 school. The work will be rushed so that i the building may be ready at the soon
 est day possible as it Is expected that 1 the number of pupils entering this veal 1 will be the largest in the schools his
 tory. Several large trees that have stood on the parish grounds for many
 years had to be sacrificed in the line o progress. When all plans for addition 1 and changes are carried out it is esti- mated that the cost will exceed $10o,ooo In the years that Rev Charles F. Be
 dard has been head of the parish iti
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-16

Eighty per cent of the people of Korea are illiterate.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-16
MOOSUP

Mrs. Johnson of Seekonk, R. L. Is vis- iting Mrs. Dorfiinger.
 Mes. Herbert Robinson of Windham Center called on Miss True D. Kenyon Sunday afternoon.
 Miss Hilda Dorfiinger spent Sunday with Miss Dorothy Bishop at Woodbine cottage.
 Betsey Wilcox attended the funeral of the widow of Calvin Wilcox at Pachaug Monday.
 MT. and Mrs. O. E. Kenyon spent Sun day at Rocky Point.
 Mrs. Frank Gray and family visited Mrs Gray's father at North Sterling Sunday. The funeral services for Mrs. Joseph Goyette were held Monday morning at All Hallows' Catholic church.
 Emil Dorninger and his mother and sister Mary, with a young man friend. also Mrs Johnson of Seekonk. spent last Sunday at Rocky Point Miss Elizabeth German was in Daniel son Sunday.
 Harriet E. Kenyon called on Mrs. San ford Burdick at Oneco Wednesday night.
 Mrs. Almond Colvin underwent minor surgical operation Saturday afternoon at Day Kimball hospital, Putnam. She re- turned home Sunday afternoon. | Walter Owens is out with a new car. Clark Gallup has a new car. | Betsy Wilcox attended the funeral of her cousin at Pachaug Monday afternoon. | r-.-LA -.. .n.+ of 4ha paonia Af
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-16

vice president. Martin Brown. Stafford vile; recording secretary, Irene Belcher. Hartford; corresponding secretary, Hazel A. Brown, East Hampton treasurer, W. H. Brown. Jewett City.
 Resolutions were read on the death during the past year of four members, representing three. generations.
 The meeting adjourned until the sec ond Saturday in August, 1923, at Doug las. Mass, camp ground
 Guests were present from Norwich Mystic, South Coventry East Hampton Plainf1eld. Staffordville Hartford. Provi. dence. North Uxbridge and North Billeri- ca, Mass.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-16
GALES FERRY

Thomas Bulcock and Cutler Deutz of New York spent the week end with their families at Browns Crossing.
 Mrs. D. E. Olson of Jersey City. \. J. arrived Saturday to visit Mrs. William Russell.
 John Raymond Perkins of New York spent the week end with his family at Perkins place.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-16

Edwin Lathrop, returned home to Leba- non Sunday. making the trip by auto .lobile. Mir. and Mrs. Lathrop returned with her.
Evening star., 1922-12-31

white jute with every pretense of the
rolIicking fun and generosity that
Father Christmas stands for-but, un
der the gay nonsense. two lonely and
forlorn old men, without a penny to
buy a gift, and knowing no one in
all the world from whom a gift would
come. To one of them came the joy
of unexpected remembrance. a girl
clerk. and. together they played Santa
to the pitiful old fraud in front Of
their shop-giving a quarter each.
The holly has its thorn.
X X
TONIGH1, when sirens and whis-
ties and joy bells begin to clash
out their jamborees Of welcome to the
New Year. you may hear. under their
gay clamor. the soft tread of friend
Twenty-Five, on his way out OF the
world. And he won't be shambling
along like the broken-down old year
the comics make him. will he? You
will know-somehow-t he is
marching buoyantly like a soldier
through with foreign service on his
way to headquarters to be decorated
Anyhow, while we are getting ac-
quainted with Babe Twenty Three,
and making and breaking our good
resolutions. 1t is comforting to know
that a years change makes no altera-
tions in the friends we love. and that
together We may travel and travel
the great road, regardless Of time, un-
tive come to the turn in the lane.
Evening star., 1922-12-31
COME BACK, PLEADS
MISS VEINS UNCLE

sounding New Year eve appeal in
the hope OF effecting the return Of
Mildred Wen, eighteen-year-oId Chi
nese girl. who dropped out of sight
Just as her family had arranged a
wedding match for her with George
Mum Lee. wealthy New York student,
George Wen. uncle of the girl, last
night requested the newspapers to
publish today on open message to Mil
dred that she won't have to marry
any one II she'll only come home"
Encouraged by the receipt of tan
sible evidence of the girls apparent
safety and the indication. withal, that
she is still in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
sented in the engagement ring which
she mailed yesterday to her home
under a District of Columbia post
mark-Mr. Wen. announced that he
had forwarded the ring to the Tilted
New York suitor. thus writing flnis
on the Inflated romance which has
attracted national attention.
All will be forgiven and the young
Chinese girl may have her own way
in the future about whom she will or
will not marry. according to Mr.. Wen.
is quite i'll and needs her big sisters
care and attention, the girls uncle
emphasized. He hoped that the ap-
peal would touch the girls heart and
that she would at least get into tele-
phonic communication with her moth.
er some time today. \
The ring. valued at $3.50, was re.
turned in a small brown package,
addressed in Mildreds handwriting,
and was delivered by Q special deliv-
cry messenger. ---
Evening star., 1922-12-31
5YEAR WO0|NG
IN BRA|LLE Wins
Blind Lawyer Weds Libra
Iian Who Helped Him
Find Books.

|, elimination of blind couples
romance of five years duration, in
which billet doux typed by the Braille
system played stellar role. was
reached yesterday when Louis G..
Taylor. lawyer. with offices at 400
5th street northwest, and Miss Ruth
Lloyd Perry. connected with the
National Library for the Blind, 1900
d street northwest. both of them
blind. neither having ever seen the
other. We're married at noon in Rock
Vile. md, by Rev. $. J. Goode, pastor
of the Christian Church.
The unusual ceremony took place
at the home of the minister in the
presence Of John OXturncr, Fl. H.
Harris and Miss Veronica Tucker, all
of this city, friends of the couple.
Immediately following the ceremony
the party motored back to this city
to the home of the bridegroom, 1920
Columbia street northwest.
The elimination came in rapid
fire manner yesterday. Mr.. Taylor.
it was explained, was investigating
court marriage records at the court
house and became infected with "the
fever
1T was one of the happiest couples
1 ever married." declared Rev. Goode
after the tying of the knot.
The story of the courtship of Mr..
Taylor. who is forty years old. and
his wife. who is much younger. has
all the elements of fiction. About five
years ago the lawyer began studying
and reading literature at the National
Library for che Blind. where the
:olumes are written in raised letters
and where poor light and fine print
do not disturb the readers. Miss
Taylor often assisted the newcomer
in selecting books. and her quick
understanding of his wants and
sympathetic response to his trend of
thought struck a chord of sentiment
between them that soon ripened into
love.
The brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Rufus Perry, are dead. The Perry
estate. known as Harris Lots. is locat-
ed at Cobb's Neck, Charles county,
Md. Mrs. Taylor is the sister of Mrs.
Joseph NJ. Parrott. wife of Capt. Par
rott, United States Army, Quarter
masters Corps. Mr.. Taylor is a
native of Berkshire, England. He
became blind ten years ago. and. de-
termined not to allow loss of sight
to interfere with his plans for a
career. took up the study of the
Braille system, and, mastering It,,
plunged into his legal studies.
Evening star., 1922-12-31
TWO WOMEN CAPTURED
IN S4OO PURSE THEFT

Following theft of a handbag, con
tanning jcwelry valued at s32o. and
about $50 IN cash. from Mrs. Betty
Goodwin OF 221 Canal street south
west. police Of the fourth precinct
arrested two colored women on
harges of grand larceny in conrec-
;lon with the theft
The women who were taken into
custody by Officers {. C. Bennett and
+. A. Varney, after a short pursuit. IN
the vicinity ICf Sd and G streets south
west, gave their names as Betty
Betters, 224 r street southwest. ard
Beatrice Bright, 30s Virginia avenue
southwest.
Mrs. Goodwin missed the bag from
her arm as she was returning to he"
home She reported to the police
having seen two colored women
running down the street The arrests
foillowede.
F. II. Mail of .I5I California street
northwest, reported TO the police
last night the theft from his apart
ment some time since Christmas OF
$500 diamond ring. Police are con-
Quoting an investigation.
Evening star., 1922-12-31

tional details stationed across the
street to cover Mr.. krenn's hotel.
At 1890 their watchful waiting had
it's first jolt when the hotel guard
Five minutes of agitated hunting and
he was found four blocks away. stroll
ing down the avenue. Reporters and
photographers fell into line ana tho
procession moved on. At his radio
shop. his first business venture in
America. Mr.. Krenn stopped for a
conference with Adolph Dato. his
Swiss shop manager.
Journalistic Guard Follows.
The conference over. they bundled
the shops books under their arms and
departed for the Mccormick mansion.
where the entire newspaper guard
mobiliZed and stood at attention.
They did not have long to walt.
Shortly two uniformed footmen un-
rolled the red party carpet down the
front steps and over it erected a
gayly striped awning. A bulletin was
dispatched to the newspaper offices
and photographers climbed nearby
trees in search of better vantage
points.
Next q limousine arrived and a
fashionably gowned guest, who look
ed as though she might be the ad-
vance guard Of wedding party, trip
ped up the steps. Society editors peer
ing through the iron fence announced
Mrs. Martin B. Pike
Poetess Next Guest.
A second car arrived. Miss Harriet
Monroe. poetess and editor of a poetry
magazine, followed up the red-car-
peted steps. a long wait. Two o'clock
came and passed. then three empty
accompanied by several friends, came
down the steps and was whisked
away. while reporters raced for a
nearby taxicab fleet. The chase ended
when Mrs. Mccormick was discovered
entertaining her friends In her box
apin. the Russian basso. WELD his
broom in the brocken scene of "Mefisto-
phele.'
While breathless reporters heaved
sigh OF relief the hotel guard was
discovering it had misplaced Mr..
krenn again. Four minutes later he
was found stepping into his coupe.
Motor mounted correspondents
trailed the elusive Swiss into the
loop. He parked and went shopping
FOR two phonograph records. walked
about a bit and admired the store
windows. then returned to his car,
where an irate traffic policeman was
waiting with a slip directing Mr..
krenn to appear In court Tuesday
and explain a violation of the traffic
laws.
Next the chase led back to the radio
shop. A short wait and the cavalcade
Mr.. Krenn's coupe and a half dozen
taxi cabs returned to the hotel, when
Mr.. krenn went up to his suite.
There. a much agitated Mr.. Dato.
who had been waiting in his en-
ployerS rooms. burst into voluble
Swiss. Some of the newspaper guard,
who had remained to watch the hotel
suite. volunteered explanations. Cor
respondents seeking a private inter-
view had hit on the expedient of
sticking notes under his door. but
watchful rivals promptly hshed them
out again.
Mr.. Dato. waiting within, had been
vainly trying to catch one Of the
elusive envelopes as 1t appeared and
disappeared.
Mrs. Mccormick has been free to
marry again since Thursday. when
one year had elasped since her divorce
of Harold Mccormick. the harvester
nagnate. who last summer married
Ganua Walska. opera star, in Paris.
Evening star., 1922-12-31
AROUND THE CITY
BY Mamie Lancaster

of human jelly. and her voice was
streakcd with bragGadocio, as she ex-
planned to the friend with her-both
in a cafe doing things t. griddle
cakes and coffee:
"Accordin' to my figment, somethin' 8
wrong with my sp.rald colume-l
don't care what the doc says. / know
more this minute about ailame nts
than half the hospitals goin', an If
1t wasn't that my ole man would stop
work an lay back on me. I'd put up
sign on the front OF the house an
make good money"
To practice medicine without a
license is some idea-everybody will
have TO admit that:
He had Il mild. absent face with
loose lips and slack muscles. She
was 4 positive hone, with good.
wholesome red hands that showed for
housework and Il judicial capacity for
spanking babies. And both were
cumming along in the pre-Christmas
fog as gay as a pair of old larks.
humorous remark. and no sleigh bells
that ever jingled through poet $
Imagination were ever go joyous as
her chuckle and the retort that went
with it. Comradeship-you couldn'
ask for a better idea than that.
Old. ugly and poor. The three ply
tragedy is SO monotonously universal
that it is merely mentioned by way Of
introduction to a woman who was all
three, and yet:
She smiled as she limped along. as
though her thoughts were happy ones
AS if the coming Christ Child was
verify the Savior who would soon
translate her world-beaten body into
that place we know as heaven
And you couldn't ask for 4 better
idea than that,
* x * +
ND EDUCED TO 10 cents The tag
II Jay enticingly on pox, and the
bc. was in a shop window. Before
the window stood two women, and the
one with worry line between ner
eyes was saying unto the other:
Il paid a dollar for that identical
tie three weeks ago. You don't catch
me shopping early any more
But you avoided the rush.
'fIes, but my sister inlaw doesn't
/ bet she's on a lastminute snoop
around this very minute-and, IL she
sees this tie. she'll go home and tell
Tom it's a pity ! couldn't do better
by him. as good as he is to me. 1 get
stunS like this every year, but you
better believe it's the last time"
Which seems to infer that trade s
golden rule has its exceptions.
* X X X
TT was a gay, old Christmas time
L with the shops straight from fairy.
Fad and with Santa Claus delegates
parading before shops as If they own.
cd the town. A friend told this tin!
something about two Of those Santa.
who fiaunted their red cotton anC
Evening star., 1922-12-31
BARNES QUITS HAYS
OVER ARBUCKLE CASE

NEW YORK. December So.--De-
cause Will ii. Hays did not refer the
question Of reinstating Roscos
Arbuckle IN the film world TO the ad-
visory board invited TO aid In the
betterment Of motion pictures. Julius
II. Barnes. president Of the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States, To-
day sent letter to sir. Hays asking
that his name be stricken from the
list of the advisory board.
In the letter Nj. Barnes said:
Your Sction in regard to the ron
statement Of Rosco" Arb0ckle liz
wolves one Of the serious aspects in
which such d c ,mmittee might be cA-
pected to be consulted, yet the mat
ter was not presented to the advisor
committee for their opinion"
Mr. Barnes said that he wished TO
end the anomalous position my narnc
on that advisory committee creates.
Evening star., 1922-12-31

A RICH southerner. whose actiyl;
~ ties keep him in constant toucn
~ with Washington. has lived
here for years in Il pretty fur
nished house, which he occupies alone.
except for a man servant who is cook,
butler and valet. Some evenings there
are man guests. but usually the rails
ed curtains show the owner working
or reading under a silk shaded lamp.
with the super-servant keeping him
as luxuriousIy comfortable as the ira
ditional bug in the traditional rug.
The other morning, while the gen
tleman was taking a little saunter, a
newsdealer of the neighborhood
greeted him with an apology for
sending him such small bills:
You see. the servant brought the
check SO early in the morning that
had no larger notes on hand
The southerner was interested. The
morning check was news TO him. In
vestigation showed that the super
servant had, in the course of several
years service, forged his name to the
extent of about $500, but
1t seems to make no difference. The
house continues to be conducted with
it's oldtime luxurious comfort, with
the servant man on duty, as before;
sprinting from stores with basket
heaped with every good thing. in sea-
son or out; opening the front door TO
callers with the same discrimination
as to the interests Of the gentleman
of the house. and brushing clothing
at upper lace e-curtained windows. And
no one would ever have been the
wiser, except that the gentleman.
faced by a neighbor-you know how
news gets around-admitted this
much:
Well. sir, perhaps. as you say.
could have sent him to the peniten-
tiary. but what good would it do TO
bury a young fellow in prison for
twenty years, when I can give him a
chance at redemption? We have had
our understanding, and that's about
all-except that 1t is also to my ad-
vantage, for where could l get cook
to equal him. or anybody who would
take care of me as he does?"
Which seems to show that KiplinG
might have said something about
brothers, as we'll as sisters. under
the skim
X * x
I0NCE in a while say, after 3
~ Christmas rush-when your brain
is too added to hatch out a good
original idea, it helps to crib the
ideas of others-about like this:
She was pink and shaky. like a mold
Evening star., 1922-12-31
NOT KLAN MEMBERS.

Reading a published statement by
Representative Gallivan, democrat.
Of Massachusetts,, which they said
gave the intimation that Texas House
members belong to the Ku Klux Klan,
Representatives Blanton and Mans
field. democrats. of that state, denied
in the House yesterday that they were
members Of the khan.
'I don't believe q single member
Of the Texas delegation is a member
Of tho klan." said Mr.. Blanton, II
think this talk going about the coun-
try that Texas Is dominated by the
order should be stopped"
Evening star., 1922-12-31
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES
TOnAv

The Wanderlusters' hike will start
from Chevy Chase Circle at gao
O'Clock. w. B. Handy will lead.
Red Triangle Outing Club will meet
at 18th street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast, at o'clock. for a hike
to Benning. All back early. o. l..
Simpson will lead.
Perry w. Howard. special assistant
to the Attorney General. will speak
of THE Dyer Bill and Its Defeat" 4
o'clock. at 18th street branch Y. NJ. C.
A. Public. including ladies, invited.
TONIGHT.
Kevin Barry Council, American As.
sociation for Recognition Of Irish Re
public, will meet. o'clock, 1901 E
street.
The Independent Order Of Sons Of
Jonadab will hold a watch meeting
from 9 to midnight, in Pythian Tenn
pie. Good speakers and amusements
Alpha Sigma Lambda Fraternity will
give a progressive dinner party to
precede its New Year breakfast dance
from midnight to am.