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Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1922-02-24
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WALKS INTO TOWN


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hooker Nell. the new woman On her
head was rakish little hat on her
feet were stout little shoes Her coat
Was long. Of dark Ercenish cloth n
the mode OF on the bias or something
IN other ats mere male that's try
He Go wute this drivelD Her stock
IuEs were wool like the kind man
uses for golf. and. excuse as please I
where her mother wore the skirt Of
womauhoed. this new woman wore i
rair ~ aatty green knckefboeker-
Down she came right through the
crowd The men smiled and some Of
tho women frowned, but IL didn't
fe44e kuekerhockrr Nell She had
ahen the last step in the emancipation
whatever chat may be- Knockers
she wore and Knockers She showed
with all the nonchulnnre Of those beau
tires ONE sees at the races Ia Paris %.
porting themselves in the gowns Of
Fourt aH8 imyin aud paquin and an
NHf N|#It. ffAiAN ftAtNNNftAft Il" VIII
take.a piece II ribbon, give It a tVi 4
8H3 sell It Tor fifteen hundred and
ethN nine thousand times what its
worth
"Didia see her." was the cry when
the young woman passed The crowd
grew The balcony Of the Arcanun
Club creaked under the weight of is
members and threatened 10 hurtle
them into the street below The PEG.
pile from Grove street and the folks
from Church street came patterine
down In the slcet to see the show !
half hour passed and back she came
Between the silent, aghast crowd.
came Knickerbocker Nell. head up
chin in. with Just bit of swagger
On she went until the doors of the de.
partment store swung behind her,
Putnam had seen the New Woman
IN pan-beg pardon l-kniekerbock
ers.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1922-02-24
WEDDINGS
LINElIAN RUSSELL

Miss Florence y Russell. daughter
II Mr.. and Mrs Frank J. Russell IF
IS Canal street, and J Joseph Line
han were married in Worcester Tues
day morning by Rev. NJ. O'Connell
At Our Lady Of the Angels" church.
After reception and wedding break
fast at the home Of the brides sister,
IS Heard street. where Miss Russell
has made her home since her parents
came 10 Putnam. they left for New
York. where they will spend a ten
days honeymoon They will make
their home In Mansfield, Mass
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1922-02-24

The appropriations voted by the
council wore "a f,Itatts.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1922-02-24
LOWER TAX RATE
NOW IN PROSPECT

F1avf#s 9no assem- RE ar
nual nicotine - the city r. Putnam, 20
He aIa ~ so 1e zel b.
Mayor 3iae4aaaI ana the common
council 20 appropriate sf59ese 70 de-
fray enc expense q the municipality
10 in8 the forthcoming year. To
raise this sum. the meeting sill be-
asked 10 levy i tax # nine and one
half mills on the dollar and 70 my on
additional one and oHr-haf mills tax
for the Payment ~ interest ani the
reduction Of lhe p4aaIp4i of the city
sewer debt Ths anticipated ] n.iia
tax would be three-f5artHs 4 @ mil
less than las: year
The common council decided upon
the appropriations 70 He asked for, at
the adjourned meetings Tuesday
night Every item wa@ ser1tinize4
carefully and wherever possible. was
pared, the final figure being. IN the
opinion Of the aldermen. as low as
they possibly can be and pay current
expenses
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1922-02-24
MRS. THOMAS BRADSHAW

The death Of Mrs Fannie l. Brad
shaw. widow Of Thomas Bradshaw Of
North Woodstock. occurred 40 the
Norwich State Hospital "Wednesday.
Fob
The funeral Is to-day AZ the Couert-
sauoHa church, North Woodstoea.
Rev Henry Baker Officiating
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1922-02-24

Mrs Sophroua p. Lyon died Satur-
day marainE. Feh is. At the home Of
bier son. George A Lyon. m Mood
stock. al Che acg Of 80 years Anoth-
cr SON, Fred W Lyon q southbridge.
survives.
The funeral service was held Mon
day afternoon.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1922-02-24
GIRLS CLUB ACTIVITIES

The Girls Club viii hold a food sale
Saturday. Feb. 2s. from . till 6 y. N.
AZ Giiman's store. Mrs Armand Mont
willie iu charge.
There + also the regular business
eetina II tht eleb On Monday night
Fob
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1922-02-24
Discuss Police Appropriation

A move - cut the appropriation Of
che police department By introducing
economies, war made. but It was de-
cided to be the best policy to give the
appropriation asked for and continue
the police force as at present eonsti-
tuted Captain Of Police Delage stat
ed that by eliminating the day-off a
month, now enjoyed by the police, and
substituting two weeks vacation with
pay; eliminating an officer now doing
duty during the daytime and having
an extra patrolman only on Saturday
afternoons and Sundays. would net a
saving Of between s700 and $500 a
year The aldermen, however, said
that such economics would affect the
routine and efficiency Of the depart
ment too much. and therefore wouli
not be wise ones to make. So nothing
was done about the matter
Recommends Appropriations
The Recommendations voted by the
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1922-02-24
Want Street Lights

Alderman Dean called attention T.
the repeated requests Of residents
along Qnincbaug avenue. for street
lights rs Far down as Kent's Corner
He declared these people were tax
payers and entitled to some consider
alton He believed they should get
the lights they need and request
Mayor Macdonald said steps have
been taken to have the lights Install
ed. the electric light company only
waiting until the telephone company
has put up poles indications are that
the lights will be- installed and oper
ating before very long The matter
was referred TO the committee on
street lights To this committee also
was referred the request for street
lights on South Main street. to be- i'm
stalled near the Hopkins place
Alderman Dumas spoke to the eouu-
al IN regard 70 the condition - the
cross walk un Providence street at the
coal yard Of Whipple 4 Gilpatrie He
declared that nj this season of the
year the mud Is so deep at the point
in question that people must walk IN
the road lie Thought that the city
houli put in first class crosswalk.
The matter was referred TO the high
way committee with power to act.
Felix LRmothe was granted permis-
sion. on recommendation Of the high
way committee. TO install a gasoline
pump az the corner Of Providence and
School streets. the pump to be off the
highway Permission was also grant
ed 6. L Miller to install such a pump
on Woodstock avenue. this pump also
20 be of the highway.
Defy Common Council
Alderman Dumas declared that
Munroe 4 Brown, School street, con
tinued 90 use their gasoline pump. in
supplying customers. despite the fact
that the council had refused permits
sion "a install and operate such a
pump 80 that particular spot Mr..
Dumas believed that the council
should 40 something 70 enforce It's
vote To institute such action, the
couaeil WAS Informed. would probably
he followed by Munroe & Brown
starting su.t against the city The
question WAS referred 70 the highway
committee With Instructions 70 tolk
,he matter aeer with Corporation
Counsel T5rey ara report back.
Mns " Bartlett appeared be
fore the COUNSEL to- arain urge the ere.
alton by the ety. III cooperation with
the town - probation apartments
for use by the probation officers Of
the town ana city Mayor Macdonald
stated. when Mrs. Bartlett had con
oluded her remarks. that he believed
that such a request as she made
should come to the council from tbs
judge Of the Juvenile Court, N. II
Geissier However, he said, the eoun
Gil would take the matter under ad
visement and report would be mad'
az a later meeting.
During the meeting the council add
ed two new members TO the Hook 5
Ladder Company Of the fire depart
ment They are James Connors an'
n.tears.. 50 qss5tfa
New Britain herald., 1922-09-06

ing for our little city inspired by the honest attempt we have made to give them joy today,
 At this writing 1t Is impossible to know whether this hearty greeting, the outpouring of New Britain's cord ial heart, should be tempered in the lightest-because we do not know the score of the baseball game at this stage, But New Britain is too big 10 be influenced by even such an import ant thing. Even though Babe Ruth has just stepped to the plate and cleared the bases of alert officers, with home run of record propor- tions; even though we should be showed under" by the efficient gen. tlemen of the law from abroad-or even though we should prove that New Britain policemen are showing that they can play ball as well as bawl out-under any circumstances New Britain welcomes the Meriden off, ficers cordially and hopes that here they may find something worthy of their commendation.
 Have bully good time, gentlemen we are for you. Enjoy the day which is the sort made for enjoyment, and may you find here no word but one of cordial greeting-that is what we are trying to give you. ....
New Britain herald., 1922-09-06
INJTNCTION DISCTSSION

Immediately upon announcement of the reported terms of the injunction granted to the government in the raiI- road strike matter, The Herald while approving the order which restrained strikers from interfering with men who wished to work and which tended to prevent interference with transportation, called attention to it's sweeping terms and expressed its be- lief that it would be modified on the argument September Il. Today comes news that there is strong feeling in Washington that such step should be taken, and Attorney General Daugher- ty insists that the government has no intention of abridging constitutional rights of free speech.
 If the government has no such in- tention the government, through At torney General Daugherty, will not in- sist on the enforcement of the tenn pOiaiy iilJuiICllOl presumably QraWn by him. according to the strict letter of the document. All the power pos- sible and necessary should be placed In his hands to prevent violence, to prevent interference with men desir- ing to exercise their right, inalienable of working when and where they will Let him ask no more than this in ad- dition to the power to prevent inter- ference with transportation. Let him go energetically about his business of seeing that he uses this power; let him forget there is a gallery" to listen to his speeches and let him not seek to make permanent an order which, now, he says he does not in- tend to enforce as 1t might be en- forced according to its strict terms,
New Britain herald., 1922-09-06
WELCOME TO OUR CrrYp

New Britain greets the officers of the law from Meriden today with all the reverence, fervor and fornality due such august personages, May they bask in the sunshine which the New Britain police department has SO thoughtfully provided for them and, when the golden light has merged into twilight, the twilight to darkness and the darkness become sllyered by the light of the glorious moon which has been ordered on the job especially for the occasion, may they return to their pretty city full of good food and friendship for New Britain, determin. cd to look with eyes Of Clarity and human sympathy upon any unfortunate ,discoHstruers of the law who may chance to pass their way and fail into their clutches-eiutehe made more lenient because of the warmth Of feel.
New Britain herald., 1922-09-06
LEAGUE ELECTS OFFICERS
Six Vice Presidents, Chosen Today, Include Earl of Balfour, Repre- senting Great Britain.

Geneva, Sept. (By Associated Press) The league of nations as sembled today elected as its six vice presidents the Earl of Balfour, Eng land Gabriel Hanotaux, France; senor Gomez, Portugal; Hjalmar Granting, Sweden; Amelio Gimeno y Cabanas, Spain, and Dr. Momtchilo Ninchitch, Jugo-Slavia.
 The six new vice presidents with six members elected by the assembly committees will make up the steer ing committee to organize the busi- ness of the assembly under the rules along with the president.
 The debate on the work of the league was reopened by Lord Robert Cecil of England, representing South Africa, He approved of the work of the council during the past year but expressed the fear that 1t was in danger of being overwhelmed by a mass of detail leading public opinion to underrate the really important work of the council.
New Britain herald., 1922-09-06

comes "old hioned"-except In rare instances, The writer must be abreast of the times and little ahead of them if possible, In reaching out into the future, to keep up-to-date penwomen and pen men do not hesitate to treat lightly the things. the ideals and senti- ments called old fashioned Among these are loyalty and patriotism, Much fun is poked at the old-time Fourth of July orator. The truth Is he is usually a bore. But the inspira- tion Of that orator, originally was love of country, When he is ridculed his subject becomes the object of ridicule, Home" and mother are themes for many parodies-clever writers make great fun of them, The sentiment that clings to them Is fashioned. The clever writer of today will shun them as inspiration of his writings, Yet home" and mother" go hand in hand with true loyalty and patriotism. He who ridicules them would~ think nttle of ridiculing country.
 The campaign against disloyalty to beconducted by the League of Pen women-and it would be well were the men to be included-will be worth while if it only hints gently to the pen- should be a bit more careful of their own writings.
New Britain herald., 1922-09-06
A DAB AT POLITICS

The ward caucusese were held last evening by the Democrats and those interested in politics are not stirred to the depths of their hearts by conster- nation over any startlingly new de- velopments. The main interest still centers over what will happen to Jo- seph NJ. Halloran and Mayor Paonessa the former an avowed candidate for the congressional nomination., the latter a man formally pledged to help Mir. Halloran in his ambition, without any attendant promise to spurn any politically good things that might come his own way.
 It is one of the strange things about politics that it is supposed man who enters that interesting and often per- picking phase of activity, must im- mediately assume the habit of form ing willy, secret and more or less rep rehensible alliances in the develop ment of schemes to advance his own 
 interests. No act or failure to act, on the politicians part, is noted without bringing from some shrewd brain an explanation for that act or failure to act, based on reasoning which neces- sitates the existence of such foxy plan. Every deed must have political sig nifcance, according to some observ- CTS must suggest some promise made some alliance to be fostered.
 Why it is thought man who takes political office or who aspires to one must abandon all ordinary feelings and must be swayed by emotions which do not affect the ordinary, non- political person, is mystery. To the Innocent Bystander it would appear that today, after the ward caucuses have been held, the situation regarding Messrs. Halloran and Paonessa is about what 1t has been for many moons. The former wants the nomination and be- . l1eVeS ne SQOulu Have II. we DelleNS he should have it. Mir. Halloran be- lieves Mayor Paonessa should give him full support in return for what he. did for the Mayor in the local election. The Mayor, naturally pleased by his recent local political success, is glad to give Mr. Halloran his support up to the point where that support calls for protestations of willingness to sacrifice himself, should he be of- fered some great prize. Beyond that point he is unwilling to go, although quite possibly, he has made no secret plans which would require the elimin- ation of Mr. Halloran for their suc- cess. Confdentially the Innocent By stander does not believe that any of- fer of candidacy for any office to Mayor Paonessa will wipe Mir. Hallor- ans name from the slate if 1t would be written there without such offer to our Mayor.
New Britain herald., 1922-09-06
ZIONIST NOTES
Motion Pictures of Palestine To Be
 Shown Here

The New Britain Zionist district
 has arranged for the exhibition of
 the latest motion pictures of Pales- tine. These pictures were made through the efforts of the Zionist or ganization and special attention is paid to the new Jewish life in the Holy Land. They show very wildly the life in the Jewish colonies, the schools, the streets, the modern buildings. One reel shows the life of the "chaluzim," that is, those refu- gees who have escaped from Europe and have come to Palestine. They come to their new home penniless and until they are able to support them selves they are supported by the Zionist organization. Due to lack of houses they live in tents. While most of them were students in Poland. Austria and Russia, in Palestine they work at hard manual labor building irrigation ditches and roads.
 The pictures are most interesting and will be shown in the Nathan Hale school auditorium, Fremont street, on Thursday evening, Sept. 7th.
New Britain herald., 1922-09-06
LAFAYETTE-MARNE DAY

By fitting coincidence this day is the anniversary of the birth of the great Frenchman, Lafayette, to whose memory General Pershing spoke standing at the foot of his statue on the arrival of the American forces in France to participate in the world war and the anniversary of the first battle of the Marne. The words of General Pershing recalled the debt we owed France. and suggested that in the arrival of our forces to fight by her side we were doing no more than the thing which gratitude and recollection dictated.
 If Lafayette had not lived, if the battle of the Marne had not turned out as it did, different history of this country and of Europe might have lived to give his help, and inspire the help of France for the American col ol4iCo lIltlt HlISIl bt Iltllc ldlh uSIt today of preserving our liberty against internal enemies we might not know what true liberty was; we might be struggling under handcaps of which we have little appreciation today Had the battle of the Marne not been fought and won by the supporters of justice and humanity, the whole world might now feel the heel of the op- pressor, cruel, inhuman
 Today is a day when, membering the man who aided so in our struggle for freedom, and remembering the cause which triumphed there at the Marne, full tribute should be given noble human qualities which aid the seekers of freedom, as represented by that man of France, and honor should be shown advocates of the cause for which brave men fought al the Marne Another of the days which emphasize the splendor of high standards has come. Observance of 1t is right and proper.
New Britain herald., 1922-09-06
|25 Tears Ago Today %
 (Taken from Herald of that date>

The local Italian societies will hold a grand celebration next Monday when there will bo q parade with 500
 in line. The Patermly's picnic will be held at Rentschlers park where the Italians will gather.
 There were 43 deaths in New Brit ain during the month of August of which 27 were under five years of age. The Columbia hotel on Church street was raided yesterday afternoon end IS men were taken. A brisk liquor business was going on at the time 1t is alleged.
 Chamberlain Council, Jr., o. |. A.. M. sent a delegation to New Haven today to attend q convention at savin Rock.
 The Heafthstene," a cast Of ex- ceilent actors with special scenery, will appear at the Russwin Lyceurn theater Tuesday.
New Britain herald., 1922-09-06

During the strike the company erected a high wire fence so that the miners were unable to get to the mine and were forced to park in an adjacent field. Refusing to park their cars away from the mine last Friday the men went back home and a grievance committee finally ar ranged a new parking place which was fixed up yesterday and now everything is settled and coal comes to the surface once more.
 There are 300 miners employed at this mine and it is estimated that about 100 own cars. The average daily pay for these men is nearly $50.
New Britain herald., 1922-09-06
FIGHTING DISLOYALTY

The League of American Penwom- sional writing women of the country, has started a campaign against dis spoken word. It is said that those who attempt to destroy American institu- tions and principles direct their activi- ties mainly to the women of the coun- try and the students in colleges.
 There is no question but that such a campaign, in which all women writ CTS, editors, publishers and those in like professions will be asked to par ticipate, will do good--to those, es- pecially, who take part in the cam paign. And in this statement no re- fection is cast especially upon women writers. Men who make their living by the pen are inclined, just as much as women, in their search for new thoughts and new manner of express sion, to question old ideals of loyalty, of patriotism. It is the day of new thought. Original ideas, we'll and per tinently expressed will catch the at- tention of most thoughtful people even though they disapprove ideas express ed after the thought has been sifted and analysed. If all profession al pen women and men-all writers and publishers-were to think little more seriously of the trend of their pointed paragraphs and of the im- pression they would make upon minds less intellectual and less able to catch the subtleties of their humor, perhaps. an atmosphere of disloyalty would be destroyed which has been created, not through any intention of writers, per haps, but because of their failure to realize that all people are not able to read between the lines and to catch the exact line they draw between humorous reference to patriotism" or loyalty" and downright ridicule of those qualities.
 A writer loses his means of making . HeinS the moment he or she be.
New Britain herald., 1922-09-06

uel Woodfill named by Gen.. ,Persh- ing the greatest single hero of. the world war, was at work yesterday on the Ohio river government dam at Silver Grove, ky, a short distance above Cincinnati.
 My husband went to work. on the dam because he finds it necessary to raise the money to meet the payment on our home that will fall due on January l." Mrs. Woodfill said. He could never do it on his sergeant's pay, and the work at the dam opened a way for him."
 Sergeant Woodfill was assigned to carpentering work at the dam. His pay will be S6. a day, twice as much as he receives as a sergeant in the United States army. He expects to remain at this work during three months leave.