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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-18
Social Calendar

Our Ladies of Sorrow Parish Im- provement association will have an egg hunt at Jordan Park Saturday, April 19, at 2 p. m.
 The Ladies Bible class of the First Cumberland Presbyterian church will have a sale of homemade cakes, candy and Easter eggs Saturday, April 19, at the Home Paint Store" 2015 Fourth avenue, north. The public is invited to attend this sale.
 The Caxton club will meet Friday at 3 p. m., at the Blue Triangle club room.
 Mrs. l.. R. Camps band of the South Highland Methodist church is enter taining with an Easter egg hunt Sat urday afternoon from 3 to o'clock at Rhodes Park.
 The regular monthly meeting of St. Paul's School Improvement association will be held on Tuesday, April 9, at 1 o'clock at the Knights of Columbus hall. All members who have automo- piles are requested to be at this meet ing so that they can take .the other members to the tea at Mrs. Leedy's home immediately after this meeting.
 Miss Lucy Simpsons class of the Sunday school of the Highlands Methodist church will give an Easter egg hunt in Rhodes park Friday after noon at 4 o'clock. the proceeds to go to the new Sunday school building. INTEREST IN MAGIC
 MIRROR KEEN
 Mrs. Lee Roueche, president of the Highland Parent-Teacher association, is meeting with a ready cooperation in work for the play, Magic Mirror" to be given at Phillips auditorium next Monday and Tuesday evenings for the benefit of the school.
 Mrs. Roueche is being assisted by Mrs. Jacobson, general chairman : Miss Harrell, who has charge of the dances, ill which three hundred and fifty chill dren are taking part; Mrs. A. s. Sled low, is taking care of the properties, Mrs. Carl Wittichen, the tickets; Mrs. Frank Stephens, stage setting and Mrs Eugene Smith, publicity.
 Tickets to the Magic Mirror are selling splendidly, indicating a capacity house at both performances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-18
Aprons or All Kinds To Be
 HadAtF estivaI

Every known form of apron, and a few that have hitherto been unknown, will be on display at St. Mary's Spring Festival, which will be held at the old post office building April g to %, according to the chairman of the apron booth. Mrs. J. E. Graham. Tor weeks and weeks, Mrs. Graham. and her assistants have been working fashioning aprons grave and gay, from lengths of gingham and yards of dimity. They are prepared to supply every want in the apron line, from the sassy little French affair of bows and rib bons (called in the dear old Victorian age gschaffing-dish aprons') to the large volumnious coverall, which means business.
 A feature of the apron booth will be the maids set, including caps, collars and cuffs and aprons, for maids and nurses Then there will be caps and large aprons for the queen of the kitch- on, as well as serving aprons of all varieties.
 A cordial invitation to everybody, hut especially to housewives, to visit the apron booth and inspect their crea- tion is issued by Mrs. Graham and her committee, who are Mesdames Zac Majors, Rebecca, Marks $. s. Lanier, J. B. Head, H. R. Johnston, Rush Simpson, Lee Bradley, M. M Grant, Beatty, A. c. Smith, c. T. Randall. w. c. Agee, w. B. Willett, George What ley, w. c. Estes, Charles Abbott, T. F. Moore, A. w. Jones, Alice Moore Smith, George Stubbs,- James A. Van Hoose, Joseph F. Johnston, Perry Fowlkes, Geol F. Wheelock, Sr.. John Dahney, Erie Pettus. Hardee Johnston, Charles Senn, I. B. Bouchelle, Mary l.. Tipton, s. P. Dill, H. A. Turner, J. N. Gunnells, William c. Mcdowell, l.. R. Towns, c. A. Richards, E. J. Dunn, Haskins Williams, Miss Kate Hopkins, Miss Ella Houston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-18
gSLIECK!" parked the tall, nervous
 loni~;nr 1ovrr voau xvho xvos
Deep Perplexity

gsIECK!' parked the tall, nervous
 \ \ looking young man who was preparing to go out among them, paus- ing with his necktie half tied. Cara way told me very particularly that one of these sisters is very jazzy and the other is distinctly highbrow and dig nified, but that both are peaches. Their names are Elma and Alma and darned if l. can remember which is which {! What am I to do?"
 Wont you be able to tell by look ing at em?" asked his roommate, who had an agile mind accustomed to warn. ing itself out of tight corners. That's easy !" e.x
 But they're twins :" t the tall, .ner- vous young man explained, shaking his head. .sThey look exactly alike; They're terribly popular and I want to make hit and how can I make them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-18

sometimes only major operation will save our lives, and often we have to wrench our thoughts violently away from a grief over which we brood to keep from sinking into state of mel ancholia.
 Certainly it is a pathetic thing that fathers and mothers have to sustain this loss of their children and that their house is left unto them desolate as soon as the youngsters are able to shift for themselves, but it is in evitable. It is life, and we would not change it if we could. We would not keep the girls from marrying and setting up their own homes. We want them to be free and independent. and for them to stand on their own feet, and not to be pensioners upon father.
 We want the boys to have the courage and grit and initiative to strike out for themselves and make their own way in the world. We would not hold them to little things to keep them with us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-18

and golngs Of young people. And mother was 80 busy walk ing the collie, sit ting by sick beds,
 kissing the hurt place to make it we'll, hearing les sons, providing good
 food for hungry little mouths, get ting the boys off to college and welcom- ing t h e m b a c k
 again. making pret- ty dresses, giving
 parties for the girls, getting ready for weddWgs, that the years went by with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-18
MRS. SHORES HOSTESS TO INTER SEE CLUB

The Inter Sc study club met with Mrs. R. w. Shores of Woodlawn on
 Wednesday, April 16. A dainty lunch eonswas served at mono. In the absence of Mrs. Mason Jones, president, Mrs. B. N. Mattson presided over the meeting. A most interesting as well as instruc- tive program on Conservation of Nat ural Resources was led by Mrs. F. W. Stange, who gave clippings ons con- servation of forests, bird life and waste paper. Mrs. w. O. Spidle then read a fine paper on the great water power of our country and ways and means of conserving same. The club then ad- journed to meet nexts on May at which time there will be an open meet ing at the shome of Mrs. Carl Adams, 3146 Norwood Boulevard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-18
Dorothy Dix's Letter Boz
Mother and Fother Wiu Be Happier if They SeU the Big Place and Start Life Agaim in Small Way-A Heroic Remedy, But the Best

G HE was wonderful mother, and
 she made a wonderful home for her big family of children.
 For p years the old house was gay and noisy with the cries of babies, the chatter of school children. the comings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-18

"If I could live again you bet Id bob my hair and smoke cigarettes. Girls will live longer if they smoke. Whats all this hullabaloo about tobacco hurting women. It's good to kill germs.
 I've didn't have time for such fool- ishness as engagement rings in my day. That was all nonsense stuff. From the time l was ten years old had to drive team of oxen all day. never could keep my hands white and pretty, as much as I wanted to. And after II was married l had to keep on driving the oxen. Maybe that's why I'm so glad to see women having little chance t0 really live these days"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-18

Even old ladies are human beings and they are entitled to their opinions] From Mrs. Powers point of view it is entirely correct for her to smoke q pipe and she does. Some time, of course,l the tobacco will get her if she doesn' watch out. At any rate, Mrs. Power| speaks with the authority of old agd and that is something which is denied to younger folk who may not agreed with her. She has 54 grandchildren, b0' great grandchildren and some greatj how many or where they all are. Whaa she says about engagement rings and smoking may not be right but she doea| say:
 "The modern girl is all right"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-18
Mothers And
 Their Children
One Mother Says

One Mother Says:
 My children do not lige carrots, which are good for them. but will eat them when combined in a salad with our garden radishes. To one cup of thinly sliced radishes I add two cups of cooked, diced carrots, one-fourth cup of finely chopped onion and two tablespoons of minced parsley. Toss these ipgre- dients lightly together and add dressing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-18

There is nothing so profitless as holding post-mortems. The brave attitude is to accept life as it comes and to make the best of it, and the women whose children, 'have married and are doing we'll" as the phrase goes, should thank God for it, instead of bemoaning the fact that she could not keep them perpetual babies, tied to her apronstrings.
 DOROTHY DIX.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-18

And I am for her saying so. Old people have habit of criticizing young women. l am glad to find a friend in Mrs. Power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-18

The only cure for mother is change of environment. She and father will not seem nearly so much like the last two surviving members of the family if they are in small and cozy place as they do in big, empty house. Nor will she miss the children so much in house with which they have no as- sociation, where the very walls hold the echo of their voices and every piece of furniture seems to still have the i'm print of their hands upon it.
 Then the woman who pines for her lost children must get herself another job. She has been so busy for the last 25 years rearing her family that ske
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-18

Mother feels that she misses her children more and more all the time, and that she gets lonelier and drearier every day, and she asks me what she must do. And I say to her unhesitatingly "Sel1 the old house, with it's torturing memories; sell the old furniture, which makes you remember too much, and buy little, new house, or go into an apartment just big enough for you and father, and fill it with brand
 new furniture that has no associa- tions with the dear, dead days"
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-18

But oh. the loneliness when they are gone! The emptiness of the house with only two old people in it! It is worse for mother than it is for father, because father has his business to fill in his days and furnish him fresh interest, but with the going of the children mothers job is done. She has nothing to do except to hold post-mortems over her dead happiness and grow nor bid with futile pining for the babies who have babies of their own.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-18

has neglected father. Now she has time to get acquainted with him and make him fall in love with her over again, to humor him, and pet him. and make him her littlest baby. and fl she does that the last years of her married life will be her real honeymoon.
 Also there are clubs to be joined. public work to be done, a thousand things to amuse and interest her if she will only keep her mind firmly fixed or the present and future instead of ghoulishly digging in the grave of the past. -...
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-18

the SWutneSS or DrlSnJ ana DeauIILul dream.
 Now it is all over. The children are gone. The home nest empty. The girls are married and living in distant cities. The boys fortunes carried them to far places. They are all fine, splen- did men and women, prosperous, happy -children of whom their parents may justly boast.
 The mothers voice thrills with
 pride as she says: My eldest
 daughter is married to Colonel A."
 My second daughter is the wife
 of Dr. B., the great nerve spe-
 cialist." My son James is the
 president of a big trust company"
 My boy John represents his firm
 in China" etc., etc.
 She would not have them different. She would not clip their wings nor selfishly bind them to her, but they are gone from her. The big house is still and empty. Her hands are idle, their work accomplished. She wanders from room to room, each peopled with ghosts that tear at her heart.
 The girls rooms with no smear of powder on the dresser, no tumbled finery on the bed, no pictures of boys sticking in the mirror frames. The boys rooms with no cigarette ashes on the rug, no pipes cluttering the table, no clothes to be picked up and brushed and hung tenderly in the closet. The living room with every chair in its ap- pointed place; with the closed piano on which nobody ever drums jazz now, everything silent, and still, and dull. The dining room, with rows of empty chairs against the walls and only two plates set at the end of the long table, where she and father make a pretense ot eating the little dabs of food for which neither has any relish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-18

Listen, then, to Mrs. M. J. Power,| who is IA years old.
 The modern girl," she says, lis all right. In my day we women worked too hard, we had too many children and we slaved too much. The girls of today are exactly right in declaring their independence from bondage.
 "Men didn't appreciate us in my day. It's much different today. They all sit up and take notice of the girls and women.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-18
We Women
By sETrY BRA,NERD
"A Friend In Need. Etc"

IN EIUTfU HI ANOOHs 11eNs ' I like to talk to old ladies every. now and then. From their comfort- able rocking chairs on the summit ofa the eartK they look down upon us young things and smile understandingly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-18

It is a heroic remedy, I know, but
Putnam patriot., 1924-04-04

The appointment of the following may be of interest to many in this section. Superintendent of Norwich District. Rev. W. H. Bath; Attawau- can. Rev. j. W Carter; Danielson, Rev. II II Conklin; East Thompson, Rev. ] F. Miller; Eastford Federated, Rev. Frank Abbott Gales Ferry, Rev. ". n Woodward; New London. Rev. NJ r. Center; North Grosvenordale, Rev W. r Newton Norwich Trinity Rev. Harlow Graham: Portland, supplied by Rev V r Davis Putnam and Wesf Thompson. Rev V B Bur ton: Rockville. Rev r W. Gray Westerly. Rev. M s Stocking. Rev. C n. Stanley aea Rev $ ] A. Rock were re=appointed to their respective churches in New Bedford and falI River
 Rev F. J Ayers. Rev. W Buck Rev. V r. Davis. Rev R D Dyson Rev. l.. M Flocken. Rev. W. J. Smith Rev W I Ward and Rev James 1 Wood. familiar pastors to Putnam people. were placed on the retired list for the coming year
Putnam patriot., 1924-04-04
PUTNAM PERSONALS

John coe, Providence, spent the weekend with friends here.
 Napoleon Williams. Franklin street, spent Tuesday in Worcester.
 Miss Florida LAbonte, Providence street. spent Saturday in Providence
 Armand and Leo csgne. Woodstoek avenue, spent Monday in Williman' tic.
 Edward Caros, Woodstoek avenue spent Monday in Willimantic on busi- ness.
 Mrs. Philip Zalta. and daughter Mss Anna, Front street, were recent gnests of Worcester friends.
 Miss Jennie Lsvins. Bridge street, returned Saturday from spending last week with Norwich friends.
 Mrs Annie l. Morse of Sunnyside avenue returned Tuesday from visit nf several weeks in Providence.
 miss Gertrude Marion, School street. motored with a party of friends to Worcester Tuesday.
 5. Diamond and daughter. Mise FL sic. are in New York buying mer- ehandise for the spring opening.
 Samuel Antokol and son Norman. Chapel street, spent the weekend with relatives in New York City.
 Mir and Mrs. Philip Benoit. Paw tueket, former residents of Putnam spent Sunday with relatives here.
 Mrs. Charle, H. Moss of Chapel street is the guest of her daughter Mrs. Clarence II. Barrett. in Hartford
 Mitchell Benoit Front street, who was operated on hst week at the Day Kimball Hospital is much improved
 Mir. and Mrs. Xavier Lavsllie, Moo sup. spent Sunday with their relatives, Mir. and Mrs. Joieph Vailleux. Smith street.
Putnam patriot., 1924-04-04
North Grosvenordale
Name Nss~ Committee

Name Nsw Committee
 At a meeting leld last week at the Legion rooms, North GrosvenoFdale, John E. 0'Ciare was elected chairman of the activities committee to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John T Johnson. Mr. 0'Clare plans a busy spring season. and has named as personnsl to form his committee. Phil ip Croeaa. Patrick Malloyi N. ". Rnwson. J F Reardnn. Jr.. Charles L. Collins. P. L. Duhamel, Victor Blanchard. and J. A. Swanson. Chair man O'eiare is making plans for an intensive program of activities, which will be announced soon.
Putnam patriot., 1924-04-04
CITY NEWS NOTES

Mrs. William Esston, Pleasant street, who has been III is improved. Miss Nellie Bloxbam, saperinten. dent of the Day Kimball Hospital is in New York for a few days.
 The Misso. Reid, South Main street, are entertaining their aunt, Mrs. James Pagan. Uxbridge. Mass, this week.
 Mrs. Robert Browhlie and son Richard, Bolies street, spent the weekend in Worcester the guest of Mrs. Brownlie'a daughter. Mrs. John Perrin, and family.
 Another enjoy able what party in dies Relief Corp was hold "Wednesday afternoon al tbf homo of Ars Gladly Benoii. kllliuglr avenue Prizes weHl won as follows First. Mr#. ClaraHe, Willis; second Mrs Lester D Joslin consolation, Mr. illlie Leach Re treatments of cake and coffee wers served
Putnam patriot., 1924-04-04

A. Newton Vaughn was a visitor in Wilimantie Monday.
 Miss Edith (. Bowen was the guest over the weekend of Miss Flora Ellis. Boston.
 Jack Laehanee. Hartford, spen, Sunday with his wife and children, Bolles street.
 Leo Benoit. Bridge street, spent Tuesday and Wednesday with friends in Worcester.
 Mr. and Mrs. George Lsbonte, Ballou street. spent Saturday with friends in Providence.
 Mr. and Mrs. Charles frudeaa. Ballou street. spent Saturday in Pro videnee on business. Mi.s Psaiipe Trudesu. Ballou street spent Saturdny the guest ni friends iu Providence. ! Aiferia Proulx. Pswtuekei. former. ly a resident of Putnam, spent Sun. day with friends here.
 The Misses Pearl and Vera Morae, i School street, spent the week end with their parents in Eastford.
Putnam patriot., 1924-04-04
WEDDING
Yale Peck

faie=Feck
 Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock Miss Amy Laugdon Peek and Dnvid Hobart Tale were united in marriage at Peek Place Keasington. Conn. The ceremony uns performed hV Rt Rev. Edwin s Lines. Bishop Of Episcopal Diocese af Newark. N J.. great-uncle of tine bride
 Miss Peek was given away by her grandfather, II Wnies Lines of Meri- den. The matron of honor was Miss Ruth Bacon Wiekwire of Berlin, Conn and The hestman was Ernest Yale of Merideu, brother of the groom
 The bride was gowned in blue travelling suit. blue and yellow hat to match md carried white sweet peas The matr0n Of honor wore a grey crepe dc chine gown and carried pink sweet peas
 Those present at the ceremony were Mfr and Mrs II Wales Lines. Mir. and Mrs. 4 W Upson of New Britain, Norman and Frederick Peek. Mir. and Mrs Ernest Yale and Mrs, R. B. Wick wire.
 After a wedding trip of week the bride will return to Putnam to resume her work in the Home Eco monies department of the Trade school until June At the end of the school year Mir. and Mrs. Vale will make their home in Wallingford, Conn. The bride received many pretty gifts from her numerous friends
Putnam patriot., 1924-04-04
RETURN MIR. BURTON FOR ANOTHER YEAR
Methodist Conference al frovi- denee Reappoints Local
 Church Pastor
M.kes Other AssiRnments of Clergy
 men in This Vicinity

The annual session of the New England Southern conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, which vas held in Mathewson Street church. Providence, the past week, came 10 6 close Monday morning when Che ap- poirtmenta for the year were read by Bishop Hughes Rev. N E Burton was reappointed pastor of the local church for the coming year, much to the pleasure of his parisnloners.
Putnam patriot., 1924-04-04
John O. Marsh

Funeral services for John Otis Marsh were held at the Smith and Walker undertaking rooms Monday of this week. Burial was in Putnam Heights cemetery.
 MT. Marsh died at his home on School street last Saturday. He was sixty-eight years old. and had lived ID Putnam and Pomfret almost all his life. working as a stone mason, paint. CT. paperhanger, and other trades or A similar nature Mrs. Marsh dled about five years ago. and he had lived with his only daughter. Mrs. Frank Dueharme. since that time.
Putnam patriot., 1924-04-04
Ne. Helena Chandler

Mrs. Helena Chandler, widow oi Tbouas C. Chandler. who fo- years was superintendent Of the former Morse min. Church street, died Mon dav st her home in WiIlimantie. She g.as seventy-eight years old. Mrs, Chandler is wel known and pleasantly remembered by the older residents of Putnam. Residing with her this winter were her three sisters, Mrs. David Clark and the Misses Artie and Iydia Sites, all of Killingly avenue this city
Putnam patriot., 1924-04-04
I.adore Cloutier

The funeral of Isadore elontieI was held at St. Mary's church Tues. day morning at nine o'clock. Burial wag in the St. Mary's cemetery.
 The death of Mir Cloutier occurred at his home. 5 Smith street on Satur- day. after an illness of several weeks He was born in St. Denis, Canada
Putnam patriot., 1924-04-04
Lowell .Joslin

Lowell Joslin passed away Monday night at f2 o'clock at his home in East Thompson. He had been in poor health for the past six months with heart trouble. He was aged 72 years The funeral was held Thursday at the Methodist Episcopal church in East Thompson at l o'clock. Rev. J. R. Miller ofiieiated.
Putnam patriot., 1924-04-04
OBITUARIES
Joseph Dub~su

The funeral of Joseph Dubeau, who died suddenly at his home ID Grosvenordale. was held yesterday at St. Joseph's church, North eires- s,. venordale and burial was in Sl. Joseph's cemetery. Mir. Du6eau was A native of Harrisville. K. l., where he was born forty-fve years ego.
Putnam patriot., 1924-04-04

Joseph Giraca, Lee street, spent Monday in Willimantic.
 Mir. and Mrs. William Plantier Wauregan, spent Sunday with Mrs Plantier's mother Mrs. NJ. Gagne, Mill street.
Putnam patriot., 1924-04-04

Mir. and Mrs Hiram oatiey. Mrs. Ernest Bousquet and Louis Gareau motored Co Worcester Monday.
 Thomas Duffy. South Main street. spent the weekend with his wife and son who are visiting with relatives in Holliston, Mass
 Mir and Mrs. Robert Wood. who have been spending the winter with their daughter, Mrs. J. W. Hall. re- turned to their home in Douglastown, New Brunswick. last Friday.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-04-26

political corruption and the pro-
motion of civic righteousness.
1t is a unique organization in
that it has no bylaws and no
dues. The needs in these matters
being met as the occasion requires.
The commonly accepted rules of
orderly procedure and good be-
haviour are found sufficient.
When action is desired on any
question, after a free, round-the-
table discussion, a majority vote
decides, while the weekly Camp
town" takes care of the ordinary
expenses. Funds for exceptional
needs are raised by voluntary
subscriptions.
Extensive Improvements to the
basement of the church have re-
Gently been made. the club bear
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-04-26
THE SALEM CHURCH MEMS CLUB

second Sunday night of each
month the Mems Club Chorus
furnishes the music and leads the
congregation in the service of
praise. This is always an occasion
of special interest and invariably
means an increased attendance.
The Club stands for clean poll
tics, law enforcement and the re-
ligious and moral welfare of the
community. 1t strives to exem-
plify the principles of Christian
brotherhood, ministering in quiet
ways to those in trouble and sor-
row, and is outspoken in support
of every sincere and practical
movement in our own and other
communities for the overthrow of