9 -' O? ' s tT ,
Fresh, Ssli & Caeiiefl FisK Spscials
For Wednesday, Thursday i ani Friday
Fancv White Steak lb
HALIBUT ..... 10c
Larre Fresh Caught . lb
HERHING 7c
Fresh Boston Steak 3 lbs
BLUEFISH , . . . . . 25c
Fancy Fresh Caught 4 lbs
SMELTS . . 25c
Fresh Opened , v qt
OYSTERS, 32c
Extra Fancy ; ':- each
MACKEREL 18c
Fancy Shore Jb
HADDOCK 8c
Fancy Red Sliced Tb
SALMON : 15c
Fresh Caught , Tb
BUTTERFISH . . . 10c
Extra Fancy 7c
FLOUirDERS 7c
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' FIjORISTS
SHEA In .this city, Feb.- 2i, 1914,
Miry J.( wife of Bart J: olomew
Shea. , 1 "' , '
'. Friends are invited to attend the
funeral from her. later eaidence. No.
762 Arctic- street, on Thursday, iFeb.
'. 2 at 8:30 a. m.,' and. from St.
Charles' church at 9 a. m. , Inter
ment at St Michael's icemetery.
;- ;;-, li 14 b
JITEES In this city, Sunday, Feb
22, 1914, Isabella, widow. of -Georgia
W. Myers; aged t years, 2 months,
:11 days. ' r f-..;,"--v'-
. - Friends are invited to : attend " the
funeral from her late residence No.
'632 Kast Main ' street on rWectees
day, Feb. 25th at 2:30 p. m. Inter
ment at Iakevlew cemetery. '
. B 23 h
PATTERSON Tn Danbury. - vConn.j
Feb. 23. 1914; Robert X. Fattereon,
, late o! Newtown, Conn, agred 55
- years.' :v, v- v;. . .'.. .-..'.!
Friends are Invited to attend th
' funeral at the undertaking- parlors
, of Hawley, Wilmot a-ni -1 eynolds.
If a. 168 State, street,' Bridgport, on
Wednesday, '25th Inst. at o'clock
jh m. Burial In Mountain ' Grove
" Cejftetery. . ? ' r-': . B 23 bp
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T OUQTJ2T S
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JOHII Is SSOIT
Tel. ; ' 8 MAIN ST.
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HAWKINS
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Stx-atfield Boildins. .
- ' AKT1STIO liASOTXG
XIant opentted by pneumatic cutting
. ' and polt'jlu'jig tools - '
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'- S0O STKATFOItD AVKtlUE
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Hawley, Wilmot & Iie;nolds
Undnrtflkers and Rmtnimen
STo. 1SS State Su, Bridgeport, Ct.
- AO .calls, day or niiekrt, jjnTOver
from offW. Oeorge B. 3ESmv
ley,- IIS- Washington lerrace;
Kdwxrtl EC Wilmot, SC5 CUntor
Jobn B. ReynoMa, 48 Pactno
St.
II. J. GAIUrOlT
A X I. E M B A L M E K
1051 Broad Su, neax John
Thone 49 -Residence,
lfifiO Parle Ave. '
Phone 19S
1 YTm. Lieberum & Son T
j E2mbaloaera and UoderUken
1 - Office and Residence j
1 51 MAIS 8TREKTS
,3 Telephone Connection
f ROURUE & ROURKE
j Undertakers
ana Emcaimors
1295 HATS STREET. Tel. 1881
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! SSARAR1TP Ij. fMHlHfiR
I'siUertafeevs and Em Chalmers f
3 Hrjraret Ix. Gallasrher, only li-
' earns!, frraduate woman embalm-
- r anci iin lp-rtakw In tlie city ca-
iietle of tainsr entire rliargo of
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i. and rpslflpTtWi,
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HiLL STREET
Very Fancy lb
FIN AN HADDIE. , , 12c
Fresh Boston r lb
BLUEFISH ........ 6c
Fancy Fink 3 cans
SALMON ' 25c
Columbia River . can
SALMON . . ? 13c-20c
Maine Stock can
CLAMS . . . . . . . . 9c
Fancy Boneless , lb
Herring : : 15c
Fresh Smoked 2 for
BLOATERS 5c
Imported 3 cans
SARDINES : 25c
New Stock . can
TUNA FISH ... . 15c
Domestic . , 6 cans
SARDINES ....... 25c
. DIEI. , -
IIIXDIjE In this city, Tuesday, Feb:
24th, 1914, William A. Kindle, aged
73 years, 7 , months, 18 iays. .
i Friends are Invited to attend the
, : Tuneral at the residence, - of " hia
daughter, Mrs. I. V. Davis. 926 State
.i'.Stj on Thursday, Feb. 26th, at 2 p.
. m. Burial In Mt. Grove cemetery.
a '
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X. R. Whitney, 1025 Main St. -1
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on Boston Ave near Central, 4,500.
D. R. Whitney, 1025 Main St.
" b 24s .
FOR SAXiE A goo a two family house
5 on Stratford avenue. A" good busi
ness location. . This Is worth lnves-
4igaing.' v D. RiC Whitney,- 1025
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FOR SAIdE East Main ' St. property
in business section.. IX K.. Whit
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FOR SAI43 A fine ten room house,
near Washington Park. Very nice
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; 152 with barn and hen house. Price
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: provements, furnace heat, lot 50. by
. 100. j Brooklawn, -one minute from
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West End .Realty , Co., 88 Butler
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, i CAKD OP THANKS - ..
We desire to extend ? our " ; sincere
thanks to . ' friends, neighbors ; and
painters of Locomobile Co. of Amer
ica for kindness shown fn our late be
reavement in the loss of our eon and
brother, also to all for floral tokens
sent. -. , . : .
, -' MR. AND MRS. FRANCIS
. ".,.'-; ... A. KILE Y, i ap
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OBITUARY
- - -.'. ' ' t . -.- " ' .' -i ,
The funeral of Mrs. Mary A. Cogan,
widow of Bernard Cogan, was held
from her late home, 224 Banrall ave
nue, at 8:30 o'clock, today, and a.x 8c
Augustine's church at 9 o'clock. ' The
Rev. ) Father Ch-arles J. M. McElroy
acted . as celebrant of the mass, as
sisted by ' Fathers Kennedy and Mur
phy. Rev.' James A. O'Meara, a for
mer curate at St. Augustine's church
of South Manchester, acted as mas
ter of ceremonies. ; The choir render
ed Schmidt's solemn requiem mass.
Delegations were present from the
Queens Daughters and N. E. O. P. A
large number of friends were , present
from New York, New Haven and
South ; Norwalk. The floral tributes
were many - and beautiful. ' -
The Rev. Father McElroy spoke of
the good ; work which the deceased
had done and the exemplary - life she
had lived. Fathers Kennedy and Mur
phy read the services - at the grave.
The bearers were Lawrence Foley, Mi
chael Sweeney, Thomas P. ' j Devltt,
Robert I. Rock, Patrick F. Kane and
Jessie B. Hamilton.
Women's colleges : in the United
States are better equipped than those
for men.
. According to the latest statistics
here are 2.000,000 French families
without children. , . -
THE
ST. JOHN'S R.G. PARISH GIVES
MUSICALE TO COMmEMORATE
BIRTHDAY OF WASHINGTON
Slavonian National Concert Attracts
Large Audiences-Father Komara Ur
ges Patriotism And Good Citi
zenship On His Auditors
Patriotism to the country of . their
I adoption &s well as love for the coun-
j try which- they left was4 the keynote
of the exercises at the first Slavonian
national concert in this city held last
evening- la St, John's hall,' corner of
Jane and Pembroke streets, in honor
o the birthday of George Washlng-
t tor. .
Between five and rtx hundred mem
bers of St. John's Rtomian Oatholtc
church i In Eiaet Bridgeport: attended
th exercises as well as a number at
others attracted by the music.
Two choirs took part in the concert,
pne the t.,Cecily choir of he . -church,
composed of young men and women
of the parish, 8d the: other of school
children. IVis diffloult to say. which
received the most applause. TJrwier
the' leadership of Bichaird C Ohladek,
the St. Cecily choir eang one of th
conduictbr'a own v numbers, "Odpadlo
Jableko.; The school choir, .conducted
by 3 Mr. i Chladek gave -very', haippiiy
four oif the . Slavonian national sirs,
"Amerksa," and the '"The" Spangled
Banner, V. toeing aided in these toy the
entire audience. i,v-'r;v ' C1';
FHATCRES OP .PBOGRAH. "kI t"
Soloists , of the evening ? were ' Miies
Rose ICrivy, - a , sweet voiced' soprano,
who chose as her selections "KuSu
Uenka Kuka,'" and in EngKsh, "'O
Promise Me,'? and Mr. Joseph Kochiss,
baritone, who sang a Slavonian ballad
and "The Last ' Farewell" very suo
ceewfully. c ' - ' ," .-.,'
. One of the features of the evening
was ttre ptaying of the Symnihony or-:
chest m under Conduotor 1 Chladek
This body of musicians rendered very
credlteJbly a number of selections
which were, well received. , f
'Mayor Clifford W. Wilson epoke ear
ly la the- evening in a. vein congratu
latory of the work being done by the
Rev. Andrew " EL Komara and his as
sistants towards making' good citizens
of the Slavonians of Birtdgeport. i
FATHER KOMABA'S'ADDEESS.
., Farther Kloraazna. spoke feelingly, first
in ' the Slavonian; tongue and Jater in
.English, of patriotism ; and . good ci ti
zenship, tvo qua-lificationa which, he
declared, were exemplified in the life
of , the Father' of his country Hds ad
dreas follows: .' " , . : , '
x FIRST COSCERT OF SlXlVAKS.
; "This evening we Witness the first
concert'of the Slovaks of Bridgeport.
Gathered In this magnificent hall of
their own Is a. Slovak people who emi
grated to ' our shores, from their -an
cestral homes in far-off Europe. Home
indeed, it was to them and to their;
fathers for age, but it did not satisfy
their ambition to advance upward and
onward, r;v;,f ' :c;;-'
f "Liberty -they had learned': to';love
but could not taste its sweetness. 'Ad -
vancement they looked for bat -could
not escape poverty. ; Intellect rose to
grasp higher- things, ; but the "struggle
to keep body and soul together gave
little opportunity for" cultivation of the
mind. - ' ' ' ' '' '' , . '; ' '
"So leaving their homes, their beau
tiful country ; where - faith" has been
frequently tried, but i confidence in
God has ever remained V the same-
where the pressure, of Magyar selfish
ness tried to crush 'the spirit of their
fathers they . have - turned to . this
Western land to seek liberty ,and op
portunity denied them In the home
that had for ages been their own. . j -
; FOIXSTD. A. NEW BKME.
"Here in ours midst the citizens of
this beloved city have, been sympathe
tic witnesses of the struggle and the
progress of . the Slovaks. Many have
prospered, adhering strictly to the way
of rigid honesty. They -are rapidly
adapting themsetves to the manner of
life about them, and their children axe '
given the birthright of natives of the
sail. V? ;! r . . ' , if y
j- "In short, the Slovak people came
here to enrich as well as to be enrich
ed; "-they came,, indeed, to ask from
America .the best that :.it could give
them, but only In return for the best
that they! could, eive to the land of
t!heir adoption- -! And those who' ever
remain loyal to their .. faith and the
traditional honesty, of their fathers re
joice in the . new-found liberty and
have ' greatest respect, for the laws of
God.
ALL CAN EMULATE 'WASHINGTON,
' "And this people, with 'history writ
ten in Wood and tears, are rendering
as well as participating tonight : In
honor of him who made it possible for
them to enjoy that liberty and , use
pthat opportunity, in honor ; of him
whoSe; "birthday we celebrate today
George Washington.
' "I am sure ' that there is not one
heart here tonight hut feels the sense
of deep gratitude, love and ' devotion
to the father, of our country.. Today
every thinking ' person must - feel a.
throb of patriotism as he gazes at the
past history, and sees therein that the
charter of c:vll rights we. enjoy is seal
ed in the .heart blood of thousands
upon thousands of loyal sons who died I
a wfid, .f t, T?HKi: f
upon the battlefields of the Republic,
that the stars and stripes might wave
over the land of the free and, the
home of the brave.. ' , : '
ALL CAN . EMULATE WASHUGTON.
"Paying, then, the homage of 'our
deepest gratitude'to those who strug
gled and Wed for , us in; the past, this
day affords for us a lesson rather than
eulogy,' It Inspires us with a desire to
imitate .'rather than simply to' admire
the virtues and self sacrifice of those
in the past. . . For we ail have oppor
tunities to become another Washing
ton in the sense, that we all, in a, more
or less degree, can render our filial
service to our country similarj to his.
True it is, we have no. battle to fight
nor dangers to undergo as he had.
Thank God, our country at present is
not in any Imminent danger from
without, but we must not forget that
Washington, has laid f or us a founda
tion only, and it is for us, for each
one of us, in every generation, to build
up and to give our share of finishing
touches to that structure of American
prosperity which is found upon liberty
and nourished by opportunity the
two foundation stones laid down by
Washington. True, it is, we have no
FARMER : FEBRUARY
battles to fight from without, hut we
have many and many battles to fight
from within. And in these battles, we
must 'be neither cowards nor traitors.
Our duty Is to fight gallantly for our
mutual welfare even as Washington
has fought. ...;'
SACRED DUTY TO FIGHT.
. "And what are the battles that we
are to fight?, - They 'are the battles of
life.' it is not a mere figure of speech;
it is reality that we daily face-'- Just
look about you: The -buying of legis
lature, the subsidizing of press and of
public officials,' the corruption In high
places, the divorce evil, the Jaxness, of
marriage relations and , of home ties,
the selling of "virtue : for bread all
these are our: enemies - whose forces
are working against the welfare of our
country and the iiappiness of Its cltl
zena'f; f i'" . 'i-A-v ' ' v j f-
'"To fight ; these forces is a sacred
duty .of every citizen and it requires
a special 'moral courage to contend
with these enemies, and, remember,
every word that you' utter to remedy
these. vils, every act that you perform
to spread good, in their. stead, every
gesture that you make, whereby you
snow- your aisapprovaji 01 tnese eras,
the ':'. country and you , 'are fighting
thereby; the battles from " within as
bravely as they who fight In the open
battle'.' field,- v. : j;,.,., ;-,y-.- c
INTOLERANCE ANOTHER ENEMY.
There is another . enemy, though
sliglvt, yet harmful to our ( Republic,
and it is the spirit- of those who would
rather see religious strife,' 'bigotry and'
intolerance. ; They cannot and would
not see ;; that ' this" , country is .' large
enough for ail of us, for every creed.
They are those who under the cloak
of patriotism would . trample under
foot ' bur. constitutional rights, i who
would slander, malign and villi fy those
who happen not to share their opinion
those who , would , make religion the
test of patriotism. But any one who
promotes religious .bigotry A thereby
weakens -the mutual good will and
happiness of his fellow, citizens; and
thus - proves himself . . J anything . but
patriotic- . , : '- " - j
"What a. travesty on the very name
aie these false principals and -corrupt
ideals whose operation is weakening
the internal strength of our -republic
and mar the happiness of its citizens!
IDEAL PATRIOTISM-." ?
! "My friends,' we may -disagree on the
minor point of ideal patriotism, 'but on
this all sane men must be agreed
namely, thatr the who would lay claim
to the title of patriot must have re
ispect fox. authority, and obedience to
the law,! for on these two) things are
founded the stability , and prosperity
of a nation. .Where these two condi
tions are strong in a people's heart the
nation must be strong . and ' enduring.
Where these two conditions are weak
the nation must soon f all. . i -'
"We are only Individuals, it is trjue,
but individuals form the 'nation, and
as the individuals, such shall the na
tion be. . If the ideals of the individual
be - base or - mean, the , ideal of .the
nation must be same, and it is against
these ideals, base and mean and
founded - on false principals that
must place our lofty ideals that make
for Justice and right ideals, which, by
stand upon great and strong upon the
earth. - - ''
To attain these ideals. we have only
,,, T . . "-"x ."J"k"t x!- 1
stilled into our minds: that eachpof
us in rue eigne et uoo oy our action
and by our example, t contributes to
the glory or to the sname of the na
tion to which, we belong. j For: each
of us,' no matter what- our station of
lif e; - has God given - his ' own , special
sphere his particular work to do. The
work of each individual well done, fits
into the. design of .the whole plan and
completes the whole.; : - -
. "But the ' moral strength ', that
prompts our duties well done our lofty
ideals to be nourished i and followed,
our obedience to the law and the re
spectful authority ' and orders- these
qualities of an ideal patriot: that mor
al strength must come from (Our sense
of - individual -r responsibility to God
from whom ultimately; every lawful
authority is derived. :
"These, my friends, are -the ideals
and aims ; which each" recuring . Feb
ruary 22 nd brings before our , minds.
If in ; spite of a.11 contrary forces we
prove faithful to pur ideals, .we will
most assuredly, realize our aims and
thus rove ourselves truw and worthy
sons of , him whose name : tonight is
echoed throughout -our .. land the
name of George Washington."
NEWTOWN
Newtown, Feb. 24. Frederick Cham-
tere, one of-Newtown's foremost ciu
zens tvnd a descendiant of one pf the
"fZZ TZ ' i n
died in Waterbury, Feb. 22., after a
short Illness In hi manhood he' had
been successively a school teacher,
surveyor,: farmer end sheep and cattle
drover and amassed a. competency. He
never lost intereBtin his native town,
but maintained Ms- summer home and
(farm in Zoar where his ancestors lived
and died. Hia remains will toe brought
here for burial tomorrow.
. , . TWO LrvTSLT GAMES. r
Newtown went : mad last night at
the game of basketball between ; the
Newtown baeketbaii team and the
-Bethel team. Several ; 'bus, loads of
Bethelites came - over to see victory
for their side, but were . doomed to
disappointment. ' The game was hotly
contested from start to finish, and re
sulted in favor of the local team by a
decisive score of 36 to 17. It was said
'to be by odds the best and fastest
game ever played in the town hail.
Every lover of the game in the town
was out amd the demonetisation at the
end was tremendous, every member
of the team receiving plaudits, con
gratulations, and handshakes from
their enthusiastic friends. The line
up, for the Newtown team was: C,
Joseph D. Keane; r. f., Harry Brad
ley, 1. f., Robert Bradley; r. g., James
24, 1914
Bltake; 1. g., Herbert Beers. With this
game ; won, Newtown has two games
to its credit in the champninship con
test of five games, best three out of
five' The credit for 'the superb train
ing of the local boys is due to Rev P.
I. Dolan, curate of St.. Rose's parish,
who In season and out of seaeon was
unremitting in practice work with
them A preliminary game by select
teams of - girls .from Newtown and
Bethel was enjoyed, and only whetted
the Interest of the audience for what
followed. , This game was won by the
Newtown girls also -by a, score of 8 to
5 a.fter . lively fcout. Altogether it
was a, gala night for the fane 'of both
Newtown and Bethel. Dancing ; fol
lowed the games in which ail the con
testants forgot their griefs and glories
in the seductions of waltz and two
step. ? ' - ; . - j, 'u'.", j
, Miss , Mildred Borah, John Bishop
and '1 Stephen Homn, Jr., of Bridge
port, spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs.
M. F.'Crowe of Boteford. v '
Miss M. A. Corbett of Bridgeport
was a Sunday guest of her parents,
Mr. ' and Mrs. James Corbett, Bote
ford. . - 1 ' v .
deaths and Funerals
The funeral -of Mrs. Julia Lawless
was held yesterday morning at 8:80
f rom the undertaking parlors a of
Rourke & Rourke and from St, Peter's
church at 9 o'clock where Rev. Thom
as J. Kelley : celebrated ' a high mass
of requiem. Many sorrowing relatives
and friends attended the services and
the floral tributes were both numerous
and beautiful. The bearers were How
ard Dunbar," Leonard, Bernard . and
William Kustereri Burial was in St,
Michael's cemetery. .
f
The funeral service for little George
Thomas, son of Mr. 'and Mrs. George
W.: Hughes,, was held ; yesterday after
noon from the family home, 608 Union
avenue. The Rev. J.; F. ' Murphy, pas
tor of -St, Mary's church said the pray-
i Mj-t,,.,,. MmW
; The funeral of Mrs. Anne Doyle was
held this morning from, her late resi
dence, 1,276 Park evemue, at 7:15 and
a, half hour later from St, Augustine's
church i where Rev. -; Father ' Kennedy
celebrated , the high mass of requiem-
There was a large attendance of rela
tives and friends and a very oeautifuS
dieplay of floral offerings. ' The bear
ers were J. -H. Red gate, T. F. Hayes,
James Hamilton, . Wiiliam McComta, I
John COonnell and F. Johnson. In
terment was in St. Patrick's cemetery
at Newburg, N. Y. , -
" Mary J wife of Bartholomew Shea,
fdled ; this morning after a brief ill
ness at her home, 762 Arctic street.
Her husband and four -children sur
vive j her, ' also ; two sisters, . Mrs. An
thony Flrinell and T Mrs. John O'Con
neil ,and one brother, Michael Kel
ly. X
SOME FUR-BEARERS
- OF SOUTH AMERICA.
Next to the' pelt of the silver fox
of . Labrador and ermine, ttee snowy
fur .whose costliness j has made tt the
badge of royalty, and riches, the chin
chilla of South-America carries on its
back about ; the most 'expensive mn
terlal used in fashionable feminine at
tire, i s : -, i f'gf
High np on" the eastern slope'of the
Andes in sections of Pero, Bolivia, and
LChile the chincnilla has its habitat.
Living at an elevation of from 8,000
te 12,000 feet above the level of the
sea, its chjily home is responsible for
its thick warm, coat and also ' largely
for the exorbitant price - It 1 brings. It
Is hard1 to get . and not plentiful
therefore it is wanted.
"It is a hopping rodent mammal"
writes W. A. Reld in the Monthly Bul
letin of- the j Pan American Union
"somewhat resembling our common
squirrel, and when standing upon Its
hind legs as it does when eating,, the
: simi-'arrity is even more noticeable. Or
d?ly he L.- anialf ia
abo?J ten, mnea ln fthlt5xcluSlve
it .is . covered with, a grey
fur, y soft and ' silky, -wtoich on Ilia
sides is about an inch long, The animals-
burrow in the ground and live
dogs. The natives of the Andean re-
gions hunt- them with trained -dogs or
with g-risons- What is a grison? The
South American cousin to our weasel.
and Just about, as cunning, , and he
easily slips into the rocky crevlces
where the chinchilla seeks to hide and
captures ' it; ;.." Since -' the- furr of the
chinchilla was .-first 7, introduced into
Burope during the earlier part of the
nineteenth "eentufry, ; the price of the
skins has soared until a, lady's muff
and collar of. only medium sise made
of -this material commands a price of
$500, or more." '-j ' -. .
' Another ,dr producer found in the
temperate portions of- SoutAi America,
is the nutria, a little rodent resem
bling the ordinary beaver of the Unit
ed States, tt Js usually found along
fresh water courses, and its hind feet
are webbed, ' Indicating ' its aquatic
habits. - Its fur is used"" for making
our fines felt hats as well as for la
dies' muffs collars,! capes,' etc. The
size of the dressed skins is about 20
by 12 inches and titre price varies from,
50 cents to $1.50 each, according o
quality. '. . : ; -, : -,'.-'-'":". . '-"" "'
The visoacha is another South Amer
ican rodent somewhat resembting our
rabbit . but with a longer , tall and
shorter ears and legs. . ; These animals
are from 18 inches to two feet long
and are hunted for'-thelr fur which is
of a , delicate, mottled grey on the back
merging into & yellowish white un
derneath. They are found on ' the
pampas of Argentina even down to
lower Patagonia, They live in vil
lages of mounds into which they bur
row like rabbits, and have, a, queer
habit of dragging bones, stones, thistle
stalks, and all kinds of. hard sub
stances apparently of no use to them,
to their homes and pilling these up in
heaps near the entrances of their bur
rows. Why all this useless labor no
naturalist , has as yet been able to
discover. "" '"'-'
Of the larger fur-bearing animals the
vicuna, one of the three representa
tives of the camel family to be found
in South America and which looks
something like a long-necked , sheep,
is probably the most valuab'e. It is
found in the highlands of Peru, , Bo
livia and Chile, and has a soft furry
coat of golden brown shading into
darker hues which is highly prized bj
travelers. Almost every tourist touch
in tr the -west coast of South America
brings home one of these beautiful
rugs as a souvenir. -
Seals are 'found on the Lobos Islands
near the mouith of the Rio de la Plata
and on the islands about Cape Horn
and ln the Strait of Magellan.. They
are not so plentiful nor is their fur
as valuable as those inhabiting the
icy Seas of the Northern Hemisphere
but many skins from these sections
find their way into the markets of
the world.
HOWLANDfS
entrance fn Main Street. Fau-fleW . xl Cuirnn fr--9.
Bridgeport, Conn.
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 1914.
The doll sIiqw
v Every girf, every woman,. Yes: every man, slion I
come to the Doll Show. It is even more interesting than,
we expected it would be and our expectations were Lib.
Nearly 500 dolls are displayed! Every sort from a
tiny jointed doll about half an inch high to dolls much
larger than their owners' baby sisters and brothers.
Up on the second floor, they are all arranged so the-;
can be seen easily. , Every visitor to the show 13 iarit
to vote for the doll in each class that is considered hf t.
The doll in each class receiving the most votes, will get tl
first prize. Second and third prizes in each class, will v
to the two dolls receiving the next highest number
Votes. ' , : e :. " ' . ", ,
- All this week, the voting will go on and we si.ul -
nounce the result just as soon as possible.
Such dolls as there are? Dolls 200 years old! J) ,Y
the very latest sty te. Dolls made by Indiana
Sandwich Islanders. . 1 t Dolls-, from many f ore 5 ;:u I
Beautiful dolls, homely dolls. And there is on rp"rh :
hibitio a doll xjarriage purchased here in Brid z'.
years ago! In that carriage, there is a doll prr-V - ,
the same time. 4 We want you to surely sec that.
: All is in readiness. Every doll is cheerily wr.it in r
receive the- euests. Come,
' ir-. - J. ? i ; , '.' 5 1 i
Just 10 days to clioose sewingmac 1
on easiest' plan you
. B 1 1 fMLV . " ' '
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I 9ft 'ir'-ir li-
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of club membership. The balance of the machine s r ra
is paid in small amounts at stated intervals. Its total t
is its regular cash price without any interest or due s -r
any other sort of additional expense.
The $15 machine; (cash 'price) costs a. club mr: ' r
$15. The $25 machine costs a club member jut
Whole aim of this club is to sell a lot of machines b v r
ing it easy for people to buy them and by giving
member unrestricted use of a machine during the tl a . .
is being paid for. e -a '
i ' Several types of machine, each one guaranteed to ie
satisfactory in manufacture and in sewing ability, a 15
to $39. v a -a:; ':vaV. .-;a--.
a Third floor. v
Victrbia Xr
$2
weekly
for
a You may walk into the store, choo.- e
Victrola XI and $10 worth of records, pa
$10 as first amount, and that Victrola wi
be sent to vour home at once.
The resl; of its cost, $110 with the r
ords, you may pay in weekly sums of $2.
Could a pleasanter way be thought out of gecurir
this delightful instrument ?
Other Victrolas, of lower and of higher price, to !
bought on the same plan.
Front basement.
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HOWLAND DRY GOODS
and Cot
111
could devise.
'The Ilowland' EeT.-in'x-r.:-.-chine
Club vill keep ih- 1:::" :
open to receive meinfcern tel.
tha close of nest veelr. 11 ;
allows just ten day3 to chc :
machine and arrange 'to p:.
for it. on the easiest ccxt ,cf
easy terms. .
To member of the club, a
Howland maehint is deli re re- I
as soon as the first payment "
-1 .11 '. ; J rrit .1,"
one UUlld.1 is lliaue. xii.u
lar is credited to the rnei;
upon the regular price of j
chosen machine; it is not: a
extra charge for the pri,v; a
The Weather: Fair
Warmer Wednesday.
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