Spoke on Women’s Clothes. 
On the afternoon of Tuesday, 
April 14, the members of the Ar- 
bella club listened to a most inter- 
estering discourse on ‘‘A Wo- 
man’s Clothing Budget’? by Mrs. 
Miller of the Filene Personal 
Service Bureau, Boston. The speak- 
er emphasized the fact that a 
woman, especially a woman with a 
moderate income, must buy her 
clothing with a view to getting 
more than one season’s wear from 
it. A budget should be planned for 
three years so that all of the most 
expensive articles such as coats and 
suits may not be purchased in one 
year. An interesting point which 
Mrs. Miller dwelt upon, and which 
is being discussed on all sides, was 
the absolute necessity of every wo- 
man having some knowledge of tex- 
tiles in order to buy intelligently. 
Mrs. Miller also dwelt at some 
length on the quality of material in 
ready-made clothing. In her bud- 
get for a modest expenditure of $50 
a year Mrs. Miller allows 53% for 
the ‘‘big things,’’ coats, suits, 
dresses et cetera, 14% for negligee 
and underwear, 20% for ‘‘protec- 
tion,’’ rubbers, umbrella and shoes 
and 13% for gloves et cetera. The 
expenditure of $250 a year for 
clothes allowed, of course, for a 
more elaborate wardrobe and the 
proportions were as follows: ‘“big 
things,’’ 66%; negligee and so on, 
16%; protection, 11%; sundries, 
7%. The address was one which 
eould not fail to appeal to all girls, 
and the booklets which Mrs. Miller 
distributed were interesting. 
Additional Bids on Manchester’s 
Sewerage. 
Bids were opened a week ago for 
additional work in connection with 
Manchester’s new sewerage system. 
One set of bids called for the con- 
struction of the well, from which 
the sewage is to be pumped through 
force mains to the outer harbor, 
and the other set for the construc- 
tion of a pipe line from this well 
out into the ocean. 
All the bids were so high for the 
construction of the well that a new 
set of bids will be called for. Mean- 
while the test wells will be dug on 
the lot to ascertain the nature of the 
soil and the probable difficulties to 
be met in the construction. Morley, 
Flatley & Co., of Manchester, put 
in a bid of $28,177 and T. A. Scott 
Co. of New London, $33,103. Both 
were rejected. 
The figures for building the line 
of pipe out into the ocean ranged 
from $56,800 to $65,000. T. A. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MANCHESTER SEA FOOD CO. © 
F. H. DENNIS, Manager 
Residence, No. 5 Lincoln Street 
Tel. 296M 
ALL KINDS OF SEA FOOD 
Fresh - Smoked - Salted - Canned 
Market, 48 Beach Street 
Tel. 188W 
Edward §S. Knight 
, FLORIST 
Everything for the Garden. Flowers for all occasions 
ESTABLISHED 1884 
40 SCHOOL STREET 
Tel. 10 
MANCHESTER 
Beverly, - - - - 
Scott Co., of New London, were the 
successful bidders, their figures he- 
ing $56,800. The other bidders 
were Merritt Chapman Dredging 
and Wrecking Co., New York; 
Joseph Gerrish, Boston; G. R. Gow 
Construction Co., Boston; G. M. 
Bryne, Boston. Three sets of fig- 
ures were asked for, but it was 
found that the figures for laying 
the pipes in the harbor channel 
were lower than for any other way 
by thousands of dollars. The lines 
will follow the channel down the 
harbor, then cut across the flats to 
the islands. The pipes will be laid 
some 12 feet under low water mark, 
so that they will not interfere with 
any dredging now or at any future 
time. 
New Jersey is said to have the 
greatest proportion of railroad mile- 
age of any state in the country, or 
one mile of railroad to every three 
square miles of territory. This 
makes an unusual risk of forest fires 
set by railroads. 
‘‘WMred, dear, why are some wo- 
men called Amazons?’’ 
‘“Well, my dear, you remember 
our geographies said the Amazon 
has the largest mouth—”’ 
But she went out and slammed 
the door before she could say any 
more.—Stray Stories. 
The Leopard Moth Larva 
The most destructive of recent pests to 
shade trees of New England. 
We 
successfully combat this insect. 
R. E. HENDERSON & CO. 
have men especially trained to 
Foresters-Entomologists 
Mass, 
Opal Scott. 
Opal Scott, a second daughter of 
John F. Scott, Manchester, died last 
night sometime after midnight, at 
the home of Dr. W. H. Tyler, North 
street, where she had been staying 
the last few weeks. For several 
years she has been ailing with heart 
trouble and had been very sick at 
times. She planned to go to live 
with her married sister, Mrs. Ethel 
(Scott) Hedvig at Atlantic as soon 
as her health would permit. She 
passed away last night without at- 
tendance, and her death was not 
known until early morning when 
the doctor called at her room. She 
was 18 years of age. The funeral 
arrangements have not yet been 
made. 
‘‘Help! help! I can’t thwim and 
wife ith drowning.”’ 
‘“Why don’t you walk out with 
her then? You don’t appear to be 
out of your depth.’’ 
‘““Yeth I am. I’m standing on 
her.’’—Tatler. 
Seott—A man may be so effusive- 
ly pleasant with everybody that he 
becomes a nuisance. 
Mott—True. But a man who en- 
deavors habitually to make himself 
a nuisance never succeeds by any 
accident in being pleasant.—Boston 
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