Redevelopment at Bridgeport Protestant Orphan Asylum
Six boys from the State Trade School repaint and redecorate rooms at the Bridgeport Protestant Orphan Asylum, two weeks into the project with vast improvements. Bed room furniture is being refinished. Twelve girls from the asylum join Miss Frances Brooks Coggswell's dance class this winter, a notable schedule change. The asylum boys show enthusiasm for soccer and have engaged with the Whitler J school teams.
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Natalie Beers plans larger en bunter season at regional schools
Evelyn reports Ruth Topping Beers will expand her dance instruction and hostel duties at the Stratfield Hotel, with a larger season featuring 300 pupils from babies to adults. She trained in New York and with Oscar Duryen, and will run Friday and Saturday classes at the YWCA and Roosevelt Hall starting October 24, with additional sessions in Nichols Stratford Wilford and Westport.
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Stratfield Hotel
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Roosevelt Hall
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Wilford
Westport
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Marcel
Mental Tests Help Classify Waterbury Students
Waterbury schools tested 700 pupils to improve classification by cognitive ability. Superintendent Berlin Tinker and Thomas J. Congdon backed using intelligence tests with three groups: bright normal and slow, to tailor work to capacity. Results showed wide range within grades and partial alignment with teacher estimates, indicating tests aid placement though not infallible.
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Detroit
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La France soap promises easier washing and gentle care
No rubbing or bluing with La France as it cleans and loosens dirt quickly. Dissolve two tablespoons with soap, boil or agitate, then washing is nearly finished. Safe for delicate fabrics, works with any soap, sells by package through grocers in tubs or machines. Batina starch aids ironing with gloss and nonstick properties. Philadelphia based La France Manufacturing Company.
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la France Manufacturing Company
Philadelphia
Three Victims Reported In Dog Attack Spree
Charles Mellins, 23, of 42 Clarence street, told police he was bitten by a stray dog yesterday afternoon and treated at the emergency hospital. Lillian Jager, 35, of 26 Montgomery street, suffered a severely lacerated wrist but injuries were not serious and she was treated. Arthur Berronic, 85, of Cedar street, reported a black and white dog of unknown ownership attacked him on Marion street and he would file a complaint after locating the dog’s owner.
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