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New Britain herald., 1914-04-28
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
 HAS MANY APPLICANTS
Membership Committee Re- ports Over 200-Expects
 More Than 500.

To date. according to figures given out this morning by Chairman Charles J. White of the committee on reorgan- izing the New Britain Business Mems association, there have been some- thing over 200 applications for mem- bership in the new chamber of com merce received and placed on rec ord. While q good many of these memberships are of the $5 variety there are, nevertheless, goodly number that run well up into the higher figures. While we have over 200 applications at present." says MT. White, "the work of the membership committee is far from completed and with a proper amount of effort we feel that we should be apIel to get from 200 to 300 more memberships for the Chamber of Commerce, mak- ing a good sized working member ship of from 500 to 600. There seems to be no doubt but what this measure is going through all right" he added.
 When the New Britain Business Mems association meets tonight in the association rooms in the bank building for it's annual session the Chamber of Commerce committee will make it's final report. The propo- sition to change the name to that of the New Britain Chamber of Com merce will be acted upon and a com- mittee will probably be empowered to hire permanCut secretary to carry out the work of the organiza- tion. The bylaws will have to be revised and the whole new associa- tion put into working order before results can be obtained.
 While tonight's meeting is essen- tially the annual meeting of the New Britain Business Mems associa- tion it is said by prominent members that is is extremely douhHul if new officers will be elected at this time. So large a number of applications for membership into the Chamber of Commerce have been received, and these same applicants are naturally without a vote in the Business Mems meeting, that 1t seems no more than fair to all concerned that these new applicants should receive vote in the naming of their officials, and accordingly 1t is expected that the election of officers will be postponed until an adjourned meeting when all may be represented. It is pointed out by men interested in both organiza- tions that as the new association must be a strong one in order to ac- compIish results it's staff of officers should not be elected at a snap meet ing, but the men should be carefully considered before being chosen.
 One of the principle things to be done at tonight's meeting will be the changing of the name of the New Britain Business Mems association to that of the New Britain Chamber of Commerce. This. it is pointed out. does not however, mean that the old association shall thereby eliminate itself but technically it will con- tinue, only under different title and with increased powers and greatly increased membership from all walks of the business world, and the off, fcers will be able to hold over until their successors shall be appointed later. .....
 Reports for the year will be made tonight by the various officers and the treasurer's report will show a suc- cessful twelve months just passed.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-28
WILL RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS.
MiIk station Is Preparing to Do . Great Work tlfis Coming Summer.

With the near approach of the warm weather the managers and workers of the New Britain milk sta tion are preparing for their summer campaign and all indications are that the work which this station will do this year will be greater than ever before.
 Miss Mary Whittlesey, secretary and treasurer of the milk station as- sociation, will receive all contribu- tions at her home at 279 West Main street.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-28
LANDERs OFF FOR EUROPE.
Will Return in Time For Counr
 Meeting in May.

Senator George M. Landers sailed on the steamship Mauretania toda, for London and will leave the otheI side on the Lusitania on May 9, st that he will be home in time for thu council meeting in that month.
 Mrs. Landers had planned to ac' company her husband but has beef prevented from taking the trip hI reason of the illness of one of hci children.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-28
CONTRACTS AWARDED.

A meeting of the board of charity commissioners was held last evenina with Chairman E. w. Peiton presidinx| The contract for furnishing the cosI for the town home was awarded t} solomon Shurburg. The contract foT furnishing coal to the outside pool was awarded to the Stanley-Svea com> pany. The undertaking contract wa awarded to James M. Curtin q Go.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-28
Washington Officials
 Await Next Step

Washington, April 2S.--With the receipt of Huerta's formal acceptance of the good offices of the South diplomats, President Wilson
New Britain herald., 1914-04-28
Gen. Maas Promises Consul Canada to
 Release American Prisoners.
Fletcher Seizes Property of Terminal Company, a Brit
 ish Owned Concern.

Ambassador Riano, in charge of the affairs of Mexico in the United States, today informed Secretary of State Bryan that General Huerta had un- conditionally accepted the principle of mediation as involved in the pro- posal of the governments of Brazil. Argentina and Chile. ! The envoys of Brazil Argentina and Chile whose good offices have now been formally accepted by the United States and the Huerta government t, compose the crisis in Mexico, re- stunned their sessions early today at the Argentine legation. under circum- stances which gave them much en couragement.
 The sessions are all private anu surrounded by every safeguard against premature discussion of plans. 1t was known, however, that the chict effort of today was to try to perfect a plan on which they have been l. working ever since their tender Of good offices was made. This will be laid before the two governments at the earliest possible moment. AVA
 The sessions are expected to be con- tinuous throughout today and .c- night.
 
 any statement as to what proposals the United States would submit as a basis for mediation. It was announced that nothing would be said that might in any way embarrass the mediators. At the regular cabinet meeting at II o'clock the formulation of the Amer ican proposals to the lnediators was subject of Considerations
 General Funston formally reported his arrival at Vera Cruz to the war department, in a despatch which said. Expedition arrived without incident, much delayed by condition of Meade"
 The envoys were in continuous ses- sion we'll after noon and no further move in the formal negotiations had been made public. Ambassador Ri- ano at the Spanish embassy was awaiting the next communication from the mediators.
 The cabinet adjourned q . A ses- sion of more than two EE Id no announcement was mac 2, pro- gress of the mediat ons.
 The tension se 1ess," : said Secretary Bryan, a. h9Sfeturned to the state department. Americans are being moved out of Mexico City without interruptions"
 MT. Bryan said he had not yet re- ceived the text of Huerta's accept ance of the mediation proposal and that Ambassador Riano had merely explained orally that mediation was acceptable to Huerta.
 The state department received a report from Consul Simpich at No- gales, Ariz., that 145 Americans with thirteen children had arrived by train from Torres and that another refugee train from Culiacan was expected soon.
 Consul Hostetter reported his arriv- al at Nogales, from Hermosillo with sixty Americans and the expected ar- rival of ninety more from Sinaloa. Consul Garrett reported all Ameri- cans removed from the Nuevo Lare- do consular district.
 Reports from Eagle Pass, Tex. say that American refugees coming from the interior of Mexico report that they were insulted and threatened by federal soldiers on their way to the border.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-28

Washington, April 2S.-Presiden, Wilson today decided to order federal troops to Colorado to restore order
New Britain herald., 1914-04-28

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New Britain herald., 1914-04-28

The cabinet adjourned sion of more than two r announcement was maG gress of the mediat
 The tension se said Cacratoru pry
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-15
F ashions Change
First at the Back

sAe oue- irrotrievable mistake the
n .r dreSsmaker makes is overlook
ius the supreme Importance Of the
b; ..
Irving ot" hefore mirror. even
the AID Of handelass, the woman
VIZ c3everlv enough achieves her own
costume effect, fails TO obtain com
p. hensive view OF her potential frock
f. s;a the rear. hut concentrates. very
nstuTaliy. ou that part of her work,
" tich her eyes cam see, and focuses
q ention from draperies, front
trimmings, front lines. leaving the Inn
t~tant back OF the costume to take
care of Itself TO greater or less extent.
Ensembie Effect of town.
The accomplished nodiste. en- the
GO raFN. standing behind her patron.
hag oUe eve on the back OF the fyoek
She Is fitting. and another eve on it's
reflected Image from the front view of
tbs mirror. She sees NOT one side alone
Hi5= ss4e tr7ser7hie@=ttte mo1tInE or
Use into line and the balance of dra--
rorles from back ana side points of
vioa An well AS from the front aNd
= s.t4~4T-e-ttt,-- rt~t1tier tTC sort THO
hume dres~maker is lltely t. fan iuto.
The oman who attempts 10 make
hep own frucks sbouid consider q
tejDifcate mirror. which gives three
Views Of her fi&ur. a' 44ue and the
81 time. as indispensable 10 ber work
as cuttius table and SEWING machine.
bgt rart is The h"Dsv sewing room
eaoipped with such mirror and rare
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-15
The New Millinery Small
and Picturesque.

We are taking 10 the small hat this
season with degree Of approval that
seems to indicate the permanent
vogue Of the little shapes that pos
scss at once chic. common sense and
rieturesqueneSs
Where has it gone, the old time
wide-spreading hat with which we
used 10 associate the term picture que
ard which. with It's volume Of plum
age ard masses OF flowers. used 70 be
considered the stylish essential Of
"Aressy-up" occasionss It has gone,
that IS enough: replaced by the tiny
shape that. thank goodness. does not
occupy third ot the space, yet lHto
which has been put all the elements
Of picturesquencs and hecomingness.
or course there are always some
women who will declare that small
shapes arc not becoming 20 them, but
.lie year their number is decidedly
iess. for there is an INFINITE variety of
sieall shapes, a type Of hat for every
type Of woman. almost.
Piquancy and pertness are the char
aeteristics Of the little hat as II IS now
made that seem vastly more in keep
ing With the woman OF 1914, with her
.nnumerable activities, than the old,
helpless, widc-eyed. doppy headgear.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-15
THE STYLISH FLARE is SAFE
AND SANE.

Some brims would be wide If they
did not fare, but they do fare, for
that is about the most fashionable
thing they can do. Away up to one
side they go. straight into the air. fiat
against the crown, the opposite side
balanced by wee-blt brim that would
hardly he noticed at all il it were not
tipped quite decidedly into one eye.
Hats must fare to he fashionable,
and to acoentuate the fare the trim
ming is posed on top OF it, fiaring and
Haunting still higher and giving to
the feminine outline that general ef-
feet Of height that every woman
vearns for. However much this al
fectation Of height may hespeak the
vanity Of the weaker sex in the MILF
merry Of the moment, it bespeaks the
assumption. If not the possession, of
the virtue Of humaneness. For no mat
ter how tall and haring the hat and
the trimmings are, if they fare up
toward the heavens they are not far
ing into the eyes of some fellow-farer.
or endanrering the usually safe posi-
ton Of his ears and nose So let us
say: Long live the high fare"
As 10 the location Of the fare. that
is a matter of personal taste or Of
personal beeoringness II may be at
one side. toward the back or toward
the front, or directly in the back, or
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-15

where it is contended that the uni
versal use of beer has solved the prob
lem" uses LIS gallons OF distilled spirits
per capita, and 22.2 gallons of beer.
France, where wine has proved the
solution" of the problem. uses 80
gallons Of distilled spirits per capita,
and 3s9 gallons of wine. The United
States uses less than one gallon of
wine per capita each year. Denmark
uses 1sl gallons of beer per capita.
and 2.16 gallons OF distilled spirits.
All figures are for 1909
This proves conclusively that the
heaviest consumers of beer and wine
are also the heaviest consumers OF
stronger liquors. and that the increase
of beer-drinkinG in the United States
would inevitably result in a like in
crease in the use of distilled liquors
1t is customary for such pro-beer adj
Nocates as Congressman Bartholdt to
claim that there is no drunk enness and
no "intemporauce" in Germany Ger
man leaders laugh at this statement
and assert that there is not only a
grave prosA M of drunkenness in Ger
many but that the habitual use of Ii
quors on the part of those who never
get drunk is productive of more evil,
and is greater menace to the nation
than drunkenness.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-15

bodice is OF creme shadow lace over
flesh tinted tul1e, and a little bolero OF
the green Egyptian crepe opens at the
front and falls just over the high cir
die at the back.
A sharp touch of contrast is given
by A wide black MORE ribbon which,
weighed with an odd ornament of
Jade colored beads, coils over the front
of the lace bodice, outlining the deep
of the neck.
The detachable hustle drapery is
simply yard of the green crepe,
gathered into a two-inch space at each
end and when the ends are placed
close together against the back of the
girdIe the yard of soft. crepey stuff
falls in a very graceful hustle effect
over the tunics The drapery is at
tached 10 the girdIe under wide, flat
sash bow, by means of snap buttons
and in u twinkling 1t may be whipped
off and the pretty frock worn without
IL.
Siihouettes Are Changed.
Another radical change in the sill
houette is caused by the lifting of the
back of the skirt. This is astonishing
asd striking, after two seasons of
skirts lifted ut the front. The new
skirt clings closely over the instep
of the smart huttoned boot and re-
veals quite frankly its high heel and
the top of contrasting Leather. or of
light cloth. The skirt slashed at the
back has never been favored by women
of tastc-even when they adopted the
clash at front or sides. and the lifted
At-thc-b back effect is infinitely smarter
and more lsquant
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-15

itself, with satin 4 bit more exclusive.
But as pretty a method as any IS to
make the hat of the same material
~ the frock, especially for the dainty
dresser, who likes the "all-to-match"
idea. For this purpose the seasonable
crepes are perhaps the best. the Egyp-
tan crepes in soft Oriental prints,
mandarin crepes, plain and in modern
art coloringa The crown of your
straw, or the top of the brim. may be
covered with your silk. or you may
have the jauntiest sort of spring and
summer millinery by means Of wire
frame shirred over with Powered
pussy willow tafTeta-say, the same
that you have in your pretty after
noon froek. with a bunch of flowers
set smuggling against the side to sug-
gest the flowers in the print. Could
anything be more ailurings
1t is in this sort of hat that the
home milliner has her innings, the
wire frame, the piece of silk that is
left over, bunch of flowers and an
hour or two before the mirror-her
purse has not suffered the usual de-
pletion and her wardrobe is the bet
ter off for very charming acquisi-
ton.
Not the least Of the material hats is
the lingerie affair which is to have its
innings again this summer. This. too,
il made to match the dress. Flouneed
effects are going to match our
founced frocks and parasofs. and what
better than the machine-embroidery
founcingss All-over embroideries, as
we'll as plain cottons and linens, will
go into plainly covered sun hats.
touched with bit of flower or feather
trimming.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-15
FEMININE FEAR OF
MICE. UNEXPLAINED

Once more there is excuse for ask
ing how much of sincerity there is
in the fear of mice to which so many
women give vehement expression A
night telephone operator over in New
Jersey saw one of the little creatures
steal out on the floor of the room
in which she was keeping her lonely
vigil, and though his attack was not
on her, but on the crumbs of her
luncheon, She promptly tainted. on
recovery she rushed into closet
where she was imprisoned till morn
ing by the spring latch on the hastily
slammed door Meanwhile all efforts
to "call central" We're vain, and the
snowstorm received many undeserved
|objurgations
Yet this young woman, like all
Others, knows that mice are perfectly
harmless -~that they never did hurt
anybody and never Will.
The wicked suggestion has been
made that feminine outcries on the
appearance of mice are a mere fash
ion or habit inveterate now. but orig
mating in nothing more than desire
TO snow an interesting sensitiveness
and umidity and to give rescuing
man chance to show his superiority.
There must he something more to it
tthan that, however, for not few
women, even when quite alone. as this
one was manifest almost convincing
indications of this fear, perhaps not
the less real because so unnecessary.
! Apparently the feAg, is instructive.
but nothing in ancestral history ex-
plains the instinct. since in the line
of mothers running back through the
troglodytes to merely anthropoid
forebears. never a one was devoured
by mouse and not more than half
a dozen in all can have been bitten
by one. And instincts are not so
leasily made.--New York Times.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-15

is the homc-manufactured frook that
is fanltless al the back.
Come mt the Back.
Just at present. fashion is in the
thtecs OF another metamorphorsis-a
the change is coming at the back.
The perfectly flat line from neck to
hips. achieved during the past five
years by every artful device of cut,
drapery, figure poise and corset. Is
gradually but certainly yielding to a
curved line, and this curve viii I'm
eVitably make the Waistline smaller
before We have done with II. The
new curve, OF course, includes tlle
hustle effect, which seems 20 have
come to stay Notwithstanding the
epthets of absurd" "ifnpcseibler'
and the like, hurled at It when 1t first
peeped tentatively above the sartorfal
horizon. Bustles are actually being
sold in the shops queer, flat pats,
having no resemblance as Yet to the
crinolfnc and wire monstr0sitics of
generation apo~-aud the smartest new
froehs are topped up or besashed at
the back TO suggest bouffapcy be
low the waistline, that would have been
unhcard of last autumn
New Hustle" Drapcry Effect.
Sometimes length Of the material
pleated at both ends against the back
or Tie waist. perhaps under big
how and the loop OF soft FABRIC weight
cd n trifle, falls In folds at the back
Of tho hips, eiyins q pronounced hustle
effect. 4 new frprk for an easter
trousseau has q =cleverly ARRANGED. de.
taehable "bustte' drapery 9of this sort.
which may be left off when its wearer
does not desire TO he mt the extreme
of the mode. The fruVk is dniuty
affair of WILLOW green Egyptian creme
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-15

up-haring turban bfims are made Of
il; spikes and cabochons and buckles,
from which spring tail ornaaents OF
feather or ribbon; bands from which
fare fri1ls of net or horse-hair lace.
IF there is no other bit of JET on .
hat. a string of jet beads will mingle
with the material after the manner Of
pearls in an Oriental turban.
If one were to pronounce any mode
the favorite this season, the lot would
surely fall to ribbon trimmings and
ribbon hats. Over in Paris they are
making whole hats Of narrow ribbon,
brim and all, the edges tapped and
sewed together round and round.
Wider ribbons serve the same pur-
pose. Rufied and draped toques are
made from broad ribbons in soft
weave, one style OF the sort being
called the cocks comb in Paris. from
the manner in which the trimming Is
pleated back over the middle of the
shape.
Of all the substitutes for feathers
ribbon is the smartest the most satis-
factory. There is ultra chic in the
simple, small shape of straw, with its
haring side and a trimming only OF
one ribbon bow conforming to the APP
proved shapes of the moment, imitat-
ing wings and quilts, DEVILS ears
anything so long as it possesses deal
of dash and the slant that makes it
most becoming to you.
Again, if the narrowncss of the
brim is not exactly to your liking, you
are privileged to increase it by means
of ribbon hange gathered about the
outer edge to help in the softness and
the fare. A fashionable material for
these fanges is a black silk betting.
employed also in bows and bands,
which because of its stifTnee. has an
added usefulness and an added chic.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-15
THE FORE AND AFT HAT.

The hat with the trimming in front,
exactly mirrosed in the back, is one
of the smartcst sorts Of the season,
especially when the pert little fancy
sticks up as If it were trying to give
you your moneys worth. Here is a
fare turban in dark blue English
straw with a feather fancy back s~a
from. and facing of ~ui~st 10 soften
il agains. tie face.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-15

abiding humaneness 10 the numerous
substitutes for the feathers OF forest
birds. of which the use IS now pro-
hibited. Some OF the newest trimming
modes in spring millinery are the IN
vention of clever makers. who have
been searching about for ideas suit
able for attractive development under
the new tariff clause, which some time
ago prohibited the importation of the
p1umage of wild birds. Paris has been
putting forth her best PAGES to in
vent a trimming that will please the
Americans and give fitting substi-
tute for the beauty of the banned
paradise. aigrettes and osprey. So we
are hearing much talk about the
feathers of the despised barnyaro
fowl: about the use of horse hair
aigrettes, that are almost as attractive
as the real; about imported grasses
that have been cured so that We can
not distinguish them from the plum
age OF songsters,
THE AUDUBON HAT.
Owing to the activity of the Audu-
bon Society in the promoting OF laws
that make for the protection OF bird
life. one type of hat has been 3ppro-
priately dubbed the Audubon, name
that should recommend it to every
bird lover of the world. ANY hat
about which fingers no ghost of a
dead bird comes in the category, and
you may be sure that in nodishness,
as we'll as in picturesque and poetical
qualities, it is supreme. One man who
is interested in the humanity OF hats
has suggested the Use of machine en-
broidery in their trimming, delight
full idea that VIII be carried out in
the lingerie hat of the summer. A
wreath of flowers. bunch of fruit, a
grass aigrette, pompon of maine. or
indestructible wolfe, a caboehon OF jet.
naturally shed ostrich and peacock
plumage-there are trimmings for the
millions that will leave the forests full
OF birds.
ENTER JET AND RIBBON.
The sparkle of jet is scintillat,ng
from half the hats Of the season, the
dressy as we'll as the tailored ones.
Whole crowns are made OF it; whole
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-15
SAYS USE COCAINE AND DIE"
Have Constitutional Right to Kill
Selves That Way,

SVISSs Thru way.
NEW YORK, March Little
liberty, the pursuit OF happiness and
the use OF cocaine was Magistrate
Corrigans implied amendment to the
constitution of the United States to-
day, when four men and two women
arrested in a raid at 255 West Fiji
ty-fifth street last night, were ar
raigned in the West Side court
Detective Owens said that when
the police broke into the flat. also
breaking up the party and selling
two revolvers. which two Of the wo-
men tried to hide by sitting on them.
they found that one OF the men and
two women were unde.' the influence
of cocaine
What if they were?' demanded
the magistrate. They have a right
to use cocaine IL they wish. Under