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New Britain herald., 1916-05-24
News f0r Thenter G0e1s 1zzrd Women Readers
JUST LAUGH AFTER
 LAUGH AT LYCEUM

This is the final week of the Alfred Cross Players at the Lyceum theater, also it is the greatest week in many ways that has been seen in local thea trical circles during the present sea- son. His Dream Girl" the vehicle chosen as the climax to the season is so far out of the ordinary that it has to be seen to be appreciated. Suffie it to say, however, that it is strictly a, homemade show. That is, the entire atm Osphere abOunds in New Britain The scene is laid in New Britain, and any man. woman -s,r child who lives in New Britain and knows New Brit ain would be unfortunate to miss all the local color served up in this com edy which has the ear-marks of farce vaudeville, and a musical show all combined.
 Alfred Cross assembled all the fun writers in the city one night last week and together they concocted some of the local lines that were in- tersperced in this original French comedy. After that was done a, com mittee of song writers went to shops and piked out the best the market provides in the way of this sort of en- tertainment. Philip Sheffield drew the funniest song in a decade when they handed him a copy of Some Little Bug Will Get You If You Don't Watch Out" Raymond Hitchcock singing. All Dressed Up and No Place to Co.,. was admittedly funny. He had noth- ing on young Sheffield. The audiences so far have been demanding six and seven encores, and getting them. With new verses every time. It is a sensa- ton. Then there is Alfred Cross re- fined pianOlOgue, and Miss Julie Herne's sweet little ballad, ''Auf Wei dersehn", and Miss Winifred Welling toms song hit, and one by Frank numerous to mention.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-24

The White Ribbon society will meet at the home of Mrs. A. Olson, -42 Bassett street, tomorrow after noon at o'clock
New Britain herald., 1916-05-24
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necessary" Theodore announced. "If the cooks fall down, I'll % into the Kitchen myself. I have made coffee. that men howl at after drinking" Farnum who is not a cook himse1f said nothing but jumped into his automobile and returned with two highly polished and manicured Chin ese. well take no chance on com pany cooking, these men are real cooks-not actor cooks-and thov know what to do with the food. T cannot act if I am hungry.''
 The latest chapter Of The Iron Claw" and other photoplays comprise the balance of the bill.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-24

in which MT. Nciller has contributed some of the finest writing he has yet given to the stage.
 The Poli management in producing Back Home'' has spared nothing in the efforts to reproduce faithfully the clean, wholesome atm osphere which surrounds all the writings of MT. Cobb. The scenes Of the play, which are laid in Kentucky in early spring, have been pictured With the utmost fidelity. Based on the famous Judge Priest'' stories of MT. Cobb all of the characters made famous in those stories as well as others con- temporary have been entrusted to a cast headed by James Crane, who plays the part of Judge Priest and J. Irving White as Jeff, his faithful ser want and bodyguard. Back HOme' is one of the dramatic treats of the season. It is an old-fashioned play, clean and wholesome.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-24
HALF A ROGUE' IS
 KEENEY'S HEADLINER

Selig's latest dramatic release,
 Half ROgue,' a five-part photo- play, is to be numbered among the feature attractions at Keeney's tonight and tomorrow Much favorable com- ment has been made on this film by the reviewers and if it comes up to the expectations of the managem ent it will prove one of the best offerings of the season. The play was present. ed before the cameras by a com pany of Selig stars, headed by King BaggOt, a new acquisition to the mo- tiOn picture world, whose fame as a screen favOrite is expected to equal that of many of the older players in a shO time. General attention is also expected to be attracted to the pro gram because of another feature, the third episode in The Mysteries of Myra,' eHarst's two million dollar se- rial. These chapters will be an inn portant part of the show tonight and tom orroW
 Fritzie Brunette will be introduced to local picture devotees in Unto Those Who Sin,' a blue ribbon feature which will top the bill Friday and Saturday. Miss Brunette is peculiar ly fitted for the role assigned to her in this great problem film and in the part she is expected to make the hit of her career as a screen performer.
 Its Only Immag gination,' the far cical sketch presented by Fred H. Speare and company, is one of the big laugh getters on this weeks vaudeville bill. It is a well constructed playlet and the audience likes it. MT. Speare is comedian of considerable ability and in the sketch he is surrounded by some clever people.
 There is some good comedy and en- tertaining bits of singing in the acts of Collier and Lifshea and Lyons and Robbins, both of which are bidding strongly for favor this Week
New Britain herald., 1916-05-24

How the woman of a century agu managed to bring up eight or ten chil- dren (besides the three or four that she bore and lost in infancy), do all her housework, make all the clothes for the household and perhaps do the weaving, and still have time to keep Voluminous diaries and read inter minable novels is a perennial mystery to the woman of today
 With three or four children and all the modern conveniences in her home, she is apt to find herself over taxed, unless she is one of the eight per cent. who keep a helper, and even then she wonders where all her time goes to.
 The other day I caught a glimpse of one of the thousands of answers that could doubtless be made to that question. It was a muddy day. The answer was on the feet of several women. It took the form of white shoes.
 To wear those white shoes on such a day meant the expenditure of much time and energy before they would be clean again.
 Little Drops of Water, Little Grains of
 Sand.
 That's just a small thing, but it's typical of many small things that in the aggregate make a deep dent in tWenty-fOur hours a day.
 Count the white gloves you see on the trolley car the next time you go to town. Can't you remember the days when we only wore white gloves to teas or dances or similar grand oc- casiOns?
 Then there are all the little dew dabs that we wear about our necks They are so becoming that we don't see how we ever got along without
New Britain herald., 1916-05-24
"A A WALTZ DREAM" AT
 PARSONS THEATER

In that beautiful Viennese oper- etta, "A Waltz Dream,' the Opera Players are scoring their second con- secutiVe hit of the summer season at Parsons theater, Hartford, this week, and the many beautiful numbers of the Oscar Strauss score are being rendered in most adequate measure by the excellent company that created a sensation when it opened in The Firefly.' This weeks opera has a decided Viennese flavor, with TO- mantle story of real heart interest, and melodious music of the kind that has made the name of Strauss fa- nous. Two of the mum bers, Sweet est Maid Of All' and "Love's Round- clay" would in themselves insure the success of the opera from a musical standpoint, but Strauss has composed several others that round out the score and make it a real gem. James Hornberger, tenor, and Lillian Cros- man, soprano, are newcomers this week who add strength to the organ ization, while the other favorites in cluding Florence Webber, Osborne Clemson, Roger Gray, Lillian Ludlow, Francis Boyle and Sylvia Thomas have most enga ging roles in the work
 
 Next week the players will present that delightful opera bouffe, The Chocolate Soldier' another Strauss work, founded on George Bernard Shaw's witty martial satire, Arms and the Man, Of special significance will be the fact that Forrest Huff re- turns to the cast for this productions to play the title role, which he creat- ed when the opera was originally nroduced at the New York Casino. Francis J. Boyle, the basso, who was also the original Capt. Massakoff ponderous soldier in the Bulgarian army, will of course sing the same role next week. And Miss Webber, Mir. Clemson, Eylvia Thorne and 1 others have had previous experience | in "The Chocolate Soldier, so that l the Opera Players ought to give l a most perfect presentation of the work. The music is wonderful catchy and many consider it the best that Strauss has ever written for the light ] opera stage. A special matinee is to be given on Tuesday, Memorial Day. l Already there has been a big demand for seats, following the initial an- nouncement that "The Chocolate Sol- 1 dler' was to be the third bill, and i carly reservations are advised.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-24
Menu for Tomorrow
Breakfast,
Fruit
 Toast

Breakfast.
 Fruit Famed Chops
 Toast Coffee
 Lunch
 Scotch Eggs. Tomato and Horseradish Sandwiches Coffee Jelly Tea Clear Soup Beef Olives
 Stuffed Potatoes
 Praised Lettuces Asparagus Salad
 Quince Pudding
 Coffee
 Tomato and Horseradish Sand Wiches-MiX a quarter cupful grated horseradish with quarter cupful may onnaise dressing. Sprinkle slices of tomato with salt. Spread thin slices of bread with the mayon- naise and horseradish mixture, and put sliced tomatoes between. Qunce Pudding-Cook onehalf Cupful pearl sago in one quart of boiling water in a double boiler for half an hour. Put one pint canned uuinces in a pudding dish, add which is to be turned over the uuinces and baked about half an hour. Serve cold with cream
New Britain herald., 1916-05-24

them, but they do take time to keep up.
 And What About These Silk
 Stockings?
 And what about the light-colored spats and the silk stockings and un dcrwear, requiring such careful wash ing and mending, and the fragile blouses and all the other refinements of fashion that simply gobble up time.
 Of course I know that in the old times they had their time-eating re- finements of fashion, but, first, the woman of small means didn't aspire to them, and, secondly, they were used to grace special occasions, not every day. That's the difference.
 He Uses Four Tooth Brushes \ Day.
 Of course the care of the wardrobe is not the only time-eater. The in creasingly fastidiOus care of the per son keeps pace with it. For instance, there was a time when if one brushed ones teeth twice a day one considered one had done ones duty. A man told me the other day that he brushes his five times a day and keeps four tooth brushes going.
 One is reminded of the experience of John Fox, the novelist in the south ern mountains. A little boy saw him at his morning toilet, which consisted of washing his face and hands in the brook and combing his hair. Mister" said the little boy, "ain't you an aw- full lot of trouble to yourself?"
 Aren't we all of us a good deal more trouble to ourselves than we used to be? Mind you, I'm not saying that a good deal of the trouble isn't worth while. But that doesn't prevent it's taking time. And if you take more time for any purpose, however worth while you will have less time left. c. F. D.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-24

(he Theater of Distinction The Best Plays For the Best People In the Best Theater.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-24
The Wife's Viewpoint

O moth ever God
New Britain herald., 1916-05-24
BACK HOME" MAKES
 INSTANTANEOUS HIT

Rack Home," in which the Poli Players are appearing this week at Polls theater, Hartford, is the work Of Bayard Neiller, author of within the LaW,' and is founded upon the widely read and enjoyed Back Home'' and Judge Priest' stories of Irwin s. Cobb. It is delightful comedy of character and atmosphere
New Britain herald., 1916-05-24

The New Britain Golf club whist, scheduled for this afternoon at the club house at Maple Hill, was held instead at the home of Mrs. James
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-05-13

assessments. And why should
anyone oppose plan of assess
ments that will force all property
owners to pay taxes honestly?
No honest man should wish his
assessment to be % per cent of
the value of his property while
his neighbors is 60. Taxation
should be equal and uniform, and
it is unreasonable in any man to
oppose so patent a proposition.
The schools face a crises. They
cannot possibly continue their
onward march unless the reve-
nues are largely increased, and
this increase cannot come as the
result Of high tax rates; it must
come, if it comes at all, through
larger assessments that will yield
larger revenues. And this ad-
ditional assessment should be
placed upon the tax dodgers and
the under-assessed.
If Louisiana has some clear
headed, patriotic sons land she
has many who can lead US out
of troubled waters into clear sail
ing, they should now come for
ward, for their service is sorely
needed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-05-13
'Dsdson's Liver Tone" Is Harmless
Clean Your Sluggish Liver
and Bowels.

Ughl Calomel makes you sick. It's
horrible! Take dose of the dangerous
drug tonight and tomorrow you may lose
a days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Cslomel, when it comes into contact
with sour bile crashes into it, breaking
itup. This is when you feel that awful
nausea anda cramping. If-you are slug
gish and call knocked out" if your
liver isl torpid and bowels constipated
or you have headache, dizziness, coated
tongue, If breath is bad or stomach sour,
just try a spoonful of harmless Dodson's
Liver Tone tonight ON my guarantee.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-05-13
Efficient Mans Business.

The community has no bride that
will tempt a wise man. You may
raise money enough to tunnel noun
tain, but you cannot raise money
enough to hire a man who is minding
his own business. An efficient and
valuable man does what he can,
whether the community pays him for
It or not. The inefficient offer their
inefficiency to the highest bidder, and
are forever expecting to be put into
office. One would suppose they were
rarely disappointed.-Thoreau.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-05-13
CAL0MEL WHEN BILIOUS? NO! STOP!
MAKES YOU SICK And SALIvATES

Here's my guar antee- Go to any drug
store and get so cent bottle Of Dod-
sons Liver Tone Take . spoonful and
If it doesn't stysighten you right up
and make you fs,el fine and vigorous /
want you to 60 back to the store and
get your money. Dodson's Liver Tone
Is destroying the sale of calomel beeause
it is real liver medicine; entirely veee-
table, therefore DIT can mob salivateS Sor
make you sick.
/ guarantee that one spoonful Of Dod-
sons Liver Tone will put your sluggish
liver to work and clean your bowels Of
that sour bile and constipatsd waste
which is clogging your system and max
ing you feel miserable. guarantees that
bottle of podson's Liver Tone will
keep your entire family feeling Ane for
months. Give it 10 your childrsu. Il IL
harmless; doesn't gripe andsthey like it
pleasant taste.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-05-13
A Symbol of Health.

The Pythagorians of Ancient Greece
ate simple food, practiced temperance
and purity. AS badge they used the
five pointed star which they regarded
as a symbol of health. A red five point
ed star appears on each package of
Chamberlain Tablets, and still fulfls
its ancient mission as a symbol of
health. If you are troubled with indi-
gestion, biliousness or constipation,
get package of these tablets from
your druggist. You will be surprised
at the quick relief which they afford.
Obtainable everywhere. ADV.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-05-13
Notice to Mortgage Creditors

State of Louisiana. Parish of Grant,
Sheriff and Tax Collectors Office,
Colfax, La, April Is, 1916. }
In conformity with section So, Act
IS, of 1888, notice is hereby given to
all parties holding mortgages on real
estate in Grant parish, on which taxes
for the year 1915 have not been paid,
will begin the sale of same at the court
house door in Colfax, La, on Saturday,
the 9th day of May, A. d. 1916, and
that number of pieces of property SO
delinquent are now being advertised in
this paper, THE COLFAX CHRONI-
Gle. in conformity with the law pre-
paratory to such sales. The attention
of the mortgage creditors is especially
called to these advertisements of tax
sales, and they are warned to take such
steps prior to the sale as may be neces-
sary to protect their rights.
A. B. PERKINS,
Sheriff and Ex-Officio Tax Collector,
Parish of Grant, Louisiana.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-05-13

Mercy" calculated young Mrs. Kid
der, in the midst of her reading, Here
is an account of q woman who sold
her baby for fifty cents" "Oh, we'll"
returned her bachelor brother. who
had at sundry times cared for the chill
dren while his sister went shopping.
all kinds of swindles are being
worked nowadays" = Kansas City
Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-05-13

Send us your job printing orders.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-05-13
Work for Explorers.

Vast expanses Of grazing land and
immense forests await exploration in
the northwestern part of Paraguay,
known as the Gran Chaco. which is
inhabited mostly by nomadic tribes of
Indians. It is estimated that Para
quay has a population of 100000.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-05-13
NUMBER 30
The Aches of House Cleaning.

The pain and soreness caused by
bruises, over exertion and straining
during house cleaning time are soothed
awsy by Sloan's Liniment. No need to
suffer this agony. Just apply Sloan's
Liniment to the sore spots, rub only q
little. In short time the pain leaves
you rest comfortably and enjoy q re-
freshing sleep. One grateful user
writes: "Sloan's Liniment is worth
its weight in gold" Keep a bottle on
hand, use it against all soreness, nsu-
raigia and bruises. Kills pain. 25c at
your druggist. -Adv.-2.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-05-13

Subscribe for the Chronicle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-05-13
Cut This Out---It Is Worth Money.

Don't miss this. Cut out this slip,
enclose with &c to Foley & Co., Chicago,
Illinois, writing your name and address
clearly. You will receive in return a
trial package containing Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound, for lagrippe coughs
colds and Group, Foley Kidney Pills,
and Foley Cathartic Tablets. j. w.
Duncan Co. ADV.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-05-13
IN Distress.

"Oh, my day is spoiled. came on
without my cigarettes" "Algernon
will let you have some of his" Dear
me! l can't smoke cigarettes with an
other fellah's monogram on them
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-05-13
WARD SEVEN.

Horn, W sstate-s1 acres sw o. sw qr.1 acres
It Ebenezer camp grounds. se or sc or sec 5 tp s
r5w. Parish tax $50, state LIS, veterans 25c,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-05-13
State Tax Sales
of
ImmOvable Property
State of Louisiana VS.. Delinquent
Tax Debtors, Parish of
Grant, Louisiana.
TAX COLLECTORS OFFICE,
10 I01c

COlfax, La, April 10, 1910.
By virtue of the authority vested in
me by the Constitution and laws of the
State of Louisiana, l will sell at the
principal front door of the court house
in which the civil district court of
Grant Parish is held, within the legal
hours for judicial sales, beginning at
IL O'Clock a. m. on
Saturday, May q, 1916,
and continuing on each succeeding day
until said sales are completed, all i'm
movable property on which taxes are
now due to the State of Louisiana and
parish of Grant, to enforce collection
of taxes assessed for the year 1915, to-
gether with interest thereon from the
31st day of December, 1915, at the rate
of 10 per cent per annum until paid,
and all costs.
The names of said delinquent tax
payers, the amount of taxes due by
each on the assessment of said year,
and the immovable property assessed
to each, to be offered for sale, is as
follows:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-05-13
State Supt. Harris on Equalization of
Assessments.

State Supt. Harris on Equalization Of
Assessments.
ISSUED oy Federation OF women's Clubs.1
The most important question
that concerns us in Louisiana is
that of assessments. We are OPP
Grating under the theory that
every man supports the govern
ment in proportion to the value
of the property found in them.
In practice we are far removed
from this ideal. Much property
is not assessed; one individual is
assessed up" and another down;
and there is the grossest inequali-
ty as between parishes. Our tax
rates are high enough, too high,
but the deplorable assessment
situation results in forcing some
individuals and some parishes to
contribute more than their share
towards the support of govern
ment while others contribute less
than their just share; and it also
results in less money than is
needed for public purposes.
The schools are vitality inter-
ested in this question. Their
proper development depends up
on its solution. We can hardly
hope to receive larger shares of
the State and parish taxes, nor
can we expect the people to vote
special school taxes more gener-
ously. The schools receive from
the State less than two dollars
per child of school age; they
should receive at least five dol
lars; yet the proportion is about
one-third of all the State taxes.
We cannot reasonably expect a |
larger proportion. What is said
of State taxes can be said with |
'eq4al truth of parish taxes. The
constitution guarantees the pub
lie schools three-tenths of the
maximum taxes that can be lev
led in parish, and they actually
receive much more than that in
many parishes. This is not I'M
generous support of education.
AS to special school taxes, the
State is practically covered by
by them, the rate frequently
reaching as high as twenty-five
mills. In other words, we are
working fairly hard our sources
or revenues, and we find our
selves in this situation:
1. We realize that we should
organize to prevent adult litter
acy by providing for wide
compulsory school attendance,
but we lack the funds to take
care of the $50, 600 to $50, 600 ad-
ditional children that would come
into the school.
2. We need many more high
schools offering suitable courses
to our young men and women,
but the money is raised with diff
Guilty when the people locally are
called upon to raise the most of
it.
3. Many parishes should con-
tinue the work of consolidating
the country schools and should
extend the terms of the country
schools, but these things cost
much more money than is avail
able.
a. Shops, agriculture, home
economy, gymnasiums should be
required in all of the larger
schools they are not because the
finances will not permit.
5. All of the parishes should
provide for the medical inspec-
ton of children they have de-
cayed teeth, defective vision, en-
larged tonsils, malaria and other
defects that interfere with their
physical and also their mental
development. These def e ct S
should be nninted ont and remnv-
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-20
Cut Your Store Bill
 Down One Half

Tens of thousands of farmers as well as town and city folks cut down their store bills one-half last year and saved money in spite of generally short crops and re- duced wages.
 Absolutely millions of dollars were saved and countless families lived better than ever before in the face of the cotton crisis and general business depression.
 How were these burdensome store bills cut down: By the real money-saying power of good home gardens, rightly planted and kept planted and tended through the season.
 Hastings 1916 Seed Catalogue tells how to cut store bills down; tells about gar den and farm seeds of kinds and a quail ity that cannot be bought from your mer- chant or druggist. It's full of garden and farm information. It's free if you ask for it. Write for it now. H. C. HASTINGS GO. Atlanta, Ga.-( (Adyt.) -