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New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
BE CORDIAL

TT is great mistake to assume a stiff
 or formal manner when introduced to another, as the latter will be apt to feel hurt or snubbed. A lady should always be gracious, but not effusive. She should maintain a certain reserve, since she is dealing with a person who is stranger, although in time she may become friend. When a man is in- troduced to lady it is not necessary for her to rise or to shake hands un- less there is some special reason for so doing.
 A lady always rises when another woman is presented to her. It is not necessary for her to shake hands, how ever, unless she wishes to be very cor dial. It is the lady's privilege to offer her hand, although if she sees that the man has his hand extended she usually takes it to save him feeling of awk- wardness. Older women, like young people, usually shake hands when young girls are presented to them, and it Is kind to do so.
 At receptions and balls the hostesses receive the guests with a courtesy, shaking hands only with their friends. While this method of receiving is sometimes adopted at private houses, on very formal occasion, as rule, the hostess shakes hands with all the guests in her own home. This form of greeting is essential to true hospi- tality,
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
CHILD WELFARE
 NOTES

THE characteristic thing about the
 conduct of a child that is fla tigued" Is his lack of concentration This shows Itself not only in the rapid shifting of interest and activity, but also in the inability to attend consecu- lively to conversation or study, and in school it is one of the common causes of inattention. The connection be- tween fatigue and this shiftiness or in attention lies in the fact that the child has lost the ability to resist impulses Every sensation, every suggestion, ev- cry thought that pops into his head inn pels him to a new line of action, and he is too feeble to do anything but to obey the impulse.
 We know that the trained person, the able person, is just the one who se lects what sights and what sounds he will attend to, what impulses he will obey and what ones he will ignore. To make this selection requires experience, and large part of our training con- sists of training in this kind of selec- tion. Moreover, the selection requires energy, and this the overfatigued child cannot command.
 Certain types of children are much more likely than others to acquire this state Of chronic fatigue. The very Sen- sitive child is most likely of all to de- velop the condition, because here every sensation starts an impulse that either produces some muscular action or stretches the muscles without leading to any obvious movements. In either case the muscles are actually expending energy in a way that contributes to the fatigue. Not only impulses that come Fk1 +z;J but the wanderings of his own imagina- tion, are likely to start muscular con- fractions that add to the fatigue with out seeming to produce any real work. In addition to these sources of wasted energy, such a child is of the kind that does not know when to stop.
 He needs plenty of nourishing sim pie food, early bed hours, much out door life and quiet
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
FANCY HATsANps IN FAVOR

NANCY adjustable hatbands are
 feature of the new millinery an
 appeal to the woman whose longing fc
 variety is hampered by limited pursd They furnish an excellent means of in| troducing daring touches of color in al otherwise dark street costume and arl adaptable to the stir crowned, marrow brimmed models as we'll as to the sofI sports hats of felt and beaver foH which they were originally designed
 Plain colored ribbons in the noWR bright shades, as we'll as in striped ans
 blocked effects, combining two color in sharp contrast, are the most useq& for adjustable hatbands. Many oE these are so woven as to pass Tor hans knitted bands and have a convenient elasticity which makes them easily ad < unstable to any size crown. Others ard of a stiff ribbed silk similar to belting2 and fasten under the fiattest of tailored bows.
 Double faced ribbons, showing a darid shade on one side and vivid color-| ing on the other, are among the mossl satisfactory for fancy hatbands, as| they are capable of almost endless val riety in adjustment.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
NEW FOOT PADS.

THE many modest women who have
 strenuously objected to the dar- ingly short skirt have finally adopted it, but only since the advent of the high boot, SO that now they complacen wear skirts that are a good twelve inches from the ground, and it must be confessed that not only are they most comfortable. but decidedly youthful looking. which is an advantage that is not to be lightly set aside.
 But what is milady of the modest mien to do for evening? She is so welded now to the abbreviated skirt and its charms that for evening she still desires to wear lacy affairs that are quite as short, and what is bother ing her more Is that they appear so much shorter with the dainty evening slippers.
 She was really in despair until some ingenious person planned two lace ru111es that are to be attached to the sllken stocking. With a scalloped skirt ana dark slippers theres is a quaint ap- peal that takes one back to the pie lures of Grandmother when grandfa- ther was courting her.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
Everyone Should Drink Hot Water
 in the Morning
Wash away all the stomach, liver, and bowel poisons before
 breakfast.

To feel your best day in and day out, to feel clean inside; no sour bile to coat your tongue and sicken your ton, bilious attacks, sick headache, colds, rheumatism or gassy, acid stom- ach, you must bathe on the inside like you bathe outside. This Is vastly more important, because the skin pores do not absorb impurities into the blood while the bowel pores do, says a we'll known physician.
 To keep these poisons and toxins we'll flushed from the stomach, liver. kidneys and bowels, drink before breakfast each day a glass of hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in it. This will cleanse purify and freshen the entire alimen- tary tract, before putting more food into the stomach.
 Get a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from your pharmacist. It is inexpensive and almost tasteless, except a sourish twinge which is not unpleasant. Drink phosphated hot water every morning to rid your sys- tenn of these vile poisons and toxins; also to prevent their formation.
 To feel like young folks feel; like you felt before your blood, nerves and muscles became saturated with an &C., emulation of body poisons, begin this treatment and above all, keep it up! AS soap and hot water act on the skin cleansing, sweetening and purifying, so limestone phosphate and hot water before breakfast, act on the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
CHINESE CABINET
 UNDER MONARCHY
Believed Present Premier
 Will Resign After Emperor
AScendS Throne.

1 Correspondence ot the Associated Pressl Peking, Dec. 3-Chinese officials are speculating as to probable com- position of the cabinet after the res toration of the monarchy. It is gen. erally believed that the present pre- mier, Hsu Shih-chang, will refuse to continue as premier after the en- peror ascends the throne. This Is because he served under the Tsing dynasty, and cannot well explain to the Chinese public how 1t is possible to serve another master. Furthermore, Yuan Shi-kai was subordinate to him under the Tsings; the revision of their position would be almost unthinkable 10 the Chinese. It is rumored that Hsu Shih-chang may consent to be- come premier some times after the restoration of the monarchy, but does not feel that he can assume that position at the very beginning of the prospective dynasty.
 If Shih-chang refuses the premier ship, Lu Cheng- -hsiang, the present minister of foreign affairs, will doubt less become the premier It is sug- gested that Liang Shih-yi will be- come the vice-premier This is not regarded as highly probable. LisEog Shih-yi, after Yuan Shi-kai., is the most influential man in China and conferring the apprenticeship upon him would not add dignity to his position as confidential adviser and friend to the president.
 It is likely that I.u Cheng- -hsiang will continue as minister of foreign affairs, even if he accepts the pre- miership, and Liang Tun-yen, the minister of communications, is sug- gested as Lu Cheng- -hsiang's success sor should he vacate' the ministry of foreign affairs.
 Other probable members of the monarchical cabinet are:
 Minister of Interior: Gnu Chi -chien i; the minister of army: General Wang Shih chin and Admiral Liu Kuan- hsiang will be likely the minister of navy; the minister or finance; Chen Chin-tao; the minister of justice: Chang Tseng- g-hsiang; the minister of communications: Yang Shih-chi or Sheng Yuan-pei; the minister of edu- cation: Yang Tu or Yu-yun; the min- ister of agriculture and commerce: Chow Tsz-chi; and the minister of imperial household; Yuan Na-kuen
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
kRIVOLAk, SERBIAN
 TOWN, UNHARMED
Debarkaion Point of French
 Armies in Balkan Campaign

tCorrespondence of tho Associated Press1 Krivolak, Serbia, Dec. 28-Krivolak is the debarkation point of the French armies in the field in the Balkan campaign-as a village, 1t is small and unclean, with more the character of Turkish or Bulgarian than
 Serbian town. There are no accom- modations for anybody. The railway station with it's chimney knocked down by a Bulgarian shell. is the most imposing building. To the eaI is the Vardar. still swollen with rains, shifting, uncertain, narrow, deep. To the north. where the Vardar bends in a westerly direction. is what the French call '"The English bridge'- a pontoon structure for the building of which the British army lent the southwest is a hill commanding as an artillery position every nook and corner of the curve of the river. To the north beyond the Vardar is the key of the whole French position the mountain of Kara Hodzai.
 Open to Bombardment.
 Strong as the point is naturally far has almost confined itself to the
 
 possible the maximum number of strong natural positions 1t is open to hostile bombardment from hills on the opposite shore of the river. A few moments ago half @ dozen large calibre shells fell in the river near the English bridge. Just now one has fallen on the hillside to the south east of the station. Constantly the bridge, the station and the railroad are the mark of Bulgarian long range artillery. But the mark is too dis tant. The Bulgarian artillery fire generally is excellent, but it lacks the scientific accuracy of the French, and as yet the Bulgars have no aero planes to verify their fire. as the French have. So Krivolak remains unharmed. Shortly the hills to the east are to be cleaned of their bat teries. Then Krivolak will be tran quil.
 The journey from Saloniki to Krivolak, by the single track rail- road seems interminable. Fifteen hours to do seventy-five miles. The French complain bitterly that the delay is in the Greek end of the line. Already French engineers are double tracking the railroad from the Greek Serbian frontier, north.
 No Fixed Train Line.
 There are no fixed train lines. Everything is subserviated to the transport of troops, munitions, SUD- plies. On the return journey, it IS the transport of the wounded,-of armies needing repair, of empty roll ing stock, of which there is to little. There is but one passenger coach on the train, crowded with of- ficers charged with the communica- tions of the various armies engaged for the telegraph wires are also uncertain-with sanitary officers, medical officers, commissary staff and a few civilians, bound for Greek villages between Saloniki and the frontier. The station at Sa- 1oniki is a military one, couple of miles from the town, in the midst Of fields Towering with the tents Of
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
O'CONNOR TO GET S5,OOO.
Browns Former Manager Brough
 Suit for Breach of Contract.

St. Louis, Jan. 5.-A verdict of a jury in the State Circuit Court in May, 1912, which awarded John O'Connor damages of S5,O00 against the St. Louis American League Club because O'Connor was discharged as manager while he was under contract for an- other year. was affirmed by the Court of Appeals yesterday.
 Evidence was brought by the ball club to substantiate the charge that O'Connor as manager conspired with his fellow players in October, 1910, to allow Lajoie of the Cleveland team to get a larger number of hits and thus defeat Cobb of Detroit in a contest
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
THE GRIM HEATERS
 HAVOC WITH SPORTS
Past Season Has Seen Removal From Ranks Many Prominent
 PerSOnageS.

| Almost every line of sport has been l affected by death during the past year, and many noted favortes have disappeared fro1. view.
 The loss to baseball and yachting
 has been particularly severe The National game suffered by the death of Albert G. Spalding. who was con- nected with the game as player, man. ager, rulc-maker and patron. Other baseball personages who died in 1915 were Andrew Freedman, once owner of the Giants; Robert B. Ward, one of the leading factors in the Federal League and owner of the Brooklyn club; Tim Hurst, the allruund sport ing man and one time National Lea que umpire, and Wallace L.. Logan q player, manager, and owner of a club m the California league.
 To yachtsmen probably the greatest loss is John B. Herresh off, for years one of the famous designers and builders of cup defenders and other speed craft. George LaWley was another yacht builder who died dur ing the year. The turf has not been
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05

| SINCE shocking is so much used at
 present a few words as to how to
 do the work will not be out of place.
 It Is not difficult to learn as is gen.
 orally supposed, little patience and a certain aptitude for needlework being all that is necessary. It is possible to make very unusual and pretty dresses without any knowledge of cutting and fitting when fullness is required
 Crossbarred dfmity is the best to be- gin on, as the lines are a great help in preparing the work for shocking There should be about three spaces to an inch. The part to be smocked must first be gathered into tucks of even size with black thread. After some practice these spaces can be measured with the eye. but at first the cross- barred or dotted material is great help and time saver. After gathering with strong black thread as many rows half an inch apart as will cover the space that Is to be smocked the garment is ready for the actual shocking.
 Mercerized floss in medium weight in double thread is the best cotton to use. The twisted cotton single is also eff fective for coarse work. This floss holds its color and comes in attractive shades. The stitches are made very much like the featherstitch and have the same number of variations. The featherstitch Is done toward the sewer, whereas shocking is worked away from the sewer. Every time a new stitch Is taken one picks up a tuck previously made by the black hastings. After some practice it will be easy to pick up just the right amount of material from each tuck, but everything depends upon the evenness of the spacing in the beginning. The different stitches are made by chang ing the thread from one side of the needle to the other, just as in feather- stitching The combination of stitches with themselves and with each other is so endless that no two garments need ever be alike, and the combining of colors and materials makes this work very fascinating. The simplest stitch is like the ordinary outline, the thread pever changing from the side of the needle and going straight ahead, picking up a new tuck with each stitch. This stitch is best used where the work is to be held closely together. especially at the neck.
 It Is possible to buy patterns for smocked dresses for adults and chil- dren. It should also be noted that shocking will take two and q half times as much material as will appear when the work is done-that Is. Tn or-
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05

1915 has just been issued. It shows that the total number of persons em- ployed by the United States. not in- cluding postal service or the army and navy, to be 3S,571 and they draw annually the sum of $44,02S,660.
 There are 321 who give their legal residence as Connecticut and they are paid $42S,255 annually, an average of $1,334.13 each. Of these seven are in the state department drawing a total of s9,400; fifty five in the treas ury, drawing s75,511; twenty-one in the war department drawing $27,72O; one in the department of Justice drawing a salary of $1,4o0; eighteen in the P. o. department drawing $22,120: twenty-eight in the navy de- partment drawing s37,O15; forty-six in the interior department drawing $66,771; forty-one in the department of agriculture drawing 7,700; twen- ty-four in the department of com merce drawing $31,219; nine in the department of labor drawing $10,700; six in the office of the interstate com merce commission drawing $S,520; one $1,20O clerk employed in the of- flee of the civil service commission, one clerk at $720 with the Federal reserve board; one $1,200 clerk with the federal trade commission; twen- ty-1line in the government printing office drawing $33,93S; twenty-four in the municipal government of the district of Columbia drawing $24,121, four in the congressional library drawing $2, $40; four in the Smithson- ian institute drawing $5,640 and one in the state -war-navy building at $720
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
A 1RluMPH OF SHOCKING.

MODISH as to motifs, luxurious in AI materials and of simple lines, our illustration speaks the last word oF smartness It is developed in tan broadcloth exquisitely smocked at the waist line and collar, which is edged with a narrow band of beaver, as ar@ the cuffs, turban and smocked bac9 The rather severe buttoning suggests a military plainness, and the ripple os both tunic and skirt is faultlesslv graceful. Please observe how every detail of accessories harmonizes, from the white kid topped boots to the trirn little beaver turban banded with worsted flowers in palest pastel shades of pink, blue and green, with gold cen~ ters. an excellent color note
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05

der to obtain half 8 yard of smoclz1 material a yard and quarter must used. Of course this can be gatherd I'D into smaller space or stretchd to a larger one, but that is the averaa The materials used for 8 grown pei sons dress must be soft, for the fuA ness around the waist will not Tod well in stiffer materials. A soft veil ing silk and even chiffon are bel adapted for this kind of garment. Tf advantages of smocked dresses for chi dren's wear are numerous. The full ness will leave room for growth, an the dresses may be worn for a lora time.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
EVERY THREE MINu ONE DIES IN THE u

The Ant1- Tuberculosis Soclet1 trates the frightful toll of consui| by extinguishing a light every| minutes, and shows that it is th| or woman, girl or boy, who nd colds, whose blood is impure, wh| weak and languid, who is thd one to contract tuberculosisI none are, immune.
 During changing seasons, o1 sickness, blood-quality is most I tant, and if you and your fani1 take Scott's Emulsion after md will charge your blood with Il sustaining richness, quicken circu1 and strengthen both lungs and tl1r|
 Scott's is free from alcoho1--el take-it cannot harm. Geta bottle tI
 Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield. NJ.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05

the British, finally beginning toE towards the front.
 The train Is long-all freighH save the one reserved for the distinguished. But almost all freight cars have their humarH as well. The men sleep on strH the floor, throughout the weaA journey.
 "AII Lights Out"
 At Strumitsa station a SerbiaS cer come quietly down the col "All lights out" he ordered. K here on the railway is within of the enemy. They generally q few at passing trains if the@ them" The order seemed suIS ous in view of the fact that t1t is improvided with any. lighting tem-or at least any that works a few man have provided thenl with candles and it is these that be extinguished. Slowly the train approaches meter 88 where the railway q ! the Vardar to the side of the garians. The bridge was desA three years ago in the last H wars-and has not been properI built since. The train creeps it. The swirling water of the VI are white in the moonlight. Al a sand bar the current has wi three black objects. Legs? A trains pass close to them, those have looked out of the train vii see that one of the black objects in a white oval-a face upturn the moon. The eyes are black owed holes. The mouth is wide A mat of hair alternately cover reveals the wet glittering forehe time with the little backwaters river from the sand bar.
 Good God, what are those ?"
 Serbian Guerilla.
 Some of Babounsky's acq ances," says the French officer. bounsky is Serbian guerilla. H no standing in the laws of wa he isn't a bad sort, and he adl ters very rude but a very eff sort of justice hereabouts. A many of the inhabitants of thil of Serbia are Bulgars you know there is no end of spying and g lawlessness going on. Babo looks after that. A lot Of Serbs fled, leaving all their belongings. temptation for the Bulgarians W main is great. But if Babo catches them-and he generally their shrift is short. He sends to SaloniRi as he calls it. The Fr man jerked his thumb over his der towards the river just D Those are on their way to Salo he added.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
LEGEND OF THE VENETIAN LACE
 MAKERS,

nNCE upon a time there was a girl
 a dark eyed Venetian girl, who had lover-aH Venetian girls had once upon a time. She was a lacemaker, he was a sailor, and one day when he had just returned from the Indian seas she showed him the lace she had been making Thereupon he tossed into her @D a wonderfully delicate piece of
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05

and 1t was time for her lover to return. This is a real story, so-he came back, and they were married, she in the veil it had pleased her fancy to make. Whether the wedding was a quiet one or not, all Venice heard of the veil. Queens and princesses sought her out, and point de venise became the rage Vogue
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05

coral and told her 1t was lace the mer- maids wove in their caves deep under the sea.
 And when he had gone again she set herself to weave her bridal veil after the pattern of the coral she wove. Filmy seaweed, f1uted shells, tiny sea horses and starfish grew under her hand until at last the veil was finished
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05

for an autom mobile, but the Court ot Appeals held that this evidence failed to convince the trial jury that OCon- nor was guilty of the conspiracy.
 The court held also that the con- tract with O'Connor was not void be- cause of ambiguity.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
GRANTED BOXING PERMIT.

The license committee held a meet ing last evening. and voted to grant the petition of W. W. Hanna for a boxing exhibition in Hanna's armory on January 21.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05

lip, tackle; Alfred, guard, Frank, full back, and Fred, end. The combined weight of these six brothers is 1902 pounds, and Fred, the end is feet inches tall.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
321 CONNECTICUT PERSONS

Employed by U. s. Government
 Paid $42S, S,255 Annually.
 Especial to the Herald.)
 Washington. Jan. 5.-The official register of the United States, com monly called the Blue Book" for
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05

Felix Nicklas, captain of the .5t. Johns college basketball team, has been dropped from the squad because he represented the Crescent Athletic club in a recent contest. This action was taken by Father James Reilly, athletic director of the Brooklyn col lege. George Mathews, Chairman of the Metropolitan A. A. U. Regis tration committee, Is Investigating the case.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05

Once more Registration commit tee of the local A. A. U. has found George Goulding evasive in his re- plies to letters sent to him by Chair man George Mathews, and a final decision on the charges made by William H. Parry against the Can adian walker is still as far from be- ing rendered as ever. Mathews ask ed Goulding to send him a letter which the latter received from Eddie