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New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
CHAPLIN FILM A
 SERIES OF LAUGHS

Tonight Charlie Chaplin will make his last slide down the stairs for the entertainment of the Keeney patrons as the stay of "One A. N.Y. the latest Mutual release will be concluded at that time. Charlie is the whole cast in this production. His only assist ants are pair of stairs, a folding bed and other stage access Ories For over half an hour the eccentric comedian keeps his audience in rOars of laughter with his funny antics, descriptive of the home coming of "drunl1." There are bushels of laughs just crammed into the film and it is holiday for the Keency audiences while it is being run off.
 The other big feature for tonight is "The Speed King a great racing drama, with Richard Stanton and Mar cia. Moore, assisted by capable com pany Ethel Te9re will be seen in the Kalem finn, Just a Few Little Things" and there will also be a Vic- tor drama.
 The vaudeville entertainers who will terminate their visit to New Britain tonight are the Martin brothers. snoc- tacular acrObats; KeOugh and JOso,o who present an entertaining sl<it en- titled, Ambition" and the Rachos, gymnasts.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
SPENDTHRlFT WIFE
 10 LOSE HUSBAND
Referee Reports in Favor Of
 Divorce for Banker

New York, Aug. 19-William C. Bergh, banker and brother of the late Henry Bergh, founder of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Anil mals, will receive decree of separa- ton from Mrs Ella s. Wilkins Bergh if the report of former Justice Charles F. Brown, referee, filed in the su- preme court is confirmed.
 Bergh sued on the ground of aban- donment and also alleged his wife was extravagant. She replied he treated her with great discourtesy' and 'studied indifference and contempt and talked to her "only in monosyl- lables."
 A letter to Mrs. Bergh to her hus- band was introduced at the hearing hefore the referee, in which she said she would rather live in a $500 shan tv'' than with Bergh.
 T cannot and will not go back to
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
Wews f0v Theafev G0evs and Women Readers

He's only one more," growled Dicky, there's plenty of truck here fer four able-bodied men; what we need is another man.
 "A Real, Live Man."
 Lillian caught my eye and gave an 1nt1nitesimal little wink.
 l remembered her words of the night before, when she had wished for a real, live, good-looking, not too serious man," who, by provok- ing Dickys jealousy of me, would turn his attentions from his beautiful model, Grace Draper.
 Dlcky grumbled about the necessity for adding another man to our out ing all the way down to the corner where we were to take the little Crest Haven trolley
 AS we alighted from the taxi and stood waiting for the Durkees and Grace Draper to arrive I caught sight of a tall slender yet well knit figure coming across the road toward us.
 l caught my breath in an emotion which I hardly knew whether to label Glsmay or pleasurable excitement Something told me that the man Lil- Han had wished for had arrived
 The man coming toward Us was Dr.. Fettit!
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19

hamlet in the country, they nearly all reach the same destination, one of those convenient wicker receptacleS found beside the writing desk in every we'll appointed hotel bedroom. How ever, Charles Robles, the Well-knOwn actor, appearing with the Al Reeves show al the Grand, Hartford, received one the other day that was exception al and destined to prove the rule It was so unusual he answered. After mentioning half a dozen reasons why the dazzling light of her genius should not be obscured by parental opposition in Traverse City, Mich., the embryo star added as the most important of all the fact that "eVeryOne who knew her said she looked just like an ac- tress." It was this statement that brought the reply from Mr. RObles.
 '1f, as you say" wrote Charles, "yOur personal appearance is such that everyone says you look like an actress you are most unfortunate. The bet ter class of players are most annoyed pN having their occupation detected by the casual observer. Try to overcome thls misfortune, my dear girl, while you are still young"
 It was not until the letter was on it's way, that Charley remembered he had not answered any one of the fifty-seV en different questions prOpOunded by the budding genius; this omission may be the means of keeping Traverse City from suddenly springing to the fore in the list of our famous cities, but it is doubtful, as looks are one of the minor requirements to good acting.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19

you under present conditions" said Mrs. Bergh. "You hate me with a piercing hate. What a life to go back to! No promises; only tortures over again"
 Referee Brown recommended that the three children of the couple be put in their fathers custody and that their mother be permitted to visit them at reasonable times. The chil- dren are Alfred, fifteen years old; Henry Bergh, Sd, fourteen, and Ro- land, twelve. The Berghs were mar ried in 1895.
 For eight years,' Mrs. Bergh testi- fled, The never addressed me by name and never used a term of endearment, except on two occasions, when, in the rresence of other persons, he called me My dear For three years he has refused to speak to me at the table, but always addressed me through the servants"
 Bergh said his wife, who has a prt- vate income of s6,000 a year, was so oxtravagant that she spent S50,000 since their marriage, and that he found it impossible to live on his in come, being compelled to spend $30,- 900 from the principal of his fortune. Bergh complained, too, that his wife interfered with the educatioin of their sons, placing them in the care of nurses and governesses.
 Soon after the suit was brought last March, Mrs. Bergh declared some one had tried to kidnap her children from Lakewood, N. J., where she had 8 cottage.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
H CAMERON

But wait bit A few days later Mrs. Howard Gra- ham came to call on me. And in the course of the conversation she said, "I was walking past your house at half past twelve the other night and I saw a light in your study. DO you oft ell work as late as that?'
 "No," said I. Do you often take walks as late as that?'
 T should say not" said she My dear, I had the most awful time that night"
 Naturally I pricked up my ears One of Those Experiences That Arc
 Funnier in Retrospect Than
 At the Time.
 Its one of those things that seem funny to look back at," she went on, though it was pretty uncO1nforta ble at the time. We were coming home late from a bridge and Howard had one of his spasms of car-sickness. He said he should faint Cor worse) if he didn't get off the car. I wanted to get off with him, but it was the last car, so we'd have to walk, and I had on some silly little high-heeled shoes that murder me, and he didn't want me to. He said he'd be all right and he wouldn't get off at all if I insisted We'll I knew I should be worried to death about him, so I let him get off and then I got off at the next stop. I don't know what people thought was the trouble with us"
 Naturally, I didn't tell her.
 But I did tell Mrs. Scandal-Lover the story.
 She looked disappointed. "It sounds a little bit t1shy to me-" she said
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
REVELATI0NSOF A WIFE
How Madgc Felt When She Saw Dr.
 Petit.
By ADELE GARRUsON

How Madgc Felt When She Saw pr.
 Petit.
 was up very early in the morning of the day we had set for our motor boat picnic in honor of the Under- woods.
 Katie and I had done all of the baking necessary the forenoon before, but there were many things which had to be left until within a few hours of starting. Otherwise the viands we had prepared with such care would not have the freshness I wished.
 , Early as I was I found Katie in the kitchen before me. I had promised Katie that she should accompany us on the trip, and she was like a child in her excitement and delight over the proposed outing.
 "Vot I do first, AIissis Graham ?" she asked, as I came into the kitchen "get breakfast or feex desc boxes %
 Let us get the lunch packed first Katie and out of the way" I re- turned "Eyerybody is asleep yet and we will not disturb them until we have to-
 eff by everybody you mean me, chimed a gay voice behind us, ''just count yourselves mistaken: but you're right about breakfast. Those lazy boys upstairs won't be down for a good two hours yet. They'd only be in the way, anyhow; I'm here to help.'
 Lillian Underwood stood smiling at us but such a changed Lillian that I stared at her open-mouthed. She had sIinned on q skirt and dainty little
 Io 1,oi To- ,a1x T carelessly at the nape of her neck, and neglected to put on the atrOciOus mask of powder and rouge which she generally wore. Her hair, of course, had the same metallic brightness which betrays the attempts of foolish women to stay natures work. It contrasted a bit oddly with the lines of care in Lillian's face, which she hai1 always concealed beneath her "make-up,' and which were pitiless- Ivy revealed by the morning light.
 IiPs Improved Makc-Up.
 But the texture of her skin was good despite it's lack of youthful freshness, and there was look of childlike sweetness about her face which one would never have guessed vas beneath the world exterior Whlcn LlIlldn uSudlly pre- sented.
 Hike me better this way, don't you?" she said, giving me a friendly little pat as she came up to me.
 Yes, I do," I replied honestly
 Some day I'll stay this way, really I will" she promised.
 My thought went back to the day W hen she told me that if ever she gained possession of her baby again the little girl should find a mother with pepper-and-salt hair and a clean face" I devOutly wished that day would soon come, if for no other reason than to banish forever the makeup and hair dye which I so detested in Lillian, but I made no
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
STAY HOME, GIRLS,
 IS ROBLES' ADVICE

Every successful actress is familiar with the young girl who feels that she has mission in life and that mission is to sway the emotions of people across a row of incandescent lights.
 As a first step toward the fulfllment of this mission, the young girl is cer- tain to write a letter of inquiry as to how to go to work to bring distinction to her native village through her art Although such letters are sent daily to almost every popular actor and actress and addressed from every conceivable
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19

further comment. Indeed, she gave me no time to do so, for she was "lready eXclaiming over the eatab ables Katie had piled on the snowy kitchen table
 DO you ever expect any of us to get back home again with a layout like this?' she demanded, and then she began to enumerate on her fingers the things piled on the table.
 Roast chickens, beef loaf, biscuits, cookies cakes, olives-' she began, and then checked herself with a sud- den "Didn't I hear the boys say some thing about building a fire and cook ing corn and things over there?"
 "Oh, yes,' I said, 'we're going out in just a few minutes to get the fresh ctrs of corn and the potatoes, to- matOes and cucumbers which we in tend to take along You see, Diclzy has planned to build a, fire, bake some clams and fry some fish, if we catch any; I'm taking along all the utensils and everything necessary for the making of coffee and cooking anything he gets, but for fear the fishermen might have bad luck I have provided this other food also.
 Well, none of it will be wasted anyway Lillian said, ctically, "even if we all do come back with in- digestion. I know what appetitcs sea air gives, and we shall be gone all day, shall we not?'
 "Oh, yes," I returned. We will eat at least two meals over there."
 Then we had better get to work packing up this stuff,' she returned T see you have everything provided, even to waxed paper; what a practical little housewife you are.'
 I flushed with pleasure at the praise "Thanl you,' I said sincerely. twill you go with us into the garden?''
 T couldn't tell an ear of corn from Q cabbage head,' she returned de- cidedly
 No, you and Katie get the green stuff and I'll begin to pack in here What do you want done to this chicken? Is it to be used for sand Wiches or What?'
 T think it would be nicer just to carve it and wrap each piece in Naxed paper, and serve with crisp lettuce sandwiches, don't you?" I asked, as I took Up a basket and fol- lowed Katie out of the door
 FNOw you're talking,' she answered "Go on after your vegetabler, I'll have these birds all ready for you when you get back
 She was as good as her word, and when we came back with the baskets of vegetables, for which Dicky had stipulated when planning the trip the task of packing the lunch was well under way.
 By the time Dicl1y and Harry Un- derwood finally got down to break fast, after several summonings, the eatables were all neatly packed and rlaced upon veranda table, ready for the taxi.
 "Ponce! Help" exclaimed Dicky, when, after breakfast wos over we gathered on the veranda waiting for the taxi, and he caught sight of the bulky bundles.
 What do you think Harry and I are, pack horses?"
 Katie will carry some of them," Lillian returned soothingly, "Madge and I will help too, and then when you get down to the trolley you can make Ali Durkee take his share.'
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
The Disappointed Mrs. Scandal-Lover.

"The Howard Grahams don't get along very we'll together" The How ard Grahams q call them that be- cause, of course, 1t is not their real name) arc a young married couple in our town.
 They have been married only two years, and they seem very happy.
 The above delightful piece of news was brought to me by one of those restless women who find their greatest happiness in discovering that other people are not happy.
 She Licked Her Chops Over the Dis
 covery.
 She fairly licked her chops over this, all the while pretending to feel very sorry about 1t.
 I asked her what made her think they didn't get along and she told the following story:
 She had seen them coming home one night on the trolley. He looked haggard and unhappy and she had mo- ticed they were talking very earnestly She couldn't hear what they said be- cause they sat several seats in front of her (naive detaiD, but she felt sure there was something wrong. And then, all of sudden, he got up and left the car alone, although they were at least two miles from their stop and it was after twelve at night. And then, what lid she do but spring up and leave the car at the next stop. Evidently they were quarreling and they must be pretty far gone to do it so openly.
 It Did Sound Like a Quarrel. It sounds bad, doesn't 1t? No wonder Mrs. Scandal-Loyer icked her chops.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19

HERE are two ways of iving:-
 you can live according to what
 you earn (and '1et it go at 8'' or you can earn according to away you want to live.
 RAINING is the one thing that |es this possible. The man who Es is never out of work. You see his face in tho bread line. Bervices are in constant demand. Draining in this school paves the
 for bigger, better things.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
NOTICE

The New Britain Wet Wash having moved into their newly equipped building are prepared to do first cIass work. We solicit your patronage. Satisfaction guaranteed. 3S Union Street. Tel. 583
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
SUNDAY CONCERT.
Governors Foot Guard Band to Give
 Good Program at Compounce.

The concert program at Lake Com bounce on Sunday afternoon will be given by the Governors Foot Guard Band, of Hartford, from until 5 o'clock. This is one of the most popular bands to play at this resort during the summer months, and a large crowd is anticipated
 The following program will be given under the direction of William M. Redfeld, leader:
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
FOR THE DANCE.

|nk tulle arranged in butterfly
 on the shoulders and sheathing
 krt of silver net is combined with chiffon satin, which drapes
 lefully from the shoulders, falling corsage and girdle of silver The effect is airy and youthful.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
Menu for T>omorroW

Breakfast
 Fruit
 BrOiled Bacon
 Potato Cakes
 Buttered Toast
 Coffee
 Rice Soup
 Praised Chicken Mashed Potatoes
 Creamed Onions
 Celery MayOnnaise
 Orange Marmalade Ice
 Coffee
 Supper
 Lettuce Sandwiches Fruit Compete Gold Cake
 Iced Tea. Rice SOup-Wash one cupful rice, put it into a saucepan, add one sliced onion, one sliced green pepper, and six cupfuls cold water. Cook till rice is tender then rub through a sieve Melt four tablespOOnfuls butter, stir in two tablespOonfuls flour, add two cup fulS cream, one teaSpOOnful Worcester shire sauce, seasoning of salt, paprika and nutmeg, boil five minutes. Com bine mixtures. Add one tablespoonful chopped parsley and serve. Fruit Compote-Pare, core and quarter, eight cooking pears put them into a saucepan, add enough water to cover, one cupful sugar, four pieces of cinnamon, cook slowly until pears are tender, remove them to a glass dish Cook syrup for ten minutes then pour it over pears. Serve cold
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19
SCALE COVERED DAUGHTERS FACE
And Head Thought She Would Lose Eyesight. Itched Contin-
 uaIIy. Disfgured Terribly.
HEALED BY CUTICURA SOAP AND OINTMENT

"When my daughter was four weeks old, she had a dreadful scale which covered her face and head, and we thought for a time
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19

she would lose her eyesight.
 At first the skin was infiamed, and it itched continually and she could not sleep day or night. At last little red pim- ples with fcstered heads ap- peared and where the pin- ples had been, there would appear a hOrrid scale. It
New Britain herald., 1916-08-19

disfgured her terribly.
 ''Then I thought I would try Cuticura Soap and Ointment After the third appli- cation we could sec a marked improve ment, and in short time she was healed.' (SigneD Mrs. Geo. Paddock, New Canaan, Conn.,, July 24, 1915.
 Sample Each Free by Mail
 With 32-p. Skin Book on request. Ad- dress postcard ''Cutfcura, Dept. T. Bos- to1l.'' Sold throughout the world.
The sun., 1916-12-31
NOW FRANCE PREPARED for TIE VEROVN BATTLE -
ONE Of THE SHELL DEPOTS.

the Entente Governments. Premier
BRAND. in the French Chamber Of
Deputies. gave a warning against a
premature peace and the Russian
Duma, according Ia an announcement
made December l6. passed n resolution
favoring II refusal ON the part of the
allied Governments To enter into any
peace negotiations whatever Under
present conditions.
The peace overtures OF the Central
Powers came Immediately upon the
heels OF the capture Of Bucharest by
the Teutonic forces and the fall OF
the British cabinet. The Rumanhns
evacuated Bucharest December s in
order To save their army. The capture
OF Bucharest marked the successful
completion OF q hundred days cam
paign which was generally pronounced
TO be one OF the most brilliant OF the
entire war.
The breaking up OF the British Cab
met came with the resignation Of Pre-
m!er Asquith December =. Demands
of David Lloyd George for the forma-
ton II a smaller war council Ia OBJ
ain greater efficiency caused the crash
and Lloyd George became Premier. lie
formed a new Cabinet, the prosecution
OF the war being placed in the hands Of
five men, including the Premier.
As II in answer 70 the peace pro-
posals the French IN the Nerdun g
tor delivered a crushing attack on the
German forces December 10, winning
twelve square miles Of territory north
VI Ncrdun aud driving the Germans
back close To the line from which they
started their great offensive against
Nerdun in February. Gen. Nivelle,
who directed this attack. had been a
few days before placed In supreme
The sun., 1916-12-31
EFFECT OF IA SMELL FIRE oN VoRT ooVAVMoNI WRpM.

Of the boat. declaring that the captain
Of the submarine thought the Marina
an armed transport.
American P%rotests.
The interchange OF notes between
the United States and the Entente
Governments regarding the seizure
and examination Of American mails
was productive OF little results. In
several communications Great Britain
and France insisted upon their right
TO examine neutral mails but on Oc-
tober IL they made some slight con
%cessions. promising to improve the
mail service between America and neu-
tral countries.
The blacklist against American Arms
and individuals charged with dealing
with Germany. published by Great
Britain July Is and by France August
s. brought emphatic protests from the
United States Government. but on No
vember ~ Great Britain formally re-
jected the American protests. declar-
ing that the blacklist was not aimed
at neutrals.
Congress. just before its adjourn
ment early In september, incorporated
In Il general revenue bill provisions
arming the President with strong
powers Of reprisal against Interference
with American trade.
ON July 2 the German submarine
Deutschland. the first merchant subma-
rine to cross the ocean,. arrived at Bal
timore. On July II the Deutschland was
fnrvr,a1Ix, Anr1o rad N unArphavt S,naSaI ~.
the United States authorities. and as
such entitled to the privileges OF mer-
chant vessels. The Deutschland re-
turned safely ia Germany and on Oc-
tober 81 arrived at New London, Conn,
on its second trip.
The war vas brought close 10 the
United States October 8. when a Ger
man submarine. the E-53. sank six
merchant vessels OF the coast Of New
England.
The United States continued to give
large sums for relief OF war sufferers
in Belgium and other countries. but a
request made by President Wilson IN
a note to the rulers Of warning coun-
tries July 81 that permission be given
for the relief OF the suffering inhab-
itants or Poland was refused.
The Msxica. Csisis.
The relations Of the United States
with Mexico became more strained In
1915 than at any previous time during
| the years Of civil war that followed
the retirement OF President Porfric
Diaz. The policy OF President Wilson
which he himself termed one OF
"watchful waiting" gave way to one
Of a o determined character follow.
ing repeated attacks made by bands OF
Mexican bandits upon American bor-
der towns and assaults by Mexicans
upon Americans and other foreigners
In Mexico.
The relations between the two coun,
tries approached a crisis early in the
year when, IN January 10. nincteer
men, nearly all of them Americans
were taken from a train near Chihau'
han and killed by n band OF bandits,
Conditions became still moro tense
when, on March Q. several hundre,
! bandits led by villa raided and burned