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New Britain herald., 1919-04-10

her, that my mentality is of such calioer that I can talk and attend u my duties also.'
 "No one doubts the fact that you can talk. Bessie, dear,' another teach CT put in slyly.
 Miss Dean put the cups down sud denly and faced her tormentors loelli- gercntly with hands against her slen- der waist.
 'Now another word out uv one of youse," she declared, 'an' dis dope goes troo de winda, see?'
 ''Merci, Gramercy. Bess! Peccavj." the laughing cries came from all c~-.. ners of the room, and Mi~g <----- - turned to her coffee cups with a satis- fled little smile.
 "IIi Do MorC-'
 q thought I'd put some manners on the lot uv yOuse.' she said tri- umphantly as she passed the sreaming cups. Mrs. Graham, you're the only lady in the bunch. None of my spiel was meant for you. And now be good and show us a picture of your hus band. I just know you have one. If I had a husband who was an ace, I'd have his photograph Autographed on every gown I owned.''
 I.fushed painfully. I did carry a picture with me. but it was d cher ished miniature likeness in a 1ocket, one sacred with memories. I could no more have displayed it to these careless girls than I could have cut my hand off for them.
 Alice HoRon1be promptly came to the rescue.
 Tastes in tattooing sometimes diff fer. Bess," she raWled. "I don't share your belief that Mrs. Graham has her husbands photograph sewed into her dress. But I know she'll bring some of him in uniform tom or row if she has them"
 "Ill do more than that" l said, with a grateful look at Alice HoI- combe. "Ill go through my husband collection of photographs WHICH ,'V acquired over there, and pflhs Che most interesting and some or the sou Ivenirs over tomorrow or the first day I can to show you. intend to let my pupils see them, anyway.
 ."What's the matter with bringing Friend Husband over and putting him on exhibition ?" Bess Dean asked au- daciously.
 Now you needn't frown at me in that tone of voice, Alice HOlCombe. You know perfectly well I'm only an ticipating Kenny by an hour or tWo,'
 She turned to me in laughing eN- planation.
 Kenny is sim ply nuts about having celebrities talk to the school and then entertaining them afterward,' she said. And .it,so happens that dear little Millie, just back from being on punishment in the sanatorium,. will be on her best behavior for a month or two. Therefore, you can wager your last cent that Kenny's planning this very minute just how best to put his invitation up to you."
New Britain herald., 1919-04-10
LYCEUNI THEATER.

One of those thrilling, shivery crook dramas, with the aashliglat bus mess in front. of the safe at midnight, and revolvers glnting from behind curtains when least expected, is prom %ised in "The Silk-Lined Burglar" which vii be seen at the Lyceum to- day. Priscilla Dean is the star and the ''silk-lined' burglar as well. She is not in. the burgling busine ess, but the job she does with the assistance of the redOubtable Boston Blackie should earn her a union card without delay. From the opening scene, when Boston Blackie assiduOusly cooking "safe- blowers soup"-nitro- glycerine happens to see in the paper Doris Macon's advertisem ent for a "thor- oughly efficient yeggman, until the last surprising climax, the picture IS one succession of thrills.
 The new Keith vaudeville program will consist of Mahoney and Auburn in a juggling offering, Gertrude New man, a very good singing comedienne, and Four Dancing Demons, two men and two women in one of the fastest colored singing and dancing acts which have been shown in New Brit ain
 Today the Lyceum will be the only theater in town showing review of the 26th division landing at Boston. And as a very special attraction Charlie Chaplin in a grand revival, "The AdVenturer.'
 Monday Florence Reed will be shown in ''The Wives of Men,
New Britain herald., 1919-04-10
On the plains of St. Mihiel,

On the plains of St. Mihiel, Meath the walls of Chateau-Thierrv, You have placed the ''sacred seal.' The seal of love of country, The heart of an American true, That would give up all even life itself, Than to be dyed with treason's hue. So ring, oh bells and wave, oh flags, And cheer those heroes on, For every mothers son of them, The look of joy did don. But now that the conflict is over, And peace once more will reign The lights of Home, Sweet Home will
 shine,
 And all will be right again.
 Composed by a PUPIL OF
 ST. MARY'S SCHOOL.
New Britain herald., 1919-04-10

Minced walnuts may be added to salmon salad.
 A breakfast alcove" is so handy in the kitchen.
 Chopped fat salt pork may be used in pastries
 Start the hot-weatFer season with good garbage can.
 Fruits are among the very best time saving desserts.
 The bright, windy days are best for blanket washing.
 Slip covers for the furniture ara desirable in summer
 .All-black carpets are very dccora- tive in some rooms.
 Do not combine too many ingredi- ents in the salad.
 Fried oysters may be served on toast with maNonnaise
 Lemon juice counteracts the oily taste in salad dressings
 Rose and yellow lampshades are most restful to the eyes.
 Apples are delicious when baked with orange marmalade.
 Unsmoked salted bacon will give flavor to many vegetables.
 Either sweet or sour milk may be used for waffle batter
 Never use any canning compound when putting Up vegeta bIes.
 Vinegar will replace lemon juice in sponge cake if necessary.
New Britain herald., 1919-04-10

shallow pan. Bake in a moderate oven about 25 minutes. .,.'.
New Britain herald., 1919-04-10
FON'S THII.ATEtt.

Tom Mix, the chain lightning Fox star is the attrartion tonight m his latest dram2, "Fighting for Goio'
 'tfghting for Gold is descaoed Hs rip-roacin"'~~ Iact seh- ;1'r~ ''',, plu,. .Ene story is based on
 --oi1 The High Grader by Wm.
 Mcleod Raine. ''Fighting for Gold' is a splendid vehicle for Mix $ dare devil stunts, with a, pretty love story running through it and some good hard Western fighting. Tom MIX asalil demonstrates that he can ride up a1lu down at any angle, that he can rope four men at one time and break up a, plot against him. and that lie lS a wonderful marksman. lie proves also, that his leading lady. leuuE Sampson, is much safer Tn ms aiiil9 than she is riding alone Tn luH- away wagon. In this scene MlA oei tainly gives his audience thrill TOT riding at break neck speed ne cali9 to the girl lo jump from the wagon and he catches her in hls arms as easily as professional catches ba u.
 A bear is a lively creature m "Fight;ng for Gold" and is either tame or mesmerized, because Mix handles him as he would pet collie.
 
 he knows his horse and he knows his gun, and he combines all three to make a splendid photo o-drama% Epl- sode Mo- 14 of the Lightning Raider, the last but one, is called "Cleared of Guilt" Wu Fang has been badly wounded, but has escaped and in turn wounds the Wasp, who is spying on him. Wu is finally .>ornered at the end of the chapter but not without many thrilling and suspensive mo- { ments. Mutt and Jeff and a Harold l Lloyd com edy, furnish plenty of fun ] and the Pathe News, contains a , of imp ortant events, including ! shots of happenings at the peace con- ference, and pictures of recent events : in Germany, including the warfare i between Spartacides .and the Ebert 1 government troops. Four acts of l Fox vaudeville headline by the ia ! nous Sam Yee troupe of Chinese acrobats, who give a thrilling and ex- { citing exhibition of aerial gymnastics, l while suspended by. their queues.
New Britain herald., 1919-04-10
YOUTHFUL POETESS
 VISITS THE OFFICE
St. Mary's School Girl Writes Welcome Verse to the Soldier Boys of
 26th Division.

A bright-faced little girl of tender years cautiously opened the office door yesterday
 ''Is the editor in? ?' she asked. Mo- was the reply. "1s his secretary in? have a. poem I want to show him." where upon the youthful writer put forth a 1nuch-folded piece of paper. Did you write this?" she was asked.
 Well, wait and tell me whether you like it and will print it or not" replied the cautious child Upon being advised that it would be printed, she admitted authorship. but shouted as she fled down the stairs:
 Don't put my name in; just say it was written by a pupil of St. Mary's school.'"
 The poem follows: A Welcome to the Heroes of the 26th,
 l. Welcome home, oh Sons of Freedom, Lads of the 26th.
 Your valor has won.
 DOWned the Hun
 And put them on the home
 ward run You have shown your fighting spirit AS your forefathers did before; Your Yankee pluck has not dimin-
 ished
 Y ou have exce11ed in the arts of
 war. On the blasted fields of Flanders, Midst the shot and fighting din, You have stayed with determination To rather die, but not give in.
 II. On the banks of the deep Marne River,
New Britain herald., 1919-04-10
mat Madge Faced the Day She Re
 turned to School.

My reception at the Bayview High &chool when I returned to my duties #fter my weeks enforced absence was @s gratifying as it was unexpected. True, MT. Stocllbridge, Miss Hol- Eonpbe and a number of the other Aeachers had been soHcitous in ire
 auent telephone inquiries concerning %aay condition after my accident, and Nhere had come an exquisite cluster MI carnations from Alice Holcombe NNhich seemed to me to typify the
 spicy fragrance of her sturdy yet ten smer nature. But I was unprepared to Eflnd the desk in my classroom covered 8with flowers, the gifts of my pupils #and to find the teachers waiting to welcome me as warmly as if I had @been among them years instead of
 weeks.
 If my vanity instead of my affec-
 fions had been warmed by the demon-
 stration it would have later received
 D serious blow, for it wasn't long be sfore saw clearly that while I still 4.flad reason to glow at my own popu- s1arity, yet a good share of the un-
 usual interest evinced in me was due
 to the glan1or that invested me as the
 wife of a picturesque1y heroic Ameri-
 ican ace.
 Now see here, lady" the irrepres-
 sibHe Bess Dean declared when at noon the teachers who didn't live near
 the sohoolhouse were gathered in the
 comGorta ble teachers sitting room for
 their luncheon, 'you've got to come
 acnoss. Here we were simply waiting
 wfth our mouths wide open to hear adi about that wonderful hero husband of yours, and then instead of showing Elp here 8 week ago to save us from
 dyIng of curiosity you up and smash
 yoar head or your heels-I haven t, got 1t strengthened out yet which
 and we have to wait all this time to
 iAstsn to you. Now begin at the be
 ginnang. Does he look like his pie ttrre in the paper, or
 ''No More Doubts-' Might I suggest, Bess," dravled Alice Holcombe in her most provok- ling manner, "that az you so elegantly express it, our mouths are wide open painfuIly so-for some coffee, for (which we've been waiting for some time If you'll either repress your zcuriosity for a, few more minutes or alet som ebody else attend to the coffee, Mrs. Graham may be in better fu- mor to talk.'
 < With an impertinent mOue, Bess sDean turned to the small electric grill Hnpon which. every noon, the teachers Yin turn prepared coffee, tea and Hbouillon to supplement the cold Alunches they brought from their sev- Neral homes or boarding places. T want you to understand, Miss 6Holcombe," she said 1oftily, deftly Apouring the coffee into the cups before
New Britain herald., 1919-04-10
RECIPES FOR TO-DAY.
Buck wheat Coffee Cake.

Buck wheat Coffee Cake.
 One cup louclIwheat flour.
 One cup wheat flour.
 One-quarter cup sugar.
 Four teaspoons baking powder
 One-quarter teaspoon salt.
 Three quarters cup milk
 One-half cup corn syrup.
 Two tablespoons melted shortening. Sift dry ingredients together. Stir in the milk, syrup and melted short ening; beat well. Put into two greas- ed layer cake tins and sprinkle over the top a mixture consisting of one tablespoon cinnamon, two tablespoons brown sugar, one tablespoon shorten ing and one-half cup chopped nuts. Bake in moderate oven from 15 to 20 minutes,
New Britain herald., 1919-04-10
Potato DougllnutS.

One egg.
 One-half cup sugar or one cup syrup.
 One-h half cup mashed potato. One-quarter cup milk.
 One and one-half cups wheat flour. One cup corn meal.
 Three teaspoons baking powder. One-half teaspoon nutmeg.
 Save about one-half cup of meas ured flour for board. Beat egg and sugar or syrup together: add potato and milk; add flour, baking powder, ywltn1eg and corn meal which have been sifted together; chill and roll out, using as little four on the board a. possible. Cut and fry in deep fat. Drain and dust with powdered sugar.
 Ginger Bread.
 One cup mashed potato.
 Three quarters cup corn meal. Three quarters cup wheat or oat flour.
 Four teaspoons baking powder. Three-quarters teaspoon salt. One egg.
 One teaspoon ginger.
 One teaspoon cinnamon. One-quarter cup milk
 Three-quarters cup molasses. One-third cup Shortening
 Sift together the dry ingredients. Com bne the mashed potato. molasses, melted shortening, milk and beaten egg. Add the liquid ingredients to the dry; stir well. Turn into a greased
New Britain herald., 1919-04-10
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Be sure to kill the first flies and moths.
 When too rich in fat, dumplings will fall. confectiOn.
 A l1neeling pad is 8 great comfort in garden.
New Britain herald., 1919-04-10
ChOCOIatC Cake


 Chocolate Cake. One-third GU .pshortening. One cup brown sugar. Two squares chocolate. '' One cup rye or barley four. One-half cup wheat flour. Three teaspoons baking powder. One-half teaspoon salt. One-half cup milk. One-half cup milk. One teaspoon vanilla. One cup walnuts. Cream shortening; add sugar and m cited chocolate. Add One-ha1G the four which has been sifted with the baking powder and salt. Mix well and add the milk; add the remain der of the flour, vanilla and the nuts which have been chopped. Bake in greased loaf pan in moderate oven 35 to 45 minutes.
New Britain herald., 1919-04-10
PARSONS THEATRE
 HARTFORD. ALL WEEK-TONIGHT 8:15
HARTFORD.

ALL WEEK-TONIGHT 8:15
 Matinee Saturday.
 MESSRs. SHJBFRT Present
 MCINTYRE and HEATH in the Gorgeous Musical Extravaganza
 HELLO ALEXANDER company of 70 With Exceptional Supporting Cast. Including Talented Broadway Beauties. Nights 25c to So. Mats o5c to S1.3O
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08
PROBLEM FOR ART EXPERTS
How to Save Masterpieces of Painting,
Is Matter Which Puzzles Author
tiles In Italy.

A heating apparatus powerful
enough to force heat through a pile of
sandbags II feet thick and to dry
without scorching the wall behind is
needed to preserve one of the worlds
masterpieces, "The Last Supper" of
Leonardo da Vinci, which Is painted
on the wall of the Church of Santa
Maria dele Grazie at Milan, Italy.
The dampness which accumulates in
the sand necessary as protection
from air raids is fast fading the colors
of the picture, already damaged by
time. The restoration necessary for
Leonardo's picture is unsuited to the
frescoes of Luini and other masters
painted on the same wall. How to
give each set of masterpieces the
treatment required is the problem. So
far the experts of the Italian ministry
of the arts have been unable toNind
a solution. 'N'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08
JAMES KNEW IT WAS COMING
So, Contrary to All Precedent, He
Pleaded With His Mother to ADJ
minister the "Dose."

James, his mother called him, but
he preferred the name of Jimmie, by
which the neighborhood knew him.
He also preferred rOugh-and-tumble
clothes to starchy clean apparel-the
movies to Sunday school-and almost
anything to grade school, although he
had given it only a few weeks trial,
the Kansas City Star says. "
While his father is overseas with a
government permit to hunt the Hun,
the mother adds to the family income
by working In an office close to home.
James had made it custom to meet
his mother at the closing hour and ac-
company her home. 30
Early one morning James started for
school dressed in clean new suit.
That evening an almost unrecogniza-
bic siX-year-Old youngster awaited his
mother at the office. Immediately
upon her appearance he stepped forth
with the explanation, forestalling any
thing that might be said or done on
her part. 81 didn't go to school. I
went riding with the coal man.
'spect you're going to whip me-" Plae-
ing smudgy hand upon his mothers
arm, he continued: "Come on, let
hurry home and get it over With"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08
Hereditary Hay Fever.

DR.. W. Scheppegrell, president OF
the American Hay Fever Prevention
association, has recently made an an
alysis of 415 cases treated in the hay
fever clinic Of the Charity hospital at
New Orleans and elsewhere in that
city in order to determine the infiu-
ence Of heredity on this disease. He
finds that In more than one-third Of
the cases the patients had a father,
mother, brother or sister who was a
victim of the disease. Probably the
influence of heredity is even greater
than indicated by these figures, as spe-
cific susceptibility may exist indefi.
nitely without developing hay fever, by
reason of insufficient exposure to the
pollens that cause the malady. The
question of the development of nat
ural immunity from continued expos
ure to the specific pollens is, says Doc
tor Scheppegrell, difficult one to set
tie, on account of the difficulty of elm
mating the question of decreased ex-
pOsure.-Scientifc American.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08
Japan Larger Than Germany.

In the Worlds Work there is a chart
which shows a comparison of Germany
and the japanese empire. japan is
the greater of the two both in territory
and population. Germany's area Eek
elusive of colonies) is 20S,7S0 square
miles, while that of japanese empire
is 260,73S square miles. This includes
the peninsula Of Korea, which is a
part Of the japanese nation, but it
does not include Manchurian and 9TH
er Asiatic territory in which Japan
has secured ninety-nine-year leases Of
ports and railroads as well as bust
ness advantages Of all sorts and min
ing rights. Germany's population at
the beginning of the great war was
about 67,000,000 There are now H.
100000 people living under the Jap
anese flag, and there are also great
numbers of them scattered over the
islands Of the Pacific and in foreign
countries. D..
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08
Y. M. c. A. In italy,

The Y. M. G. A. in Italy, as every
where else, has asserted itself in a
most splendid and generous manner
While the red triangle, known the
world over as the sign of brotherhood
is much in evidence in the Italian war
zone, the four letters "Y. M. G. A." are
nowhere to be seen. The reason given
for this Is that the Italians, In general,
are opposed to any organization of a
public nature which Is controlled by a
religious or sectarian element, a
Washington bulletin says. Such a IT,
tie as that Of the Y. M. G. A. would
create certain feeling Of mistrust
among the Italian people as to the pur-
poses Of the association.
The officers of the Y. M. G. A. In
italy have been quick to appreciate
this and in order to work in full har-
mony with the Italians have changed
the name Of the association to $50
sieta (d) Fratellanza Universale" or
"Society of Universal Brotherhood"
Accordingly, the letters rs. F. o." have
everywhere been substituted for Y. NJ.
G. A.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08

motor trucks, no longer needed since
the signing of the armistice.
Each of these hospitals contains 100
beds and complete equipment except
for kitchen utensils. The buildings in
which these hospitals will be housed
in the Near East have been erected.
With the hospital equipment the COM
mittee will purchase large quantities of
medical supplies which have been
stored in France to safeguard the
health of American soldiers. These
supplies will be rushed to the Near
East from French port.
Careful surveys of the situation in
the Near East Indicate that lack of
transportation facilities is the chief
cause of famine. There is food enough
to keep the inhabitants from starving,
but it cannot be distributed to supply
62S,OOO square miles of country. There
are only so miles of railroad. Conse-
quently there is plenty Of food In some
sections Of the country where food is
grown, but great distress in those
which are not sef-supporting In the
cities especially there is great need.
On one occasion wheat became so
scarce In a community in Persia that
the price increased 1920 per cent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08

within short time. Wheat was penti,
full in a district not far away, but there
were no facilities for transporting it to
the starving sufferers.
For this reason the committee has
purchased the 200 trucks from the
American Government, and plans %
buy more from the British Army,
which, though impeded by the necessl.
ties of military operations, has greatly
aided the distress in the Near East.
AS a consequence of mainurrtion,
sickness is rife in many communities
throughout the Near East. Diseases
which the people could resist if they
were adequately nourished have taken
root throughout all this territory on
account of the wasted bodies of the
whole population. Representatives Of
the committee report that aside from
starvation the sanitary conditions are
revolving and that children go I'M
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08
IN HONOR OF DR.. VAN DYKE
Costly Organ Installed by Grateful AS
sociates in Church of Which Noted
Man Was Pastor.

A new pipe organ has been installed
in the Brick Presbyterian church, Fifth
avenue and Thirty-seventh street, New
York, sin gratitude for the ministry OF
Henry Van Dyke" Doctor Van Dyke,
who was until recently American am
bassador to the Netherlands, was for
more than twenty years pastor of this
church.
The new organ, which Is one of the
most complete and is today perhaps
the most modern church organ In the
United States, Is four manual instru-
ment of 120 stops and 5000 pipes, with
electric action. 1t is really combina-
ton Of six organs-great organ, swell
organ, choir organ, solo organ and
echo organ. The installation includes
also set of chimes. The echo organ
and chimes will be placed above the
ceiling at the rear Of the church, over
the apse. The other parts Of the COM
bination, are inclosed, each In Its own
swell box, and all in one general swell
box, placed in the choir gallery over
the front entrance to the church.
Though the new organ Is considerably
larger than the one which 1t replaces,
no architectural change Is evident,
much of the instrument being con-
cealed behind the walls. e. M. Skin
ner of Boston is the builder Of the new
organ, which has been under construc-
ton since the summer of 1917.
1t is understood that the organ cost
in the neighborhood of $4,000. The
fund was contributed by members OF
the congregation as a tribute to their
old pastor, under whose leadership the
worship of the Brick church was great
ly enriched and beautifled.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08
Material for Explosive.

AS to the source of the toluol need
ed for explosives, it is pointed out that
there has been recently great in
crease in the number of by-product
coke ovens in this country. However,
says the Scientific American, If 2O0OO,-
600 tons Of coke are made in these
ovens during the present year we shall
get from this source only 100000
gallons of toluol, which is about one
fourth as much as the government es-
timated 1t would need for munitions.
Another promising measure recently
inaugurated is the stripping of city
gas Of this material which can be
spared without any serious detriment
to the gas, and amounts to about "a
gallon for each 1000 feet of gas. 1t
is estimated that ten of the largest
city gas plants Of the country will
yield about 100000 gallons Of
toluol. I.r1