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New Britain herald., 1919-06-18

&Cr,at Madge Feared When Dicly
 ssSnolxe His Nind'' to Rita Brown. S Rita Browns cocktail was only #he first of a series of alcoholic con- 8octions which she insisted upon or ering and drinking during our Evening at "The Sand Pile"
 The only appreciable effect upon her at first was to give her taclle' brilliant wit a keener edge, her eyes saaorc alluring sparkle, her checks &Da1lid from her illness, a becoming Hose flush She kept us all amused Snnd interested a distinct triumph as kar as the women of the party were fconcerned, for I knew that little Mrs. Nurkee and Leila Fairfax shared my 8aeIines of distrust and disapproVal sof the girl.
 rro the casual observer Alfred Mourkee appeared to keep pace WILL sner. He ordered a drink for h1H- &elf as well as Miss Brown, whenever 8fhe girl expressed a desire for an &naher draught. But l, owing to rIlI1 &6re of raillery against the two iieiA' &had abundant opportunity Tor qule1 observation of both the girl ana tile #rnan upon whose conquest she was 8eyidently bent And i saw thaI u
 &fh@ first COCkLa11 W1AlCh AS - Blasted he was either dallylng WILL klYnena and dn reality leaving them ur- 8easted. or was adroitly disposlng oa #wpair contents in a large cup ol #roYsae. which, with a laughing re- #snark that he always liked two cups of coffee, a large one, with the man na,rt of his meal, and a deml tasse al rhe close, he had ordered ana parelS J dr,ank early in the game.
 I do not think he cared Wpethol the rest of our party saw throush his ruse or not. His sole ob1ect ap- neared to be to keep Miss Brown lrolil e7ndins out what he was doing. 4 saduced this from the fact that once, Il nvban Miss Browns face was turned coward the dancers he quickly anor+ied his apricot brandy glass 1nto I 9,is coffee cup, and glancing up' touhu ] sne looking at him. He showed ho' vhe slightest trace of emparfasS- -nent. simply glanced at me cooiiy svi+h a, rather preoccupied air, ano Followed Miss Browns glance to"arc A the dancers, who despite thelr garlsf ,,,oak ke-1ip. irresistibly suggested to i1' A7ickv's ca,ustic description or the oldest female inhabitants ot New York"
 A Cheap Display.
 The scene framing them hao peer
New Britain herald., 1919-06-18
1 IHome-Made Ice Cream
( By ,Btddy Bye.S

Why don't more people make ice cream at home?
 Probably they have a, vision of two or three hours work the meanest part of which is spent laboriously ''smashing' ice in 8, heavy sack, by means of a mallet or axe. That isn't necessary any more-there are plenty of good ice chippers on the market, which will let you chip off enough ice in the sink in a very few minutes, to freeze a quart of ice cream, when mixed with a. fourth part of coarse salt. The whole thing can be done in the sink, if the quart size of freezer is used which is usually large enough for the ordinary family And it can be done in half hour The result, if the cream has been made in the right proportions, is smooth grain ed, rich ice cream, with a flavor the family halls as 'home made" the in stant 1t touches the tongue. Here are few recipes to help start the habi thocolate Ice Cream-Beat the yolNa of eggs and add to this 21 , cupTuls of sugar, with 1 teaspoonful
New Britain herald., 1919-06-18
PALACE THEATF1H.

An entire change of program will
 be seen at the Palace theater tomor~
 row and what should be the banner show of the season has been booked.
 The feature picture is the Frohman production of Larry Evans popular novel, "Once to Every Man" Jack Sherrill is the star. It is a fighting picture with a strong and intense love story running throughout. The fight is both physical and spiritual one and Jack Sherrill has his audience fighting with him from beginning to end Tor intensity of dramatic ac-
New Britain herald., 1919-06-18

Little Mothers are working. And so they are telling mothers through out America to send the name and hospital address of any soldier son who may be in one of the debarka- ton hospitals about New York city and the Little Mothers will call
New Britain herald., 1919-06-18
4 HEART and MY HUSBAND ADELE GARRISON'S NEW PHASE Of
 Revelations of q Wife

widely heralded, but seemed not only viI ply or,,da in it's illusio4 Hit ,,en+s A back He'd ocean waves and N ach. Against this wetM 8nal najnted makesh11 enting hotbhouses and in As &Sround large piles of sand A thickly strewn with sand sa 3, small snace at one side for a0Io or trick dancing.
 The dancers, issuing from the bath houses in costumes which evidently were intended to escape police cen- sorship by only the slightest margin, gave what was put upon the program as "Dancing by the glad sea waves,' and finished with Bacchanalian l ,or,p in which a number of men at l fired a S beach guards piled sand upon 1 then, as they stretched out upon the i supposed beach.
 l I covertly watched Dicky's face l through the thing. My Puritan train l inp still clings to me, although l have learned to accept Dicky's broader, easier standards in many ways. But l the entertainment offered us seemed ] to me so much worse than the or 1 dinarv that I wondered if it would meet with no objection upon his part.
 What Diclxy Said I could tell nothing from Dlcky's l face, He looked supremely indo1ent as he 1Ounged in his seat watching the dancers through half-closed eyes, a trick of his when he's bored. But when the dancers had withdrawn again to their bathhouses he opened his eyes and looked at Rita Brown.
 "Pleasant little place you've picked
 dearie," he said, and I wondered II
 the girls naturally keen mentality
 would recognize the contempt in h1F
 tone. He looked calmly, appralslngly
 at her for a. minute, then turned to Alfred Durkee.
 ssIuckv for those danes out there
 we're living in 1919,' he said lazlly
 .~ren years ago that performance ahC
 those costumes would have had to pe
 sta eed in a bomb-proof, police-p oof
 secret cellar"
 Rita Brown bent toward him hel , eyes elittering with rage her lac'
 flushed now to an unbecomlng req
 The intoxicants she had taken were
 evidently beginning to have the1
 effect upon her temper and Dlcky
 strictures had applied the match. . held my breath for fear or what sH ' 1 meant to do or say
New Britain herald., 1919-06-18

robe not possible with any other n1a- terial. The skirt of this frock con- sists of three large tucks or ru1tles that form tiers. There are snort sleeves, and the waist is finished with a. huge batiste collar and yoke. The grosgrain ribbon sash is pink.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-18
To the Wife of
 One Who Drinks

If this should meet the eyes or .s te drink, unable to overcome this a habit she may obtain information Nave method by which legions of drinKer ossily and with delightful benefit in their nsas,.,r s,or ef7ciency and happiness. This inforraas,0sft na'sst will be sent in plain enveioPe on = New york, N Y, Cut this out; show others
New Britain herald., 1919-06-18

wounded soldier feel better to have one of these charming young women
 come to the hospital and ask for him? That's the theory on which the
New Britain herald., 1919-06-18

Plain Organdie, in a distractinrly lovely shade of larkspur blue is this summer confection, simply made with fine pin tucks and narrow outings of the material, and set off by collar and cuffs of fine lace.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-18

and provide reading matter and amusement and write a letter each week for the hospital bound soldieHs The girls in the group who are leaders in the Little Mothers movement are, left to right, Beatrice Hughes, Lillian White and Hilah Reeden.
, 1919-07-17
NO NEED FOR THEM TO PART
Young Man Willing to Sacrifice Him
self to Soften Blow to Poor
Father-in-Law.

The young man had asked him for
the hand of his daughter, and a pang
wrung the fatherly heart of Mr.. Jones
as he looked at the youth, and thought
of the bitterness of parting with his
well-beloved child.
"T suppose, Oliver" he said at last,
at liz only natural and right that when
the young birds have become old
enough to fly, they should leave their
parental nest and go with their chosen
mates to build nests of their own, asd
yet it pains me when I think of n
of my fledglings getting ready to fly
away"
"This seems to be a good-sized nest"
suggested the young man, anxious to
soften the blow; perhaps you'd rath-
err have me and Gertie stay here"
, 1919-07-17
Advocates P-ro.Amerlcan.

Berlin.-Count Won Bernstorff, for
mer German ambassador at Washing
ton, writing in the weekly German pa
per, advocates a pro-American policy.
when Germany is received into the
league" he says, "she can hope for a
world order checking Imperialism by
individual powers and bringing about
a system binding peoples together
across the frontiers of states. 1 hardly
need to point out that such a policy
would lead us to the side Of the United
States.
, 1919-07-17
Plans to Patrol Border.

San Diego, Calif.-The Mexican
border from the Pacific ocean to the
Gulf of Mexico will be patrolled from
dawn to dusk by military airplanes
travelling at an average height of 1000
feet, it has been announced by Col.
Henry II. Arnold, aeronautical officer
of the Western department Of the
army. The aerial patrol will begin as
loon as the s%quadrons can be organ
lied. Aviators from Rockwell and
Ream fields near here Will patrol the
border from Tia Juana to Yuma.
, 1919-07-17
PUT PROFITS INTO DIAMONDS
Many Reasons Why Increased Demand
for Precious Stones Invariably
Follows Devastating War.

The waste of war, by which many
suffer and few reap returns, is always
accompanied by a demand for precious
stones. This war has differed only
from other wars in that the demand
was greater. Profiteers in the allied
countries have bought for the purpose
of display. Profiteers In enemy coun-
tries want diamonds, because they sup
ply the safest way of %concealing new
ly acquired wealth. AS the diamond
Industry is the closest corporation in
the world, values are not likely to de
preciate, unless all the profiteers want
to change their investments at the
same time. At the present moment
the price is higher than 1t has ever
been.
The diamond dealer is of all trad
ers the least hampered by office re
strictions. He frequently carries the
bulk of his stock in trade about with
him in his waistcoat pocket. The pub
lie street is, as often as not, his only
market place. In Haton gardens,
which is the chief center of the dia-
mond industry in London, nay fire.
quently be seen little groups of two,
three, oil more weli-dressed men, peer
ing intently through little monocle
lenses at gems worth many thousands
of dollars.
, 1919-07-17
A "MilIionaire stoker."

New York.-A millionaire stoker,"
with two years inc five months naval
service to complete before his enlist
ment runs out, arrived on the Impera-
tor in the person of e. l.. Perkins of
Eastland, Texas. Oil discovered on his
farm, which his father is running for
him, will give him an income of $1,000
600 a year, he was told in a message.
Young Perkins enlisted in the navy,
was assigned to the transport service,
and later was sent into the Imperator's
engine room for duty as a coal passer.
, 1919-07-17
BIG DIRIGIBLE
is HOME SAFE
MAY TAKE UP REGULAR TRIPS
TO AMERICA, is THE
REPORT.
TRAVELS 5000. MILES
ROUND TRIP MADE IN 1873 HOURS
TO UNITED STATES AND
RETURN.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Pulham, Norfolk, England, July Ia.
Great Britain's mammoth transat-
lantic air pioneer, the dirigible R-34,
arrived at the air station here at 6 80
O'Clock, Greenwich mean time, July ID,
completing her round trip from the
British Isles to the United States and
return.
The R-34 poked her nose out of the
clouds northeast of the village and,
after circling the flying field three
times, glided gently to the ground, and
ten minutes later was housed in the
dirigible shed. The voyage from Long
Island was without particular incident
and was completed in approximately
seventy-five hours.
AS the R-34 approached the field,
she dropped from a height of 5000
feet to 1000 feet. The 400 men who
were to aid the airship in landing
were ordered to their positions and
waited silently as the ship circled the
field, dropping lower and lower.
When Maj ca II. Scott, her COM
mander, had Unanswered the airship
into position for the landing, the water
ballast was released to steady her and
a rope was thrown from the bow.
The rope was grasped by eager hands
and the giant ship moved across the
field to the shed where the delicate
operation of berthing her was com
pleted quickly without accident.
A military band, stationed on the
field, played THE Call of Duty as
the airship began to settle, n then
changed to the strains of "See, the
Conquering Hero Comes" AS the ship
was warped into the shed, the band
played Keep the Home Fires Burn
ing"
Regular airship service between
Europe and America is bound to come,
and soon," said Col. w. N. Hensley,
Jr., of the United States army air serv-
ice, as he climbed out of the car and
shook hands with British officers.
The members of the crew were
eagerly surrounded by friends who
were waiting in the airdrome. George
Graham, the chief engineer, proudly
carried his pet kitten, which was born
at East Fortune.
1--WE were never out of touch with
the world, although We met a lot of
fog" said Lieut.. X. ID. Durrant, the
wireless officer. SIT was hot in New
York, cold in the middle Atlantic, and
you see what it is here"
Brig. Gen. E. NJ. Maitland, the rep
resentative of the air ministry on the
R-34, who kept the log OF the voyage,
said:
"We were sent by the air ministry
to demonstrate that airships can do a
long sea voyage, with the ultimate
view of their commercial use later.
Airships undoubtedly will be used in
the future yer sea and over land.
They will not conflict in any way with
the ~'airplane or seaplane, but all will
work together.
"Our reception in America was
extraordinary. The people there, i'm
pressed with our voyage, fully realize
the commercial possibility of the big
airship. 1t was a wonderful sight as
we passed over the great electric signs
in New York. The members of the
crew were disappointed because they
were not able to land at East Fortune,
where most of them have homes"
, 1919-07-17
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
Frontier Days-Cheyenne. July 21-26.
State Fair at Douglas. Sept. 9-13.
, 1919-07-17
His Doubt,

you mustn't grieve So" said the
sympathetic parson to the bereaved
man, your poor wife will be happier
in the world to which she has gone
than she ever was in this"
"That may be SO, parson,," said the
widower, that may be all as you say,
but I don't see how 1t can be. With
me here where she can't find fault
with me every day I don't see how
she can be entirely happy"
The old porch hammock is making
last years mistletoe look like an anna.
teur these nights.
, 1919-07-17

Call not that man wretched who,
whatever ills he suffers, has a child to
love.-Southey.
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Model Borrowed From Paris Gives
Rise to Host Of Less Daring Feat
ures of Fashion and Promotes
a New Style for Blouses

clever, but she is still the instrument
OF another's desire.
No dressmaker can make o
fashion; she Is dependent on her pa
irons. After the fashion Is made,
after II is launched and accepted, then
other women follow like sheep; but
they are not following the dress
maker; they are running along the
path after the bellwether.
The opponents of extreme styles,
such as semi-nudity. are not always In
what Is called the upper classes. a
phrase which we had better use a.
quickly as we can until II, like au-
tocracy. goes down into the dust heap.
OF course there will always be an
upper class. No social democracy can
ever escape It. Thezsaperior man will
always be above his interiors.
A new meaning may be given to the
phrase upper class" II social democ,
racy has its way on this planet, but
at the present moment every one
knows Just what Is meant by the
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rose colored taffeta gown is the faint
est pink tulle used as Il lattice work.
Where each strand finishes at the
waistline its end is arranged In three
outstanding loops that mingle with the
hoop of the panniers.
The commoner form which this
backless bodice has taken among more
conservative women is made with
back Of tulle or chiffon in two layers,
each a different color.
In a pale yellow satin gown the
| back is filled in with yellow chiffon
over mauve tulle. These two fabrics
are placed fiat over the back. There
Is no ornamentation; no wrinkles or
ruffies or frills to break the line. The
effect Is supposed to be that of bare
ness.
The one type Of ornamentation that
is allowed on this kind of bodice Is a
fine tracery of silver or gold down
each side. where the transparent fab
rio joins the Opaque.
One of the new ideas Is to outline
this juncture with a massed row OF
tiny pink roses. Roses, you see. ap-
pear everywhere In clothes. They are
symptom Of the revival Of eighteenth
century fashions. which go to Spain
for inspiration, as we'll as to Italy and
France.
Because ostrich tips are as desirable
as roses this season there are gowns
that have row Of tiny tips curled
over as an edge to the open back.
This is done whether or not the back
Is filled in with another material. 1t
softens the placement of a fabric like
satin or taffeta against the flesh. It
is used with modestly decollete
gown.
Where people once placed white
tulle across the front OF a square or
V-shaped decolletage they now use
the tiniest ostrich feathers, the flues
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own homes the short skirt and the
disappearing bodice have been copied
from France.
OF the short skirts we have heard
much. They have reached a brevity
that is astounding. They are not COM
monty accepted in America, but they
may be. They rule in Europe.
or the bodices that disappear after
they pass the side of the figure we
have heard little. They arc very sig
nificant, however, in this scheme OF
undressing, one might say, instead OF
dressing.
They are not confined to French
actresses, nor to dancers. They are
worn in the large centres in Amer
lea by women who follow the
fashions who are daring but who are
rarely criticised.
II they are not accepted in their en-
tirety among the suburbanites OF
among those in smaller cities than New
York they at least are precursors OF
new and extravagant fashion.
TIC be more definite, it might be well
to say that these bodices which are
worn to-day are practically backless
The human figure supplies the space
left by the bodice.
There are various ways of holdinG
the sides and front OF the blouse to the
she ulders and waist OF the wearer. II
ic just here that ingenuity steps in hnd
makes one backless bodice differ from
another. In this way all have q
chance for popularity. and each woman
can follow out her own peculiar and
individual wishes.
These bodices are not very low In
front. This also is significant.
1t is a curious phase but one tina,
does not starue those who study the
whirligig Of women's apparel. It IL
usually the case that the bodice which
Ii exceedingly low in back is high ir
front, and the other way around.
The worlds opinion inclines TOWARD
tho idea that the bodice which is high
lin front Is more modest than the one
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hlch Is low in front and high In back.
1t is possibly because of this we'll
known opinion that the backless bodice
had Its chance for popular acceptance.
1t has gone through various phases
since its inception and 1t is worked
out in an exceedingly clever way by
certain women.
There were two curious bodices that
appeared at recent dances, and 1t goes
without saying that they created a
sensation. Their wearers intended
they should. Each had a remarkable
feature to draw attention to the fact
that the bodice was backless.
One costume had an immense black
tulle butterfly, its wings scattered with
iridescent beads. They were not out
stretched over the back but fioated
downward, and the head was poised
below the shoulder blades.
Another bodice which was almost
entirely backless had an enormous
curled ostrich feather in apple green,
starting from the middle OF the belt,
going upward over the spine, and
curling forward and outward at its
tips. One felt sure that a squirrel had
been the inspiration for this idea
Now, these bodies were sensational
There Is no gainsaying that fact.
There was not the least intention on
the part OF their possessors to escape
the public eye. They wished to have
1t focused on their backless bodices.
They got what they wanted, and Incl
dentally they created two new
fashions for women who may not be
as daring as they, but who will at
tempt the butterfly and the curled
feather as ornaments to the back or a
gown, at or near the waistline,
Straps of Ribbon Across tho Back.
There are less severely decollete
bodices than the ones described. They
have been adopted by women who
also like to be a bit sensational, but
not in an especially daring way.
These bodices disappear at the side
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happened to-day. No sooner was the
armistice signed than the women, not
the dressmakers, began to demand
clothes that were mere shreds and
patches.
So quickly was the thing accom-
plished in Paris, so rapidly did London
follow the example, that a woman who
has arrived in those cities from New
York writes home that her long skirt
and partly high bodice in the evening
are looked upon with merriment, as
though she had escaped from the
pages of an old fashion book or come
from some queer provincial centre
where modern clothes were not worn.
Now, we in America have been
amusing ourselves over the contrast
between the French clothes and the
American ones. We have dwelt much
upon the fact that a woman who
brought over a Paris frock with the
skirt five inches below the knees was
compelled to go homo and have It
heightened before she could appear in
public again.
But now that Americans are going
abroad we get the other side OF the
shield.
They say we look shockingly out of
the picture. Our long, tight skirts are
openly laughed at by the midlnettes
Our street bodices with the long
sleeves and the turnover collars are
gazed at with merriment by the dress
makers whom the Americans go to
see. In fact, we are a joke over there
not we. but our clothes.
Paris herself merely leaped back
into the most fragrant days OF the
Directoire the moment her cannon
stopped firing. This type OF dress
ing has become so familiar and &C
cepted in Paris and London that moth.
ing else Is considered fashionable.
The open channel to America wa,
quickly filled in by a fiotilla of these
fashions, and to-day wherever smart
women dance or dine or meet IN theil
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And Still We Knit

In spite of the fact that the knitting
bag has gone we still knit. We don't
take 1t around with IN to tea parties
or stop between the acts Of the opera
or play to knit two and purl two, be-
cause 1t was only the war that made
that excusable, but for all that there
Is quite a bit OF knitting going on.
There Is need for childrens stockings
OF the hand knit sort in Belgium. and
any one that finds life interesting
without soldier socks to knit can find
comfort and satisfaction IN this good
work. Then there are all sorts of lit
tie frivolities for ones self that can
be knitted.
Waistcoats are going to be as pop
ular next winter as they are this
spring. In fact. they will probably be
more SO. because our springs SO soon
turn Into -s.lnmsr and then The Addi-