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New Britain herald., 1920-12-22

Claus and eventually find him. Where
 upon they draw him in on the huge sled with all his presents alta ached to it. Santa will distribute the pres ents among the children of the Sunday school. Artificial snow will be spread along the space where the sled will be drawn, to give it the proper effect. This plan is intended to amuse the children as Santa Will personally de- liver his gifts to them.
 At the Advent Christian church, the special Christmas celebration will be observed tomorrow evening. This will commence at 7:30 o'clock, when Rev. George E. Tyler will deliver short address. Recitations and dia- logues will be given by the children of the Sunday school. 4 Forward pag- cant entitled The Kings Highway" will be presented by nine young ladies. A large Christmas tree will be decor ated and gifts will be distributed at the close of the exercises. The public is cordially invited to attend these ex- ercises.
 The Episcopal church will hold its celebration Friday evening when the Sunday school will hold exercises. This will commence at ' o'clock. Reci- tations and Christmas carols by pu- pills will be held. The usual Christ mas tree decorations will be seen and gifts distributed among the pupils. On Christmas Day, services will be conducted at 9:30 a. m., when the celebration of the Holy Communion will take place. An offering for the Near East Relief will be received at the Friday services and at those on Christmas Day also.
 The Plainville Baptist church will hold it's Christmas and New Years celebration on New Years eve. No observance will be held before Christ mas. Rev. J. W. Ward announced this morning that a supper will be served for the Sunday school at this time. Speoialmusic will feature the evening as well as other exercises. There has been no definite decision reached as yet regarding the customary Watch Night services, but will be decided later.
 The A. M. E. Zion church will hold exercises Friday night. Christmas tree observance will be held and d short address of greeting will be given by Rev. F. F. Barrows. pastor of the church. The exercises will commence at o'clock. Gifts will be distributed to to the pupils of the Sunday school, as is customary. Rev. Barrows has ar ranged for special Christmas services
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to be held at the church Sunday morning. A concert will be given, as- sisted by Frank Deyo, on the violin.
 The Church of Our Lady of Mercy will hold masses at 8 and 10 o'clock Christmas Day morning. A his h mass will be observed at 10 o'clock. Spec ial music will feature the morning services and it is probable that or chestration music will be heard. IA. of P. Elects Officers.
 Pythian lodge, No. 47, Knights of Pythias, held it's regular meeting at the I. O. OF. last evening. The third degree was conferred upon a small class of candidates. A buffet lunch followed the degree work, after which the annual election of officers took place. Those elected were: C. C., Frank Andrews; V. C., R. Warren Fox; P. P, Jacksonu Mckee; M. w., Edward Aspinwall; M. F., Louis Mead 1; N. E., George Futile; K. R. S., Chas. Livingston; M. A., Giles Buell.; I. G. George Seymour; O. G., Arthur Ky der; trustees, Charles KIatt, Charles Livingston and Henry Futile The officers elected will serve in their re- spective capacity for the next six months.
 Frances Adele Loomis.
 The funeral of Frances Adele Loom is, 14 year old daughter of MT. and Mrs, Leon Loomis of Central Square, was held at o'clock this afternoon from the funeral rooms of the Bailey Undertaking Parlors. Rev M. Tran mer officiated. Burial was in the West cemetery.
 John Hanson.
 The funeral of John Hanson of Southington road, will be held from the home tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. T. A. Nordberg, pastor of the Swedish Congregational church. will officiate. Burial will be in the West cemetery.
 Grange Confers Degree.
 The Plainville Grange conferred tie third and fourth degrees to a class of Is candidates at the Grange hall last night. Visiting Changers from New Britain. East Hartford. Bristol, Southington and Wethersfield, attended. The ladies' degree team of the Burri+t Grange of New Britain gave the fourth degree, while the local degree officers conferred the fourth. There was an attendance of about 115. A social time followed the degree work
 Rendered Surprise.
 Rev E. F. Barrows, pastor of the A. M. E. Zion church, was pleasant ly surprised by a large number of members of the church. at the church
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parsonage last evening. RI Mrs. Barrows were given md
 by their friends in an apu or their church work. Joh} secretary of the board of tr| the church, presented Rev.
 with twenty dollars in gold. gave a short speech in behal
 members assembled. Mrs. Baker and Daniel Crawford, : from Philadelphia, arranged timely surprise for MT. and l rows. During the evening, ments were served. Mrs. Anni Mrs. Alice Strong, Mrs. Maril Miss Louise Johnson, Miss Ed ilton and Genevieve Hamiltol ed with the serving. Mrs Baker is present treasurer of
 tors guild and an active we the church.
 Town Talk. The post office will be opel mas day from z to 12 a. m will be no money orders iss regular delivery of mail wi place.
 The Plainville Trust comp not be open any night this , will be closed all day Christ Rogert Castle, a student at versity of Maine, is spending idays with his parents in to
 Pierce Clark of Bowdoin Maine, is home for the holi William Hird, a student Is home for the holidays. Mrs. Fred Powers is visit mother in Waterbury.
 Eugene Paterson, who is s, the navy, is home on a sl tough.
 Clement Cowles is on a sh tough from the army. Alfred Brunelle has been di from the United States arm having served 8 years enlist Pianos Victrolas. records. Pierct & Co.,, New Britain.
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man. charged with violating the speed law, is most unusual in as much as he was caught in front of the town hall by a motorcycle policeman.
 AS the story was told, Kilgerman was coming from New Britain and came down Damon's hill at a fast rate of speed and many local people who saw him claim he turned the Boston post corner on two wheels. A state motorcycle policeman followed him. in court last night. the policeman as- serted that it was necessary for him to go at a rate of>6s miles an hour to, capture the speedster and he wouldn't have done it if KiIgerman had not had to slow up for a standing trolley car in front of 1Ie court house. The policeman, further stated that he would have had to chase the fugitive to Meriden if 1t were not for the troll ley. Tho accused was fined $40 and costs. winch amounted to s52, by Judge Griswold.
 Case of Michael Christ.
 The case of Michael Christ was the next on the stand. Christ was arrest ed in New Britain on Sunday after noon by the police of that city on a warrant issued by the local authori- ties charging him with cruelty to anil mals. It is claimed that Christ had a horse at the time he was living in Berlin and did re. tive it proper care. The horse became sick and even at this time was not treated as it should have been. As result it died and was later said to have been left in a brook which flowed at the rear of Christs home. It was further stated that Christ had several pigs which died, due to improper treatment. They were also placed in this brook, and consequently were a nuisance to the health of nearby neighbors.
 The latter situation is being inves- tigated and Judge Griswo1d said this morning that the condition might prove more serious than at first bought
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Appropriate Exercises to Be Con-
 duCted as Observance
K. OF P. ELECTS OFFICERS
Funeral of Frances Adele Loomis- Rev. Barrows Surprised by People of Other News of Interest.

Exercises, appropriate for thu ob- servance of Christmas, will be held at practically all of the local churches. Some of the churches will hold them tomorrow night, while others will cele- brate Friday night. Services will also The plans made for these exercises be conducted on Christmas morning. have been arranged for by the min- isters of the various churches and are as follows:
 Plainville Methodist church: Tomor- row evening a cantata entitled, "A Santa Claus is Coming" will be pre- 7:30 o'clock. It will be presented at by the Sunday school children and is open to the public. There will be five girls taking the parts of fairies, while one boy will depict Jack Frost. Santa Claus will be there in grand array for the enjoyment of the youngsters Reci- tations will also be a part of the pro- Christmas carols. Rev. Jsmes M. Tranmer will deliver a short address appropriate to the occasion. One fea- ture of the celebration will be the fact that a huge sled will take the place of the Christmas tree. MT. Tran mer has arranged for this event in such q way that it will be more in- teresting than the usual Christmas Tree celebration, he hopes. His plans outlined were to the effect that the fairies would be on hunt for Santa
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to be. For the cruelty charge, MT. Christ was fined $50 and costs
 Drivers Case is Continued.
 The case against the driver of tho truck which struck Charles Pratt on Saturday afternoon will be continued for two weeks pending the condition of the child. The driver pleaded not guilty in court last evening and from his story it appears as though the boy was to blame although some wit nesses of the accident blame him. The . driver said that he was coming down Galpin's hill at a moderate rate of speed and saw the two boys at the left. Another automobile was coming up on the right hand side of the roac He turned to the left in trying to avoid striking the two youths but could not go too far or he would run into tho other machine. Aa he was nearing the place where tho boys were, the Pratt child started across the road. Ii was too late for the driver to do anything and the boy was struck ! by the front right mudguard of the machine. The case. is being watched l with interest by many local people and when it appears on the docket it is expected that many will attend the 1 hearings
 Christmas at Factories. Although a general depression has 1 been felt in all business lines I throughout the United States, but one of the local factories win close for an entire week for the Christmas holi- days. As announced by the several cor porations last evening the following schedules will be adhered to. At the Berlin Construction company, the plant will close for Christmas day only. This is due to the rush in work at the factory. At tho American Paper Goods company it was stated that the factory would close on Friday noon of his week and would reopen the fol- lowing Monday. It will then closa Wednesday evening, December 29 and reopen for the winter season on Mon- day, January 3.
 The George E. Prentice manufac- turing company will close on Friday night Of this week and will not resume operations until Monday. January 3.
 The. closing days have not been decided upon at the Mosel Manufac- turing company in Kensington.
 Several Christmas Parties.
 All of the local schools observed Christmas with appropriate exercises today. Gifts were exchanged around < a huge Christmas Stree in each school and light refreshments were served.
 The Berlin Grange society held a Christmas party for the members and their children at the Grange hall last evening. Many were in attendance and gifts were also given to the "kiddies."
 Schools to Close.
 All of the local schools will close tomorrow noon for the annual Christ mas and New Years vacation. They 1 will reopen for the winter term on | Tuesday. January 1. Several of the | teachers are planning to spend Christ | mas with their parents and will leave | for their homes tomorrow afternoon. |
 Berlin Bits.
 The Worthington Athletic club will hold practice in the town hall on Monday evening of next week.
 The w. B. Club will give a dance in Foresters' hall this evening.
 The condition of Charles Pratt. who | was struck by an automobile truck on l. Saturday afternoon, is still said to be | serious. -<% - E
 Miss Virginia Root of East Berlin |, is spending a few days with her
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MANY CASES HEARD KY JUDGE GRISWOLD
|iy oi Them Tried in Town Court } Last Evening
LOCAL FACTORIES TO CLOSE
|omc, However, Win Close For One Day Oniy-Christmas Exercises
 Held in Local Schools--Itcms of In- tercst.

Six, cases were tried in the town burt last evening before Judge Gris- fold. Three for having improper eadlights, one for reckless driving, he for cruelty to animals and the last as that of the driver of the New laid Bakery truck. which struck harles Pratt on Saturday afternoon,
 n rvsult of which tho boy is in the lew Britain hospital in a serious con- tion.
 The mon charged with speeding and aving improper headlights were ought by the state police here yester- by. John Walsh of Hartford was he'd s10 and costs for improper head ghts on hts machine. as were Myran g. Ryder and r. c. Burnett, both of hartford. The case of Isadore Kilger-
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WINTER BAIT STORAGE

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 rubbers' boots, dry goods. etc ID. s. Ecgri. 12-1S-dSx
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Felt Slippers For Xmas Gifts Offered At Reduced Prices

FINE FOR WARMTH AND children We are prepared to fill all wants in tn to the buyers. eI
 woMENs FELT SLIPPERS. wine, or. enid and purple, made with comfy soles for s18s pair.
 woMEN's COMFY Slippers ribbon trimmed all pretty colors S-.&o.
 BoUDoTR SLIPPERS all the pretty shades low heels. regular price s4.5o. $500 n pair
 FUR TRIMMED MOCCASINS of grey and brown suede for women were s350, nowI priced SZ.oo phr. r DAINTY EVENING SLIPPERS of white kid, suede strap Pumps and black satin Pumps for dr
 RUBBER BOOTS AND ARCTIcs for women ar GLOVES ARE GOOD.
 s CAN BE QUICKLY BOUGHT and to suit We offer strap wrist Mocha Gloves in Beaver .,and grey, pique with black stitching backs. Were s5.ss, special Christmas price S1.9s pair. woMEN'S WOOL GLOVES. angora knit in OK ford. white, heather and Camel s2 50 kind, S19S pr.
 WASHABLE CAPE GLOVES, one-clasp grey and Beaver. pique and prix seams. S325 pair. LINED GLOVES and KITTENS at special cleanup prices.
 MEN'S UNDERWEAR e HEAVILY FLEECE LINED we offer heavy ribbed Shirts and Drawers grey and ecru good S2 Br"ue specE1ly prlceu Si.3o each CAMPERS WOOL UNIONS in natural color, extra good garments. specially priced s2ss s4.ss.
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-04
(Lafayette-Born september sth)

" HEN we think of the protect
ors Of our country 1t ID hard
~ for US not to include the name
'" OF Lafayette. that gallant
Frenchman, who left his own land to
help ours to gain independence and
freedom. Marie Jean Paul de
Lafayette. the young Marquis. had as
a boy lived a life very different from
that to which most Of US are accus-
toned. When he was q tiny baby he
had been left an orphan, with no one
to care for him but nurses and gov
ernesses and masters. Until he was
eleven years old he lived this lonely
life in the mountains In the Southern
part OF France, and then he was sent
to Paris to learn the way Of the world
and The polish Of courtier. Reading
and writing and arithmetic were the
unimportant parts Of his lessons. Most
of his study hours were spent in mas
tering the art of riding, fencing.
dancing. making pretty speeches and
gallant bows so that he should be able
20 maintain the honor and the dignity
Of the ancient family whose name he
bore. at the court Of the King.
The King Of France at that time
was Louis XVI. He had just returned
to Versailles. the home of the French
court. with his young bride. Marie
Antoinette OF Austria. This young
person was very anxious to be enter
tanned and amused and it annoyed her
quite a little to see her husband de-
voting more time to tinkering with
mechanical devices than he did to the
satisfaction Of her within. She did not
| like the stiff ways of the old courtiers:
she wanted companions and play
mates ofher own age: she wanted to
dance and be gay. And so 1t was
that while the King Of France neg
lected his people to seek the inner
working Of the clocks and machines
that stood about the palace. Marie
Antoinette joined the sports and
games of the children of the court who
played about the Versailles gardens
| One Of the most attractive boys in the
court garden was Marie Jean Paul de
/ Lafayette. now fourteen years Of age
and testing his grace and gallantry
upon the ladies OF the Court oil
France. To him went Marie Antoinette
with her cry for amusements. and
anuseme-ts and still more amuse-
ments. The boy anxious to please his
Queen. for he had hopes Of some day
becoming one Of her strong fighters In
no regiment that was then known a
THE Black Musketeecs." fell in with
he Queens plans and led the stiff
dance. through the invention Of wood
land frolics and elfin parties which
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-04

tember and this year that day will be
the sixth Of the month. In 1894 Con-
gress passed a bill making Labor Day
a legal public holiday. The day Is
observed all over the United States
as well as in Porto Rico. Hawaii
Alaska and the Philippines. and the
joys OF the day of rest for the iaborer
aIe added to by outdoor sports. pic
MICS and celebrations. This year Labor
Day will come but a few days before
the opening of the new fall school
term. Remember. when you celebrate
the day that 1t has been set aside to
honor work. and make up your mind
that your work for the coming year
Will not be burden to you. but a low
Make up your mind to start your tasks
with determination to see them suc.
cessfully completed. and bear in mind
that no work Is mean that Is honest
and no task is too humble to be done
well. Approach your work with a
Joyous spirit and the glory Of the true
laborer will be yours. Start work with
smile not a frown and success,
will smile at you"
"Oh. will try" said Betty. "That
shall be my Labor Day resolution"
Why not make 1t yours?
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may be made on the upper edges II
you wish. This will add to the an.
pearance Of the toy. no doubt.
The hardest part of the work will
be the making Of the dancer and par,
A. To plane pieces as thin as these
are will require some means other
than the ordinary bench stop 70,
holding while the planning is beina
done. One simple way is as follows:
Into a piece OF board that is moi
warped. drive two brads so they will
extend just enough to make a stop for
the wood worked upon. This method
should answer your purpose very well
in this instance.
Your coping saw win be necessary
for cutting the parts that 20 to make
up Jim. He Is held together by mean
Of pins. cut OF to the proper length
and bent as shown. The hole should
be drilled In the various parts OF a size
that will permit them to move very
freely. II they should bend ever
slightly, the effectiveness Of the toy
viii be DESTROYED. ~
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-04
LABOR DAY

to wealth and power from among the
working classes. Abraham Lincoln
felt it no disgrace to be seen working
at his humble tasks. A rail splitter
was he in his youth and later a clerk
in a small country store. Had he
faced his tasks as you face yours. Betty
would he ever have made good at
them as the world now knows that he
did? Idleness never yet made for
happiness. nor did 1t make the idler
any better than his laboring neigh
bor."
I'm sorry" said Betty. II guess I
didn't mean what l said about work."
Work" continued mother. has
come to mean much in this great land
Of progress. and the laborer Is looked
upon with honor: so much so that
one day in each year Is set aside as
L:,bor's Holiday. that work and work
ers may be given the honor that Is
due. This holiday falls every year on
the first Monday in the month Of Sep.
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Billy's Invention

hands behind her. for she was always
afraid OF tricks with Billy. Once he
had offered her a seemingly innocent
rosy checked apple. which. as she
| touched It. sent a stream of water up
into her face.
/ We'll" continued Billy excitedly.
You heard what Luke said about
those SWITCHES Of potatoes growing
into whole ones Why can't the same
thing happen with cake? l saved this
from dinner. and now we'll go and
plant It,"
II don't know why" said ,Mi!ly.
but somehow don't think 1t will do.
Why don't you ask Luke?"
Hush. silly. Don't you know in
ventions are always secret. You must
promise not to say a word to any
| one."
Milly promised. only half convinced.
and they stole down to their garden.
and having broken the cake into
pieces. carefully planted them just as
| they had seen Luke plant the flower
| seeds.
Eagerly they watched for the least
sign Of leaf and when. after a week
| OF disappointment. rainy spell set
In. they were disconsolate, for they
were strictly forbidden to go in the
garden. At last their patience gave
out, and they decided to confide in
Luke. and ask him to report progress
Luke looked very solemn when they
told him. and promised secrecy.
Yes" he said on his return,
There is surely something growing
there. can't see any buds yet. but I'll
watch"
Every day he reported that plant
was thriving. and when at last the sun
came out they rushed hand-in-h hand
to their garden.
|. What do you think they saw"
There was plant with some small
objects hanging from it. LOOKING
closer they found they were ring
sugar-cookes. crisp and brown. a.
though just baked
They gazed in wonder. Then MiI!y
said: 1T seems queer that these
cookies should grow when we planted
plum- cake. These are like saw Mrs
Stillman baking Yesterday and -
A shout of laughter interrupted her
t"~d there was Luke standing at tht
fierce. YOU mustn't mind nv fun
he said. as he came forward II OIL,
meant It as a joke. ! am sure If vol
had stopped to .hink carefully
DEGREES. you would have known sucl
a thing could moi be. ! thought any
way we'd have some fun out IF ii. 81
III placed that plant there and hrn,
he cookies on. Remember this
That no matter how smart folks ma
be in making things grow OUT of N
ground. they always have to go y
Mother Nature for the seeds and root
to put IN. They are NOT cleve
enough to make these"
"Oh. Luke. Luke, You're b,
fraud" said Milly, but Wen forgv
YOU If you'll take US to that picnl
tomorrow"
Sure l will" said Luke heartily.
Billy held out his hand. Il wish
II knew as much as you do. Luke" h
said maakfv
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WEENTY'S LABOR DAY LESSON


well. 1 ought to. l make It," re-
turned the Bee.
mot entirely" whispered 4 sleepy
flower. Your sweetness comes from
the hearts Of Us flowers. you know"
"Ha! Hal" said the Ant. II must
confess. that puts you out. Mr.. Bee.
"But I don't take the whole credit
for the honey. Dear. MOI" The how-
er hurried on to say. You see. above
there is busy Mr.. Bee who takes the
honey-which after all Is only Just a
drop-and. with his friends gets to-
gether a lot of honey. enough to
count. And then below ground where
you can't see at all is another good
friend of mine who keeps the earth
soft about my roots so they can grow
strong and long enough to look fol
sweetness in the EARTH"
'Ah! She is talking about the
Earthworm. declare" Miss Ant said