New Britain herald., 1921-08-25

have been harvested, weather permit ting, and the season will have ended two weeks ahead of schedule. This crop is usually picked the middle of September, the tenth being consider ed the proper time for commencing. A peculiar thing this year is that the New York state Elberta crop is com ing in at the same time, a thing here tofore unheard oi.
 Henry Pratt, buyer of New York, who has been coming to Wallingford for a number of years and at times to Kensington, stated yesterday that when he heard that the New York crop was coming along for early pick ing, he could not believe it and has tened to investigate. He found the report to be true and says this fact will not strengthen the market, to say the least, for usually New York is few weeks later than Connecticut.
 In Court Last Night.
 Morris Binnen of Hartford, appear ed before Judge George G. Griswold in the town court last night on a charge of reckless driving. Binnen was arrested Sunday by Captain Me Murtry of the state police department.
  going at about 43 miles an hour along chimes. He was fined $40 and costs, but took an appeal.
 Russell F. Williams of Wallingford, appeared in court last night for oper ating a motor truck without rubber tires. He was released on payment of the costs. MT. Williams was ar <No~ foi, M1N 1~tr 1roC ming.
 that court will be held tonight as there arc several cases to come up.
 Chautauqua Opening Tuesday.
 Roosevelt said, The Chautauqua IS the most American thing in America" If this be true then, the com munity's program is truly national in bringing to Berlin four interesting musicians from the Philippine islands The Filippino has music with charm al. his own. Some of this music he plays on native instruments such as the banduria and steel guitar. Adder 70 these are the violin mandolin and piano and voices that blend as one Everyone is urged to hear the Filip pino quartet on the last day of the chautauqua for in addition to the program it is said that people will carry away a better understanding of the Philippine people
 Tickets for the chautauqua are re- ported as selling very good and the Junior department tickets are also being sold rapidly Plans are being made to make the junior department a feature of the chautauqua when t f0r t1,a chautauqua will arrive in Kensington next Tuesday morning. It will be taken from the depot over to the Kensington Grammar school grounds where it will be pitched and all will be in readiness for the opening pro- gram on Tuesday night. The feature of the Tuesday night show will be the Theresa Sheehan concert com pany Miss Sheehan vii give charac- ter readings and will be assisted pl entertaining by a soprano soloist and a violinist Her program will start at 5 o'clock and will be preceded by the junior chautauqua.
 Many people in Berlin are waiting for the Thursday afternoon perform ance when Dr A. H. Harnly will give his famous lecture on Making Dem- ocracy Safe for the World Dr. Harnly is from Chicago and is claimed to be one of the best speakers on any of the chautauqua circuits, He will deliver his lecture at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon.
 Lawn Festival Toni. .sht.
 Residents of Berlin vii; be given a little surprise when the mem bers of. St. Paul's Fife and Drum corps plan to give a dance usirg a unique system of asking admission at the lawn festival to be given at the IT. A. B. rooms this evening. Although the system has been used in many of the larger cities and is in use at High land Lake in Winsted, it has never been tried in Berlin or Kensington. The couple will pay for each dance as they go out on the floor and will not be charged a general admission price. By this method if the persons dance but once they will pay for only one dance, whereas if they dance ten