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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-05-29
not the most beautiful Of allcreatures!

not the most beautiful OF ailcreatures!
asked the mermaid.
'Nes, Queen" replied the Fish, mo
one can compare with you"
If ! only had silver comb TO comb
out my golden locks" said the Mer-
maid. Il am sure should be still more
/ beautiful. but this | shall never have
unless YOU are lucky enough to find one
for me, and if you wish to gain your
| freedom YOU will find a way to get one. >,
That, beautiful mermaid. ! shall
never be able to do IN my present
/ form" said the fish, but If you Will
ask the sea witch to give me back my
own shape you shall have a bushel OF
silver combs.
But | shall not ask her." said the
mermaid; lin the first place, / am not
certain YOU would keep your promise,
and then | do not wish to lose you, for
never before did any one tell me how
beautiful | am, and il is very nice to
/ toe told
Greta watched until the mermaid
caught the fish by one fill and dropped
into the sos, and then she ran home
TO tell 70 her parents the strange things
she had seen and heard.
1T is some poor mortal that tell VIC
tim to the spell of the cruel mermaids,
.aid the fisherman. Il have heard that
they lived in the sea along the coast
but have never seen one, but We have
no silver comb, and so we cannot help
him
Again, while Greta was sitting on
the rocks, the Mermaid and the fish
came out of the sea, but so still was
Greta that they did not see her until
they were on the rocks beside hers
Quickly the mermaid leaped into the
sea, taking the silvery fish with her
and Greta knew If she saw them again
she must be careful not TO be seen.
The next day she came down to the
shore and hid behind the rocks, anc
when the mermaid appeared with the
fish Greta kept very still and listened
Am | not the most beautiful OF al
creatures" asked the vain mermalc
as she did before, but the answer thu
time was not the same as the hsh gave
I the first time Greta saw them.
There Is one more beautiful thar
YOU" replied the fish, but she is mo-
of the sea. You are the most beautiful
in the sea, o Queen"
How dare YOU tell me this" sale
/ the angry Mermaid. Il suppose 1T i
the mortal we saw on the rocks, bu
she is not beautiful, you silly creature
her hair is golden, but her body wa
covered with rags; no glittering robe
such as have, did she wear. But
had the silver comb TO comb out m.
golden hair | am sure ! should be tn
most beautiful creature in the sea or out
Get me the comb if you wish you
freedom"
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HAVE YOU ANY OF THE NEW
COLORED GLASSWAR REF

The presence Of n piece OF colored
glassware in the home, today, rs proof
that the bousekeepcr las kept up
with the new ideas of interior decora-
ton.
Modern nrt, science and skill have
only Just perfected this branch OF glass
ware. II has taken the study and ex-
Fermentation of years 10 develop 1t.
And each colored glass vase, bowl, or
dish is little masterpiece in itself.
II you would prove my statement
that each little piece is work OF art,
try this experiment in your living
room: place an ornament Of colored
glass in the sunshine and then 20 out
Of the room and enter it again. Your
eyes will fly directly to that Skinner
ing piece of glass 1t will have put
note of cheer in the room, that you
would not have believed possible be
fore. Heretofore, we have depended
on n bunch Of brilliant flowers to
brighten up a room; now VIC have
both flowers and sunshine-catchinQ
colored glassware to choose between,
for this CHEEKY effect
But, although colorcd glassware is
perhaps at its best in cay Of sun
shine, It is also most attractive in a
sunless room IL your living room has
n northern exposure, with sunshine
perhaps only at early morning and late
levening, stand bowl of colOred glass
very near n window where the strong
daylight may FILTER through IT. Even
the light from an electric bulb IN the
evening will beautfy IT.
And now comes the question: What
color glass shall | get?" This will
Of course, depend on the color scheme
of your room In blue room, an orange
colored bowl il perhaps most beautiful
Or bowl of palest green, when stood
in the sunshine, will become translucent
and filed with light, thus appearin,
almost a living thing among its dark blu'
surroundings. Try pieces of dlfferen
colored glass in your rooms; the sun
shine or strong daylight changes then
so much, that it is almost impossible
TO lay out hard and fast rules for choos
= ing coIors that viii go with the colo
| scheme of n certain room.
i Many interior decorator, today
Il build" a color scheme around piec
of this new glassware. / know Of
woman who has two easement window
in her living room. These window
are close together, high on the wal
and have loaded glass panes and
y southern exposure Not knowing no,
to drabc them, she had called in a
y interior decorator A month later
= entered this living room and my eye
T., few Immediately TO the two casemen
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fisherman, who never worried about
may come for our daughter, wife; be
happy, YOU Vet NAV live at court.
One day while Greta was sitting by
the sea she heard some one talking and
pceking around the ragged corner Of
The rock she was filed with amaze
meni by what she saw
A beautiful mermaid. with long golden
BAR and silvery body, was stretched
upon the rock IN the sun and beside
her was a large silver FISH Am |
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icine. had been having pains every
month and at intervals between, was
weak and seemed to be smothering at
times, but in a week l felt like an
other woman. / also used Lydia E.
Pinkham's SanativeWa ash. 1t did me
a lot of good too. | cannot praise
your medicines too much and will be
more than glad to recommend them
to any woman who is suffering from
female troubles. You may print my
testimonial, as it is true. Mrs. I.
A.LANDRY, 612 Miss. St., Donaldson
vile, La.
Note Mrs. Landry's words-"as it
is true" Every letter recommending
Lydia E. Pinkham S Vegetable Com
pound is genuine. 1t is a statement
telling the merits of these medicines
Just as the women in your OWL
neighborhood tell each other.
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MRS. AMELIA JONES DIES;
WAS SCARED BY URGLAR

Heart trouble. evidently aggravated
by being frightened by burglar about
two months ago, Saturday afternoon
resulted in the death of Mrs. Amelia
NJ Jones. aged 3s years. of the south
east corner of Eighth and Poplar
streets. widow Of John c. Jones, who
died about nine years ago.
The deceased conducted a grocery
store at the northeast corner of Eighth
and Poplar streets. but lived with her
sister. Mrs. 81. NJ. MetZner
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design in opal colors fsalmon pink,
sage green, creamy white and larkspr
blue, softly bIcnded). The three other,
and larger, windows in the room bad
the same kind Of drapery, but with the
additions Of dead-white glass curtains
Of scrim. Everything else 10 the room
was pay-rIg, upholstery and door
curtains.
Tomorrow Answered Letters.
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THE VAIN MERMAID.


Once upon time there lived on a
rocky coast IN a fsr-off country a Fisher
man and his wife and a very pretty
daughter named Greta
They were very poor and only from
the sea did they get their food. and
what was To become of Greta when
thcv died often worried the fisherman
wife
No lover will ever find her here,
sighed the mother, and ! am sure ouI
child is handsome enough TO marry ar
earl
If she is 70 marry. some one vii
End her even here, said the jolly
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The Sandman Story

BY Abby Phillips Walker
Copyright
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Efficient Housekeeping
BY Laura A. Kirkman

windows. Directly across both win
dows, near the sill, was shelf Of gass-and
and on this shelf stood four Irisdescent
glass ornaments two bowls, one vase
and dish with harng edges. The sun
light streamed through their opalescent
colors with almost unbelievable beauty
and soft brillance. Across the top
of the windows, and down either outer
side, ran narrow silk drapery or val
ance, with small, all-over Persian
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WAS A BROKEN
DOWN WOMAN
Then l Began Taking Lydia
E. Pinkham's Medicines
Donaldsonville, La write with
pleasure to praise your medicine -

II y dia E. P in k
hams Vegetable
Go m pound -
(which has done
so much TO restore
my health. | was a
broken-down wo-
man until my hus-
ban d brought me
a bottle of your
Vegetable Com
and one Of
Lydia E. Pink
hams Blood Med
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As a rule, folks are just about as
happy as they have made up their
minds to be.
New Britain herald., 1922-11-09
STORE CLERK ARRESTED

Isad0re Basson Alleged to Have Sold
 Employers Goods at Less Tha:
 Regular Price.
 Isadore Basson, a clerk employed il a dry goods store at 3sl Main street was arrested today, on warrant is sued by Prosecutor Joseph G, Woods charging embezzlement. He will bt in police court tomorrow morning. Yesterday Captain T. w. Grace re. ceived a complaint from A. Levy manager of the store, that there hat been much petty thieving at the place and that prior to the complaint, : man had been detected in the act oi stealing cravat.
 Captain Grace detailed Sergeant Matthias Rival to the case, and Bas- son was located and brought to the station. He was released on the promise that he would be at the police station this morning. Tn the detective bureau, Basson was confronted by Prosecutor Woods and Sergeant Will, liam P. McCue, and, after the case had been thoroughly gone into. tho prosecutor made out the warrant.
 It is alleged that Basson has beer selling clothes to local men at a very small sum of money, the purchaser' then disposing of the garments at 2 profitable price. The detective bureau has succeeded in recovering severa suits of clothes belonging to the firm
New Britain herald., 1922-11-09
AIRPLANE TRAFFIC RULES.
Committee Considers Code to Make
 Flying and Flyers Safer.

Washington, Nov. 9.-The national committee on the aeronautical safety code is meeting this week at the bu- reau of standards to formulate code which will be accepted throughout the country. The committee has be- fore it a tentative draft of tho code.
 The code is intended to establish safe standards of practice for the de- sign, construction and test of air craft structures, engines and instru- ments, and suitable customs with re- gard to traffic rules, landing fields, signals and qualifications for aviators.
 It likewise will serve as a guide for legislation and help governing bodies to keep their laws uniform with those of adjoining Jurisdictions, and to give the public adequate pro- tection without unduly hampering the aircraft industry
 H. M. Crane, of the Society of Automotive Engineers is chairman of the committee.
New Britain herald., 1922-11-09

A whist and social will be giver
 this evening by the ladies Of the | Sacred Heart church at the home o; T. Dehan on Main street. All are in vited to attend.
 The next meeting of the Modern ] Woodmen society will be held at the Athletic Building on Thursday eve
 ming, Nov. 16.
 George DeMore who has been con nected with the Landers, Frary and | Clark company in New Britain has
 been transferred to their plant in New Hartford and commenced on his , new duties Monday morning. MT
 DeMore and family will move to New l Hartford in the near future. l Mrs. A. DeMore has sotd her prop i erty on lower Main street to a party from Newington. l Ernest Anderson has sold his resi- dence on lower Main street to people 1 from New Britain. Mir. Anderson ana
 family moved to New Britain Tues day.
 i F.. r. Durham of Kensington was
 in this end of the town on business
 Tuesday
 i Mrs. l.. M, Root entertained the i Ladies' Aid society at her home on I Main street this afternoon. The regular weekly barn dance will
 be held at the home of Mir, Woke in West Cromwell Friday evening and the usual crowd from this place will attend. K
 l The local members of the boy scouts
 will attend a meeting of their troop
 at Berlin Friday evening. The Progressive Reading circle will 1 hold their next meeting Tuesday eve ming, Nov. 21st.
New Britain herald., 1922-11-09
City Items

Axelrod's lc sale now going on. Bring your basket to 22S Park St. adyt.
 Mrs. J. H. Robinson of Harrison street will spend the next two weeks in West Rumney. N. H.
 Headquarters for Girls Coats Besse- e-Leland's of course.-advt.
 The Lady Nest of Owls will meet tonight at s o'clock at Grotto hall. Radio sets and supplies at Morans ---advt.
 Capt. M. J. Souney of the fire de partment will attend meeting of the State Firemen's association's execu- tive committee in Hartford next week Legion Falr, Turner Hall, Nov 10--11..advt. Mir. and Mrs. Fred Beloin and MT and Mrs Eilfred Reloin have left or motor trip to visit their sons al Catholic university, Washington, D. c Business X Professional Women, ! club dance, Grotto hall, Friday eve, ming, Nov. 10. Admission 75c. Public linvited.--advt.
 An important meeting of the Loya Order of Moose will be held tomor. row evening at o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1922-11-09
Catal.rh Will Go Help Comes in Two Minutes
 Complete ReIiefinaFe Weeks

Don't go on hawking yourself sick every morning: It's cruel. it's harmful and it's unnecessary.
 If after breathing Hyomei. the wonder worker. you are not rid of vile catarrh you can have your money back.
 No stomach dosing-just take the uttle hard rubber pocket Inhaler that comes with each outfit, and pour Into 1t a few drops of Hyomei. Breathe 1t according to directions. In two minutes 1t will relieve you of that stuffed up feeling. Use 1t daily and in . few weeks you should be entirely free from catarrh.
 Breathing Hyomei is a very pleasant and certain way to kill catarrh germs
 Get Hyome outht today. It's sold by druggists everywhere with guarantee to quickly and safely end catarrh, crcup, coughs colds, sore throat and bronchitis or money back; it's inexpensive.
New Britain herald., 1922-11-09
Oldest Bank to Pay
 100 P. c. Stock Dividend

New York, Nov. 9.-The Bank of
 the Manhattan company, the oldest
 banking institution in the United
 States operating under its original charter, granted in 17ss, Is preparing to distribute to its stockholders a stock dividend of 100 per cent. The directors of the bank, which in It's present form combines the banks founded by Aaron Burr and Alexan- der Hamilton, have voted to increase
 the capital from $b,0oo,0oo to s1o,- 100000 by the, transfer of portion of the surplus of the corporation to capital account. and their action will be submitted for approval to the stockholders at special meeting to
 be held on Tuesday, December 5.
New Britain herald., 1922-11-09
CREAM FOR CATARRH
 OPENS UP N0STRlLS Tells How To Get Quick Relief from Head Colds. It's Splendid!

Tn one minute your clogged nostrils will open. the air passages of your head will clear and you can breathe freely. No more hawking, snuffling. blowing. headache. dryness. No strug- gling for breath at night, your cold or catarrh will be gone.
 Get small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your druggist now. Apply a little of this fragrant, antiseptic healing cream in your nostrils. It pen etrates through every air passage of the head, soothes the inflamed or swollen mucous membrane and re lief comes instantly.
 It's just fine. Don't stay stu.fed-up with cold or nasty catarrh-Relief comes so quickly.
New Britain herald., 1922-11-09
Recount to Be
 Asked by Col. Wm. GastOn

Boston. Nov. 9.--Petitions for state. wide recount of the vote for U. g.. senator in Tuesdays election were be- ing prepared today by campaign man. agers for Col Wm. A. Gaston, tho democratic opponent of Senator Hen- ry Cabot Lodge. The latter's plurali- ty stands at S425 votes in the correct ed press returns. The republican state committee had sent word to all city and town committees to prepare for . recount in the event that Col. Cas- tons supporters took action.
New Britain herald., 1922-11-09
WEATHER FORECAST
Fair and Colder Tonight and Same
 Prediction For Friday

New Haven, Nov. 9.-For Conn: Fair and colder tonight and Friday; fresh northwest winds.
 Conditions: The pressure is low along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts with long ridge of high pressure over the Mississippi valley. The pres sure gradient is quite steep rom Michigan eastward to Maine. snow CTS have occurred during the last "A hours in the eastern portion of the Lake region and New England. Snow flurries were reported this morning from Minnesota.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity Fair weather with slightly lower tenn perature.
New Britain herald., 1922-11-09
Postal Swindles Cost
 Public S14O,OOO,OOO a Year

Washington, Nov 9-Approximate- ly 500 cases involving fraudulent use of the mails are in the hands of U. S.. attorneys for investigation to deter mine when criminal proceedings should be instituted, it was an- nounced today at the department of justice. Plans are under way in the department for expediting the trial of each case which it is decided to prosecute. Officials estimated today that the cases already under consid- eration represented a loss to the American public through postal swindles of more than $40, 0,000,000.
New Britain herald., 1922-11-09
TEXAS IS CHARGED
 WITH HORSE THEFT

Bedding, Conn.,, Nov. s.-A sigh'- seeing trip to Texas on horseback was interrupted yesterday when man glV- ing his name at Walter Wehnieyei was arrested here on a charge VI horse stealing. The man was rsoins one horse and leading another. Ac- cording to the police, he admitted the horses were not his and said he was on his way to his home in Texas
 Wehmeyer was taken to Wa''ins- ford. where the owner of the horses had nreferred a charge ot >orse- stealing against him.
New Britain herald., 1922-11-09
Weeks Resigns as Trustee
 Of Conn. State Hospital

Hartford, Nov. 9 -Former Gover- nor Frank B. Weeks of Middletown has resigned as member of the board of trustees of the Connecticut state hospital at Middletown, the resignation being accepted today by Governor Everett J. Lake. Business and per- sonal matters were given as the cause of the resignation. which is to become effective on December 10.
New Britain herald., 1922-11-09
INDIA's HERITAGE"
Mrs. John IT. Kirkham's Subject Al
 Meeting of w. r. NJ. $.

An interesting program in charge of Mrs. Rufus N. Hemingway, is being nlanned for the Women's Foreign Missionary meeting of the south church, tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
 Mrs. John H. Kirkham will speak on "India's Heritage" pageant will be given by children, based on "India's Child Garden of Verse" with native Indian songs by Mrs. Douglas De Mers and others in costume. This is in charge of Miss Lefty Learned and Miss Jenny Vessels. It shoWs the response of the people Of lndla to us by their own music and folklore
New Britain herald., 1922-11-09
MARIONETTES HERE
Funny Little Wooden Folk Direct From Greenwich Village to Perform For E. and P. w. Club.


 Actors with wooden heads, two to three feet high, with joints such as human beings have, who move. dance, fight, talk, make love and perform ac- robatic stunts, will come direct from Greenwich Village, New York to give an entertainment next Monday eve ming for the members of the Business and Professional Women's club. In the Tony Sarg marionettes which will give two performances Monday for the benefit of the B. and F. w. club. there will be entertainment for "children from six to sixty" Uncle Wiggily" will be given in the after noon and Don Quixote," in the eve ming. The marionettes will be operat- ed by Tony Sarg himself, a celebrity of Greenwich Village, and who will be assisted by students and artists from the famous Bohemian colony.
 The performances will be given at the Central Junior High school at D. m, and S:15 p. m.
New Britain herald., 1922-11-09
ACQUITTED IN DEATH
 OF A CAMP SENTRY

Anniston, Ala, Nov. 9.-Victor Purey of Boston has been acquitted in United States district court of charge of staying Orland Carey. sentry, at Camp Mcclellan, here April 20. 1918. It was alleged by the government that Purey and three other soldiers struck Carey down and escaped from the camp.
New Britain herald., 1922-11-09
ONE FAMILY HOLDS
 OFFICE FOR Fl YEARS

Somers, Nov. 9.-As a result of his election Tuesday as judge of probate, Ernest s. Fuller will step into an office that has been held continuously dur ing the 7i years of its existance. The probate court for the district of Someps was established in 1884. The last two judges holding office were Solomon Fuller and Charles Fuller. grandfather and father respectively of the judge-clect. The grandfather held the office for s5 and his father for 36 years.
New Britain herald., 1922-11-09
.HAGEARTY APPEALS
 ID SUPERIOR COURT Mayor Paonessa of New Britain
 Furnishes Bond of S1OO
 DONATION PARTY TONIGHT

iS Assessors Busy Ion Lists - Boy ' Scouts and Girl Scouts to Meet
 Other Items.
 John w. Hagearty, of New Britain was fined $25 and costs in the Berlin town court last evening on a charge of reckless driving. An appeal was taken to the December session of the superior court. Bonds were placed at s1oo and were furnished by Mayor Paonessa of New Britain.
 There were two other cases on the docket. Eugene Skinner was arrested on a charge of reckless driving and was allowed to go upon payment Of costs.
 Archie Blair of New Britain and Lester Charles of West Hartford, were arrested on October 2S, after a col lision on the Berlin turnpike near here. The two cars sideswiped and serious damage was narrowly averted. The two men were discharged because of lack of evidence. It is said that there was only one witness to the acr cident.
 Donation Party This Evening
 The donation party which is to be held on the community house this evening under the auspices of the Worthington Community Center asso- citation it attracting considerable at tention about the town and the peo- pie are very much interested in the affair.
 It is expected that large crowd will attend the event, as parties or this sort have been held in the past and have always been extremely popular. All who intend to be pres ent have been asked to bring some article which may be used to furnish
New Britain herald., 1922-11-09
O'Sulliyan Selects Ryan
 Of Waterbury as Secretary

Waterbury, Nov. 9.-Congressman Elect P. B. O'Sullivan, who defeated James P. Glynn of Winsted in this district, today announced the ap- pointment of Michael J. Ryan of this city as his secretary. Ryan was for merly city clerk here and is widely known fraternally.
New Britain herald., 1922-11-09
PARENT-TEACHER MEETING.

meeting of the Rockwell school Parents and Teachers association will be held 2t the school tomorrow eve ming. A musical and literary program will be carried out by the children and an illustrated talk on China will be given by Charles Atwood.
New Britain herald., 1922-11-09

ions, I am sure not foot of theirs would goa day without it. highly recommend the use of Gypey Foot Relief to all dancers and peo- pie who are on their feet all day"
 NOTE:-Gypsy Foot Relief. recommended bv MT. Baker is soft, velvetlikc. sntiseptic. soothing substance--a remarkable secret from the desert. Take a little on the tip of your finger and rub 1t on q sore, burn'ne tenoer. nrhinr calloused spot, corn or bunon. then three minutes later walk. work. dance or stsy on your feet as long ss you please! The manufhcturcrx guarantee successful results m every case or refund the little 1t ccsts. II is cold in this ity by all good druggish