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New Britain herald., 1922-05-09
City Items

Meet me at schmarr's for dinner. .--advt.
 Eintracht lodge, o. D. H. S., will meet this evening and after the busi- ness meeting the members will play pinochle,
 Anchor Brand" club invites you to Minstrel and Dance, Thurs. eve, Y. w. c. A. Chapman's Major String Orch.-advta
 The St. Jean de Baptiste bazaar closed last evening after successful run of several days.
 The committee on supplies and printing of the common council will meet tonight Bills will be received for printing the Municipal Record.
 Dance, Grange, Berlin, Wed. Eve.-- advt
 Decision was reserved yesterday by Judge Bulard of Hartford in the case of the L. Perlyski company of Hart ford against the Jacques Speciality shop of this city for $1o9 alleged due on hats sold the local concern before the bankrupt petition was filed.
 Attorney Irving I. Rachlin was ap- pointed trustee of the bankrupt es- tate of Solomon Sheinman. Lafayette street furniture dealer having pre- viously served as receiver.
New Britain herald., 1922-05-09
50,000'DELEGATES
These Will Attend Yearly Congress of National Peasant Party at Sofia This Month.

Sofia, Bulgaria, May 9,-Fifty thousand delegates will attend the yearly congress of the National Peas- ant Party in Sofia this month Pas senger and freight traffic on the Bull garlan railroads will be suspended for a whole week in order to give the delegates prompt transportation,
 Thousands of home dwellers will be elected to make way for the hage in- Aux of peasant politicians that will find its way to the capital. mans home in soeiolized Bulgaria no longer is his castle. 1t belongs to the govern ment quite as much as to himself and can be rcquisitioned any time with- out pennys pensatlon,
 Representatives of Peasant parties in JugosaVia, Rumania and Poland will attend the congress, The secre- tary of the Green Internationaie also has been invited Alexander Stam- boulisky, Bulgaria'a picturesque pre- mier and peasant potentate, will pre- side over the deliberations of the vast assem blaze,
New Britain herald., 1922-05-09

who became tramp, a battler and dreamer into Emmett I.awer", triumph Of an American youth who couldn't be stopped by handicaps.
 Somewhere a girl whose faith has been justified, is saying:
 "Sure--I helped that ed-headed kid get across!"
 ''She did," testifes Jim Fully
New Britain herald., 1922-05-09
NO OBSTACLES TOO
 HARD FOR THIS BOY
Eats Up Hard Knocks and Then Writes a Story About It
BY JACK JUNGMEYER.

Los Angeles, May 9.-Un1ess you want to be jared out of your lazy grumbling acceptance of an undesir- ablei lQt don't head this story about the Achievements of
 Jim Fully, obstacle hurdler.
 Fully, you must know, is author of
New Britain herald., 1922-05-09

The polar regions have a population of 30o,0oo.
Evening star., 1922-09-03
Hairpin Research Back.
To Prehistoric Times

Va1HAT in the world would We
w women do without hairpins? +?
Even with bobbed hair it is
necessary to have some kind of a
fastening to keep that long front
lock from forever sliding down into
ones eyes. And yet they just won't
stay in. They just naturally scatter
all over the place.
A man with an especially investi-
eating mind once decided to pick up
every hairpin he saw within the
short distance. that he was walking
up busines street. BY the time he
had gone four blocks he had over a
hundred hairpins of assorted colors
and sizes in his coat pocket. He f.
dumped the lot into the next trash
box.
1t doesn't seem to matter whether
they have humps or merely wiggles
in their wfry sides-they just won't
stay in.
Yet the very earliest kind of pin
was used as q hair ornament to keep
a woman's long hair out Of her way
and decorate it at the same time.
These earliest hairpins were really
spikes made Of the bones Of small
fish. Among the remains found on
tne sites OF tne prenlstorIc iake
dwellings of Europe are several such
bone pins. some Of which are carved
very elsborately. Most of the pins
found in the ruins, however, are made
Of bronze. In certain parts of Swift
zerland 10000 such pins have been
collected from ruins. The patterns
of these hafrpins. many of which
have the double stem of the modern
variety are extremely curious and
beautiful. Pompeiian>, ruins have
yielded up some very interesting Ro-
man hairpins.s - i E
Long live the hairpin in permanent
waves; ~ ..-.-..'.s s.-,s.-1 -.
Evening star., 1922-09-03
TEACHES AND SWIMS.
Miss Drummer Is One of a
Family of Experts.

MRS. F. ]. J..BRUNNER has the dis
4'i tinction of being the first woman
life. guard at the pools in Washington,
and she has been the leading spirit
in, the water ports for girls in Wash
ington during the past seven years
that is. ever since Mrs. Susie Root
Rhodes entered offlce as superintend-
ent of the city Fairgrounds and per-
suaded Congress to let her interpret
the appropriations made so as to have
| woman instructors for the hundreds
Of little girls who wanted to learn to
swim. '-
Mrs. Rhodes calls Mrs. Brunner the
dean of woman swimmers in Wash
ington," and it is true that, although
Mrs. Drummer has never entered any
competitive swimming contests. she
has made really wonderful long-dis-
tance. swimming records and is an ex-
pert. OF course she very modestly
places all credit to the fact the Mr..
Rrunner, who is teacher of swimming
at Central High School and superin-
tendent at the bathing beach, taught
her.
r. During the school year Mrs. Brun-
ner teaches the second grade at the
Erookland- School. She is very much
interested in progressive methods Of
education, especially those ADVOCATED
over a quarter of century ago by
els Parker, which are obtaining prac-
tical foothold in communities all over
the United States. Mrs. Brunner is
proud of the fact that she made a
very high mark in her school work
this year-as well she might be.
~ oh hnr tn 10 da1
City, Kan, Mrs. Brunner went to
school in the Eastern High School Of
this city and also graduated from nor
NAL school here. She then taught for
four years, but stopped teaching after
her marriage until the need for teachers
became SO urgent during the war, when
she again took it up.
Mrs. Brunner has always been in
terested in sociological problems and
she found much to study and aid in
development in the problems of the
woman war workers with whom she
ing Mr.. Brunner at the pools. Often
four and even Ave hundred girls
would attend the late afternoon
classes. And. according to Mrs.
Brunner, it was the telephone girls
and the nurses who, as groups and
individuals seemed to grasp the spe-
ciar technique of. swimming the
quickest
There was one war worker. now
teacher in the schools of Illinois,
Miss Jessie Hoffreiter, who set q
record of swimming three miles.
which has only been equaled at the
pools very recently by Thelma Wink
jer, graduate in the June, 1922.
class of Central High School. AS a
mile is about fifty-six lengths, 1t can
readily be seen, even by those un-
initiated in the gentle art of swim
ming, that three miles is some dis
tance for a continuous swim.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brunner being two
such fine fish themselves, one natu-
rally expects. the rest of the family
to be likewise and one is not disap-
pointed. ,s<r.zs
!. Betty .,Brunner, twelve years old
and entering the eighth grade Of
school this month: is probafhly the
Evening star., 1922-09-03

best child swimmer on the pools. She
has the distinction of being the
youngest girl to learn swimming,
having been taught by her father
when she was only two and one-half
years old.
Her little sister. Nancy. learned to
swim when she was four years old
Nancy. who is the little Brownie of
the family. is only nine years old and
is going into the fifth grade at school
this year. Four years ago Betty saved
Nancy's life when the little sister
almost drowned. Betty, who was only
eight years old at the time, swan
six feet with Nancy until help came.
Just the other day Betty pulled a
large woman out of the water after
the latter had lost her nerve and was
medals which she won a year ago in
the grade school meet at the muni-
cipa1 pools. One is a gold medal for
winning first place in the 50-yard
dash and the other is a silver medal
for coming out second IN the 100-yard
swim; She has also qualified as a life
guard.
On the whole, there seems to be
very Few accidents at the pools, con-
sidering the numbers that attend.
On very hot summer days they aver
age about 1000 day. boys and girls
seh6 ~ uo eQuduy interested in
the sport. On the girls days large
lunches and spend the day there.
Most Of those. who attend the pools
have learned to swim there. The
pools are constantly safeguarded and
children from the diplomatic and
congressional families enjoy the priv
tleges OF the pools as, we'll as many
who have this as their only enjoy
able recreation during the hot sum-
mer days. ~. :
Mrs. Drummer tells Of an. interesting
experience, she had with sonae of the
little girls just the other, day.
There were two little. girls came
trailing into my once yesterday"
said Mrs. Brunner, "holding by the
hand a sobbfng seventeen month -old
baby, who was a mass II. Of wasp
stings. After administering first aid
and getting the :: baby, ssoothed, I
asked which of. the two he belonge
to. They both looked deeply SYM
pathetic. but shook their heads
much-stung infant. L finally learned
that his g little sister. who had had
to bring him along to take care of
him.. was. in. swimming, and. when
we found her she was enjoying her
self immensely. She was horrified
to see what baby brother looked like
and she hustled into her things and
took him, home told her she mustn't
leave him alone that wayanext.tfme.
aren't ,they? laughed Mrs: Brunner.
But just love them"
And :; that's just what She is to
the children on those pools every
day-a, regular second mother; sort
of mermaid mother, p
Evening star., 1922-09-03
Fruit Sandwiches.

First spread one slice of bread with
a layer Of thick clotted Devonshirs
cream and sprinkle this with pulver-
lied sugar. Spred the other slice ii
bread with prepared fruit; press firm.
ly together and then trim the crusts
and cut into triangles and pile on a
sandwich tray covered with pretty
paper doilies.
To prepare the fruit selected. clean
and wash it and turn ii into a cloth.
II berries are used. drain them. Chop
pineapple or cut pared peaches in
slices. If well drained, stewed OF
preserved fruits can be used for these
sandwiches.
To make tie clotted Devonshire
cream. place one crp OF milk in q
saucepan and gently pour on top one
half q pint of cream. Heat slowly
to the simmering point and then place
where it will keep this heat for about
fifteen minutes. Let cool, skim of
the cream and use as directed.
Evening star., 1922-09-03
Y. w. C. A. POST FILLED
Miss Dunlap Is Secretary for
Group of Clubs.

a INVOLVEMENT has just been
n made by Mrs. Albert H. Putney
Of the Young Women's Christian
Association of the appointment of
Miss Florence Dunlap to fill the place
recently vacated by Miss Marguerite
Riegel, who has left for the training
school at the headquarters in New
York city. -.- .
Miss Dunlap will be secretary of the
Industrial and mercantile girls clubs
affiliated with the association. AL
though her home is in Baltimore. she
has been engaged in similar work. to
that required by her new position
while in Omaha. Neb., for the past
three years, and has had considerable
other experience along these lines.
She will take up her new work In
Washington the middle Of this month.
Miss Dunlap is college graduate.
Evening star., 1922-09-03
Ristorp Of Dour eal1re
BY PHILIP FRANCIS NowLAN.
- ~ 20 ;. St-a r-s- = r. SlSs..-
PERKINS; i. I

5vARlATioNs-PIeree. sPierson, Peters,
Parkins, Park, Parr.,, !. &
RACIAL ossIoih-MsdIsv. Ensii.h.
souRcE-A given name; & Z ::
Perkins, with its many variations,
il q surname = wiricha. takss itSx ORR
gin from the given name OF Peter.
II In some of the i:natnesS the Anglo
Saxon influence can be. traced. and in
others that OF ethe Norman French.
while In still others thereeis snethfng
to distinguish which influence pre-
dominated.
Peter, as Christian name,s was. one
OF the most popular throughout Eu-
rope. In the early days the religious
authority OF Rome was recognized
universally in all lands. owing to the
prominence Of st. Peter as the chief
OF the apostleS and the. founder of
popes. Later, after the reformation.
Il lost somewhat OF its popularity,
though It was far too widespread by
that time to be eliminated asa given
name. BY this timS, also. its crysta1-
lixation Into various family names
was we'll. Under way. ! s.2ss=
Perkins.f sPeterkinss Son. IL stamp
ed with Anglo-Saxon Influence in the
diminutive KIN" Thes'K' In; other
variations IL remnant sof this. The
softer Pierce shows the French I'm
fluence and finds somewhat Of q coun-
terpart In the names of Pierre and,
Evening star., 1922-09-03
Tale Of a Tail.

Susie had q little fur!
Its hairs were brown as mud:
Her brother asked her once what cur
Had worn 1t in the food,
When Noah's ark had cast its sail
And Jonah Travelled in 4 whale.
But Susie, used to such remarks.
Quite often would reply:
I'm sure les more presentable
Than your old dark blue tie
Which mother threw away three times
And found you gave the trash boy dimes. -
'Aw. Susie! but the fellers think
About your choker's- taif-only
It's like the brush that's in the sink -
To use when dishclOths fail
To clesn the measly milk bottle: ~,
And, why'd you call 1t Aristotle?''
I'm sure" his sister made reply,
II don't care what they think.
Ny Aristotle's tail is all
You could expect of mink.
And Aristotle 10 his name
Cause bis philosophy's not tame"
"Huh: What'd you know about it
Philosophy. my eye!
That poor old Greek would throw \ 1T
II he were passing by
And heard Q fur with q face like that
Called BY his name-a pale brown rat!"
Then Susie flung her choker on
And smiled scornful smile.
Come, Aristotle, dear" she said,
In tones quite sweet with guile.
Wen take Cordelia to the game
Instead OF Bob; she likes your name
Evening star., 1922-09-03
The Home With a Personality
vH-Floors and Floor Covering. :
By CeIesti,.e B. Hodges

materials. Obviously. then, the selec-
tion Of other fabrics to harmonic
with these rugs, requires much care
and thought. This does not mean that
oriental rugs should never be used.
It does mean that in order to get the
best results one must take into con-
sideration tho color and design OF the
rug and the size and character of the
room in which It is to be used, and
also tho fabrics that are to go with It.
In my estimation, our own high
grade domestic rugs and carpets MI
most of our needs admirably, both in
the service they give and in their
artistic merit. First on the list, of
course, come the Wilton velvets.
These are sold both in rug form and
by the square yard. There are plain.
high-pile suss in excellent soft neu-
trail colors. with or without borders.
and also many beautiful soft-toned
figured rugs in coiors which har-
monize easily with tho colorings used
in modern upholstery and drapery
materials.
In room where there IL consider
able other figured material the plain
floor covering which harmonizes with
the wall helps to keep q good ball
ance and preserve an atmosphere of
restfulness and unity that is lacking
when too many different figured ma
terials are used in the same room.
On the other hand. where draperfes
are plain and upholstery also plain, a
well designed, softly colored. figured
rug keeps the room from being dull
and monotonous.
In the medium priced grades one
may get very good plain rugs in a
satisfactory color range in the diff
ferent types of chenille rug. These
rugs have a distressing way of she'd
ding when they are new, but in time
this wears OF and they certainly give
fine service.
Tho old-fashioned ingram carpet
seems to have passed from our midst,
but in its place there is Scotch wool
rug that is imported by some houses
and is vast improvement over its
well-remembered prototype.
After the wool floor coverings
como the many types of fiber rugs.
some of which are especially attrac-
tive in color and weave. OF course.
these are more generally used for
summer, although many of them are
adaptable for year-round use in a
modest home.
The linoleum people are directing
eur attention by extensive and clever
advertising to the fact that their
product need not be relegated to the
kitchen and bathroom. We all try to
be open to conviction, and certain it
is that some of the designs which
they are producing bid fair to win
Evening star., 1922-09-03
NAMES FOR GIRLS
And What They Mean

IRENE is a rather uncommon and
i certainly very attractive name for
girls. 1t is taken directly from the
Greek word meaning peace" The
flower used as Irene's symbol is thy
me-also uncommon in these modern
days. The sentiment for girls of this
name Is "watchfulness." In the very
old days peace was worshiped as a
divinity. and from the WIDESPREAD agi-
tation for permanent world peace to-
day, perhaps that may be the case
again before long.
The first empress that held a throne
in Greece was an Irene. but, sad to
relate, she was one of the cruelest and
most bloodthirsty of rulers-either
men or women. She was a poor girl
of exceptional beauty and was no.
ticed by Leo w. who became SO in
fatuated that he waived all sage ad-
vice and made her his empress. For
a period of ten years following the
death of the emperor Irene ruled the
Byzantine realm (from 780 to 1900.
One of the cruelest acts of this Anna =
zon was carried out when she made
war on her own son, conquered him,
and had him punished for his ambi-
tion to take his fathers throne, by
having the sight of both his eyes de-
stroyed. All five of her late husbands
brothers received the same punish
ment at her orders. When she was
finally dethroned, she entered a nun
merry of the Greek Church and is now
listed upon that church's calendar as
a saint.
A Greek Princess Irene. daughter
of the Emperor Isaac Ongelos, was
forced by an especially powerful Ger
man emperor OF that period, Henry
VI, to become a member 6f the
Roman Catholic Church and was re-,
baptized Maria. She was also forced
into an unwilling marriage with
Henry's brother. Philip Of Suabia. but
was fortunate enough TO die young.
One of the most famous royal Irenes
Of later history is the Princess Irene
of Hesse. granddaughter OF Queen
Victoria of England and wife of
Prince Henry of Prussia, brother to
the ex-kaiser of Germany.
In tho beautiful Spensers Faerie
Queene," character named Irene ex-
presses the spirit of Ireland. One of
the MOST charming and popular mu-
sical comedies which the American
stage has produced during the last
few years Was called Irene. Samuel
Evening star., 1922-09-03

their way into our other rooms b
reason Of their sanitary qualities. thl
ease with which they are kept clesn
and their economy. hnoieum, per-
haps more than some other things, IL
. poor investment unless you buy the
best fnlaid quality and then haye II
laid properly. Also learn frorn yoni
dealer how to care for 1t.
Money invested in good hoor, cov-
erings n always more than worth ths
original outlay, not only because they
give SO much longer service. but
mainly, 1t seems to me, because every
day they are used they give satisfec-
tion and pleasure and happiness ID
their possession.
Questiens Answered.
In a sitting room of southwest ex'
posure, having a tan wall. cream
q design, Of rose and tan In II, black
mahogany furniture upholstered IN
dark green leather. what color Of por-
there's, lamp shade and pillows would.
be good. MRS. O'C.
For portIeres 1 would suggest q tan
! or taupe color to harmonize with ths
wall. A flne cretonne combining the
| colors In the rug, with possibly
cream background, would make gay
pillows against the dark plain fur
niture covering. With two or thres
Of these you could use . plain golden
brown or rose pillow. A SILK shade
+: lined with champagne color and Gov.
cred on the outside with pale gray.
green chiffon would help to tie yol1
| color scheme. together.
Ny problem 10 this: have a hall
living room and dining room opening
! into each other and papered with
! reddish tan foliage paper The golden
, oak woodwork Is to be rehnishei
dark walnut. The furniture IN the
living room is mahogany and browd
wicker and in the dining room Jaco,
bean oak. There are several pieces Of
| brass and copper and a yellow lamp
| shade. What colors would you have
for the overdraperies, rugs and day.
bed cover? z. B. L.
| For overdraperies you could use
either gold color, a soft neutral
orange. or mahogany color (henna),
with plain taupe or soft brown rugs
| On the day-bed you might use dark
brown or q heavy cretonne, with tane
| browns. touch of orange and green,
or blue. A bright red bowl or jar
some fine artificial nasturtiums in
copper bowl would add the final touch
Evening star., 1922-09-03

OF 1t9 background. Tne Wnol0
room stands on tho floor, its
L walls. the furniture, tho peo-
pie in It. Therefore, you want it to
have the effect Of strength, firmness
and a quiet unobtrusiveness. It's
color should blend into the other
background colors Of the room, and
never should It be the most con-
spicuous element in the room. In
other words, a very light floor or a
very large-hgured, brightly-colored
rug. unless they are keyed perfectly
to the other things in a room, give
the unpleasant effect Of coming up
to meet you.
This leads to the discussion OF the
oriental rug-and a DELEGATE subject
it is-for there are still those who
believe that tho only solution Of the
rug problem Is the oriental. We all
love them and long for them, and
many are very beautiful and wonder
full, both in color and design. But
because 1t is an oriental does not
necessarily mean that q rug Is fine
or lovely. Some of them are quite
crude and barbaric in color, and some
of the more modern ones do not COM
pare with our domestic rugs, either
in color or workmanship. The spirit
expressed in the oriental rug, its SYM
bolism, its exotic color. the intricate
movement of the design, mako 1t out
Of keeping with many of our more
simple, restrained American homes.
Moreover, when the average oriental
is used all the other colors in the
room must be keyed to the rug. This
is not always possible. because the
colors used in the modern drapery
and upholstery fabrics are quite diff
ferent from those wonderful, elusive
shades mixed by the eastern people.
This is especially true of antique ori-
entail rugs which have undergone the
softening, graying process of great
many years of hard use. For in
stance, / am constantly asked for a
drapery material to harmonize with
the reds in the Bokhara rugs.
AS a rule. these tend toward the
mahogany or reddish brown shades,
although in some cases they lean to-
ward the maroon or wine shades.
These mahogany or henna shades are
hard to get except in very expensive
Evening star., 1922-09-03
Fantastic STYLES.

PARIS. August 10 Especially ).-The
gorgeous headdress worn by fa-
mous beauty At q recent masked
dance has given new impetus to
fantastic headdresses. elaborate and
lovely enough to be quite as import
ant az the gown itself. Such head
dress was IN helmet shape. incrusted
with briiliants and topped by white
AfgretteA Two wide wings, made
up Of bell-shaped tassels, also in
crusted with brillants. rose from each
side Of the front.
Evening star., 1922-09-03

Note: Miss Hodges, who is .
professional interior decorator.
will answer questions addressed
to her in care Of The Star, pro-
vided stamped and self-ad-
dressed envelope are tnclosed
for reply. Such inquiries as
@ are Of general interest VIII ne
using only the initials of the
inQuirers. I..-.
Evening star., 1922-09-03

Percy. In many sections OF Nngiand
therS IL q tendency and always has
BEEN to pronounce "er' Ike FAR. "
Hence, Pafkins and finally Park. de-
yef0ped from Perkins.
Evening star., 1922-09-03

Johnson wrote a tragedy. the heroine
of which was Irene" This play was
produced by David Garrick in 1749
Voltaire also wrote a tragedy of this
name.
There do not seem to be any nick
names for Irene except a rather
doubtful shortening of. the name to
Reny, which is certainly not very
euphoniouS.
Evening star., 1922-09-03

HE floor of q room IL also part
of its background. The whole
room stands on tho floor, its
walls, the furniture, the peo-