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New Britain herald., 1922-04-04

ing will be held at the Methodis church tonight.
 Berlin Bits.
 The regular meeting of the Berir Grange will be held this evening al the hall on Damon's Hill.
 The Women's Missionary society o the Congregational churcl. will mec, tomorrow afternoon at the home 0 Mrs. F. F.. Honiss at o'clock.
 Miss Alberta Elton is confined tc her home with an attack of the grip.
 The first free radio exhibit will bt given at the community house on Berlin street tomorrow night at s o'clock.
 Samuel Fisl<e, son of Rev. and Mrs. Fiske, is able to be out after being confined to his home with illness fo, the past several days
 The extension committee of the school board will meet this evening
 East Berlin Items.
 There will be the regular meeting of the Knights of Pythias society at their hall this evening.
 'ifNS I'Vl 'iIIt INOl1 Dl tIl00lCIOWn is visiting friends in town.
 The East Berlin Dramatic c'uh will "'e"t at the home of Mrs. Charler tiske this evening at 7:30 D. m sharp.
 Mir. and Mrs. Sterling Wcodua ~,- and friends who ravo henn srerdino the mast week with bis parents Mr and Mrs. Charles Woodward on Main street. have rctrrned to their home ir Brooklyn. N. Y.
 The r'onthlv meeting of tho adiee' Aid society of tho Methodist ch,lrch will be held at tho home of Mrs. ! Wctherill on Main street, Friday aft : ornoon at ? o'clock.
 Miss Virginia Root who is student at New London ccllege is spendinr her Easter vacation at her home on Main street.
 George Stenler who has been con- fined to his home for the past few weeks by illness is able to be ont again and resumed his meat route Monday morning.
 The weekly whist for the benefit Of inc Village Improvement society will 'Ne held at the home Of William Brown Ion Wednesday evening.
 Mrs. Henry Medd who has been wis ting relatives in town has returned 70 her home in Waterbury, Her moth or Mrs. Ellen Wcstcott accompanied her but will return to Fast Berlin in I few days for the summer.
 Arrangements are being made for an entertainment to be given by the pupils Of the Hubbard school at the Athletic hall in the near future.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-04
FIRE DEPARTMENT BUSY
Two Aarms sounded Last Night
 But the Damage is Very Slight

The fire department &as called out twice last night, but in neither in- stance was the damage very great. Fireman Harry Parsons. while on ais way home to supper at ahot | o'clock last night, discovered fire in the house at t35 Lafayette street. An alarm was sounded from Go> &@e. The blaze was in the kitchen Of tene- ment occupied by C. Fray=rt"a. and was caused by an owe rhcatt1 stove. Tne damage amounted to about Sc3
 At SEQ o'cock an aarln was rune nj from Box !1i at the corner of Madison and Monroe stretl Dn ar ri' al at the scene, it waS lound that [ ere was only q grass fir m ptngl sS, ,t Engine Company NJ. j vas Ie ta led by Chier William J. Noi'e to eA- tinguish it, wni'e the other companies were sent back to the stations.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-04
pAROLED RONS ARRF,STEN

Two small hoss, out on parole from the State School for Boys at Meri- den, were taken into custody today by Policeman w. r. McCue, after com plaints had been received of attempts being made to enter houses in the southeastern part of the city. The Meriden officials will be notified.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-04
LOCAL BOYS SENT
 ID REFORM SCHOOL Special Session Of Juvenile Court
 Held This Morning JUDGE GIVES A WARNING
Authorities Will Deal With Other or fCndcrs-Water In Town Thi, sam mcr-Dnc Licenses Arc Duc--kcn- sington And Berlin Briefs.

At a special session Of the juvenile court held this morning, Judge Giis- Wo'd sentenced one Kensington and one Berlin poy to reform school The boys were in court on a charge of in CorrigihiIity
 In imposing the sentence, Judge Griswod stated that both youths had been in trouble in the schools they attend and that they have no home control Evidence introduced showed that the boys are not influenced for the best in their homes and the judge thought that they would be better Of in the reform school.
 number of other complaints are being received daily by tho school au- thorities as well as the town officials in regards to the actions Of bows at the kcnsington Grammar school Residents in the neighhorhood Of the school dislike the rowdyism which is prevalent about the school during the regular hours land havc asked to have something done in the matter
 Judge Griswold stated this morning that if similar com o'ant3 are made to him or other officials action vii be taken n5thc matter by the author, itieS.
 Water This summer
 Since the night of the special meet ing Of the kensincton fire district when the tow nspcoplC decided to have water in Kcnsington. a number of residents have been inquirng as ta - when the wat ar will be brought here.
 Officials of the district have been in touch with many of the large con tracting firms throughout New Eng land states as well as in New York and New Jersey, No contracts haNe
New Britain herald., 1922-04-04

There are 5l,oo0.no women an, girls in the United States.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-04

First separate school for colored children was established in Massa chusetts in 179S.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-16
THE wEEk's PRIZE WINNER
Bright Stories by Members of the Club
THE BANK ROBBERY.

In the year 1886 there lived girl
OF whose name was Mary Crawford.
Mary and her parents lived in New
York city. She had Il brother, but
no was kidnapped when a, the age
Of ; and was never heard OF after
wards. Mary had finished ychool and
wanted 10 work. so she applied AZ
Il bank and got Il position Inside
OF a month Mary had been going to-
dinners. parties nrd lunches with the
teller or the hank. whose name was
john Rawlings one day John asked
Mary out 10 lunch and She vent
with him. Ecfore going John locked
IN" safe In IT,. Office and then locked
III" outside door going into tho out
sid" part OF the bank. While he wag
doing this a robb"r was watching
han through small hole which
waf 10" small for tn. teller to soc
81 anybody was looking at him
After John and Mary had gone. tn.
robb"r took a skeleton key out Of
his pucNct Inserted IL into tho lcy-
h"!" and opened tho door caro,ulIy.
After h" had tHUt the door. tn. rob
her took pair % tools out Of his
pocket and began WORKING on tho
combination. la about half AN hour
tn" robher had tho safe opened. had
nut ia" contents safely away In his
pocket and had made his getaway
from ;hc place.
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FAIRY BUTTERFLY.

One morning May saw n butterfly.
II few into the meadow. May ran
after 1t. How beautiful il is. said
May. ! wish 1t would come near.
The butterfly rested on flower. May
ran UP to the flower. but the butter
ny few away. 1t was soon out Of
sight oh. dear. said May. am
so tired and did not get the but
tcrhy after all. May lay down on
the ground. II was very still in the
meadow. on there is the butterfly
coming back. II Will rest beside me.
said May. Why. what do see? You
are not butterfly. You are "A beau
i!iul fairy. What beautiful wings
you have. ! know you are the hest
fairy in the world. How happy YOU
must be. You never have TO work.
You Just play all day long wish
! were fairy. DO you? said the
fairy. Oh. yes. dear fairy. ! do. | do.
Can you make me into fairy? can
and I will. said the fairy.
Then she said.
CTo be cnntinucd)
CLARIcE. HlSERMAN
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-16
An ADVENTURE on A RAINY DAY.

1t was sunday afternoon and rain
ing very hard. -FOUR children, Nancy,
Jack. Virginia and Fred. were sitting
on tho ioor by the fire.
oh. wish l knew something to
play" sighed Virginia.
II tell YOU what" said Jack.
"Wlat?" asked Virginia before he
could finish his sentence.
Lets play firemen," answered Jack.
You all time want to play fire.
men," said Nancy. because we can't
take much OF a part in H."
oh. well. let's play show them" re-
Piled Jack.
Lets" came from the rest. 1--WE
can get Ethel to play the piano for
us. an you'll can dress up in those
old clothes in that trunk of grand
mas or course. I'll dress up. too. an
we can dance and all that" said
Jack. Tho children went up the steps
TO the attic.
"oh, the door Is locked" exclaimed
Jack
III get It," said Virginia. TITS on
mammals room on the table"
Luckily her mother wasn't around
and didn't see Virginia get the key.
She took il to Jack and he opened
the door. The rest followed. Nancy
found costume for herself and Vir-
ginia. Jack found one for Fred and
himself. They dressed up and began
playing.
Their mother was busy talking to
| a visitor and did not hear them.
| Their father had gone TO sec a friend.
where are your children. Mrs.
| SMITH" asked Mrs. Brown. They
must be very large now"
| Mrs. Smith looked for them In the
! library, but they were not there.
Il cannot find them" exclaimed
Mrs. Smith. -
on, maybe they went to play with
| Mrs. Brown. Leave them alone. I
will see them some other time.u
The children danced a white, but
! soon grew tired OF this, so they be-
gan to play something else, but soon
tired of this. -,
Lets go down stairs" dsNancy.
and read some ghost storiesA
Alright" said the rest
They took OF their costumes and
fixed things up so their mother
there. When they were rcRdyrlo go
down stairs Virginia screa med.
Everyone looked to see WHIT was
wrong. A little mouse was stansled
| up in Nirginia's hair. After'Smuch
difficulty they got II out. When ut
! last they were ready Jack asked.
| Where is the kcy?" Theyssbegan
a search and found It in the wig
| Nancy had had on. Soon they. were
| in the library reading. ava
When Mfr. Smith came homee6very-
| one ate supper.
Gee. that mouse certainty did
| scare me-"
What mouse?" asked her mother.
The story was told and everyone
| laughed about the mouse in ViTEinIa's
hair. After that Virginia vase called
'Mousie" $50
ANNA HAURAND.
GAGE lo) c.s
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BUYlNG 4 NEW HAT.

A small girl. OF years OF age,
walked proudly into tho Trinity a
millinery shop. and asked TO be
shown new hat. or course. the
clerks wondered how the little Wis
itor was To select n new hat, but gave
her their attention. until they found
out what she wanted.
II dust tame In Ia see IL 'ou would
sell me pity new hat said the
child. why. OF course. we Will my
little lady" replied one OF the clerks.
Just what kind OF hat would you
like"
well, 'des 1t willy trcally)
doesn't matter 'dus: so II betomcs
me" At this they laughed and the
child became very indignant and
started TO leave. The clerk offered
her n rosy apple and she decided to
stay. rs might mad. when | finish
my apple Is going" q. please do not
go. replied the clerk. did not mean
To he go rude. Very well. will
stay" and the clerk found Il pretty
hat. She put il ON and carried the
leave. she gave the clerk a penny.
and this is for my new hat. When
Is tones again / will bring you an
odder ono.
She had not been gone long when
n lady came in and asked about n
child. She was soon found and car
ricd safely home. When she was he
ing tucked in bed she said: "Moddcr,
owes the man anodder penny"
OPHELIA CONNEIL.
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A FAITHFUL NURSE.

There once lived beautiful girl.
lG years old. Her brother. John, was
called To war. Mary hated very
much 10 see her only brother leave.
But. OF course. he was called and
had 10 go. The day CAME for John
IL leave. Mary walked with John
20 the train. The train was II the
station waiting. John kissed his sis
Ter eocd-by. and nc said he would
write as often as he could. About a
week later Mary received a letter
saying they needed another trained
nurse over in France. and for her 10
come at once. Mary packed her
clothes that night and left. She rode
on the train for about n week and
rod. on water TWO or three days.
When she reached France she met
her brother. And OBJ! how glad they
were to see each other. Mary put
on her nurse uniform and she looked
some cute. and her beautiful curls
fell in rinGlcts about her head After
Mary had nurSed about six months
She fell in love with n young boy.
and was TO be married. hut MARY
tod the boy She was too Young to
get married for she was only l6. and
broke the engagement. After the
war had been going on for some
time. the Germans surrendered IN
the Americans and Mary felt she had
helped her country.
Mary and John came back to their
home in old Virginia. Mary Is and
John 90, and both said they had
helped their country "OId Virginia. -
When Mary was 81 years old she
was married 10 The hoy she broke
IN" engagement 10 and became Mrs
Sm!th. John married girl. Helen
Jones. Now they arc both Uyinc,
and enjoying life. But they never
VIII forget the time when they
served III the war and help their old
country ''NirGinia''
Written by.
RoNEY MARGARET SHELTON.
NRe. Il
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THE ADVENTURES OF THREE
HONS IN MAINE.
By GEORGE TiSDaLE JR
Chapter VII.
The Nidrnpcrs I'Ollcd.

Then Jack Allen did daring
thing. He saw that Mark could not
prevail and the yellow Jackets
| hand was moving towards his hip
| The driver had the team under good
control. Jack noted this ard then
acted on wild impulse. He took n
flying leap To the horses and thence
to the ladder of the freight car. All
his strength and activities was
brought into play. Fortunately he
was goo! judcer OF distances and
landed square on the ladder. lie
climbed t. the top Of the car very
, swiftly and silently. Only the
brakeman was facing him, and To
him he made q sign. and which the
brakeman appeared TO understand.
though he did not let the kidnapers
know that anyone was on the train
50 near them.
The brakeman did not notice the
hand that was creeping toward the
pocket that probably held n revolver.
The same hand that had made Jack
du his daring deed.
Just the hand reached the
pocket and made Il swift movement.
Jack made one OF the swiftcst foot
bail tackles that he had ever made
before.
Mark was coming behind Yellow
Jacket. and when lack gave his
plunge he got Mark and Yellow
Jacket both by the legs. 1t was so
sudden and fierce that both Of the
men lost their balance and tumblcd
overheard Jack narrowly cscapin :
doing the same. The pistol shot
that was intended for the brakeman
went off into empty space and did
no harm.
The brakcmaL wildly siEnallcd for
the engineer Ia stop the train. He
was looking back at the time. and
got the Trademarks signal He shut
off steam and applied tho brakes. and
| the train came to n slow stop. with
the humping OF cars and scrccchlnE
| Of brakes
The train was not long. prOba bly,
| about fifteen ears, and WAS spe-
| cial
The men in the Cahoose climbed on
| top and ran towards JAG, aud the
| brakeman.
They met halfway, and the other
| men turned and followed them. The
nrcman and engineer jumped off and
| ran To the rear.
| There was quite a noise, for every
| body was asking questions or say
| ing something. except Jack and the
| brakeman 'rh" train had gone a
| little past The spot where the men
! fen on %! tn. train. They were no.
where To hc seen. ISN'T Jacks keen
ewes saw the marks OF a body that
had been drawn into the woods.
| lie lrapcd In. and had gone but n
| little way when lac almost stumbled
over n body. II was that OF Mark
Jack reasoned that yellow Jacket
had got off uninjured or slightly SO
| and had left Mark to his fate!
(To be continuedD
EDWIN BOOTH.
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CHAPTER IL
he ftUbbcr l. CAUGHT.

Lat" IN ~" evening John went TO
IN" safe 20 nut Sumo bonds In ~.
when. "a MS aStonIshmcnt. lie saw
NIL ~" money gone. He toli tho
president about d, and the presId.
called Up m" chi-f az police. and h.
toit tn" prosid.u, ,whosc naruo was
Mr.. HOW'D that 10 would telegraph
NIL over ia" "u,Ir" United states va
IN" police cat TIA" places b. would
cam 10 stop any one whom they
might suspect OF robbery The mex,
ahy small boy came TN the on!cc
an! asked John tina, h" wanted 90
speak 10 Mr.. Brown Jonm yo, Mir
Brown for IN" boy and hc tod MIR
brown that h" saw inan come out
OF IN" bank the day h.tor" during
lunch hour whn looked Ike a rob
Der. Mr.. Brown said, My boy. can
you tel IN" what the man looked
iE"' So tho boy told MIR Brown
thhl tn" man had on II brown cap
brown gloves, blue suit. green tie.
black socks. tan shoes and several
diamonds and s'ickpin The presi-
cent said sly bow. Will you tcll me
your maine" Yes. sir" was tho
boys quick reply IL sad h.s name
was John Crawford The urcsidcn,
thanked John heartily Tor his In.
formation and told him ,hui II the
thici Was caught he wanted him ~
<" win him to the station ,police
siatior)
The next day IN" thief was cauch,
a. Camden, \ ana was brought To
Hew Work sir. RroW aud John wen,
To IN" police station aud &, happened
inst IN" rohb"r was tn" same as
John had described Tn" rohlcr gave
his name as Bon Jones. R.n was
given ton years al S!ug sing. and
John received $1,000 OF tn. money
that was stolen.
ON the way coming back TO the
bank Mr.. Brown asked John II n.
was kin to Mary Crawford and Iobn
SAID his mother had told him wh.n
n" Was mt" that ne had n sister
by that name. but he didn't know
where they lived and that he would
sun be living with the men who
kidnapped him had it not hccn Tor
the poison they took for whisky. Mr.
Brown tells John about Mary ana
mat they were living In the suburbs
OF Inc city. John was delighted IA
near this. He went to the bank and
t"Id Mary about his good luck. after
Nr- Brown had introduced him IN
her. He stayed until closing Tim.
ana went home with Mary and lived
Win mis- parents the res; Of his lifc
toriG!nal)
BY THOMAS cprl-t-,>-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-16
THE STORY or \ PAIR or SHOES
CHAPTER

'HAl'i EI /
phce, very long ago. there lived n
Iittie girl whose name was MARY
Mary was good lihle girl and lovcd
every one. She had "A sister and
brother much smaller than herself.
~ had been showing and very cold,
therefore tho snow was hard Mary
had a sleigh In which her friends and
she went out on.
mother ana said. "Oh. grandmother
won't you please let me go out sleigh i.
riding? There are many others go-
ing ana wish to join them II han
pcncd that Mary's mother died when
shc was only years old. Mary Just
hal new pair Of shoes. and. of
course. like many others. Mary wished
10 wear them. She promised also
she would be ever so careful to wear
them. After n pause the reply came
from her grandma, which said:
Mary. dear, you know your grand
ma would never refuse such a nice
Rirl on such nice terms. so You might
get your shoes on and wraps around
you good. for you might catch cold
said the old woman. he sure YOU
take care of your shoes"
III happened tina: Mary's father had
hecil SEX and lost much time from
work. therefore he could not arford
10 hh* shoes very often Mary GO,
ready and kissed her grandma ana
father. and afterwards she set on
with her playmates to a laree hill
(To be continued.)
BuRNICE WILLIS.
Next chapter tells tho misfortuncs
CT Mary and her playmates.
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Letters From Our Little Ones

New Member.
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ana rules and was So glad to got
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"ha nope 10 see 1t in print next SUN
day.
Yours truly, your new member.
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1918 West Main st. Richmond. Va.
sends Poem.
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which | hope YOU will print, even
though it isn't much good. I'm also
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Isn't tho contest to close March g?
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but hope to do 50 In 81 few days.
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II VIII Re Printed
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N the sunday paper. inclose "A
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Yours sincerely.
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New Member.
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cksburg. Va. 'Age years.
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4 lDtti:k VI.

once there was a little girl. Her
name was Nancy, and she loved Ia
sing while she worked. one night
she went to he'd very early and sh"
fell asleep. She heard sweet little
fairy singing She looked out of the
window the little fairy came To the
" indow and said, Come with me Ia
fairyland" The little girl was sur
uriSed when she heard this; she went
with the fairy. When she got there
she saw n beautiful stage for her Ia
stand up on II and sing for the fairy.
She got up there and began To sing
All of n sudden there came Il big
crash. IL frightened the little girl
very much. so she screamed as loud
as she could. Her mother and
father came running To her room
to see what was the matter with her
The little girl was awakened by her
scream. She told her mother and
father about fairylaud, and lived
happily ever after
Your new member.
MARTHA GROVE.
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STORY OF rwo room CHILDREN


PART II.
They found everything they want
cd TO eat. She told them To eat any
thing they wanted. They sat down
and ate heartily. After they finished
Mary and Tom went in the parlor and
sat down with this kind lady. whose
name was Mrs. Jones. and She asked
them their names. They said our
names are Mary and Tom Gale. She
stared at them and said: you shall
stay with men forever and ever. for
! am your dear aunt: ! have been
looking for YOU all for months. and
have found you at last" They
ran and Rugged and Kissed her. az
ter II while big car drove up. and
their aunt said: Come. get your
wraps on. for we are going out rid :
ing.
They wrapped up warm and good
because IL was a cold day. They got
in the car and rode long way and
came back home and they lived there
all Of their lives and were happy all
the time.
(Thc F.ni).
ELIZA BETH HANCOCK.
fAcc 10Y
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-16

Chapter /.
Bob Jackson lived in tenement
house in New York City, and was
very poor. but he was honest and
didn't mind working. His father WAS
dead and his mother sewcd FOR a
living. and Bob sold papers. one
day as he was standing in front Of
the Aster House Hotel, n large over
grown boy came up to him and said
sell papers here" Bob said. NO. YOU
are not; this is my place SO the fight
began Bob knocked the other boy
down. ana the boy got M and ran
away. Bob sold all az his papers that
morning and started home. when
he saw something lying on tho
cement not far from him. So he
picked II up and saw that II was a
poCkctboOk.
Chapter ii.
When Rob picked up the pocket
book he opened il and saw that II had
$500 in II. and il had card in 1t
that had on one sid" this note:
Dear Hank, be more careful. as the
cops are on your trail l.. NJ" And
on the side II had 1912. Thirty-fourth
street
Rob decided that the hest thing To
do was to take II TO the chief OF po-
lice. So he told the chief about H.
and he sent for n detective and told
him about il. The detective TOOK
Bob TO his office and told him thar
the money was counterfeit. Iha'
there was n reward OF $4,000 for
clue to the arrest OF any counter
felter. a few days later the mer
were arrested and Bob got the money
jThc Enid
BENJAMIN W. SHOWAITER.
caO2 Montrose Avenue, City.