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New Britain herald., 1923-02-23

new looking luggage. Everything
seemed new about them - their
clothes, money and themselves.
Setting a Background.
Clothes bit too gay and a dia-
mond or two too many. Apt to call
waiter George and the barkeep Eddie.
Sort of see them living in an expen-
sive suburban development in Dutch
colonial houses and playing regular
Saturday night game of poker from
one house to the other. The men
went in for patent leather hair and
manicures. The women were little
too well done. Do you get the kind
I mean?
I'D say the average age Of the six
was 80. l mention that only to let
you know they weren't freshmen a:
living. Well, they start a party the
minute we open the bar. There's
OF Of talk about no more freedom
In the States and how they may buy
New Britain herald., 1923-02-23

ments. My dear Cissy Fitzgerald.
how ridiculous to call yourself the
first motion picture star. Dear lady,
have you never heard of little
woman called Mary Pickford, Norma
Talmadge and many others who
would fight for first rank? Come
out of the clouds and get down to
earth.
still persist, replied Cissy In
most dignified air. Well, II you are,
don't own up to 1t. Nonsense. re-
piled Cissy You know that old ad-
age, "A woman is never older than
she looks and a man never older
than he feels"
Cissy looked at herself in the
mirror, and gave one Of the famous
winks. THE Winksome Widow
rushed through her foolish brain,
five reel comedy written and pro-
duced for her by J. Stuart Blackton
OF the famous Nitagraph days-the
film that renewed her acquaintance
with the movie world after an alb,
sence Of twenty years.
Yes, my dear readers, many Of you
will remember having seen that film
when it played on Broadway for two
weeks and afterward went all over
the world. ] actually got a letter
from China only short time ago
from a friend ] met during my stage
appearance in Shanghai. telling me
how much he had enjoyed 1t.
You may recollect what a gay
widow I was and how six admirers
proposed in one night-for the hand
Of the lovely widow. Yes. six lovers
followed me through the five reels,
their devotion being SO arduous, The
last reel ended in the winksome
Widows house catching fire and
the lovely widow up to
her neck In a drawing room full Of
water. The local fire attendants had
been too generous with their water
New Britain herald., 1923-02-23

.'Queer thing, joe says he, 'bt
] guess I'm about through drinkin
I've lost the habit. I've lost II
TASTE"
now they've been raising the devil
about Us selling the stuff on Ameri-
can ships. Everybody knows we've
been doing 1t for a couple of years
I've seen Americans hit the bar out
past the three mile limit in singles, in
pairs and whole parties. For the
most part they've done Just what
my lawyer friend has done
plunged, recovered and quit. But
then you'll see the old timers come
in, take drink day after day, just
as though they'd been getting their
hooch back in the States every day
despite the Eighteenth Amendment.
They handled their stuff like men
and didn't let 1t throw them. May be
they have cellars full at home and
never lost the habit.
That's not the point. is it? You
see we sail with a fine line Of liquor
stuff withdrawn from the stocks
taken into Government warehouses
when prohibition went into effect
and stuff bought in England and
France. Our bars are not quite so
fancy as those on British and French
liners, I'm told, but we have about
everything that the other boats have.
And our prices are about the same
as on the British boats. Have to be,
you see. because not only do they
have to sell booze on American ships
TO draw trade but we've got to
New Britain herald., 1923-02-23
An Open Minded Man.

"I mention this merely to show
that all the drinking ever did never
made bum Of me. So you see
have a claim to being open minded
about this booze game-that is. from
nv personal standpoint. There's
those drink has ruined. There's those
that It never harmed. Corn fritters
will kill you IL you go crazy on them
Get me? What I'm trying to say is
that I'm neither wet nor dry; one
side or the other. I don't want what
I'm going TO say to be set down as
propaganda, for I'm against radicals
both ways
Now what I'd like to see is some
open minded investigator--somebody
with no connections with the vets and
none with the drys-take trip or
two on an American liner and watch
Americans drink. For that matter
I'd like to have him just follow Amer
leans across the water, no matter
what flag was flying from the mast
head. 1t has given me a lot TO
think about. Trouble with me is
that | can't draw clear conclusions
in words from what I've seen and
heard in the last eighteen months.
Have you ever seen a man who's
been a whale at his game for dozen
years or so and then lay off for a
couple Of years? And have you no.
ticed that maybe that man. taking
Up his old game after the layoff,
amt the whale he used to be? Sort
Of lose his cunning or something!
Ard you noticed him explaining that
hfs hand Is out and that he'll soon
be as good as ever? I've seen 'em.
/ knew a doctor who did II.
This doctor was a big boy with
A.hA1a He used to be called in BY
New Britain herald., 1923-02-23

Theatergoers dating back a quar-
ter of a century remember wildly
the hit an English actress made
with her songs and merry wink.
The latter and a projecting bun"
of blond hair distinguished her
even in those days of Gaiety
girls from London. Lately little
has been heard of Cissy Fitzgerald,
who has lived in retirement at
Brighton. She is returning to our
stage this fall, in looks not day
older, and with her peculiar charm
preserved for the benefit of the
younger generation. Here is an
interview she had with herself:
New Britain herald., 1923-02-23


Please let me have a double
orange juice-without gin. Just
orange juice
HE slipped 1t and began talking.
"'Queer thing, joe says he, but
I guess I'm about through drinking.
I thought when I started that I was
due to have quite a time of it. You
know they all kid you lot when
you're leaving for Europe or any
wet country. They all smack their
lips and tell you to have one on them
and all that sort OF stuff. And you
are resolved to do just that. Well,
you saw me make an ass OF myself
last night. I feel physically all right
and aside from the inevitable pangs
Of remorse my conscience is clear.
But I've lost the habit I've lost the
taste. scarcely can describe just
how feel about it,
well. that lawyer was in to see
me twice day, being good sailor,
until we reached the other side. And
he didn't take another drink Used
to laugh about 1t and say all over
again that he'd lost his taste for the
stuff. Drank orange juice instead.
He had a trial fling and woke up
seeing things in a different light.
don't know whether I can get 1t over
to you, but as I dope It out he had
changed his whole viewpoint regard
Ing booze.
las I see II. when booze was to be
bought a man went in and bought
out of habit as much as taste. No, III
go that one better. ! think habit
was two-thirds and taste was one
third. It don't take barkeep to
tell you that nobody but the born
souse-the rumhound born with the
weakness-likes the stuff straight
of the bat Drinking liquor is what
they call an acquired taste with all
but the dipsomaniacs. And as the
guys used to say. II wasn't the taste
Of the stuff they liked so much as It
was what the stuff did to you. OF
course that was lot Of bunk
straight bunk. Drinking was con-
vivial habit. not a one man pleasure
New Britain herald., 1923-02-23
By cISSY FITZGERALD.

UGH better be a has
been" than a never
was'--them's my senti-
Palisadian., 1923-08-17
BY THE FLICKERING FLAMES
Pretty Word Painting of Quiet Eve-
ming in the Sanctuary of the
Home.

1t is evening. Supper is over. We
have left the small, cold dining room.
We have come back to the sitting
room where there is a fire. All is
as usual. l am sitting at my writ
ing table, which is placed across a
corner so that l am behind it, as 1t
were, and facing the room. The lamp
with the green shade is alight; have
before me two large books of refer
ence, both open, a pile of papers.
. All the paraphernalia, in fact,
of an extremely occupied man. My
wife, with her little boy on her lap,
is in low chair before the fire. She
is about to put him to bed before she
clears away the dishes and piles them
up in the kitchen for the servant girl
tomorrow morning. But the warmth.
the quiet, and the sleepy baby, have
made her dreamy. One of his red
wooden boots is off, and one is on. She
sits, bent forward, clasping the little
bare foot. staring into the glow, and
as the fire quickens, falls, flares again,
her shadow-an immense Mother and
Child-is here and gone again upon
the wall.-Katherine Mansfield, in
1.-THE Doves Nest and Other Stories"
Palisadian., 1923-08-17
WE SHOW YOU HOW

TO make money in your spare time. SALINA
CHEMICAL CO., Inc. Adams, New York.
Palisadian., 1923-08-17
Also "Hard lookin'."

Little Betty was spending the day
with her aunt. Her mother asked her
to recite for her aunt's father. She
was told that he was so hard hear
ing" she would have to speak very
loud. which she did. Then she decided
her aunt's father would like to see her
picture and handed 1t to him. He put
on his glasses and held the picture at
a distance and then close to his eyes.
Betty was watching very closely all
the time. She turned to her aunt and
said:
Hes hard lookin' too, isn't hs?"
Palisadian., 1923-08-17
MUCH IN LITTLE

In a square foot of honeycomb there
are 9,OOC cells.
No English sovereign has ever died
in the month of May.
Sweden is covered by lakes.
Caesar and Napoleon were both
able to dictate several letters at once
Perfumes first We're used only in
religious services, and We're conse
Grated tn this N
Palisadian., 1923-08-17
BRIEF INFORMATION
Lies i

Ponce de Leon was killed by In
dams.
Fl, Sumter in Charleston harbor
was fired on April II, 1861.
Daniel Webster had powerful
physique and II powerful vitality.
In 1922 Russia imported 264 auto
mobiles,
The pillow is generally regarded as
the most important tool used by civ
ilized man.
Palisadian., 1923-08-17

Near Cottage City Md. on the
porch of house on the Blandensburg
road, there sits all day figure which
breathes fire and smoke. For many
days the Blandensburg road was al
most deserted. None but the BRAY est
would venture there after night fall
because they dreaded the ghostly
figure which guarded the cottage
Now the mystery has been solved.
The ghostly figure is just thing of
wax installed on the porch of the
bungalow by Charles Fleischman. u
Washington business man, who has
found the figure most capable watch
man of his property.
Palisadian., 1923-08-17

No female mosquito lives more than
Lne winter.
Exactly how a bird scars Is not a
determined fact.
Clearing Of stump land costs from
$3.50 to $3.50 an acre.
The Union flag was first displayed
at Cambridge In 1776.
Flowering plants known In the
British Isles include more than 250,-
OO0 varieties.
Palisadian., 1923-08-17

A blowfish can initiate itself to
twice its natural size.
Glue and varnish are made from
certain seaweeds.
Montreal is planning a new hotel to
cost $9.OO0,OO0.
Potatoes grow only to the size Of
walnuts In Iceland.
The average length Of human life In
the Sixteenth century was only eigh-
teen to twenty years.
Palisadian., 1923-08-17
Tersely Described.

"Mah jong," says an English writer,
"is said to be combination of domi-
noes, bridge and poker, with a dash of
jig-saw. But this is putting it mildly.
After 'punging' and 'cheeing' and being
told that my hand contained two green
lucks, three one bamboos and an east
wind, began to feel as if l had been
smoking opium in Limehouse lodging
house. But it's fascinating, and 1 feel
sure l shall try again when the effect
of the first dose has worn off"--Roston
Transcript.
Palisadian., 1923-08-17
Commuters Great Record

Every morning for the last eight
years Mrs. Anna Trenchard has COM
muted from Philadelphia to New
York and she's never missed train.
In the eight years she has travelled
10000 miles.
Palisadian., 1923-08-17

We worry too much about the ex-
pected that never happens.
Palisadian., 1923-08-17
Homestead seaueathed to masons,

A HON sstead, to be used for aged
Masons and their families, and $780,
600 to maintain il, were bequeathed to
the Massachusetts Grand Lodge Of
Masons in the will of Mrs. Sarah A.
Davenport of Boston.
Palisadian., 1923-08-17

Miss Antoinette FOlta of Michigan
City, Ind, who copped the beauty prize
in the state Of Indiana, which is noied
for it's beautiful women. She was
awarded the prize at the tri-state
aquatic convention held in Michigan
City, and fifteen thousand people sec
onded the selection of the judges by
vociferous applause.
Palisadian., 1923-08-17
Wasted, Indeed.

II take my oath you are the only
woman in the world I've ever loved -
You silly boy. why tell me Of your
wasted life!"
Palisadian., 1923-08-17

1t takes lot of good luck to enable
some men to reach the top.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Don't Spoil Your Child's
Hair By Washing 1t

When you wash your child's hair
be careful what you use. Many soaps
and prepared shampoos contain too
much free alkali. which is very IN,
furious. as it dries the scalp and
makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is Mulsiried
,ocoanut oil shampoo. for this is pure
and entirely greascless. IL Is very
,heap and beats anything else ell to
pieces.
Two or three teaspoonfuls of Null
sified in cup or glass with little
warm water is all that is required.
simply moisten the hair with water.
and rub the Mulsificd in. 1t makes
an abundance of rich, creamy lather,
.leanses thoroughly. and rinses out
easily. The hair dries quickly and
evenly, and is soft. fresh looking,
bright. fluffy. wavy and easy TO man
,ge. Besides. it loosens and takes
nut every particle OF dust, dirt aud
iandruff. You can get Mulsified
cocoanut oil shampoo at any drug
store. and few ounces will last
everyone in the family for months.
BE sure your druggist gives you Null
sified.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Doors Locked to Avoid
"I-told-you-so's" Of Neigh
bors; Actual Temperature
Is Now 10l Degrees.


Escanaba, Mich, March 14.-En-
closed behind the locked ,oors of her
home here to par "l-told-you-sos' OF
passing neighbors, Who had helped her
in her illness, Miss Evelyn Lyons, rs
canada "fever GIRL" whose ingenious
methods raised the temperature of doZ-
ems of clinical thermometers to the
limit for p days, perpetrating one OF
the strangest hoaxes ever encountered
by the medical profession, sat up
Tuesday morning and related TO the
Associated Press why she had fool
ed" the hundreds who came TO see the
notorious case.
Evelyn was herself Tuesday morn
ing. although she was still very sick =
and registered temperature of lol
degrees-this time correct.
Il hardly know what to say" Eve
lyn began, "only that j have found
out that the world is full of thou
sands of tender-hearted and generous
pe61e who love one another and can
not bear suffering. / know l did
wrong in fooling the doctors, but L
have done it and IN sorry. / knew
from the start that j would have to
come to a showdown but l was just
afraid TO face it-thats all.
How Hoax Started.
MY hoax first entered my head
when DIR. Harry Defnet, the attending
physician, turned his back to me and
/ touched the bulk of the instrument
TO the hot water bag. When he saw
this he was naturally overcome with
surprise and he took the reading again
and ' again thought 1 would fool him.
/ waved my arms about my head and
attracted his attention. / thought IT
q good joke on him, but never thought
of keeping it IN. Then came the
newspaper stories, the kilograms, hun
dreds of letters from so-called mature
healers" from all parts Of the ma
ton.
II was besieged with requests from
these 'fakers, who persisted in my
letting them heal me for a monetary
consideration which would make me
Independent for life. l realized the
folly Of it all, but l was determined
not to let them reap harvest over
n hoax, so | decided to wait till spc-
cialists from Chicago would come OF
else let it gradually 90 down.
Kept Up Trick.
Il knew, too, that sudden 7; due
ton in temperature would cause many
'quacks' who were advertising thcil-
selves ms working on my ease, TO calm
credit for themselves and by this me-
dunn swindle some other poor invalid
who may have just money enough 10
see one doctor.
Saturday night I knew the collapse
of the trick was near. ! knew the
doctors were only goading me on when
they said was going to die. | knew
DIR. Defnet was on TO my scheme and
80 tried TO get out. Only / was
so clumsy and they caught me. All |
can say is that no one can hoodwink
.,sls,. public and -ucceed.'
According TO a statement issued last
evening DIR. Harry J. Defnet. the girl
has not wholly recovered from an au-
tomobile accident last fall which Sc
verely bruised her head.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
AUTOMOBILE SHOW
SALES SET RECORD,
DEALERS ARE TOLD
Wickemeyer Reports ISL
Cars Sold as Result
of Show.

Sales of automobiles at the motor
slow held last week at the st. Anthony
set a record, according to L. A. Wicke-
meyer, secretary Of the show com
mittee. At the weekly luncheon OF
the San Antonio Automobile Trades
Association, Tuesday at the Gunter.
Mr.. Wickemeyer reported that 1oI
cars had been sold as direct result
of the show. not counting Fords.
A report on the cost of staging the
show, read by Mr.. WicSemeyer,
showed that the amount corrected from
dealers was S6350, and that expenses
we're S39SS. leaving a balance in the
treasury of $2310. Following the read
ing of the report each dealer was re
funded $40. The sum of sol will
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14

The Hsssler-Texas Company was ad-
mitted as a new member Of the US
sociation.
Robert Yantis announced the com
ing visit of c. A. Vane. general man
ager of the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce, who is sched-
uled to speak here on May %. .ir
Vane is rated as a good speaker as
well as an authority on subjects per
tanning to the automobile indr stry and
it will be well worth the while OF
every dealer TO hear him, Mr.. Wants
said.
In a report on the progress Of the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14

be kept temporarily as a contingency
fund, Mr.. Wickemeyer said.
The secretary took occasion to thank
the dealers ior their assistance in
staging the 1923 show. The co-opera-
ton given the show committee was
simply wonderful, he said. Burt Cal
win, Henry Bryant AID other men,
bers of the association were also
thanked for services rendered during
the show. 1t was voted to write a
letter of thanks to the management
of the st. Anthony hotel. in apprecia-
ton of courtesies extended exhibitors
and members of the show committee.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
Fever Girl Tells Story of
Hoax That Gained Publicity

against 'burdensome" freight rates,
and strong appeals for financial indie
pendence, were subjects dwelt upon.
Cyrus b. Lucas of Berclair. presi-
dent of the association, said 1900 cars
of livestock has been handled by the
associations selling agency at Fort
Worth since its inception November /.
LIST, and that it had saved shippers
approximately $1,000 on commission
charges,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
rvaldo nistrict Court Gases

IVaIde, Tex, March I4.-UvaIdc
coun< district court reopened here
Monday after a recess since Wcdnes-
day. When District Attorney J. q.
Henry was called to Del Rio to act in
the case of Jim Wallen, river guard.
who was murdered there. Among the
important cases on the criminal
dccErt last week were State VS.. Joe
Slavin. who was charged with boot
lCgginr. Thn defn-d"rt forfeited a
@1G00' bond. Howell Bethel and Garrei
Vincent, each charged with burglary,
were given five-year suspended SEN
fences. Jose Ravarosa was given two
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14

plan being worked out to solve the
used car problem, Allen Barnes said
that some dealers were not giving the
desired cooperation. 1t was sug-
gcsted by William Steinhardt that each
member of the association be required
to furnish the necessary information
on used car sales in order that the
plan may be given trial.
Robert s. Yantis presided.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14
CATTLEMEN HAPPY
Excellent Prospects Heralded by
Speakers at Convention.

FL PasO, March 14.-Prospects Of
improved conditions for the Southwest
ern cattle man were heralded by speak
ers yesterday at the opening session of
the forty seventh annual convention of
the Texas and Southwestern Cattle
Raisers' Association here.
Competition was rife between Fort
Worth and Houston. bidding for next
years convention, with equal strength
apparent.
Tick eradication work, prevention of
the foot and mouth disease, protests
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14

II YOU want to enter an: E'nl {
usincss. 80 To Los angeles next FIi-
lay on L. u. Bishop Land Company'S
excursion.-( Ady.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14

years in the penitentiary on a charge
of forgery and similar charge against
Baldomero Ramirez was dismissed. In
the case of Sidney Harper, charged
with infanticide. a new trial was
granted by the court of criminal ap-
peals. and change of venue has prac-
tically been agreed upon. but the
county TO which the case will be trans
ferred has not yet been selected.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14

II You want TO enter the drug
business. 60 to Los Angeles next Fri
day on L. Y. Bishop Land Company's
excursion.-(Adv.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-19
"THE WOMAN
He WANTED"

The Milt Tolbert Tent TEoater will
open a weeks engagement tonight
under the big rain-proof tent on the
Chautauqua lot on South Jackson
street. The play chosen for the open
ing by the management is the beau
tiful four-act comedy-drama, The
Woman He Wanted" which is brim
full Of good wholesome comedy and
interespersed with dramatic situa-
lions and thrilling climaxes,
There will be a band concert in
front of the big tent at 715 o'clock
at which time the doors will be open
and the performance starts prompt
ly at O'Clock
II is the intention Of the manage
ment Of the Tolbert show that each
lady shall have a special ladies com
prmentary ticket which is good for
each night with the exception OF
Friday night, and in the event the
ladies failed to secure one they may
be had at the front door tonight.
The price of admission is % cents
+o children and IS cents to adults.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-19

That permanent benefit is derived
from Tanlac is clearly demonstrated
in the case of B. c. Trouton; 42G
Whitehall St, Atlanta, well-llnown
head Of the Trio Mattress Co. Six
years ago Mr. Trouton cave
statement telling of the relief he
obtained by taking Tanlac, and re-
Gently he declared he is still hale
and hearty, again speaking in high
praise of the medicine.
1T is remarkable how few bot
lies of Tanlac ended my sutfering,"
he said. Il had rheumatism so bad
l could hardly walk, and scarcely
got any restful sleep. l fell off in
weight, had little desire to eat and
was apparently in hopeless state
Of health.
But since taking Tqnlac I eat
hearty, sleep like a top and feel like
a new man. l wouldn't give Tanlac
for all other medicines"
Tanlac is for sale by all good
druggists.