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New Britain herald., 1923-03-14
ELECT mrs. MORTON
New Britain Woman is Named Grand
Prelate OF United Order Of the
Golden Cross.


New London, March 14.--At the
closing session of the 35th annual
meeting of the grand commandery OF
the United Order of the Golden
Cross of Connecticut In this city late
yesterday afternoon the following
officers were chosen to serve for the
ensuing year:
Grand commander, G. II. Otis,
Hartford: grand prelate, Mrs. b. j.
Morton. New Britain; grand vice-com-
mander, Mrs. Ella s. Miller. Bristol;
grand keeper Of records, H. w.
Adams, Hartford, grand treasurer. c.
H. Morse, Thomaston; grand herald,
NJ. j. Munsch, New London; warden
of the inner gate, Mrs. A. 8. Snavely,
New Haven; warden of the outer gate.
Mrs. Henrietta M. Payne, New Lon
don; past grand commander, Mrs
Isabel NJ. Hanson. Hartford; repre-
sentatives c. II. Otis, Hartford and
George II. King. Ansonia Alternate
Mrs. Jennies l.. Barbour. New Lon
don.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-14
THE WEATHER

Hartford. Mar. 14.---FOecast
for New Britain and vicinity:
Fair and colder tonight. Thurs
day increasing cloudiness will,
snow by night. northwest shift
ing to east winds.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-14
STEAMER IN TROUBLE.

Boston, March IA radio message
picked up here today from the steamA
err West Helix said that she had de-
veloped boiler trouble and was in
need of assistance.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-14
IN THE SENATE

The military committee reported
adversely on the proposed $4,000 for
an armory for the Putnam Phalanx
and for organization of an aviation
squadron in the Connecticut National
Guard and $4,000 for hangar on the
municipal aviation field in Hartford.
Senator Rudd said these were bills
that the committee regretted that it
was necessary to report unfavorably.
The federal government is not ready
with its aviation plans for the militia,
and it would not approve of a station
on land owned by municipality.
The same committee was against
the bill to give the second company
Governors Foot Guard $1,000 for its
one hundred and fiftieth anniversary
celebration next year. Senator Rudd
a gain expressed regret that this action
had to be taken
New Britain herald., 1923-03-14
Favorable Reports

Pa'oraple reports were lhess.
Nhl'huii,s the 0ui','lipidc ciuo ei'ar-
Ter permitting IL 10 lio'u proper's up
10 SoV"'VVV'
incorporating 'he ihoi"as'oh "as
20.
hN'ehuius tin,, ~, atoep'anee o'
ahieia.ien, " 'iie 'laitei VI w.
feoples Llsnt ana rover o. ana
Jameson ana flainheia has ana
flectric 20
Ter wafer 90" 10 ISSUE Si'"oo'Voo IN
New Britain herald., 1923-03-14
ALLIED AMBASSADORS GIVE
WILMA DISTRICT TO POLES,
SETTLING FRONTIER ISSUE
PNEUMONIA is FATAL TO
GEORGE Il. LYNCH, MUSICIAN
We'll Known Orchestra Leader ant
Composer Had Been Playing
In Public Since Age OF 10.

George II. Lynch. ~ years of age
ana . ,,fe long Connecticut State
tain. d,ed at his Adyt. Dept,
street last night Hartford, Conn.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-14

Continued on Fourteenth Page)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-02
THE DRESS REHEARSAL


. little lady with the gray hair. She
has done that scene five times and
still
"Sort of like our own lives" the
other laughed deliciously. my
life is just one monotonous dress
rehearsal after another, getting
ready for the big minutes, when
my children win some honor, when
my William makes good deal and
takes time to murmur few words
of praise to me. Or when we have
time to have dinner down town to-
gether, or the children tell me they
have the best mother in the world
That is my applause and it's so
wonderful that I would have a
million dress rehearsals for it."
IT must go, Nellie" Mary said.
IT have SO many things to do"
At the telephone Mary gave de-
finite orders to Hannah. The
children were to have ice cream
for dessert that night. And Mary
and Paul could each have guest
If they wished. If the little boys
were good she would take them
to a movie the next evening.
At Johns office door, she hest
tated a minute. Yes, this was one
of the big minutes for which she
had had dress rehearsals for weeks
She would make the most of it.
Daintily she opened the door and
tripped across to him. Dear" she
slipped her hand into his, "I've
telephoned Hannah and she will
care for the children. I'll shop a
while and then come back, and you
are to take me to a perfectly
splendid place for dinner. I'm"
But both of Johns hands were
holding hers tight. Mary, you
darling" he beamed. "You look
like girl, and can hardly keep
from smothering you. Wen have
a party, you. bet
Mary's heart thumped on. Oh,
indeed this applause was splen.
did-worth all of the dress re-
hearsals of almost lifetime.
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BY A. NJ. CRAWFORD.

" he 1reSn west wind had in If
the poisoning breath of
springtime. Old women
with trays of daffodils, jonouils.
ana Vlolets, stood or Ioitered along
the sunny street. intriguing
pdssersoy with the fragrant
beauty OF their offerings. They,
IOo' mad once been young, SO one
OF them smiled understandingly
Wnen Anne Shannon paused ir-
resolutely, looked doubtful for a
second, then opened her small
patent leather bag.
Good morning" she said cor.
daily. I'll have a bunch of those
Jonquils and a wee bunch of
Vlolets!' She shifted luxuriantlv
at their dewy loneliness. Sweet,
On, II l could only, pick them
Sure and We will some day.
ye."
II hope that's a prophecy"
laughed Anne.
bet We have to use club
now to keep the creatures away.
If she only did! She had been
In the city for more than two
years and the only men she knew
were those employed in the big
department store where she had
charge of ribbon and handker.
chiefs.
She had not worked a wear IN.
til the big boss came down from
ms offlce one day and, comment
ing on the attractiVeness of her
0lSnIaVQ and tho
made out OF ribbons in her odd
moments, after a coolly apprais-
ing glance, said abruptly, I'm
transferring Miss Mason to the
millinery. You take charge of
inns stock and see if you can't
make 1t hum. 1t means so per
cent increase in your salary and
a bonus"
The world and the fullness
thereof had been hers that night.
She had rushed home to burst
rather breathlessly on Mrs.
Clancy, who was laHdlady in the
apartment house where Anne
lived in little front room.
The yellow jonquils she had
bought that morning were for
that room. 1t was the only home
Anne knew. And she loved that
little front room as many women
tall to love a mansion.
Some day. youth would slip
away, youth with its rosy dreams,
ITS Vividness, it's glowing color, it's
desire. And she would be old,
old, wrinkled like the flower ven
der that morning who had said
that sometime she would pick vio-
let's with somebody round to help
her.
Would she, or would she grow
old in the service of the boss up
stairs or someone like him?
Would she punch time clocks for
rich merchants all of the spring
time of life?
call came from the office and
Anne precisely walked up the
short flight of stairs. The
best-looking young man she had
ever seen was sitting by the desk.
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By Mabel Mckee.

II" rs two miles to my nome
and I wish / could make
- it a Million" Mary Norman
almost talked out loud as she turn
ed the corner off State street. and
stood watching the crowd.
Trouble in the Norman home
that morning had begun at the
breakfast table. The children had
been up late the night before and
John, Mary's husband and their
father, all primed for a contest
with their offday moods, began an
argument with Paul, the high
school son, before he had been at
the table ten minutes.
Margaret, the twelve.year-old
daughter, had been inclined to as.
sert her own will, too. Her hair
had been puffed far out over her
ears and she wore a cheap pair
of ear hobs.
But she scolded the two young
er children roundly. Because they
had tried to argue with her. she
became severe. "Not a picture
show this week.. she delivered her
ultimatum with a show Of satisfac-
ton.
She had agreed to meet John
downtown. He had ignored her
hints for money that morning.
Let Hannah feed the children
and put them to bed tonight" he
grinned as he gave her a larger
check than she expected, Lets
dine downtown"
With a distant air of hauteur,
Mary Norman refused her hus-
bands invitation.
Right at the corner she met a
girlhood friend. She was no long
er slender; quite corpulent instead.
Her chin was double, her walk
was dragging, and her hair escaped
from it's net, and looked distinctly
unkempt. But she was smiling
and gay and almost debonaire.
ooh, come with me, Mary" she
invited girlishly, I'm on a regu-
lar lark this morning. know one
of the women in the new stock
company they have at the little
theater around the corner and
they're having a dress rehearsal
there this morning. I'm invited as
a visitor and I'll be glad to have
you along"
"a little later they sat in the
back of the opera house together
and watched the rehearsal on the
stage.
'"They aren't allowed much in
dividuality; they get no applause.
they are doing hard work over
and over; and yet they don't seem
to mind it at ALL" Mary wondered
to her friend. Just notice the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-02
SPRING IN HER HEAR1
a LITTLE STORY OF A DEPARTMENT STOkEI

He stood up when she .1ent Ia:
The lbogg ssaid, carefuliyb tSsst,
Shamrock tRlstis my neph VBob
Marshall. FyS taken 6khN into
the rSnes. ever thisk ,tI3fh get
ting aloRA ON ,"'he laughk4 bit
4 wase 20 learn What it.
means zen -. buy, then
in jewelrY. affsESk e., You're
the best type ~ yonisg business
woman in this store. SO I'm ask
ing you to take Bob off my hands
and teach him the A B C's of
the selling end Of it. He'll be
across the aisle from you.
'And by the way, I'm giving
you charge of jewelry, too, buy
ing and all. Whoop up the sales
there as you are doing in your
own department. Don't be afraid
to boss Bob around. He's green.
I'll send him down in a minute"
Bob looked at Anne Shannon.
Could, a girl as pretty as that
have such a thorough knowledge
Of business, his eyes seemed to
ask. There was little smile
about his lips. He followed her
to the door and took her hands
in his. II think we'd better ar
range right now for me to go to
night: schoOl-to, you-so. that
can learn everything as quickly
as possible. It's all very well for
you to boss me around for a.
while, but some day-who knows,
I may turn the tables and make
you promise to love, honor
From the lowest step she
looked back up. He was stand
ing where. she had left him. 1--WE
got my eye on you," he whis-
pered. Remember tonight! Ny
first lesson! Not in ribbons,
though. they. may come in ap-.
propriately later on. Jewelry
first" He touched the third fin
ger of his left hand.
Strawberries in blue trimmed
dishes for somebody dearer than
all else besides! And into her
heart like the flush in her cheeks
there came the first warm glow
of love just as the faint pink of
the arbutus flower heralds the
coming Of spring.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-02
ADVICE TO THE
+ LOVELORN
Love Just Wonderful.
BY Beatrice Fairfax
MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Love is one of the" most won
derful things known, yet it makes
some people the saddest people in
the world. When I say it makes
some people sad, I am talking
about myself.
About four months ago I be-
came engaged to the sweetest girl
in all the world and just recently
she broke the engagement; for
why I really do not know. OF
course she gave me a reason but
that was far from satisfactory.
Now my trouble starts. Since
the day she broke the engagement
my days have been long and weary.
People seem to be a bore to me-
There seems to be nothing in the
world werth living for. 1 can
hardly eat and as for sleep, that
is out Of the question.
Please tell me how I can get
over this terribl- feeling. My
friends tell me that I am taking
this thing too much to he&rt uut
cannot agree with them there.
because any man that ever cared
for a girl as much as do for her
could not help but take it to heart
"TWENTY-ONE."
THE pangs of unrequited love
- are just as CankerOuS and
sorrowful as are the joys and de-
lights of accepted love. But
there is always one sure remedy,
and that is time. I am in SYM
pathy with the poet John Philips
when he says What will not
time subdue"
You are in college and only
twenty-one. This may be your
first love affair. And while you
are all cut up about it now, in
five years you may laugh at
yourself. Eatless days and sleep
less nights are more easily gotten
over before marrlge than after
marriage.
Use a little common horse
sense and make your heart obey
your mind. It can be done.
There are lots Of things worth
living for in this world The
privilege of going through college
is one of them. The forming of
new friendships is another, and
there are many more, too nu-
merous to mention. Stick to
your studies. Become interested
In some one thing that will de-
mand your entire attention, and
time, that healer of all sorrows,
will help you to forget.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-02
BY Ann Isle.

NJ AK HOADLEY accepted
Nv his dismissal from Miss
~ May with the same timid
gentleness he seems to have for
any wish or mood she expresses.
He bade us both farewell and
then strobe heavily toward tho
door, where he paused to ask
very humbly:
May send my car for you at
five-thirty or so. Miss May?"
THAT will be very kind" She
replied simply. I'D call it real
friendly of YOU"
As Max Hoadley barked out q
farewell and went on his way, J.
turned to hide smile at once
wistful and amused. Dear little
Miss May is so couuettish with
Max Hoadley and so unaware Of
It!
''You brought this on yourself, I"
cried Miss May, smiling up at me
and then lapsing into a mood Of
business-like impressiveness. Its
about Mrs. Winston I want to talk
to you. I think-I don't think
you're on the right tack with her.
MY dear, that big, beautiful
Betty Winston Of yours is meant
to be q leader. II she were q
Mandy pamby, I'd say let her nave
her tantrums and get 'em out Of
her system. But when every one
has to gather round and prop up
q fine and naturally outstanding
woman like that, 1t seems to me
that her outstanding days are
doomed unless she rears up and
takes a firmer hold on things
right away quick"
'Betty'n be all right If we just
see her through these first ter
rible weeks" persisted.
shes morbid. Was she always
morbid?" demanded Miss May.
.'She got that way when her arm
didn't come out of the operation
cured" I explained. $50 many
things piled on Betty at once. Her
husband was killed when his air
plane crashed down-blazing. Her
pensive in Miss Mays mirth.
ooh, you wouldn't be petty" I
cried.
Nor you." she answered with
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-02
THE RHYMING
OPTIMIST
BY Aline Michaelis.

r Asst week I said: "It's
surely spring, the south
- land breezes blow, I heard
Robin Redbreast sing goodby
to frost and snow!" But, ah!
before that day was past the
wind had swiftly veered, and
from the north an icy blast with
driving sleet appeared. The Robin
Redbreast ceased his song,
turned south on hasting wing
and then quoth I: 81 must be
wrong, this can't be gentle
spring" Oh, many are the
times I've seen the little bud
peep out, the tender grass blades,
fresh and green, take heart and
start to sprout. And then a bit
ter frost would come and, swoop-
ing fiercely down, would make.
those little flowers succumb and
turn the grasses brown. I've
planted garden seeds with care
"Llch "Ou1u SldLS Tic
days would all be bright and fair,
commencing with that date. Then
from the regions of the Pole
came snow twelve inches thick,
and I'd observe with grief and
dole my garden plot look sick!
You cannot count on weather
man or on the grounding tale,
and / have heard since time
began all signs Of spring may
fail. But there is one unfailing
way 1 know springs close at
hand, and that's the whopping
bills 1 pay for hats of spring
time brand. The snow may lie
on hill and dell, the ice on marsh
and mere, but by this token 1
can tell the spring is drawing
near. I've seen some spring
times dry and chill and others
warm and wet; but Wifie's
springtime bonnet bill has never
failed me yet!
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The Story of Young Man Set to the Difficult Task OF
Tanning MlliOnaires Spendthrift Family
r and the Things He Discovered.

Z therein and passed 1t to the mes
senger, take this and tell them
there's plenty more"
The man vanished and he re-
sumed his seat before the ticker.
He was an old hand at reading the
story it told, and presently a smile
was visible on his broad face.
When King smiled the office
force smiled with him. '.That'n
hold 'em for a while-that'll show
'em where they get off, he chuck
led as he rose. The clock was
striking three. That's all for to-
day, people"
TITS all right?" ventured his sec.
rotary.
~ guess we won't go broke right
away" he grinned, "but it was
touch and go there for while"
"And now" he said, lighting a
fresh cigar. I'm going home
I'm going home to peace and quiet
and take it. easy for an hour or so,
where it's COOL"
Hes a great card" said the Of
flee manager as his employer left.
The secretary laughed, "and he
said he was going home to peace
and quiet-ha, ha.
While Mr.. King was engaged
with the giants Of Wall street Eva
was engaged in warfare of her
own scarcely less spectacular but
much less strenuous.
Eva'S WOOers
1t was kind of accepted axiom
in the King household that what
father earned his daughters should
endeavor to spend. It was only
his extraordinary capacity for pill
ing up dollars that kept him ont
OF the poorhouse, which is another
way of saying that Eva and her
sister and her sisters husband
had acquired a proficiency in get.
ting rid of money that would have
won them diplomas in any other
activity.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow
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? even passably good-looking the
King household would probably
have gone along to the -satisfac-
ton Of the founder thereof; there
would have been an absence of
parties and a lack of noise, but
Eva was a healthy young Diana,
radiantly beautiful with coax
ing way her father could not re-
sist. The house was not Mr..
Kings, really; it was hers, ana
she made use of it in a queenly
fashion that won the admiration
Of the, De Wits and all the hosts
Of admiring young men who came
to eat, play and be entertained.
Mr.. King was an adept at max
ing money; Miss King was an
adept at spending it. At times it
seemed to him that the race was
getting to be pretty close as to
who was going to win out. But
he, made no complaints. Possibly
he never would have If some en-
vious gentlemen in the street
called Wall had not thought he
saw a chance to corner Mr.. King
in his own particular bailiwick
and take from him some of the
profits he had won from the rub
Der industry.
There was a worried look on
his face for q good while when
he got wind Of the operations
planned to relieve him of his
earnings. And as he was a fighter
he swore he would spend every
cent he had to protect every
other cent.
The battle was on. Mr.. King
in his shirt sleeves directed his
own campaign from his own of
flee, and revelled in the tumult
and the danger. Exciting times
those for the Rubber King. He
almost forgot he had a family.
hopping his forehead with his
handkerchief and gazing at the
ticker as the tape recorded the
steady fall Of the shares in which
he was interested. he beloved
forth his orders.
One of his men came dashing
into the room gasping: They've
got to have more collateral, sir"'
King swung from his stool and
made for the big safe. Here
he snatched bundle of gilt-edged
securities from a small drawer
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-02
WHEN DID 1T HAPPEN?

when did the Eighteenth
Amendment to the Constitution
go into effect.
2-When did the explosion of a
munition ship badly damage the
harbor at Halifax. n. S.?
3-When was Brazil discov-
cred?
when were the famous
pyramids in Egypt built?
5-When was the first practical
iron plough patented?
ANSWERS to these queries will
be printed tomorrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-02
DO YOU KNOW
THAT

The Arctic Ocean is said to be
getting warmer, with the result
that icebergs are getting scarcer
and herrings. are being found in
the old seal-fishing grounds.
In some parts of India sheen
are used as beasts of burden.
or the cost of milk prod uction
about u per cent goes to feeding
the cows. p.
Scrap rubber, spread on in
liquid form, is used for road.sur-
face dressing in Ceylon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-02
To Yesterdays Questions.

IU ICoVcTUdy VutSIIUIIss
1.-The steam hammer was in
vented by James Nasmyth, in
1912.
2-The Thirty Years War took
place from 1913 to 1913.
3-South Dakota was admitted
to the Union as a State in 1889.
4-The Treaty of Seville, be-
tween Great Britain, Spain and
France, was signed in 1929.
5-Vassar College, New York,
was founded in 1865.
Copyright. 1929. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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NV possessor of a magnifi.
AT-A cent country estate on
Long Island. flourishing bust
ness, two lovely daughters and an
unlimited capacity for hard
work.
He was a rotund person, with
sharp eyes and a sense Of hui
NOR; he was put down among
the captains of industry by those.
less fortunate persons who
watched him roll to his office on
Broad and Wall streets and tried
to figure out just how he had
amassed so much money.
But he himself made no secret
of his millions; he was willing
and glad to give anybody the re-
cipe for duplicating his own sue
cess. go to work when you
are young, and keep everlast-
ingly at it, Nothing could be
more specific. His own business
was the manipulation of rubber
stocks, and he was popularity re-
ferred to az the Rubber King, a
bit of jocosity that made him
chuckle.
Once in a while it struck him
as rather incongruous that he
should be toiling away gathering
Z in more and more, getting up
early and waking late all for the
nebplous pleasure of piling up
o fortune for someone else TO
spend. Mr.. King was under no
Illusion that he was going to
live. forever, and his growing
family impressed him with the
horrid fact that he was getting
along past middle age and. there
fore. entitled to little rest.
Likewise it occurred to him
that a home was the only place
in-Which the said rest was 10 be
achieved. This was not unrea-
sonable and might have been an
accomplished fact If it had not
been for the aforesaid children,
who monopolized the house from
top to bottom and filled it with
noise, laughter and friends.
Theoretically this was delightful.
All the story books approved of it.
Before his wife died and in the
days when he was laying the
foundation of his riches Mr.. King
had looked forward to just such
q contamination. But Mrs. King
was no longer on hand to share
the pleasure they had both look
ed forward to. and frankly Mr..
King found himself longing for
peace and quiet.
OF the daughters, one was mar
ried. She had changed her name
for that of De Witt, and the hold
er thereof was thrown into the
bargain as a perfectly harmless
husband. warranted of good lin
cage and unable TO lift his hand
to- anything so vulgar as work
In any of it's varied forms.
jules father had consented to
this marriage because he was
powerless to prevent it; he had
no wish to be left alone in the
big house with only one daughter
and so Mr.. and Mrs. De Witt had
enjoyed a most comprehensive
honeymoon at his expense and
come to settle with him. So long
as Julie was satisfied her father
had little to say; he had written
down to profit and loss one use
less husband and treated De Witt
with covert disregard entirely
lost on that satisfied young man.
AS for Eva, the younger of the
two girls, she regarded young De
Witt as a convenient person to
have about the house and was too
occupied with her own life to
wonder what her sister had seen
in him. to admire, much less to
marry.
Eva a Diana
If Eva had been homely or