New Britain herald., 1924-01-17

ton, and as she says herself, spent a
 lot of time seeing the rest of the world" The one thing that stands out more prominently than all the rest in her memory of her travels is the kindness and courtesy of the peo- plc she met. Not having been a sea- soned traveller before that time, she llttle realizes even today that it was her own kindly nature reflected back by those with whom she came in con- tact. She unwittingly gave this secret away when she said, When you get off a street car you want to say good bye to everyone on the car, you think you are acquainted with them all, after travelling together" When a mental picture of people in these hectic days feeling acquainted with everyone with whom they travelled brought smile to the face of her in- terviewer. Mrs. Hawks, immediately added, "Pcrhaps nova days people are not so familiar as they used to be-"
 Twice Mrs. Hawks has gone blind, but each time her physician has re- stored her sight by slight operation. Between the first and second expcr- fence of this kind 10 years elapsed.
 Normal Schedule
 IIcr daily schedule does not differ from that of the members of the fam ily, with the exception that she usual iy retires shortly after o'clock at night. She is up with the others at q. m, does her share of the house work and in all respects goes through q normal days activities just tho same as those many years her junior. Her recreation consists of travelling and even at her present advance age, she thinks nothing of journey 10 South ington, New Haven or Bridgeport. She accepts the automobile as a part of the mechanical evolution of life and rides in one frequently. She travels equally well on trains and trolleys. Her Bible is kept conven- icntly near and she reads extracts from it every day
 She likes the Allen home and says if is very pleasant place. She says her children and grandchildren would like to have her stop working. but she doesn't think that is good advice. "Of course don't do as mucl, as I used to-" she says but I could if I had to-" Later on she added, "Tell the young folks who read your paper there is time in your life when you've got to be busy and then there is time for rest"
 sounds Warning to Country
 Mrs. Hawks is not living in the past by any means. She takes the local papers and also some mctropoli- tan papers and keeps herself posted on current events all the time.
 Shc doesn't like hootloggers and thinks people who violate 18th amend ment arc making a terrible mistake. She thinks tho race will degenerate, that th" generations to come will not hc as strict in their morals as the older generations, and sounds warn- ing that there Is grave danger of the best people in America dying off and the good things of life slipping out" "l wish they might stop all drinking for tho good of tho country, but I'm afraid they can't" she said. They've got to go faster than they arc now if they want to get rid Of booze" she i said with emphasis
 An interesting story of early New | before the great rush Of i'm migrants fiocked to this section is told ! ly Mrs. Hawks. Her maiden name WAS Birnham. It was when she lived n the village of Montague. A strang- ar arrived in the village one day strangers were not daily occurrences l. md asked someone where he could 1nd the Rirnham family Just go ID into the village and stop at any loor you come to-" was the reply. And it was true. Everyone in the vil- age was related and practically every louse had a Birnham in it.
 You Bet They Would
 When she was a girl in the village ,f Montague, Mrs. Hawks went to 'hurch in the little red school lousc." The minister drove five miles ,ach way with his horse and carriage, .lmost every Sunday. On stormy sundays there was no minister. The