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New Britain herald., 1924-04-25
"BALDIES" ANNUAL MEETING
Will See Painting by Riah GnikcaI. In-
 fernationally Famous Artist, at An- nual Gathering in Waterbury May 2.

Bald-hcaded men Of Connecticut are preparing to gather in Waterbury on May 12. when the famous organ ization known as The Bald-Head Club of America will hold its annual ban quet. Long in advance the curious can find out who is going. Just notice the dome Of any bald man. Those that are most brilliantly shining are owned by club members who are polishing up in preparation for the great gathering. 4 prize of a free bottle of Sure-Shot hair remover is 10 be given this year 10 the member who exhibits the finest polished cranium.
 Ring W. I.ardner. the great Ameri- can hunorist. who has now progressed in hair shedding to the point where he will be admitted to membership. has been invited to make the address or the evening. 4 specially potent con- coetion Of the effective Sure-Shot is being prepared under the direction of the officers of the club in hon6r of Ring. He is 10 be giNen 2 shampoo
New Britain herald., 1924-04-25
NEW RATES SUSPENDED

Washington, April 25.-Proposed new rates on lumber and other for est products from Baltimore. Jersey City, Philadelphia and New York to interior points today were suspended from April 25 until August 2s by the interstate commerce commission. The new schedules included both increases and decreases.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-25

Made of genuine clear fibre, pointed block, natural finish. For Wednes- '. day only ........... tC
New Britain herald., 1924-04-25

Widths up to 3 inches, Ecru color; suitable for scarfs, cen- ters and art pieces; values up to 15c yard. For E. tomorrow only, yard. OC
New Britain herald., 1924-04-25

Plain and decorated, all
 clear lead blanks, 10c value. at Extra Special c for CO.W W for Wed. only V ZOS Ol
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NOT guilty scrawny elbow q thing Of beauty
but q double chin is a scandal and Kissing.
Thou shalt not fail eep up" For pas may be for
given; but hat Of last seasons vintage and that
twenty minutes ate WHO Will pardon them? And she that
not titled with pep and with glad
ing shall be cast into YET she that payeth
not bridge and NAH jongg and go shall be accounted
was"
Thou shalt not be found Nay thou
mltted no sins whereof to boast then adjure
imagination and INVENT For, to be simple and inexpe-
enced Is to be uninteresting to and men,
Thou shalt not be frugal For foolish may her
shekes Tor the coming Of rainy day. but the Sphscate puh
on the Poneranan and buyeth the nament plan.
Thou shalt not take ANYTHING seOsy neither thy troubles
nor thy uphs, thy labos
nor thy duties, nor thine husband nor THYSEIF.
For she that taketh herself seriously shall be called
These Daughter Seven NEW Deadly SINS Let her
that cornmtteth them beware! - -
though she be good happy and beautiful and be-
GATED? S1 80 - $40 " "yO W. AA0AA-
SELAH!
Copyright Featurss syndicate
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Marvels of Your Eyes
MOST WONDERFUL SHUTTERS ON EARTH.
BY DR.. Charles A. L. Reed

therefore is called the function Of
accommodation"
This accommodation may occur
as often as 5000 times In a single
second.
But that is not all there IL to
seeing.
The image that is formed Ell.
multaneously down deep in both
eyes is telegraphed simultaneous.
ly over some well-cabled ana Pc
culiarly arranged wires, called
the "optic nerve" to a couple Of
certain particular ''centraIs,'' one
on each side Of your brain.
The impression Is then and
thence relayed to every other CEN
trail in your brain that has inter.
est in or contingent upon the i'm.
age.
From these internal ''centrala"
an impulse 10 always and instant.
ly telegaphed to the shutter"
by which the size Of the pupil is
regulated or to the eyelids, by
which the light may Be entirely
shut out.
Another may be teIephraphed to
your sense OF taste, causing long
ing or disgust according a. the
object looks tasty or disgusting.
Another may be telegraphcd to
your heart, causing 1t to weaken
its beats so that less blood goes
to the surface and the face be.
comes pale in the sudden pres
ence Of a frightful object.
Or, more happily. the visual
impulse may be relayed to the
muscles Of our face, causing
them to reach with the expires.
sion Of a smile in the presence Of
a pleasing or beautiful object.
So you see how these little
shutters Of yours. shifting pos
sibly 5000 times in a single sec.
ond. make possible the Joy that
you experienced by being able to
see things as they are.
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Foxy Grandpa's Story
<<roxY GRANDPA" said
Bobby, "I thought
Greenland would be

: <<TNox GRANDPA" said
Bobby, IT thought
Greenland would be
green all over"
YES" Clipped In Bunny. '1t
IL q great protection to me. this
Wilderness OF the North. Too bad
all. my white relatives don't have
the same advantages all the year
round further south"
And Bunny skipped off over
the snow where 1t was almost
impossible to see him. OF course
he always keeps his coat snow
white.
In moment Bunny came hop
ping back to US and said:
There's q fine bay ahead Of
us. Come on over to 1t. We may
see something interesting"
There 1t lay-a sheet Of green.
ish water. How cold 1t looked
with great cakes Of ice floating
VA SSAO D01A0COS
i don't see how any animals
live in such frigid water" said
Bobby.
"All Q matter Of TASTE" sl1iv.
cred Bunny. TASTE and heredity.
# your mother and father had
lived In ice-water, you would
think that dry land was q strange
place. Same idea as we rabbits
thinking it strange that you live
in houses instead Of in the
ground"
But this interesting discussion
was suddenly brought to a close
by an exclamation from Bunny,
who looked across the water with
his keen pink eyes and pointed
to some black objects moving
among the ice.
What are tAey?" I asked. re-
moving the BINOCULARS from my
shoulders.
Either seals or walruses." said
Bunny.
you look. Bobby" said I,
handing him the glasses.
"Mustachesl They're walrusesv'
declared Bobby breathlessly.
Fine" said /. II hope they
come our way"
They're coming all right said
Bunny, twitching his own whis-
kers. nervously.
On came the herd Of big ami
mails. Then most Of them climbed
up on a big cake Of ice and rest
ed. ! was disappointed and
thought they were coming no
nearer.
When all Of q sudden Bobby
said:
Here come three three abreast
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Lee holly, 'it's not thatys
Because It doesn't agree with
your kind? But there is no stand.
formula Of love. A brown maid
Of the South Sea Islands. a CO.
quette in Paris, a mother suf-
fering for her child, a nun deny.
ing herself for God-each would
define love in different terms.
Each sees one phase Of the illu.
minating experience Of Living.
That girl and the man down
there are part Of it, too. They're
taking their fling at the big ad-
venture. You can't shut your
eyes in anger and condemn what
you may not understand
mo, but can refuse to be-
Heve it necessary or beautiful"
but youTl admit that it may
be both pleasant and agreeable,
won't your"
1T depends on how cheap q
person is. suppose there are
people in the world who would
find the Jingle Of counterfeit
money In their pockets pleasant
and agreeable. Perhaps It's the
same with counterfeit emotions"
Are you so sure their emotions
are counterfeit? I'm inclined to
believe them very real and clam
orous.''
Nora Lee shot q quick glance
upward. How can they be real2
Do you think anyone can fall in
love with a different person two
or three times a week."
"I'm not talking Of love. I'm
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swimming as soldiers march,"
Bobby was right. The three
mustaches came in a perfect line.
What is the meaning Of this?"
I asked.
'Blassed II know" murmured
Bunny.
Soon they were very near US.
They were making for the shore
and paid no attention to US. Then
we saw what was happening.
There had evidently been some
sort Of q battle waged in the wal.
rus world and the walrus that
was In the center was wounded.
The walruses on each side Of him
were supporting him with their
fins and helping him to shore!
As we left the three comrades,
after I had taken q fine picture
Of course-I said:
cts surprising to find the Red
Cross this far north. isn't tit"
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Writer Of Great Serial Chicke Presents New Novel Of
Modern Life, Conferred on the Heart and the Mind
Of the Flapper.2

talking Of kissing. You call It 9
sacrilege fora girl to kiss . man
unless she truly loves him. /
think that extremely harsh in you!
Just now you snapped your eyes
shut as though that girl down
there were insulting you:l as
though she had committed .;
crime"
'She has! She's throwing away
"a holy thing for 4 sham. It
doesn't pay for a girl to do that. !"
"And IL you were Alice's queen
I suppose you'd shout: off with
her head!' Consider the number
you're condemning. You'd have
80 per cent Of the women in the
world executed. And why? Be
cause they are reaching out for
the sweet excitements OF life?
Because they are finding a wild
pulse IN their hearts and rejoicing
in its throb? Why blame women
because they have 30 lately dis
covered themselves? Why blame
them for demanding the pleasures
men have seized for q thousand
centuries? And doesn't it occur to
you that there may be some rea-
son, even justification for things
that nearly everyone Ia doing?
Wholesale expression Of emotion
can't be very much more fatal
than wholesale repression"
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
Tell your friends that the back
chapters Of this great story can
be had free at The Times office.
Call, telephone or write for Them.
Main SEQ.
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had scintillated while thsy were
amusing themselves in summer.
vanished.
Marion was bored. And after .
polite call or two her vacation
acquaintance vanished from her
circle.
What could Marion do about TT
What could EsteIle ana winifred
do to revive the summer friend.
ship? Nothing nothing at all.
Marion's experience might have
been theirs had Ned and Jack
happened to find time and inter-
est to look up their summer 40
quaintances.
Men take things as they come
each day an adventure--part Of
the game Of life. It IL well to
initiate this sensible Viewpoint,
for it keeps men young ana
happy. Some women are not
happy unless they are being mis-
cradle over something. No
wonder these women age earlier
than men.
Why not take q vacation Just
az a vacation, and accept its
casual friendliness as charming
but naturally fleeing? Enjoy
to the utmost the happiness Of
today. Then tomorrow :. well,
that's q new day with new inter.
ests. That will take care Of Il.
self.
OF course that vacation TREND
ship may grow and prosper ana
influence your whole life. It's
always possible that Jack or Ned
may prove the one man for each
girl. Aut don't expect it or build
your happiness on so slim q
foundation.
Do you remember LongfSuow's
verse about:
Ships that pass IN the night and
speak each other in possim0s
Only a signal skoaUm and a dis.
tGnt voice IN the darkness.
So on the ocean life sUe pass G,,d
speak one another;
Only a look and q voics then
darkness again and a silence.
You met interesting. Charming
young men this summer. You
liked them and hoped to see
much Of them during the buster
days Of fall ana winter. They
passed out OF your ufe-failed to
call, failed to write.
Keep the memory Of these fsw
weeks for what it was-a nay
adventure. q bright moment or
two in your busy life.
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BY Beatrice Fairfax

By Beatrice Fairfax,
Who Occupies . Unique Position
~ . Writer ON tho Problems Of
Love and Marriage.
IN sTDLLE and winifred took
their vacations together this
- year. They managed to get
away from their offices the sumo
two weeks in July and went to
hotel ct the seaside where a
friend Of winifred's mother-let
US call her Mrs. Brown-was
spending the Summer. Mrs.
Brown promised to introduce
them to the young people she
knew ut the hotel and do all she
could to make their stay pleasant.
Certainly. she more than lived
up to this kindly agreement. The
girls came back two weeks later,
looking pictures Of health-radi-
antly happy and tanned brown as
Indians.
"It was perfect" they both re-
ported when asked about ;slcir
holiday. Dancing, swimming.
tennis. drives-oh, everything you
can imagine in the way Of fun!
Mrs. Brown was q brick and she
introduced US to some awfuily
nice people"
Several weeks later the two
girls met for luncheon.
'Estelle, has Jack written?"
asked Winifred, when they had
ordered their fruit salad and tea.
"NEnm WinifrAd confessed. land
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Sayings of Mrs. Solomon
TODAYS PHILOSOPHY IN Yesterdays WORDS
BY Helen Rowland

MY Daughter thou woudst be accounted Sophscate #
V thou dnst to be called ian antique charge thee avoid
Az the Seven Deadly Sins Of 1924.
For depression Mddle-Age Embonpont Dod
ness, Simplicity, Poverty and Seriousness.
Go to! Thou shalt not hyseH Whatsoever thou de-
sest to have AFTER it, and whatsoever thou deeSt to
let it be DONE without delay and without Yea. even
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SUMMER FLIRTATIONS HARMFUL?
The Famous Writer Urges Girls Not to Attach Too Much
Importance to the Harmless FlirtatiOns Of the I'm
questionable Summer Tine

I feel dreadfulIy. You know he
promised to write-he asked II
he might. He took my address
and seemed so interested. And
Tvs not heard. ! never dreamed
he was so insinoere."
Med was going to look me up
been a failure and went back to
town. He expected to be here
August first. And now it's the
middle Of September. Isn't It
humiliating? It's just spoiled
my vacation!"
So Winifred and EsteIle de-
cided that their holidays had
been a filure and went back to
the office disillusioped about men
and life generally.
Why? Because a casual happy
friendliness that helped to while
away two weeks of gay summer
time did not develop into lasting
romance? Why should TT Why
not take the casual fleeing
things Of life as casual, and en-
Joy them while they last?
Marion's establishment also
came a. an aftermath Of her
vacation. Marion danced and
canoed-perhaps flirted a little
with a young man she met
while she was staying at a camp
in the mountains. He asked to
call on their return to town.
And he did call. But when they
met in city environment, in q
mood less idle. the interest that
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WHO SAID IT
AND WHERE

NO question Il ever settled
Until ID IL settled right"
Ella Wheeler Wilcox reminds
us In her poem. Settle the CUES.
ton Right"
Ihe brave man carves out his
fortune. and every man Is the
SON OF his own works."
Cervantes, in don Quixote. -
does not show belief in blind fate.
Copyright, 1924. by King Features
syndicate, 1nc.)
AOVRATfREMR
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MOOAcxtA ASbOClHAAUus
About the Most MGrVeIgous Pair
Of Shutters in
the World.
" AXE q hand-mirror and seat
yourself with your face to
= the window. Look into the
mirror and note the round black
hole--the pupil--in the center OF
the interior Of each Of your eyes.
Now close both eyes. Cover
them gently for q half minute
with one Of your hands. Remove
your hand and open your eyes.
Now look suddenly and sharply
at your pupils as you did before.
You will see that they are
much larger than they were, but
that they are RAPIDLY resuming
their former diameters.
These pupils are the openings
In the shades or curtains or
shutters back Of your real win
dows, which are the clear glossy
looking fronts Of your eyeballs.
II IL the business Of these
shutters-each Of which consists
Of q couple Of circular muscles,
Just like the shutter in your
canaera-to regulate both the
amount and direction Of light
that enters your eyeball where It
forms an image to be telegraphed
thence to your brain.
That is how you see.
You are able to see because
this little opening enlarges when
there is but little light or when
objects are far away. and con-
tracts an the light increases in
brightness or the objects come
nearer.
In other words, this dilating
and contracting Of the pupil &C.
commodities the eye to the light
and the object to be seen, and
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GOOD LOOKS BRINC
YOU ATTENTION
"Of her bright face, one gI0ncs'
wa trace a picture on tie 6rriss. =
Poe.

Down in your heart you may be
Just a. good, kind, generous ana
lovable as any other person: but
good looks" simply have the ad.
vantage over all these things. and
you have no doubt seen many cases
In your own circle Of friends where
a girl wins good catch" just be.
cause she IL attractive, where the
plain, more sensible and practical
girl is left behind.
Girls and women who keen their
complexion clear and smooth uae
Cleansing Cream which bears the
well'known Black and White label
because 1t cleans the pores end tiny
skin crevices OF every bit of the
days accumulation of powder. dust
and excess oils. They have learned
from experience that soap and
water only cleanses the surface and
when the pores are not cleaned out,
blackheads quickly form, and in
time the complexion looks muddy"
and begins to get coarse ana dis
colored. n
Your first experience with Black
and White Cleansing Cream will
make YOU wonder why you did not
learn about it sooner. It don't make
your skin greasy like heavy creams
do by Overlooking the pores. All
dealers have it in liberal 25c and
SOC sizes.
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WINNERS In
CONTEST
Orange Drink.

Iced coffee with orange juice.
Have ready one quart Of strong
cold coffee. Add one cup Of
sweetened orange Juice. Serve in
tall glasses with a little crushed
ice in each glass. A little
whipped cream sweetened may be
placed on each glass.--Mrs. Ellen
T. Kline, 91S Third street north.
east.
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CONTINUED from Yesterday

raeW.
CONTINUED from Yesterday
EsHEY'VE been taught to believe
that unalterable virtue was not
only easy for them, but the natural
and almost inevitable state. Sud.
denIy this fetish Of female chastity
lesess It's magic. Women awake
70 md themselves not marble
statdes but human beings
!! the same as man, only more
No."
She shrank a littleI Then
you believe in all this whatever
you may call It? Do you?"
''It doesn't matter. Women
are just passing through a pain.
eul phase Of evolution like boys
at are all arms and legs. They'll
ne to in hundred years or so.
makes it nice for us writer's
ID we're born in the throes Of
illuminating experience"
1e glanced at him warmly, a
iii of pride in her mind. How
asant and easy he was. She
I'd wisely: "Yes-there'ss some
ling in what you say. As West
gnAFck points out in the History
I Human Marriage custom is
20 ofen accepted as right"
He laughed but this time silent
Quite delicious the way she
ripped in these large names.
/. Tell me, little Miss Meadows
have you written anything else
besides your school stuff"
"Not much except all my
thoughts in my diary. I've kept
that quite some time-ever since
I was twelve"
''Whew-there was q diary Of
girl published not long ago. She'd
kept e since she was ak. Why
@ypu may have a masterpiece al
FeEdy."
You're joking"
"No-I'm not. Perhaps you
ulght LIT me see tt"
couldn't-oh, nor
sslarts Of It, then?" He was
Ntoonng down. His arm frightened
hr waist. Listen, sis, would
m like to meet people that
sg''
"a love It." She turned her
80 upward and found his very
nagE. She drew back with n
nllrt frightened breath.
Don't be alarmed" He linked
IA hand In hers. She was sur
pxlsd to find the velvety touch
81 eeable. II don't do that what.
oNsr you may call IT." He laugh.
eel II must tell the truth seeing
yfp are a sister genius. only
twhatever you may call it after
= eper provocation. VIII you let
me come some night and take
YIn to some shin.dig or other?"
Yes-soon? WIN you make It
vpFy soon?"
IN make It very soon"
s CHAPTER xxx.
Nora Lee and Maxwell Discuss
Il "Petting."
Is It always a sacrilege when
girl and a man klss?"
mot il they truly love-"
sWhat IL true lover" Maxwell
led smiled. He noted the zeal
Nora Lees face and his smile
ddened. For he saw that she
aEood on the star.rim of youth
4 Raiting for the beauty Of heaven
70 open. Youth stands here its
brief, unforgettable moment looks
ing in the face Of God. The
Hace dims. Inevitable and tragic
- that touch Of darkness! as the
turn cropping and heavy
r. cross the sodden. welLknown
iresholds Of Life.
she was staring now in moody
ntempt at the figures under
the tree. The girl in the orange
dress snoothed her hair while
the man held q small mirror be-
fore her. Then the two laced
their arms and turned slowly
toward the house.
Whatever love is" said Nora
LAN -
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th0ugn y De 20 tango upon thy grandmother
grave! For this is considered daring and original.
And. "selt-expression" is the first law Of
Smart Society.
Thou shalt not be guilty Of showing thine age.
Nay, though thy years be seven-times-seven, still
shalt thou shear thy locks a small boy, and
cover they wrinkles with rouge, and jazz and
toddle as coryphee Of seventeen.
n
For to be "joke'' is naught; but to be over
twenty-nine is unforgivable!
Thou shalt not be fat. Prosecute they flesh
with massage, torment thy soul with dieting, and
torture they muscles with the daily Dozen but be
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OR sumptuousness there nothing like aces and
brocades combined with fur. At the left we have
cape OF gold lace banded with brown fox twice at the
neck and twice at the hem
Red velvet and kolnsky Cener) another combination
which signifies kind of regal glamour but then certain
types OF women look lovely in it that its adoption is
cusable out Of difference to the effect
Bands Of ermine placed silver cloth show Winter az
its best ght) It to operas and cars and
mowcovered Streets well high degree Of becoming
ness to the wearer,
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w III EN- IN
DOUBE

N EAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
WIN you kindly inform me
- how to word q letter to a
niece who has jus announced her
engagement?
(0 Also win you please answer
the following:
a How to eat olives?
b How to eat asparagus.
Q When to use initial station.
cry? MRS. r.
Writing 10 . Boy Friend.
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Please tell me how q Riri Of
sixteen should close a letter to a
boy of seventeen, who has gone
away for the summer.
PAT.
MAYBE this VIII suggest an end,
w ing to you:
II do hope that every day az
your holiday in the country is
filled with the sports and com.
partnerships that you like and that
you are having gloriously happy
time. Please steal a few minutes
between swimming and tennis 10
write me about It'll
Friendliest greetings to you,
Very sincerely yours,
PATRICIA"
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. By EIerlore Meherin
lie Biggest and Best Story Of
Her Career.
@ SYNOPSIS.

f1r0oYet Me0dotrs married wan
Est at seUehteem. HIS dtesot1ts
Ets made her miserable, bWt she
- red him for three years.
II fg0ret supported her dGWChters
y ~ y b. teachiMO school N F0trddIss
- ske inst AWdretC.
ora, OroaOW to tUongGNh0od, feG6
rseA LescGist, and began to ND-
stGMd the love Of AndretC and her
hgf. Nora at eeVeMtee't, met
Dckxe Herrick, college boy Of Mt'se-
G8s. and commenced to feel Iove
seH