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New Britain herald., 1924-06-02
30,OOO WOMEN HAVE
 DRIVERS LICENSES
One Of Every 4S in Accidents Re-
 gently, Motor Dept. Says

Hartford, June 2.---Women were
 the drivers of motor vehicles involved in 700 of 15,0oO recent accidents an
 alyzed by the state motor vehicle de-
 partment. As there are about S0,000 licensed women operators. the figure
 indicates that approximately one in
 every 43 women who operate auto
 mobiles in Connecticut figure in ac- cidents. About one in every 1214 of the licensed male operators, of whom
 there were 1S3,OO0 last year, are in accidents.
 It is pointed out, however, that male operators, taken as a whole, do considerably more driving than wom- en, and that the ratio stated, there- fore, may not be fair one. Nearly all drivers of commercial motor ve- hicles. for instance, who spend prac- tically their entire working day at the wheel. are men. The great major ity of women operators drive private passenger cars, for which the acci- dent arte is lower than for any other class of motor vehicles, except motor cycles equipped with side cars.
 About so per cent of the women who were the drivers of cars figuring in accidents are listed in the depart ment records as "a friend of the owner" which is a general classifica- tion made for department convent ence, including wives and other rela- lives of car owners, as well as pros pective relatives, and others. Ap- proximately S5 per cent of the women in accidents were driving their own ears, and per cent were employees of the owners. whereas 20 per cent of the men in accidents were employees of the owners of the cars involved, 10 per cent friends of the owners and about 7G per cent the owners them selves
 Over 70 psr cent of these accidents were found by the department to have been caused by the operators, about 20 per cent the fault Of others. per cent the fault of defective equipment. and per cent the result of other miscellaneous circumstances.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-02

Meadow avenue 1000 feet. six houses, concrete walks.
 Estimated time to deliver the above territory, eight hours.
 The report of the money order de- partment shows the increasing pros perity of New Britain as follows:
 omestic-Number of orders in 1910. 42,0o0. Number of orders in 1924, GS.9G4. Increase in the past five years of 46 per cent. Amount of orders in 1910. s500,O00. amount of orders in 1924, 69S,7O5. Increase of SS per cent in the past five years.
 national--Number of orders in 1910, 100. Number in 1924. 1855. This record shows an increase of S7 per cent in the past five years. Amount in 1910. s5,00o: amount in 1924, s26,427. This business has in- creased 72 per cent in the past five years.
 In the money order department the number of orders has increased from LAS in 1910 to 34,06c in 1924 and shows an increase of 75 per cent in the past five years. The amount of business transacted increased from s213.155 in 1910 to s292,562 in 1924 and the record of the past five years gives an increase of S7 per cent.
 There are from 1.500 to 1000 in coming and from 5000 to 5000 out going parcel post packages every day, for which there have been practical Iy no accommodations made whatever.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-02

charge. Good lights, specially install led yentilating system costing ss,000, and comfortable furniture will be in- novations at which veteran conven- ton news handlers will be entitled to rub their eyes.
 The New York Newspaper Club has undertaken 10 establish a fellowship with visiting members of the profes- sion, through Charles c. Hambridge, it's former president and one of its founders.
 Two floors have been taken over in addition to the clubs established headquarters for tho convention period. Dining room facilities and &C., commodations for the preparation of news will be greatly enlarged. and lounges, libraries and amusement rooms will be extended.
 The club will have Il program of convention entertainments all its own, which will include indoor as we'll as outdoor diversions. The feature of the latter promises to be a midnight froic
New Britain herald., 1924-06-02
Jap Press Browns on
 Schurman as Ambassador
,l,n A..n,l.,aa p,a,,

By tho Associated Press.
 Tolsio, June 2.-The English edition Of the Nichi Nichi owned and edited by Japanese, says if America wants to patch up her broken friendship with Japan she had better choose someone else" in commenting on the report that pr. Jacob Gould Schur- man, American minister to China. is to be appointed ambassador to Jaian in succession 10 Cyrus F.. Woods. "Schnrman, as minister 10 China, has so acted" said Nichi Nichl, that his absence from Japan would be more welcome than his presence here. Washington should know this. This criticism is not intended as refec- ton on the character or personality of the learned diplomat but the United States would do well to keep him where he is"
New Britain herald., 1924-06-02
GARDEN READY FOR
 ARMY OF PRESS
Record Number of Reporters Ap-
 ply for Accommodations

New York, June 2.-On1y two events
 in history the Versailles Peace Con- ference and the Washington Disarm-
 ament Conference. have attracted so many representatives of the press as
 have applied for accommodations at
 the Democratic National Convention
 in this city in June.
 Not only has there been an unpre-
 cedent demand for facilities for work ing newspapermen but, according to those responsible for equipping Madi-
 son Square Garden for this important phase of the party conclave, the ex-
 pected number of requests from pub
 fishers and editors for seats in the visitors galleries has been exceeded by
 hundreds.
 James D. Preston, veteran superin- tendent of the United States Senate
 press gallery at Washington and for
 many years adviser to both the Re | publican and Democratic parties in drafting national convention press ac- commodations plans, has undertaken to meet the demand as fully as pos sible.
 A great part of the s50.000 being spent in reconstructing the Garden to meet the convention requirements is going into facilities for transmitting the news of the sessions throughout the world without delay. When com pleted the accommodations, in point of size and completeness, will exceed anything heretofore installed under one roof for a single event.
 There will be desks for $50 working reporters in the main auditorium, on platforms encircling and only three feet below the speakers platform, which itself will seat 300 persons. Each desk will command a good view of the speakers platform and of the entire auditorium as well. Each will be readily accessible to telegraph, te- lephone and wireless stations in the Garden basement, and to the batta- lions of messengers who will shuttle between the news writers and the news sehders.
 Two wide runways, which the anil mals are wont to tread from the un- derground menageries to the street | level arena when the circus is in town. | will lead from the rear of the press section to the senders' stations, Down | there. replacing the animal quarters, the Garden swimming tank, the prop | erty rooms, and the portable cloak | rooms, will be the heart of the news broadcasting system.
 There will be facilities for 1 1000 edi- tors and telegraph operators. Eight hundred telephones will be installed Tor the special use of newspaper men. Thirty-six workrooms will be set up for news associations, domestic and foreign, and for individual represen- tatives Of the out-of-town press
 Gable and wireless companies will maintain substations, and. radio ap- paratus will be centered there for such convention high-lights as are to be broadcast. In remote places, away from the din of the instruments of | communication. will be several loud speakers leading from tho auditorium overhead. A taxi-stand for newspsper men will be maintained at the near est entrance; a restaurant will serve mem light refreshments without
New Britain herald., 1924-06-02
City Items

Winthrop Council, Sons and Daugh- ters of Liberty. will hold a regular meeting Wednesday evening at o. T.. A. NJ. hall at s o'clock. Nomination of officers for the ensuing year will take place.
 Sale of reed and fancy work all this week at 67 Monroe St. Mrs. Mary Gordon. Tel. 121S-5.-advt.
 Martha Washington Council, No. 1, Daughters of America, will hold its regular meeting this evening at 8 o'clock at Jr. o. |. A. NJ. hall. After the business session a social and en- tertainment will be held.
 Nictrolas and Pianos, Henry Morans -advt.
 Stella Rebekah Sewing circle will meet with Mrs. August Voight, 65 Ellis street, Thursday afternoon. Fri day evening there will be a regular meeting of the lodge,
 Home cooked lunches at Crowelrs.
 -advt
 Nest No. 154s, Order of Owls, will hold meeting Wednesday evening in Odd Fellows hall.
 Watch for the A. Nash Go. Agents Suits aifd oyereoats, s2s.50.-advt. Otto Macholtz Of S4s Park street is spending the holidays with his wife and daughter, wynona, in Brunswick, Maine.
 Columbia Records. s1.00. c. L. Pierce Co.--advt.
 Tho Sons of Veterans auxiliary will entertain members and friends at social and card party Tuesday after noon in c. A. R. hall.
 Hsllinan's Lunch from s:so a. m. to 1:30 D. m.--adNt.
 Salvatore frisco, aged 12, Of 213 street, suffered a broken arm when he fell at his home Sunday He was taken to the New Britain General hospital. George kerwin, four year old son of Selcctman and Mrs. NJ. T. kerwin, suffered dislocation of the shoulder when he fell at his home Satur1as afternoon. He was attended by Dr. II. T. Bray. The meeting of the New Britain | Poultry association has been post | poned until August 9th. The first and second degrees will | be ekemplified at the meeting Of Daily | council, K. Of c. Tuesday evening. Martha Washington council, D. of ,., will hold iee regular meeting this .vening followed by an entertajnment 'or members only.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-02
AMERICANS RELEASED
Chinese Brgands Arc Reported to Have Freed Captiyes Taken in Raid Last Week.

By the Associated Press.
 Picking, June 2.--Dr. II. q. Miller, an American, and a Briton named Jaffray. captured by Chinese bandits in Kwangsi province when pirates at- tackled their launch a week ago, have been released. said officials advices received here today.
 The two, who were members Of q party of four taking supplies to a mission station, were freed that they might arrange ransom, said the ad- vices. which were from Culver B. Chamber an American consular offi- cer. who has been seeking 10 have the party released.
 Rex Ray, an American. and an- other Briton named Carne. still are held in the pirates mountain strong hold.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-02
Pied Pippcrs' Toll

London. England-The Rat club of West Farleigh. Kent, killed 2,2S7 rats. s.i2o butterflies, SSi moles, 279 queen wasps, 100 jays. 55 stoats, 52 bull inches 357 sparrows and seven foxes last year.. The members of the club often are referred to as the modern Pied Pipers."
New Britain herald., 1924-06-02
sS2 sxSSsss SAS''

at coney Island. in which it is expect- cd upwards Of 1000 of the journalis- tic craft, local and out-of-town, will participate.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-02

Whether you eat to live or live to eat
 you want the best ingredients in your foods. That means Bakers Extracts In everything that calls for flavoring advt.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-09-12
LEGEND OF GRAND CANYON
Indian Story Says That II Was Made
by Pack-i-Tha-a-Wl, After Ger
tain Big Flood.

According to the Wallapais the
Grand canyon was made single-hand-
ed, after certain food, by their cult.
Us hero, Pack-i-tha-a-wi, who was
armed with a large flint knife and a
big stick. Once upon time the world
was covered so deep with water that
nobody knew what to do until Pack
i-tha-a-wi took the initiative. The
knife he thrust deep into the heart Of
the earth, hammering it in with the
big stick and moving it strenuously
back and forth until the canyon was
formed, which drew all the water from
off the earth into the Sunset sea.
Another legend says that there was
a great chief who mourned the death
of his wife and would not be comfort
ed until Taywoats. one Of the Indian
gods, came to him and told him his
wife was in happier land, and offered
to take him there that he might see for
himself if, upon his return, he would
cease to mourn. The great chief prom
ised.
Then Taywoats made trail through
the mountains. The trail was the can
yon gorge Of the Colorado. Through
1t the god led the chief, and when
they had returned the deity exacted
from the chief promise that he
would tell no one Of the joys Of that
land, lest, through discomfort with this
world, they should desire to go to
heaven. Then he rolled river into
the gorge so broad and raging that It
would engulf any that might attempt
to enter thereby.-Detroit News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-09-12
SKIN BAROMETER OF HEALTH
Sign Of Internal Physical
Cleanliness.

A lovely skin, aside from being the
subject for poetic raptures is a sensi.
live barometer Of your health, says
Elizabeth Arden In Arts and Decora-
tons. II is the outward and visible
sign Of an inward and physical clean
illness. Its smoothness is a symptom
Of a good digestion and the absence Of
fevered disturbance. Its clarity is
proof Of the correct balance Of diet.
Its pinkness registers the swift dance
OF blood through the tissues.
The body Is like an exquisitely
tuned engine. Your food Is the fuel.
The air you breathe is the draught
that Quickens the fire into life. II
you have been a suburbanite without
faithful furnace man, you have bat
tied to keep fire pickering, perhaps
You know that there Is coal that
burns with an even hot fame and
leaves q fine ash, without fuss OF
waste. And there In other coal, that
burns stubbornly and only partially
and leaves great clinkers to clog the
channels Of the fire.
Now food is like that, too. Simple
foods are digested and assimilated
thoroughly. Rich foods. hearty mix
lures of foods. leave clinkers to clog
the system. Meats. pastries, thickened
sauces, these foods do not burn as
perfectly as fresh vegetables. cereals,
whole wheat breads and fruits. You
must eat wisely for beauty.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-09-12
HERoIsM OF CAT IN AFRICA
Missionary Tells How His Pet Saved
Nine Kittens From Death In
Hail Storm.

A missionary to Africa tells this in
terssting story OF the unusual heroism
Of cat he once owned. One day
terrific hail storm came, the sort con-
corning which English and American
people know nothing. In a quarter OF
an hour hail covered the ground to
depth Of two feet. Before the storm
began the missionary's three cats were
outside playing; they were all mother
cats and had their kittens with them.
Immediately two of the mother cats
ran to shelter, never troubling about
the little ones, but the heroine Of the
story stood her ground. AS soon as her
master managed to 60 to her he found
that she had gathered not only her own
four babies, but all the others as well.
nine In all, and had stood over them.
keeping them warm and safe, while
she was nearly frozen. She had nearly
died In saving them, for her poor sides
were terribly bruised by the heavy
hailstones. Carefully did the mission
airy wrap her In blankets and then he
nurssd her till she had recovered.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-09-12
ANEsTHETIc USED IN 220 Al
chinese Remedy Known as Ma Yao
Was Extracted From India Hemp
Centuries Ago.

An anesthetic the effects Of which
were like those Of ether or chloroform,
was used in China In 900 A. D., by the
surgeon Haoua-t'ouo. This Is estab.
iished beyond doubt by the text Of
kou kin VI tong, which was brought
to the attention Of the Academy Of
Sciences In 1S49 by Stanislas Julien.
The Chinese anesthetic, known as
ma yao-that is to say. "the remedy
which takes away feeiing'-was ex-
tracted from Indian hemp, which also
yields hasheesh.
The old Chinese text tells MS:
"Haoua-t'ouo gave a dose Of ma yao
to the patient, who a few minutes lat
er became unconscious-that is, as
though he were deprived Of life. As
the case demanded, Haoua-t'ouo would
operate upon the person or amputate
and remove the cause Of sickness.
Then he would draw the tissues to
gether at the point Of incision and
apply ligatures.
After a few days the sick man
was on his feet again without having
felt the least pain during the opera.
don NORTH China Herald
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-09-12
Joy of Going to Work
and Returning Hon,e

From the time I was six years old
and started out to school until the tina
when got married and started keep
Ing house, It was part Of my routine to
get up and get dressed, eat breakfast
and go somewhere In the early morn
Ing. The two years before married
BIZ | walked to the schoolhouse where
| taught every day, rain. or shine, hall
Or snow.
And many morning since I've been
married have I wished, when rosa
that / had to get dressed and hurry
and walk off somewhere. past the farm
and the schoolhouse, a couple of miles
Or so, to my work. For the love Of the
outdoors, and the meeting It In all
weatners Is In my blood, and VIII never
be wiped out. Yet many days my du.
ties keep me In the house from dawn
TIL dark. and, In spite of an honest eff.
fort to get out. the days sometimes
slip BY one after the other and I am
scarcely out Of doors, with all this
open country around me
I'm not willing to admit that there
are any Disadvantages In being mar
gied, but If did admit one, It would
be this-that the wife and mother
rises In the midst Of her work-her
family and her duties are upon her
often before the clothes are on her
back-and she retires also In the midst
Of 1t, aften taking off, at bedtime, the
very apron that she tied about her
waist before breakfast.
It's nice to go to work-to get Nd
and dress and go out Of doors for a
brisk walk In the morning freshness,
and to come home again In the fall of
dusk to lighted lamps and a singing
kettle.
But then. IL mother wasn't home to
do those breakfast dishes, and wasn't
there to put the kettle on, perhaps the
rest Of the world couldn't have the
JOY of going to work and coming home
again. and better for some of us to
nave 1t than none of us at all. writes
Margaret W. Jackson, In Farm Life
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-09-12
Declares Neat Farms
Indicate Prospsrifv

II you want to realize the need of
tloy farms Just take trip through a
country new to you, says a writer In
Farm Life. I never had the same re-
spect for what little care Of lands
ana home grounds could mean for a
farm as did after passing through
hundreds OF miles with the varied as
poets that such trip can afford. 1t IL
natural for the traveller to gauge the
prosperity of the farmers and the pro-
ductfon of the soil by the homes and
farms. have travelled for whole day
without seeing single really badly
kept farmhouse and nearly every farm
had big. well-painted barn Of two and
silos and orchards and well-kept
grounds. Generally trees were planted
to protect not only the home but the
barns and stock yards from severe
north aud west winds. 1t did not take
assessors figures to tell me that such
community was prosperous. l would
not expect to buy farms there for
price ! should pay for farm even
within days travel where few really
well-kept homes were In evidence and
where fences, grounds and farm lines
were neglected. saw Just such differ4
ences In two states I'm my trip. sup
pose could have seen them every.
where. The sou looked about the
same and the crops were looking much
the same. Creameries were abundant
In both, and I saw many good herds Of
cattle. And probably, If the real facts
were known. the prosperity was not
greatly different. But we could not
help but feel that we were among
less prosperous people and, frjsnds,
paint was about the biggest p6lAf u
difference.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-09-12
Say. He Photograph. Sound.

A British inventor asserts that
sounds make actual rings in the air
when they occur, and that these at
mospheric disturbances affect light
coming through the air in such a way
as to make them visible-at least to q
supersensitive lens.
According to Popular Science Month
iy, this engineer has constructed a
camera which actually records the
waves Of sound on its plate, and 10
using 1t In the study Of the exhaust Of
gasoline engines, acting on the theory
that the quality of the sound will tell
exactly what, II anything, is wrong
with the motor.
The camera, while apparently sue
eessful in photographing simple
sounds. does not operate successfully
when the sounds are Of complex ma
turs, as, for instance, the notes e .
orchestra.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-09-12
~sege instructor Finds
Mixer Earns More Money

Who has the greater income after
college years-the scholar or the mix.
er? How rates the student of chemis-
try? One answer is given by an In
structor In the University of Michigan.
He has prepared a sort of alumni
who's who and for how much.
The scope Of his inquiry is mot
known. but his compilation points to
the conclusion that In the ten-ysar
period since graduation, high scholar
snip men have reached an average
annual income Of $1,000. with men
prominent In extra-curriculum activ-
tiles placed at an average Of $4,000
year. A word Of explanation goes
along with the figures. Says the In
structor:
The statistics do not prove that the
men Of the highest grade are incapa
bic OF earning big money-they mere
~ show these men do not prefer lines
OF work which are most lucrative.
SO we conclude that those who
wooed the lamp in college are reward
ed in the measure set by their choice
of career, and that those who wooed
other flames have come to a more
golden fortune. Scholars or mixers
young men In college all have thcir
oil cans. Some there be who burn
their oil, and some there be who mere.
ly spread 1t, but oils well that ends
well.-Nation's Business.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-09-12
Japan's Expert rop-spInnera

The pastime Of top-spinning Is car
ried by the Japanese to q point Of
great perfection. The tops used by
them are Of delightful variety, both In
size and construction. The largest Of
all tops Is more than foot In dia.
ameter, and proportionately heavy.
Some are solid; others contain q flock
Of little ones. which fly out when the
top is lifted. and spin away by them
selves. Others pull into a spiral or
ladder of successive tops. One draws
up into a lantern and spins cheerily In
that form.
The spinners balance their tops on
any kind Of surface, round or hat, on
the edge Of a fan, the sharpest Japa-
nese sword, along thin cord. and az.
ter some moments Of unconcerned
spinning there 1t 10 tossed on the table.
with apparent carelessness. where II
goes on whirling.
One Of the most delicate perform
ances consists Of spinning top In the
left hand. up the left arm. round the
back Of the neck, and down into the
oalm OF the right hand.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-09-12
FEAST OF SAINT MICHAEL
Festival Was First Appointed by
Pope Felix Ill In the
Year 4S0.

Michaelmas, the Feast Of Saint
Michael and All Angels, occurs Sep
TENDER 20. The festival was first ap-
pointed BY Pope Felix III in the year
4S0 In the Greek church it did not
originate earlier than the Twelfth CEN
fury. It was an old custom in England
TO mark the day by electing civil mag
istrates and that Of guardian angels
OF whom Saint Michael was reported
the prince.
A more famous custom Is that Of
eating roast goose, the origin of which
has long exercised the wisdom Of anti
quaries. The traditional Michaelmas
goose has been traced at least as far
back as the tenth year of Edward "
and 1t Is said that one of the strongest
objections Of the English commonalty
to the reformation Of the calendar was
based on the confusion which would
follow II Michaelmas day was not
celebrated when stubble goose are In
their perfection.
There b an old proverb that IF you
eat goose on Michaelmas day. you win
never want money all the year round
--Detroit News.