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New Britain herald., 1925-08-31
It'll help to

May as well, It'll help to pass the time away" .~
 When he had taken May back to her seat, he sauntered down to the end of the car where Goldie Gay of the films awaited him.
 He came back half hour later, grinning from ear to ear: and dropped down beside May.
 "she says I'm going 10 marry q blond" he informed her
 May betrayed no interest in this news.
 But I'm not" he went on, lean- ing closer 10 her. Not If a certain sray-eyed brunei will have me for her second husband, Will she 2"
 DO you mean me-" asked May with vide, innocent eyes, and felt Dams hand close over her wrist in q grip that hurt.
 "Of course, mean you. and you know it." he said in d whisper And if it weren't for the people on this train, I'd take you in my arms and show you how much mean iti"
 For all the ardor of his tone, May was not impressed There was q touch of the actor, the mounte- bank, about Dan Sprague that made her doubt everything he said that 11ale her lnOts upon everything he did. He didn't ring true somehow or other.
 She gave him slow smile and drew her arm from his grasp.
 Darling" she said, and there Das ridicule in her tone Would you still want 10 marry me if I hadn't cent in the worldH If weren't rich widow, but a poor one 2"
 Dan swept this away with wavu of his hand.
 "Why, of course, he said, Your money doesn't mean thing In n,y life. . It's you l want"
 May leaned back and looked out oi 'iS Nlll1pN dl lllt TpNOlNlnK landscape the miraculous hlus of the elly, The radiance of the sun- shine on the trees.
 Well, you so back and talk to Goldie Gay for while. and let me think 1t over" 9he said lazily.
 She watched him go, conscious that the eyes of the movie magnate across the aisle were upon her. Wouldn't it be wonderful if he should decide that she was the Itype he wanted for a film, and should star her,
 But of course. he won't" she told herself I'm too old for the screen. Twenty-soven is like fifty 10 movie actress"
 The porter came through the car.
 Next stop, San Jose," he called. Gro Be Contlnued
New Britain herald., 1925-08-31

I family to get mo out Of the mess if the members of it do not wish the od!um ot prison-bird relative on their hands"
 felt as it my veins had been opened and lee water pumped into them. but fortunately was able to keep the chIl in my voice and away from my spirit while l an- swered him.
 "The trouble with that solution" |" I said quietly Ifs that the affair will be out Of my hands entirely as soon as the afternoon train gets in from New York or A certain auto mobile reaches here from the city" "Now Comes the BlaClInail'
 The trapped look came back Into "steve's' eyes, but I was proof against 1t this time and went on steadily before he could interrupt me again.
 This man to whom I sent the decoded card has been looking for you ever since the robbery He tele- graphed orders for us 10 hold you. at any cost, until a government operative could get here from New York. You know better than 1 how useless any Of us, even If we were related to you, will be 10 you after that happens"
 "steve" ran his tongue over his dry lips,
 Al right, I cave" he said tone lessly. "I know when I'm licked, What have you got up your sleeve? You must have something or you wouldn't have me here. You'd have let the government man nab me down at Ticer's."
 "Your reasoning is surprisingly accurate" I told him. First. let me tell you that l have no faith at all In your claim that you are my husbands half-brother, but on the bare chance of it's being true, l am going to give you two hun- dred dollars, all I can get together. and Lee Chow will take you over the back roads to Riverhead, where you can catch a train 10 New York, which will pass that of the detec- tive coming out here. But paused significantly = there is a condition 10 all this"
 Now comes the blackmail," |" Steve" said venomously.
 Gall 1t whatever you wish" I re- torted, but be assured it will be enforced rigidly. You will not 30 back to Mrs. Ticer's 10 get any of your things and you will permit Lee Chow 10 search you now and turn over to me for sale-keeping any papers you may possess"
 What" he shouted rauCously, Give up all my proofs that l am your husbands half-brother!"
 Exactly" I returned impcrturb- | ably.
 Copyright, 1925. hy Newspaper Feature Service, Inc,
New Britain herald., 1925-08-31

posoly 10 do lt, ] know that when Mabel was here she did not belong to thom, and then we put her on the boat for South America.
 Of course she had had time to re turn, but it seems 10 me that after inc muss she had already gotten in 10 over here, she would want "a stay away from the country for a while.
 So much for theory pro and con,
 Here's another straw, however. which points 10 Mabel being the woman Last night when I left the office, I caW taxi drawn up to the curb about quarter of q block be- von1 the door from which l came cut, There were man and wo- man inside #. I would have sworn the woman was Mabel hurried toward them, but they evidently saw me coming and got In and drove off inst as | got there. 1t seemed to me that the woman plainly kept her tao" away from mc, but again you know I may have been seeing things.
 If it vas Mabel. what under the shining sun-or rather under tho darkness of tho niEht--waS sho do- iug proving around the office? It makes mo rather worried about the h"sS. She had it in for the boss. YOU know. more than any of the rest Of us Sometimes I really think that she h1l ber oyo more on him than mo. and when she found she couldn't get him, she took me as 3 second choice and intended to get ! even with him hy getting away with tho money.
 rop,risht, 1925, NEA Service, I Inc
 { TO-MOEROW Letter from .Tamcs Conlon tn sally Nthcrton.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-31
MAY SEYMOUR |F00!i'I||'IO0SE II M/orAr1,~r$1,IrAr~u
N BEATp|CE,pUpTON z, $,

French doll,
 Who's your girl friend. Dan n?" May asked idly,
 Dan started, laughed and looked d away.
 Search me" he said carelessly. "All I know Is that she's been do- ing her darndest to fiirt with me for the last fifteen minutes. Have you had your lunch?"
 May said she hadn't, and two minutes later they were sitting op- posite each other in the dining ear. Before they had time to give their order to the waiter, the chemical blond had taken her seat at the table across from them.
 Dan" May said 10 him in an amused undertone, This woman's s after you. You'd better watch your step"
 Dan smiled without looking up from the menu.
 There's only one woman in the world who's dangerous to me-" he remarked,
 Who's that? Carlctta?" May asked.
 Again Dan smiled He picked up 8 pencil and wrote their order on the walters pad before he an swered.
 Isn't any man in danger who's in love with YOU 2" he asked.
 Then. as May said nothing, he went on: "You made old Herbie think you were crazy about him, and then, as far as can see, you dropped him like hot cake.
 And remember what you did to me? Made googley eyes at me for four or five days until I vas running around In circles. But the minute asked you to marry me, what did you do? Bawled the life out of me for falling for you. What's your game, any way?"
 May looked him square in the face,
 T didn't bawl you out for mak- ing love 10 me, Dan" she contra dicted him. T told you you ought 10 marry Carlotta, and SO you should! You took her away from her husband. ."
New Britain herald., 1925-08-31
"stsve' suxgosts BlscknAii Whe ,, kfAdgs Outlines Plan

"stsve' suxgosz BlackmAil When ,t hAdgs Outlines Plan
 kt my command to Lee Chow not ts. tss "stsvs'S' arms, the Chinese ossdientiy dropped ths rope ir his hand. Bui he !udulSsd himself in A aow. aisapprovius shake of the AsAd ss he did se = . remarkable sShibitisa eS smotioc Tor this I'm Ss eursois orsntaL Thsp he tapped Steve" lightly es ;hs shoulder.
 Please d aowA here" he said, so,ntns ts the box I had indicated sstees. "s.s~s" ksEisAssd an instant. che, ; glance d me in which, to ns smAEsmsaI there was some thinS nks gratitude. and then cosysd Lee Chows directions.
 Il str1kss ns Etsr-in.Law," he arsvisd that we're wasting quite lot sf valuable tims on the pre- lirninartsA Aren't you about ready to come down to sarth, also cases What possible sss can that card be to yos: II you .sll the truth, you cAu't asny you have it."
 T gan sssurs you that the card k moi In my possession now" paused significantly and Steve" half ieapst from his seat, only to sink back again as Lee Chow made A single menscing step forward, But the deep lines which suddenly eprAns into relief around his nose and mouth betrayed how vital was his Interest in the missing card.
 What do you mean" he de- manded hoarsely.
 I looked at him steadily.
 Simply this" l said. T have de- coded that card and sent 1t 10 a man In the secret service of the government with whom I was privileged to work during the war. The list of figures" -- I saw Steve start = Tt contained, matched a list in which he was much inter ested list of stolen securities missing since a mail robbery in H. lnois about a year ago, In which a messenger was murdered"
 T swear hy all that's holy, Steve" said hoarsely, all the bra vado gone from his voice, that l had nothing to do with that croak- ing"
 Steve Threatens NIadge
 Unfortunately, that plea does not save an accessory before or after the fact" I said coldly, steel ing myself against an unaccountable maudlin flare of sympathy for the man before me, from whose eyes now gleamed the frenzy of a trapped thing. But the next instant all sympathy vanished. for sudden ly "steve" relaxed The fear in his eyes was replaced by sardonic amusement. real or feigned, and he drawled suddenly:
 The bad fortune Is not all mine, Sister-in-Law. It strikes me that if things arc as you say, it's up to the
New Britain herald., 1925-08-31
Seeing Is Believing
By THORNTON W. BURGESS

Most people will agree with me
 We must believe the things we see.
 Peter Rabbit.
 Peter Rabbit didn't want to be- lieve that Jenny Wren and Mr. Wren were guilty of destroying the eggs of their feathered neighbors. It didn't seem to him that he could believe it. Carol the Meadow Lark had told him that there was ru- nor, which, you know, Is story that no one is sure about. going around that the Wrens were break CTS of eggs. Now, after having talk ed with Jenny Wren, Peter was more upset than ever. It was true that Jenny had no very near neigh bors. and there certainly was some- thing queer about it. It looked very much as if the neighbors who used to be there must have had some good reason for leaving.
 Jenny Wren had disappeared in side her house. It was the second house she had occupied, for she had raised one family in another house. Peter could hear Mir. Wren singing. He was some little distance away. Peter hopped over in that direction. He thought he might be able to find out something from Mir. Wren. Just as Peter started Mir. Wren stopped singing, so Peter didn't know just where to look for him, You know, Mir. Wren Is so small that 1t is very easy for him 10 keep out of sight Peter looked all around, but he couldn't see Nr, Wren, So finally he sat down in the bushes along the old stone wall. He sat down just to Fest awhile. By and hy he noticed that there was a bird-house in an apple tree quite near him. It vas one of Farmer Browns Boys houses. Peter won- dered if any one was living in it, and If so. who il might be. Then he heard the soft love song of Tom my Tit the Chickadee. Almost at once Mrs. Chickadee put her head out of the doorway of that little house. She looked all around and out she came, and together she and Tommy Tit flew away to get some- thing to eat.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-31

badly ." he began, but a move. ment from tho girl across the aisle stopped him.
 She had apparently made up her mind 10 talk. This time as she leaned toward them and opened her lips, she included May In her smile.
 If you folks had q pack of cards along, l could tell your fortunes" she drawled. "I do 1t awfully well honest. I've foretold deaths and marriages and everything, I learned how to do 1t at school from my roommate. Awful rich people. I went to an awful swell school. . . I'm In the movies now"
 She sat back and waited for this to sink In.
 i've never seen you on the screen" May answered coldly.
 "T'm there, though" the blond answered complacently, You may not have heard of me yet, but you will Goldie Gay"
 is 'lldt SpuT OWL Hdllls Goldie Gay?" asked Dan.
 Goldie shook her head No, in- deed," she said haughtily, Papa never would lot mo drag the fam fly name into the films You'd be surprised to know who really am."
 Dan pretended astonlshment.
 Did you notice that big fat man sitting across from you in the Pull. man?' Goldie suddenly asked May.
 Yes" answered May who re memhered an elephantne man in an elephant.gray suit who had oeled her all morning, What about him."
 Nothing only he's Lemuel Fishback, the head of High Art Films" declared Goldie in a hushed tone. q been trying to screw up my nerve to go and ask him for a job for the last hour" .
 She sighed, Seems as if I can't, though she mourned. I'm not one Of those pushing girls. Lord, wish he'd notice me! They say that's the only way anybody crash os into the films these days by having some producer or director notice 'em and give 'em a part"
 She rose presently.
 T guess I'll go an walk past him 3 few more times" she said, "and see if he'lf take q look"
 She paused by the table and eyed Dan.
 Listen, Mr. Whats-your- name, can read palms" she went on. After you've finished your lunch I'll read yours, if you want me to-
 Are you going 10 let her read your palm" May asked when Goldie had gone, leaving the air heavy with the scent of strong per fume.
 Sure I an," Dan answered.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-31

A moment later he began singing in tree over near where his own house was
 seen. A moment later he began singing in a tree over near where his own home was. It was that same rollicking song that every one loves so much, Hearing it you never, never would have thought 1t pos sible for Mir. Wren to do anything bad at all
 Peter hoped over to the foot of the tree where those little eggs had been dropped, There, in each. was the hole punched by the sharp bill of Mr. Wren. Somehow Peter didn't want to he there when Tom my Tit and Mrs. Chickadee return ed. So he turned and scampered away as fast as his legs could take him. To have seen him you might have taken him 10 be the guilty one.
 Its true" Peter kept saying over to himself, that rumor is true. It must be that those Wrens have driven their neighhors away, It doesn't seem possible, but it must be true. And 10 hear Mir. Wren sing you would think he never had done had deed in all his life. Of all the people in inc Old Orchard Jenny and Mir. Wren are the last ones would have suspected of doing such a thing. You never can tell in this world. No, siree, you never can tell"
 Copyright 1925, by T. W. BurEessD
 The next story: Jenny Wren De-
New Britain herald., 1925-08-31
LITTER FROM JAMES CONDON
 TO SALLY ATHERTON

" A'-ht1itA tA A'A'
 Doar Sally.
 Mir. Prescott gave me your letter. and while at first l thought if was just piece of blooming bunk the more I think of it now. the more think there may be something in it.
 lent it strange thing. Sally. how much more persistent mon and UO- men are In their croollcdness than they gre In hanging on to their yir- tues when It is hard work.
 Mfr, Prescott made me 20 down to the police station and examine that orchid handkerchief and I don't know whether it is imagination or not. but I seemed 10 detect very faint odor of that fragrance that always hung about Mab"l, f was one of her greatest charma.
 Sally, it made me rather sick. I did love that woman. There vas something so exotic. so thrilling about her. Even nov jt doesn't seem possible that anybody could have had the Influence she had over mo.
 Well that's that Althonrh was pretty mad at }nu 7t tho time. I'm darncI glad o' if uor that ,ru snapped me ut cf ! oins *Hch q lool Why. do Nm know, ~Il>, U I'd gotten away with t'r, il might h" | that was con1lNg back 10 get thos" pearls now. That would he a nice relative for 4ou. wouldn't it?
 Ths only thing that makes mo rather lec~y about all this is, that ! can't sce where she comes into n" picture ENeryone you know. h7s 1scided that Mrs Frescntts pearls nave hotn s'n on by this gang Of in- tsrrhtionat rsUcl thieves. and that 'hny h1d rome from abro7d pur-
New Britain herald., 1925-08-31

Prea,'1st E1lcd pears, cream, T ergs an rrab1m toast. oorUm'7l mu7Iqs. milk. roffee
 luncheon -- Rirrd potatoes with ,eg~tsb}e b0rde- nuit salad, toast Aj muf7os. milk Iaa
 Dinner -- rrm cocktail. baked nam. Elacs sweet potatoes rraamei caullr~wer, stuffed pepper saI1d, steamed b.uebe-w pulling whole whea, bread mix, co~"e
 Chrdre7 dntar fx years of age should not b. served tno ham, swe.' potatoes, salAi or pudding :o- the'r dinner. The ,ettuce of tna ha!Ad. The fruit cocktail. the cauU- tlow-r and he 5reAd RnG mNk fur rish we! oa)snced meal 'n, juniors 0. sour or Eve years. RloAd Potatocs with Vegetable
 ltortlcr . Eve or sir potatoes, i teaspoon sat, Is teaspoon pepper, tab.e- spoon butter. l-2 c'ip milk, { table areons grated ehr.se, : teaspoon siustari. pApHkA
 Pare potatoes and cook until ."r- Ger. IyrLH a.od nash well stAson
New Britain herald., 1925-08-31
Your Health How to Keep It.
 Causes of Illness
BY DIR. $. CUNNING Surgeon General, United Slstcs Public Health Scrti2p

Public Health Scrsi2u
 In very early times 1t was ob- served that tuberculosis was more apt to occur at certain ages and under certain conditions ot living, Hippocrates, the father of medicine, noted that it was most frequent be- tween the ages of eighteen and thirty-flve. It is common knowledge now among physicians that any cause which weakens the individual Iessens his resistance and predis- poses to tuberculois. A powerful phyique is not necessarily a safe guard.
 There Is growing conviction that infection in tuberculosis usual ly occurs in childhood
 The younger the child and the more intimate the contact and the more prolonged the exposure the greater is the danger. It is esti mated that about 10 per cent of all deaths among children under fifteen years of age are due to ta- borcuIosis in some form.
 The relation of early infection to tuberculosis in later life is impor- tant, II Is believed that most peo- nle are infected before the age of sixteen.
 Between the ages of twenty and forty about one-third of all deaths are due 10 tuberculosis.
 II is most frequent among the poor because they cannot avoid fatigue nor nurse minor ailments nor escape other diseases which rredispose to infection. Nor can they house and feed themselves in | manner 10 strengthen their re- sistance 10 the germ.
 Th" poverty stricken worker, the struggling student, the religious re- cluso, the roue and the rounder, the dissolute spondthrlft. the miser, fho ascotic, the chronically tired business man, and the over amused society girl are predisposed 10 tu- horculOsis through unWise Or un- worthy exhaustion Of physical re sources.
 Lack of Proper Food Blamed
 The first prcdisposing cause cf tuberculosis Ia lack of proper food In the average American home too little time is given to the study Of ohildron's diet during the first ten years Of child life and even when food Is properly prepared for chill lren t must not be forgotten that ,t often takes time and patience to induce a playful, active child 10 eat proper things in sufficient quantity and at tho proper time. The capitalist who hastily con sumes 2 scartv breakfast of toast and coff"". Uorks busily all day in his o0icc with only a nasty lunch st noon. is not well fed even though he consumes full meal in the evening and has a little lunch after the thcatCr and may have taken in the course of the day a greater quantity Of food than he actually needs.
 The child who refuses al table uholosomc articles of food such as broad and butter vegetables and meat cannot maintain a satisfsc- tory degree of nourishment.
 A lack of knowledge of food val uAs IS very common. especially iu cities where the products Of the daIicatcssen shop attracting the eve and th" palato tempt the housewife of moderate circumstances 10 give dcltcatesscn shop products rrece. dence over wholesome soups, vege. tables, roastS and stews from tht home kitchen.
 Tuberculosis Is Contagious
 Al the present time there sr, many peo7le who still do not know
New Britain herald., 1925-08-31

ul'h s7H porrar hlrtcr oud mil, 'll hat unu hchI. Tut through a li"'r making d rlounl on holt- praof V'attrr NlN mustard and paprlla and sprinkle over tbo top of the ro'a'oes. Int into a hot oven long enough to melt the cheese. Surround with a border of now h''ts. string heaus, carrots and ]ovorot'rs of caUDIfou,r well sca- ~1n'l with butter. Sor,o ,"rv hot. trop1rEh'. to"5. NrA Service,
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New Britain herald., 1925-08-31

TGers arr more ter,phones in 1o An'rh"u states than all other couu- 'r.-s rr'uNntl.
New Britain herald., 1925-08-31

The next story: Jenny Wren De- lends Herself"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
KenOshan's Father
Died at Valparaiso
The Rev. A. G.. Wilson Widely Known
to Kenosha People Died on Mon
day at Indiana City.

Messages received in Kenosha today
announced the death of the Rev. A,
G. Wilson long prominent among Con-
gregational ministers of Wisconsin
and former resident of Kenosha
which occurred on Monday at Val
poraiso, Ind.
Mr.. Wilson was seventy four years
of age and he had given much of his
life to the ministry of the Congrega-
tional church in Wisconsin. He serv-
ed pastorates of eight years each at
Rhinelander and Waupun and for
many years he served as chaplain at
the state prison at the latter place.
He was also in charge of church work
at Darlington and Plymouth, Wis, and
he gave up his work at Plymouth when
failing health forced him to retire
from the ministry. Following his re-
tirement from active church work he
resided with his son r. G. Wilson jim
Kenosha for year and was widely
known to members of the Congrega-
tional Church in Kenosha. During
the last two years he had made his
home with his daughter in Valparaiso
Surviving are his widow, the one
daughter Mrs. Emil Burkholz of Val
poraiso and-one son r. G. Wilson of
Kenesha. The funeral services will be
held at Waupun on Wednesday after
noon and interment will be at the
family plot at the cemetery there.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
Two Liquor Cases Result
ing from Scholey Raids
in Court Today.
BOTH FIGHT CHARGES
Michael KlOburkas of Silver
Lake Hotel and John Schmidt
Both Plead Not Guilty.

Raids made by Constable John Scho-
ley in Kenosha county were the basis
for two cases called in municipal
court this morning before Judge John
C. Slater.
Michael Kloburkas, proprietor of
the Silverlake hotel, resort raided
by Scholey several weeks ago, was in
court to fight the charge of having
liquor in his possession. Constable
Scheley and his raiding party found
complete line of WHISTLES, gin, wine,
alcohol and other pre-Volsteadian
beverages in closet of the hotel. Klo-
burkas has entered plea of not gull
ty, his attorney alleging that the
search warrant carried by Constable
Scholey gave him no right to enter
the hotel but merely the barroom.
Move for Dismissal.
Attorney Edward F. Ruetz, repre-
senting the defendant, put a motion
before the court that the charge be
dismissed because of this reason.
Judge Slater set January End as the
date for hearing argument on this mo-
ton. District Attorney Morris Bar
nett represented the state in the case.
The other case in which a Scholey
raid featured was an echo of the raid
made on the State Line hotel last Sat-
urday when another ample supply of
varied liquors was coniscateds John
Schmidt, proprietor of the resort,
came into court this morning and
pleaded not guilty. He was released
on $1,000 bonds with January 9Th set
as the date for preliminary hearing.
To File Written Charges.
Constable Scholey had little COM
ment to make this morning regarding
his run-in with Chief of Police Logan,
which became public yesterday. He
did state, however, that he intended
to file written charges regarding the
case before the city manager and
would demand hearing before him
acting as police and fire commits
sion. $
Meanwhile all angles of the affair
are being Investigated!