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New Britain herald., 1926-02-01
Menus for he Family

Breakfast Stcned dried apricots, cereal, thin cream. crisp whole wheat toast, codftsl and potato puff, milk. coffee.
 Lunchoon-Bacon and lettuce sandwiches. stramcI fig pudding, milk, tea.
 pinncr-SralJopcd mutton. but tered brussels sprouts tcllied fruit salad whole wheat bread, milk coffee.
 The scallopod mutton is a com. binaUon dish furnishing both pro- tein and carbohydrates.
 No dessert is planned for 'l" lln- nor menu, inc frwt salad making sweet unnecessary,
 This steamed fig pudding is lif- 10 unusual and tho saUrc is SO simple that i's worth remembering Ouc-'hird cup butter, 2-3 cnr sugar, 2 pes. 1-o cup milk, 2 cups flour. togspoons baking powder IA teaspoon eult. cup chopped figs. l teaspoons vanilla.
 Cream wl'cr 4ud beat in sugar. Stir in " tablespoons flour. Add voiks of ,s@s well heatcn. Mix and sif' floEr, salt md baking powder and add alternately with milk 10 first mixture. Sir in figs and fold in th" whites of tNo crg beaten un- til stiff and dry. Turn into individ- ual wel}-hut'crrl mclds and steam 45 minutes. lnmold and serve warm with '1y following sauce.
 Orange sauce
 Two og~e. 1 cup sugar, 2 t"a- spoons v-atca orange rind. { table spoons or~"Ce juice.
 Reat errs until light with q dow CT heater. Heat in sugar and grat- cd rind. Toat in orange juice and -ervo. Tho r~lit juice will thin the sanoo slightly.
 tCopyright 1926. %EA Service.
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New Britain herald., 1926-02-01

TOT the Goshawk. Ii is had enough 10 have Terror around. I hops this fellow won't stay long"
 Nanny has made a very good guess. Butcher the Shrike didn't be- long there. But the winter in the north was very severe and so Butch CT had come down in the hope of finding easier living.
 Nanny felt quite safe down under the snow. She promptly began dig ging a little tunnel She din't know where she was digging 10. but it didn't matter much. because she felt pretty sure that sooner or later she would find something 10 eat. There was the bark of young fruit trees, anyway. She could always lie sure Of that. She didn't know that when she ate fl she was getting in mis- chief. You see, to Nanny young fruit tree was no different from any other young tree. That Is to say, she
New Britain herald., 1926-02-01

"Tell me" he caught her chin with his hand to lift her eyes to his, "tll nc, do you still love harry?'
 She tried to look at him steadily, but her lips tremblod, Her eyes fcll and she covered them with her hands,
 "lcs, Jimmy, love him. | M' ways will love him, Oh, why, why did this awful thing -'' Sh" could go no farther She threw her arms down on tho piano keys, -, They struck n strange, harsh sound, ., Her face buried in her arms, she gave way to long suppressed tears.
 Jimmy was pacing the floor ."God'" he cried softly Cod"
 He was at her side, his arm around her. Poor Sis ho mnr' mured "roor Barry"
 That night Jimmy left for Bridge
New Britain herald., 1926-02-01

didn't know why she shouldn't eat the bark of young fruit tree if she could eat the bark of young trees or bushes growing wild.
 Of course, after a bit, Nanny be- gan to wonder what had become of Danny Meadow Mouse. She was lonesome. She wanted Danny. Hell never know where l am," thought Nanny. "I do hope Bmck Pussy didn't catch him. I don't believe she did. Danny is smart. He has fooled her again. But l would like 10 know where he is"
 So Nanny dug her way up and climbed out on the crust to look about. She couldn't look far. because it was just dusk. It was the hour that mice like to move about and Nanny had il in mind to go back and look for Danny. She was sitting close to the trunk of q young fruit tree, trying to make up her mind if it was safe to go look for Danny. q believe it is" she said 10 her self. That bird that tried 10 catch me this afternoon probably has gone to bed. I don't believe Black Pussy is around now. l believe I'll run back right away 10 look for Danny" ."
 And just as she thought this, or said it 10 herself, she heard sound right ur over her head that made her hold her breath. It was a queer little snap. Nanny didn't have to hc told what it was She had heard it before. She wished now that she Wal safely under the crust If she could have stopped the beating Of her heart she would have. You see, she knew that right mp over her head in that very tree under whihc she was sitting was Spooky the Screech Owl. She knew that that snapping sound was made by Spooky with his bill,
 Nanny shivered and shivcred and shook all over; but aside from that shaking she didn't move. She knew better than 10 move. She-knew that as long as she didn't move Spooky's big eyes probably would not see her. But she knew that if she moved ever so little those big eyes very like i ly would see her.
 i And so Nanny Meadow Mouse sat on the snow. close 10 the trunk of the tree. and up above her, in the top of inc tree. sat Spooky the Screech Owl. And there they sat, and sat, and sat. for the longest time. One was wanting with all his might fat mouse for dinner, The other was wanting with all her might 10 keep from being that din ner.
 (Copyright, 1926. hy T. W. Burgess
 The next story: The Despair oi
 Nanny Meade. Mouse"
New Britain herald., 1926-02-01

Nanny Meadow Mouse had learn ed something, She had learned that in winter time there was a new enemy to watch out for. She had learned that a harmless looking bird might prove to be 6 dangerous ene- my. You see, she had just escaped from Butcher the Shrike.
 T wonder where that fellow came from" thought Nanny as she watched him catch one of the chil- dren of Bully, the English sparrow. He certainly doesn't belong around here. No, sir, he doesn't belong around here. think he must have come down from the land of Ter
New Britain herald., 1926-02-01

1 Jimmy" $he turned to her brother, her gray eyes seeking his, Jimmy, you go.'
 Janet is right" said Jimmy. He was holding his mothers trembling hand. ', . patting it. | Their car-the chief mourners'-- 1 had stopped in front of the Rand home. Jimmy helped his mother out and led her up the board walk ! Henry Rand's board walk that he had so stubbornly preserved in the 1 face of the family's united ridiculo and pleas for cement one. The shabby walk seemed strangely dear 1 10 them now.
 He accompanied his mother straight to her room. where she lay down on the bed. exhausted.
 About our finances, Mother, I've got about a thousand dollars saved up and I've had most of it trans- ferred to a checking account in Janet's name. She'll have to he the man of the family now.
 "I'ye got enough to last me until , I get a job in Bridgeport. I'm not going to touch your bank account i here. Nou'll need it. Then, there's 1 the insurance; it isn't very much. but it's enough to keep mp the pay Imonts on tho house and take care of you for quite while"
 Barry had left and Janet was alone in the living room when Jimmy came down stairs. She was seated on the piano bench, her back 10 the keyboard, staring fiNedly al the rug. She was dejected look ing figure. her chin cuppcd in one 1 hand, the other lying limp in her lap.
 What's the matter, Sis?" Jimmy tried to put some of the old time : light -heartedncss in his voice,
 "T've broken with Barry, Jimmy" She was still staring at the floor. The words were flat, toneless.
 "You've what" He was staggered. You mean that Barry"
 NO, Jimmy, Barry didn't; I did"
 "Well, what in the name of heav- cn-what was it, q quarrel? Oh. you1l make it up, Sis, you'll make 1 it up"
 There was no quarrel, Jimmy" " Her voice was harely more than a whisper. She lifted her head and turned to face him. \
 'I simply told him. Jimmy, that couldn't marry him as long as this this thing was over us. told you before cant stand pity. People will say he married me out of sym pathy. Well. they cant say it now"
 Well, gosh all hemlock. Sis. peo- pie knew you were engaged"
 "Oh. don't you understand, Jim my? You do, you do. I know. Cant you understand that with the uotoricty and all and the-the dis grace that hangs over us until this thing is cleared up, that I simply cant go through with it?"
 "I think l do. Sis" His lean jaw had set again.
 She said, almost fiercely: If I cant bring him a name as free from reproach as his own. we'll never marry"
 Jimmy was running through the sheet music above the piano key board. He felt tremendously sorry for his sister. . Idly, he noticed that the topmost sheet bore the title, Woodland Sketches"
 He turned from the piano, show ing his hands in his pockets. How did Barry take it, Sis ."
 He told me l had entirely the wrong perspective. He told-he told me I was fool"
 50 you are, Sis, just a little fool We both are. I guess" He patted her shoulder. For the first time since the shock of Henry Rand's death Janet was visibly moved.
 Don't worry. Sis. we'll see this thing through somehow, l know
New Britain herald., 1926-02-01
Your Health How to Keep It.
 Causes of Illness
(B YDR. FUCHS. CUMMlNG) Surgeon General, U. s. Public
 Health Service

Plague Is primarily a disease of rats and certain other rodent ani- mals. such as the ground squirrel ip the United States and the marmot, burrowing rodent of Russia and China.
 The disease occurs in human be- ings in three forms, first the bu- honic, which Is the most common form so far in recent times, sec ond the septicaemic which usually occurs side by side with the bu- bonic type, and third the pneumonia, the most fatal of all types and the one person to another, particularly among persons who are poorly fed, poorly housed and huddled together in overcrowded, insanitary places of abode.
 The bubonic and septicaenic types can hardly be said 10 be contagious the pneumcnic type under bad sanitary and poor economic condi- tions is very contagious.
 FleaS Carry It
 If the bubonic and septicaemic types are not contagious, how, it has been asked. do human beings get the disease? The answer is through infected tleas-usually cer- tain very definite species Of fleas that have fed on infected rodents, particularly rats.
 The chief manifestation of the bu- bonic type is the bubo or enlarged tender, swollen gland-hence the name, bubonic. The septicaemic type is the one in which the plague germ enters the blood stream directly and the patient is overwhelmed and dies usually In q very short time In from ?4 hours or less to two or three days.
 The pneumonia type is recoguiz- ed by the symptoms of pneumonia and the blood tinged sputum which is teeming with plague germs, IL is impossible 10 estimate tho number of people who have died of plague in ages past, though the fig urcs certainly run into hundreds of millions. II is estimated that more than ten million human beings have died of plague in the last 25 or 30 i years.
 The future of plague in the United States IS hard to predict, The dis eaae is present in 4o countries at the present time. Approximately quar- , ter of a million cases of human plague were reported from all coun- tries last year. Rats readily carry 1 the disease from one country 10 an l other, on board ship, and there is ] hardly ship built that does not l harbor rats in large numbers.
 Must Eight Rodents The fight against the bubonic and the septicaemic types Of the plague is a fight against rodents, chiefly rats. Rats can he fought ef- 1 Actively in only one way. namely, hy the rat-proofing Of buildings, pre- , ferahly at fhe time the buildings are constructed Ships also ought to be made as nearly rat proot as possible.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-01
Afadse Begins Operation with n zes,

Madge Begins Operation with n Fest
 When, at last, l found myself alone in the apartment which Edith Fairfax had found for us, and which just had toll her l would take for the winter, l drew deep breath as might a swimmer who Just had completed gruelling race. For there had been all the clements Of u bitterly contested race in that camouhaged colloquy of ours, and | could not help tho heady know ledge that mine had been the vc- tory--'a poor thing" but decidedly mine own"
 She had gone away, genuinely bewldered at my apparent willing ness to throw her into Dicky's com pany, and ] was sure that within her heart was a little feeling of fear of the effect upon Dcky when he should learn of my intention to Tive my own life," from an econo. mic standpoint. The knowledge ef- fectually banished the prejudice ] had conceived against the apart ment because Edith had found it. IL was with feeling of genuine pleasure that I walked to the im- mense bay window and, sitting down upon the cushioned window seat gave myself up for an absorbed minute to the picture the windows framed.
 Madge Takes An Inventory
 Just below me a narrow stretch of turf, dotted with young trees marked the division between the broad boulevard which Is Riverside Drive and the narrow one-way lane provided for motor cars directly in front of the apartment buildings Countless cars and buses and the luxurious long distance coaches floAted up and down the Drive in rythmic, never-ending procession; but my eyes did not finger upon these. nor yet upon the people sit- ting upon the benches and walking along the parkway beyond the Drive.
 All my lifo I have been almost pagan in my adoration of the beauty which lies in large bodies Of water Now the sight of the mighty Hud- son, ruffled into breaker-like waves bv the wind and sparkling in the sunlight against the background ot Jersey Hills, gave me one or the rare and exquisite moments "hlch are occasionally vouchsafed beauty lovers. And to think that 1t was 10 be my daily portion for many weeks to come! For the minute l torgave Faith Fairfax all the uneasiness she had caused me, in my gratitude 10 her for the opportunity she had g'V- en us.
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either of us could possibly nave done.
 But why am l sitting here talk ing of things that are past ana dead things that l never intended to resurrect?"
 You have not resurrected then1' Paula. The past can never die while our boy lives"
 Don't say that. Jack. don't want to talk 10 you Of anything but 1 the barest commonplaces and be- cause involuntarily we will go back to the old days every time we meet, after the picture Is taken. never intend 10 look upon your face again if can help It."
 Paula, Paula, what do you mean"
 Jack, don't you see that you and I are as far apart as the poles? You have Leslie and both your children in your life and have nothing. Go. Go. I can stand no more"
 John Alden Prescott walked away with bowed head and tagging step. Just what be was thinking, no one will ever know. but If, his face told the story, his thoughts were far from pleasant.
 In few moments, Paula Perier hunted Sally Atherton at the flow CT booth and then, from the other side of the thick screen of flowers which had stood behind them, Lea lie Prescott arose and wiped her eyes, before she. too, left the place.
 Copyright. 1926, NEA Service,
 Incl TOMORROW: Night Letter from Paula Pcrier to Karl Whitney.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-01

What is the treatment for plague? :? Unfortunately, in the pneumonia and septicaemic types of this dis- ease, almost nothing can be done. In the bubonic type, fresh anti plague serum should be given free ly as early In the course of the dis ease as possible.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-01

how Henry Rand came to be in that room in the Garfield Hotel"
 "Jaurt," There was rcnl pain in Barry's voice. Not that Janet, Anyone who know your tather--"
 "They all didn't know him as well as you did," she interrupted. "rhcyn be sorry, but they'll won. der, They'll talk about thc dis grace, as they'll call it, and thcy'Il pity Mother and me, I tell you," she cried ficrccly, "I don't want pity. | want 10 know,
New Britain herald., 1926-02-01

"1he shame, Why Janet, what do you mean?" It was Barry.
 You knQw very well what mean, Barry. You're ia friend"
 Well, l hope. sol" cried Barry,
 You were very close 10 father.' she continued, speaking rapidly and still looking out of the window. "and It may not occur to you what other people, who didn't know him are bound to think.
 "Oh, l know!" she cried. "Theyll he sympathetic. but just the same they'll lift their eyebrows when we're not present and want to know
New Britain herald., 1926-02-01
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"I think he should go, loo, Mother" This from Janet who was staring, WhItc-faced, out of the ear window,
 Her left hand clrnched and un- cIcnched norvously. "lf were u man, nothing could keep me from going" she burst forth, "lf | were Jimmy. I'd devote the rest of my life, If necessary, 10 running down th0t--that ticnd.
 "The cruelty Of itr- and the shame" shc cried.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-01
Nanny's Next Adventure
By Thornton w. Burgess

It Is my gain In every way If one thing I have learned today.
 Nanny Meadow Mouse.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-01
How
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 "KOTEX" is a new and remark able way . five times as absorbent as ordinary cotton pads.
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New Britain herald., 1926-02-01
Berry Ntunins

Plain wheat muffins are much improved by the addiSbn Of raisins.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-01

There's nothing like q white lace collar 10 make the black silk frock ornamental as well as serviceable. This one has black velvet band outlining it and forming the tie. The shape is very different and be- coming.
New Britain herald., 1926-02-01

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New Britain herald., 1926-02-01
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THE RAIN FAIRY

TERRAIN FAIRY ONE night the rain Sas coming V down in long lines, and drip ing softly from the fir.bough&
 Outside Roscmar's window stood a Fairy. She vas very vet Her hair lay flat about her tiny head.
 Do come ln,T said Rosemary eagerly, as she raised the window. -rll give you my clean hanky 10 wrap up in.
 so lhe Fairy wrapped up Tn. dian Fashion" and sat humming faiD tune while Rosemary got ready for bed.
 Then the moon osme out and .yf1l ,he lew on her way, t.H But first she carefully 1.,' folded Rosemay's hspky and ,s lefi Il on the Nlndow-SllL i3 &NI -l..zsss..,.1 W J)f1-r
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New Britain herald., 1926-02-01

The next story: The Despair Of Nanny Meadow Mouse"
New Britain herald., 1926-10-12
SAMMY MANDELL PEEYED
 AT HOME TOWN FOLKS
Doesn't Think They Have Wor- shipped Sufficiently at His
 Shrine

Rockford. H.. Oct. 12 H1-Sam- my Mandell, light weight champion Of he world. stung by the failure Of his fellow citizens to turn out in large numbers for his ten round fight with Joe lawson of Milwaukee here last Friday night, will here after he from Chicago" he an nounCos.
 Mandcll complained Of heckling from various sources among his fel- low townsmon and pointed out that he Is still under a $l,o0O peace bond as q result of his efforts to put on an amateur boxing show here over a year ago.
 Ifs just been grief here for me. ' said Mardell. "A lot of people tried 10 stop the celebration they staged for mo after the Sid Ferris fight Then I was indicted like criminal for putting on exhibition bouts here.
 "I had to do a lot Of arguing to appear here last Friday night. Ed die Kane (his managor) didn't want mo 10. But l wanted to fight once before the home folks. l won the argument and then he had a crowd of less than 500 and good many Of them were from out Of town.'
New Britain herald., 1926-10-12
INDUSTRIAL BASKETBALL
 LEAGUE WILL SWING INTO
 FIGHT WITH EIGHT TEAMS
COLUMBIA WINNER,
 SKIPPER CREDITED
Pines Seamanship Takes First
 in Fishing Schooner Event

Gloucester. Mass, Oct. 12 Pt- i With the schooner Columbia lead l ing by one race in the series for the cham pionship of the American fish ing fleet, it became known today that the probability of an interna- tional contest for this year depended largely upon the victory of that yes- sel in the struggle.
 Captain Ben Pine skipper and chief owner of the Columbia, an- nounced last night after his vessel had defeated the schooner Henry
 Ford in the first Of three races to determine an American champion. that If successful he would immedi- ately challenge for the International fishermans trophy That trophy has been held by the Halifax N S. com mittee since the 1923 cham pionship series ended without decision. Cana dian schooners will meet off Hal- fax later this month 10 determine the logical contender for interna- tional honors.
 This ancient fishing city wonder ing for three years whether the O. lumhia or the Henry Ford was the fleetest vessel of the banks fleet Istill was undecided today. In q hard fought contest yesterday the Colum- hia finished first by only one minute and four seconds over 40 mile course and credit for the victory went 10 Ben Pines superior seaman ship.
 Races today and tomorrow were relied upon 10 settle definitely the question whether the Ford or the Columbia ranked as the fastest ves- sel of the fishing fleet. In a heavy blow yesterday the Columbia showed her heels to her opponent. but the Ford developed greater speed in lighter airs.
 Pine and Clayton Morrisscy, skip pers Of the Columbia and Henry Ford respectively expressed mutual respect for their opponents and equal seamanship.
 Today it was rumored in Glou- cester that Ben Pine, sportsman ex- traordinary of this fishing city was sailing his last race. The skipper would not confirm it. but many of his friends said Pine would never again take the wheel of a schooner in a formal contest. It was argued that Pine had promised 10 challenge for the international fishermans tro- phy should his vessel win in the present series. The answer 10 that was that in such an event Pine would offer the helm Of the Columbia to his adversary and friend Clayton Morrissey. That is the sort of thing they were saying in Gloucester to- dav
New Britain herald., 1926-10-12
PROS NOT BARRED
 IN CHURCH LEAGUE
Bowling Circuit to Get Under
 Way October 21

The matter of professionalism, which has troubled the Inter- Church league since it's inception, was passed over at the meeting of the board Of managers last night at the Y. M. c. A. and it was voted that the league should not concern itself with professionalism but al low all regular church members to play, whether or not they had aC cepted money in athletics. This was in effect a resembling of the rule which operated during the baseball season and q return to that of last winter.
 A further change was made in regard to the composition of the various teams. II was voted not to limit the size of the squad from each church eligible to represent that church in any sport. This change was suggested 10 allow all coaches to use their full squads throughout the season and to pre- vent constant changes in the lists of eligib!es filed with the secretary,
 The bowling league will begin it's second season on Thursday eve ming, October q, al the Fraternity alleys. This winter the league will consist of at least seven teams, from the Red White and Blue armies Of the Everymans Bible class. the First Lutheran church, Trinity M. E. church, First Bap- list church, and kcnsinEton Con- gregational church. It is hoped 10 secure an eighth entrant. either the Genman Baptist church or South Congregational church. A schedule committee, consisting of Frank keiffer, Herbert Carlson and Wal ter Nelson, was appointed, to re. port back next week.
 Basketball discussion went over week, and another meeting for handling this sport was called for next Monday al the |. W. C. A.