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New Britain herald., 1926-08-12

then for some time they couldn't see that anything was happening. But by and by that starfish let go of the shell and began to crawl away. They could see down into that partly opened shell.
 Reddy looked at Jimmy and Jim my looked at Reddy and they both looked down at that half-opened shell. There was nothing in it. No. sir, there was nothing in it. It was as empty as shell could be. Again Reddy looked at Jimmy and Jim- my looked at Reddy.
 Do you suppose said Reddy. that that shell was empty all the time. and that that was the reason 1t opened so easily?'
 Jimmy Skunk shook his head NO" said he, in a most decided way. 'I have seen a lot of oysters and a lot of oyster shells. Empty shells are never closed tight that way. There certainly was an oyster in that shell. It looks to me very much as if that oyster had been eat en right under our very noses. Look. there comes another one of those things. Let's watch him."
 Sure enough, another big starfish came creeping into view. Jimmy and Reddy watched. This one passed right over the empty custer shell without paying any attention to it. But when it reached the next oster, it stopped. Reddy and Jimmy saw it fold it's arms about this oyster. Then, as a reward for patient watch- ing. they saw precisely the same thing happen that happened with the flrst oyster and the starfish. Slowly, very slowly, the shell opened. When it had become open wide enough. the starish was very busy for a while, although it seemed to be just resting there. By and by it moved away and it left an empty shell. Then Reddy and Jimmy knew be- yond q doubt that somehow those starfish opened the oysters and ate them. As q matter of fact, the star fish are the worst enemies of the oysters. They also feed on other kinds of shellhsh, but they are par | ticularly fond of oysters.
 The starfish Reddy and Jimmy had watched was the common star fish. but there are many kinds. Some of them are very large and others are quite small. The common star | fish has five arms, though some times it may have six or seven. But there are starfish with a great many arms.
 | Copyright, 1926. by T. W. Burgcss) The next story: "A Starfish Loses m Arm"
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
If You Are In Doubt About a Color scheme, Select One of the
 New Yellow Greens.

Chief among the new colors is a soft, medium green, not the reseda or pistache tone featured in the spring, but a new shade with glints of yellow through 1t. While this particular green is found in sports clothes. it is most effective In warm weather street ensembles-the type of costume, for instance, sketched today.
 Suits or. frocks intended for wear in town during the warm days of late summer should be slightly formal in both line and coloring. They should also be cool-looking as well as cool For this reason green is the choice of well-dressed women on account of It's adaptability. In pistache or Nile tones it makes delightful country costumes, in the almond and chatreuse shades it is an ex- cellent medium for the between
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
Menus for the Family

Breakfast; Sliced peaches with cream. cereal, top milk. plain ome- let. crisp bran oast. milk. coffee.
 Luncheon: Cream of spinach soup, croutons, combination salad, graham bread. lemonade.
 Dinner: Watermelon cocktail, fried chicken, steamed rice, creamed onions, cucumber salad. baking pow der biscuits. sponge cake, raspberry parfait milk, coffee.
 Since cream soup is served lem onade is suggested in place of milk and tea in the luncheon menu.
 Stewed prunes, fruit juice or ap- | ples In some form should be provid- ed for children six years of age for breakfast. Peaches, delicious as they are, are hard fruit for small tum- mics to digest unless the fruit is thoroughly cooked.
 Combination Salad Four thin slices bacon. small to- matoes, head lettuce. 1 cup cooked green beans few drops onion juice, sour cream dressing.
 Wash lettuce, crisp and dry. Shred |
 three or four of the outer leaves and combine with the beans sprinkled with onion juice. Chill. Scald. pool and chill tomatoes. Cut bacon in half-inch pieces and broil until crisp and brown. Arrange 1 beans and shredded lettuce on bed of the inner leaves of lettuce and sprinkle with the crisp snips of bacon. Cut tomatoes in quarters and arrange around the bean salad mix | ture. Serve with sour cream dressing made by whipping 1 cup of chilled sour cream until solid. Add table spoon sugar, ] teaspoon salt, l-2 teaspoon ground mustard and i-4 teaspoon paprika mixed and sifted. Beat in tablespoons lemon juice and tablespoon vinegar and chill. 1 Copyright, 1926, NEA Service,
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
BY NINON-

he was much relieved at the thought that for some weeks at least we would not go abroad.
 ''I shall advise" he said. that to- morrow you and Miss Meredith go to Mir. Elkins and ask when the ac- counting will be ready. If you see or hear anything that you think is at all dubious, manage to telephone to my fathers office. l will be there most of the morning and l will i'm mediately interest Dad in the mat ter"
 But, Jerry" I remonstrated. "are you sure that you want to tell your father. You know he is a friend of Mir. Robinson's. Why. l really got my job at the Morton Department Store because I mentioned your fathers name"
 No. you didn't, my dear. You got your job at Morton's because that old fool liked your looks. My father isn't such friend of that man that you need to worry about him.
 "You've never understood Dad, Judy. And by the way, dear, there are lots of things about life you have vet to learn. I dove your courage and enthusiasm and your undaunted way of marching into things, but ] have worried myself sick since ] have known you for fear that you would come a cropper.' Dad is a pretty good old scout" why. Jerry, I don't see how you can say that. You know what he told me about you"
 "Yes, yes, I know. He told you all those things about me, for he knew I was in love with you and he didn't want you to marry me. You see, my dear, Dads wife and my mother. more is the pity-deserted him and me when I was only year old; consequently, Dad thinks that l would be committing something worse than hari har. to marry any one.
 "Love 'em and leave 'em' is poor mistaken Dads motto. But you can hardly blame him, can you? | (Copyright, 1926. by NEA Service.)
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
Ouicksands of Love Adele Garrison's New Phase of
 Repeldfions Of q Wife -

He rose and walked around the table, my sheaf of notes in his nand. There he stood towering above me. looking down at me with inscrutabIe eyes.
 "Docs It Please You'
 That is of secondary import ance," he said surprisingly. Docs 1t please you? That is the first ques- tion."
 A puzzled second or two winged past me before I caught his mean ing. Employing me because of my long study Of history and my knowl- edge of it, he wanted no possible trucking on my part to his possible preiudices or those of anyone else in his organization. Of course I knew that he was his own court of last resort, but the knowledge that he wished me to adhere only to my own ideas and ideals banished fear which had been mine, and I answer= ed his question promptly and joy ously.
 "Yes, it does" l said. T know of no piece of work I ever have done that has satisfied me more. But am afraid I have taken rather dras- tic liberties with the script in some places"
 He smiled enigmatically.
 "Yes, I am afraid you have" he said, "but I'll keep Bladner away from you until he has time to calm down. It's no more than he expects when he does q script, however, for me. He's the last word in his line. but, when he is in fine frenzy and wants a certain effect, he is capable of putting a negro spiritual into the mouth of medieval monk"
 I was more relieved than I cared to show, for I knew the exalted reputation of Theodore Bladner, the author of the lines which I had been compelled to change in order to pre- serve the historical accuracy of the dialogue. Repeatedly he had used words and expressions which had not been coined for a century or two after the supposed period of the action, and though I had been aghast at my own temerity. l had censored the thing relentlessly. I had substi- tuted phrasings historically accur- ate trying as best l could not to spoil the wonderful art with which Bladner had wrought. But even though my passion for accuracy and my memory of Philip Veritzen's in structions enabled me to complete my task, I had felt almost as if I had committed a sacrilege. There fore, the unqualified approval of the master fas most gratifying to me.
 Copyright, 1926, by Newspaper Feature Service, Inc.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
Read this, Girls: FreCk|es Melt Away In Four Days

Just apply this wonderful cream "a new discovery - and in four days your freckles are all gone simply melted away.
 Not only that, but this four day treatment leaves the skin clean and clear and youthful looking. So that you will not have to risk your mon- ey, Axelrod's Pharmacy and Crow ell's Drug Store or any live drug gist will return you the purchase price if It fails. Just ask for Flyte. It's just what freckled women have long prayed for.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
HER!QWN HER, ) WAY
 bYa Girl of Today

working on il for some time. II looks rather strange to me that he has not served some sort of notice on her and her brother that on such a day a settlement of accounting would be made.
 T think. Judy. my dear, that you haev projected yourself into a new job already"
 As Jerry said this, that queer lit- tle crooked smile. which always gave me tiny heart throb. curled up al the corner of his mouth. and 1 knew
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12

oyster. How he did it. they didn't understand, but they saw him do it.. What he really did was to pull that oyster open. Then when that oyster was opened sufficiently, MT. Starfish simply turned his stomach wrong side out over that oyster inside the shell, and that was the end of the oyster.
 All that Reddy and Jimmy could see was that that starllsh seemed to De very busy about something. They were so interested that they forgot all about everything else. They saw that shell forced open and
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
sfadge Assists tn Making a Play
 Historically Correct.


 Historically Correct.
 "hrs. Grahsmi"
 "Yes, Mr. Feri:zen."
 We were seated. ;he great pro- drcsr and I, at opposite sides 0. the b;g desk in bss private office. It was the fast tiale had seen him since he had given me the script of his fcr;hccmiag pas=ant-drama. Mind ful of h,5 porting injunction, I had not come h2cl. 10 the Feritzen of- fees uAIil I fad nroved to my own SA.ist6ctiou, at least, that 1t con- taiucd nc tir.est historical inaccur- acy. 1'i:c tas= nR1 hcEn TO light one, ard had ifYolveI endless research. I knew tl;st vas on .rial, that l had 10 re1utati5r in dramatic lore Ia :all pack :lpoa, and l had worked Hron it assiduously. I had taken from 1t only :he minimum of time necessary for sleep upon shorten ed schedule, for meals far more frugal than my ordinary diet. and for the rapid walk which I took every morning along the paths of the park below Riverside Drive. And now with tensed nerves and beating heart, I waited the famous mans verdict upon the result of my labors.
 'You Have Done Good Work"
 I had made no corrections upon the copy itself, beyond tiny red figures indicating corresponding ones upon the sheaf of papers compris- ing the report which l had handed him. With only a perfunctory cour- teous word of acknowledgement, he had taken them from me, motioned me to a seat, and had then gone through them with meticulous delib- eration. So quiet had been the aus terely beautiful room, with it's sound proof doors and walls, that his voice at last speaking my name startled me into quavering reply which made me fiercely angry at myself for the nervousness it be- trayed, That he noticed my tremors knew by the sudden keen glance he gave me. I knew also by an all most imperceptible twinkle in his black eyes that my trepidation amused him.
 You have done good piece of work here" he said slowly. T am well pleased"
 l caught my breath in a gasp of relief which was almost sob. Like all tyros, this first piece of work was of tremendous importance to me, and I had waited for his opin- ion with somewhat the feeling of a prisoner on trial waiting for jury verdict.
 "I am very glad that 1t has pleas- ed you" I managed to say after a second or two.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12

of 29 Lane Street, Paterson, N. J., writes: "I can not speak too highly of your medicine and recommend 1t to all my friends"
 These statements were taken from two enthusiastic letters which tell of the help that has been received from using the Vegetable Compound. Both Mrs. Shoup and Mrs. Storms were In rundown condition which caused them much unhappiness. When women are suffering from lack of strength and from weakness, their own life and that of their fam fly is affected, When they feel we'll and strong and are able to do their homework easily, happy homes arc the result.
 Are you on the Sunlit Road to Better Health?
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12

season street ensemble.
 The practical little outfit shown today is faille crepe in yellowish green. Contrasting notes are fur nished by the colar cuffs and the pockets ornamented with decora- tive stitching in darker green and gold.
 The hat is green suede, also trimmed with a bit of gold en- brodery.
 This smart ensemble, consisting of a one-piece frock and short cape, is green faille crepe trimmed and gold.
 Copyright, 1926 (EFS)
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
FOR SKIN TORTURES
Zemo, the Clean, Antiseptic Liquid, Just What You Need

Don't worry about Eczema or other skin troubles. You can have clear, healthy skin by using Zemo.
 Zemo generally removes Pimples, Blackheads, Blotches, Eczema and Ringworm and makes the skin clear and healthy. Zemo is a clean, pen- etrating, antiseptic liquid, that does not show and may be applied day or night. Ask your druggist for a small size soc or large bottle s1.0o.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
Pile Sufferers

You can only get quick, safe and lasting relief by removing the cause congestion of blood in the lower bowel. Nothing but an internal remedy can do this-that's why cut ting and salves fail. Dr. Leen- hardt's Hem-Roid, a harmless tab let. is guaranteed to quickly and safely banish any form of Pile mis- cry or money back. The Fair Dept. store and druggists everywhere sell it with this guarantee.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
Your Health How to Keep It.
 Causes of Illness

EDITORS NOTE: This is the first of series of three articles dealing with the spread of contagion at bathing beaches. For NEA Service and the Herald, by Dr. M. Metzen- baum of Cleveland, a nationally famous specialist tells of the dan gers and suggests precautions for for your safety.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
TWO HOMES
 MADE HAPPY
ByWomenW Who UsedLydi E. Pinkham's Vegetable
 Compound
"I have taken Lydia E. Pinkhlm's Vegetable Compound and I think 1t

IS the most won. derful medicine I ever tried" is the S ta tenn e nt made by Mrs. Goldie Shoup of May View, HI. nois. She de clares that after taking the Com pound she is in b etter health
 than before.
 Mrs. J. Storms
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12

day and not talk to anybody who calls you up," she added, getting out of her chair. "1'll get girl I know to take care of the shop, this morning."
 The morning passed quietly.
 At twelve o'clock, while Mons and Merry were having a bit of lunch, Lillie called up.
 There's nothing about you in Nonie Purcell's divorce papers this time, Merry" Lillie said. Tt must have been just newspaper talk that other woman stuff. Nonie probably had been spilling her soul to some reporter or other" Merry breathed a great sigh of relief.
 Thanks for the good news, Lil- lie," she said. I've been just a half inch from panic all morning"
 If I ever got myself into the newspapers Bill WOULD be through with me, and no joking" she told her mother when she went back to the table.
 The front doorbell rang.
 "Tn 0. It's probably only an agent" Mons said, and got up. "Every day somebody comes, try ing to sell pins or buttons, or maga- zines, or something"
 But when she returned she had letter in her hand. It was a special delivery letter and the en- velope bore the name of the Towers hotel.
 "Why, it's from Bill Erslsin! He must have written 1t just this morning." Merry said faintly as she opened it with a fruit knife. It was not long letter. Mons could see that it was only two pages of the narrow hotel paper. When Merry had finished 1t she sat statue-still for minute. Then she flung the letter down on the table and looked across at her mother.
 One corner of her mouth went up in a half f-hearted smile.
 "He-He says he's married ' She said monotonously. He mar ried some girl I never heard of down in Florida, a month ago."
 Her head went down into her hands. Mons thought that she was crying. but her eyes were dry.
 There was no grief in her heart Only a kind of rage-a blind fury
 "I'l sue him!" she gasped. '1'll sue him for breach of promise. will-just as sure as I'm alive and breathingi"
 tTO BE CONTINUED
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
By Dr. M. Metzenbaum

By Dr. M. Metzenbaum Every summer season. with Its
 "dog days and crowded public bathing beaches and pools, brings epidemics of infection the nation over.
 Eye, ear, nose and throat troubles and skin eruptions reach high peak during the hot months, mostly due to the carelessness of a few per sons in the crowds of bathers.
 It is a seroius problem from the
 standpoint of the health of the com munity. Often, too the community itself is at fault, perhaps in laxity
 of enforcement of restriction, per haps in the construction of the beaches. Danger turks in every min
 or infection. An appalling number ' of contagious disease cases is direct
 ly traceable each year to the swim
 ming places.
 BreaIiwatcr a Menace Many bathing beaches. even those
 at the ocean, are often partially pro- tected by breakwaters or are in shall 1 LOW pays or lHltlS. l HIS Pi tN tl4to thp beaches from being washed away and renders the bathers rather safe. But in these partially protected places. the water is often stagnant
 or there is very little exchange of the water there with fresh water. In most of the Great Lakes, an unfavorable wind will often wash
 the sewage from the large intercept 1 ing sewers in the direction of the beaches. often necessitating closing
 of the beaches by the local health authorities. Chicago protects it's own beaches by sending its sewage down the Mississippi river.
 Expert Opinion An American engineer. who was
 studying the sewage disposal sys-
 tems in Germany" was asked How
 do the cities in America dispose of their sewage?"
 He answered, "They empty it into
 lakes and rivers, then bathe in it
 and then take some of it back in their drinking water Revolting as that may sound, 1t is scarcely an overstatement. Many American cities, in other ways al-
 most the last word in sanitation,
 Have not yet learned 10 protect their bathers.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
JERRY ADVISES

noticed that Jerry looked rather queer during Joans long explanation and description of her brother.
 As she went to telephone to the hospital for a late report of Lela I asked him what he was worrying about.
 "I am not worrying very much, he said, but think it will take somewhat longer than Miss Meredith expects 10 get the property settled up unless her attorney has been
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
Severe sunbuY'n caused intense pain Skin so sore could not touch it ResiIlol heals

Seven Mile, Ohio, Feb. 13:-I am a farmer and am out-of-doors
 all my working hours. During har- vest time last year, became badly sunburned about the face, neck and arms. They were so irritated and paincd so intensely I could hardly stand anything touching them. l tried various remedies, but nothing did me any good until I tried Resi- mol Soap and Resinol Ointment.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12

An Indian war canoe, 50 feet long, was washed ashore on Pelee Island in Lake Erie recently. It was hewn out of a solid polar log.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12

Fox hounds are not the cheap pets. Sometimes good hounds bring as much as s2,ooo each.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12

If he has any stomach trouble, there is no reason in the world why the starfish shouldn't get rid of the trouble right away. There is no eX- cuse for not knowing what the trouble is. He doesn't need a stom- ach wrong side out. As matter of fact, that is the way he eats his food. He doesn't have to take the trouble of biting it, chewing 1t and swallowing it. He just turns his stomach inside out around the food and that Is all there is to it.
 Reddy Fox and Jimmy Skunk saw this done, though they didn't quite understand what was happening. They did not know that somehow or other that starfish was opening an
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
(To BE CONTINUED

Muriel Kaufman visits the beauty shop and gives Merry news which angers her. What does she do to get even? Read it in tomorrows chapter of "The Petter."
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12

vas believed by the first application and by the time the first jar of ointment and cake Nf soap were gone my sunburn had vanished. I am always a booster for Resinol s o ap and Resinol Ointment" (S
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
The Convenient Stomach
By Thornton w. Burgess

The Starfish has without a doubt The most convenient stomach out.
 -Reddy Fox.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12

The door between the hall and the sitting room was shut when Merry went back into the house But from behind it came the babble of high, excited voices Mons and Cassie's shrill sopranos. Merry caught the words, Eff Pell," once or twice.
 Then a pause. And when Nor. ley's deep tones: q won't discuss the thing with either of you. Thi, is all I have to say-Cassie come, home now, with me, or she never comes. That's flat"
 Then silence.
 Merry tiptoed up to the landing of the stairs, and stood there wher, she could hear without being seen
 After two or three minutes Gas sie's voice came again not higl and nasal, but strangled and thicl as if she were crying.
 And then, presently the doc flew open and out came all three Mons and Cassie and Morley.
 Mons arm was around he daughters shoulders, bu. Cassi broke away from her and came run ming up the stairs.
 Merry flew up ahead of her.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12

Resinol Ointment" (Signed) Gordon w. Morris, R. R. No. 1, Box IA.
The Washington times., 1926-03-11
T oDAY,S SPOR TORIAL
By KIRK MILLER

al time will be drawing to close Great for other
the
the popular indoor sport.
One need have elastic imagination picture what
basketball locally
gymnaums in Washington accommodate the this city
could
Lack Of playing has been handicap forms Of
competition Washington than basketball There not
nearly enough baseball sandots to supply the demand The tee
office will with
baseball with team which has its diamond"
Football probably stied Columbia
the paucity
game here, basketball yes
baseball because football requires altogether huser
and sturdy of individual
All three sports ve enough but the grron demands
Drawn quality with which healthy sport indung boy is
not endowed although he be have endurance
And last but not least Washington has nearly enough swim
ming pools for it's growing adult population.
cities of
the population with little yet public parks Fairgrounds
and municipal golf astride of the
Wouldn't right be good time for the civic leaders and public
summer little thought? It small thing to deny
sweltering population!