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New Britain herald., 1926-04-26
Discussions Will Continue


 Although France will be asked to modify its offer 1t was emphasized today by the American commission that the latest discussions have no, been terminated.
 One of the principal hitches is how much France shall pay at the outset. MT, Berenger proposed mi. tiai payment Of s95.000, GOO annually but the commission is understood to desire higher first payments.
 Hope For Agreement
 The commission hopes to work out an agreement on a trading basis without formally submitting a coun terproposal pending submission hy the French ambassador of new of fer
 The negotiations io not depend on the controversial safety clause which would relieve France Of its debt responsibilities in the event of failure of Germany to meet its repa, ration payments. Tho American debt commission has expressed itself firmly against this and Ambassador Berenser is not expected to insist on such q guarantee.
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Efficiency Plans

ke-orsanization Of the p@ohlbition
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Gossip, s Corner
They Want q Joh!

Vowing that home-making is an occupation as much SIS anything else, the Massachusetts federation or womens clubs has petitioned Uncle sam 10 so list ii on his cen- sus returns, They complain that housewives are booked as persons Of mo occupation"
 What they really are, for ih" most part, is people of mo re- munerativc occupation" Even ir this day and age when wives are criticized for being "bridge-p]aying parasites" there arc many who are family nurses. house cleaners, bakers paper hangers, nursemai1s, goyerncsscs. social hu7tcssos, cooks, maids, caterers, and are paid with "hoard and room" while papa hoIls tho pockr.book and doles out his nirkoIs with q righteous air,
New Britain herald., 1926-06-11
\ Lovely Dancing FroCl> for sum mcr Evenings has the smart
 Black and White Combination.

Summer evening gowns are al- most irrisistable this year. They are so varied in outline and exquisite in fabric and tone that one is at loss to decide which is joyehest, Delicate colorings and brilliant are equally smart and 1he Use Of contrasting tones is undcniabIy chic.
 Illustrative of this is the adjoin- ing sketch today. Ii is frock Of charm and exquisite taste. Made of cream white taffcta, if has the smart long ught-Gt1ug bodice The neck is bateau ill front and drops to 6 low decolIotage in the back. Both neck and arm holes arc bound with the taffeta. From one shoulder 10 the opposite hip runs a band Of sheer black lace, the key to the spirit Of the skirt. Bands of the lace drop over the white tatfeta skirt from the hip line. two bands in back and two in front The hem line is irregular, being extremely short in front and reaching almost to the ankles in the back. A large. d"licattly pink rose is on one hip and clusters of tiny flow CTS Of the same shades appear at in teryas on the skirt under the lace.
 Black lace is sheer and smart on q houftant gown Of white talfeta,
New Britain herald., 1926-06-11
The caterpillar which Redwing had dropped down to him was
 crawling away

said he. that that caterpillar that ! dropped down 10 you all covered with the cast-off skins Of these apni isn't the only enemy they have who is smart enough 10 hide in this way. There is another one up here"
 "Is it another caterpillar" cried Peter.
 "No." said Redving. "I isn't Il caterpillar. IL isn't at all like il caterpillar II is queer fellow "tth hig jaws. and some day if Will turn into be. ntiful palc-ercen fly called the lace-wing Gg. just as ttai cater pillar win turn info 8 butterfly i. nothing happens 10 it. This tutr@ tsnf at all pretty uov. uEt il rr- iainly is terror to these aphuls That's what il lives on. r sucks lham dry and l. has ro,rred italt Ht over with fhn skins so t'mt ' aiU not he seen. That is what made it soem To vou aa If a part ol tnis patch of aphids moved off by fsl}f and thuu came back again. 1T TtHIlN @sS IAl1 I#lloA 'bN'IN-t Ni'' inc skins Of aphrIs. Hs certainly i~ hunGr, fellow. I've heard th@. be's called aphis Ion, but of rorn.sr he really is a young lace-vius fly just as Q caterpillar is young hgf- ferfy."
 "T never think of caterpillar as being young hnltrray" rplled  Petnr.
 Redwiut chuchled. "A caterpillar may not be young butterfly hut when it isn't q young ogfcrrilmr i' is a voung oth. r you t1HnE Of ? iadpole or pollyncg as Fl younp frog or vourc toad Hhy can't ron think of caterpillar as q youoe butterfly or young woth- TH#''s what f. rsai is, And this Nn"or looking bug ur here all covered ~l'1 the sEins of inc aphts Is vouN- lace.wins Gy Ny gracious hes 7unEry felori IT he keeps or
New Britain herald., 1926-06-11
Madgc Presents the Poison Book to
 pr. Meredith

As l issued my ultimatum con- corning hatherine's nursing Of his wife, Dr. Hal Meredith's ruddy col or faded and I saw him tighten 1he grasp Of his hand on the chair until the spaces between the knuckles whitened.
 T never approved Of the arrange ment," he said at last as Rather inc should tell you it--
 "she has told me that yon dis approve" l said. but you must do something more drastic than that You must absolutely forbid it.
 "Fias Katherine told you that Lucia is doomed to certain death and does not know it?' he demand ed.
 She has told me everything I returned. including her own innate dread Of the arrangement, but you know her conscience and her ob- stinacy. She considers her promise to Mrs Meredith a sacred thing"
 "But cannot you realize the po- sition in which I shall be put if ] use my authority to forbid the ar rangement?" he asked tensely. T shall be denying a dying woman the only thing for which she has asked. Besides. If Lucia chooses, she has her own independent income, you know. She could upset all my plans for making her last days as easy and peaceful as possible and go off by herself, taking Katherine with her, and I should be helpless"
 ''TeH Me What You Meant"
 "Would you be helpless if she armed herself with knife or re volver. and began to satisfy her ancient grudges with them?" I asked.
 He sprang from his chair, strode over to mine and stood looking down at me, clenching and unclenching his hands.
 Suppose you tell me exactly what you mean,' he said.
 I drew deep breath.
 'Tf you were not an alienist l would not dare tell you this,' said,
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guess hell finish all these aphids before he is through. If you were up here, Peter Rabbit. you probably wouldn't Sec him at all unless he happened 10 move. It takes sharp eyes like the eyes of bird 10 see q fellow so well hidden as he is"
 Peter looked down at his feet. |The caterpillar which RcdWine had dropped down 10 him was crawling away. And 10 think" said Peter, "that I have thought that l knew iaIl about the things around me. I suppose nobody knows all there is Ito know.'
 Peter had spoken aloud, way he sometir cs has when talking 10 him. self. or course Rcdwing heard him. Rcdwing laughed right out. "Peter' ' said he "I'ye sot pretty good eyes, but every single day l see things right around me that I have never seen before. That is one Of the joys of living. There wouldn't be any fun in living if one knew all .thcra was to know. It is finding out new things that brings joy into life. Now I must be going along. Fly tho way, have you eyer smolled lhe perfume Of buttortly?'
 Instantly Peter pricked up his cars. "Whars that?" he cried, but .a1rcady Redwing was on his way. (Copyrieht, 1926. by r. w. Burgoss)
New Britain herald., 1926-06-11
ANOTHEHS TROUBLES

'I don't see it that way at all" said to Angie Horton when she told me l had to make my choice. "I don't see where Mr. Robinson comes in. In the first place ] don't want anything to do with him any way. I only want to work in this store and get paid for ii. l wouldn't have anything 10 do with him if he Were the last man on earth"
 That. Judy, is because you have never earned your living before.'
 But I have, Angie"
 "Where?"
 AS hat checker at the Bcau1 Arts"
 "Then you must know Mamie Riley"
 "Mamie Riley? Of course, I know her. She is my very best friend. I live at her house."
 If that's the case you are all right. Judy. l know Mamie is as straight as a string. No man can have her just for the asking, or for the price of job either. But, young lady, I say to you that you better be looking for another place for you are not going to stay in this store long"
 DO you mean to tell me. Angie Horton, that l have got to become a sweete of the boss if he wants me to hold my position in this store?"
 "It looks likc that to me, Judy"
 "You're looking cross-eyed."
 "Wen anyway, you have more courage than |. Judy" Angie whis- pered. T might as well tell you that if Mr. Robinson had beckoncd to me I would have gone to him."
 "Why. Angie Horton, you know you would do no such thing. You're not in love with him, are you?"
 The girl whitencd and l saw great pain under her strained smile.
 Instantly I put my arm about her. Surely, dear, you don't mean what you said just now. You don't care for that big bluff, do you?"
 'T certainly do not, but at the present moment my brother is in Arizona in a tubercular hospital. My little sister who should be in school is an errand girl in the mill linory house of Madame LaMont, and my mother is old, too old and crippled 10 work. Most Of the time she has to scuff around in a rock ing chair. Her knees will not hold her up."
 Tears came into the somewhat hard little eyes: I'm so tired. so tired, Judy. that honestly I envied your chance to have luxury and leisure as well as money for those you love when I saw the boss talk
New Britain herald., 1926-06-11
Ouicksands of Love Adele Garrison's New Phase of
 -Reuelations of q Vie

Tor I should be certain you would think l myself was unbalanced. But you know your wife's tastes and habits tairiy well, do you not?'
 '4os.' The words came from his lips rNpiosI%eIy.
 ''fIas she made study Of poisons with you* Is she planning q series ol stories around q central character, a master poisonor drawn from the lie of some Of your patients?"
 TIa stared ali me incredulous5y
 Good God No." he said T don't think We ever spoke Of poisons in reference 10 any subject. And as for my ratjerts' am l the sort of man. do you think. who would dis cuss his patients even with his nite2"
 All the pride Of the highest type Of medical man was In his voice. For tho second inc implied slur had made him forget my startling CT rand.
 What Was the 5ook?"
 NO. I do not ." l assured him. That is the very reason l am here. For this afternoon, by chance, Mrs, Meredith and l occupied Ihe same table in the reference room at inc Public Library, She was engaged in copying voluninous pages from q book which she took great pains 10 shield from observation. She did not recognize uie at first. but when the wind blew away some of her papers and l restored them 10 her she evidently concluded that I had seen the subject Of her labors and that she would better speak with apparent frankncss to me about it. She then apolog2ed for her care in shielding the book from view, eN- plaining that sha was afraid ordi- nary observers might think il queer that she was studying it,
 What eas the book? ?' Hal Mere dith demanded hoarsrly.
 Swiftly I unwrapped the book ] had bought at inc srcond-hand book store and pue it in his hand. Copyright. 1926, by Newspaper
 Feature Service, Inc)
New Britain herald., 1926-06-11
Menus for the Family
Bv SISTER MARY

Breakfast - Unhulled stra wber- rcs, cereal, thin cream. savory scrambled eggs, crisp graham toast. milk, coffee.
 Luncheon Tomatoes stuffed with spinach. white bread and butt ter sandwiches. chocolate rice rud, ding. milk, tea.
 Dinner - Broiled lamb chops, new potatoes in cream sauce. but tered carrots and peas, swiss chard salad, cherry pudding, milk. coffee. whole wheat bread.
 Needless to say young children will not indulge in the new pots- toes nor cherry pudding suggested in the dinner menu. A cooky might he provided to 'holp the milk go down."
 Chocolate rice pudding is nour- ishing dessert for young and old.
 Chocolate Rice Pudding
 One-fourth cup rice, . cups milk. I square chocolate. , tablespoons sugar. 1 tablespoon butter. IA tea spoon salt, GEE. 1-2 teaspoon va nilla.
 Wash rice. Put chocolate In top of double boiler over hot water and melt. Add milk slowly, stirring constantly. Stir in rice and sugar and salt. Cook over hot water, stir ring frequently with a fork until the rice is tender and tho mixture is of the consistency of thick cream. Stir in egg well beaten and cook five minutes longer. Let cool and stir in vanilla. Pour into indi- vidual glasses, chill and serve gar nished with whipped cream.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-11
nII 1 n.l lInr v

Tbc gufI" and amiabEa chairman of lho Missouri state federation of ~nmu's clubs omucs that all dam e.-'s who war nnr-piere bathing suits =Hap1 be tied 10 q public whipping pos. aud jashed. The lady harha Lack 10 inc good old days Hhn ugid.us Wrrr arrajd that men would -ea tH3r valves. She drama twWIy states rh.H today girls are aHd mon won't see their knees. S0, talks rapidly about 'the pre- m.r>arlou of GynHutuify' --- to all of which ] explode "rubhish,' and re- 1H-" to even hagin my argument n1oGt girls of today having some thing larger ~jfh which To concern HhamaiFns than whether or no q silly male s.ts their calves,
New Britain herald., 1926-06-11
IllnI EeIninG. Mri

Uf a story told hy Judge Florence F.. Allen of lhr Ohio supreme court, the only woman supreme court judge in the country. Judge Allen h.l.s of the lawyer. gentleman Of thr old school. whom she called uuon when looking for q job after nor graduation from law school
 The lawyer gazed cut of the win dow upon a jteA furry of snow and sD4buslv said. Miss Allen. fl would bo painful to me to have woman in my office because I should mol ike 10 send her even 10 the courthouse on day like thls.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-11
Your Health How to Keep It.
 Causes of Illness
By DIR. HUGH $. CUMMING Surgeon General. United States


 Surgeon General. United States
 Public Health Service
 Swimming. one Of the most popu- lar summer sports has been great 1y abused by the careless and un- thinking. l. is obvious that so use ful 6 diversion should he surround cd with adequate safeguards.
 Ability 10 swim and knowledge Of rescue methods are prime roqui- sites for entering the water. Water used for bathing should be free from pollution, lest disease be widely spread.
 By rcfrainjng from bathing i'm mcdiatcly after eating and by re- maining in the water for only short periods. this excellent and dircrt- ing exercise may he enjoyed with out it's being abused.
 A coat Of tan should be acquired gradually. Otherwise. one may sui fer unnecessarily and even intense ly from suuDurn. The bronzed skin of the Iifeguard may well be en- viod but it should bc remembered that q healthy tan is the result of weeks of gradual exposure rather than an intensive burn acquired during 24-hour trip to bathing beach.
 Comfort during hot weather Is due in no small part to the mental attitude. A philosophical state Of mind, freedom from worry and in clinaiion to benefit as much as pos sible by the outdoor life are all conducive 10 health and happiness.
 When a pleasant state of mind is coupled with reasonable ob- sorvance of hygienic principles, winning continuation results.
 If the summer vacation has been properly spent, one may resume the more arduous duties of fall and winter with confident knowledge that the mind and body are better prepared to meet the legitimate de- mands of our daily tasks.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-11

An enemy ubll lIJl-fl 'AHt
 Whene'er you do you're tempting
 fate.
 Old Mother Nature.
 "Therc are other things just as smart as that caterpillar declared Redwing the Blackbird. Look at that, Peter Rabbit
 Redwing was pointing at an edge Of the white patch on the alder branchc which Peter knew was made up of a great many of these little aphids or plant lice crowded together. Though he was down on the ground, Peter could see what was happening. Ii seemed as if a little portion of that white patch had moved off by itself. That IS what it looked like. Then it moved back and joined the big patch Presently Peter saw if move off again. Tow he did wish that he could get close 10 it so that he could see just what was happening. What is it. Redwing,' he cried. Do tell me just wha: if means. You know I'm too far away to seG.'
 Redwing chuckled. 'It means.
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cir love for each other!

their love for each other!
 'I won't even think of that blue handkerchief ever again." Sylvia made up her mind firmly, as she closed the door of the baby's room and went back to her own bed.
 But she did think of It. She i couldn't help thinking about it. It was the first thing that popped into her mind when the baby's hunger cry awakened her in lhu gray, rainy dawn the next mormn.
 At eight o'clock she carried Ran ny's tray Of coffee and the paper Fl to the side of his bed and Wakcucd him.
 Did you have good time y=str- day." she asked him as she put the cream and sugar into his first emp.
 He seemed to be carefully feeling his Way when he answered; "Why. yes, pretty good"
 She SEW him glance nerlousIy at his wet clothes draped on the harEs Of the chairs and then look quickly away as if to pretend that lie didn't sec them.
 She wondered if he remembered his homecoming last night.
 ImpuIsiyely she leaned toward him and laid her hand over one of his.
 "Eanny," she said quietly. "beforo We were married. do you remem- her how you came to me and told luc you were crazy about Fay? Do Nou?"
 Instead of answering her question he got swiftly out of bed and reach ed for his bathrobo. If you're go- ing to start talking tWaddle," he began. sulbily, but she stopped him.
 NOW, wait q minute!' shc warn- cd him gently, I'm not going 10 razz you or put you through the third degree. l know you were with q girl all day yesterday, and l want to ask you something. Are you in love with her?,
 His handsome eyes met hers, re- santfuIly
 At first she thought he was going to lie to her-going to say that he hadn't been with the girl who used vaIlcy-liIy scent, but he tossed his head suddenly and muttercd that If he was in love with anybody, he'd tell her fast enough"
 Then he went into the bathroom before she could say anything more.
 A half hour later, when she was giving Fanny. Junior his mid-morn- ing feeding he cam" to her on his way out of The Nest.
 sylvia" he said, standing beside her chair, with one hand on her shoulder. "try to understand me. I'm like all men--I have two sides to my nature-the side of me that is your husband and the other side that you know nothing about; all rr"n "J., Dr. J'kyils and Mir. lIydos
 She turned in her chair and look ed up at him, with her eyes burning with tears that shc kept blinking back
 ~ ph Iiithit tIitii til'-i t . t' '1lb' VI you that still keeps falling in love with other girls" she asked.
 For answer he bent and kissed her. "You'Ne got to remember that no matter what l do, I love only you,7 he said to her. Men aren't like women. They aren't angels, you know-and ] WAS with q girl-all day yesterday.
 After he had gone she rull"ctcd that after all she knew almost noth- ing about me. Ranny vas practi- cally the only one she ever had known, except Peter Wilk.
 Did Peter have two sides. too, q good side and a bad side? Was he half saint and. half devil. as Fanny said all men wcre@
 Curiously enough, she happened 10 see Peter that very morning.
 (TO BE C0NTiNUEp)
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laughed foolishly. Look at me. All dressed up like broken armand as wet as prohibition" he said. cheerfulIy.
 Then suddenly he strengthened up and became very solemn and digni- fled,
 You asked me where I've been, ' h" repeated thickiy. Well. femme ask you something: Din I tell you where l was going when I lef' home this morning."
 "Yes, you did"
 Well, where did I tell you l was soing?" he asked then. IL was clear that he had forgotten what he had told her. and wanted 10 find out,
 You said you weer going to q picnic that you father was giving, ' sylvia, told him, steadily.
 He nodded. solemn us an owl Then that's where I was" he said, and staggered into the bedroom,
 He sat down on the edge Of his bed and tried to unlace his soaking wet shoes, but while h. was doing it he went to sleep and collapsed sid4Wise against the pillows.
 It was while she WAS struggling to get his wet clothes off that Syl1 i1 noticed q faint odor of perfume that cluhG to them. l. Was hardly more than whiff of fragrance, but it was there umwistakably.
 She picked up his coat and hold i; to j"r uostrils. Ncs there it WAS. A faint odor Of lilies on the shoulder of the garment, as if some pcrfum- ed head had lain there not so long ago.
 Evidently the owned Of the blue handkerchief used valley-lily per fumc in lavish quantities.
 Sylvia op.ued Ranny's bill-fold and took out the handkerchief and held it up daintily-yes. the same scent was in it's azure folds-yalley- lily.
 There vas not bitterness in Syl- Via's heart as she folded the hand kerchief into the leather case and laid it down on the table beside Ranny's bed,
 She knew suddenly, that she was not going to offer Ranny divorce after all,
 She was going to keep him, Neither the girl who used the yallcy- lily perfume and blue handkerchicGs was going to get him, or any other girl on the face of the earth, Hn Was her Ranny Sylvia Stars and he would go on being hers u0i' inc end of time!
 "Why. no one else could love him as l do" shc told herself with kind Of ferocity, No one will ever take care Of him at l do: Why should l give him up to anyone? He belongs to mel"
 She bent over him, so close that his warm breath poured over her from his parted lips. No wonder women made fools of themselves over him! How wonderful to look at he was, And how gay and amusing he could be when he wanted 10 he. There was no one like him, any where. no one!
 "Its moi his fault that he has these little affairs" Sylvia told her self. looking down at his flushed face and rumplcd hair, "These women-they run after him because he's so good looking. It's their fault"
 But she was crying softly. sound lossly. 10 herself as she went into the tiny room where the baby slcpl, to sec that he was covered.
 Little and small and blond-the living image of Ranny-he lay in his little crib. His little hands were folded on the pink ciderdown cover, lets Sylvia's slender, sensitive, long fingered hands, the only thing that he had inherited from her . Here they werc-herseIf and Ran ny. her husband, in one flesh. in this little baby, this Httcl son, born of
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HER OWN WAY
 oYa Girl of Today

ing 10 you this afternoon.
 T s;id to myself: I'd bc willing to pay he price,"