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New Britain herald., 1926-08-11
Household Articles

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New Britain herald., 1926-08-11

HOUSE WIRING-Estimates furnished. Have your work done now. Barry & Ramtnrth. 1a Main St. Phone 2504.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11

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New Britain herald., 1926-08-11
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT
Apartments and Tencments

BLACK ROCK AV.. 5-5-room tenement. all Improvements Inquire In store.
 DAY ST. 17-s room tenement. all mod ern Improvements; End floor. Inquire 1st floor.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11

CHTMNEY-repairing and general mason
 and clustering work Work guaranteed. l. l. McLarney, 5S Garden. Phone S9l.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11
Building and Contract

P ALFRED JOHNSON-excavating, grad ing, building, stone and taking out ashes, GO Mill St, Tel. l497-13,
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11

BABY CARRIAGE-In good condition. Price $500 l2j Kelsey St. HAMMOCkS-Sp couch hammocks at
 S11.95. Mackay & Wallin, 63 Main St.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11

REPAIRING Monographs, Electric cleaners etc. Almost anything. Prompt service. L. E. Andrews, 401 Arch St. Tel. 1895.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-11

WEST MAIN ST.-New two family house of 10 rooms all modern improvements. We are making a special price on this house for this month only. Small cash takes 1t. Carlson & Carlson. 1s3 Main St. Tel ISi5
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-05
Woman Having
Served Family
90 Years, Dies
preston News Service)

Washington, D. c., June AIRS.
Elizabeth Ware Bagby, 80 years old,
who had worked for one family con-
tinuously for 60 years, during which
she served five generations, died at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Nellie
Phillips, c. street southwest, Thurs
day, after a long illness.
Coming to Washington soon after
the Civil War, she was engaged as a
maid for Mrs. Matthew Stevens. She
later accompanied daughter of Mrs.
Stevens on trip around the world,
living in China for five years, where
she managed a household of ten ma
tive servants. She afterwards worked
for Mrs. Stevens granddaughter,
Mrs. Ernest Walker, until forced to
retire due to illness.
Mrs. Bagby's mother, Mrs. Bessie
Ware, is said to have lived to be 1872
years old.
Funeral services were held at the
residence on C. street, Friday night
at $3.50 o'clock, after which the body
was taken to Mrs. Bagby's old home,
Spotsylvania Court House, Va, for
burial.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-05
Travslsrs wa Mics
Old Dutch Windmill

The picturesque Dutch windmills
are fast passing from the landscape
Of the land OF dikss. The Dutch
millers are modernising their mills
and turning to electricity. They are
right, Of course; but along with the
great blades and stubby towers there
will vanish much that II quaint and
pictorial in tradition as well az In
architecture, for the miller has made
his mill, through many generations,
show and express his Joys and sor-
rows.
Always the Dutch miller has given
his mill q name and called 1t by that
never Just the "mill." When daugh-
ter Of the household married, the mill
was gayly adorned; when a member
Of the family died. the mill was put
into mourning, and the degree Of that
mourning was governed by nxed rules
Of windmill etiquette. II the owner
died, all the 20 boards in the arms of
the mill were taken out, and the mill
stood motionless for q given time, al
II in grief over the loss Of its owner.
When the church bells tolled, marking
the procession Of the funeral from
church or home to the cemetery, the
boardless blades were turned In uni
son with the bells. When the wife
Of the miller died, 10 boards Of the
blades were removed; for child Of
the family, ID boards; for the miller's
parents, II boards, and 80 on down
the line of relationship to the children
Of cousins, for whom one board was
removed.-Youth's Companion.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-05
Big "Scoop" Credited
to Vir9inia Gazette

The Virginia Gazette Is said to have
been the first Newspaper issued south
Of the Potomac river. It was also the
first paper to publish the Declaration
Of Independence. The Gazette waa
established by man named Parks Al
Williamsburg In 17S8. 1t has recently
been revived BY the William Parks
School of Journalism Of William and
Mary college. Az established By
Parks the Gazette was a single sheet,
II by 8 inches, and was sold for 10
shillings year. The first issue Of the
new series Ii In tabloid form and con-
tains II pages According to the Arst
issue Of this series, which was pre-
pared BY William and Mary students,
one Of the earliest numbers Of the O..
sette "scooped the world" on the Dec.
laration Of Independence. During the
Revolutionary war three papers bear.
ing the name Gazette were published
In Williamsburg. One was edited and
published by q woman, Mrs. Csmen.
tina Rind. She successfully conduct.
ed her paper for two years. She ID
given the credit Of being the FIRST
woman in the United States to edit
and publish q paper.-Pathfnder Mag.
axine.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-05
Vanity Cost Job

In the old days In the West, when
saloons, instead Of being blind pigs,
were saloons. a circus magician, down
on his luck, obtained a job as bar
tender. One day a travelling conjuror
visited the saloon where the magician
was employed. and in exchange for q
few drinks did number Of tricks.
The proprietor was greatly impressed,
and, after the conjuror left, remarked,
THAT was q clever fellow. His coin
tricks were wonderful" The magi-
clan, who had said nothing Of his true
profession, but whose pride was now
aroused, remarked, II don't think
much Of them. I can do better my
self" He thereupon took a dollar
from his pocket, and made 1t disap-
pear before the eyes Of the proprietor.
When he had recovered from his as
constituent, the proprietor said,
You're too smart to handle my mon
ey. You're fired."-San Francisco
Argonaut.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-05
WOMAN CONFESSES GUILT
AFTER SHOOTING SUITOR
(Preston News Service)

Washington, D. c., June 4.-Bes-
sic Alexander, recently indicted for
murder in the first degree for killing
Devola Woodbridge, pleaded guilty to
manslaughter Thursday when called
for trial before Justice Bailey in
Criminal Division l. The woman was
remanded for sentence.
The tragedy occurred February q
last at 512 U. street. According to
Assistant United States Attorney
Horning, who prepared the case for
trial, Woodbridge called at the wom-
ans house and in the presence of
other persons stated that he was
paying attention to her." which the
woman resented. Woodbridge picked
up a knife and threatened to "show"
her, and the woman securing a pistol
from an adjoining room, shot
through the door, infiicting an injury
from which the man died.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-05
Water That Burns

Powder river ID a fitting name for
the stream which passes through the
northeastern section Of Wyoming
burns,
Burning water" exists in several
places on the river where natural gas
is found bubbling up through water.
Some bubbles will ignite when a
match is applied.
During the winter peculiar forma-
lions are caused by the gas seepages.
When the river is frozen over, gas
accumulates under the ice and as the
pressure gathers. 1t forces thin sprays
Of water through the weaker spots In
the ice and these sprays freeze In
curious formations Of arches and low
pillars.
The gas does not make the water
unpalatable for drinking. In Arvada
there IL q drinking fountain, the water
Of which can be set on IRE at any
time.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-05

I. Reserve Saturday night, June IL,
so that you can attend the Twentieth
Century Carnival and Vaudeville CIV
en- by the Twentieth Century Girl
Reserves. Mrs. Freda Jackson is d.
recting the vaudeville acts. There
will be booths for fortune telling. hot
dogs, ice cream and pop. Plenty of
music and good time for all. Bene-
fit Girl Reserve Conference fund. Ad-
mission 20 cents.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-05
Tasn,ania

A Dutch navigator, Abel Janssooz
Tasman, discovered this island, which
is now one Of the states Of the Aus
tralian commonwealth. He supposed
it to be the mainland Of the southern
continent, and he named It Van Die
mans land in honor of his friend and
patron, Anthony Van Dieman, COVER
nor Of the Dutch East Indies. 1t wal
later visited by Captain Cook and 9th
ers, and first colonized in 1903. Fol
a time the island was administered al
an appendage Of New South Wales
1t was then still officially called Var
Dieman's land, but the name Tas
mania, in honor of its discoverer, wal
a popular one. In 1853, at about the
time constitution was being framed
for the colony and it was being grant
ed considerable measure Of self
government, 1t elected to adopt Tas
mania as its Official name.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-05
Dante of the Ddtun

Dante's work Is untranslatable. 10
get a faithful English transcript Of
the great Florentine, we should need
q diction Of the Fourteenth century,
nodded by q more fiery and potent
genius than ChauceE Not the
thoughts solely, as in every true poem,
are so often virgin thoughts; the
words, too, many Of them are virgin
words. Their freshness and unworn
vigor are there alone in Dante's Ital.
ian. OF the modern Intellectual move.
ment. Dante was the majestic herald
In his poems are the mysterious
shadows, the glory, the fragrance, the
young life-promising splendors Of the
dawn. The broad day has its strength
and Its blessings; but 1t can give only
q faint image Of the glories Of ita
birth.-George Henry Calvert.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-05
Bisssst One-Piecs Doors

The doors at the west entrance Of
st. Paul's cathedral In London are be-
neved to be the biggest pair of one
piece doors In existence. There are
Of course, bigger doors elsewhere, but
not all In one piece like these. Each
Of the two leaves is Of solid oak, about
80 feet high, and very massive.
Because Of their immense weight
and unwieldiness, they are only opened
on state occasions, and, very occasion
ally, in hot summer weather to all
the cathedral. No nails enter into
their construction, the various cross
pieces and panels being held together
by bronze bolts. The doors are nearly
as old as the cathedral itself, and have
upon them the initials Of the carpen
ter who made them.-Detroit News.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-05

ed him. Mrs. o. C. Hall gave brief
history Of the hymns sung. and de-
lightful music was furnished by the
Stokes orchestra and Professor
Weir.
Don't forget to send your. old pa
pers and magazines to the Y. w. C. A..
by June 9 If you wish to help Mrs.
R. F. Wilson with her paper sale.
Call Dale 1868 if you want us to send
for them. Benefit Conference fund.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-05
DEATHS
Edward Beasley

Edward Beasley, 4-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvern Beasley, liz
Valley ST., died May rs. Funeral
services, May 20, at the above resi-
dence, Rev. T. ]. Carr officiating. In
terment at Oakland cemetery. A. ].
McGavock, funeral director.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-05
Y. w. C. A. NOTES

Our last vespers for the season
were held Sunday afternoon and
proved to be very interesting. In
keeping with the day Lawyer George
Hamilton spoke on the NEGRO and
Patriotism" showing why, in spite
Of the many unfavorable conditions
under which we live, the Negro can
and should be patriotic, loyal to
America for the opportunities offer
The St. Paul echo., 1926-06-05
Mrs. BaStOnis Porter

Mrs. Bastonis Porter, aged 43
years, 1922 E. 14th St., wife of Mr..
Leonard Porter, died at her late resi-
dence May 20. Funeral services
June l, at McGavock Mortuary, Rev.
P. A. Morrow officiating. Besides
her husband, Mrs. Porter is also sur
vived by her father and mother, Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Parks of st. Paul
and one son. Interment at Oakland
cemetery.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Sartorial Psychology.

JOHANNA MATHIESON, Nor
- wegian costume designer, is said to
be an adept of new credo. "sartorial
psychology" or the relation of clothes
IL personality.
"In my experiences in world-famOus
fashion centers," says the designer,
"thc world over | have found that
most women have an inViSable aura, a
sort of unseen color lowering over
them This color has to be determined
by an expert coutourier, so that the
shade will not clash with the wearer' $
personality.
What determines our correct color?
That is the age-old mystery. solved by
few women. And these women are
the enVied Of their sisters. have
seen women spend hundreds of dol
lars for clothes that looked no better
on them than they would on some i'll
dressed shop girl.
II have never but once met a wom-
IN who looked well in all colors, and
that woman is Laura La Plante. Yet,
while she looks wonderful in any color,
her favorite Is rose. She is the most
satisfactory of any one | have ever
had 10 dress. and have designed
gowns for royalty, stage and screen.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
"Thematic Pictures.

MAJ. II. c. $. THOMSON, presi,
dent and managing director of
+. Il. O.. declares the "thematic" pro-
duction will be the l926.27 model in
tilm entertainment.
He explains ii In this way:
I'm the last year or So" he says,
IAN educational thread has been
creeping into the warp and woOf of
motion picture weaving: in some in
stances, perhaps, without the con
scious knowledge OF producers. But
in an effort to turn out the epic
type OF picture. and In the neyer-end.
ing search for show material, his
tory has naturally been ransacked and
the classics worked over.
Such productions as The Covered
Wagon The Iron Horse The Big
Parade have a definite historical
value There will be undoubtedly fine
educational value. too. in such pro.
ductions as Old Ironsides' and The
Ancient Mariner as well as the drama
color and comedy necessary to pic
torial entertainment.
BY 'thematic' pictures | mean pro.
ductions that will be based around a
central theme Of direct educational ap.
plication. 1t will not be propaganda
application, however. Her Honor the
Governor picture we are now max
ing. is 'thematic.' 1t glorifies the
American woman in politics and
dramatiZes the big figure Of woman
governor.
Civil government. like history. Is
Of educational interest. and | believe
that there will he Il predominance OF
pictuBes next season with at least a
modiCum Of Instructive value.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
WarGeld Roles on Screen.

GEORGE SIDNEY, star of the stage
and screen, who has been iden-
titled with the Potash and Perlmut-
ter" stories Of Montague GLASS, has
won the first of the David Warheld
roles to be transferred to the screen,
and will shortly start work in The
Auctioneer," at the Fox West Coast
Studios.
Sidney is one of the foremost
delineators Of Jewish roles in the
theater world today. With the late
Barney Bernard he had a corner on
such characterizations which called
for an artistic blending of pathos and
humOr.
THE Auctioneer" was the play
which introduced David Warfield to
America as a great dramatic actor.
Prior to it's production Warfield had
been Hebrew comedian in musical
productions and 1t was not until
I3elasCo selected hira to play THE
Auctioneer" that he really won his
laurels In the dramatic world. This
play was followed by THE Music
Master" 1.-THE Return of Peter
Grimm" and others.
Fox Films has the screen rights to
all of these and will present them this
season.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Warnings Pennsylvanians.

WARNINGS PENNSYLVANIANS
will return to Crandalfs Metro
politan this week after an abseace OF
year.
The current week will mark the fif.
teenth ip All that Fred Waring and
his clever associates have been pre-
sented as n special added attraction
in the Cra andall Theaters in the Capt
tai. The personnel of this organiza-
ton has grown to a total of is by the
addition of special soloisrs.
The year during which they have
been absent from Washington has
been crowded With unusual triumphs.
On the coast, while playing the Sid
Grammar houses. the Pennsylvanians
aided materially in launching the
world premiere of Harold Lloyd's fea
ture comedy THE Freshman" the
band assuming the suise of college
freshmen-easy for them, since they
are all collegiates from Penn State-to
introduce the song "Freshie." en-
ployed as therne by the Metropolis
tan Symphony when The Freshman
was given its local premiere al Gran
Iaf1's Metropolitan here.
On their way back Ease, after six
months in southern California, the
Pennsylvanians appeared for three
months Us a permanent house attfac-
ton at Balaban 4 kat's huge Chi
cago Theater in Chicago.
Still more recently the boys broke
all Lenten attendance records at the
Stanley Theater in Philadelphia.
Tom Warine. brother of Fred, the
conductor, needless to say, Is number
ed among the most popular OF the Vic
tor recording units
Evening star., 1926-04-04
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
THE green room, where once wits
cracked and mirth and melody
r'npled along in IN endless stream. is
lost to Broadway. IN q few theaters.
l,Wever. the old atmosphere still may
1p found eNuding family as il in
memory of great artists of a hy-gone
dGN.
Back in the days when the stock
companies of DAILY, the t'rohman
brothers. Palmer and others played
many successive seasons in New York
The players usually remained under
one banner several years.
The green room, where the actors
awaited their cues and often assem-
hled upon completion of the play at
night. enriched its reputation as an
institution Of comradeship. Many
wore schooled in correct department
through it's strict etiquette and an OPP
portunity was opened to learn by oh
servation and conversation most OF
the leading players. writer's. wits and
personages of the time.
But not SO now. Stock companies
have been relegated to history, so far
g. New York is concerned. though
they are resembled somewhat by sew
eral players guilds. Each play has a
different personnel. If production
has a lengthy run on Broadway. it no
Evening star., 1926-04-04
WASHINGTON .iCDiTOEII'M-
WaShiu"tOl ODera Co.

The final operas OF the season by
the Washington Opera Go. have been
postponed from April Ia April 10,
General Director Edouard Albion has
announced. in order that 1t may he
posSi ole for Paul .tllhouSe to appear.
\ double bill viii be given, Secret
of Suzanne" and II =" gliacci."
The popularity of Althouse has be
come even more manifest since his
excellent WORK in 'Samson and De
hlat" and in "Lohengrin." for after
The 'BohenSrin' performance, and he
cause that no announcement had been
made OF the tenor for the two opera s
to follow. Mr.. Albion received scores
OF requests for the engagement 81
-hlthouse. The demand became SO in,
sistent that plans for the appearance
Oi another tenor were dropped and
Nr. Albion gladly arranged for the ap-
prarance of Althouse. although TO do
81 required the poStponement of the
date.
The two operas will he suns: at the
Washington Auditorium. Other mem-
bers of the cast will he announced as
soon as their appearance on the later
date can he confirmed.
Tickets may he secured at the Jor-
dam Piano Co. Thirteenth and G
streets. and also at the victrola de-
partment of Woodward & Lothrop's.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
N. V. A. Week

THE National Vaudeville Artists,
Inc, came into being in May, 1916.
At that time il had seven members.
Today it has between eighteen and
twenty thousand members. Its head
quarters then were a small office room
in the Putnam Building. It's head
quarters today are in a million-doKlar
clubhouse on Forty-sixth street west
of Broadway. with a luxurious branch
clubhouse in Chicago, and others
planned for large cities in various
parts of the United States.
In June of 1917 it had it's first
benefit in which artists. managers and
public co-operated in raising funds to
be expended in the care of sick mem
bers. Thereby hangs the tale of the
biggest and most efficient welfare or
ganiZation the theatrical world has
ever known.
The fund established by that first
benefit has grown to magnificent size
and renders p.oportiOnate service. |.
has made possible the free insurance
\ of every member in good standing for
81 900, which amount, upon a mem
ber's death, is paid Immediately to
| the nearest relatives. Actors, sick or
stra nded, injured or in any way out
| OF luck and money, need only apply
| to the club and relief is swiftly prof
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Green Room Atmosphere.

longer is unusual to witness frequent
changes i'm personnel.
In lieu of a green room, however.
the actors now gather, as many as
may. in a bandboX emergency dress
ing room just off the stage. Those
who cannot get in overflow into the
Gritty enVironS of the fla mixing prop.
erty room. Seldom is there mention
Of the races. or the stock market, but
the talk aboundS with plays, books
and art, supplemented by inevitable
back stage gossip. of which there Is
plenty.
No theater in town. perhaps, is more
conscious of itself than the Belasco,
where the wizard has made his eX-
pensive studio, up under the caves, a
treasure house of relics and theatrical
lore. BelasCo's devotion to tradition
Of the theater appears to have zone
beyond the building. for many are the
nights that lovers of the stage flock
10 his place as if to a feast.
With the passing of the green
room. there naturally has come A
change in the way players spend their
time while awaiting calls TO the stage
during the progress of a play. Idle
moments mostly are spent in the
dressing rooms.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Drawbridges Americanized.
DRAWBRIDGES on European cas-

nRAWBRIDGES on European cas-
- ties are just as picturesque today
as they ever were--in fact. usually
they are the same drawbridges which
dropped with n clang in the days of
knighthood, but now they operate
with electrical hoisting apparatus
made in America,
This interesting fact was unearthed
by Sidney Franklin in designing set
tinss for Marion Davies latest pic
ture, Beverly of Graustark, in
which number of European castles
were closely duplicated.
One would be surprised. says Mr.,
Franklin. to discover the number of
European castles which are owned
today by Americans, who, in most
cases. have been most anxious to pre-
serve the medieval note. In some
cases the old moats have been re-
filed and the dra awhridges, long aban-
doned. put in working order
Nowadays, however. no stout
warder stands at the windlass to
slowly raise the castle entrance. A
touch of An electric button does the
work nicely. and many a knight of
old. could he come riding up to the
portcullis in 1926. would spend many
a wondering hour trying to figure
out how the drawbridge was lifted.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
NATIONAL STOCK-"Three Live
Ghosts"

The second Offering of the new sea-
son. beginning Monday, April -. by
the National 'rheater Players viii be
Nan Marcius comedy. Three Live
Ghosts" which ran for year at the
Nora RaNes Theater in New York.
While the plot of the piece deals
With the experience of three returned
soldiers. it has nothing whatever to
de- with the war itself and is not
within miles of being as gloomy as
1bScn's play with the ghost title. The
three soldier pals. back in London.
find themselves recorded as being
among the dead. This perfectly suits
two "f them. whose regulations before
Tho war were none too good. The
third. shell-shocked into kleptomania.
simply trails along with the others,
NnresistinG and content so long as
lc can pilfer everything not nailed
down. When he arrives one day at
their lodgings with baby carriage
Tud several quarts of jewelry the fun
commences and more trouble than
Evening star., 1926-04-04
LIE PARADIS.

lie Paradis for Tuesday evening
announces "A Night a la Russo,
with Russian dances, and skits by a
special corps of entertainers. A big
fun spot will be special version OF
The Vulgar Boatman" by Felix So
lari and Walter kolk. and Red jazz
will he provided by the lie Parad dis
Band.
Little Robert and Hilda Wheeler,
Washington favorite brown baby
dancers. will appear at lie Paradis
all of next week