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New Britain herald., 1926-07-30
Your Health How to Keep It.
 Causes of Illness
By DIR. HUGH S. CUMMING Surgeon General, United States
 Publip Health Car,yiooa

Public Health Service
 There is an obvious disposition on the part of many dispensers of soft drinks to avoid sterilization of the glasses in which drinks are served, and 1t is not uncommon for such glasses to be dipped and re- l dipped until the water in which they are rinsed becomes a veritable cess pool of germs. Each time a glass is rinsed, it's potentiality for danger increases for the next user. The difficulty of enforcing ade- quate sterilization has led some communities to forbid the use of glasses in soft drink places altogeth- er At many state and country fairs their use is also prohibited.
 Public Places
 It Is not alone in soft drink dis ,pensaries that the dangers of the un- clean glass may be encountered. These dangers may exist in restau- rants, cafeterias, theaters, and in many other places.
 The individual manifests the same 'carelessness every time he uses a common drinking glass at picnic, on a motoring trip, or in a camping ground or park. In the case of the motorist, the peril is. aggravated by the fact that he may carry disease from one state 10 another.
 Every man, woman and child has a responsibility in this matter. re- sponsibility 10 himself and to his fellows. It is the duty of anyone who drinks at a soda fountain. restaurant. or lny other place, to find out whether the receptacle from which he drinks is safe, and if not, to demand one that is.
 Take Action
 Insanitary conditions of whatever nature should be immediately re- ported to the local health authori- ties.
 When travelling by motor, one. should be sure that each member of his party is provided with his own individual drinking cup or with de- cups, and everybody con- | cerned should take the utmost pains | 10 avoid becoming infected, and to ! avoid carrying infection from one place to another.
 Most of all the greatest vigilance should be observed for the protec- Ion of one's own and his neighbours children. The young do not know low to discriminate, and should be against the ever-pres- mt dangers of the common drink ng cup.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-30

and molasses. Add egg we'll beaten. Combine flour, graham flour, cinna- mon and salt and add to first mix ture. Stir in cherries. and add hot water with soda dissolved in it. Beat hard for a minute and turn into a buttered mold. Steam two hours or bake one hour in pan of hot water in a moderate oven. Serve warm with sugar and cream.
 Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc.)
New Britain herald., 1926-07-30

-Reddy Fox.
 At 8 certain point on the beach there were many rocks. Some of these rocks went far out into the water, so that when the tide was high they were wholly covered. When the tide was low, some of them would be entirely out of the water and some would be partly covered with water. They were big rocks. Seaweed was attached to them and in among them lived all sorts of curious little seafolk. Both Jimmy Skunk and Reddy Fox had discovered that when the tide was out there sometimes could be found in among the rocks things very good to eat. So at low tide they were in the habit of going down there to see what they could find.
 It happened one night that Reddy Fox was poking about among these rocks clear down to the waters edge. Beyond him he could see the fiat tops of great rocks standing in the
New Britain herald., 1926-07-30
ClotlI Flowers

Practically every frock and coat these days has it's floral adornment, not of the usual artificial type, but made of the material of the garm- ent, whether it is wool or chiffon.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-30
Gossip;s Corner
Tuxedo Cut Coat

A charming combination is that Of a black velvet coat with tuxedo front, with a white waistcoat em- broidered in gold and a green kasha skirt with pleated sections on each hip.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-30
Much Embroidery

Embroidery vas never more dec- orative than now, and never applied with such novelty or distinction. A sport dress of bois de rose crepe is
New Britain herald., 1926-07-30

CHEER gowns and ill-t;med so- D cial or business demands hold no, terrok for the modern woman. The insecurity of the old-time sanitary pad" has been ended.
 "KOTEX," a new and remarkable way, is now used by 8 in 10 better class women. E 70 lPs fi0e tires as absorbent as oydi- y''Hry cotton pads!
 You dine, dance, motor for hours in sheerest frocks without a sec onds doubt or fear.
 It deodorizes, too. And thus stops ALL danger of offending. IDiscards as easily as a piece of Z tissue. No laundry. No embar- rassment.
 You ask for it at any drug or department store, without hesitancv. simply by saying "KOTEX.' Do as millions are doing. End old, insecure ways. Enjoy life every day. Package of twelve costs only few cents.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-30

But, all at once, she eoudr't. She did not know why. either,
 Bill, 1 don't want any ring, she said, and picked up her hand bag and walked out of the shop.
 Bill. more puzzled than ever he had been, trotted out after her. his fat sides shaking as he wa&ke ed
 tTO BE CONTINUED
 What happens to Merry ats Blue Admiral Inn? Why was she taken to Lilfie Daies shoppe in- stead of her home? Why did Bill check out st his hotel without telephoning? You'H know in to- morrow's installment of The Petter."
New Britain herald., 1926-07-30
Trim With Black

Trim With Black
 Black is used very effe9tively to trim light colored frocks, A bouf- fant model of rose taffeta with a ruffled skirt has fichu, tie and belt of black satin.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-30
Black, Silver and Blue

given diagonal band of embroidery
 in shades of gray, white and rose.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-30

NNt tsito iSttt
 An unusally picturesque costume is of black satin with a jabot that extends from shoulder to .hemline of silver lame applied with a fold of king blue satin.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-30
Barker the Seal

Barker the Seal By Thornton W. Burgess The dog that barks may never bite. But still may give you quite a fright.
 -R eddy Eov
New Britain herald., 1926-07-30
Women Secure

against lost charm, this new way of solving oldest hygienic problem-offers true protee,
 ton; discards like tissue
New Britain herald., 1926-07-30
FQEE-TOp STORlE s
TREE.DRESSES

The wind was blowing hard. Billie and Betty stood at the window watching the howers nod back and forth. The grs. made itself very flat. The trees bent far over and threw their branches around and up and down. .s.e.
 Billie" said Betty. ",he wind is talking to those tr.es. ls must be telling them an ex- citing story"
 "Or maybe the wind is ask ing them if they like their new green dresses" Billie said. And they are all saying Yes! Yes! Yesp !"
 "Now!" Betty said, They are waving Goodbye to Mir. Wind, and spreading their dresses againss the sky.' .:;;1,1lIIn 1 1 1IA sA N |. ,LNz Nz,9z7A,A'| I ,lz,.-,, eaa4e--aass1 Y0pNNl
New Britain herald., 1926-07-30

The next story: Teddy and Bark CT Become Acquainted"
Evening star., 1926-11-28

"WiiAT: you play tennis: No
w wonder you are third-rater,
my friend. My examination and appl-
ances show positively that you are
ideally equipped for weight-throwing"
This Is the sort of statement made by
DIR. A. ThOoris. president OF the scien'
tific commission of the French Ath-
letic Federation, to the aspiring ath.
lete who comes to him for guidance
as TO the branch of athletics in which
he can excel. Following this advice.
il he wishes. the tennis player then
proceeds TO become a champion ham.
mer thrower or a shotputter.
Why does many an athlete of ideal
physique go often lag behind in his
chosen sport? How can he find out
In which branch he can become first
rste2
TO answer these questions. DR..
Thooris conducts tests in his labora-
tory in Paris, reports Popular Science
Monthly. Here, surrounded by
charts, anatomical drawings and
queer mechanical appliances, he re
Gently examined more than 100
French athletes.
AL men, he says. can be classified
.nto four types-the respiratory. in
which the thoraX, or chest. predomi-
mates; the digestive" in which the
abdomen Is predominant: the 'muscu-
lar" typified by well developed chest
and the cerebral" in which the head
is predominant. the body under devel.
oped.
There are several combinations un-
dar this Justification, which Is subor-
dinated TO two more general classes.
called 'y -. Thoorls the ''E-nnds
;.1d "Aats. Carpenter, the French
Evening star., 1926-11-28

Mr.. Feitlebaum Hollo Hollo -
Lotchmont Ho Furr Ho Ho, Poddy
HEMP? Hollo-Feenklestein Feitle.
Why?? Why We'll couldn't gonna be??
Discuss was by oss breakdown by
de carM Ha?? OF cuss. we came witt
de car, Ha?? You tutt We'll gonna
come witt train?? SO you SAINT 1t
should mitt os "a wot?? A TEXI??
IT MATTE. Gootpye.
Second Floor-Mrs. Feitlebaum-So
don't esk wot it was Meesus Yifnif-
Navar Agan!!
Mrs. Yifnif-So why you drofe witt
de carp?
Mrs Feitlebaum-Hm-w so-1t
jost stodded in hoskipping de Feenkle,
stems so we tutt we'll gonna breeng
dem. it should be a geeft, a. hurry
hental rog--
Mrs. Yifnif-Aha-so you brut in
de car de rog??
Mrs. Feitlebaum-We deedn't brut
de rog,,
Mrs. Yifnif-So why you deen't brut
de rog??
Mrs. Feitlebaum-Was so: Was in
a hoction sale de rog: so it guZz In
mine MOWrlSS WOC II s In Oere a WnOle
kraut pipple he should buy de rog-
so he geeve a beed-"Tan dollars. y
SO it saz voice in de beck "Twalf"'-
So it geeve mine Mowriss a beed-
"Feeftin."-So 1t beeds de voice
'Twanty" So 1t beeds mine Mowriss
"Twanty -fife"-Wot it beeds de voice
"Toity."-So wot'd de use we should
stotting opp witt dem Pock Hevenue
meelionaires?? So we deedn't butt
de rog so-YI YI-Wait is coming
mine Looy-Looy wot's dees YOU got?t
Evening star., 1926-11-28
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cially as both names begin with a

pecially as both names begin with
VERY natural" said the porter,
'and what Is more curious still, my
last name also commences with that
letter.
That is a. coincidence" said.
"1t's a small world" said the porter,
'fn many respects
"My name is Stewart" an.
nounced.
Stewart" he repeated; scratching
shook his head and said, NO"
mo what?" I asked.
"I'm looking for somebody" he ex-
planned.
Somebody named Stewart" L
asked
II forget the name," he replied, but
It was somebody who did me a great
wrong once"
would you remember the name."
I asked, "if you heard it?"
II think So" he replied.
WAS 1t Brown?" / asked.
mo" he replied. "It couldn't be
| Brown, because Brown is my name."
WAS it Smith?" l suggested.
Again he shook his head.
NO" he replied. "It couldn't be
Smith, either, because Smith is my
name, TOO.
do you mean to say" argued.
"that your name is both Smith and
Brown"
| He nodded
Eyes and no." he replied. You see,
my real name is---or was-Smith.'
He was silent for a moment.
| "But / would greatly prefer" he
went on, that the life of him who
was Thorndike G. Smith should re-
main a closed book
| "All right" / agreed.
! Unless" he said, you would like
to hear about it,
! "Why, Of course" said.
| II wasn't always porter" he be-
| gan.
At that moment stranger came
| into the washroom.
| Porter" he said.
Yes, sir" replied the porter, and
then he added, although, as I was
| just saying, l wasn't always porter"
| The stranger looked at me for con-
| firmation.
That's true" I nodded.
| "Sit down." said the porter, wiping
off the leather with discarded towel.
| The stranger hesitated.
| Il was going tc ask you for some
thing" he stated.
| The porter smiled affably.
Don't you think it can waltz" he
said
The stranger seemed doubtful
II don't know" he replied; II think
1 had better go out and ask my
Wife
do that" said the porter. and the
stranger disappeared.
"Where was II" asked the porter.
| Just at the beginning" | replied.
Evening star., 1926-11-28
Alarming Increase of Championships
Causes Rest of Us to Sit and Look On

President Will say to him, "Well Ed.
you certainly are stout" and then he
will go over to London and defeat all
comers in the Worlds Weigh-In and
King George will say to him. well
Ed. you certainly are fat"'; and after
that he will appear in Paris at the
Concurrence Mondale de la Grosseur
and Monsieur Poincare will say to
him. "Eh bien, monsieur Ed, vous
etes certainement gros."
And in the whole of Edward Aspir-
alton Smiths career the only part /
can take will be to bet on him in each
successive contest that he carries on.
That is exactly where we are getting
to, those of us who are not world
people ourselves-the excluded two
billion who don't weigh 420 pounds,
and can't jump eight feet in the air,
who can't sing to 10000 people. or
pound anybody to q pulp in the pres
ence of 100000 others. We Just bet.
That's us and that's all that we
amount to.
Today, for example. there is
Worlds Horse running in a World
Race in Cuba. I'm betting on that.
Evening star., 1926-11-28
By Donald Ogden Stewart

Just then the stranger returned.
do Mohammedans have angels?"
the porter asked him.
II don't know" replied the etrAn-
ger. This is the first tirne I've ever
taken this trip"
suggested. Maybe there is q Moham-
medan on board
The porter went out.
Darn it," said the stranger. Every
time come in here to ask him some
thing get sidetracked.'
He seemed very miserable.
II suppose it's just because I'm in
an upper" he continued. People I'm
uppers get a pretty raw deal these
days. And do you know whose fault
it is?" he asked.
NO" replied. Whose fault Is
it?"
wall Street" he said. "If I had
my way. the whole place would be
blown right up
"Oh, l wouldn't say that" argued
"Well. I didn't exactly mean blown
up" he replied. "but darn it. it makes
a fellow pretty sore when he cans
get any service just because he doesnN
know ]. p. Morgan or somebody"
What was it you wanted to ask
the porter?" 1 inquired. Maybe
can help YOU
Well" he replied. "I wanted to
| ask him If we were on time. but
bet I never get a chance"
At that moment tho porter reap
peared, followed by a rather small
gentleman with large horn-rimmed
glasses and pleasant smile.
This gentleman says he's
Mohammedan,' announced the por
| ter.
The gentleman nodded.
What can / do for you?" he asked.
''Is 1t burial, or something?" and
| he began to open his suitcase.
mo-" I replied. The porter and |
! Just wanted to ask you a question"
oh" said the Mohammedan, "A
| little disappointedly, and he closed his
/ bag aud turned toward tho porter in
| quringly.
''Of course. you must understand, +"
| said the porter, that 1 wasn't al
ways porter"
MOP" said the Mohammedan.
No" replied the porter.
| The three gentlemen sat down. l
remembered that l had told my wife
that l was coming right back as
| soon as I had purchased some Gig
arettes from the porter.
Excuse me-" / interrupted, but
is there any chance to get some
cigarettes?"
''Sit down." said the porter. with
| an expansive gesture. The other two
took out cigars.
'I'n be right back" l replied. and
| tiptOed out.
AS 1 passed down the aisle Of the
car the lady i'm lower FIVE was turning
her head in the direction from which
l had come and her thin hand was
reaching for the bell button.
Copyright. 1926.l
Evening star., 1926-11-28
Lardner and Bride Begin Joint Career
By Launching Mercantile Enterprise
Neither could l." 1 replied laugh

Neither could l." I replied laugh
ingly.
Hugga had brought me a dowry of
$500, and as we both preferred small
towns to large, we decided to invest
in some business in a desirable resi-
dental community upstate from New
York. Through a friend of Hugga' s
father we learned that the post office
in a place called Gluten was for sale
Gluten had a population of nearly
1000, of whom more than 500 We're
dogs.
IT'S a great little town." said
Hugga's fathers friend. Its got
running water and two spigots."
Hugga was quite practical.
Don't let's be carried away by
blurbs," she said. ''It seems to me
that the post office in a town where
the inhabitants are 40 per cent dogs
is not likely to be very profitable
Dogs. or at least the dogs that l have
known (she flushed) are not great let
ter WRITER'S
''Of course" put In my father-in-
law Mr.. Much, you can't expect big
profits from a small town post Office
if you run it solely as post office.
The idea Is to sell stamps, post cards,
envelopes, etc, only when necessary
and depend on other kinds of mer-
Evening star., 1926-11-28
THE OTHER DAY

~ ANSAS takes q whole day to
get through in coming from
N Los Angeles to New York. It
y also takes q whole day to get
through in going from New
York to Los Angeles. The sale of Gig
arettes Is fobidden in Kansas.
Il would like a package of cigar
ettes," I said to the porter.
THE sale OF cigarettes" he replied,
is forbidden in Kansas
I handed him so cents.
"Chesterfields," said.
He handed me back the 30 cents.
All right" l said, "Camels, Lucky
Strikes, Fatimas.'
He looked at me a little sadly.
handed him a dollar. He sighed and
returned the money
Its men like you" he said. who
are causing all the present unrest"
I blushed.
And besides" he added, do you
realize what one little cigarette does
to the inside of your lungs"
No" | replied
He took a snail folder from the in
side Of his uniform
Here" he sail spreading out the
chart, I'VE have The normal lungs of
a fish"
I looked
"a trout" he added
"Are you sure?" | asked.
YES he replied. "a trout Of per-
haps or months of age"
laughed. He began folding up the
paper.
"If It amuses YOU" he said, with
dignity.
mo. please" cried, stopping him;
please go on"
II don't want you to think" he
said, that I am In any sense a
crank"
"Of course not" 1 insisted
He once more spread his paper out
on the washstand
'And here" he said. I'VE have the
lungs of the same fish after so cigar
cites, four cigars and a pipe"
"All at once?" | asked.
"Over q nominal period of time" he
replied.
I looked
Horrible" I replied.
He smiled, but without much salts
faction.
IF people only knew" he said,
shaking his gray curly head.
/ looked again.
Its unbelievable, repeated, land
of the chart is the curious resem-
blance of the trouts lunge to a friend
of mine named Robert Banchley"
The porter considered a moment
Then he took out pair of spectacles
SFom large case and slowly put them
on. Then he examined the chart.
MY mistake" he said apologeti-
cally. This is the wrong side of the
paper"
oh" exclaimed what pity"
You see" he explained, Il sort of
Evening star., 1926-11-28
15Oth Anniversary
Of Phi Beta Kappa

been proud Of Phi Beta membership,
and with cause. How highly regarded
has grown the distinction may perhaps
best be understood when there Is re.
called the remark of an eminent doc
tor of divinity that he would rather
lose that degree than relinquish the
golden key that dangled from his
watch chain.
AS the "chief conserver and re.
warder of scholarship" Phi Beta
at its meetings. particularly those
held in connection with commence
ment at the numerous colleges at
which chapters are now established.
highly fiavors the proceedings with
erudition. Original papers on varie-
ty of theses are prepared and read by
members who have reached the
heights of human endeavOr, and al
ways they command an audience
much wider than the select circle of
the members. The nature Of such
papers of the present day in the light
of well known problems agitating the
minds of mankind. may be guesses,
but It is of more than passing interest
to CLEAN from the dusty annals of the
society the subjects discussed when
Americans of another age sought
suitable recreation for the philosophic
mind. Selected at random. n few Of
them were: "The Advantages OF an
Established Church" 1.-The Justice OF
African Slavery" whether Agricul-
ture or Merchandising Is Most Advan-
tageouS 10 the State" Whether
Brutus Was Justified in Having His
Sons Executed" THE Cause and Ori-
gin of Society" whether a Wise
State Has Any Interest Nearer the
Heart Than the Education of It's
Youth" whether Anything Is More
Dangerous to Civil Liberty Than q
Standing Army in Peace" Whether
Parents Have Right to Prevent
the Institution OF Ostracism Was
Legal" Whether Commonweaiths or
Monarchies Are Most Subject to Sc
dition and Connections" Whether
Theatrical Exhibitions Are Advan-
tageOus TO States or the Contrary"
Whether federation of Dueling BY
Any state Is Justifiable," whether
All Affections ana Principles Are Not
in Some Measure Deducible From
SelfLovc," Whether Extreme Want
Justities Stealing From a Neighbor to
Relieve Present Necessity"
Upon both the ancient and the mod
ern emblem of Phi Beta Kappa there
appear the letters IS. P..' known to
represent a Latin phrase, but there
has never been complete agreement
on what the exact words are, although
the belief grows that they stand for
'SOcietas Philosophical. There is
universal acceptance of Phi Beta as
mo fuI L.
tainment, and Greek letter fraternity
men of all degrees today pay tribute
to the zeal and prescience Of John
Heath and his fellows who, $50 years
ago, wrought out all the essentials
which. Incorporated in laws and tradi-
tions. have so surely guided fraternity
practice in all succeeding years.
Evening star., 1926-11-28
VARIOUS ATHLETIC TYPES.

boxer, is a Fiat" Dempsey, the
heavyweight, is in the opposite class.
muscular. rough; ideally built also for
broncho-busting, foot ball. six-day bi-
cycle racing. These two men have
found their mediums and, therefore,
they are superior.
The greatest handicap under which
fully SO per cent of athletes labor. DR..
Thooris has found, is bad breathing,
because of nasal distractions. This
fault he treats by ''diastoliZation," or
gradual opening of the nasal pa assage.
Among the unusual testing devices
which he had invented is an ''oscillom-
eter," TO test blood pressure and the
athletes staying abilities. The sub
ject is tested after exercise with
dumbbells and classified according to
the time required for the blood pres
sure to return to normal. The ''pneu.
mograph," another device, has pneu-
matte girdle which registers the move
ment of the chest muscles in inhala.
ton and eXhalation.
Evening star., 1926-11-28

HAD I said that I wasn't always
a porter?" he asked.
Yes" l replied.
The porter let himself slowly down
into a chair.
II wasn't always a porter" he be-
gan.
The bell in the corridor suddenly
began to ring. The porter stopped
and glanced towards the door. The
ringing became more insistent.
That's for me-" he said.
The sound increased in intensity.
Il wonder who it is" said the
porter.
81 can't imagine" I replied.
The porter scratched his head.
Maybe it's that lady in lower s."
he said
Maybe 1t will stop" I suggested
The bell did not stop. 1t got
worse. The porter looked at me.
Evening star., 1926-11-28

And there's a World Man swimming
the Irish Channel-or, no, he's drown
ed; but, anyway, there's some man
swimming some channel somewhere
a World Channel-he's doing 1t for
World Belt or something Anyway,
I am betting on him. Why wouldn't
I? Personally. 1 couldn't swim across
the Lachine Canal. So all l can do
is bet you, too.
There's a slight consolation in the
fact that these world people come to
a natural end. Some one else out
worlds them. I know perfectly we'll
that sooner or later Edward Aspira-
ton Smith will run up against some
thing little stouter than himself. At
the Pan-Continental Worlds Entire
Globe Million Dollar Contest. Ed will
be beaten out by a Chinese boy from
Shantung, who can't read or write,
but weighs half a pound more than
Ed. And that half pound will hurl
Edward clean down to the bottom
again and people will look on him as
quite thin and his book "IIow | Be
came Fat" will lose its sale entirely.
Such Is the poison of the World Stuff.