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New Britain herald., 1926-12-21
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Entered at the Post omcs at New Britain e 6seond Class Mall Matter.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-21

It's still Xmas" in some ads: but this may be improved by next year.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-21
Theatrical

The musical and theatrical sea- sons are on in full force.
 The difference between a musical comedy and on opera is this: at the former, the exposure is on the stage; at the latter, it's in the audience.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-21
World Court

On World Court stuff we're not so
 smart
 But we can tell you this, in short: Where other tribunes are concerned The wiser man keeps out of court.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-21

Copyright 1926, Publishers, Syndi-
 cate)
New Britain herald., 1926-12-21
Psychological

The angelic slogan was "Peace on Earth; Good Will to Men"
 But nowadays we use peace-time 10 scrap about the last war and we get charged s10,000 extra for the good will in q 5000 business.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-21
Good News

The first of next month you won't
 get The bills on which you've reckon-
 cd There is no mail on holidays. Cheer mp. They'll come the Sec
 ond,
New Britain herald., 1926-12-21

Winter scene: Ten below zero. Twin beds Just one occupied.
, 1926-07-15
TO REPAIR Ell MORO WALL.

The recent action Of Congress in ap.
propriatinq SIG, 200 for the repair Of the
Notifications Of San Juan will in all
probability result in the resurfacing Of
the north wall of FL Moro which is in
bad condition. Other repairs will also
be made if any portion Of the appropria-
ton remains uneXp :nded
The wall of the San Augustine battery
which was restored last year, is hold
ING up we'll although some Of the an
cient stone which is now exposed to the
air forthe first time in nearly four hun
dred years shows signs of deteriation.
1t was from this wall, which is eighteen
feet thick at its base, that portions of
the wooden %pontoons used by the oriqi
nal engineers were secured This ma
tive hardwood apparently, has more re-
s|istarce than the stone although it has
beer int DID in, masonryI under .watsr
since ne middle Of the sixteenth cen
tury it shows nc sign Of decay 8. ~ IL.
The three cannon balls found in the
old wall during its ecorstruc+fon are
believed to hayeJ heep3ri&sd Gfrop the
ships of Sir Eyancis Drake during his
historic attack On san Juan in 1885 ard
, 1926-07-15
wv ENGINES.

One of the engines will be housed at
the front of the car and the other over
the rear axle. There will be a common
gear. box for the two in the centre Of the
car, through which power will be trans
mftted to the rear wheels. The driver
will have to operate two clutches, which,
Of course. will be connected SO that they
can be worked by the same pedal.
AS it is considered that the great tyres
will afford too much resistance to the
wind, the body will be carried right over
the wheels to within a few inches Of the
ground, giving the car the appearance of
a tank.
What is going to happen when this
monster is unleash2d no one can f@oreteiI.
The man who first steps on the acceIera-
t r of he new car is in for a very thrill
ing if pIecarious experience. Tile Lon
don Daily Mail.
, 1926-07-15
KILLING WITH KIDNESS.
Baltimore Sun J

Porto Rico has a great many troubles
not the least of them friends. The island
is embarrassed by champions whose in
t~entions are of that variety chiefly use
ful in extending the boulevard system
in a well known neither region. One of
them has bobbed up in Congress with
his heart in the right place, but his
thinker apparently disiocated. Repre-
sentative Bloom, of New York, pro-
poses that the United States grant Porto
Rico d loan SO, coo, GOO to be used to
house The inhabitants in modern dwell
inQs, thus r|eScuaing them from the evils
of bad plumbing and leaky roofs.
In other words, the way to rescue a
people already staggering under an ex-
cesSive indebtedness, as Mr.. Bloom sees
ii, is to increase the indebtedness. The
poverty stricken condition Of a great pof.
ton Of the Porto Rico population is due,
in part at least, to The burden Of taxes
heaped upon them by political admins
tratiCns with a fondneSs for fancy school
houses. ornate city halls, and exten
sive' waterworks that may or not pro.
vide water. Politicians and contractors
have waxed fat While the plain people
have grown wan. If houses of the popu.
lace are a reproach eff modern civiliza.
ton, it is because their public buildings
and public improvements are in advance
of their time.
How that situation can be improved
by increasing indebtedness and, taxation.
is a DIT obscure. MIR. Bloom is jtFtirtiy
too much like the ifF4an2ed"lo tepHWh0 re1f
markrUfWvt htly to his sWeejie: Il love
you SO much | could choke you.'-Uid.
, 1926-07-15
s'B ROADWAY GOLD

it is almost certain that if repair work
is undertaken on the wall of Ell MORO
that other discoveries of interest will be
made. Porto Rico Progress, July 18th.
, 1926-07-15
NOTED PRELATES AND La
MEN COME.

Chicago, June 80 Dignitaries of the
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LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

wrote another letter to Mary Wat
kinS today, being
Deer Mary, Everything is still about
the same heer. l hope everything is
all rite out in the country, including
you.
My frunt tooth is still out but I can
feel the beginnings of a new one COM
ing out. Nature is certeny wonderful
but jest the same l am going to be
more. careful of the new one wen 1t
comes all ways in because if that
one got nocked out and still another
one grew in. nature would be acting
still more wonderful lords me than
wat it genrelly does lords most people.
Reddy Merfys granfather has nuth-
Ing but falts teeth but he seems to
have even more of them than wat we
have reguler teeth. and he can crack
NUTS with them and take even bigger
bites out of apples than wat Reddy
can, and he says he wouldent exsept
his regular natural private teeth back
as a gift.
Jest the same l hope you don't half
to have falts teeth for yourself for
quite a long vile yet, because / think
you have some Of the prettiest teeth 1
ever saw, altho they are rather small.
In fact they remind me of perls and
If perls was square they would remind
me of them even more so. I am eat.
ing a apple rite now vile I am writing,
it is very joocy and If it had your
teeth marks in it it would be absi-
lutely perfeck.
Pubs Simpinses kite got cawt in a
tree yestidday and you mite Of thawt
1t was a million dollars werth of
radium insted Of 10 cent kite.
Your effectionate friend Benny Potts.
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She forced her quivering mouth
into a wide, wry smile, and, the tears
still running down her cheeks, ate the
carrots. Within a few days she was
smiling with real pleasure as she ate
her carrots and spinach. To this day,
although she is bigger than I am.
she has to eat what Is good for her
and smile while doing SO.
Her physical strength at the age
of sixteen months was quite as re-
markable as her mental develop.
ment One day l was amazed to see
her staggering about the kitchen, with
an eight-pound flat iron in one hand
and Il Six-pound iron in the other,
her face quite red with eXertiOn, but
a triumphant smile on her face. Her
father taught her to chin bar at
fifteen months, and initiated her into
the mysteries Of the daily Dozen"
which delighted her.
"Ibbus" Always Independent.
From the earliest age she was al
most com1cally Independent. She
could never tolerate having any one
do anything for her that she could
do for herself. At any offer of assist
ance. she would cry: mo, no! Let
Ibbus do it," And her very busy
to "let Ibbus do it We used TO say
proudly that she had reared herself.
When she was sixteen months old,
l received an offer, through the regis
trar of Baylor, to teach in the high
school at Maria. Texas. six hundred
miles away from home. l did not
dare write the trustees that ! had
a baby, for fear of not getting the
place, and / so very much wanted it,
because Charles was becoming dis
couraged and was about to give up
college. If 1 could teach for the rest
of the term-a teacher had resigned
in March-CharleS could go on to
school, with only himself to provide
for. So. with a siXteen-month-old
baby in my arms, a iirSt-grade teach
er's certificate in my suit case. and
acute fear in my heart that my future
pupils would find out how little !
really knew Of Latin and Spanish, l
arrived in Maria, a wind-swept little
town high up in the foothills Of the
Rockies.
Il don't know what you're going
to do with that baby while you're
teaching all day." the amazed trustee
said. taking in my extreme youth and
my armful of baby at one shocked
glance. There's only one boarding
house In town. and know Mrs. Rice
wouldn't have time to look after a
baby"
ooh. she'll take care of herselfp'
I assured him confidently, but he
looked so stern that I thought he
might send me packing by the next
train.
Continued in tomorrow's Starr
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Leila Marsh. rho has 0ltroys been
accustomed to idleness. is lett TithoW
money. Because she is inexperienced,
she is forced TO take position as
ln1ys maid acith Mona Kingsley.
rery rich 1comdn. In the fdmuU are
Richard. Mond's husband. ana Bdrrg.
the son. Barry rcrsecufes Leila ,ttth
his attentions. and Mona 0mnSes her-
self by hup,ilidting the 0irl. Richard,
uhe has long ago learned that Mona
does not Lore him. begins, by pitD'n0
Leila and then discovers that ne cares
for her. In the meantime. Mona IS
amusing herself ,rith Ronald Cameron.
a young bachelor. ,cho Is in love 'rifh
her. Barry persists in his persecution
of Leila until he realizes that he can
act rotrherc nth her By this time
he Is In lovc trith her and decides to
n,arry her. To his Gmdzemrnt. shc
refuses him scornfully and. learning OF
her sons intatudtion. Mona discharges
the 0trl. After I>eiia'S departure.
Mona accepts an irritation to a mouse
partu at the Moltbys. Ronald IS dtSo
inrtted. and Fritzie Lang. MIS-.
Mdltby's niece. is among those present.
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CHAPTER XXXVH.
Eitzie Scores.

Mona's attitude toward Fritzie was
one of amused tolerance. She always
adopted this manner toward young
girls and, because Of her beauty II
was usually effective. With F'ritzie
things were different.
From the very beginning, Mona
knew that the girl was clever. When
Ronald brought her up to be INTRO
duced her manner was charmingly
deferential. and yet there was a
quality about it that infatuated Mona.
II put her definitely in her place as
an older woman. She felt Immediately
that she was Jumped with people like
Edith Maltby and Helen stone ana
Lucy Everett. Fritzie made her feel
that her beauty no longer made her
unique in her set. She was simply
one Of the older crowd.
That night she took great deal OF
pains with her dressing. Renee.
Ediths maid, gave her a steam pack
and a facial massage. and after her
bath she Law down for few minutes
and tried to sleep. This, however.
was impossible. She was too restless
and Ill at ease. She felt as if some
thing ominous were about to happen.
and argue as she would she could not
free herself of this feeling Of premo-
milton.
Renee came back after a time. and
made a very nice job of Mona's hair.
To be sure, she did not ha ndle it SO
we'll as Leila had, but the effect was
very nice, and Renee heightened it by
paying Mona compliment.
Madame is tres chic" she re-
marked, her dark head cooked on one
side like a bird her bright. dark eyes
swapping. And Mona smiled at her
pink. nd-white reflection in the glass
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PALE, HANDS
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR.

topped by the crown Of glittering
golden hair. Her self confidence had
returned
She chose a dress of plain black vel
vet, cut very low. so that II showed
her beautiful shoulders and perfect
arms. 1t was a sophisticated dress
made slightly longer than the pre-
vailing style. and with It she wore
fle sh.colored stockings and black satin
slippers with rhinestone heels and
buckles.
When she descended the stairs be-
fore dinner, she was once more the
queen. In the large, square hall.
where cocktails were being served.
she was at once surrounded, and as
she drank in greedily the admiration
that was lavished on her her color
deepened and her eyes sparkled like
stars.
Ronald was in the group around
her. and the knowledge Of his pres
ence gave her a sparkling quality
that was like champagne. He had
hardly taken his eyes from her face
since her entrance. and then suddenly
she became conscious that his glance
was waVering.
She was standing with her back to
the stairs and she turned little in
order to see what had attracted his
attention. Her heart leapei I'm her
breast
In the curve of the staircase where
she herself had stood just before din
ner was that Lang girl. She wore
scarlet chiffon dress made with
bouffant skirt that ended just below
the knees. Her slender legs were
clad in scarlet. and she had red slip
ofch 10
her face famed darkly like that Of a
gypsy, and as she stood there. all
vibrant with youth n suffocating sen
sation turned Mona suddenly faint.
F'ritzie was leaning forward. one
slim hand on the balustrade. she had
taken a rose from her hair and was
swinging it lightly.
Hello. all you people" she called
in that high. sweet voice Of hers:
"Who wants me for a dinner
partner
Instantly the men. young and old.
were SWarming at the foot Of the
staircase. Above them Fritzie SWUNG
the rose in tantalizing fashion.
Then she flung it. and there was
wild scramble.
Mona stood with bright. fixed
smile on her face. watching the scene
She did not feel like smiling. In
fact, she was filled with contempt ut
the cheap theatricality of the girls
bid for attention. But she smiled.
and then slowly even that sembla nee
of smile faded from her face. The
men who had been on their hands
and knees were getting to their feet.
There was much laughter and good,
natured Joking. and then out Of the
crowd of white shirt fronts Ronnv
emerged. He held a red rose in his
hand.
Copyright 1861
Continued in tomorrow's Starr
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Clues to Character
Straight Nose an Order Taker.
BY J. O. ABERNETHY.

The true Roman nose is charac-
terized as the aristocratic nose. 1t
Is the nose that is convex in pro-
flle which means one that Is low
at the root, but rises abruptly at
the bridge and bulges but dips at
the tip.
Where it is not strongly arched.
but large and broad, it is a sign of
a strong, assertive. domineering dis
position accompanied by a SELF
opinionated mind. Those with this
type of nose love to dictate and
revel in contention and strife.
You will not find this individual
being led in peace or war. He
strives to reach q position where
he may command at the earliest pos
sible moment. Accepting advice is
not a thing that he enjoys.
But your arched nose man or
woman is more commanding in
words than in deeds because their
great strength lies in their forCeful
voices and temperS, thereby develop
ing unusual power in compelling
obedience.
Failure to carry out orders with
alacrity brings upon the offender the
seycrest condemnation and often dis
missal. because this type brooks no
interference in his plans.
But. if YOU are looking for the
order taker, select the man with n
straight nose. He is always await
ing order and will carry them out
TO the best of his ability. Check up
on men of authority. executives and
leaders and you will find that their
noses are arched. while the order
takers have straight ones.
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Stand Firm" Urges General.

NEW YORK, August 2, 1176.-Gen.
Washington learned today from
.wo British ueser;ers that Gen.
Clinton and Lord CORVALLIS. with
perhaps ! 900 men. have arrived at
Staten Island. and that the fleet which
arrived d few days ago brought sew
pral divisions of the Scottish High
anders and Hessians. These new ar
rivals bring the total invading force
Up TO 10000 effective, well trained,
fully equipped troops. TO oppose
hem Washington has roster of IL
225 men. But of this number only
1854 are present and fit for duty,
while 1868 are sick with smallpox and
other camp diStempers. The effective
American force is thus about one
third that of the enemy.
To make the situation still worse, If
anything could. Pennsylvania militia
who had volunteered FOR service In the
flying camp have become dissatisfied
and are returning home in large num-
hers. To them the general today ad-
dressed an urgent appeal to stand
firm In this day of great trial.
ALLOW me to address YOU he said,
AS fellow citizens and fellow soldiers
Engaged in the same glorious cause,
10 represent to you that the fate of
our country depends. in all human
probability. on the eXertion OF few
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Dill Pickles.

Select small or mediunl-sized firm
cucumbers and wash them carefully.
Make a brine strong enough to float
an egg and place in a stone jar or
crock. Do not use tin or granite
ware. Pack the cucumbers in brine
and press them down with a weight
ed plate. Be sure that ell the pickles
are covered with the brine, as even d
small part of one exposed will spoil
all. Leave the cucumbers in the brine
at least four days. Five or six days
will not hurt. A large handful of dill
should be placed in the brine with the
cucumbers. When they have soaked
for four days, remove and pack in
fruit jars. using fresh dill with them.
Invert the jars and allow to drain
half day. Boil one part vinegar,
three parts water and allow to COOL
When cool. pour over the cucumbers
and seal. These will keep for a long
time. If you wish to eat the pickles
soon. use a. little more vinegar. They
are best if left to stand for a month
at least.
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$50 YEARS AGO TODAY
BY JONATHAN A. RAVsON. JR.
Story of the U. S. A.

weeks: that it is of the utmost impor-
lance. to keep up q respectable force
for that time. and there can be no
doubt that success will crown our eff.
forts if we firmly and resolutely deter
mine to conquer or die.
IF I could allow myself to doubt
Your spirit and perseverance, | should
represent the ruinous consequences Of
your leaving the Service by setting be-
fore you the encouragement 1t would
give the army, the confusion and
shame of our friends and the still
more CALLING triumph of our enemies.
The honor and safety Of our cOun-
try and every other motive that can
influence the brave and heroic patriot
cell loudly upon us to acquit ourselves
with resolution. In short. we must
now determine to be enslaved or free.
II we make freedom our choice, we
must obtain it by the blessing of
Heaven on our unlimited and vigorous
Efforts
Unusual activity in the British fleet
today convinced the general that an
attack in great force is about to be
launched. His one chance to ward off
a great disaster is in an appeal for the
militia of the nearby States. Swift
express riders have been dispatched to
Connecticut and New Jersey with ur-
gent pleas for their immediate assist
anCe.
fCopyriEht. 1926.l
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years the statement is made that wom-
ems feet are growing larger. This de-
ductiOn is naively based on the fact
that the demand in shoe stores is for
larger shoes than was the fact a gen.
Grafton ago. The fact really is that
very few women wear shoes that are
too small. Present day clothes make
this well nigh impossible. The mine
ing. limping gait that results from
shoes too short sor too narrow cannot
be hidden away under full, long skirts,
as was once possible. Women spend
far larger proportion of their dress
allowances on shoes than ever before,
and shoes are more picturesque. more
shapely. This condition will continue
so long as the short skirt remains in
fashion. Quite recently we have been
noticing tendency to slightly longer
skirts. This does not mean long skirts
by any means merely that certain wo-
men who wore their skirts above their
knees are now wearing them an inch or
maybe two inches below. and that
some women who wore them just two
inches beyond the bend of the knee
now wear them four inches below.
They are still a good long way from
the "shoetops." a line above which no
we'll conditioned woman once thought
of wearing her skirts.
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Flesh Pots.

During the exciting exodus of the
Jews from Egypt under Moses they
began TO wall over their short "a
lions and to sigh for the flesh pots OF
Egypt. They probably didn't banker
litter such q l,ig flesh pot as every
.,ndv vislalizes when reference is
made t. the flesh pots OF Egypt. But
The phrase is such an allurine one.
Anyhodv can define the term to his
own liking. The politician can dra-
matically shout thata his opponent is
induIsing in graft privileges and
''faedinC on the flesh pots Of Egypt.
The ardent young minister thinks the
fel1n means everything CafnaI-not
only bodily Carnal but spiritually
,.arnal. too. if that is not paradox.
GaStrononlicaIiy speaking. | should
think the flesh pots of Egypt
means luxurious and Sumptuous eat
ing-every food sNathed in thick rlch
sauce: every dessert smothered with
whipped cream and heavy with sugar;
starch. sugar and fat in every con
ceivabio form.
Now continued Indulgence in this
rio of fat-making foods will certainly
bring on an excess of flesh.
Starch is fattening. Il do not eat
potatoes," says Mrs. Overstout. But
4 baked potato, because IL is a nal
anced food containing mineral salts
10 balance the carbohydrate starch. Is
allowed a fat person occasionally.
White bread has nothing to recon-
mend 1t, hut it is starch and is, there
fore. completely out of the diet OF
people trying to reduce.
There is long list of foods allow
cd the stout But these foods must
not he cooked SO that fattenlnS QuaI.
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Leeches.

ACCCAASS'
One of the curiosities of medical
history is the custom of leeching. or
reducing fever or blood pressure by
means of attaching little blood-suck-
ing leeches to the skin. which for
tunately did their work painlessly.
Leeches live naturally In fresh water
and in tropical Asia even on bushes.
where. no bigger than pins, they lie
in wait for any passing animal or
man. At the slightest jar they make
jump, and often succeed in landing
on the passerby when, quite nnotfc-
ed they suck the blood till they are
bloated to great size. Leeching blood
was occasionally Of some use, and
probably more hygenic than letting
blood by the lancet, but 1t was much
overdone and one would imagine that
the practice would now be discontin-
ued. Yet recently London newspapers
reported that quite a trade was still
done in leeches in country districts.
Now, what do you know about that?
Answers to Saturdays Questions.
l.. Schist is crystalline rock hav-
ing an evenly foliated structure; that
is, ''shearing off" in planes. Mica is
generally found in schist.
&. MICA Is d SliCihe, y! Siam
rock, separating into very thin planes
of some elasticity. extreme thinness,
and more or less transparency.
2. Isinglass is very pure. tough,
transparent gelatine prepared from
the float bladders Of sturgeon.
4. The chief characteristic useful
ness of photographic stone is it's eX-
ceedingly fine and even grain. SO that
when engraved it will print very
sharp, smooth lines.
5. Asbestos is a mineral Of f1brous
structure. non-inflammable and capa-
BILE of being spun.
6. Aeolian deposits are collections
of mineral and organic matter carried
by the wind and dropped by 1t.
Copyright. 1880