New Britain herald., 1926-05-21
HAT CONSCIOUS
 WOMEN BEWARE
Move on Foot to Make Them Feel
 They Need Chapeau
By the Associated Press.

luVJ l'VVu OuuPVAu By the Associated Press.
 Women of New York are to be made hat conscious" whether they like 1t or not. Believing that wom- en do not devote the thought, time or money to their hats that they give to other features of their ward robe, the Millinery Research AL liance has orzanized a Hat Con- sciousness Committee" The com mittce will spend 8 year and mil Hon dollars in bringing women 10 the guilty consciousness of their shortcomings.
 The interior of a villa on the Mediterranean, Spanish Don's Casa. and a Tudor mansion all may he seen in one of the newer Fifth avenue apartment houses. Here has been erected enormous apart ments, including maisonettcs, du- plcxes and u'ipleXes decorated in the various period styles to suit the oc Cupants.
 The dog derbies of the frozen north and the whippet races of so- cioty dog fanciers have nothing on the canine conduit contests being staged by the urchin mongrel own CTS of Eighth avenue. Preparatory 70 construction of q subway under the avenue long sections of 1S-inch Jipe have been laid along the curb. A game has been devised Of coaxins dogs into the ends of the parellel pipes and whistling 10 them from the other end.
 Al Jolson likes nothing better than friendly audience and he's willing to take over a whole show to prove if.
 Coming on the stage late, having been to movie with Mayor Walker, he apologized for not having had time 10 black up. His act went over so well. however, that when called back after the conclusion of his GUS tomary bill, he said:
 You know there is more Of this show to go on, But you'Vc been good to me and I'll stay if you want me"
 Applause was the answer,
 'Well. what do you say to me fin ishing the show and letting the other folks back stage. go homo""
 Everybody out front agreed, so Al iokrd and sang long past the usual curtain time.
 Rare old stamps of the south arc in much demand in New York. A scent stamp issued at Tuscumbia. Alabama. in 1858 recently sold for SEQ. while 2-cent. scnni-official Charleston. s. C., stamp, issued in iS5I-G brought $1OQ. Philatists paid St05 each for Confederate States of America provisional is sues, a Macon. Georgia, 5-cent ycl- low stamp and a Memphis, Tenn 5-cent, red on orange stamp.
 The old picture of a newsboy, ragged in clothing and lean of face. standing with his nose pressed against the glass of a display win dow, behind which works a smiling pancake happer or rests castle of cake and icing, still holds true in New York
 But the newsboy now has plenty of company.
 Restaurateurs take great pride in displaying their food. One place on Broadway changes it's window daily and on Sunday a special display is offered.
 Almost any time Of day an1 night groups may he seen gazing in this and other windows. Always inc ncwsboy is in the minority. His company ranges from the man in correct attire, set off with q silk topper to bc-rouged chorus girls,
 Senorita Racquet Moller, the spanish actress who remained un- by Metropolitan news paper men and women longer per haps than any of her class, also has kept very much from the public linw Only occasionally had she attended q small party or quietly visited one of the thcaters. New Workers who had become accus- toned to her cyciusivnness, how eyer, found hey autographed pie ture in q shop window indorsing a perfume.
 Requests for information relative 10 violins which owners believe 10 have been made by Stradivari have become SO numerous that one New York house uses q form letter an swering questions.
 Thousands Of limitations Of the work of Crcmona's great violin maker were put out while he was