New Britain herald., 1927-11-23
FLASHES OF LIFE: MINNEAPOLIS
 FINDS POIRET POOR DRAWING CARD

New York-Extra. genuine chance to see for nothing long run Broad way play. Beginning tomorrow night, there will be no charge to The Ladder" which deals with re- incarnation. Theatrical critics esti- mate that four hundreds perform ances have already cost Edgar B. | Davis, oil and rubber man. who is backing the play, some s700,000. polis-Paul Poiret, Paris fashion designer. who believes that woman's charms are revealed too much by the present modes, is far from popular with the Minneapolis Women's club. Characterizing his recent lecture here as the biggest farce yet put over on the American people," members of the club mailed him a s2.0oo check labelled paid under protest There was box deficit of $500.
 ] New York--What are the horrors of war compared with the fights of bulls and bears? Captain Jerome B.. Sullivan was unscathed by German guns while serving with the second division. But he slipped on the floor of the Curb Exchange while execut- ! ing an order for a customer and ! broke an arm.
 Reno-Lots of unhappily married folks come to Reno. Ernest Leroy Smith who flew to Hawaii and Miss Norine Harper of San Francisco came to be happily married. It was a matter of sentiment. Smith ex- plains. He was born in Reno.
 New Marriages are on the increase among the socially elect. The latest compendium of the four hundred plus shows 1,o22 weddings this year compared with S74 last year. Bucharest King Michael has been having a fine time with his American sled The first snow of the winter has come.
 New York-A truck load of dolls has been hijacked. Five armed men hrid up garage in Brooklyn and made off with s5,0oo worth of things that would gladden. the hearts of kiddies at Christmas, It was a mis- take They thought it was a load of someth! that would warm the stomachs of thirsty adults,
 Philadelphia-The donkey is un- slightly and does not represent the virtues of democracy, in the opinion of the Women's Democratic club. Therefore it has resolved that the symbol should be abolished.
 New York-J. F. Morgan has been interviewed again. The text follows: My usual answer: I have nothing to say.'
 Buffalo. x. Y.-Hiawatha Cayuga is a charming Indian maid. Such was her beauty that the braves doing snake and bear dances at powwow, of descendants of the Iro- quois contributed lots of wampum to help persuade the white father to do as the tribes wish.
 New York-Francis Howard, son of the British ambassador, is very busy at Broad and Wall streets daily, from 9 a. m. to p. m. He is employed by J. P. Morgan and company.
 Brussels, Belgium-A new cabinet containing no socialists has been formed by Henri Jaspar. King AL bert approved it last night. | Managua, Mic. - Three bandits were killed six miles northeast of i Telpaneca Monday afternoon in an engagement with a joint patrol of i United States marines and national guards. There were no casualties among the marines or guards. New Haven - Bruce Caldwell, barred from Harvard and Princeton games because of previous football service with Brown university. is awarded "" and gold football by Yale Athletic association.
 Bridgeport - Former Marie Elsie Moore, of Greenwich, now duchess of TorlOnia, presents passport by which she gained entrance to United States last July in her divorce suit against her husband, Duke Harino Torlonia.
 Woodbridge - John Raccio ar rested at his home when federal agents find 100 gallon still in oper- ation there. Held in s1,000 bonds.
 Middletown Frederick La mairne, Al, of Meriden, suffers pos sible fracture of skull when pile of lumber falls on him.
 Bridgeport - Dead for two weeks undiscovered while his wife was away on visit, body of William Hou-