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SALLY'S SHOULDERS ;. By BEATRICE BuRro

66TT'S my fault, too, Aunt EN-.
i ily," she declared. "I never
should have let Ted Sloan talk me
into dancing like those Spanish
dancers that the Lark had. But /
was like you'll didn't know that
It would cheaper, not only you
and me, but the restaurant itself!
Well. now that we've learned our
lesson, wha: are we going to do?
/ haven't said anything to you
about it. hut I've noticed that
this dancing crowd we have ali
carry TASKS. Do you think we
ought not to have the band any
more? Just stick to the sober
sort of folks who come here for
q good. substantial meal?"
Aunt EN- shrugged her slender
shoulders. You know we didn't
have any business until we did
have some jazz music" she re-
minded Sally. dolefully. But I
guess our only chance is to go
back to the quiet sort of restau-
rant we had in the eginniug. and
try to hold part Of our trade that
way. Otherwise we're going to
find ourselves with the cheapest
kind of road resort on our hands!
Only yoL don't have to go back
to office work. Sally. I've plenty
O. work besides dancing for you
right herer
And so they settled the question,
and prayed for the best.
At the end of the week Aunt
Emily told the three musicians
that she would need them no
longer. and she refused to serve
dinner to n gay young crowd who
arrived with a large whisky flask
of chased and heavy silver.
Sally's gay gypsy costume re-
n1ained where Sally had put tin
the very bottom Of her little old
tin trunk. with "S. T." on 1t in
brass tacks.
q Sally had not heard from Ted
Sloan for weeks and weeks. She
had scarcely thought of him.
But on the following Sunday aft.
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bering only the pleasant ones. We
all do this.
She thought. now of the Satur.
day nights when she and Ted had
set out for their long hours of
dancing-of the afternoons when
he had helped her scrub her
kitchen and back porch-of the
flowers he bad sometimes brought
upstairs to her from his mothers
garden in the yard behind the
apartment building.
Without knowing it, Sally was
homesick. Homesick for the peo-
pie she knew best in the world,
after all-her mother, Millie, and
Beau. Her people.
Something of her homesick long.
ing was in Sally's deep blue eyes as
she watched Ted come across the
grass toward her, his hat off, the
pale October sunlight on his cheer.
ful freckled face, his crisp red hair.
To her, in that moment, he repre-.
sented the things and the people
that she missed.
AACAAOS ne 6ESCl0Q nSE, WITH MS
cheerful grin. Here l am, still
hanging around after you like a
bed-ridden oyster" He spoke as
though he had never been away
from her.
Aunt Emily gave him look that
plainly showed her scorn for him
and such foolish phrases as ''bed.
ridden OYSTER"
TN go into the house and finish
this" she snapped at Sally, and
carried the grape basket, the col
ander and the dishpan filled with
grape seeds and skins into the
house. The screen door banged
smartly behind her. {.
Il see she still loves me just as
she always did," remarked Ted. re-
fusing to be insulted or downcast
by her treatment of him. Want
to go for driver"
mot particularly" answered
Sally. A drive no longer was the
extraordinary and exciting thing
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Telephones shrilled; typewriters
ratified; from another room came
the deafening elatter of telegraph
Instruments; great brass pipes
which Coles said were pneumatic
tubes running upstairs to the
composing room sighed and
snored; shouts Of "Boy!" pierced
the racket.
"But how do they write here?"
Emily demanded. with 30 much
going on. how can they?"
He turned upon her look of
genuine surprise and declared the
place was quiet now.
Ought to see It when some.
thing breaks! OF course they're
little rushed-edition going In.
And say. I'd better be moving"
He took her to a small office at
the end of the city room and un-
covered his typewriter. In hardly
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She went to the city desk and.
leaning over it. talked hurriedly
to the city editor. He nodded once
or twice and glanced at the clock:
the girl, moving very fast, sat
down at a typewriter. With half
nod at Bill who looked up briefly.
she ran paper into the roll and
her fingers flew.
When she had finished page
she called '.Boyy" without raising
her head. One came and took
what she had written to the city
editor who ran through it and
sent it on to the copy desk.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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the middle of a U.shaped table;
this man would make quick
marks on it before tossing it to
those who sat facing him.
This was the copy desk and
the man in the "slot" was head
of it, Coles explained to Emily;
the others were copy readers.
1t was they who wrote the
heads" she would see at the
top OF the columns in the news
paper next day.
Over in the corner, he went
on, was the "city desk" where
all the local news came in; the
gray-haired man was city editor.
well, ] expect he's marvel
Gus. isn't he. King? No one so
important
ooh, yes. There's managing
editor and editor-in-chief. And
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a minute he was bent over the
machine, pounding as madly as
the reporters and re-write men.
His face was drawn with concen-
tation; she knew that for him at
this minute, though she was sit
ting beside him, she didn't exist.
And she wondered how he could
think as fast as his fingers
moved.
Words sprang out at her from
the white sheet unrolllng from his
machine. inadequate" re.
hash" "flabby plot"
She turned away. A cruel
thing TO do-destroy a mans work
this way. Perhaps the young
fellow with the anxious eyes
would be discouraged-never try
again. She had a feeling Coles
was not being wholly sincere in
his condemnation: that he was
The Washington times., 1927-12-22
ONE-SPEED
STREETS

One-speed streets are part Of a
novel scheme proposed By A. D.
Smith, chief constable Of Glasgow.
Scotland. He would yet q definite
rate for each of Glasgow's narrow
streets. fast for some and slow for
others, according to the type Of
traffic carried. reports Popular
Science Monthly. By keeping
separate the speeders and the lag.
CARDS, he believes that the usual
confusion would largely be elimi.
mated.
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the publisher seems to figure
prominently"
She thought it very complicated
and asked about Bill. Who's
that young journalist"
He grinned. Don't ever let
this gang hear you call them jour
nalsts. They're newspaper men,
see? Only trained seals are jour-
nalists.''
Trained seals?" She felt
rather dizzy.
'Yes-novelists and playwrights
and such brought In for special
stuff on big stories. BilPs only a
re-write man. See the little guy
with the dumb looking face? He's
star of this outfit" And he men,
toned a name that was world.
famous.
But you'd never think"
Certainly not. Seen enough?"
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HOUSEHOLD
HINTS

Dinner Pineapple
In a casserole put raw. peeled
and sliced sweet potatoes, pork
chops or tenderloin, and a can of
crushed pinea lie. Salt the meat
and potatoes lightly, sprinkle with
brown sugar and the tiniest trace
OF cinnamon, and cook two to
three hours in q slow oven. II a
browner dish is liked, the meat
may be scared on both sides be.
fore putting into the casserole.
Lamb may replace the pork, but
in that case 1t is well to remove
all excess fat. as it is not so
pleasant tasting as pork fat.
1t is difficult to fill a salt or
pepper pourer straight from the
tin. Here is q little idea to over
come the difficulty. Put the
necessary quantity Of salt or
pepper into an envelope, and tear
off a small corner. The en-
velope then becomes a quite eff
cient little funnel and none of
the salt or pepper will be split
and wasted.
The spout should not be forgot
ten when washing the tea pot, as
old leaves are liable to collect
there. A bottle brush of the
tapered kind - which costs only
about 5 cents-is best for this
purpose. 1t pushes easily into
the spot and removes all stain.
Also it Is useful for cleaning the
crevices round the handles Of
cups, jugs, and the like.
Piano keys that have turned
yellow can be cleaned with
methylated spirit sprinkled on a
piece of clean flannel.
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"acting up" rather like a small
boy trying to be smart. In spite
Of her excitement 1t depressed her.
Through the glass partition she
could see the city room. A girl
was coming in now and Emily
watched her with interest. She
was vaguely like Frances Haiden
though much younger and with
more of an alert air.
There was a certain carelessness
about her clothes, a sorr OF hur-
ried look as IL she gave them
little thought. But they were
plain and well-tailored and her
whole appearance was one or
sleek efficiency.
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who put me up to dancing in Aunt
Ems dining room in the first
place, just as / said. And then
after you started 1t, you began to
BE- ashamed of itr'
You bet l was ashamed OF itr'
He agreed with her on that
point, at any rate. You bet /
was! And of you, too! There
are a lot Of things III do in this
world. But marrying a cabaret
dancer isn't one of them"
Sally stared at him, painting.
What do you m M" she
breathed.
II mean that I wouldn't be
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DO YOU KNOW
THAT

Gas masks are worn by horses,
mules and men in an oil field
near Mccartney, Tex. All drilling.
crews. pipeline workers, truck
drivers, and even visitors to the
field must be constantly equipped
with gas masks to prevent being
overcome by the fumes Of hydro
gen sulphine gas which emanates
from the wells. This gas ID al.
most odorless.
A nickel-in-the.slot soda foun.
tain Is operated In New York city.
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ernoon when he came walking into
the back yard where she and Aunt
Em sat, seeding Concord grapes
for pies, glow of pleasure warmed
her heart for an instant.
1t was nice to see him again. some
how.
He made her think of the old
days in the Trellis Street flat, the
old days that seemed so happy
when she looked back upon them.
Like all human beings, Sally had
way of forgetting the ,unpleas-
ant things Of the past and remem-
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What Do You KnOw?
ANSWERS TO TODAY's TEST
Questions on Editorial Page.
Answers to Today's Test:

Art of deceptive juggling System nominating candi
dates TOR office by direct vote instead Of by delegates
Establishment where between banks are settled
Year by which nation reckons its business vendor of goods
puts them board Of all charges purchaser Re-
cever of goods Undevered unclaimed letter
lis Cornflower TO- Mountain laurel IL Rose IL Chysan-
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} here now, il you were still caba-
ret dancing" Ted said slowly
and distinctly. II wouldn't be
here now. telling you that I'm
willing to forget all that stuff
and marry you after all. I'm just
as much in love with you as I
was when you were working
for Mr.. Peevey. II you'll go
back to office work Wen get
married"
Sally didn't know whether to
laugh or to cry.
She finally decided to laugh.
"Why, do you think I'd marry
you under any circumstances"
she asked, choking with mirth.
After what you've just said to
me? Why, IL you were a mil
lionaire and / were starving
wouldn't have you now! Not
that / ever would have, anyway
You stop this car and let me
get out, you nasty little cad,
your
She was ashamed Of herself
when he did let her out, and she
was walking towards the near
est car line.
81 talked to him just like a
fish-wife." she scolded herself.
"But at that. he lad 1t coming
to him"
CHAPTER I.x
Only two Babes In the Woods
like Sally and Aunt Emily could
have gotten themselves into the
muddle they were in.
If both of them had not been
so innocent. they would have
known what almost everybody
knows these days - that road.
houses everywhere have become
hang-outs for the kind of people
who carry TASKS in both hip
pockets and ask for cracked ice
before they ask for food.
But neither one of them had
even guessed 1t, back in the days
when they had called their res
taurant a "tea house." and later
on a southern dining ROOM"
"And SO here we are. with a
roadhouse on our hands," said
sally 10 HeES6H as size LuTHcu
into the driveway late that Sum
day afternoon. And I'm getting
! to be known as a cabaret dancer,
besides. How did we ever
get ourselves into such a mess?"
1t was not like Sally to be blue
and down hearted about things.
She was AZ used to hard luck
as she was used to bread and
butter. 1t had been her daily
fare all her life.
CTo Be Continued Tomorrow
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An Intriguing Serial by the Author of
Golden Roads, " Thrill Hunters
and Other ROmances
What Has Happened So Far:

Emily Day and her yOung sister Kitten daughters Of worker
the ROser factory He rails against the rc the mother
make Emily
whose father
mnglng with socially
elect and she wonders whether she win h Unable
q
who her. risks his life gather
might been kled she cries. I'D
EN-" he replies.
She friendship with
orator. talks to her about
with Dress Emily makes frequent visits
Dukes Stephen Day making trouble predicts
Aedae which she "Raggedy She the
The Washington times., 1927-12-22
French Police Learn EnaLish

NGSH in eleven lessons equipped twenty Paris policemen
n that they answered $50 questions the language This
encouraging result caused the pre to order $50 Of his
force to 60 to the school,
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This Day in Our History

THE Marquis de Lafayette following the surrender of CORVALLIS
Yorktown, after half years service
American Army under Washington sailed from Boston s. s.
Alliance to his native land, December %, 1881.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-30

this morning for a two weeks motor
trip to Maine.
John Wilson, his sister. Mrs.
Charles Knopp and Children, Ruth
and Edward, of Kensington, left yes
terday for a weeks visit in the
White Mountains, N. H.
East Berlin Items
Morning worship will be held at
st. Gabriel's Episcopal church to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock.
There will not be a meeting OF the
church school.
The morning worship of the
Methodist church will be conducted
at the Plainville Camp ground where
the annual Methodist camp meeting
is now in full swing. Local people
house are Mrs. Rose Belden and
Victor Belden, Mrs. A. A. Barnes
and the Misses Mabel and Winifred
Barnes, Mr.. and Mrs. f. V. Read and
family, Miss Edith Northrup, the
Misses Velma and Barbara Payne
and Miss Marguerite Bourgeois.
There will be other East Berlinites
to register at the house over the
weekend.
Mrs. C. F. Bourgeois Of New Brit
ain is spending few days as the
guest of Mrs. Mary Bourgeois.
The Knights of Pythias will meet
next Tuesday evening in their rooms
at Community hall at o'clock.
The Modern Woodmen will meet
Monday evening at S o'clock at Ath-
letic hall. Action on new members
will be taken at this meeting
The Berlin Boys club team will
play the East Berlin boys on the
local diamond this afternoon despite
the previous report that the Berlin
boys had disbanded. 1t is probable
that this will be the last game for
the Berlin outfit as they have been
unable to get a manager. After the
game the Berlin boys will
go to Rockwell park for an outing.
Tree Warden Henry Austin will
make an inspection of some Of the
trees which have been reported as
being liable to fall. The fact that
six trees fell in Wednesdays storm
revealed the fact that there were
others unsafe to be left standing.
Several weeks ago George Demore
reported tree near his home as be-
ing liable to topple at any time.
Miss Dorothy Sugenhime. Miss
Minnie Kahms and Miss Irene North
are expected home today from
vacation trip spent at Lake Sunapee
in New Hampshire and at Raymond,
Maine.
Members Of the Junior league en-
joyed an outing yesterday at Lake
Compounce.
Mrs. Henry Bailey Is entertaining
relatives from out OF town over the
weekend.
Eltjo Ensing Is able to be out
again after being confined to the
hospital as the result of an automo-
bile accident.
Members of the Knights of Pythias
plan to hold an outing at the farm
in the lower part of. the state. The
land was purchased by the state
order of the Pythian home.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-30
CENSUS CONTROLS
NUMBER Of SEALS
Those Along California Coast
Are Regulated

San Francisco, July 80 P-Fate
CT the hair seal and sea lion along
the California coast depends on u
census now being taken.
If. as fishermen contend, the ami
mails are Increasing rapidly, the
State Fish and Game commission
may permit them to be slain in
such numbers as will hold their
population stationary. Many fish
ermen regard these sea animals as
rivals.
Deputy Paul Bonnet is supervis-
ing the investigation which will
take two years. At the outset he
has reported finding several rock
cries not previously recorded. His
observations will cover coastal wa
ters from Mexico to Oregon, the
latter state already having declared
the sea lion menace to fishing
and employed hunter to extermi-
nate the animal.
As many rookeries are on light
house reservations. campaign
against them must be conducted in
cooperation with the federal gov
eminent and animals on the reser-
walton can be slain only with per-
mission of the Department of Com
MERGE
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THEA7ER SMOKING
found Annoying
LondonerS Are Bothered BY
Tobacco Fumes

London, July 80 up - London
newspapers are printing scores of
letters from persons protesting
against smoking in theaters, 4 Gus
tom freely permitted here.
One man said he was unable to
see the stage at a recent perform
ance because OF the smoke. He
formed his program into a tube and
blew hole through the smoke
rear him so that he could see. The
smokers ahead objected that he
was making a draught on their
necks, and he replied that IL smok-
ing was permitted, so was blowing.
Another writer says his eyes be-
come so watery from the volul es
of smoke in the theater that he
either sees double or not at all.
Another writes that coughing
caused by smoking was all he was
able to hear at a play.
An actor writes that he is fire.
quently forced to imagine thai he
has an audience, being unable 10
see them because of the smoke ris-
ing before the footlights.
Theater-maragers reply that If
they discourage smoking the pa
tronage OF their theaters will fall
off.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-30
TEA faster HAS
COMPLETE Charge
Controls Importation Of This
Table Beverage

Washington, July so Pp-Amer-
ica's s31,000.doO importation OF tea
is controlled by the tip of one hu-
man tongue.
The sovereign possessor is
George F. Mitchell, supervising ex-
aminer of the u. S. Tea Control
laboratory. 1t is his duty to de-
termine by taste whether tea offer
ed for import to this country meets
federal standards for approximate
ly 1000 grades, kinds and varieties.
Directly under him are five men,
one each at New York, Boston, Ia
coma, San Francisco and Honolulu.
Mitchell guides their work and
standardizes their technique. Last
year they brewed and tasted SAM
pies from 100000 pounds of tea
entering United States ports. AL
most 100000 pounds were reject ed
as inferior in quality. The remain
der was ordered released from
bonded warehouses.
1t is only a few hours from the
time tea shipments are locked I'M
til samples are tasted, approved
for distribution to trade, or the i'm
porter notified or rejection.
Few persons possess such edu-
Gated palates. Government tea
tasters are selected after long
years Of training and experience.
Usually brought up" in the tea
trade, they can tell blindfolded II
they're tasting Darieeling or Mo-
yune. Foochow Oolong or Ping
Suey.
They can tell by the taste wheth-
er the shipment contains artificial
coloring or facing" whether the
exporter has sent the plants ten
der top leaves. valued for the rich,
stimulating alkaloid caffein, or the
older stem leaves full of tannin
and weak. n-commercial proper
ties. They can tell, too, whether
the tea grew at high attitudes, best
in production of flavor, or the ex-
act region in China, India, Japan
and Formcs Dutch East Indies.
lava and Sumatra, Africa and the
Azores.
II their tongues falter, II there is
any doubt the flavor of the body"
of the liquod, meets federal regula-
tons for that particular tea. sam
ples are sent here to Mitchell. His
analysis is fiji al. A board of seven
tea experts, appointed by the sec
rotary of agriculture, has fixed uni
form standards to guide him.
An adamant importer, insisting
his tea is not below standard,
has recourse to a Board of Tea APP
peals. three employees of the De-
partment of Agriculture, whose
palates are called upon to deter
mine whether the tea in controver-
sy conforms to their delineation of
tea that is standard,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-07-30
Gigantic Gas Well in
Texas Bursts Into Fire

Houston. Texas. July 80 up =
Enough gas to supply homes of a
large city today fed a 200 foot
torch that shot from a we'll at
Pierce Junction, near here. The
huge gasser blew itself in last night
with roar and vibrations to shake
every building in the vicinity. No
one was injured.
While a battery OF boilers was
assembled in an attempt to smother
the flame with steam. water was
poured on nearby wells as protec-
ton from the terrific heat.
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lightning BOLT
S7UNS PHYSICIAN
Health Officer Robbins DazM
Alter Cottage Is Struck
STREETS AGAIN FLOODED
ioresfville Barber Arrested For Al.
lowing Dog to Run Around tn yio-
1ation Of Quarantine-StormI Inter.
1eres With Boxing Bouts.

Bristol was visited by another 49,
we're storm last evening which did
considerable damage to a number OF
streets and flooded the lower sections
OF the city. The heavy downpour
washed tons OF dirt down Broad
place onto Broad street, delaying
trolley traffic for considerable
period. Employees OF the stat.
highway department were engaged
this morning in loading the dirt
onto trucks.
DR.. B. B. Robbins, city health o.
flcer, had a narrow escape from
death when he was stunned by a
bolt of lightning. During the shower
ne was lying on couch at his sum-
mer residence on Fall mountain
when a bolt Of lightning entered the
window.
Meadow street was again flooded
as were also the intersections of
Main and North Main and Main
and School streets.
First Arrest For Violation
Patrick Nocera. barber Of For
estville. was placed under arrest yes.
terday by Dog Warden Thomas J..
Ryan for permitting his dog to run
in violation of the existing dog
quarantine. Nocera also made
complaint to police headquarters
that he had been ASA uted by the
dog warden. The dog was impound
cd by the dog warden and will be
held until formal disposition is made
of the case.
The Nocera case was continued
until Monday.
Fights POSTPONED
Due TO the inclemency Of the
weather last evening, the fights
scheduled to be staged at Muzzv
field by the Park Athletic club were
postponed. The date Of the bouts
Will be announced later.
New Process Gear Tomorrow
The New Process Gear baseball,
team of New York will furnish the
opposition for New Departure base
ball team at Muzzy field tomorrow.
The visitors are credited with hav-
ing one Of the fastest semi pro teams
in New York state.