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New Britain herald., 1927-09-24
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Markham's manner was prcoccu- pied, and during the rest of the lunch We spoke but little.
 As we sat in the clubs lounge room later having our smoke, Major Benson, who had been stand ing dejectedly at a window close by. caught sight of Mark ham and came over to us. He was full faced man of about 30. with grave kindly features and sturdy, erect body.
 He greeted Vance and me with a casual how. and turned at once to the district attorney.
 Markham. I've been thinking things over constantly since our lunch yesterday he said ''and there's one other suggestion l think I might make. There's a man named Leander Pfyfe who was very close to Alvin: and it's possible he could givo you some helpful in formation. His name didn't occur to me yesterday, for he doesn't live H. lllt CltN, It OH l-CuE ISlt1I som ewhere - Port Washington, ] think.-It's Just an idea. Tho truth is, I cant seem to figure out any thing that makes sense in this ter rible affair."
 He drew a quick. resolute breath. as if 10 check some involuntary sign of emotion. It was evident that the man, for all his hahitual passiyity Of nature. was deeply moved.
 That's a good suggestion, Major,' Markham said, making a rotation on the back of q letter. m get after it immediately
 Vance. who, during this briet in tcrchange, had been gazing uncon- cerncdly out Of the window, turned and addressed himself to the ma jor
 "How about Colonel Ostrander? I've seen him several times in the Of your brother"
 Major Benson made a slight ces- ture of deprecation.
 "Only an acquaintance. He'd be Of no value"
 Then he turned 10 Markham.
 T don't imagine ifs time even
New Britain herald., 1927-09-24
Your Health How to Keep It.
 Causes of Illness
BY DIR. MORRIS EISHBEIN Editor Journal Of the American Medical Association and of Fly
 cIa. the Health Magazine

] In 1884 Dr. Theobald Smith found that Texas fever in cattle was trans ferred from one animal 10 another ] by a tick. The discovery was epoch | making because that was the first disease caused by germ which was 1 definitely proved to be transmitted | through the agency of an insect. Cows infested with ticks are q menace because they carry disease. 1 As pointed out in a recent bulletin of the Louisiana state board of health, they are, moreover, unhappy COWS. Even animals with q light infestation showed a production of lS.6 per cent less milk than those without ticks, cows heavily infest- ed with ticks produce as low as 42.4 per cent less milk than when they were freed from their annoyance. Dipping Surest Way In an endeavor to rid COWS of ticks. dipping has been found the safest and most certain procedure. A trench is dug and filled with special mixture known as arsenic soda pinetar. sometimes called "boied dip". The cattle are passed through this and thus rid Of the in- sect pest.
 The chief of the bureau of ami nal industry of the U. $. Depart ment Of Agriculture is authority for the statement that tick infested animals are greatly reduced in vii tality. While the milk from the tick infested COW, if submitted to pasteurization, and other controls, is quite suitable for drinking. it is not likely 10 be so good milk as that from a completely normal and lealthful animals.
 Science Moves Slowly
 The fact that it should still be necessary. after fifty years, to teach farmers the importance of insect carriers of disease is an indication of the slow rate with which the ad- vances Of modern science are reach- ing the public.
 Only the discovery that the mos quito transmits yellow fever en- abled the Americans to build the Panama canal after the French had failed Now we have that malaria, yellow fever, typhus, African sleep- ing sickness, Rocky mountain spotted fever, Texas fever and many other conditions are transmitted by in- sects, biting flies and similar pests that feed on human and animal hlood
New Britain herald., 1927-09-24
BENSON MURDER N1ftj N CASE
e CHARLES scRIBNERS SONS

tor of crime would doubtless re. fuse to believe that Rubens painted the Descent from the Cross in the cathedral al Antwerp if there wa: sufficient circumst'ntial evidence tc indicate that he had been away or diplomatic business, for instance at the time it was painted. And yet. my dear fellow. such g conclu- sion would be prepost'rous. Even If the influences to the contr'ry were so irresistible as to be legally overpowering, the picture itself would prove conclusively that Ruhens did paint it. Why? For the simple reason. q ye sec. that no one but Rubens could have painted il. It bears the indelible imprint of his personality and gcnius-and his alone"
 I'm not an aesthetician." Mark ham reminded him T trifle testify. I'm merely practical lawyer, and when it comes to determining the authorship of a crime, I prefer tangible evidence to metaphysical lypotheses."
 "Your preference. my dear fel- low Vance returned blandly, twill inevitably involve you in all man uer of embarras ssins errors"
 He slowly lit another cigaret, and blew a wreath of smoke toward the ceiling.
 Consider for example, your con- clusions in the present murder case,' he went on, In his emotion less drawl. '"You are laboring under the grave misconception that you know the person who prob'bly killed the unspeakable Benson. You admitted as much 10 the major: and you told him you had nearly enough evidence 10 ask for an in Gictment.
 ''No doubt, you do possess a num- Der of what the learned solons Of today regard as convincing clues. But the truth is. don't y know, you haven't your eye on the guilty per son at all. You're about 10 bcdevil some poor girl who had nothing whatever to do with the crime"
 Markham swung about sharply.
 80" he retorted. I'm about fo bedevil an innocent person, eh? Since my assistants and l are the only ones who happen 10 know what evidence we hold against her. perhaps you will explain by what occult process you acquired your knowledge of this persons inno- cence."
 (To Be Continue6
New Britain herald., 1927-09-24
Farmer Browns Boy could work and at tue same time keep watch
 of that old piece of carpet

dcntly the overalls were preferred to the piece of carpet, or else the thief was clever enough to know that the carpet was being watched.
 Copyright, 1927, by T. W. Burgess)
New Britain herald., 1927-09-24
Nadgc Boards the Lion in Ills Den

There" I said, fastening the last hook upon Mother Grahams gown and turning her so that she 'aced the full length mirror. Take a good look at yourself Duchess, and then pray for humility. You'll never get it any other way after a glance at that reflection
 She gave me a playful little slap Epon the shoulder.
 Don't talk nonsense!" she said 'artly, but I knew by her eyes that she was far from being displeased. Run along now to your guests. III be down Tn a minute
 There aren't any to run down to. ust at present." I returned. smiling at her. "The Jniorwoods and Mir. Neritzen are in their rooms, dress ing, and the rest haven't arrived vet"
 "One ot 'em has" she retorted, or do you count that young sprig Q, Veritzen one Of the family ? Goodness knows he's underfoot nough 10 be counted in"
 He was here. but he has gone back 10 the Ticer house again." ] answered, bracing myself for the rross-exa mination which l knew would follow this statement.
 But she astonished me by nod ding her head sagely.
 T thought he'd dodge meeting his father at the last minute" she said. But isn't there anything you can 1o about it? Can't that pig-headed. conceited old bully be made to see r@a.on,"
 I saw the opportunity to disarm her probable criticism of my planned interview with our disting- uished guest and promptly seized 1t, rigidly suppressing my amusement at her characterization Of the great man.
 Y, can get chance to speak 70 him alone, before the rest come, I'll do what can 10 show him that it he refuses to meet Noel at dinner he is embarrassing our hospitality greatly.
 'I'd go farther than that" my mother-in-law retorted with | vicious little click of her lips I'd
New Britain herald., 1927-09-24

the earth's atmosphere and heat the surface of the earth and the oceans. and this heat Is held by the belt of air around the earth, which prevents it from radiating into space, exactly as the glass roof of a hothouse or cold frame permits the rays of the sun to pass through creating heat in the earth under the glass. but does not permit the heat to radiate rapidly away. In the up per layers of the earth's atmosphere. the comparative thinness of the air permit, much more rapid radiation Of the earths heat and consequent ly the temperature is much lower.
 Q. How did the English under Lord Howard drive back the Span iards in the battle With the 1nvinc- ible Armada?
 A. In this battle Admiral Lord Howard of Effingham was in com mand of the main English fleet. On August :, 15Ss the Armada was driven close to the port of Grace lines. where on the following day Vice Admiral Sir Francis Drake made a spirited onslaught upon the Spanish ships. Many of the gal Icons Of the invaders were riddled by the English guns After nasty council Of war, the Armada turned toward Spain.
 Q. Do the words 'suit" and Suite" have the same meaning and use?
 A. Suite Is pronounced sweet. The two words are the same and the differences of usage accidental and variable: where. the sense is "a set" either form is admissible, as we say at present suit of clothes, a suit of armor, suit Of sails, the four suits of cards. follow suit; and on the other hand a suite Of at tendants, suite of rooms or apart mcnts. suite Of furniture, etc.
 Q. Why is snow white'
 X. The whitcness Is due 70 tho fact that the snow crystals are 50 minute that each cell Of the retina receives a general impression pro- duced by the combination Of differ ent wave lengths reflected from the innumera blc minute facets.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-24

Farmer Browns Boy had declared he was going to find out who was stealing such queer things as tow "le. doormats, aprons and pieces of carpet. His plan was very simple. lie would leave some things of this kind around and keep watch. So he got another old piece of carpet from his mother, just a little strip, and this he hung on the clothes line Then he went over to the barn to clean and dress a harness. This hung on pegs just inside the door and leaving the door open Farmer Browns Boy could work and at the same time keep watch of that old piece of carpet. Now Farmer Browns Boy had taken off a soiled pair of overalls and had put on q clean pair. The old oyeralls he had hung on nail on a post in the dooryard. This post was where he couldn't see f from the place he was sitting. Farmer Browns Boy Is great whistler. He likes 10 whistle when he's at work. He says it makes the work go easier. So as he cleaned and dressed and polished inc harness he whistled. Then it occurred 10 him that no one was likely to try to steal that piece Of carpet while he was whistliug Hc stopped whstliug. Every now and then he would glance out 10 the nlothesline to see if that carpet vas still there, Always if was.
 All morning long Farmer Browns Roy worked and kept watch. When dinner time came the piece Of car pet still hung on the cIoth,Slinc, Mother Brown rang the dinner bell and Farmer Browns Boy went fin.
 "Iod yoU bring those dirty over sis in for me 10 wash 9' Mother Brown asked.
 NO I forgot them,' said Farmer Browns Boy. "Ill run out and eet hem right away. I hung them on a post over near tho barn"
 Farmer Browns Boy went ont.
 nd iu a few minutes ro returned without the oyoralls and with the w"ercst look on his face.
 "WeH." oaid Mother Brown. "where arp those oyrralls?"
 "I don't know" confessed Farmer rrowns Boy. "I hung them on that post over near the barn and nov 'hev are not thcr~.'
 Are you sure you huue them 'horo2' asked MotNnr Browu
 Absolutely uurn." replied Fmmr.' rrown's Roy T put on thesa clean ,req just inyid. the barn door and then stepped out and hung tho old rr@s on that post, know did"
 Sometimes ve know things that aro not sn sand Mother Brown. "Suprosine you 90 ont t5 tho barn and look around ,ust inside, You nay have intended 70 hang those o,ora'ls on that post. and think you aii, hut perhaps after a1l you didn't do it."
 So onc- more Farmer Erown's Boy w"nt ou'. Tn few minutes he vas back. "Thoso oyeralrs are not in th" barn. said he T had no idea they would h.. absolutely know I hGng them on that post
 Then" said Mother EroNu 'tbo thief you v,r" going 10 catch by watching that piece of carpet has turned fhn Joke on you and las stolen your oyrrails. You uay just make mp your mind that 'har f. the answer 10 this puzzle. You'd h''. fer go lock out fh" window and sec f thf carpet is there vel"
 Tarlr.- Bro"n's Roy looked on of the N How. The piece Of carpet .ulI hung on the clothes line, Xvi
New Britain herald., 1927-09-24
THIS HAS HAPPENED

4 woman's gloves and handbag are found in the room where the murder was committed. In Ben sons bedroom are found his false teeth and toupee. A policeman reports having seen a big gray autom obile outside Benson's house at midnight. Later Markham con- fides in Vance that the handbag has been traced to Mss St. Clair.
 NOW BEGIN THE STORY
New Britain herald., 1927-09-24

The next story: Farmer Brown $ Boy Tries Another Plan"
New Britain herald., 1927-09-24

Clara Bow In Hula" at Strand to- morrow.-Advt.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-24
The Joke Is on Farmer Browns Boy
By Thornton w. Burgess

Rlest and triple blest is he Who on himself joke can see.
 Farmer Browns Boy
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-29

head of lettuce. Walk several
miles, IL possible. during the al.
ternoon. Eat a plain dinner, pre-.
coded by half a head of lettuce.
Dance or exercise thirty minutes
before you take your warm bath.
and retire.
Include the following exercise in
your regime. As a matter of
fact you can literally begin the
day with it, for it can be prac-
ticed before you get out of bed in
the morning. Rise In bed to a
sitting position without helping
yourself with your arms and
hands. Lie down again and re-
peat the exercise ten times or
more. 1t is simple. but. for all
that, do not try it too often at
first. A certain woman / know,
over-enthusiastic in her efforts to
reduce, repeated the exercise fifty
times the first morning she tried
it, then was so stiff she couldn't
exercise for a week.
Getting thin Is a mental pro.
cess primarily. If you really wish
a slender. lovely silhouette, you
will find 1t easy to persist in your
efforts, because your mind and
imagination will portray for you
the happy reward that awaits
your efforts-physica fitness, a
lovely contour and elf-respect
because you won your battle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-29
OVERRATED
SONGSTER
TUE poets have the Nightingale

TNHE poets have the nightingale
= ali wrong, according to D. H.
Lawrence. famous and occaslonally
slightly gcandaloue novelist, who
contributes to the Forum Maya.
zine an article on the bird that
has been dear to the hearts of
poets for countless generations.
He IL the noisiest, most incoTl-
siderate, most obstreperous and
jaunty bird in the whole king.
dom of birds" writes Mr.. Law.
renee. How John Keats man
aged to begin his Ode to a. Night
ingale' with: My heart aches, and
a drowsy nunhness pains my
senses, is mystery to anyho1y
acquainted with the actual song.
You hear the nightingale siIVerily
shouting: What? What? What,
John? Heartaches and drowsy
flumbness pains? tra-lala! tri.h.
nlylilylilylily!"
hAnd how the Greeks said he,
Or she, was sobbing in b bush for
q lost lover, again I don't know.
Because, In sober fact, the
nightingale sings with a ringing,
pinching vividness and q pristine
assettiveness that makes a mere
man stand still.
The nightingale, let us repeat,
is the most unsad thing In the
world; even more unsad than the
peacock full of CLEAN. He has
nothing to be sad about. He feels
perfect with life.
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SHE ENDS FRIENDSHIP BECAUSE OF PRIDI

went on, 81 noticed she was be-
coming fond Of fine young man
from another department. one
who has great promise and is
bound to advance in his work.
Il was pleased, for liked both
young people and take great
pleasure, in watching little dramas
and romances of our big corpora.
ton as they. unfold.
For while all went well. /
could see the two really cared for
each other, and | expected to be
told of their engagement almost
any day.
Then, suddenly, the compan-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-29

BOUT six blocks from the
"A Dexter's home there is a big
swimming pool that was built
especially for children like Baron
and Marian and Paul and Sue
Ann Dexter. For you see there
isn't any money for amusement
in their home, and a vacation
trip In the sumner is entirely out
Of the question.
Anyway, Baron and Marian
and Paul and Sue Ann have had
a perfectly good time this sum-
mer. For every afternoon they
roll up their little old bathing
suits; their mother fills a paper
bag with sandwiches and away
they go-the five OF them to the
swimming pool.
Mrs. Dexter wants her children
to have all the pleasure possible;
but she Is nervous about them
when they are playing away from
honaea So she wisely arranges
her household affairs so that she
cankgd with them in the after.
nd6nS fqAthe swimming pool.
Wren Paufs lips and hands be-
gin getting purple. she IL right
there to make him come out If
the water. When Baron gets
boisterous and begins duching the
other children too vigorously, she
calls "Baron" Then he stops.
When Sue AIMS bathing suit
won't do right-because it is one
that she inherited and never was
much good-mother IL there with
the safety pins. And because
Marian IL just at the age when
she wants to show off, It IL q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-29

ionship came to an end. My sec
rotary said nothing. But I noticed
she sometimes came to work with
red eyes as though from hours Of
sleepless grief and weeping.
Knowing her as well as I do,
realize that her shortcoming is
an overwhelming sense of pride
and independence. If she differed
with a friend. or became hurt or
angry, she would let this indepen-
dent spirit rule her without stop
ping to consider. In a tiff she
probably sent away the young
man who cared for her. Perhaps
she told him she was through in
such clear terms he had no choice
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-29
independence Poor
Comfort for Loss
Of Happiness
BY Beatrice Fairfax

An AubuUElgy OM tttS TFODlCluS VI
Love and Marriage
THERE is 4 fine ring to the
word Independence. : Most
Of us rejoice because We live in d
land where every citizen has the
right to freedom and independence,
within the law he has helped To
create.
But there is always law, limit.
Ing independence. Freedom with.
out control Is license-a destruc..
tive quality. This truth holds in
romance as. well as everT other
phase Of life.
Love that Is tolerant and under
standing rejoices in freedom and
independence lIp to a certain
point. But love also places as
under obligations which limit our
freedom and independence. Moth.
ers can never be entirely free. a
husband Is not free. He has the re-
BponsibiIity Of supporting his fam
lily. A wife Is sometimes 4 veri-
table slave to the needs Of her
household
There is price to pe paid for
everything worth while m life.
And very often that price is re-
stricted freedom. Yet we cheer.
fully pay the price of ,ife's precious
gifts, including the gift Of love.
It is well to cultivate sense of
values, which viii prevent sacri.
ficing love for the sake of petty
and paltry sense of independence.
which may be after all egotism.
A wise, elderly friend of mine,
an officer in a large corporation,
who looks on the human drama
about him with the kindly wisdom
well-lived years bring happened
to mention to me the other day
while we were chatting, his secre.
tary, in whom 1 also am interested.
II wish you could help her." he
said. She Is unhappy and far too
proud to let any one guess how
really unhappy she is.
About three years ago." he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-29
By Maria Jeritza
Prilna Donna Of the Metropolitan
Opera Company and One Of
the Most Beautiful Wom-
On Of the Day

UIHAT woman does not long
w for straight, slender,
graceful body? Unless, indeed,
she il fortunate enough to be
Just right neither too stout
nor too thin!
The modern woman is a "go-
getter." What she wants and
feels she should have. she is more
than likely to acquire, because
she does not content herself with
Idle longing, but goes about In g.
practical, orderly manner to attain
her hearts desire.
If you wish to achieve the
charm of the straight silhouette,
why not begin today to take the
steps necessary to attaining your
ambition?
The two essentials to the slen.
derness. you SO desire are exer-
else and sensible diet, to which
may be added, possibly, third
correct posture.
"A certain famous physician an
nources that any person can lose
weight by eating half a head of
lettuce, without oil or nayonnaise
dressing, before each meal, then
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-29

high spring board and dive head
foremost into the water below.
And there hasn't been a summer
since swimming pools were in
augurated that some child has not
developed ear trouble from diving.
II they will always wear rubber
bathing cap fitted securely over
their ears, it may save them an
attack of earache, or perhaps q
broken ear drum.
And IL they could be persuaded
to leave off the most dangerous
Of their feats in diving, it might
prove an everlasting safeguard to
life and limb.
Running around In a little wet
bathing suit, jumping in and out
of the water, is a perfectly natural
thing for them to do; but 1t in
duces a sort OF abandon that
sometimes amounts to reckless
ness.
Mothers should go occasionally
to the Fairgrounds where their
children assemble with other chill.
dren. 1t Is always a good idea to
be able to visualize your children
in their surroundings. 1t helps
you to understand their viewpoint
and 1t enables you to warn them
intelligently against errors. II
you've never been to their play
places: If you don't know at all
what goes on there, you can hardly
expect your boy or girl to value
your opinion or your advice about
their playing or their playn1ates
For four centuries the massive
oak table in st. Thomas Hospital,
Canterbury, has been in daily use.
II seats 20 persons, and was In.
tended for poor pilgrims to the
shrine Of st. Thomas 1 Beckett?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-29

) from too rich and too fattenlng
food il a real burden to bear.
In addition to your slenderizing
diet you win need to lead an all.
around. physically active, life IL
you hope to lose that too solid
fesh about your waistline and
abdomen.
Here Is q regime that should
help you feel and look fit, young
and happy:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-29
YET SHE LOVES HIM AND WISHES HIM BACK

describing her motor trip with her
husband across the continent, ''be-
cause we could not agree on the
best place to camp for the night.
Sometimes It grew so late We were
obliged to compromise on a site
far less inviting than any we had
passed. .
The polse of a well-balanced
married couple enables them to
disagree without violent anger, to
give and take Rood-humoredly.
The time may come when you win
feel tempted to tell your sweet
heart in no uncertain terms ex-
actly what you think of something
he has done or failed to do. But
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-29
LABOR-SAVINC
DEVICES

4 70 clean the neck OF . silk
4 dress that has become
greasy. try rubbing dry mag.
nesia over it with a piece of flan-
mel.
Do not let soup boil. but allow
1t to simmer slowly. Much Of
the nuuid is wasted in evapora.
ton, and the best Of the flavor
is lost, II the soup boils or is
heated too quickly.
A good loop for mems and chill.
dren's coats 10 made Of q strip Of
kid from an old glove. Roll it
round 9 piece Of string and sew
the kid down firmly to the coat
material.