New Britain herald., 1928-05-28
FLASHES OF LIFE: AMERICAN GIRL
 WILL REPRESENT U. s. IN BOAT RACE

New York Miss Helen Hent
 schel will uphold the reputation of the United States in motor boat
 races in Germany next month
 against men from Germany, France. i England and Italy.
 Auteuil, France What are lau- rel "reaths compared with a trous-
 seau: Mile. Suzanne Deve, Number l l Ill ranking of French women ten.
 nis stars. has defaulted in a tourna- 1 ment here. "l am about to enter mixed doubles for life,' she explain- l cd, and must look after my dresses" New York - Leap year doesn't mean thing to Marion Harris. sing
 CT. She was asked if it were true t that she was considering re-mar- ] riage to Rush Bissel Hughes, from whom she was divorced in January.
 "l won't unless he asks me" she l explained, and he hasn't asked
 me-
 Cambridge, Mass There's a
 mystery in the rise of beef. A COW 1 was found on the flat roof of five
 story dormitory at the Massachu-
 sets Institute of Technology. The discovery came when students were
 noticed cutting grass with which to
 feed her.
 Chicago - Carl V. Carlson, 15. is | champion alrplane maker. His model, propelled by rubber band
 motor, flew four minutes, IS sec- l onds, a record.
 | New York American feminists
 will have an opportunity to get some | tips from their overseas cousins. 1 Mrs. lr,ln Alexander Archdale of l England is here to attend political
 conventions and study the status of American women.
 l Portland, Me. Baseball has
 killed Sport. Bounding into the road
 to catch a long fly batted by his young master. Sport. St. Bernard lNlog, was struck by an automobile
 Besides playing ball, Sport used to 1 watch the COWS and pull George Nc l kenney. IS. in cart.
 l New York - Miss Lois Ouantain Clarke, IS. bankers daughter. pre- ferred matrimony to debut. Her parents were planning to send her
 10 a European finishing school when
 they learned she had eloped with
 John L. De Ruyter to Elkton. Md. New York - Mary Hay, who has returned from the Straits settle-
 ments with her husband, Vivian
 Bath. rubber merchant. expects to
 resume stage dancing and she has
 ambitions to be playwright. New Haven-A letter containing
 an account of the trial of Aaron Burr l is among ten just acquired by Yale
 university to be added to the Wash
 ington Irving collection in the uni versity library. Four letters writtvn
 by John Brown of Harper's Ferry
 fame have also been presented to the
 university.
 | New Haven - 'Never Closed
 Mickey will deliver-always within
 reach advertising slogan printed on business cards of Michael Mesa mino,
 brought police to his home to see
 what he was ready to deliver at any
 time. It was bottled goods. His arrest
 followed.
 | New Haven-Natacha Natova,
 Russian dancer is in a hospital here with a broken ankle received when she made a 1o foot leap as a climax 10 dance act in which she was ap- bearing at a New Haven theater. Greenwich--Ernest Thompson Set ton, author and naturalist is re- elected chief of the Woodcraft League of America at a meeting held at his estate here.
 Wallingford-Rt. Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster. Protestant Episcopal bishop of Connecticut officiates at the dedication and laying Of the corner stone at the new $20O,QQ0 Choate school infirmary which is the gift of an anonymous donor.
 Danbury-John D. Yas. a resident of this city and one of the oldest