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New Britain herald., 1929-10-29
Mrs. Ticer's story ConNinccs Madgc That the Mysterious Mir. Hallam <Was Connected somehow with the Farmhouse Burglary.

Mrs. I1Cer $ story tpNN luCtS MauSc That the Mysterious Mir. Hallam >Was Connected somehow with the
 Farmhouse Burglary.
 .,As Mrs. Ticer finished her recital burglary, I felt as if there were something heavy against my chest, pressing the breath from my lungs. For, fantastic as the idea was, ] could not help but feel that the something funny about the bur- glary" which Mrs 1'icer had quoted to us had been deliberately intena- ed for our ears, that it was in effect aowarning message which the man lfallam had sent to Us through the unsuspecting lips of our ncighbor.
 This, and this only would explain the queer actions of the man. No thief in his senses would have laid out so open q trail ds he had done, with his drawings Of the interiors Of houses, and his questions concerning the farmhouse. He had meant us to know that he was concerned in the burglary, and he had left sinister warning behind him.
 I looked quickly from my neighbor fo my mother-in-law to see if they shared my intuition. That Mrs. Ticer had not gone below the surface meaning Of the words I quickly saw. but Mother Graham's shrewd old face held a tcnsely thoughtful look and her eyes flashed to mine in quiringly. Whatever she saw in mine apparently bolstered d sudden reSo- lution Of her own.
 S"Well!" she said. there's no use or hashing all this over any long CT. We're all agreed. I take it, that tfhs Hallam was either one of the burglars, or directed them, and there's no need 10 waste any more time over it. Wed better get at our real errand. Or" she looked at me with unwonted graciousness, have you any more questions. Margaret 2"
 Describing Mir. Hallam
 Nothing, except that I would like to know what the man looked like" l said.
 He was kinda queer-looking, Mrs. Ticer said. Something over medium height, I take it, slender. With hair cut awful short. almost shaved, and no eyebrows to speak of at all. looked almost as if they'd been singed off. His hair was kind of funny bleached out brown, what we could see. and he had q funny little moustaChe and little pointed beard like a foreign doctor, all the same color And down the back of each cheek he had the hair growing down-sideburns we used to call them. I never saw his eyes without his glasses, but they were a kind of brown-the glasses weren't colorcd ones, but sort of thicklensed."
 T see,' I said, filing away her description in my memory with the mental comment that the man Hal lam, with hair and eyebrows grown
New Britain herald., 1929-10-29

iNNNtISt VIII SLOOp to any uGtut
 For mercy it is vain to plead.
 Old Mother Nature
 A hunter who had no business there was tramping through the Green Forest He knew that he had no business there. He had seen and read the signs warning hunt CTS to keep off that land--signs that Farmer Brown had had placed. But he knew that Farmer Brown and Farmer Browns Boy were away that day, so he had taken the chance to go over in the Green For est, hoping 10 shoot Mir. and Mrs Grouse or some Of their family
 Flip the Terrier had saved Mr. and Mrs. Grouse and then sammy Jay had followed the hunter and had warned Jumper the Hare just In time. So Jumper had escapol |. Now the hunter was angry, very angry. He muttered 10 himself as he tramped along, And all the tima. following silently, sammy Jay kept him in sight. sammy flew from IItt u tree. ne W dS never lar IIt' hind that hunter. His sharp eyes watched the ground ahead of that hunter. Sammy intended to warn away any one whom he might see. He didn't intend that that hunter should shoot any one in the Green Forest if he, Sammy, could help it,
 The hunter was still muttcriug when he caught q glimpse Of Hap py Jack Squirrel. Happy Jack had not seen the hunter nor had h" seen tine hunters dog, H. Mas uU in a tree busily opening a uur. t was the dropping Of q piece Of uut- shell that had drawn the attention Of the hunter. At first the hunter didn't sec Happy Jack, bnt he Ennv just where Happy was sitting H. began to steal forward very care. fully, holding his gun in roaljuo,s ,s. Sammy Jay noticed this and imm diately began to look for the reason. His sharp eyes discovered Happy Jack almost at once. Open fl,r Sammy's mouth and he began 10 scream at the top of his lungs. Thief, thief, thief"
 Happy Jack dropped the nut u9 was eating and hastily looked abou5 Almost at once he saw the huut"t He whiskcd around the oppoH.' side of the tree, so as to keep tho trunk Of the tree between him and the hunter. Happy Jack is very smart at this game. In spite of al the hunter could do. Happy manas ed to keep the trec-trunk between them. Then he saw q chance -n leap to another tree and diaappca. in q hole.
 The hunter vas angricr than ever He had lost a chance to get cithcl Mir. or Mrs Grouse because Flip. he had lost q chance 10 gD, oumpsr the Hare because of Sammy Jay and again because Of Sammy Ja, he had lost d chance to get HappF Jack Squirrel. So the hunter WAS very much out Of sorts indeed, Ho sat down on . log to, wait and
New Britain herald., 1929-10-29

started. If several rooms are used. have a different amusement in each. And by all means have an old witch telling fortunes. by tea leaves. by cards, by palmistry or any hokum you can think of. A Halloween without fortune-tclling is incou- Ceivable
 "Stunt Glasses" Are Amusing
 stunt chascs are good for young and old if the party is not too large. You can call them Riding the Broomstick," or Chasing the Black Cat" or anything else your imagination dictates. Give out little favors of broomSticks. black cats or other design. Each vii have a different stunt on it. These may include anything from tying your handkerchief around the lamp" to "open the bool; on the library ta- ble to page 199." The line of march starts and each one must do his stunt as the line goes forward, without getting out of line. The hostess leads the line so all can come near enough their special ob- ject of interest to do the stunt But the line does not stop. Each stunt must be done quickly. If anyone fails, he pays a forfeit, to be re- deemed later.
 Nut and nut cracker relay races, peanut rolling, potato races. three- legged races, and all the other fla vorites are still good.
 Most important in the evenings entertainment are the refreshments and the table decorations. There are dozens of stunning Halloween crepe paper designs now Rig up the old table so it does itself proud, A black cat ccnterpiece, with a whole brood Of little black pussies, can be wrecked after the supper to give each person q little candy fla vor. Owls with oogling eyes through which candle light flickcrs are fpooky. An entire black table. with 2hosphcresccnt eyes in the cats or
 hosts cal be quite scary. Black andes should be used, too.
 Modern Halloween Menus
 The old days when cider and doughnuts were enough to eat are gone forever. Give your guests some real food. Use your imagination in serving hot creamed chicken; scram- bled eggs and bacon. along with a salad of cream cheese, for instance, that takes the form of a funny faced pumpkin with blanched al- mond ears and cherry eyes. The greater variety you can get into the Halloween appearance of your food, the greater the success of your party.
 For it is the spirit Of the day that makes this occasion so beloved by youngsters. It is worth while to create an atmosphere so gala in it's spooky Hallowe'en-ne that no guest can fail to succumb to it's stimulating effect
New Britain herald., 1929-10-29
Henold:s Daily Pattern Service
"CJINNING KIDDIE DRESS"
 Pattern S854

New Britain Herald 15c Practical
 Pattern
 Isn't this an adorable little rig for a small girl? It is so simple, too. The bodice is trimmed with con- tras,ing bands at neck and sleeve ends. The skirt is inverted pleated all around. If Mother is not too busy, it would be very smart to have initials embroidered on the bodice, or one might buy a cute wool anl- nal and applique it on.
 Design S854 uses tweed for the skirt and trimming. The bodice may be made of jersey, silk crepe, kashmere or flannel. Another smart fabric combination would be plain and printed vclvetcen. Plaids and checks are much used this season for youngsters.
 May be obtained only in sizes 2. 1 and 6.
 Size 4 requires 1-2 yard of 64 inch tweed and 1 IA yards bodice fabric, This model is easy to make. No uItSSIildhlllS tNptl ic44tH To fSN'''' J Each pattern comes to you with simple and exact instructions, ln- cluding yardage for every size. A perfect fit is guaranteed.
 Patterns will be delivered upon re- ceipt of FIFTEEN CENTS G5c) in coins carefully wrapped or stamps. Be sure to write plainly your NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUM- BIER and SIZE wanted.
 CENTS, put only TEN GENTS when ordered with pattern. Address all mail and orders to New Britain Herald Pattern Department, 243 West 17th Street, New York City.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-29

ternal organs, fatigue and similar disturbances
 In recent issue of Hygcia, pr. Armitage Whitman asks how may we transform round -shouldered, pot bellied. hollow backed knock-kneed, nat-footed children into self-respcct- ing physical and mental specimens?
 He is a firm believer in the inn portance of controlled exercise for good posture The active athlete carries his weight slightly forward on the balls of his feet and walks with his feet rolled over somewhat 10 the outside. The forward bend ing of the trunk serves to f1attcn the hip curves of the spine, to ex-
New Britain herald., 1929-10-29

watch His gun was where he could pick ii up quickly By and hy h" caught a glimpse Of blue in .ho top Of a tree. Ii was what he was waiting for. He pointed his gun al Sammy Jay and fired. Ban. went the gun. A few blue fcath- CTS came futtering down. But sammy Jay himself flew away and as he flew he screamed louder thaa ever. Moreover. hc didn't fly far lie had lost a few feathers. but for tuna'oly he wasn't hurt, and when he had recovered from the fright ho had received ho once more he gan to follow the hunter. He was Iuorr determined than ever that this hunter should EjI. none Of tho lttI" people Of the Green Forest if ho could help it
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New Britain herald., 1929-10-29
Talks To < 62@ 8 &&&+ pa1'e1,ts
ASSIGNING TASKS By Alice JUdcOn PcaIc

The assignment of tasks 10 chil- dren in the home is an important part of their bringing up.
 Bccarsc teaching d little child to do things requires time and patience mothers have a tendency to let the child who is most skillful and who learns most readily to do everything,
New Britain herald., 1929-10-29
Dinner

Chicken Casserole Buttered Spinach Corn Muffins Head Lettuce and Russian Dressing Chocolate Cake Coffee Chicken Casserole, Serving Six 4 tablespoons butter or chicken fat, , tablespoons four 2H cups gravy or milk, l teaspoon salt, IA teaspoon pa1rika, If teaspoon eel cry salt, i& cups cooked, diced | chicken, i cup cooked peas, . table spoons chopped onions, 2 table | spoons chopped green peppers or pi mcntCs.
 Melt the butter and add the flour. 1 Add the gravy and cook for three minutes, Add the rest of the in eredionts and pour into q buttered casserole. Cover and bake for 20 minutes. Uncover and bake for 15 minutes. Serve in the casserole.
 Other leftover meats and vegct- ablcs can be substituted for the ! chicken and peas.
 Corn Mullins G2) cup yellow corn meal, 1 cup | flour, tablespoons flour, teas | pOons baking powder. IA teaspoon salt, cgg, l cup milk, tablespoons 1 fat. melted.
 Mix the ingredients and beat for 5 minutes. Half fill sreased muffin pans and bake for 15 minutes in q moderate oven.
 Fro ting for Chocolate Nut Cake
 cups sugar, 2-3 cup milk. l | tablespoon butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla.
 Mix the sugar, milk and butter, Cook over a moderate fire. stirring frequently, until a soft bail forms, when portion is slowly poured into a cup of cold water. Set aside for l ] minutes. Add the vanilla and beat until creamy. Frost the cake.
 To prevent chicken from becom- ing 3trngy when it is cut, use sharp scissors and have the chicken cold.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-29

(Abovc) Ma c lGmp into a pirate with a e., 7 costume. (Below) MT Skull and CrosSbones, with a polka dotted tie, adsd a hu morous note as a favor.
 and such trick things as suspcnding 12-inch stick horizontally from q light, with q piece of soap on one end, an apple on the other, revolving the stick rapidly, letting the players try to bite the apple rather than the soap.
 The main thing about a Hal loween party is to keep things nov ing. It should be planned carefully so contests are run off in q hurry, prizes awarded and the next one
New Britain herald., 1929-10-29

New York, Oct 29-Sunday on Grand street is a frothy interlude in the teeming life of the lower East Side. The throughfare is the Chet to's Broadway, and bubbling fount of activity while the rest of New York indulgeS a sabbatical calm.
 Shops are wide open and a hun way. The gutters are noisy with hurdy-gurdies and street bands. Bar gain hunting is not confined to local dwellers. Smart autos from uptown dobouch shoppers from Park avenue and Madison.
 It is said Grand street offers many bargains in dresses and millinery that cannot be duplicated elsewhere. Style copyists roam through the fashionable ateiers in de luxe cen- tcrs northward and several days later "discoverics" are duplicated in Grand street windows.
 The merchants like 10 bargain. They have little interest in the GUS toner who does not hnFgie. The first price is a "fecler." And after this come the opera bouffe bantering. d"prccatorT shrugg. shrGl cries and ingenious but delicious gestures of despair that characterize q sale. The pool hall is still the favorite haunt of youthful Grand street sheiks. A group of them in flaming youth ties. wasp -waisted coats and rakishly dipped hats are always loi tCring out front to wink or skylark with bclles of the neighborh ood.
 Grand street girls have much of the flair of Broadway sisters-the same poppy-red lips, latest bob and such, but are not so designing. If , they are picked up" they do not ex pect more than visit to the movies and a soda afterward. They are "woiking goils' who are at home ] early.
 Grand street has turned out many | illustrious citizens, as tn" roster of | the yearly uptown dinner Of The
 Grand Street Boys" shows. This is
 an organization of the from poverty 1 to riches heroes who were born i there, and includes, among others, ] Eddie Cantor, the actor, and Max
 Steuer, the great criminal lawyer. --OO---
 More than 50 per cent of the
 Southern tea rooms are conducted
 by former Kcntuckians. They are
 mostly widows with cultural
 charm. AS a rule they send back
New Britain herald., 1929-10-29
HORIZONTAL

1 God of war ! Pronoun
 Cape at end South America 12 Melody 13 Goddess of peace If Religion l5 Chair 016 Beer 17 Scatters IS Drone bee I19 Beginner 24 Gaudy go Prima donna 30 Chaise %1 Acquisition 33 Rainfall |3j Ready 37 Back Of neck 4 To "mulaH3 i2 Fairy 45 Ball of thread 46 Frozen water 4 Last word of prayer 42 Title 43 To dibblc 5y Cunning
 VERTICAL 1 Founder of New Hampshire Verb
 Inlet
 P"rchcd
 Shovel
 Circle Of light
 To bring to bear
 s H"adGcar
 2 Metallic rock 10 Scarlet III Offensive 20 Poem 2t Nigor 22 BuEle plant 23 Container 9 Tree 2G Pronoun 27 Simpleton 28 Grain 3f Tango 32 Who slew Goliath? g Abrupt A On what river is Cologne? 36 Size of type 3S Wing 8 To meow 40 Long fish
New Britain herald., 1929-10-29
INTRODUCING COLOR

The newest way to introduce color into a delicate evening frock is by using bright pumps and one of those cXQuisitcly fine but ridiculous ly large chiffon handllcrchiefs.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-29

A single female salmon deposits about 3O,00o eggs, of which only per cent hatch.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-29
YOUR HEALTH
BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN


 Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hy-
 1eia, the Health Magazine
 It is generally agreed by those who accept the idea of evolution that man. who walks on two feet, is developed from type Of animal that walked on four. pr. l.. Schwartz of the United States Pub lie Health Service emphasizes the fact that the human being has not yet become fully adapted to the up- right posture.
 As q consequence, strain on vari- ous portions of the anatomy re- suits in such disturbances as fiat feet. backaChe, round shoulders. narrow chest, dropping of the in
New Britain herald., 1929-10-29

home for the old family cook-a venerable and buxom colored woman who cooks by ear" As q result such places are usually turning them away" One, starting modestly three years ago in the basement of an outmoded brown stone front. is now paying $75,000 ycarlJ rent in new building in the Grand Central zone.
 A roaming amateur photographer has kodaked some quaint hooks around Manhattan that brings out the same pastoral idylls that give the small town it's slumbcrous charm. Far up on Broadway, flank ed by ornate apartment spires, ncstlcs a white-fronted colonial cot tage with brick chimney and light ming rods, A few steps off River side Drive is gurglng fresh water spring where the thirsty kneel to assuage thirst. And the old oaken bucket hanging in the rock-ribbed well is not only a memory It still hangs in such a well at Broadway and 20Sth street A mint farm may b" seen at Broadway and 215 street Even in Central Park, so close to the city's throbbing heartbeat, sheep graze and a white faced milk COW looks upon the whirling world in a bovine sadness.
 On Washington street on the lower | tip of the island one may find d | touch of transported smyrna. In front of colorful little bazaars, mer- chants sit putting long -stemmed mar | ghies, wearing fez caps and discuss | ing home politics.
 And on 42nd street is four-chair barbershop conducted by four young men who on a boyish dare came from the same block of a street in a ! little Sicilian town as stowaways. Each now owns his home.
 Fran a lady in Walnut Hills, Gin cinnati Your picture ir maga- l zine was a striking likeness of a young man some twenty years ago who took me to Chester Park and tried roughly to kiss me on the way home.'
 Not I. In those days I never went in for anything more than little light necking.
 Copyright, 1929, McNaught
 Syndicate, Incl
New Britain herald., 1929-10-29

And on 42nd street is a four-chalr barbershop conducted by four young men who on boyish dare came from the same block of street in little Sicilian town as stowaways. Each now owns his home.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-29

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New Britain herald., 1929-10-29
Menus for fife Tamil,

Chicken Casserole Uses LcftOycrS
 Brcal,fa Chilled PruncS Soft Cooked Eggs Buttcred Toast Coffee
 Luncheon
 Crcamcd Potatoes Tomato Gelatin Dressing
 Salad Dressing
 Bread Butter Spice Cookies Tea
New Britain herald., 1929-10-29

More than 50 per cent of the Southern tea rooms are conducted by former Kentuckians. They are mostly widows with q cultural charm. AS 8 rule they send back
New Britain herald., 1929-10-29
SAMMY JAY LOSES A FEW
 FEATHERS
By Thornton W. Burgess

Revenge will stoop to any deed; For mercy it is vain to plead.
 Old Mother Nature
New Britain herald., 1929-10-29

To prevent chicken from becom ing 3tringy when it is cut, use sharp scissors and have the chicken cold.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-29

Chicken Casserole Buttered Spinach Corn MuffinS l Head IcttuCc and Russian Dressing
New Britain herald., 1929-10-15

ica, they have argued, would mean early bankruptcy for Japan.
 In the first six months of 1929 Japans total foreign trade was 2,3l b,OO0,000 yen, approximately $l,- ll1,700,OO0. Of this S12,000,00U yen, or 35 per cent was with the United States. Japan sold abroad goods val ued at 1,017,0Oo.000 yen ($4SS.1G0.- OO0) of which 41S,0O0,000 yen or 4l.1 per cent, went to America. She spent abroad 1,299. LOCO yen t$623, 52o,000) of which 394000,- ooo, or BOA per cent, was in the United States.
 Thus while her total foreign com merce in six months netted st35,- o60,000 on the red side of the ledger her profit from the United States in that period was $11,520,O0O.
 The percentages showed little change in the trend of Japan's for cign trade in the last two and q half years. In 1927 of her total foreign commerce 36.1 per cent was with the United States. which bought 41.9 per cent of her exports and sold her ao.9 per cent of her imports. It was much the same story in 1928; 35.7 per cent Of her total trade was with the United States; 42.9 per cent O. all exports went to the United States; 2S.5 per cent of all imports
New Britain herald., 1929-10-15
TRICKY BUSINESS MEN
 EXPOSED BY BUREAU
Hartford Speaker Tells Lions Club How Shady Deals Are Brought
 10 Light.

Methods used by the Hartford Better Bushes Bureau in stamping out shady and tricky as well as crooked business ventures in that and nearby cities were explained to the members of the Lions club to- day by Marshall A. Mott, general manager of the bureau.
 MT. Mott outlined schemes where by unsuspecting persons are induced to invest money in merchandise mis- represented in illegal advertising, or to invest their funds in stocks which are juggled to make money for the promoters.
 He referred to so-called program advertising by telling of q man who got out what was known as a Year Book which was published monthly. The advertisements on three pages and new cover were the only things he ever changed. Mir. Mott stated, yet he collected regularly for four or five months from Hartford and New Britain merchants, before the bureau stopped his business.
 One new member, William Woody, was admitted to membership.
 Echoes of "The Gay Nineties" were revived when Chester Hamilton, pupil of James D. Donahue sang an old time favorite. When the Sunset Turns the Ocean Blue to Gold" It was a song which recalled the days of the illustrated songs at the pioneer movie houses. in the days of "A Picture No Artist Can Paint" 'I'm Tying the Leaves So They Won't Come Down. and songs of that type. An amusing incident, which was tragedy for somebody, oc- cured just as the last notes of Mir. Hamilton's voice died away. Amidst a tremendous burst of applause, a waiter, probably enthralled with the ancient melody upset an entire tray loaded with plates Of New England squash pie and the crash which fol- lowed drowned even the applause.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-15
BUDNIK-MAJENSEI

The wedding of Miss Jane Maiew- ski, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bron- islaus Majewski of 319 Burritt street. and Stanley Budnik. son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Budnik of PA Booth street, was solcmnized this morning at 7;45 at the Sacred Heart church. Rev. Lucyan Bojnowski. pastor, officiated.
 They were attended by Miss Anne Kozlowski as maid of honor and George Bartusiewicz as best man. The bridesmaids were Miss Marie Majcwski. sister of the bride, and Miss Mary Jachnowska. John Ma jewski, brother of the bride, and John Medvic were ushers
 The bride was attired in an ivory satin gown trimmed with lace. a veil of tulle trimmed with orange bIos- sons and carried a bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley. A gown of lapis lazuli with a horse hair hat to match and silver slippers were worn by the maid of honor. The bridesmaids were dressed in rainbow colored gowns and carried bouquets of pink roses.
 After the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride. About 150 guests attended. MT. and