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New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

New York. Dec. 24.-Mcn in New 1 York are doing more window shop i ping than women. Along Fifth, | Madison and Park avenues as W Il i as Broadway you see them idling tu i fl ont of window displays all hou.S
 ot the day. Merchants have tounl mon the most impulsivc of all buy CTS.
 It used to be a window was 1 dressed almost solely for AIilady. Once in awhile some Whipplc would ! be on view for the masculine eye. i But not often. Today it is almost reversed. Eight out Of fen windows
 in the shopping zone are for the male buyer.
 Among famous gentlemen who arc chonic window snoopcrs arc: Otto Kahn, Irwin Cobb, Clarence MaCkcy, tti-Casazzi, w. l.. Hearst, John Golden. Charles Dana Gibson, John l Nick. Bowman. John D. Rockefeller, Will C. Hogg. Ring Lardncr and A. thur Hopkins.
 Sct-ups tor drinking bouts always l lure men to windows. They gaze | longingly at assortmcnts ot highball |,
 cordial and delicatcly Hanged cham | pagnc glasses. Also cocktail shakers
 in dull and light silver in futuristic | and mid Victorian designs. Miniature | bars. shiny brass rails, etc, are on
 view. too.
 Almost every jcwelry house hns 1 it's special pocket flask display - | flasks in silver, black enamel anl even in solid gold with initials en-
 crustcd in chip diamonds. They are
 those, too, inlaid with caInels and
 drinking scenes priced from $75 10 | $l.500. Cigarette cases and fancy pocket | lighters offer another magnetic eX- | hibit There are humidors for the | drawing room filagreed in mother of
 pearl and still others releasing q
 grand opera aria from q hidden ml- sic box when the lid is lifted. These
 sell for as hign as $3,o0o. One de luxe shop has a Comple;c
 gambling cabinct-containing every l thing from dice 10 roulette. Tn" great house of Carriers has go
 coins with Heads" on one side aal
 Tails" on the other for parlor i matching. Golf hockey. cane ani
 polo windows are high lights, too, in
 thc'galaXy.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
G&a Menus 4MeDa!y&

By MRS. ALIEN LANDER GEORGE, X Holiday Luncheon Menu Chilled White Cherries and Pine
 +pplC Chicken and Mushroom PattiCs Watermelon Pickles Hot Rolls Currant Jelly Head Lettuce and Roquefort Cheese Dressing Date Pudding Whipped Cream
 Coffee
 CandiCd Orange Strings
 Saltcd Nuts
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

heard no more. Finally lie settled himself and went to sleep again.
 An hour later Drummer the Woodpccler was back. He had been frightened away by Spooky's hissing and the snappinG of his bill. Bnl ho was sure that there were some more borCrs in that tree and lie meant to have them in spite of Spooky. So as soon as he thought that Spooky was surely asleep again, Drummer returned and WsYt 70 work on that tree. He found a soft place. The wood was very much rotted along Chat crack. Drummer didn't have 10 hammer hard to cut into it. He only had 10 tap lightly. He didn't pound hard enough 70 WakCn Spooky. It wasn't necessary But suddenly, as DrUmmcr's head flew back and forth. back and forth and that sharp bill Of his made lit- tlo chips of rottcd wood fly this way and that way, that same sharp bill went right through into notn- ing. Drummer knew what that meant.
 Huh" said Drummer 10 himself. i've cut right through that wall. I've 8onr right through into that hollow. Well, 1 ought to find some Srubs in here somewhere. I'll just cut 8 little bigger opening here and see what there is to be found"
 Perhaps you know something Of how Drummer felt. Perhaps yod have some time dug iI hole into q little cave and felt excited when you broke through into tho cave That s the way it Was with Drummer. He lcpt pccking away and pcclins away and making the hole larger and larger. Presently as he squint- ed in at the hole he was making, hc thought E2 saw a grub. Anyway. he saw something that looked like q grub. Drummer has learned by cx- pCriencc that the only way to make sure Of a grub is 10 grab it the in Stant he sees 1t. So he grabbed now. es, sir he did so.
 It5ilb H-Nt| tl!lIi6S llNt- II NO i4dp- pen. It was one of Spooky's claws, of which he could soc only d little, that had fooled Drummer. Now Spooky told him in no uncertain terms what kinl of mistake he had made. Spooky was up in his door way, glaring out and hissing and SnappinS his bill, and also blinking, for the sun was shining. The in stant Drummer discovered his mis- take he had flown to the next tree and dodgCd brhmd the trunk. Spoo- ky had had only q glimpse of Drum mer, but that glimpse had told him who it was who had been an moving him. He flew over 10 that tree and pcrch1d WEurc he could watch for Drummer to come ou. from the back of the trunk.
 Drummer dld no such thing. Drummer simply flatteucd himse!! against the side of that tree and hung on. IIc wouldn't move until he was forced to. He would wait right lhcrc until Spooky moved first. Spooky did move first. He didn't like the sunlight. so finally he flew back and di"dppourcd in his home iG the hollow in the apple tree. Cncc inside, h. realized for the first tune how large an opening Drum mer the Woodpockcr had made. His homc was quite spoiled. He would have to move now.
 Spooky sighed. "lll look around tonight. l surely will" said ha, i've got to get q ncw home and get it very quickly"
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
CREMATION pi\I>S

The new pinks for evening wear forosWeHr delicate tones and de- velop rich. dccp carnation shades. A stunning printed chiffon has black and brown against this deep rose hue.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
Loves Reawakening The Story of Wife's Triumph Over Jealousy
 By ADELE GARRISON
Young William Harrison's pcnchant
 for Loud Radio Jazz Crates

Young William Harrison's pcnchant
 for Loud Radio Jazz Crates
 sharply cl the Inmates of the
 Farmhouse
 As young William Harrison's mur- mur concerning guns and hunting came to my ears l thanked my par tiCular little joss that my hearing always has been acute. Otherwise 1 could not have heard the boys aside to his brother. for it had been num-
 blcd in a fashion which told me the lad was an adept at the practice.
 was careful to make no move rlcnt to utter no sound which should 1 Detray my knowledge of Williams promise to get out the old gun to- morrow as there fought to be some awful good hunting around her"." But l brought my mind up with q jerk from the soft cushion where it had been resting for the ! last few minutes, lulled by the ap-
 parent innoCuous appearance of DickN's nephcWs whom we were en- tertaining during the Christmas hoti- | days. There would be no moro rest
 for my faculties, l told myself-not 1 with these boys in the offing.
 It was not so much the reference i to guns which alarmed me, al
 though l have such a horror of the
 accidents resulting from their use
 or abuse-that l have steadfastly
 resisted even Dicky's tentative pro- posals to grant Juniors frequent re- 1 quests for an air rifle. But the fuc-
 tive manner of the aside told me | that this foUrteen-E -Eear-old nephew
 ot Dicky'S was Wcll-vcrsed in carry-
 ing out his plans by the devious and well-hiddcn pathways known
 only 10 boyh0od. There probably 1 was no real harm in the lad-I had liked his brown eyes and frank face 1 inmcnsely-Dut it would take all
 the vigilance and resourccfulncss l 1 possessed 10 cope with him-I could
 see that plainly.
 l should have 10 tell Dicky be
 fore morning what l had overheard
 knew that the matter of guns
 and hunting was his province, not
 mine. But l meant to put off that 1 particular little task as long as pos
 Slble and gave my whole attention
 to the three boys, trying to make l them feel thoroughly at home.
 1 Harrison Traits
 They were Harrsons, every one l Of them, l decided as l watched ! the three faces with their blue eyes and light brown hair, so like those
 O. their dead father l hoped with all my heart that they inherital that fathers sterling qualities also, for from their mother. Dickv's sis
 ter they had not nearly so good an i inheritance. Brilliancc of mind. ccr- talnly Strpassing that of her loyal sturdy but somewhat Stolid husband. Eut knew, none better. the inabil- ity to think straight. the actual de- r"lt which CoIlcd through her soul Ike CancerOdS growth. She hal been a strange throWback. this sis ] ter of DlCkNs for she was utterly i unlike my temperamcntal but high | lN honorable Peter Pan. or her elder sister Harriet. the soul of rectitudo and high thinking. knew that my
 motherm-laW had secretly griey@d
 over her daughters shortcomings. even though too loyal to voice her i disapproyal of them. But l guessed that she watched Mary as anxously as l for fear that some trace of har mothers queer, warped soul might
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

getting discouraged. Yes. sir, Spooky was getting very much dis outraged. 1t was beginning to looK as if, whether he wanted to or nos, he would have 10 move over to the
 Green Forest. Spooky flew over 10 big maple 1ree in front of Farm
 CT Browns house. He hadn't been ever there before because he knew
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
SLEEP IS DISTURBED

bJ 1noIiltoll ". bufpcSS
 Mistakes are made without intent. and good instead of ill is meant. {
 Drummer the WoodpcCkcr
 t-a-tat-tlt-tat, Spooky the Screech Owl sleepily blinked his eyes, shook his feathers out and was off in dreamland again. Rata tat-tat-tat! Spooky mumbled and he Srumbled, but he didn't know what he was mumbling and grumbling about; he was too sleepy. Rat-a-tat- tat-tat. This time it seemed as if it were right on Spooky's car. tIn opened his eyes and snapped his bill angrily and hissed. All was still. Spooky sat there and winkod and blinkcd and blinkcd and winkcd and
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

tricks of development of muscull- turc, such as is accomplished bN those who learn to wiggle the ears or do other muscular per formances WIich are easily per formed by lower animals. but which have been lost in the hu- man.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
ROUupfOrt Cheese Dressing

13 cup Ro1ucfort cheese, cup French dressing, tablespoon lemon juice.
 Mash cheese with fork until very crumbly and soft. Add rest of the ingredients and mix until creamy.
 Serve on vegetable or pear salads.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
CUBAN HEELS

College girls are going in for dressy oNfords instead of sandals for their afternoon footgcar and showing a preference for sturdy Cuban heels on their campus foot gear
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
\O\-SkTD MAT

It is wise housewife who re- duces the hazards of slippery bath tubs by purchasing one of the com- paratiVely inexpensive suction rub Der bath mats for the bottom of the tub.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

power to coagulalo II group of pas scrsby like a window of frolicsome puppies. Bird and tanks of gold fish hay" q lurr brt not so pronounced. \ display of ship models arrests |tho eyes of the middle-a@ed as we'll Us youth.
 I used to he drawn to q Window Of crawling five lobstcrs in a 45th street sea food place, It was interest ing to watch the ladies who woulI invariably stop. indulge q quick in- voluntary shulGcr-nd hurry on.
 It was nichons or if not Dickens some one who thought few rolaxI- ucns cpuaIlcd comfortably draw ing pipe and an idle hour in front O. q curio shop window Bowcty pawn shops offer q similar jfnklc tumble but they are often depressing with here and there a pledged glass eye, d gold tooth or artificial limb. An after dinner pleasantly of the season comes from England with the approval of the Prince Of Wales, who has installed the game in his town house. IL is called Puff Bill liards and requires chiefly bellows. i like lungs and a practscd eve. IL js | played on a round table with four pockets and the idea is to blow Il small cork bdl into the various pockets with the minimum Of putfs. I know one gentleman who does not care for ii. H. blew out his uppcrs uyinG q difficlIt shot.
 Add perils of New York streets: ] Az author declares that an idea Tor q novel came 10 him suddenly while crossing corwdcd I'd street at Fifth avenue.
 Speaking of literary ideas, masa- zinc editor last week received 8 short story from chorus girl which began; His wife. poor thing, was an invalid and grew invuuder as the days went by" !.
 "l'or years. writes q gentleman ir Toledo, "l lid not read your col- Cmn because heard you wor" spaIs, Recently haze been following you and you are not half bad
 Gone is the ancient prejudice. | Progress has been made.
 Copyright, 1929, McNaught Syndicate, lnc.)
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
PALE PEACH

The softest of peach shades is one Of the most popular evening gown shades this season. One so- ciety dance revealed that shade as the fayoritc.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
CRYSTAL EARRINGS

Big, barrel shaped crystal ear- rings, banded with onyx, are the ornaments worn with white tulle frock girdled in black jet.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
BATISTI' N'STEJ'

A black flat crepe frock. with yoke and sleeves cut in one. has a little Vestec of crossed folds Of batiste in olf-white.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
SAVES NICKS

When washing valuable china or glassware, it is advisable 10 place a thick Turkish towel or a rubber pad in the bottom Of the dishpan 10 pre- vent their chipping.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24
BISHOP SLEEVES

Sleeves are having all sorts of things happen 10 them. Many Of the new flat crepe frocks for day time have the fashioned bishop
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

As one of the ardent window peep CTS it seems to me nothing has the
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

I used to he drawn to q Window of crawling, five Holsters in a 45th street sea food place, It was interest . ing to watch the ladies who womb invariably stop, indulge Il quick in- voluntary shudGcr-and hurry on.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

Horizontal 1 Grape center in Spain. Where is Lemberg? II Spoken. 12 Female dacr. 14 Region 15 To value. 16 Stir. IT Moose IS Foretokcns. 70 To hum. 24 Foot lever. 2S To coaEuiatr go Pertaining to old age. 3l Init 32 Dcviatcd from it's cour.e. 34 Can. 36 Body of water. 3S Woolly. 42 TO control 4 To tolerate. 4S Arrival. 49 Inventors document 50 To deduct from.
 Vertical l Of what country is l'cz th-
 capital? Constellation. 3 Upright shaft. Beer. , First man. 6 laborcr in Latin America. Urchin. s Verb. 9 Born. 10 Husband of Mary, Queen Of
 Scots.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

Add perils of New York streets: Az author declares that an idea Tor Il novel came 10 him suddenly while crossing corwdod I'd street at Fifth avenue.
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

Speaking of literary ideas, q maEa- zinc editor last week received 8 short story from q chorus girl which began: His wife. poor thing, was an invalid and grew mvaGdcr as the days went by"
New Britain herald., 1929-12-24

l3 room. IS Solely. 14 Hurried. 21 To tie. - Native metal. 23 Ale Gcd force. g5 Half an om. 2G Not bright. 97 Wing part. 70 Comfort. 3G Suture. 33 prononn. 35 To load. 31 tpSlart. IS To drink dog fashion. go Striped cloth. ip Insects egg. 4 x. 43 Card. 4 Wine vessel. 45 To secure. 4G Before.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-18
'RED SCHOOL HOUSE
 NOT So VALUABLE
Modern Teaching Methods Bsss- ter, D7. Welte Tells KiWallalS

School children today are better educated than their predecessors of earlier generations, even though many things considered as fund&- mentals in the days when their parents went 10 school have been discarded, according to Dr. Herbert D. Welte, principal of the state normal school, in an address to members of the Kiwani3 club at the Burritt hotel today.
 Dr. Welte pointed out that many persons are prone 10 criticize school departments because of the failure to give long and impractical drills on things the student never or sa!- dom meets outs;de of school.
 He told briefly of the origin anl development of the free pubIa school and said that due to the now system in factories whereby mor" leisure time has been created tha problem of the school now is t0 teach boys and girls how 10 apply that leisure time prohtably.
 He pointed out that there is tendency today toward the tnach- ing of more practical problems. There are two general schools, ho illustrated, one that advocates per mitting the student to choose his or her own course of study, tn" other that advocates going ont an selecting for he student th" thing that he or she will u~,l in aftor life. He said no believes in th" second school.
 Exhibiting several text books.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-18
RADIO PLEA NETHDRlNt

Washington, Sept. IS 1P>-Attor- ney5 for the National Radio Press Association, Inc. haze advised the Federal Radio Commission that it has withdrawn is application for intra-contincntal wave lengths sct aside for the uea of the press.
 The association had applied for all twenty of the continental chan nels set aside for the press. In hearings the concern contondcd that it intended 10 fErniah news to radio broadcastin% stations because news rapcr5 were discriminating against broadc2ating stations in ;he hand ling of news.
 The association vas headed by Tcrbcrt Ba-ard SUope. former cN- tcutivc of the New Nor,, World.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-18
FASELLE AND GRACE
 STRUCK BY AUTOS
Street Superintendent and Post
 Office Official Injured

Street Superintendent Eugene Fasselle and Superintendent of Mails James B. Grace were injured when struck by automobiles yesterday A number of other accidents occurred during the day. most of them being due, according to accident reports ut police headquarters, to wet streets.
 MT. Fasselle was struck on Wash lngton street by q car driven by Newbury LeB, Morse of 90 Frank lin place, Summit, N. J. Mir. Morse in his report to the police sMd ne was driving north on Washington street and was forced to turn to the left to pass a truck which was parked there. He saw a man, who proved to be MT. Fasselle standing in the sree AS he passed. he sad, MT, Fasselle walked backwards mo his car. Mir. Fasselle was "uper\lSlh6 a construction job going on on thar street at the time. He was treated by Drs. A. J. Savard and Vincent Mendillo for a sprained back and other injuries. Detective Sergeant Ellinger found no cause for arrest.
 MT. Grace was crossing Court street at the intersection of Main street. He stepped back to avoid be- ing struck. turning inti Court street. and stepped into the path Of car owned by A. A. Molls and driven by Charles Anderson of 16 Eton place. He was treated by Dr. William Flanagan and later taken to his home.
 Helen Barron, nine years old, Of 43 Franklin street, was struck yes terdav afternoon by a car driven by Stanley Zipp of , Star street. Mr. Zipp reported that as he turned into Winter street from Hartford avenue the girl walked into his car and "aa struck by one of the headlights. Sle was treated by Dr. Nathan Jatfe.
 Walter Henry of 492 Allen street was shaken up when a bus driven by Rocco Rocchillo and owned by Carlton L. Klocker crashed into a pole at AIS Oak street when some thing went wrong with the steer ing gear.
 Other passengers were uninJurod. Patrolman John Audi found no cause for arrest.
 In a collision between q car driven by Leslie D. Morans of II Hamilton street and q taxi driven by Frank $. Wieczorek of 370 Washington street shortly after midnight at the cor ner of North street and Hartford avenue, MT. Moran's car was slight ly damaged. No one was injured. Patrolman John w. Riley investl- gated but made no arrests.
 Mary Knia, seven years old, ot 3sS Burritt street. was on ier way home from the Franklin school yes terday afternoon. At the corner Of Bond and Clinton streets she ran m front of a car driven by Michael Benn just as he turned from Bond street into Clinton. She was knocked down and was treated for injuries by pr. Slysz for minor in- juries.
 Patrolman William O'Mara made no arrests. The injuries were not thought to be serious,
New Britain herald., 1929-09-18

showing some that were in use shortly after the Civil War and com- pairing them with those now in use, he showed how much unnecessary study has been eliminated. Arith metic with long involved figures and fractions of four and five numerals, never used in present day business except by accountants and then on computing machines has given way to more practical problems he said. He Illustrated from an old reader. short stories which gave the student nothing but training in reading aloud. Now few people read aloud and then only occasionally, he said. so readers have changed 10 give the pupil something more practical with his or her reading lesson Substitute ed for a practically meaningless lesson of 1872, he reads extracts from one entitled More Dangerous Than Dynamite" wherein the child while studying reading, also learns of the dangerous potentialities of gasoline.
 Dr, Nolta said there are only 4,- 532 words boys and girls meet in common usage. yct inc old-t&shion- cd spcllsr insisted upon them drill ing on 25uU0. The oId-fashioned spelling bee introduced technical words, medical terms and many thin@s since eliminated from school spelling books, he explained.
 "Ir they are abI" to spell the words they need in everyday life, that is sufficient he added.
 To prove that boys and girls are better spoilers now in words com Honly used than ever bcfore he gave the follo#in% liat of 10 Words to the club members to spell: Ac- commoJation, anoint"d, cmbarrass m"nr. lnlIammablr, iHocUlatcd, oc- currcnca, picnicking. raretied, room mate, cooperate.
 He said he has never been able to find any group to spell all these "orls correctly. The meeting today was that of Attorney Leo Caffney, who spelled nine of them correctly.
 Theaa gre not trick words but words in common use, he told his hearers. Pointing out that elders who went 10 school few years ago cannot spell them correctly, he ex- pressed the opinion that almost any li@hth grade boy CT girl will be aole to spell them correctly.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-18

leaves and berry extracts. Try loading it onto truck, and it would require 40 trucks, each carrying l full load.
 But We are not going 10 brag of the immonge quantity of Eon-Tone which has been sold here. It's what this great herbal compound has done for the sufferers of New Brit tain that really counts-and that is what Miller Nz Hanson arc proud or. Thousands of sick, ailing men and women of New Britain have used this great tonic and hundreds Of them have chcemuIly come forward loud in their praises of Don-Tonp.
 Read what Mr John Savage of @ Miller street, New Britain, Conn. has to say about Bon-Tonc:-"For the past two m@n;h4, my stomach has been in a terrible d.&ordcHcd condition. Vast quantities of g&s formed after eating, Dlc2tirg ma up, and causing revere pains through my chest. I vas alao bad ly constipatcd, and had tired medl- cine after medicine, but With no results, l was even on q strict diet, but that did no good.
 However, when one of my friends recommended Don-Tone to me, decided to try it and zee what it would do for me. It has certainly shown me results, as three bottles greatly relieved the gas pains amt bloating. I can now eat almost anything I want to, without suffer ing afterward. My appetite has improved so, that l am always hun @ry. Constipation has been cor rocted and can truthtully say that am now in fine 5hapa-all thanks to this great medicine Bon-Tone."
 And every day the Bon-Tone man hears stories such as these. This remarkable remedy is bringing hope and happiness everywhere it is be- ing introduced. Is it not the most sensible thing to believe that il others will get well by taking Bon Tone, it will do the same for you?
 The Bon-Tone man is at Miller &s Hanson's Drug Store, 30 Church street, New Britain. Call or write for more information.
New Britain herald., 1929-09-18
ALLEN PROPERTY SOLD

With the exception of two pieces of property in Newington the auto mobile and all the realty in the pos St ssion of William H. Allen. bank rupt, was sold at auction by United States Auctioneer Howard W. Wake lee yesterday afternoon.
 Louie $. Jones purchased the au tomobile, a limousine which had been originally bought for S4,0o0, paying S1700 for it. He also took tile to property on South Main street for SS10. Another lot on Oneida street went to Leon GitlltX for S125. There were no bidders on the NeWington property.