New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 7, 1914, Page 4

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 7, Financial Condition of New Britain on April 1 Cbmplete Statement Explaining Every Detail of Assets| and Liabilities Prepared by Comptroller H. L. Curtis —Bonded Indebtedness Increases $179,000. PA' nutshell statement ‘showing in de- il the financial condition of the city New Britain on April 1 has been pmpiled by Comptroller H. L. Curtis. e statement is concise and self-ex- anatory, due to the appended ref- énce schedules. It is probably the ost complete statement of municipal ces ever compiled and meant purs of work to Comptroller Curtis, ho is .the mathematical expert of e city government. [ Among the interesting items is the! bnded indebtedness of the city which bw amounts to $3,365,500, an in- e of $179,000 over the previous Under the heading ‘“current jsets” appears $177,560, representing hcollected taxes. - There is also $30,- .31 due the city on special assess- ents. The complete report follows: ASSETS. CAPITAL ASSETS. d. Properties, (Schedule “A") +..$ 6,151,776.89 sh, (Sf!hedule 20°). 126,924.93 otal Capital Assets ......... e CURRENT ASSETS, $ .- 86 , (Schedule “B") . collected Taxes, (Schedule & id Insurance Premfums Vater Rents Unpaid jecounts Receivable, (due the city) 5,002.06 177,660.90 10,530.76 3,691.40 893.78 clnl Assessments Receivable:— Sewer ... Street, (Imprnvemenu) Street, (Sprinkling) 78,489.94 16,389.19 1,503.53 hterest Receivable:— On Bank Balances .... On Real Estate Taxes .... On Sewer Assessments .. On Street Assessments 3,622.64 12,972,84 12,509.30 1,849.53 TRUST ASSETS. ) Sinking Fund for Bond Redemption $ 137,075,82 onds Purchased for Investment of Sinking Funds 207,000.00 rtificates of Deposit ......oveeueraannn. 1,585.84 blic Trust Funds:— Police Pension Fund Subway Fund .., . Firemen’s Relief Fund . . Town, Deposit. “Fund, (per contra) . 8,813.26 1,949,146 5,608.71 10,816.42 COMPTROLLER H. L. CURTIS. ,278,701. 197,678. 30,954 . 372,747.51 $697,763.38 (a)—For Exhibit See report of Board of Finance and Taxation LIABILITIES. GAPIT‘\I: LIABILITTES. Sod 3,280 500.00 (per contra) s.. 1,416,851.81 S onded ,Debt, - (Schedule 5 remunemflve Pmperlv, counts Payable;- N ‘Warrants Onunandlns, (Bond Fund Warrants) Bonded Debt, Accounts Payable:— Town Deposit Fund, § ' Valuable Hints For Keepina a Dresser Daintu I!‘ You are dainty about your boudoir and its accessories you have no- ticed how dust seems to collect on the dresser overnight and to the dust are added siftings of talcum powder. It is well nigh’ impossible to remove all the dresser belongings each day and shake out the covers, but going over the dresser top with a small whisk broom wiil help mattefs amazingly. The brushes, “ frames, bottles, etc., should be carefully dusted every morning, for uthln. is .s0 distressing a8 dust on & ser. The idea of h-vlnr slab of beveled _glass aver the embroidery or lace cover does not appeal to some women. It has a coldly neat but obviously labor saving suggestion 'that implies econ- omy exercised in ‘houisemaid service, %o ‘most dressers are graced with ‘spreads of cretonne, lace, embroidery or ‘swiss, ‘entirely unprotected by glas: Cretonne covers are serviceable, ‘they are not as dainty as covers of em- broidery, dotted_swiss or lace trimmed organdie over a lining of colored sa- L teen. This lining should be exactly the of the sheer cover and not the size flm dresser top. If small metal snap buttons are attached to sateen lining 'and cover at the four corners the top “ploces of fabric' will not slip apart or “ride over” the edge of the dresser at ‘the front as covers sometimes do. If cretonne to match curtains or cushions is used to cover the dresser a strip of white net, first shrunken and pressed ‘out again, should be laid over the cre- tonne and attached to it around the | edges under a fancy edge banding or Ball trimming. The veiling of net sof- ‘tens and blends the cretonne colors into ‘beautiful harmony of delicate tints. _ KITCHEN KINKS. [EN making mint sauce, if hot vinegar is used instead of cold it greatly improve the fifiavor and e the sauce a better color. | When making lemonade always dis- ; lve the sugar in a little hot water ore putting it into the lemonade. z-,} is keeps the sugar from sinking to bottqm of the glass and sweetens e quickly. Another method is to flle lemon in hot water before as it gives more juice. remove rust moisten a piece of and rub it all over the sieel; then der the range with some bath tk and with a dry rag rub the steel this; then polish the steel for th time with another clean dry rag you will be surprised at the -*::‘l makes. Ing stift collars into a gl ! l-!nrtth;‘y_' are ironed ln: .I: ing them to the; kesp thair shape. 'Y can be made 9,409.87 A NIFTY WRIST but | A SILK PURSE. NEVER in years has there been such a bewildering display of fancy bags. The one illustrated here was de- veloped of black moire silk with em. broidered reddish-yellow dahlias scat: 'tered over it. The fittings—rim and clasp—were of gold. OLD GIVES WAY TO NEW. The old fashioned woman who used to carry a peck of spinach home in her gingham apron now has a daughter who uses the telephone for a two cent stamp. . Sundry Creditors, (Unpaid Bills) Sapital Surplus, (Schedule “E.”) Total Capital Liabilities and Surplus .- 499.56 571,440,59 278,701.82 CURRENT LIABILITIL . Sundry Creditors, (From Revenue Bond Intererst Coupons, Outstanding (Revenue Kund) Warrants Outstanding, (Refunding), (Schedule “D”) .3 $5,000.00 Funds) 780.00 1,649.93 Contingent- (per contra) (Schedule “¥F’) ...... Excess of Zurrent and Trust Assets SCHEDULE Inventory of City ceea 10,816.42 107,621.99 590,141.39 $697,763.38 | Property. FIXED PROPERTIES. Remunerative and Realizable. Municipal Industries, Muncipal Ice Plan Real Estate, Buildings and Bquipment . ... ! Municipal Buildings:— City Hall, Tenement Pruperl) Land, Machinery and kEquipment | Sewer Disposal Plant Real Estate, Building and Iquipment Cemetery Property:— Land and Dwelling Houses (Water Works) :— Real Estate, Buildings and Bquipment .$2,780.435.46 10,000.00 260.000.00 34,712.00 43,000.00 3,128,147.46 Remunerative But Unrealizable. Subways:i— Two 'and Forty-one Hundredths M: Miscellaneous Property Unremunerative Police Department:— Real Estate, Buildings and Equipment .... Fire Department:— Real Estate, Buildings and Equipment .. Street Department:— Real Estate, Buildings and Equipment .... Recreation.— Parks, Swimming Pools and Bath Education: iles and 45,820.47 But Realizable. 36,860.00 134,064.00 10,509.94 Houses 466,182.69 School Property, Land, Buldings and Contents Public Charities: Municipal I"arm, Buildings, Contents, Live Stock Cemeteries:— Unsold Lots, Buildings and Equipment . ... Unremunerative and Unrealizable. Sewer System:— Storm, Sanitary, and Equipment . Street Crossings Total Fixed Properties ......... 1,006.220.00. . 71,611.75 38,150.00 1,763,5698.38 Pipe Line, Real Estate -$1,209,210.58 5,000.00 SCHEDULE “B. Cash on Hand Available only for Lapital Uutlay — Sewer Fund . . Water Fund School Fund .... Park Funds Subway Funds Municipal Building Fund Improvement Fund Cemetery Fund Municipal Ice Fun Available for General Purposes:i— Streets, Lighting, Health, Salaries, Sprinkling), Fire, Charities, Interest, Incidentals, Parks, tral), Highways and other sources .. In hands of Departments:— ‘Water Department ... Charity Department . April 1, 1914, 15,080.49 29,667.58 27,717.14 30,756.95 5,912.16 3,879.34 11,365.45 1,862.11 683.71 126,924.93 (Including Permanent Pavement, Police, Taxes, (Cen- 4,693.05 123.52 185-49 SCHEDULE “C.” Street Sprinkling LTHOUGH the stiffly starched pet- ticoat is still on the shelf, petti- coats of silk and net and fine muslin are once more a prominent feature of the wardrobe. They are not only for wear, but for show as well. The dress with the turn- ed back cuff requires a petticoat to complete it. In many instances two or three inches of plaited lace or net or embroidery are displayed quite sans gene. ‘While the clinging lines continue for dresses, the petticoat, too, must cling. For this reason crepe de chine, soft taf- feta and net are high favorites. The sillg petticoat will be especially- popu- lar under the fiimy cotton dress and, far from an extravagance, will prove a real economy. It is often without u. ruffie. of any sort—just the straight length, with a scalloped edge and a bit of embroidery, and it has an undoubted elegance that many of the elaborately trimmed en- tirely lack. On the other hand, the cotton petti- coat will bg worn under the silk dress in this topsy turvy world. Petticoats of lawn, with straight twelve inch flounces of embroidery, that are quite fine and dainty are offered for a very low figure in very good shops. Those of mull, with hand em- broidered ruffies, cost a little more, de- pending on the elaborateness of the de- sign for their price. CHEESE‘ is credited with containing as much nutriment in one pound as is contained in two pounds of beef. It bothers the digestion of some, but the melting or cooking of it does away with this trouble, and there are many who believe that the merits of cheese are all on the side of ease of digestion and that this is one reason why it has remained always the last dish of the dinner. In the old days, when heavy feeding and many bottles of port were dinner fashions, the dish of cheese was of im- mense imnportance. It was not a morsel then as it is now to give zest to the meul. Huge cheeses were brought whole to the banquet boards and were carved and served with a great flour- sh. Big Stilton cheeses were scooped ut and filled with champagne for spe- ial occasions, and many mixtures were made of the softer creams with butter {and wine. forming a paste to spread on crackers. Toasted cheese is a great English delicacy, but for some reason it is not much in favor in this country except in the rabbit. The old London tavern on Fleet street, the Cheshire Cheese, got its name from the excellence of its Old Town 2,587.17 4,074.55 2,709.48 General Taxation 110.11 875.90 1,890.73 Tax Revival of the Petticoat Petticoats having the curved slit, back and front, are new. A net petticoat cut in this way, with overlapping edges, is finished with a two inch valenciennes lace of cream color and a bow of wide satin ribbon at the opening, both back and front. Inch wide ribbon run through inser- tion, with bows repeated at intervals, is a trimming much in vogue again, chiefly for skirts of mull and lawn. Just how popular the colored petti- coat will be it is hard to say, altfiough it is predicted as a fashion note by the French modistes. Pink, blue and yellow, with yellow first choice this year, are the colors ex- ploited in crepe de chine, with a nar- row valenciennes edge as a finish. Colored lawn, with an eight or twelve inch plaited ruffie of lace edged net in white, is still another guise for this garment to assume, For the skirts longer than the frocks under which they are to be worn it is used extensively. It is not an expensive trimming and can be renewed easily. Even the high priced laces and embroideries will not make a daintier showing below the dress than these soft plaitings of fine cream or white net. The really high style petticoat is the skirt made of net, chiffon or organdie. It is very sheer, of course, and is more of a lace lining intended to be worn with a sheer frock and to beautify the same than for any real utilitarian pur- pose. Valuable Things to Know About Cheese toasted cheese. A handy way to cook cheese in the manner called toasted is to chop or grate a quantity of it—the mild American cream is best—and then spread it neatly on saltine crackers. Place them side by side on a flat pan and put them in under the broiler long enough to melt the cheese. With a drop of worcestershire these are very dainty and appetizing. The ordinary rabbit made with melt- ed cheese blended with ale or beer and poured over buttered toast satisfies most people, but there are variations. One way is to boil two large onions, chop them and mix them wijth butter, cream, salt, mustard and a small cup of grated cheese. This can be poured over toast or crackers. Broiled sardines also mix nicely in a rabbit. They are placed on the toast, skinned and boned, and the cheese is poured over them. A Mexican way is to use tomatoes. Break up a half cup of American cream cheese and rub it to a paste with but- ter, mixed mustard, a little cream and tabasco sauce. Stir this as it melts and have this sauce ready to add to it: Three peeled tomatoes, an dnion and a chopped pepper cooked together. 1914 1894 .. 1895 | 1296 {1897 1998 1899 1900 {1901 1902 1903 1904 i 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 f1911 1012 1913 $1,503.53 Bonds Issued for Capital Uull.ly 2k For Schools For Water Works For Subways For Sewers .. For Muncipal Bulldlxu, For Parks For Streets ..... Total . Bonds Issued for Current Uulla) sy Refunding . SCHEDULE “E.” Capital Surplu: Surplus at Beginning of yeur Purchase of Fixed Properties enue Funds .... Capital Obligations at beginning of year, paid with Revenue Funds Total Additions Deductions: Sales of Fixed Property Acquired Assets Capital Funds transferred Funds to Total Deductions itxcess of Additions .... Capital Surplus April ist, 1914 ::,43:1.0!» $63,384.26 75 Per Cent. Uncollectable. "HEDULE from Rev- Teserved from Revenue I" unds to pay for 456.14 1,130.53 769.90 ,099.18 “p | 566,500.00 1,175,000-00 ,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 125,000.00 50,000.00 $3,280,500.90 suilin 85,000.00 85,000.00 | $1,554,610.89 35,585.80 3,299.88 | { .$38,885.6% i | 0.00 11,900.00 Re\'enue Adjustment of au:ounts of Prlul‘ Permdfl 9,119.1 1,036.86 $22,065. 9% $186. 0 $1,571,440.59 SCHEDULE “F.” Contingent Liabilities. Town Deposit Fund. Now a liability, but eventually will become a permanent asset: In 1836 the Federal Government appropriated to the several states, sur- plus funds from the Treasury for which it had no immediate use. distributed it among the various towns for school purposes, and since that time the income has been credited to the General Fund of Town and City. 1t amounts té approximately $10,816.42, but if the investments, The state which are meets in O, | o., mostly stocks, should be sold, the fund would be much larger. HARTFORD TENNIS PLAYERS WIN GAME New Britain High School Aspirants Are Defeated By Capital City Rivals. Captain of With the exception of Maxwell Porter all the members the New Britain High school tennis team proved easy victims for the Hartford racquet exponents in their contest played at Pope park yester- day afternoon. Although Captain Porter played a stiff game he was i Tennis | trimmed by Hyde and Donchian i the doubles and in the other set Den- {nis and Wiley managed to conquer { matches from the | struggle. | play a return match in this city. Yes- The Hartford net bumpers won all the single matches and both double local aspirants completely outclassing the New Brit- ain boys. Porter easily in and Maier were Sampson and Dean after a hard Next Tuesday Hartford will terday’s scores: Singles—Hyde, Hartford, defeated Dean 6-2, 6-2; Donchian, Hartford, defeated Malier 6-0, 6-1; Dennis, Hart- ford, defeated Porter, 8-6, 6-4; Wiley, Hartford, defeated Sampson 6-1, 6-0. Doubles -— Donchian and Hyde, Hartford, defeated Porter and Maier, 6-2, 6-1; Dennis and Wiley, Hartford, Keeney's theater, vaudeville and motion pictures. Lyceum, the Lyceum Players in “The Ninety and Nine.” Fox's theater, motion pictures, Annual cantata at Grammar school hall. Britain council, O, U. A. M. hall. Meeting. of Isabella of L, in Judd’s hall, New U, A M, circle, N. D, Sy society al meeting of Young Ladies’ of St. Joseph’s church. o. H. fair in Mary's school committee meets hall, Turner society St. Britain cels hall New n in Turner committee on Meeting of special lighting contract, Meeting of committee on ubatement of taxes, Meeting of Men’s society of Swed- | ish Lutheran church. Lexington 1odge, I_0Q. O. F., meets in Jr. O. U, A, M. hall. -, Meeting of Vater Jahn D. of H. lodge, st. Jean Baptiste society meets at 28 Church street, Meeting of New Britain nest, O. O, in G. A. R, hall. B. Meeting of New Britain lodge, P. 0. E. Ferdinand council, Knights of Co- lumbus, meets at 321 1-2 Main street. Meeting of Court Charter Ouak, F. of A. at 242 Main street. Court Progress, F. of A, meets in Holmes and Hoffman’s block. TWO MORE SUT Morris Cohn and American Co. Sue 8. Ryzkewicz and M. Gill. Two more law suits in addition to those preferred against them the other day were today made against 8. Ryzkewicz and Martin Gill by Morr Cohn and the American Grocery com- pany of Boston. Attorney M. D. Saxe made out the writs which were for $50 each and they were served by De- puty Sheriff M. D. Stockwell. These writs are returnable before Justice James T, Meskill on May 18, Grocer 300 TO MARCH, “300 strong” is the watchword at the Y. M. C. A. these days for the members are planning to march to the South church Sunday evening, where the 30th anniversary exercises will be held. An ingenious chart, numbered to the 300 mark, has been placed in the association lobby and several members have already signed up for Sunday evening. The numbers are going fast and by Saturday there should be a name opposite each figure. finally downed by Dennis of Hartford. | defeated Sampson and Dean 6-2, 6-4. GOLORED WIGS AND GRAWLY BUGS FASHIONABLE FAD § Paitd. on- Wiehd % B HERE are a few women who have been sensible enough to take to | pajamas, but the rest cling to their nighties with a tenacity worthy of & greater cause. Pajamas are sensible because their legs can't get up and wrap about one’s waist as the skirt of the old time | nightgown always did, always does and always will. Besides, pajamas are be- coming if they are pretty and fit fairly well. Especially do boarding school girls like them. They are so much | warmer than the night robe when one | is running about from one room to an- other to surreptitious spreads and the like. So when you have occasion to give a boarding school girl or a college girl & present why not give her a palr of embroldered pajamas? They may be very plain, with just a brier stitching about the places where there must be hems and a monogram over the hand- kerchief pocket, with silk frogs to fas- ten the coat, or they may be quite elab. orate and feminine, with a much em- broidered coat, and may even have & touch of embroidery about the bottoms of the trousers legs. Pajamas with turnback shawl col- lars are somewhat newer than the lcoats with a simple collariess V. Cream silk pajamas with a wild rose pattern or forgetmenot pattern down the front of the jacket, about the shawl collar and the turnback cuffs are fascinat- ing. There ars any number of other collars and also other materials be- sides silk. Pajamas should never be, of course, of & dark color. Daintiness must be their keynote, and therefore we must adhers o the pastel shades. ISINGLASS AS A COMPLEXION PRESERVATIVE. WELL known woman golfer whe owns a beautiful, smootk: complex- fon attributes the preservation of her skin to her plan of dissolving a little isinglass in hot milk, bathing her face in it and allowing it to dry on before she ventures out. Any feeling of con- traction soon passes off, and the isin- glass forms an invisible coating to the skin and protects it from the ravages of the wind. Instead of isinglass, either gelatin or white of egg beaten to a froth may be employed. The latter is an excs lent remedy against all chapping is in itself a cieanser. A good pl after the face has been exposed to the wind or cold is to sponge it with rose- water into which has been dropped & little eau de cologne or lavender water, lTHL fashionable dame has conceived a fancy for colored wigs for evening in [or as a further emwollient aosly onid the same shade as her frock or in some contrasting shade “milk to the skis