New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 8, 1917, Page 11

LIBERTY BOND Men of : Judgment uecutomed to invest- ing ' large sums for “themselves, their banks, or their busi- - TWINTER ST. WOMAN CLOSELY SCANS NEWS Mrs. Edward N. Andrews American Aviator and FROM FRANCE Has Unusual Interest in Little Dancing Girl, Whose Foster Grandmother She Is. WAR THIS YEAR GIVES FLAG DAY JUNE 14, A STRONGER GRlP ON AMERICAN HEARTS Flag day, June 14, possesses a pe- of nations! which includes the atrong- culiar significance this year. For the first time in nineteen years the United States, at war on Flag day, faces a European country, and our opponent now is not Spain, but a combination life in a military school. The work of newspaper correspondent did not appeal to him as greatly as did- the desire to join one of the units fig] ing for' Fyance and he enlisted in th aviation . corps of the .French army: H was one of the first ‘Americans to active servie with that par- | 3 !lcul-r unit at the front His craving EVELYN PROCTOR LATOUR \ In the fall of 1866 while on a trip to -Danvers, Mass., Mrs. Edward N. Andrews of 82 Winter street declded to stop in Boston for a:few days to visit a friend ‘ had met previously in Plainville. Her friend, Miss Minor, wag the music teacher in the Baldwin Place home, which was &, charity institution supported by the \urches and she went there to see + ‘During here ‘brief stay at the hame she encountered a rosy cheeked little girl of four years who was just recovering from a case of smallpox. Being very fond of children and having none herself Mrs. Andrews be- me very attached to the child and Ip care for her _ until her com- plety/ recovery, After having gone to Danvers and eompleted her visit, dur- ing . which time;the sweet face of the child was continually béfore her, she determined to visit.the institution to see the little girl once .again before she returned to her home. She 'Aid this and what occurred there many ~ tive cry and she decided at once to adopt the child. She wired home to her husband of her intentions and re- ceived the reply “You had better think it over before taking such a step.” 8She was not deterred by ‘the telegram, becoming ‘firmer in her resolutions which she carried out. Little did she think at that time that the little girl would become the' jmother, and .she the foster .grand- mother of two of the noted celebrities of Europe, one of whom has just.been decorated with the cross of the Le- gion of Honor for his skill and bravery in the aviation corps and the other noted for her wonderful danc- ing, The child, whose name was Eve- lyn Procter and whose mother wan dead -was brought home by Mrs. An- drews but was not legally adopted. But the fact that she called her fos- ter-mother “Mamma” bound them to- gether more closely than could any legal document. She was sent to the KENNETH' PROCTER LATOUR mfigmwm.memmumemnotm-mm Latour Ready for Flight. years ago is as fresh in her memory today as when it happened. The little tot, recognizing her as she entered the room, jumped up and said: “That 1s my new Mamma.” Thé& heart of Mrs. Andrews was touched with ths‘pldn- MULTIGRAPHS LETTER Fec-zimile of Typewriting done 1n 1, 2 and 3 colors with signaturea Letter Heads Printed. THE HARTFORD TYPEWRITER €. INC. 26 §ate Rureet. Hartford. Conn. FOR SALE Business or residential site, corner East Main and Harvard streets. Ex- cellent location with over 300 feet of improved frontage on East Main 8t YOUR SHIRTS ~* ALWAYS AT Camp seniinary and proved to be o genius -both . in her; books and in music. redlly a fine planist and one of the best ‘teachefs i’ the' city was hired for her instruction. She rapidly de- veloped at this art and wheén but 14 her foster-mother sent her to _the Conservatory of Music in Boston. She graduated and came back home but not to stay long, shortly after going to Tennessee to vVisit @ schoolmate. Meanwhile she had changed her name from Evelyn Andrews, which 'name she took when she was adopted, to Evelyn Procter, her family name. Coming home the following year as the bride of Albert Littauer was a great shock to Mrs, Andrews for it was wholly unexpected. She grieved much about it for she did .not like to lose the companionship of the little girl who had grown to be a young woman m. who seemed still as a child . to" Mr. and )ln Littauer did not stay long. 1w New -Britain but thoved ' New York where Mr. Littauer's busi- ness interests were.. Three children haye been born to Mr. and Mrs, Lit- | tauer, ‘Kerinieth, a boy of 22; J.ck a boy of 16, and Evelyn, a girl of 13; Kenneth . was_born on March 13, 1894 and prior to going to Europe as a correspondent for one of. t ‘Washington papers spent most of his At the age of ten she was for excitement and his coolness and bravery won him this account, in one of the French papers and the cross of thé legion of honor. * | The American poet. Kenneth Proctor Littauer, who volunteered for aervice in the French Army for the duration of the war and is now a sergeant in the Amer- ican squadron of the French Fly- ing Corps, has beén mentioned in general orders as follows: A good pilot, brave, devoted to duty and an excellent soldier; has invariably shown energy and @oolness, especially on February ' 8, 1917, in the course of an en- gagement with a Germsn ma- chine. Though' his aeropla: was hit in several places, he com- pelled his adversary to retreat. At the time this was printed he wag a’'sergeant but since then he has been promoted and now holds & com- mission, being a first lieutenant. Be- sides having won signal recognition for his prowess on the field of battle, fame has been. accorded to him by the French people and soldiers as a poet and he has earned the title of “American Poet-Airman.” He also writes for Leslie’s weekly and the New York Telegram, his accounts of actual scenes at the front| being vivid- ly and clearly brought out in a pow- erful manner. In one of his narra- tives he describes his first battle with a German ‘machine, during which, al- though his aeroplane was hit several times, he put his adversary to rout. In a letter written to Mrs. Andrews by his mother she says that he has tendered his resignation in the French army and has applied for a commis- sion with the American Army and ex- pects to return home soon. est single military power on earth. Every school child is taught the meaning of .the flag's birthday, and reverence for the nation’s banner and symbol is inculeated in the words of the great “pledge.of a.lkmee R o Mrs. Littauer and her ; daughter wishing to be as near their son and brother have been in France since the beginning of the war. They have changed thelr names.to Latour, thé reason being that German names are not at all popular in France. Evelyn, who \is popularly known as Dolly, grown to be a wonderful dancer and, JUNE pledge allegiance to my flag and to the republic for which it stands— one nation indiviaible, with. liberty and justice for all!" In the picture may be seen s com- pany of United States regulars dalut- ing the flag at sundown. actompanied by her mother, has given banefit ‘entertainments for the war sufferérs in all of the larger cities ih France. 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