New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1917, Page 7

o ' 'NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, BEGINNING WED. DEC. 19TH, STORE WILL BE OPEN EVE! TILL XMAS. QUICK PICKUPS THE RULE MONDAY THE LAST CHANCE i0 SELECT GIFTS ALL DELAYED BUYERS MUST MAKE HASTE NOW FOR MON- DAY SEES THE FINISH TO CHRISIMAS GIFT SELECTION. WILL TRY TO TELL HERE OF ARMICLES SUITABLE AND APPROPRIATE FOR THAT PURPOSE. ? P Big Money Savings on Many Toys Everyone tells us we have the largest and best display of toys to be found in town, all shown to best advantage in our South Annex. We want to tell you that many things there have been reduzed in price for Monday’s selling. Come look around and see if the thngs wanted are not among the articles reduced. The children love dolls and toys best, they will be pleased with the kinds we have herz for them. Make Christmas a happy - time for the little folks. We're children but once. 3 n .y - Ivory Artic'es For Xmas Gifts - For ‘Mi-Lady’s Dressing Table we offer at big reductions, Sets of 10, 12 and 14 pieces, priced $8.98 to $30.00 the set. Special Set of Comb, Brush and Mirror, nicely boxed, and $6.98 value for $4.98. Solid Back Hair Brushes, very special at $1.39 and $1.98 each, real $2.00 nd $2.98 values. Mirrors, worth $2.98, for $1.98 each. Hair Receivers and Powder Boxu,l were $1.00 and $1.50, for 69c and 98c each. Nail Buffers, worth $1.50 for 98c.each. Manicure Implements specially priced at 25c each, really worth 60c each. Quickly Chosen For Men Silk an plain colors and two toned effects, $1.00 to $10.98 each. Natty Four-#itHands, the old values for 50c each, in stripes and figures. Glovea of course, Kids, Mochas, or woolens, 50c to $6.98 pair. ‘“Yorke” Shirts, wonderful variety, with soft or stiff cuffs, from 89¢ to $10.00 each House Coats fromn $3.98 to $25.00 each. Bath Robes $3.98 to $19.98 each. Pajamas of outing flannel from $1.15 to $4.98 set. Night Shirts of cotton or flannel, 59c to $1.50 each. Then there are Suspenders, Socks, in cotton, wool or silk, Belts, Underwear, Union Suits, etc., all spegially suited for useful Xmas Gifts. i 5 / \ WAVING AN AUTOMOBILA& DELIVERY FOR PROMPTLY itf CEIVING ALL DRY GOODS . ‘Berlinlen Fail ‘o Appreciate SEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEND ON FU CHASED OF US. Berlin News' QUESTIONNAIRES GOME IN SLOWLY Importance of Blanks PLAY. FOR BLUE / CROS for Care of Animals WWndéd! ?"’ i i '#n War to Have Bemefit in Town | Hall—Red Cross Campaign Draw- ing to Cipse. j It ‘seems that the men of Berlin ‘who registered last June little realize the great importance of being prompt fwith the questionnaires which have been issued. Last week five per cent. ©of the local papers arrived—about 85 in all. Up to today nq more than 20 men bhave met the members of the \board for atd or to return their papers completed. More haste is urged on part of the registrants, as the time mnearly up for all the papers to be in. Ithough an appeal was made for . both Polish and Italian interpreters, k2 has been little response. There is fleed for these and their services WiH be greatly appreciated. A i Church Services. 5 Bunday services will be held at 10:45 o'clock tomorrow morning at ' the Berlin Congregational church. s Rev..Samuel A. Fiske will speak on , "“The Exiléed Christ” Sunday school will be held at 12 o’clock. Mrs. H. H. Damon, the organist, has arranged the following program: Prelude— Coming of the King .. Dudley Buck Anthem— Processional Chorus .. Dudley Buck 'While Shepherds Watch Their Flack” x Neidlinger ‘Solo— Virgin's Cradle Hymn ....... F. Morris Klass Mrs. Robert Deming Bolo— The Christmas Herald . ... Miss Mabel Rawlings Accompanied “ofi Violin by Mrs. H. 8. Hodge There glll be a cantata at 5 o’clock. Coombs The ction will be ‘“The Holy Child,” by Adams. The children will give and recitations and there | will be ‘carolg’by the Girl Scouts. There will bé a giving by the entire | - congregation to the Red Cross. Red | envelopes have been issued and they ~ will place their contributions in these and hand them to the children, who Wwill place them on the Christmas The women in charge of the booths loday were the Migges' Lincoln and ; Boodrich at the post office and = Miss | Wooding at the bank. The campaign I8 progressing rapidly and the leaders | are congdent of Buccess, Last night | the first class In surgical dressings et iThe amount of Work done was fying to those in charge. Mrs. | Hart and Miss Chamber- | 'w' Britain were ‘present at Baskets of fruit were also prepared. An excellent ‘was received from East Berlin. Births. A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Johnson of the Turnpike road. . A son has been born to Mr. Mrs. Gustaf Peltzer of West street. Benefit for Blue Cross. A playlet, written by Miss Marjorie Moore, will be given at the Town hall soon for the benefit of the Blue Cross, an or- ganization formed for the lare of the | animals hurt in the war. The cast is made un of the following: Ruth Brighton, Miss Helen Cowles; Mrs. Howard, Miss L. Adele Bassett; Alice Howe, Miss Irene Viets; Mrs. Tolliver, Mrs. Robert Demin Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Harold Upson; Miss Jameson, Miss Esther Alling; Mrs. Adams, Mrs. George Griffith; Mrs, Perkins, Miss Maisii Graham; John' Brigg. George Griffith. Berlin Briefs. \ Miss Florence Webster 1is home | from New York for the holidays. A number of local boys who are ‘in the service are expected home for the holidays. Mrs. John Burke of Farmington road left today for Detroit, Michigan, to visit her mother who is very iil. Miss Agnes Warner of Kensington has gone to Claremont, New Hamp- shire where she will spend the com- ing, week. The Junior league of the Kensing- ton M. E. church, will meet at the church at 5:30 tomorrow afternoon. A special program has been arranged and a report will be read of the work for the past year. Parents and friends are invited. School closed at Beckley yesterday with a Christmas tree and entertain- ment. ! : Miss Ruth Bacon is home from the Connecticut College for Women. 'Fluffy, chic and exquisitely pretty, this little dance frock will strike the debutante as one of the necessary cos- tumes for the winter season. The frock is developed in silk®net, shrimp pink in color and embroidered with baskets of blue flowers. The delight- ful shade of pink has a lot to do with the attractiveness of the frock. and ! “Trips to the Pantry,” | recort HE KNOWS ABOUT NATIONAL FINANCES Joseph S. McCoy, vernment actuary, is the only easury department employe for whom Secretary McAdoo has asked a raise in salary, McCoy has an en- cyclopedic knowledge of government finances and is always consulted by the ways and means committee of the house when appropriation bills are being framed. The government has been paying $2,500 a yvear for his expert services, but Secretary McAdoo has asked that he be promoted to $4,000. Thrift and 95007 United States To appreciate Safety for a hundred | dollars, one must first get the doljars. To get the hundred dollars for the Bank to protect, simply take one dol- lar, five, ten—What you can—Deposit it and draw on your pay regularly for more deposits. The Bank es the Safety and helps cultivate the thrift to realize it. THE 4 Plainville Trust Co. PLAINVILLE, OONN. l Piainville News BRITISH_CONQUI ' CITIZENS MEET To DISCUSS TOWN HALL To Build, or Not to Build, That| Is the Puzzler \COMMITTEE WILL REPORT Executive Committec of Red Cross Talks Over Site ,for Organizafion Headquarters — Christmas Services at Churches. A town meeting will be held to- night at 8 o’clock in Grange hall and a report will be made by the com- mittee appointed at the last meeting, consisting of J. Trumbull, F. Osborne, C. Newton and the first selectman whose duty it was to make an in- vestigation as to a sultable location for the proposed new town hall and also to make a declslon as to just what should- be done in the way of repairing the toyn hall whish was party destroyed by fire a short time ! ago. At the meeting held last Mon- | day night most of those present were in favor of rebuilding the town hall and_of doing away with the supper | floor, using the main floor as offices ! for the towy officials, and of waiting | until next spring before doing any- thing in the line of erecting a new town hall. In case the place was re- paired it was also intended to use it | for an engine house when the new town hall should be built and the executive offices be moved into it. Motion to License Explosives. A letter of notification was received by the town in which is stated the following: “Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, s N “This is to certify that M. A. Nor- ton of the town of Plainville, Conn., is hereby appointed Explosive Licen- sing Agent in the town of Plainville, Hartford County, State of Connecti- cut, and is duty authorized to exe- cute and fulfill the duties of that office according to; the act approved Oc- tober, 1917.” Schools Close for Holiday. ‘The schools closed yesterday for the annual Christmas vacation of two weeks. The singing of carols and recitations by the pupils were enjoyed by those who were present at the exercises. The teachers have re- turned to thir homes to spend the holidays. Miss Alice Tuttle has gone to her home in Chatam, Mass., Verna Carlisle, Boston, Mass.,; Louise Stan- Jey, Boston, Mass.; Ethel Clapp, Northampton, Mass.;© Ruth Wilcox, Rockville, Conn.; Ruth Travis, Al- bany, N. Y., and Vera Hawkins, Port- land, Maine. The executive committee of the Red Troops with the British forces in the Holy Land digging for a well in mid- desert. . It was not always.necessary for the troops of the British forces to drink fromr wells and to_chance making the next watering place i: | headquarters for the society was talked over but as yet no definite de- | cision has been made. A committee was also appointed to take charge of the military relief work of the town and a meeting will be held on Sun- | day evening at 8 o'clock at the par- | sonage of the Congregational church ! sage taken from Luke 2:14. their advance through the Holy Land over the Sinai desert. The troops who fought at Gava drank water from ‘gvpt pumped through an American ipeline and were supplied over a oad-gauge railroad laid clear across 1e 150 miles of the Sinal desert. On Monday evening the annual ’Sun-! day school Christmas exercises will be held with the recitations and songs by the Primary and Junior depart- ments of the school. Baptist church—10:46 a. m. pastor wil speak of a Christmas mes- At 12:05 / { The at which both the executive and the M. the Sunday schcol will meet and line, the railroad and the of cume from the United Statei Britain. The fall' of Jaa made possible by indupt: tion and help of material | United States. : Christmas exercises on Christmas at 7:30 o’clock amd'a tree will be joyed by the children, 1 Plainville Briefs. E Mr. and Mrs. George Martin Canada are receiving congratulatia on the birth of a;daughter. M Martin was formerly Miss y town sand s military relief committee will be| present. Church Notices. 7, at the evening service at 6:30 o'clock the annual childrens Christmas service will be held. Cross society held a meeting last night at the parsonage of the Con- gregational church to organize and discuss questions of importance. The matter of selecting a location for Church of Our Savior—Episcopal. At 8 a. m. Holy Communion; 10:45 a. | m., morning prayer and sermon by the pastor. At 12 m. the Sunday school The Methodist church—10:45, ser- | mon by the pastor and a Christmas concert by the choir. Sunday school will meet at 12 o'clock ‘and at 6:30 the Epworth league will meet in the chapel of the church. On Monday night the Sunday school will hold its annual Christmas Festival in the church and there will be a Christmas tree and gifts for the children. Congregational church-—Christmas Sunday will be observed tomorrow wth a Christmas sermon by the pastor and with special music by the choir, | house. follows—"Holy Night” by Adam.| ©On Christmas day services will be “While Shepherds Watched” by held with holy communition at 9:30 Spencer, and “Blessed Christmas” by | & M. ; Daggett The Sunday school will meet | Advent Christian’ Church—Morning at noon, at 5 o'clock a special vesper | Worship at 10:45 a. m. with sermon service will be held at which the choir | bY the pastor, subject: ™The True | will render a Christmas Cantata, “The | Christmas Spirit.”” Special music' by Adoration”'by Nevin. The public is the choir. Sunday school at 12:06 m. | cordially invited to attend the ser- | Praise and social service at 6:15 and | vees. The Christian Endeavor meet- | ®Vening preaching service at 7 o’clock, ing will be held at 6 o’clock at which ' Subject: “The Power of Little Things.” the pastor will read a Christmas story. The Sunday school will have its !at 7 o'clock, prayer with an address | by Mrs. J. A. Biddle of Hartford, ex- plaining the work of the Women’s ! Auxiliary to the Board of Missions. On Monday night the Sunday school will hold its annual festival service in the church which will be followed | | by a Christmas tree in the parish i will meet, and at the evening service | i cher of this | known among the young people.of town. el Anthony Campbell of Wh street was severely burned yesterdi at the Bristol Brass Co., where he employed. . & b Howard Thpmas of Union avenue is to be ed today to M Hartshorn of New Britain. ' H one of the first to go to Camp Deves and at one time was a state highwa man. He is a graduate of Yale and popular among the young people the town. Miss"\Hartshorn is a si of\| Letter Carrier. Hartshorn ' of place. b3 : Frank-Grabam Who has . tried join the nawvy in three i ¥ tions, but who was rejectsd on count ‘of a slight deafness.’ will gt the Hartford recruiting station | in an attempt to join the'service. Vincent Glynn is expected from Washington, D. C. to spend Christmas holidays and’ Lewis Jud and wife also of Washington are’ Christmas, pected to be here over, The Cremo Brew wing Wishes You a Merry ,Chrisfmés and a evaporate. . Will not injure any (INC.) Happy New Year Co. THE NEW AUTOMOBILE RADIATOR COMPOUND prevents water from freezing at a temperature as low as 10 degrees below ' zero. “parts of the cooling system, is non-inflammable and will’not. Can be used sifely in all automobiles with the exception of the Knight or sleeve type motors One appll.cifion of this compound in the radiator will last througlllv the Winter season, except in case of leakage or overflow, the only precaution necessary being to keep the radiator filled with pure water. ; Sold and Radiators Fille‘)] at (INC.) BELDEN STREET, CITY J Price 50c gallon The Cremo Brewing Co.