New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 28, 1917, Page 9

If You Miss These You Miss Much, But Two Days More for Millinery at Half Price, or to Share in the Big Reductions Offered. Now in Women’ STARTING WITH MILDINERY WE WANT YOU s Wear Section. TO REALIZE THAT THIS IS BUT A ONCE-A-YEAR OPPORTUNITY TO GET PICK OF OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF TRIMMED HATS, UNTRIMMED SHAPES, FEATHERS, ORNAMENTS, FLOWERS, OR WHATEVER IS FOR SALE IN OUR MILLINERY DEPT. FOR TWO DAYS LONGER . PRICE. AT HALF One thing to bear in mind is that no matter how much any article in our Millinery Department has already: been reduced, you get it now at just half of its reduced price. Come see what is offered, note the markings, pick out what you want and it is yours at Just Half, for two days longer. REGARDING THE GARMENTS OFFERED IN OUR SUIT DE- “PARTMENT FOR WOMEN’S AND MISSES’ WEAR THE REDUCTIONS SPECIAL CHANCE TO BUY A SUIT, A DRESS, A ARE 'BIG ONES, A SKIRT, COAT, WAISTS, OR. OTHER SUITABLE, SEASONABLE WEAR AT STARTLINGLY LOW PRIES FOR THE VALUES GIVEN. BUT TWO DAYS MORE TO SHARE IN BARGAINS LIKE THESE. YOUR CHOICE OF SUITS, in Women’s and Misses’ colored Broadcloths, Burclla, Wool Vlours, sizes, made of and Oxford Mixtures in ‘Winter’s newest styles, worth up to $29.50, for $15.00 each. FINER GRADE SUITS, also in sizes for Women and Misses, made of superior grade Broadcloths, Oxfords, formerly priced to $37.50 for $20.00 each. THE HIGHER GRADE SUITS in niges models, made o( the most ex- celltnt material, some fur trimmed, some plain tailored in all the wanted colors, including samples and show picces, worth up to $47.50 for $25 ea. JUST NOTE THESE DRESSES Wool Jerseys, Colored Burellas and fancy in styles and sizes for Women and Misves with choice of Serges, Silk Poplins, Velveteen, Wool Orepes and Taffeta Silks. Not as many 'of them as we wish, but wonderful bargains for those fortunate enough to get one for $10.00. HMAVING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN | PROMPTT. % YouU CAN DEPEND ON Y RECEIVING ALL DRY GOODS PUICHASED OF UB. READY_EOR- GAMPAIGN, Neeing of All Tntersted W‘hl‘llext- Thursday meeting*of the cit- '!'hursdny evening m. Money in sums as low as 25 cents will be loaned to the There will also be an issue of Interest-bearing - certificates | which will be sold for $5. The pian, 4 . Thrift Stamps are to - Anyone wflh;: can . a vemmant thi e i When the 84 u ‘war saving stamp cer- Ms January, the pay- for. a_ $6 stamp, in ad- 84, invested, will be 12 this will be increased one month during 1918 The is based on four per cent. inter- est compownded quurterly, and the fgvestment i for five years. Howell _Cheney of Manchester has been chos- 2 state director for Connecticut, and I his assistant directors will be N. @earle Light and Mrs. Bernard T. i Imm A committee of prominent 3 ns has been chdsen who will Eh.ncy in‘the work. The h ren will be asked to help F by stamps. . Btevens h’ the Berlin chairman. Su- was conducted in a splendid manner. At the Berlin Congregational church thig evening there will be a meeting of thes urgica dressing class. Berlin Briefs. Mary and Agnes Nelson have left for St. Augustine, Florida, where they will spend the winter. 'The Jolly Three 6f New Britain will hnld a dance at Grn.nge hall this eve- Raymond Jenks 1s home from Fort Slocum where he is a member of the aviation gorps. A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Sarafino Cecchtti of Farm- ington road, YPEMS OF INTEREST TO WOMEN. ‘When whole wheat flour is used people need less meat. All materials should be ready be- fore you begin to. cook. Scur cream is a valuable fo.,d and can be useC ‘in many ways. Never buy large quantities of spices at a tlme —they spoll. Lemon jJuice and cayenne are ex- cellent used. in. French . dressing, in- stead of black pepper and Vv negar. Boiled ham will be more delicate and deliclous if it is ailowed to cooi fa the lquor in which it is cookel. Stale pieces of bread’ can he put through the. meat grinder and audded to sny muffins you are planning to make. Pickled wninuts chopped makc an cxcellent relish to serve with hard boiled eggs. Muffing mace of whole wheat or {any dark f'our should be very thor- oughly baked. Paper dipped in parafin and rolled will serve to heat soup or coffee while camping. Never wash the steel omelette pan with water-—wipe it immediately wi:h aclean cloth. ‘Every man. should know how to make bread, boil an egg, make coffee and broil hecfsteak =troug astringent tea is the inner bark of bark of A very maide from the white o Dates, currants, figs and raisins fur- nish almost as much energy as there 1s in sugar candy. If you are weary and cannot stop for a long rest, try stretching flat on the floor for ten minutes, Long sausage-shaped bags of cot- ton cloth can be filled with sand and serve to keep the cold out when there are cracks beneath doors and win- dows. i Colored clothes will be brighter and hold their color longer if washed in clean suds and rinsed in very blue water, if they are starched make the starch blue. The flavor of ham may be given to bean soup by means of bacon fat. Broiled fresh tomatoes with white sauce go well with corn bread. Chicken gumbo may be made with the remnants of a roast chicken. Claude W. ! perintendent I. W. Dows will assume b ‘harge of the work to be done in the schools.. Mrs. C. M. Jarvis will at- to the ‘women’s takes charge of the tarming interes Francis. Deming holds a nmlhx\ 1s ho zath the meeting which will Mpe held ir. the court room at the Ber- Jin town hall. There will also be a ‘meeting of the local committee of the State Council of Defense at 7:30. . Construction OCompeny Sellg Sugar. The Berlin' Construction company reecived ‘a shipment of sugar ‘which will bs wold to the employes " at 16 pounds for a doHar. Red Cross. | Although there have been no offi- y reports made, it is certain that riitn made a success of her Red Cross campaign. The final reports be given out in a few days. ngton committee met yester- it the home of .Mrs. Sharp and subsecriptions, a Qrv::'&ut the - campaiga . sition with the bankers It there will be a large ! :# We want you to have the WHEN YOUR NEWSBOY FAILS TO LEAVE YOUR HERALD ’Phone WESTERN UNION And paper will be sent promptly to you by messenger. HERALD every night and’ | to make sure that it is delivered to you we have ar- ranged with the WESTERN UNION to have a mes- i} senger boy rush a copy to your home. This service is given at our expense. It will cost you nothing. We want you to be satisfied and when you are we feel | 2mply compensated for whatever effort we may male for your benefit. : : SO, IF YOURNEWSBOY FAILS TO LEAVE " THE HERALD BY 6 O’CLOCK °'PHONE WEST- £RN UNION. YOU’LL GET A COPY SOON AF. Paainvii‘ie News PLAINVILLE LOSES AMBULANCE CORPS Sudden Order Disbands First Platoon Formed in State THE MEMBERSHIP SHRINKS Enlistments in Army and Navy Re- duced Number aiiiiiated—Ice Cut- ting Begins at White Oak—Mercury Secks Subway Route Out. Last evening when the members of the Second Platoon M. C. 1st District Ambulance Co., C. H. G., for their weekly drill, assembled Lieutenant the colonel of the regiment which dis- banded the platoon, and which came as a disagreeable surprise to its mem- bers. The order stated that owing to a number of the members having to be discharged owing to their enlist- ment or draft into the various army units, together with the difficulty ex- perienced in filling their places it was deemed advisable to disband the Plainville Patoon and raise another platoon in its stead, to be located in Hartford. Lieutenant Phelps stated that he Stuart E. Phelps read the order from | was very sorry that the order had been issued disbanding the platoon and that during the few weeks he had been in charge of the section hc¢ had found the men comprising it very much interested in thelr work and he said the platopn bore a good reputa- tion both in Hartford and in Plain- ville as to its ability in drilling and its other work. The order above referred to affects the Lieutenant only in that it will transfer him from Plainville t> Hartford. When a Herald representative was discussing the matter this morning with Sergeant George A. Case the lat- ter stated he did not know what the men of the platoon would do in con- nection with their further military work. He said that the order did not come to him wholly as a surprise and he had hoped i%at the contem- plated step which has been tzken could have been avoided. Other than this Sergeant Case stated that he had nothing he could advise but that he had urged the men, rather than to take the discharg2 to which the order entitled them, to transfer their services to Company I, and become members of the Home Guard unit under the charge of Cajp- tain J. H. Trumbull. The portion of the ambulance com- pany located in Plainville was organ- ized through the efforts of Lieuten- ant L. H. Frost, now of the U. S. Army, and Gage Kent, who ranked as lieutenant and sergeant respective- ly. The other officers were Corporal Henry Bonney, formerly a member of the Ambulance Section of the British Army, who has made an ex- cellent drill master, and Corporal George A. Case, who like Sergeant Kent, is a registered pharmacist. The platoon had 12 enlisted men and in their enthusiasm and desire to assist the state the men all pur- chased their own uniforms rather than wait until the state was able to supply them and the litter equipment was made by Lieutenant Frost and Sergeant Kent. The platoon is much further ad- vanced than the Hartford platoon and the first instructions in the litter drin was given the Hartford platoon by the men of the local company. Although the Plainville platoon was the first organized and should have ranked as the first platoon this honor/ was never accorded it except for a short time after which the distinction was withdrawn without any reason being given. The outlook is very good for one of the largest ice crops in many years and already the harvesting of ice has begun at White Oak. The snaw did a lot in preserving the ice that had al- ready formed and the cold snap of the past few days has added much to the thickness of it. Plainville experienced one of the coldest spells of the season so far yes- terday and the mercury in some places went as low as eight degrees below zero. It is not known exactly what the lowest tempcrature recorded was, but around the center of the town it was as low as six degrees below. There is a shortage of coal in town and so far there is but little relief in sight. The local coal dealers intend to make an effort to secure enough to accommodate those people who have only a small amount in their bins. Plainville Briefs. Clement Cowles left this morning for Providence, R. I, where he will represent Troop No. 14 of the Boy Scouts at the Scouts’ conference which is being held there today and tomorrow. Mrs. Mary Wagner, of East Main street has left to visit relatives in New Haven. Mrs. Edward Daley and daughter have returned to their home in Hart- 1 ford after, enjoying the Christmas hol- iday at the home of Mrs. Daley’s pa- rents on Pierce street. A. Sortman, of Broad street, has re- turned from a visit to his son, who lives in Wilmington, Delaware. He was_gone for the past few weeks. Mrs. Howard Yates and daughters, of RocfRWille, who were here over the Christmas ~holidays, -have returned to their homhe. They visited Mrs. Yates father, ¥. ‘B. Manchester, of West Main street. l The Machine, Gun corps of the The Hartford Silk Store Children of the Allied Countries. Use Corn Bread instead of Wheat Bread. Fish, Poultry, Eggs, Milk and Vegetables instead of meat. HARTFORD Use Use Vegetable Oils for frying, reduce consumption of butter. TAKE ADVANTAGE.OF THE PRE-INVEI SALE PRICES THROUGHOUT THE § We would call particular attention to the declslve prlce-cuttlng in Women’s and Wear Garments. S.HILLS & CO. Help all you can to conserve the following for the sake of the soldiers and m Use Honey and Syrups in all indulgence in unnecessary. COATS, SUITS, DRESSES and WA Rather than Inventory this Stock:we are determined to reduce it and have made induo will make it an object for you to co-operate. - The Pre-Inventory Sale Prices on Wa Our $1.98 Waists, Pre-. lmmtory Sale Price $1.59. Several hundred Waists in Voile and Batiste, daintily trimmed and in the most wanted models. Strictly high grade and in a complete line of sizes. Very Special for $2.59 Lace, Blouses that are chic, sortment of sizes and colors; Net, Crepe de Chine, Tub Silks and Satins, shown in a complete as- never have been of- fered previous to this time for less than $2.98. Special at $4.39 At this price there are grouped over 300 Waists of Crepe de Chine, Georgette, Satin and Lace, col- ors are white; flesh, black and a few colors, and no waist jn this lot has been sold for less than $5.98. Special at $5.39 756 Waists in Laces and Net, Crepe de Chine, white, flesh, black and colors. models are smart and out of the ordinary, Satin The and Georgette, the materials used are the best that could be of- fered this season for $7.98. All Our More Expensive Blouses at Big Reductions Our entire stock of Model Blouses will be greatly reduced for this the greatest Pre-Inventory of- fering. Prices are as follows: At $7.89 Blouses formerly $10.89; at $6.98 Blouses formerly $8.98; at $9.89 Blouses formerly $16.75: at $10.89 Blouses formerly $16.75; at $12.89 Blouses formerly $18.75; at $14.89 Blouses formerly $25.00, Rockwell-Drake company which is made up of men in the employ of the concern met last night at the new fac- tory building for the purpose of drill- | ing. The local Home Guard will its regular drill at the armory in New Britain tonight. Members of the guard are asked to leave here in time to be at the armory at 8:15 o’clock | sharp. The local barbershops will keep their places open until 11 o’clock next Monday night and will be closed all day Tuesday, New Yesh’s Day. Ralph Farrell has returned to the naval training station at Newport, R. I, after spending the Christmas hoii- days with his parents of Cooke street. Inventory is being taken at the plant of the Bristol Manufacturing Co. and the factory has shut down to make some repairs which are needed. Sequassan Lodge, 74, I. 0. O..'F., held its regular meeting last night at. their hall and elected the following members to office for the coming term: Noble grand, Frank H. Bohn- er; vice grand, Ralph E. Morrell; recording secretary, William J. Mc- Kee; filnancial secretary, Frank G. Osborne; treasurer, Irving B. Carter; trustee for three years, Frank G. Os- borne. At a banquet which will be held on Januvary 10, there will be a Joint installation of officers of Both the Sequassan and Rebekah Lodges. The surgical dressing committee, | have If you have somethiny to sell, if you want to hire help, if you want a better situation; if you ITEMS OF INTEREST TO WOMEN. If your hair is very oily, try dip- | ping your brush in water and passing it through your hair twe or threc times a day. perfluous oil. This will prevent su- | Hominy grits are very gpod, used as a breakfast dish with sausage. Make a gravy with the sausage, and if this is eaten wth the grits it will , be found delicious. For the invald who cannot digest , meat- with edse, scraped meat is nice. Take the kitchen knife and scrape the meat, then; make it into.a pat and an auxiliary of the Red Cross society, has made its headquarters at the home of John B. Minor of 50 East Main street. All the work of the com- mittee will be conducted here includ- ing the making of bandages, socks, sweaters and anything and everything which is to be sent across for the use of the men in the service'of the coun- try, = A correctlcm is to be made in regard to the notice in the paper a few days ago which stated that M. A. Norton was appointed explosive licensing agent through the bureau of mines, department of the interior. This should have read Edward P. Prior instead of M. A. Norton because of the fact that Mr. Prior has succeeded Mr. Norton in his former capacity as fire chief. -100 old Wm. S. Hart pictures, but one new one, “The Silent Man,” his latest picture appears only at the Ly- ceum’ Mon., Tues.,, Wed. Don’t miss it. —advt. fry it slightly on both sides. A little lemon peel will give flavor to canned pears when they are insipid. “A savory vegetable stew can easily serve as the main dish for dinner. Sweet . peppers can be fried wnh| slices of* bacon, and,K seasoned wlth’ salt and pepper. With plain rice serve a salad of' ‘watercress with French dressing a.nd Roquefort cheese. Strawberries with gelatin prepa- ! rations furnish an almost unlimited series of wholesome desserts. o 4 | A good test in chdosing beef is to | press it with the thumb; if it rises | quickly, it is of good quality. The flavor of peas will be much im- proved if a dozen pea pods are washed end cooked with them. KEEP INFORMED want to hire er let & tenemen:, the - classified column will you in touch with the right peaple DDODO0DOS . Bright Snappy - For Winter Wear ‘We have solved ‘the happy combination of bright, sneppy style and real ‘weather-proof service in the several handsome shoe models in our Winter shoe stock. Bvery bit of feminine beauty and daintiness that is so well expected of women’s foot- wear has been retained in the making of these shoes, and they have the added attractjon of being really weather-proof. 3 Illustrated above is One of the more popular of these serv- ice shoes, dark Russet. shade’ jot tan calf, high .top,- dressy. narrow toe, new military hi and medium weight sole. Price, $6.00. . Many other neat styles in | black and tan ranging from . $5.00 to $8.50. READ THE HERALD e Delivered to Any Part of the Gity By Garrler for 15 Conts.a Woek e THE latest news from all parts of the worid, ¥ statp and eity fo the fime of going to press each day. Special telegraph wire, Fuli As- sociated Press- service and large corps of offclost reporters, ¢ : : $ & ;¢ AISHBERG The Shoeman