New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 3, 1918, Page 5

M G NEW BRITAIN DAILY H s _, ane ousand rern recerwd / ;//e @A?c Honoraddy e/ %@/eg Ay remsan o Aonely Flanor , Aad ‘h‘éf‘fiylmxx, YRt Ae cc/n?/é/e.uc/n, apecd cerers _fi%fi/iwt(}éfid ere 4«17«4/ No o @@MA&& TER, objection tois raanha‘rhenl is kng S /{. celle Both before and after the period ager of the following Attractions:—. BILLIE BURKE'S TEN THE MODELS OF JARDIN THE FOOLISH FACTORY These attractions appeared in the most prominent Keith’s theaters in thé United States. IF THIS STATEMENT WERE NOT TRUE 1WOULD NOT MAKE About this time the Film Industry by a the sixth industry in the United States. I, like lots of éthers, in thelamuse- ment business decided to cast my lot, with this “parvenu of the show, busi- company and but all_the time noting one thing that one man b) his consistent polk‘\ IT. ness,” I roamed about from that, PARIS NOT GAY BUT TS NOT DESTITUTE Citizens Forced to Exist Under‘ Reduced Rations and Supplies | i July 31 (Correspondence of | Re Associated Press).—Paris is, of not the old ‘gay Paree” of | time, but it has suffered sur- prisingly little from the war when sther cities and countries are consid- sred. Pretty nearly everything one aeeds to live is still available, though restricted and reduced measure. Probably no one but Parisians them- hémselvés have been able to keep rack of the decrees and regulations zoyerning food a other onsmnp~; ion. Americans may be interested to | tnéw just how their allies in the great | :apital—and many countrymen, too— ire faring these davs. Here is a list >f the restrictions: Meat may not be purchased or eaten »n three days in the week, Wednesday, | Th y #ng Friday. Not more than 200" grams (two fifths of a pound) may se purchased on Tuesday so there can 2 mo hoarding, and not more than 00 grams may be served in a restau- rant on Tuesday. Bread is limited to 300 grams (three:fifths of a pound) daily for all people between the ages of 13 and 50. An additional allowance of 100 grams & day is made to manual labgrers and women in delicate health. Persons over receive but 200 grams daily. Flour, pastry and cakes—would-be putchasers of flour are entitled to half the amount of flour allowed them In bread form, i. e. 160 grams a day, if they are willing to go without bremd entirely. idden i= limited to ome pound per month, and half a pound to per- sons over 60. | Cgal for famflies of one, two or three persons—120 kilos (of 2:20 monthly; familtes of four or five perfons, 150 Xkilos; six or more pérson, 80 kilos: The gas consutmption iikewise has bken copsiderably cut down; so thut he wio in 1918 used two cubic meters Par sourse, pe 60 of FUNNY KO ]two quarts a month to persons who | | I Pastry and cake are pounds | THE THE DE xfiAm@ { rapi pillar to post with this mushroom ¢ advancing had become MAID OF MYS m(m of giving the public 22 @«:’ the best that could be produced amusement line, was rapidly advancing to be the foremost produced of Mo- tion Plcture Film #h the United States. policy today is the same as at that time; few days bave proven it. I haye travelled a lot, perhaps should have stayed in my own town; and gafmed the “Love and respect” of the entire commuity, This man was WILLIAM ¥FOX. HIS events in New Britain s 'amat‘y (‘MM/ Aan sa 6?’ in roaming ten, the past bat in all my ted in the following quantities— five | cook have no gas in their hom quarts a month for those who exclusively with kerosene. MODERND’ARTAGNAN TURNS OUT FAKIR Posed as Hero Wlth 30 Bullet Wounds Till Arrested Paris, July 30.—(Correspondence of | the Associated Press. ‘ploits and hair-breadth escapes )—The heroic ex- of | | D’Artagnan as narrated by Dumas in The Three Musketeers fade into com- parative insignificance when compared with the achievements of Rene Bet- rand as told by himseélf Minus an arm on his breast, and asserting that his body bore mofe than 30 bullet and bayonet wounds. ‘“Private Rene Bet- rand of the French Colonfal Infantry' and a leg with nine medals glittering | posed in Paris as the greatest hero of the war, Now he has been arrested as per- haps one of the wars greagest fakirs and the police authorities dbclare that he lost his leg and arm inia railway aceident and that five imprisonments nstead of five citations tompose his record. It was the publication of | Betrand’s photograph in a French newspaper that led to his undoing. Accord®dd ANl Honors. Meantime, while reveling in the fruits of AlS own romance, Betrand emoyed thesgonfidence of Fmy offi- cers 4nd 'tHe Gredit of the' leading | Paris cafes;&\?)e famous and fearless aviator made Private Betrand his godson ang, “adupted” him for the balance of tHa Avar. The medals he wore inéluded the cross of the legion of honor, the mil- | ftary medal, the war cross. with seven palms and five stars, the British maili- tary cross, the Belgian war crfoss, the colonial medal, medal of Morocco, and the medal for saving life, and the medal for wounds. In addition he wore the “fouragere’” of the legion of honor. ‘Where he got them has not been dis- closed but to account for them Betrand constructed a story of wonderful inci- dents. According to this tale he won the military medal by saving, the lives of two officers and was himself wound- ed in the thigh when surrounded by natives while fighting with the French Territorial Forces, in Motocco, in 1913, Tells of Getting War Cross. Then according to his own Betrand won the war cross in story. atrol | his companions were killed he gaptur- | ed'a whole German cooking outfit at Laon, having killed most of the'cooks, Next, fighting with the Briti§h on the Somme he won the military cross by capturing 12 Germans single-handed. i Meantime he had been captured five times by the Germans but always man- aged to escape. In the next ¢hapter of his biography Betrand appea.{r in the fight around Monastir on /the Macedonian front, where he sirultaneously operated four machine guns and wreaked such an awful havoc with the enemy that their attack was beaten off. At the battle of Monastir he essayed to rescue an of- floer who lay wounded in Na Man's Land and was himself wounded in the abdomen. Despite his pain he dragged the officer back to safety and went out again to rescue a wounded nurse. In the last trip his arm was shattered by a bullet and later amputated. Cuts Off Own Leg. Next we find B nd 2 passensger on % day may now only use 1.4 meters. Similarly with electricity. 4 P@trol, otherwise kerosene, and gasoling for fllumination, are lper- RENIER, PICKHARDT & DUNN 127 Main St., Opp. Arch St. Phone 1409-2 Wednesday Morning Spesials A $1.98 H$2.25 and $5.00 each. 4 $5.39 A $3.98 $5.75. One Iot of Silk and Crepe de Chine Waists. Values up to $5.75 each. All Garden Smocks and Blouses that formerly sold at $4.56 Russian To close out all Summer Dresses which sold up to $8.50. All Summer Dresses which were All Wash Skirts to be closed out at a great reduction. ! explolt in the present waF, WHERL after | DIEhts before betng rescued by & Span- board a ship bound for France. The torpedo which hit the vessel shattered | one of Betrand's legs. Calmly ampu- | tating it with his knife Betrand bouud | up the stump, d ed_himself to the rait, thréw himself 6verboard, paused long ehough to rescue the cxptdin and swant to a ptece of drift wood, where he Hved far three days and three ish vessel received the honor. Numerous_stars and leav that Betrand wore upon h had been acquired, tale, by 12 distinef acts of heroism | hy of the coveted cross but the details of these incid have not yet been given to the public. For this Betrand said he medal of the legion of of palms war cr according to his The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society of the English Lu- theran church will meet Wednesday afternoon at 0 o’clock at the home of Mrs. F. W. Schaefer of 25 Buell Street. namely:—“THAT THIE MILLS OF THEY GRIND EXCEEDINGLY FIL there is omne thing that I o always THE GODS GRIND noticed and never forgot- SLOWLY, BUT Signed:— OHAS. B. Mg MoDONALD, Fox's Theater. CITY ITEMS Gustave Winger, yeoman, was home from Newport over Sunday Misgs Amandd Carlson has returned from her vacation spent Beach. Miss Mae Stoeffer has returned from her vacation spent at Long Island. iss Helen Raphael of Grove Hill returnéd from her vacation at Rye ach. _Fred McEnroe spent Labor Day v York. Private Samuel Gross has returned to Camp Devens after spénding a few days at his home in this city. Mr. and Mrs. James O’Connor of Seymour streect are spending their va- cation touring through Vermont. Daniel McKean is spending his vaca- tion in Bridgeport. Mis§ Lottie Levett n of Brooklyn is &t Walnut | prynceton, N, 4., the guest of Mrs. M. J. Kelly of Black Rock avenue. Honora Schwartz has transferrsd property at 49 Beaver street to Peter Perakos. George Leghorn, with the chemical division of the aviation corps at spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Leg- horn of Stanley strest Mr. and Mrs. A M. Beardsley of Francis strest spent the hollday with friends at Sound View. The Foresters convention committes will hold an important meeting this evening at the Friendly Club at 8:45. MARRIED IN WINDSOR. Raymond Dyer of East Berlin gnd Miss PBlizabeth Slaney of Bassett street were quietly married Satur- day afternoon in Windsor, Conn. A sister of the groom acted as brides- mald and Gilbert C. Yates of Cor- bin avenue was best man. Extra Specials for Wednesday Morning White Buckskin High Cut Sport Shoes | 5.00 value Brown Shoes, and $2.50 Regular Ladies’ French Kid, Extra High Lace Shoes Military and High Heels. | Regular $5.00 value ‘i First | Ladies, Boys and Girls ‘l 1.50 value a pair White Quality High Tennis for Men, $1.00 Cut $3.00 value a pair ~ $3.00 ‘ Extra Special. Men’s Tan Elkskin Scout Shoes With Leather Soles. Regular $2.00 LL WHITE PUMPS AND OXFORDS REDUCED, MUDERN BOOT SHOP 168 Main St