New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 26, 1918, Page 8

— AND So Yov JusS AROWND WALTING FOR THE END -~ THINKING OF THE oLD HAPPY DAYS WIHEN You WERE A PART OF THE OLD WORLD = AND FINALLY YouR «iND IMASTER DECIDES (TS ABouT TIME To QUIT BUSINESS AND You ARE BRELEGATED To A HOME R USELESS AnlmMmaLS This folding makes cracks and_pinholes in ordinary siade cloth—it leaver Bren- Lav smoviie and unbroken, This test | will save you this disappointment wear and wear long after an ordinary shade would have to be discarded be- cause it contains absolutely no “filling. Its base is a finer, more closely woven cloth, especially prepared to give you the most durable shade material it is possible to make. Rain will not spot it; sun will not fade it. = AND Yoo Gg’FGALLj HITCHED A AN 50 DOWN THE < Ao PAS T, LgCKED GARAGES OR 2 BLOCKS W 3 T A OH-H-H- BOY!! AainT ¢ -R-R-RAND AND k G%EOR—R-Rlous FeELIN'® TATATA You DISCOVER THAT THE L OF TASOLINE 1S BARRED UNDAYS - AND THAT ISES ARE MUCH [N AANTD — Before you buy window shades again, make this test. You can tell whether a shade will give you the real service you have a right to expect or whether it is another of the kind that makes it impossible to keep your windows attractive. e KT YA ¢ Al If you fold the ordinary shade material tightly, its ““filling”’ of chalk and clay drops out. You can see cracks and countless pinholes! (See photograph No. 1 above.) The little strains of everyday use would cause just such disfiguring holes—once these shades were at your windows. Now fold Brenlin! or pinhole in it! (See photograph No. 2) Brenlin will hang smooth and straight at your windows; 1t will We have the genuine Brenlin (the name perforated on the edge of the cloth) in a number of rich colors and in Duplex—one color on one side, a different one on the other. Let us plan with you for more last- ingly attractive window effects. In the long run, this long-wearing shade ma- terial is by far the most economical—and think of the disappointment « and trouble it will save. Come in today! Not a crack Brenlin the long wearing window shade material i LIFE OF e change Telegraph The government has placed a gua the building and surrender of the sulate officials Bolshevik d around demanded the s an the con- and the Pershing hoys old enough to be invited 1 did man to inveigle John was and parties were gettin to thesc Jin John into attending several not ‘ladies’ man’ in the GENERAL PERSHING but He presence of L law. ¥s rather shy some | his cves, sbemed to lie in | witt a CHAPTER V. (Copyright, 1918, by Willi HE future Gener happ) at school were slipping The Pershing children this ST t = Working hard all day in the ficlds consisted - of John, Jim, May rking 1 nd n the ficld e clder Pershing in his gen- And studying at night was John | French Sral stors had found & old mine. H. | Eershing’s record during those sum- | ho Mr. Pershing's Mers in the early seventies. Store and s sulll Hvine With the coming of fall the trm‘n«l‘ b e cieda: to town. As in every | tion for the statement | there were hay rides | patch from Copenh hing one of the _ the ate of Mis- mated that he was $100,000—a fair for- but then an unusual ! the the Rope, therefore, that Dy mhvum'-. could make Ly himself utilized ever tunity to study - vears 1o o ok o TAKE REF A British officers have London, numbcr of tak- | efuge in the American consulate | RACKLIFFE BROS. CO., Inc. 250 Park St., New Britain. Sole Agents. ,'” Now Britain and Vicinity and With Cuticura A1) droggiets: Soa) 25, Qintment 25 &0, Talenm 25, Bamplo ezch freeof ‘Caticars. Dept. K, Bosion C. Lomax, was clerk in the as President of is the authority that John F. Pi wealthiest men in sourl. It was orth at least tune even now, at Moscow, which is under the protec- | of Norway, to a according n to When Batrfit;)"bfe ‘Repiaces Khaki in the Liberty Quartet Mr. Pershing was an acknowledged | leader in all business enterprises and had the respect of every one in the | State. As an investment he consid- ered the fields Missouri the best that could be found, and he began to extend his holdings in farm lands. During summer vacations thought it best that his hoys be . training for their future lives had no thought but that they follow in his footsteps and small merchants and farme Accordingly he sent Jack and Jim to his farms to work during the sum- mer months. It was the kind of work that builds up the body and makes men. & Persl be- lieve in coddling There was a ms tween the boys slow and indu ways ready for a frolic, the first epportunity worls and Ashing then, was to plans for his future wh differed from those of his father. These ambitions he had kept carefully own hreast. They w developed hopes that he He had ideas means of accomplishing t ng properly ment strength that had Fhe boy who had the potential power | to stir the world when the time | -ame—that boy zoing be -eady to grasp his opportunity when t presented itself. The fie opportunity arge in town The boy no chance he world method of elopment test chance, he given He would hecome not children differe was sober, | Jim al- always ready to 111 John, even ked be- | John iou was drop malic h his hidden in ere clear, well had in mind ind the ns- em by wnd physical | him, the God given to was not Laclede to sec the small had 1 the r The of de- The Red Cross Gives Father and Mother a Chance to Talk With the Boy Away Frdf# Hospital Scenes and When Children of Convalescent Soldiers are Welcome Visitors at the Red Cross Con valescent Houses. They Can Laugh as Loudly as They Please. Ma and Pa and the Kids __lwavs Welcome at the Red Cross Convalescent Houses Ma, Pa, the Kids and the Fighters in| " MAKE ALL FIRES LITTLE FIRES Khaki! F}‘" e — An invincible combination, One way to cut insurance cost Twenty one mercantile establishments, equipped with Globe Spruklers, report 44 for buikd Kulser 18 beginning to realize, in to bring them whenever fere with serious help maintain the w the Asnerican soldier. tong railroad journeys group the Red Cross belps them m touch with each other sees to it that the sold hes does not have it his home folks, 1t makes cel families lack for @ reduction in premiums of 7 \ts power ing insurance and 754 for conte ! ts ance. ‘This shows how Globe Spriuklers pay for themselves in a short time LeUs get together in~ur- business, but When ser [ ware It we nervice am soepg his people fully Informed, as the Red Cross always hus known and the pecause it is such a good Liberty Quar- tet, rthe Red Cross is doing everything together the weeting will not inter- nderfuf morale of ite cause to hrough nothing. here a goldier is sick or wounded it 7 the Red Cross Service man to the bedside in cecord time. around there are still two things The Red Cross Convalescent Houses opened, or soon to be in commission at every*blg Army and Navy Hospital in at agencies for bring- ing fhese groups together. ldier jalways (ikes to see his but when wounds or illness force him to dof his trine khaki « in bed or - around inow bath while con- valeseing in the hospital section nhe | needs nis folks worse than at any oth- S or|er time. The Red (‘ross nospital man, the | of course, keeps mother or wife con- keep | stantly informed by letter of the pa tent’s condition, But (etters cannot take the place ot speech or soothing touch. The YOu that m many | will do move to ty ot restful amusement, And men making thelr fight for (ife, ing card 1 “Snokes™ don’s next eot. right m or ethe And a visit from der such condition course. is not enfirel tors and unurses about. You feel military surgeons will tell | talk out toud. [t 15 about as hard % @ briet visit|laugh a ceal a man up and | laugh in a sick hasten his recovery (han any preserip- [ zuffaw in church tion they can write or the pharmacist | one af the k& g compound, 8o if the casze {z doubtful { and bezins to finger 2 will while fine, satisfying, e always as it n that » fle gets r turns heaven and earth to get the home folks But even if the soldier is recovering and is allowed to get up and lounge he needs—a talk with his folks and plen- It is no fun to ramble around the aisles of a hos- pital ward, seeing other less fortunate Play- or checkers on a cot is awk- ward, espeelally when any noise may { disturb a chap tossing around on chejtles have contributed billiard tables raste just| tor those who are ag d with the smell of jodoform | their pins, 1e home folks un- of Doe- tlitting vou shouldn’t to less 1 gorts of things. ving, “Sh-h-h-h” the baby out Mother is constantly s: and jumping up to dr: of delightful mischief, But the Red Cross knew all this from the start and therefore began rushing up fits houses as soon as the hospitals were located. In these real men's el there Is a spacious room filled with big, comfortable chairs and lounges; all sorts of games and maga- zines are at hand; a player piano and a phonograph awalt the cal. At some nhospitals the nearby commuui- The it donated by the American Library Association of- fers the latest popular novel or tech- nical and solid volumes for the edu- cationally ambitious, and a librarian is there to advise or to get any title not on the shelv Comfortable writ- ing desks with pens that really write -clearmg snorr ot afand ink that really flows and blotters rd 25 it would be to| thar blat invite frequent letters home it Mother vrings |and especially long ones to the “girl teft behin To judge what users of in ahle to be on | glance over the stationery orders from these houses. “Rush 30,000 letter heads,” sa) one requisition, ‘“and print the Red Cross on it. For some reason many of the convalescents will not write unless they can get the House paper.” And are Ma and Pa and the kids of couvalescents welcome at these houses? And Wife and Sis? The pie- tures supply the ax But this one qualificntion must the con- valescents come fiest, and visitors, of course, do not wish to ¢rowd rhem out Swer, be made; of the rest chy And the Liberty Quartet can tulk and laugh as they| like, hecause every one else is doing | the sume (hing, whether in the club- room, the solovium ov sun-porch, out on the broad, shady verandas, or even | in the Red Cross war garden. Very likely some one is demonstrating his skill as a piano chauffenr at the auto- matic, while another bunch singing the “Over There™ record he | kids, too, are in no danger of eating a bunch of somebody’s pills, and the rest| is escents are, Just|of the men are tickled to death to play | dier and his family, with the youngsters—want to borrow them for awhile, in fact. As one pril vate puts it, “You sure ean have a real visit with the folks at the Red Ordst Convalescent House, And say, (f your lady friend comes to see you just no- tice how the other guys lose all inter est in your particular corner.” Upstairs, especially for the mother or the little wife, there are twelve neat bedrooms away from the nolse and (ife of the big living room and its evening plcture shows, concerts or entertain- ments,, These pedrooms are for rela- tiv ummoned to be with a very sick boy Many of the hospitals are miles away from hoteis or other places where visitors can stay. In chéRe rooms the relatives. always near the hospital, can rest and yet be summon-. ed quickly in case ot a bad turn. Andi if their man passes beyond they ur:‘ cared for and comforted by thei¥ friends, the Red Cross house-mother, or trained nurse and the Red Cress! Camp Service Korce who are there to] do everything possible for every sol