New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 24, 1918, Page 7

r - ~ r Let the Good News Ring Out WITH PEACE ON EARTH, GOOD WILL TO ALL, WE WISH YOU A HAPPY CHRISTMAS FOLLOWING THE GFENEROUS PATRONAGE WITH WHICH YOU HAVE FAVORED US, WE WOULD. AFTER EXTENDING THANKS. Call your attention to the fact of the big harvesting for belated gift seekers, for Churches, Sunday Schools or Societies planning follday fes tivities. Special Reductions of Toys, Dolls, Games, and all wares of character Come see what you can find atrietly Christms THURSDAY BRINGS YOU Miliinery at Half Price THINK FOR A MINUTE WHAT THIR MEANS. CHOICE AT HALF OF THE PRE MARKED PRICE ON TRIMMED HATS. UNTRIMMED SHAPFS, FLOWERS. FEATHERS. ORNAMENTS, OR WHATEVER 1S ON SALE IN OUR BIG MILLINERY DEPT. AT JUST HALF WHAT IT USUALLY SELLS FOR PARTICULARLY NOTE THIS. No matter {f a Hat or other article has already been reduced, say from $10.00 to $5.00 (just for example) this sale gives it to you for $2.50. That will be the way of everything all through our Millinery Dept. for Thursday., Friday, and Saturday. Be on hand to get best selection. and make marvelous saving. You only have the opportunity for three days. Make the most of it NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, HAVING AN AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DE RECEL VING ALL DRY GOODS PURCHASED OF U | heard this eveaing from 7 to 9 j o'cock [ held tomorraw morning at 9 o'clock. | Rev. J. C. Brennan will preach. ” 2 for Leo Lewis i i Case Comes Up in the Afternoon rograni-— | Brief News Items. Leo Lewis of East | held an imporiant meeting and re Officer /Andrew Lawrence | tomorrow morning, ow- | and business today cigars and (estioned by Prose- for the purpe the children a Hardware distriets veporl that the War Bur Membership only 0. a low mass, and at morning at 30, 4 ss, a BERL 10 o'clock a high mass will be cele- | | from Boston. Confessions will be Christmas services at the Sacred ¢ Berlin will be | Heart c¢hurch in E Services at the Kensington Metho- | dist church will be held at 10:45 to- | Berlin Briefs. Miss Marjorie Moore is ill at hev Eroest Secrest of the U, & army is |30 Wwomen Y pending a short furlough at his home | Willia i in New Britain m H. Gibney, is ill al his home today by Mrs. All barber shops, stores and other Marringe Is Main | places of husiness will keep open late tonight but will close all day tomor- charge of the duty. She went | day. | and took charge The Liberty Minstrels of Kensington arrested yesterday | hearsal last evening at the Foresters' { hall Ensign Farle J .Lewia of the U. S§. navy. stationed at Virginia. is spend- burglary, was ad- ing a leave of absence at his home in | oo " = L o Judge George G. | Kensington men evinced the W. Stevens, i Georze Fdwards of the Naval Re- | \frs. Roosevelt was out of town on|serves, stationed at Pelham Bay, Is | christened the first Lewis is charged with | spending a furlough with friends in | which was Aix-les- ChT s e A pains,’ and wer vesterday morning, tak-| Mr and Mrs. G. H. TTorton of Meri- | eft the train there candy. He is accused | den avenue have gone to Boston “We went ahead Cole says that he} where they will spend the Christmas then noticed Lewis | holidays with relatives. aad installed a window, which is| Te local postoffices will be opened | baccarat room into huilding, carrying | at ileir usual holiday hours tomorrow. | ligious gathering Cole asserts he told | Giovanni Tusko of the 102nd regi- | er rooms as theaters the latter dropped | ment has arrived in New York and ex ‘We arranged ran towarde his| pects to obtain a furlough in the r\ear‘ nics aoross the later arrested in bed | ufture | mountains. bicyele fishing trips fc e ormian samitted| WAR BUREATU WANTS' [fhhs, Bovies, that he had en . L | “The first troops of DISCHARGE RECORDS | | the front line tronches had beea fighting only the night - — I fore, and they were caked Christmas he place wh wlso took | They looked casually | Al Service Men Are ASked to Leave | upon their arrival : Al B Record of Their Discharge at el V\;I\::i.(,.\ti;;d”‘\"',;_\" aTfonEed fontnon: a short time. He Office in City Hall. | Within a day every A marriage license into the spirit of the was planneditoitake In ovder that their records may be | blaving like youngsters. afternoon correct he War Burcau urgently re- “As a result of the success of t United States. quests all returning soldiers and l!eave areas the Barrelt of Herlin saflors who have been discharged K hour recreation { of a letter from from the service to come to the office . Pehind the lines Ambrose Barrett, | of the War Bureau in City hall to en- the Hospital corps roll their names on the official dis econtly reported sc- | charge roll book. This system of hav- stating that he has’ing the men enroll is being taken up Limitation of Claims. York aad expects 10 py nearly all the towns and cities in At a Court of in the near future. ' this state and it is hoped that each New Britain, within was formerly emploved in the man returning home from the service | (rict of Berlin in department of (1 AM- . will feel it a_duty, to assist the War ford and State of Connecticut, Bureau in this work. 23d day of December. Closed The enroliment of the men in this Present, Bernard solicitors of the manner is almost a necessity and the = Judge (1 is recognized as the head On motion of the totsl of $305, | ynder which the work should come. llenry Schupacl eredit for a 100 There 1l he many questions to come the kstate of Morris ip. The =lozan in ' yp tater after the men have been out ©f New Britain tain a “Universal of the service. They may be out many ' cceased Keasington did it's . 4« when some proposition will (ihis §Gountfidoth proper fell a Ht1e | cron up unexpectedly and If the War | MOaths be aliowed & 100 members Burcan has the record of the man's ‘reditors of said 1 their claims a Plan Dauce. diseharge ' may prevent much trou- tin \ the le 8 1 co e lie notice be given Guard, was The question of allotments may | G 1000 P08 Berlin town come up. o the payment of money on " it New Bri spection hy (¢ Tibe tonds may be questioned. 1f | 1 Jiation in said members decided t there is a permanent record in the | ,octing a copy thereof nd daace in the city of the discharge of the soldier or ! Gun post in said sailor to which he can with confi rest the place Soreibes. dence refer, it may mean that the en dwelt oA A S ! tanglement will be straightened out! (ertified from rvices t g celgbrated tomorrow - satisfactorily. i MORTIMER PEND ON PROMPTLY { found out tha twe were to ro 1o Bor- ‘J«»:;'i\ which is 40 miles inland o9 | the Girande rive As our hoat was bl ware ouil to srest Mrs. Theodore Roosevel, Tomorrow Will Be Busy Day';Tp“c’n’“fl‘f‘..a.:‘;:L,”;:fi.,‘:\»;‘.',Sf;"z“m,‘?““ Tells of Recreational Work New York, Dec changed unattractive established by the recreation ties for American into popular playgrounds Roosevelt, Jr., who receatly Krance after 17 months woman to en- ist with the Y. M. C. A. for overseas of the first established in Paris. ‘When the authorities several reasons, the ing that the men call, that the soldiers | | | | | i | { [ vow to observe the Christmas nnu-l Roosevelt was the fi | Ic | | surly even when m<; | | l charge of the place— the casino | | excursions and pic- es, concerts established immediately where the men could get hot baths which was the principal {hing they wanted.” wlw the County as Administrators limited for Adminiztrators and newspaper PLAENVILLE NFWo Pl AINVILLE S0ARS { Red Cross Drive Results in Get- fing 2,007 New Members | Brest—Bricr News Items, Reports from the commitiee h today show {hat Plainyille | 50 over the top in its Red Cross 2,007. That this is a zood showin indicated when it is realized that the town’s quoti was about 50 per cent. committee was also instrumental in the success. The committoe wishes it to be koown that the Red Cross rooms will be olosed today, tomor- row and Thursday and that there w be no garment wark on these da Sailor Writes Home. A letter 15 heen received by Mrs. | Mary E. Woadsworth from her som, Barr Judd. who accompanied Prosi- dent Wilson on his voyvagze to Fraage He is an clectrician on a destroyar and writes an intercsting description of Brest. His letter “Nov. 24, 1918 “Dear Mother Mr. Ceasor has lost hix job so will have quite a bit of news Wil start at the beginning and try to tell you ‘.\'HIHD of the sights I have seen. When {Jeaving Philadelphia thought 1 was 3 | to be transre i 10 Gibone but found out late I was only one of 65 going for forcign service. We all had to stand watches looking for subs’ 1d fogether with the fact that the ship was more than crowded with troops made our voyagze pretty dull After 13 davs of thiz we sighted land off rance. We he coast of. 1 larze as the Mver could accommo- date it naturally attracted lots of no- tice and everywhere the French peo- The second lap of our journey was from Bor- deaux to Prest. quite some distance, and we had ta travel by railroad. I you could see a Freach railway train you would not wonder that we did not anticipate a pleasant journey Wao had three special coaches and three days' rations agr The journey was very cahie though, as we passed through valleys and over mountaias jand saw the most beautiful scenery 1 ever expect to see. After a 36 hour ride we finally reached Brest at 8 p. m “There is not much Brest, except that the buildings are all old and of stone and the sireets are all of block stone. The trolleys are the worst conceivable. What would tell you of ley car that used compressed air for | i { power and every little way stop for a fresh charge Some of them have an automobile motor running a gen erator and in this way make their own power. 3rest is a big port and | a dandy one for war purposes. It i vlland locked and a most wonderful I bor Have been told that Ameri- cans had to build dock break waters and all such things to land troops. In a single day as many as | entire | 81,000 troops hav ebeen landed here This has been our port whenever we have been lucky enou 1o be in one Many bovs have spent their carnings here for the past two vears and they say that nearly all the people were wearing wooden shoes when they came, but only the very poor wear them now The U. S S Little is a new type destroyer built at I"all River. Mass. and went into commission in April 1918, It is the lates! thing in de- strovers, having 12 (orpedo tubes, four-inch guns, anti-aircraft suns and depth hombs (ash cans) It iy about 400 feet long. but very narrow. being only 20 feet wide and tapered to a chesse knife thickness at the how ‘Ash cans’ are carried in a rack placed on the stern “At present we have about 130 men aboard but in peace time it will be reduced to about one-half There isn't much that 1 can tell you ahout convoy system until I gei back. But we were at sea almost continuousiy until the war ended. “Remem@ber me to all and kindiy Jet our nearest and hes edition of the New York Herald of lthings 1 have taken part in with onc excertion, that of Mount Vernon. Love to all as usua “As cver 1UDD Bricf Items, The Christmas exer s of A. C. church Bunday school were held in the church last ¢ il 7:50 o'clock | Rev. A Walton wstor of the A. C. church of Attleboro, Mass.. will occupy the pulpit of the loeal cha next Sunday. Mr. Walton L force ful and effcetive speaker and the puh | tie should avail itselr or the privileze of hearing him annual Sundu hool Christ- mas oxercises at the Congresational { church will be held this evening at 7 o'clock. There will he recitations and | songs by the children, following whic n] bers about 1,000 men DECEMBER afternoon, The stamp windows will he open : no money orders is- OVER IN CAMPAIGN nufacturing com- oses tomo Trumbull Blectric and the will close | | WRITES OF SEA EXPh IENCES | CITY ITEMS | Electrician Judd Has Had Mauy fox- | ! citing Adventures Since Joining the | Mac hmls!‘:t discharged Navy—Describes I'amous City of honorably dischargoed The total number of wempers s Thurt streot & membar overseas | Krech has now heen in the navy for nine vears. Ensign Bdward Dobson is home for of the population. In othe towas the quota was for the most part hard- Iy more than 30 per cent. Much credit is due to the women for pui- ting the town over in the hardest drive it has ever had. The oxecutive | Yale Naval Training Sc has been awnay two months on a cruise for underwent s appendicitis was taken dischargad in this city ederick, making seven trips | | will be provided by St Peter's church on Peter’s Catholic | ers and mothers present were m: Dancing around the Xmas Tree dancing till e | m om | The affaiv was handled throngh the the victory celebration the near future discharged Washington | Frank O'Brien—-the excitement was at its height. The nursery chairs were discharged | auickly filled by the children and the W L e e e f el 1" A Ahna Murph then Irought in four iittle fairy dancers who danced and sang around the tree is spending you think of having to ride in a trol- | Washington | much to the delight of the childrea Mrs, Kirkham, Mrs. W. I'elton and Mr Frank O Brien then distributed turn. A bag of candy, with nuts and an ora they lefi for home. | public spiritedness of the mer of New Prifain whose kindac | thoughtrulness made this joyous hour possible, The tovs, and candy and re membrance of the tree have made Leviathan furlough here. conclusion { many hea months of y a southern camnp. | | Parvisians No Longer mbareass ilim honor, the Paris Wilson. Though the crowds on the corporation last evening in their ! been outnumbered the president and Mes, Wilsoa strolled the princip Kronholm | ristmas tree appin istricts in comparatiy tnquility. They were recognized ve- | peatedly but were never embarrassed v too demonstrative attentions. Hats communion | occasionally @ discreet “vive Wilson™ the Swedish Christmas i pers went ticir way. leaving the Am- erican executive and his wife to f fjow th Williams of friends read | his, as it would take me a month to ite to them all. | am enclosing a | couple of clippings from the Paris NATION AL The anaeuncement pre [ dent’s inteniion to share Amen can soldiers’ mess on ¢ as da has appealed strongly to Irench sen | timent. which is alwars touched b atteations ta the “poilus” and fo the oldicrs of the allicd a:mies missing in action He entered the sarus living at 29 Miller street this Guardsmen, proximately on active duty since. He is “JUST SUPPOSIN you take advantage of the few remaining days before the Christmas shopping Don’t let a single stocking be overlooked. up good, no matter what the size may be—from the little tot’s to father’s number ! i how nice it is to find on getting up Christmas morn The following arc Come in and see that Santa didn’t forge you. of our special Christmas bargains. the rest. Fumed Oak or Mahogany Cellarcttes, all marked down half price. A genuine Burroughs’' top, for $1.89, value $3.00, Mahogany Sewing Tables, all marked down 259 from old prices. Martha Washington Sewing Table, genuine hogany, $15.98, special. Mahogany Music Cabinets, all marked down 25¢; from old old prices. Special Ladies’ Oak Desk, $4.9 THE FLINT-BRUCE C0. 150 TRUMBULL Wishing You All a Merry Christmas. 103 ASYLUM Christmas Tree With Presents R@COQIHZ% wl for Fach I s Pleasing Feature Nearly 50 children with their fath- happy at the day nursery last ove- ning. The merchants contributed 1his car to a fund which would provide a Christmas tree, presents, candy aad s to every child at the nursery chamber of commerce with a commit- tec of merchants, George Ashley A. Gladding. Miss M | Churehi tenier A 3 and Nathan Mag. A iarge 10 foot iree was set up in the middle of the room ad the children and par- ents were detained down stairs until | the presents and tree were in readi- ness A\t 6 o'clock fhe children started to march upstairs followed by their cager mother A burst of joy from ! the throats of fhe children grected | visitors gathered and with the e1- [ trance of Santa Clans —in Mastes ibuting mrenis aad hegan e presents. calling for each child in » was given cach child as Much credit is to be given to the ants and happy this yeu ACCUSTOMED 'FO WILSON, By Public Demonstrations, Parvis, Dec. 24.-—After ten davs of nihusiastic demoastrations in. his s have became istomed to the presence of President ulevards all day searcely ever have e doffed aften as they passed and heard. hut after paving their re- shop- pects the houlevard Christn ir own bent. Thus they were ble o do their Christmas shonpin thout discomfort, despite the holi- v throng TWO ON CASUALTY ROLI ivate Erank Brozinck Missing Private Steven Gazda Wounded. Private Frank Brozincker formerl f 45 Connerton street is reported as ervice on April 26 1918 and wa nt o Camp Upton. e is 25 year: 1d and has a half sister Ma Janu I'rivate Steven Gazda, Jr., of 11 Soxton street. 4 member of Compiny 102nd U. Infantry is repor everely wWounded He entered i ervice June 23, 1915 and has b old. His father, Stephen Gazda, alzo ives on Sexton street this city thirteen. Card Table, [}HILDREF\ HAPPY AT KING OF ENGLA® © NURSERY EXERCISES APPRECIATES iJ Work Assoe = — famous Wa almost equal Association with 4 congrega- investment Om this ocea 1 understand King George knees under ame table raternizatic exemplified ANNOUNCED.