New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 19, 1919, Page 9

Business Hou WORK, CONSISTIN ED THIS WEER. MAIN FLOOR. OF GU sized 15x24 inches at $2.25 and Handsome Scarfs for dres: $4.50 to $6.50. = kel e doged dogage k- degetatelodotototototodol- 303 Fine Lunch Cloths in for $14.50. Gifts. Comfy Slippers Make Fine Gifts to man, wo- man or child. Comfys for women in blue. pink, rose, orchid and black. High Cut Comiys and Felt Slippers with leather soles anid plush trimmed in _rose, Dblue, orchid and lavender, at $2.50 and $3.00. Felt Juliets in black and grey fur trimmed at $2.00 pair. Misses’ and Children’s Comfys in blue, grey and brown, $1 to $2.50. ° GBI DBEIBTITRBRLDADBD IS THE NEWS OF A\ FRESH IST TOWELS, SCARFY QUISITE GIFT > 19x45 inches, Porio The 54 inch for $16.50. & & & o & & @& & o o] & o o & o & & o 2 o @ B < & = el & \\ rtfords \ rs Every Day, Including Saturday, 9 A. ARRIVAL OF THE LOVELY $3.00 cach. 18x33 for $4.00. or or buffet with hand drawn Porto Rical from $4.50 to $11.00 each. Rican hand drawn filet, Napkins to match at Christmas Stockings Silk Ones for Women of the known for quality and wear, in black, Havana, white, and fawn, with lisle heels and toe: $1.65 a pair for “Phoeni ers with full fashioned sole of 1 isl Extra fine “Phoenix” fashioned foot and leg fi ““Phoenix" Socks for Me: in black, white, Havana. navy and toes 90c a pair. @ o FRRBBRTC T IRV B VD BOG B E OB BB OO RORD IMPORTANT TO THE GIFT SEEKERS PORTO RICAN FILET H/ AND LUNCH CLOTHS. NEW PIECES JUST OPEN- QUICKLY CHOSEN AT OUR TLINEN The Guest Towels are of fine quality Linen with handsome borders of hand drawn Filet work DEPT. (New Section) Towels’ Filet size 20x36 inches, from Size 19x54, $5.00 to $12.50 each. $10.00 cach. The 45 inch 6 inches square fox $11.50 dozen. Silk famous “Phoenix” make so well oltve, brown, in Xmas box for $1.85 D or Stockings with back seam. Oth- e and back seam for $2.05 pair. soles, heels, toes and full Stockinegs with lisle )0 a pair. fu tan Finer grade for $1.35. feet and back seam for $1.75 a pair. HAVING AN AUTOMOBILE D ELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU CAN DEPEND ON PROMPTLY RECEI VING ALL DRY GOODS PURCHASED OF US. . ) to 6 I’. M. ND DRAWN Chofce pieces-for Christmas. o) sReE Bt LR To ot L e Tt Tt o ko koo te ke tototetelototatehRe) 1l and complete line of Silk Sacks and grey, priced with lisle heels Full fashion with lisle Aisle A, Main Floor. @ ©: etctetadoteRetotetotetole] & & & o & o o] & i <] & o BERLIN NEWS CT. METAL & CHEM. WILL BEGIN MONDAY Fast Berlin Plant WILL EMPLOY TWENTY-FIVE This Number Will Increase, However, When Plant Gets Under Way—For- esters Elect—Aspinwall Protests Zone Fare—Other Berlin News, The Connecticut Metal & Chemichl East morning, all the Co. will begin operation at Berlin plant Monday machinery ssary to begin produc- tion haying arrived. General Manager their nec, Sufticient Machinery Installed in the staircase. There used to be a ircase leading to the basement from the town clerk’s office. but this was boarded up several years ago. As all of the supplies for the building ave keptin the basement, Town Cler Woodruff requested that a staircaso be built, Assessors Get Equipment. A table and six chairs were re- ceived by the board of assessors yes- ! terday as part ‘of the equipment of i the office. The assessors, for soms It t, have been using boxes for and soap boxes for cha The assessors ave hard at work get- | Mr. Taylor, one of the members of i the board, stated this morning 1 lie thought it would be spring before the reassessment of the town's prop- ferty and abstract books were } finished. Appear Before Commission. Charlés H. Aspihwall appeared b fore the public utilities commission yesterday for the hearing in behaif of a petition presented by the citizens ot Berlin street for a readjustment and reduction of the trolley fare from Berlin to New Britain. Mr., Aspin- { wall drew up the petition original | presented voicing the objection of the Berlin people to the zone system now in force and requesting a just and William Rowland stated this morning | equitable settlement of il the griev- the lead recovery department would | ances enumerated in the petition. Mr. be the first to begin operations. When | Aspinwall has been working for a r asked how many employes the com- | adjustment of the fare rates under pany would engage at the beginning, | the zone system in so far as they hesaid about 25, this number being all | concern Berlin. negessary just now. Machinery for | Not Quite So Cold. the rest of the factory is coming in| . i s vather slow, and until its arrival the Che¥chezmometeniosisterod Releh | rest of the factory cannot operate. degrees below zero in Berlin at 5 Bventually the greater part of the | ©clock this morning, two desrees New Britain division of the company | Warmer than at the same time yeste will be brought to East Berlin Mana- | day. The cold was felt more this ger Rowland stated. He could not tell | morning, as the air s damp and when this would be. hawever. The! biting. At 10 o’clock last evening the seneral belief in the town is that the | mercury dropped to three below. ity branch will be transferred upon East Berlin Item the completion of the 300 foot build-: The Campfire Girls are staging their ing now.in the course of construction. | play, “The Lonelyville Girls” at the Mr.” Rowland stated he did not believe the new building would be completed within three or four months. fice for the Kast Berlin been completed. s\Manager Rowland made a denial of the statement made the other day that 15 employes of the company had been obliged to take temporary guarters in the company’s offi because of the lack of housing accommodations. All employes are housed and no complaint has arisen. Several East Berlin resi- dents have stated in the past several weeks th would establish a boarding division has ronage was guaranteed way place formerly accommodated some of the employes of the old Peck, Stow & Wilcox plant, but the dwelling has since been sold, leaving no avail- able boarding e Foresters Klect Officers. Court Matichesset, No. 137, held its anmual election of oflicers last evenlng The Hathe- at Foreste hall. Six new members were elected and eight applications were received for membership in the ofganization. The names of the ofli- cers elected last evening follow: Chiof ranger, Danicl Maralney: sub-chicf ranger, W. J recording se tary, W. W. Tamies Moore; nardo; sure ; senfor woodward, Willlam Bin- junior woodward, John Fi senior adle, Martin h: junior beadle, Edward Mc lecturer, Charle B. Wrigh rustee, Charles B. Wnight; court phy- sician, Dr. Roger M. Griswold. Building Staircase. staircase is being built in tr hall to the basement beneath A own he auditorium. The corner of the hall nearest the vault is being et Way to permit the construction of The of- | house and lunch room if suitable pat- ! | Athletic hall this evening under the d { rection of Mrs. William Bunce. After | the play the hall will be thrown open for dancing. announced., Arthur Benson returned home la evening from France and Switzerland was | where he has been for the past two months on business for the t Berliy Jewel company. Mr. Benson was fo merly a lieutenant in the American army in France and visited some of the bhattlefields upon which he fought Judson Smith of New Haven is vis- iting in town today with his cousin, J. T. Lewis Berlin Briefs. Samuel Wilcox returned home from school yesterday to spend’ the holi- days with his parents, Major and Mrs. Frank L. Wilcox, Bdwin K. Adams who has heen stu- tioned at-New York for several months has received his discharge from the United States navy. He returned home last evening Paul Huston is visiting his mother, re. Alexander Huston, over the holi- day Mr. Huston is professor of Emnglish at the Choate school in Wal- linaford. Automobile traffic over the *pike has been extremely light during the cald snap Kensington Items. The public meeting under the aus- pices of Emma Willard Hart chavter, D. A. R, will be held at Foresters’ hall this evening at 8 o’'clock. Mrs. William Rice of Middletown js visiting friends in town the week-end. ‘Word has been Marjorie Moor ports warm w over received Miss re- trom She " there. Clearance Sale on all Trimmed Hats, Saturday. Goldenblum Mil! nery Co.—Advt. | | | | | | ] } ‘Traveling SCARCITY OF FOOD -l At Sume Time, Pressburg. Pifty Miles Away, Lives in the Lap of Luxury, Pressburg, Slovakia, Dec. 18.—No- tch a sharp where in Europe exists cont this place and Vienna. While the great city 50 miles away goes hungry and meatless day follows meatl day, here is food in abundance, and cheap. Theer Were the here today and every the climate affords. itter and cheese, fresh eggs, white sugar and pastry are 10 be had in eve six meats on dinner card of a winter hotel vegetable Whipped cream. 1 aurant. The ho- | tels are steam heated and smoke issues from ever) This chimney the Vienna before was rich hinterland of the di and poured the products of its into the capita boundary ruption tile fields Now a new political intervenes and not one pound of supplies may pass Into Aus- tria. The cars of the broad gauge electric line may not cross the fron- | tier. Passengers descend at the border | and walk several hundred yards to an- | other car and soldier-guards at both the Austrian and Czecho-Slovakian sides search everyone carefully. Pass- ports are examined as if war prevailed. A business man of this city adwmit- ted to the correspondent that the re- zion could export food in appreciablo quantities as well as large quantities of firewood. But the Austrian crown is 80 cheap and government regula- tions against sending food from the country so rigid that no negotiations seem possible. SOr iy i "HRISTMAS CHEER i IN NEW YORK CITY Xmas Tree Page | s will : | | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, CITY OF VIENNA | st in food conditions as between i wh TEACHERS’ PETITION Matter of Interest Contract Under Which They Work 1ment, in Plainville, cited otherwis this morning. by the local school board. The cause of the comment in loca circles was the statemoents of Southington attorney, representing the i town in the matter. The lawyer be- lieves the question of increased sal- avies should he considered at a suit- able time, but adds that such an Sn- crease is illegal during the life of the coiitract signed by the teacher. Ar- ticle: 26 of amendmenis to the con- stitution states that salaries of in- structors shall not be increased dur- ing the contract period. in- argument against crease of $200 for the proposed ach teacher in that the Town of Plainville will grant | the increase without much opposition to the teachers. The outcome of the question ing talked of by many people. will be decided at'a special town meeting, the date of which will be announced within n few days. Mon- day, December 28, has been { tion by Selectman William J. {son as the probable date fou meeting. Miscellaneous Shower. A number of the friends of l Anna Cassidy of New Rritain tendered | her a miscellaneous shower last even- {ing at the home of Miss | ferty of Bank street ! formerly resided in this town. received a number of useful gifts. She tis to become the bride of James C. Cafferty, of Bank street. Suffering From Mrs. Charles Pons of Church street, whose illness was reported a few day %o, is now suffering from pneumonia which developed within the last two days. A trained nurse is in attend- ance. \ Terryville Ex-Soldiers to Entertain. A ‘company of entertainers from Terryville will stage a farce called | “A Day in the Army” on the evening of January 2. the entertainment com- mittee announced this morning. The | committee has been trying for the | past two weeks to.secure the services of the Terryville Legionnaires for one night of the carnival and the acceptance has just been received The Terryville post held a successful | carnival a month ago and “A Day in the Army" was one of t catures of the entertainment program. The farce is said to be ve! funny, being a travesty on army life and customs, the civilians. The com- mittee ha not yver announced the | program for the other two nights. The members of the carnival com- mitter are receiving requests every ! day from young women who wish to secure books, and be allowed to can- s for articles included in the drawing of pr The committee has found it impossible to comply with all the requests as E num'l)m'; of articles is already larger than has | ever been drawn at a local fair. The ! books are noi contined to Plainville | but have been distributed to girls who are employed in Hartford, New | Britain, Bristol and Southington. The | sale of tickets is exceeding the ex_| pectations of the officials and they are ! almost certain another order for the pasteboards will have to be placed. Ancient History. A morning paper in a nearby city | grants a limited amount of pace to news from this town, pub- ! is be- John- amusing to Zes. Be Feature of Yuletide Ohserv. | lished several items this morning which occasioned much amusement | ance in Metropolis {and no little comment. One of the | g ems related an accident to a docal | New York, Dec. 19.-—Traveling | business 'man which occurred on | Xmas tree pageants will take Yuletide | December 10. Another item was an cheer to many neighborhoods in | @RDOuncement stating that a funeral Greater New York on Xmas Ive ana | ¥l be held this afternoon. The S Bt funeral was held on December 12 grE, or 0 Attend Services Tonight. trucks and doughboy chauffeurs, will |. The members of the Congregational hlp the Community councils of de- | ¢hurch Christian Indeavor society fense, formed during the war, in the | Wil 8ttend the annual Christmas giv- | Fenn reiie s ing service this evening at 8 o’clock | today Kach truck will bear an illuminated tree. the current being supplied from storage batteries. On each will ride a town crier, the “mayor” and “city fathers” in an endeavor to infuse tho spirit of the old tine town celebr: tion Into eity dwellers i The town crier will summon the | villagers” by ringing a bell and read | a proclamation from the real mayor. | Then Xmas carols will be sung by | people from the neighborhood, the accompaniment being trench pianos on trucks. provided 1 The singers in the Trinity Britain. Bach member will contribute som thing in the line of s or pro- | visions to he given to poor needy families in New Britain and Plainville. Morg: ing Service. Private Nelson E. Morgan, of the ited States army, Coast Artillery Corps, will be in Plainville from De- cember 24 to January 2, inclustve, on recruiting service for that or any other Methodist church, New in some communities will be boy scouts. One pastor of a Catholic church has promised the services of his choir of boy sopranos. | The trucks, pianc ind drivers will be furnished by Major Gen. David . Shanks, commander of the port of embarkation It is planned to have one truck in each of the five branch of the army service. He will be at the home of his parents at 24 Maple street during that time. Morgan, although on recruiting service, one of the youngest local boys in the service.* He enlisted a few months ago after being Tejected for service in the marine corps. Brief Items. Charles Basney and son of West- wood park have returned from a trip to Boston The schools cloged ‘the fall term CAUSES COMMENT Action Taken in Southingion‘ MAY BE ILLEGAL METHOD : Cannot Grant Raises to Teachers Until | Expires, It Js Said—Other Plain- ville News. An article which appeared In a | morning paper today, relative to & petition of school teachers in South- ington fou i e in salary, ex- favorable and | the | It DECEMBER | PLAINVILLE NEWS | THEBOYS IN THE OTH | The instructors in the neighhoring town have presented a petition simi- | lar to the one which was received | Tt is the belief of some local people | j that this statement will be used by the Town of Plainville as a basis for local schools. Othe believing i request for increuses is a just one. considering the rapidly increasing cost of the necessities of life, think | men 4 1he he | Aliss | Pneumonia. i households is the group of food impur- ities for which profiteers are responsi- ble. housewife presence of adulter to Place a drop of of an ounce of milk, and add an equal amount of milke will { ment. { acid store. | the pickles, today and the various grad propriate Christmas exercises '|‘hv:i prima rades enjoyed Christmas | { parties with Christmas trees laden | | with zifts and decorations. The schools , to make the pickles green A nail is will reopen on January 5 for the win- | placed some vinegar from ter m the pickles, as in illustration No, 2 NOT Just in time for Xmas shop- l will become copper aft be my stock is still complete. | ing immersed an so. if the store will be open until 9) pickles contain a amount of oclock, starting tonight. until after | copper. { Xmas. Do your shopping ‘!m’\" Butter and Sugs and do it early. Begipning Satur- | [llustration No how im- day we will gi a handsome art| pure buticr may be detected. A spoon | calendar to each of aur customers. | of pure butier held lame will | 1. T. Birnbaun. -18-tf | boil quietl impure wil] sput- | Clearance Sale on all immel | ter bac { Ghlder bl There mat rdulterat- | ing sug the housewife can pro i SIMPLE By 19, 1919, P -~ — 4 GOT 'T AT \ ‘A LITTLE STORE NEAR TH DEPOT AT KOKOMO — THOUGHT D BETTER DO SOME XMAS SHOPPING FOR TH' KIDSH \WHOOPEE LoorIT 'ER GO—, BREAK BUST IT FIRST AN’ SAVE TH mos A | SPANKIN TOY HOME 70 TH HIps P | WOE TO THE PROFITEER IN KITCHEN CHEMISTRY PROVIDE KASY WAY TO DE TECT FOOD FAKERS. Applying Such Tests wife Can Protect Her Family. Any House- | A constantly growing menace to Tests are given here which can apply to sted products. No. 1, an detect watered milk is any | reveal the In illustration easy wa shown formalin in rter a quz Watered this treat sulphuric any drug sulphurie acid turn blue under The formalin and can be obtained at disclose hottled | added iron nail will of copper in may have been An ordinury presence which held ap- | Do your Christmas trical goods, Chinaware, Cut Gl S! JTHIS ONE /HKIDS AanD XMAS® MANE A PRETTY FAIR 4: BIG GUY LOOKS LIKE A BRARKEMAN— \WATCH ™ IMPURE FOODS WHEN THESE TESTS PROV. T ey ER CAR IN ABOUT AMINOTE —TH WHOLE SHOOTIN' MATCH N IF T HAD 2oIOHINO I GOT \ LEFT" B CRACKY NEES < I'D RACE vo——" shopping early at Ryder’s. , Flashlights, Toy Cards and Booklets, Ingersoll Watches, Sleds, Ever-sharp Pen IRYDER'S STATIONER Plainville, Conn. F 4 comTRoL /(0 vay— — 1S GONNA LOOK LINE BBEN ONDETR GOVERNMENT S — /1 TOLD /Tx C A PLAIN 5 AN YOU | be able lution of ! [ impure sogar t \fetent 1y ! clean Alum in Brea:l When a baker uses inferior flow his bread he mixe alum tor whiten it. - lustration sho how this substanc ¢ by soaking a small piec ammonia carbonate, wl can cont alum A Tilustration No. 6 show , We hav Pyrex ove tect printed matter t meat in the process of helr Put mall piec he meat ox 3 fork and hrir near a Tution of two drops iwvdrochlorie acid, two d ¢ dr of grain 1 A%T fit to ent vill hecon nvelo in a clond o the on