New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 2, 1923, Page 10

FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1023 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1028, B A IR et T mne— | . LETTER'S HISTORY Ji %~ ;'D AVIDSON @ I.EVENTHAI. One lot of odd ecllars, Collar Assistant Postmaster General THE HOUSE OF Ql‘Al ITY, SERVICE AND SATISFACTION Speaks to Postal Employes | & shaped collars, Values up |H GLOVES Broken lot of French Kid and \lhuiuuu To clear out 98¢ Main Floor 0 98¢, Por satunday onlys- 256c¢ Main Fleor From the use hiblical times to plane of today, as & written tion between nt Post Washington, Feb. of the dromedary in the swiftly fiying mai the history of the letter commu Dresses in a Timely Sale means of people, was traced by General W, Irvi tly to postmaster master aaeah rece One Lot of Individua While in many Y e \ Including Tricosham, Canton Crepe, Velvets and Satins, in beautiful shades, industries the human equation been reduced to a minimum, no one with beaded and embroidered effects, Special for Saturday has yet invented anything to take the A man In the fel of Value to $19.75 place of letters. Today hundred years go, we are dependent on the nerve nse of Aty of a human punctual delivery of weuther being for the our mail regardless of the and everything else Back to 600 B, C, “The history of the post goes back as f the tuey B, ., and handmaid of eivili it from the dis Assyrinn OF HOME FURNISHINGS = Third Floor — Wonderful offerings for your household needs. Aluminumware, Chinaware, Rugs and all Home Accessories are offered at prices that make them really extraordinary values. Take full advantage of them all. Wearever Aluminum Double Boilers. Reg- ular price §2.75. $l 89 Special 3-Piece Wearever Aluminum Sauce Pan set es 13, 2 and 2'; quarts. Regular price § Complete $l 89 Special for \atun day. Wearever Aluminum Pudding Pans. 2 quart size, Regular price 85¢. Special Saturday .. 490 Aluminum Double Roaster hemy quality and good size. $1 49 Special Saturday Imported Cups and Saucers—ten patterns Y 19¢ 25¢ 200 Fancy Salad Bowls, assorted decoration. Saturday special ; Odds and ends in Aluminum, consisting of Fry Pans, Mixing Bowls, Bread Pans, etc., all heavy gauge metal. To close out Saturday Each 490 Wizard Floor and Furniture Polish—both liquid and wax. Regular 50c value. 25 C Saturday AFTER INVENTORY CLEARANCE OF SILKS, WOOLENS, WASH GOODb COATINGS 56 inch Hervingbone coatings, suitable for spring coats and Y Genuine Camel Hair Sport Skirts In plain gplors and plaid effects. Special for Saturday Felt Rugs—made of best quality material, in basket weave, fringed all 9 around, Saturday () Rag Rlllgs—l}::vv dqullitz'—nsaorud in various colers—fringed at ends. Size 27x54, Special $l 29 Rag Rugs—good quality, plain colors with fancy borders and fringed ends. $l l 9 . Sir(e "7‘(.';4 's'tll!turdnv 1 ongoleum ugs-—lan ‘and gray. Size 18x] Saturday .. oy 19c Congoleum Rugs, large size, assorted pat- terns, Size 24x54, Special 44C Mottled Axminster Rugs, wnh fancy bor- :l;ne sc.I;:Iea\y quality. $2 9 5 $1.00 Lenox Tflthtl Size 27x54. Saturday Japanese Grass Rugi, assorted patterns; a Iargle vgglety of p:tterns. Size 18x36. Saturday Special . ... 29c¢ 79¢ 36x72, Saturday Special $l 19 ;. and the present day loubled in number of serviee of has while the awsed only nine \l business deeade employes has incre cent, “The use of %0 comman A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF DRESSES New assortment—just arrived—just the Frock for afternoon or street wear. In Canton Crepe, Taffeta with trimmings that give distinction, Special for Saturday $14-75 100 ODD GARMENTS Included are women’s ) coats, children’s coats fll’lglnal and skirts. i Price Second Floor stamps is now mailing of let- ters so geners it as it there never was a time this practice was 1. But the stamp itself is i whil¢ than *“The tells of 1 ing from Queen her th n had or 1' re th all the Jews, postage seems when D — » Bible how lcarn- forbidding s the verse that f the messen- “And he wrote in the King Ahas- nerus’ name 1 it with the| king's rin| on horseback, camels and young dromedari “The Romans, too, sent their let- ters by mounted couriers. The cour- ier carried the message about miles when he wouid come to ‘posta’ where another messenger was stationed with a fresh horse. He, in turn, would be relieved by still another courier. Thus relay after re- lay the letter sped on until at last it arrived at its destined ‘posta,’ meaning station or stopping place, and from that word we obtain the word ‘post’ as found in post office, posteard and many similar words, “In the times of Benjamin F lin, each letter was charged for by the sheet instead of by weight, and aiso for the distance it was carried. Ten cents was charged for one sheet, 20 cents for two sheets; and so on, and for every 50 miles another full fee was added. Envelopes were not used in those d the letter simply | being folded up and sealed. | Growth of Business. “And now we come to the stagger- ing figures showing the growth of this great business. In every single hour of the 24 there are mailed 1,-| &) AMEL 400,000 letters and in every day of e the 365 of the year, 33,600,000 let-| ters slip into the box. To carry this| great volume of letters, there was fourteen billion postage stamps, million special delivery stamps, million newspaper wrappers, 62 lion postage duc stamps used on short paid mail matter and a billion | postal cards printed and sold, and, all | counted, we used and sold 18 billion units during the last fiscal year. And, again, to carry this vast quantity of mail we operate a very large motor truck service, having in operation to day 4 motor vehicles, and then in the ca g of this volume of mail by railroad it requires 21,000 rait mail clerks who cover 215,000 miles daily.” STUDENT IS DEAD AFTER SIGNA NU GA NU INITIATION & Affect- | Garments in Stock Are drastically reduced for .quick selling. Buy now and save money. Size 27x54. Saturday Special . ... Special for Saturday Size —at — - AfterInventoryClearance of Hoslery LADIES' SILK HOSE Notion Values SNAPS D D D D D D D DD D - Lesco Cleaner Bottle So K-% Card. . ...ovvvnnn vee Sunset Dye. ... Bostonian 7c Medium weight silk,, semi-fashioned, 914 inch lisle garter top—Black only. All sizes. Irregulars of a $1.25 hose. LADIES' (Phoenix) SILK AND WOOL HOSE $1.35 Light weight with the new shadow hecl. or cordovan. LADIES’ (Phoenix) RIB TOP SILK AND WOOL HOSE $1.25 A light weight hose in black or cordovan, sizes. LADIES' Gilt Edge Shoe Polish French Gloss Polish 2 In 1 Liquid Shoe Polish JERSEY All wool tubular Jersey, 56 inches wide. In all the staple spring shades. Grey, tan, red, navy, black, brown, henna, green, copen—Yard $1.55 HAIR SKIRTING large assortment of new g skirtings, plain and block checks. 56 inches wide. Priced from $1.95 .. $3.95 36 Inch Striped Skirtings — Suitable for children’s school . Skirts—Yard Whisk Brooms Black Each BERTHA COLLARS dainty lace All FULL FASHIONED LISLE HOSE Brand, double “Estella,” “Vacuum” genuine human hair, mesh, 3 for 25¢ Main l Ioor Extra Speclals From the Second Floor . Jne Lot of -Hand Made Waists ik Beautifully trimmed. genuine Chlldl'en S Rompers filet lace. Every stitch in these garments are made by hand. Creepers and Pantie Dresses $2.95 Reduced from $3.95 2:thatbloom Top Petticoats With changeable Taffeta flounce $1.74 One Lot of Long Flennelette Kimonos Flastic waist line, in beautiful pattern and shades. $1'00 Fine net, with edging. 49c ech Main Floor Black only—A wonderful value. - LADIES' (Notaseme) SILK AND WOOL HOSLE $1.59 Light weight in Camel only. All sizes. CHILDREN’S WOOL STOCKINGS English rib in Heather mixtures. MEN’S CASHMERE HOSE 59¢ Plain or drop stitch in heath- er mixtures, UNDERWEAR GLASTENBURY IRTS AND LADILS' l'hl %fli‘:‘eé Values |||§0181175.5dl styles. Specially priced for Saturday. MEN'S MEDIUM WEIGHT | MISSES' M IUM WEIGHT TS UNION SUITS $1.55 89¢c Low neck, no sleeve, knee A fine rf:5ed garment in ecru ength, only. All sizes, MEN'S FLEE SHIRTS LADIES’ FLEECED BILOOMERS AND DRAWERS 79¢ Regular 75¢ value. Pink or white—A1 quality. 59 S All sizes. BOYS' GREY UNION SUITS INFANTS' WOOLEYN SHIRTS 84c 21c¢ A good fleeced garment——8pe- clally priced for Saturday. Special for Saturday only. Main Floor T T T Ty e r e s oL e r T T < D D D D D P+ CHILDREN'S (Phoenix) LISLE STOCKINGS 55¢ All the new spring shades, all sizes, sH CHANGEABLE, TAFFETAS The newest and most popular silk for Hats and Frocks. Col- orings are more bheautiful than ever. Soft chiffon changeahle taffeta—Yard $2.19 CANTON CREPE 10 inch, soft draping Canton Crepe for spring wear. Black, brown, navy, grey and the sea- son's newest shade Tarrazon green—Yard eb. '."A(ilu\j: $2.19 Kersch, sixteen-year-old son of M. C e Kersh, city clerk of Tuscaloosa, died CREP'E SATIN carly Sunday morning from the psy- Bonutiful lustre Crepe Satin, chic effects of excitement following for street or ey g frocks, 40 an initiation at the Sigma Nu fra-| inches ‘wide. ternity house on the campus of the| $3 19 University of Alabama here, accord- v ing to a verdict of a coroner's jury GINGHAMS 32 inch Imported Scotch Ginghams, fast color. Special for Saturday—Yard WHITE One lot Madras, dress MADRAS of 26 inch white suitable for shirts, , cte~Yard 35¢ SHEETS Full bleached, 81x90. Sheets of excellent quality, full width muslin—Each $1.09 SPREADS Heavy Crochet Hemmed Bed Spreads $ l .00 TOWE! H. S. Boott Absorbent Towels —Lach D UNION Special—Pr Psychic Effect of Excitement, Odd Lot of Corsets All standard makes—For Sat. $2.00 Valuc $3.00 ing Weak Hearts, Cause . of Death, Tuscaloosa, Al Special Boyshform Brassieres Good quality Batiste Red or white border—FEach 22¢ Main Floor Special Special of Indian women. She is active an a low neck dress” ‘Why spend time wishing that erup- tion did not shew on your back and arms. when Resinol Ointment wiil doubtless clear it away entirely? o Apply freely before retiring inc cover with a woft cloth _In the morning von will be sarprised #0 note how much of the soreness. rourhness and angry 100k has disappeared. I-.ov Soap for the skin and hair cannot be Soid by all drucrists. Resmol | | due to a | monthn, yesterday The young man, with 16 others, was initiated into the fraternity, and a few minutes after the ceremonies ended -he suddenly died, according to authorities. The medical examination made of Kersch's body showed no signs of vinlence, the physicians testified. The doctors stated death probably was weak heart. ROBBERS ACTIVE Berlin, Feb, 2.—A number of ir- section of the Kaiser Frederick mu-/a seum have been stolen within the last Press that, in her opinion, mans are not yet ready for complete Her majesty A |years old and is living in seclusion in and the police. seem quite powerless to cope with the bands of | robbers which today infest Berlin. bronze bust was taken rece nll) from | Rangoon. ! interview she has granted since 1917. When asked for her opinion on the | political question in Burma, Queen strong ruler, and allowed most of the the offics of the ministry ~fense, and the home of the Chinesc ambassu- dor was looted in broad daylight. home rule. A STRONGER GOV'T NEED OF BURMESE Ex-Queen Says They Are Not Ready for Sell Government Rangoon, Feb. representative of the This was the 2.—Supayalat, replacable treasures from the Oriental 3004 ex-queen of Burma, has said to \Supayalat replied: “The Burmans are not yet ready for complete home rule. They are divided among themselves, and need a strong government to hold them together. They say they are united, but it is only a unity of words. 1 hope that gome day there will be a real unity of the Burmese people.” Her majesty spoke of her deep af-| rvrlhm for America, and of her Mkh regard for the American citizens with whom she had come in contact. She the take her to the United States, when she was returning to Burma in! 1517, an American missionary had made arrangements for her comfort on the journey. Supayalat was the wife and chief adviser of King Thibaw, the last Bur- mese ruler. Manda'ay was then the nationa! capitzi. Thibaw was not a Associated the Bur- is now 63 first press |affairs of state to fall into the hands |largely responsible for the repeated | Burmese war by sending an army to loccupy Mandalay. said that while she was exiled in In-| dia, American friends had offered to force Thibaw and Supayalat fled. They und‘werp soon overtaken, | payalat was allowed to return to her | of his wife. Queen Supayalat was atrocities which brought on British | intervention and the end of Burmese ! rule. The Burmese were dissatisfied under a system of heavy taxation, and rebelled in several parts of the king- |dom. In 1886, after failing to ob-| tain redress for alleged wrongs, the British inaugurated the third Anglo-| Upon the approach of this armed | however, and were exiled to the western coast of India, where Thibaw died in 191 After her husband’s death, Queen Su own country and is now living in re- tirement in Rangoon with one of her daughters. The ex-quecn now clothes herself in energetic for her age, displays a keen | sense of humor, and consumes daily a | llarge number of imported cigars NEW METHODS Boy Inmatcs at Bellefontaine lurm’ Taught Arithmatic by Milking | 8t Louis, Mo. Keb, 2.—Boy in-| mates at Bellefontaine Farm, the| municipal industrial school, who are| studying farming are taught :m',hms-f tic by milking cows. : Instead of problebs aboul discounts | and involces, the boys are requirsd tc | figure in detail the amount of money earned by each cow in his care. The | | cost ot grains, silage, hag and beet; | pulp which he has fed the cow is| ! batanced against the value, #i whole- sale prices of the milk, which each simple white cotton, after the manner | animal produces. FOR PAIN -