New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 22, 1923, Page 4

The Way Madge's Captors Were Nearly Captured As the put-put of the upproaching motoreycle sounded closer the hig man looked out of the rear window of the car. “It's a cop, all right," coming like the devil,” The yashmak-veiled woman spoke for the first time in a husky coniral- to, patently feigned, but which re- moved the last doubt 1 had that she was in reality Gracd Draper “Quick ! that robe she said, may be able to get Dy with she's ill. If not, you know wha do." There was a significance in her manner which made my blood con-| geal, although T did not kuow wheth- er the approaching motor policeman or I was the subject of her sinister| reference. But even through my| fright, with the odd irritation which| trivial things sometimes bring, I re-| sented her continued incognito. And even as the big man unfolded the motor robe she had indicated, T spoke sneeringly. “Do spare me he said, "and we | ing to the melodramatic | voice, Grace,” I said. ‘"The rest of it is probably necessary from your, standpoint, but I recognized you in the tea-room the other day, so you may | as well—"' I never finished the sentence, for as the big man sprang toward me with the blanket, pinioning my arms. Grace Draper forced a gag between my teeth, and fastened it with gwiftness and deftness which spo volumes for her practice in such work. “Wrap the robe around her close to cover the gag," Grace Draper di- rected. “Just her eves showing, #hat’ right. Now lean on me, darling she mimicked, while, her hateful arms went around me, pressing me s0 close to her that I could not move my arms. “It's just awful that you have had this terrible attack on the road, but we'll let vou to the hospital just as quickly as we can. Don't worry, sweetheart !" “You Know What to Do?"” “Careful,” the blg man warned in a low voice. “He just shot by, giving! George the signal to stop. He's slow- | ing up now and coming back." | “Are you ready for him? There| was something coldly menacing in| both words ind voice. “Yes. Give me the dope again.” “If he makes it simple speeding| with either George or you, give the| names agreed on, accept your sum- mons if you size him up as not to be| squared—TI'll give you the cue on that —-and let him go. But if he tries to poke his nose into this other busi-| ness’—she gave me a vicious little | poke with her elbow—"you know | what to do.” “Nobody better, my dear,” he re- plied with a flourish, and then the| motorcycle had drawn up beside the| car and we could hear the policeman interrogating George. “Where's your operator's license?" George fumbled in his coat and produced it. “Humph !" number and mons. There was no motion or sound I could make to attract his attention, and with the sinister utterances of Grace Draper and the big man in my ears, I doubt whether 1 would have given a signal if T could. I had no desire to be responsible even indi-| rectly for the death or maiming of| the policeman, and my eyes, the only | part of my head or person left un-| swathed in the pinioning folds of the blanket, showed me an ugly-looking automatic in the big man's hand, con- cealed by his overcoat. 1 had been hoping against hope that | a policeman would come to my afd With the menace of that weapon| haunting me, T found myse!f hoping that the' officer would go away with-| out looking into the rear of the car. But he was evidently Incensed at the speed of the car, and he said sternly when he had finished writing the sum- | mons: “A clear sixty, and if I'm not mis- taken you're an old offender. T'll] take pleasure in sceing that you get the limit. And T want to sece the| owner of this car. I'd llke to look| him over.” He' stepped WEAK, RUN DOWN AND AILING Lydia E.Pinkbam’s Vegetable Com- pound Brought Relief When Other Medicines Failed Winston-Salem, N. C.—*] was weak | and ran-down and hag trouble with my ide. I had been tak- ing medicine for a longtimeandnothing seemed to dome any . My husband | went to the drug store and he said to the clerk, ‘T want the best medicine you | have for women's troubles.” He gave him a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege- | table Compound and In a short time I was my work, and now I am able 8 doevery bit of that and | e i Taol ond 4l the it store eel g al B Mies. L. K. Myens, 1400 E. ith inston- He made a note of the began to write a sum- back to the tonneau| Feels New Life and Strength N. H.-"“Iwas .:ednk“s.tg i‘::{ backache and al #‘fll women bave. I found dia E. Pink- | mm.l"mflldw e AN INTIMATE STopy oF Ir%:mr MOTIONS REVEALD IN PRIVATE LETTERS Copyright 1925-MEA, Serurce Inc. door, and the big man growled: { “Well ! you see me, What go you want of me? You haven't any legal right to me, you know, You've got the chauffeur all right, nobody's Kkicking on that, so on your way." The officer's eyes, unusually keen, had swept the interior of the car. 1 suppose my eyes mpst have showed the effect of my terror and the gag in my mouth, for he suddenly reached forward, and with a swift movement dragged the blanket away from my mouth, expesing the gag. But it was his last conscious motion, for with the quickness of a cobra thrust, the big man lifted the automatic, re- versed it, and delivered a blow upon| his head that dropped him like a log. | SLEEPY~=TIME TALES st [ THE TALE OF | | GRANDMA 1 | ERAL ESCAPES, | “Don't cry, Generall Grandma | Goose said to General Gander, who tugged at his foot, which was caught! fast in the muskrat trap. "We'll do| everything we can to get you out of | this trouble. We can't take the trap! off your foot. But we'll go back to the farmyard and try to find some- bedy to help you.” ! The General set up a grr‘atori clamor than ever. i ) | | | R —————— !third of a quarter "Now, ' dont worry!® said- Grandma Goose. —TI d-don't want to be left here alone,” he sobbed. Just then Paddy Muskrat himself peeped out from a hole under the bank of the pond. | “I'll tell you what you can do,” he| cricd. “Gnaw his foot off!" | ran a littie way in the direction of the ! And turning about, he followed Spot | outside of When he heard that advice the Genoral gave a loud shriek, “No! No! No!" hu bellowed, "It wouldn't take half an hour Paddy Muskrat told him cheerfully But General Gander wouldn't listen to his pian, “Leave half, the flock here with me while you led the wther half home,’ he begged Grandma Goose. “I shouldn't like to do that," she told him. “You know, I don't trust any of these geese out of my sight They're silly creatures—most of them. | They don't know how to take care of | themselves," | I old dog Spot haan't happencd to] skirt the pond, on nis way to chase| woodehucks in the clover pateh,| there's no telling how long General! Gander would have had to st 1y Spot noticed thai there was some- thing wrong. And up he boundec soon found out what wa “I'll go and get Farmer Green, offered, “Tell him to bring an Grandma Goose, o No! No!" sereamed General; “If he brings an axe T shall! axe,” said mer Green won't need any; old dog Spot assured the Gen- And off he ran toward the farm buildings. Luckily he caught Farmer Green Just as he was walking to the barn to, hiteh up the bays and drive them to the village. Spot barked, caught at irmer Green's trouser-legs, and then | pond.’ He didn't have to repeat those actions more than a dozen times ho- fore Farmer Green xnew what he| meant, “Something wrong, eh?” he sald along the path through the meadow, to the pond. ! He s€t General Gander free in nc| time. | “Good!" exclaimed Grandma Goose “Now we can @'l enjoy a swim,” The geese all splashed into thel water, But the General dragged him- self up the bank. He announced that | he wasn't going swimming again ail the rest of the summer. “Very well!” Grandma Goose told him. “But-if you're going to stay near that muskrat run, you'd better watch your step.” “Yes, ma'am! swered meekly, (Copyright, 1923, by Metropolitan o Newsparer Service,) General Gander an- LEMON MERINGUE PIE BY BERTHA E. SHAPLEIGH Of Columbia University For the crust of the lemon mer. ingue pie, mix one and one-half cups of flour with one-half teaspoon salt, cut in one-fourth cup of Jlard and moisten to a stiff dough with cold wate Pat and roll out on a floured board and spread with one- cup of butter. I"old into three folds, roll out again and again spread with butter, Re- peat, using the remaining th of butter. Roll out to fit two small, or one large plate. Place the paste on plate, prick with a fork and bake. Fill with lemon filling, cover with meringue and bake eight minutes. Lemon Filling. 1 cup sugar i-3 cup flour 1 cup boiling water Letter From Karl Whitney to Alice: Hamilton. ! Alice Dear: { The other day when you called me| over to tea with those ungentie gen-| tlewomen, I suddenly became aware that you had grown up. You very skilfully turned their shafts of curious criticism of your ter into a kind of boumerang that r flected upon themselees. Now my dear—I was going to say child, fer 1 have known you ever since you were born and 1 turned up my nose at your puckered little red face when Leslie 1asisted that 1 should look at her new sister. 1 repeat now, my dear girl—does that not sound quite young ladyish— when you know that I am coming to you for advice I hope you will un- derstand that in my eyes at least you are mature of mind if not of body. After this long preamble,l will come to the point. I am véry anxious to give Leslie a pearl necklace for a wedding pr ent and I do not know just how to do it withou drawing out some sen- sational comment about the gift Though why as old and rich a man friend as I shoald not give her anything he wished and she might accept is a conundrum I canngt an- swer, Alice dear, T expect that you, like everyone else, know that ever since T was eight and Leslic four T have intended to marry her. No other girl has had the slightest interest for me. My one thought, my one dream of real living has been of the time when Leslio would be my wife, When my father and 1, at twelve -years of ake, came into more pocket money than 1 knew there was in the world, my first thought was to huy something for Leslie Immediately I rushed to her and asked—"If you conld have a piece of jewelry what would you ask for?"” “A pearl promptly. “T'll get one you immediately,” I promised proudly, never realizing what a pearl necklace would cost But T soon found out that pearl necklacés were mich beyond the pocketbook of even a little hoy whose allowance at twelve years old was over five thousand a y However, not to he daunted, | went to one of my father's friends-—one of the oldest jowelers in the country-— and asked him to huy me at least one pear]l a year until 1 got all my money and then I would add the remaind r{‘ of the gems necessary to make a splendid siring. The man was amused to think that| + died, over necklace,” she answered for lals a boy of fmy age should have such an ambition. Of course I did not tell him it was for Leslie. Then and there I arranged to give nlm one hundred and seventy-five doliars a month out of my five hundred to pay for a beau- tiful two-thousand dollar pearl. I"tom then on this man has almost made it his life business to match this pearl and when I became of age 1 was able to add more than one a year. Suffice it to say, I have now a string of sixty perfectly matched pearls on my hands which I have al- ways thought of as belonging to Leg- lie. 1 intended to give ft to her on her marriage. That she is not going to marry me does not alter the matter in the least. But now that you are grown up, vou will know what a fuss Mrs. Grun- ly will make of it. Consequently, I want you to help me think of some | way of presenting these pearls to Les- | ite without causing any furore. You and I, dear Alice, are the only ones in this momentous secret. Help me out, will you not? Confidingly, KARIL. Letter From Alice Haomiton (0 Betty Stokely. Oh Betty, Betty, T am so sorry you 1-4 teaspoon salt 1-4 cup lemon juice Grated rind of 1 lemon 3 egg volks 1 tablespoon butter Mix sugar and flour, add boiling ing sauce pan over direct heat, Then cook over water for 15 minutes. Add egg yolks, lemon juice, rind and but- ter. Cook two minutes, tfrn into a dish and cool. Meringue 3 cgg whites ¢ cup confectioner’'s sugar 1, teaspogn vanilla 3eat whites of eggs until stiff, add sugar gradually and continue beating until mixture will hold its shape. Add vanilla, place-on top of pie and cook in a moderate oven eight minutes. FG_';ssip’.s' Corner Covert Suits Among the season's tailor-mades are many smart models of covert cloth with closely fittihg sleeves and plain skirts, frilled blouses or fancy vestees. Picture Hat black picture a wreath hat is water A large trimmed with of which reach almost to the hemline. Ribbon Trimming Circle of robbon in shades of blue, green and rose make the unusual trimming on a bouffant frock of black taffcta. Taffcta Capes Taffeta capes have wide puffings of silk about the coliar which stand out from the face in ruff fashion. Often, too, the hottom of the cape is treated to a puffing and a’chiffon lining is added for beauty rather than warmth. Fashionable Cuffs IFlaring turn-back cuffs are tured on the new spring frocks, On dark dresses u white cuff gives a dainty, feminine appearance, and on white frocks a colored one adds.a dis- tinctive touch. Pleated ruchings which fall over the wrist are also ex- ceedingly stylish fea- Pouring Hot Liquid the liquid. This will temper the glass so it will not break. To Keep Flanncl Soft water and cook until thickened, hav- | They are worn with | lilies and with long velvet streamers | When filling a glass with hot liquid | "put a silver spoon in before pouring Whoever sald this was an age of secialists surely had the right idea. Take Nancy Donelly, for instance. She's a .lingerie model. She was oted the best one at a recent fashion show in Atlanta, Ga. ~Picture shows Nancy in the costume which won the prize. Repeated qum'er(ngs frequenthy make fiannel hard and shrunken. It may be restored to its former soft ness by soaking it in gasoline, * sand Checks Burning If your tins have worn so thin |that your cakes burn on the bottom before they arc entirely baked, scat- ter a little gand over the oven shelf before putting in the pan. This will remedy the situation. INFORMAL RALLY Girl Scouts and Friends Will Gather At Y. M. C. A. Auditorium March 27 An informal rally with moving pic- tures will be held Tuesday, March 27, at 4 o'clock at the Y. M. C. A, audi- torium under the auspices of the New Britain Girl Scouts. Scout girls are | invited to attend and bring guests with them. Mrs, l.eon Sprague, commis- sioner, will speak to the girls about the summer camps. * A Girl Scout troop has been organ- ized at the Lincoln school and will be under the leadership of Mrs. John H. Fellows. - THE YOUNG LADY ACROSS THE WAY | The young lady across the way says she doesn’'t wonder, after what he did to Carpentier, that Jack Dempsey can't get anybody to wrestle with him. are over théra in Europe, Jetty my dear, 1 have stumbled— | literally stumbled-—onto the most ro- mantic episode that probably has hap- pened in this practical twentieth cen- tury. I would not confide it to anyone bt vou, and not even to you if T did not know that you had gone abroad | to gather material for your great novel. { This true romance will show you what T always contended when we| were at school—that you can find| undying love in this country just as well as anywhere else | Betty, the man I told you was in with my sister Le: has for years been collecting a string of pearls, for her and he is going to give it to ner regardless of the fact that she s going to marry another man. | He wants me to find some way for him to give her this glorious present witheut making a sensation. 1 am writing to you to put your wits to| work to help me devise some to do th It ought to be easy for Yo because you are going to be an! author and you mi¥st have plenty of sueh plans in your mind. | Have no time to wri 1 must know what you think about this immediately. Lovingly, love in, | ALICE. vi npon 1 iting has its own code, and it is complicated one, depending om, when, where and why: to undertake all the obliga- complete social ster this code in all its But, whatever one's estate, are cerfain visits he must pay should pay them gracefully. Visits ol congratulation should mother and a gift presented to the one must details there and he 1A Le paid to the new always shouid be baby. In for calling to inquire ceived, and it is pleasing take flowers or hooks as a gift, One pays a visit of condolence at once, except that 4 woman does to © any more aslnot call on a man, but instead writes | —— him a note of sympathy. 4—When a man relatite announces Lie engagement, one goes immediately ta call upon his fiancee, existence, | the | plan sick, one imariably asks to be re- | I ! | It's Bad Manners visltor waiting. o keep a f~In large cities neighbors seldom ! call on each other, but in the country and smaller places older residents should call uypon newcomners, .led by Glovanni DI Vito, conductor. . ] W ‘,Q« N ad o= !|I I DI VITO'S ORCHESTRA AT PALACE The big attraction at the Palace to- night and for the rest of the week is Di Vito's orchestra now headliners on the Keith vaudeville circuit. The or- chestra is under the personal direction of B. A, Rolfe, vaudeville’'s greatest procucer of musical acts and is head- The act is beautifully staged with gor- geous draperies and special scenery and ‘music lovers ar: in for a real treat in their appearance here, Other acts on the bill include Miss Ioleen, a young miss who offers an excellent novelty in wire walking, combining grace and beauty with spectadular stunts; Daily and Irwin, two clever girls who will be well liked for their singing’ of. popular songs at the piano and Nerritt and Mann a pair of good comedians who can provide glenty of laughter, The feature photoplay at- traction on this bill presents Dorothy Dalton in her new production *The Siren- Call,” a Paramount photoplay with the locale laid in the great north- fest. Miss D%on is seen as a dance hall girl of th® Yukon and portrays regparkably well this role in which shé Has made herself popular as a star. Other films include a new epi- sode of “Plunder” with Pearl White. Starting Monday for a run of three days, Whitman Bennett presents the big dramaitic masterpiece “'Wife Against Wife.” Challensrer Miss Ada I. Comstock, dean of Smith College, is to be the first wom- an president of Radcliffe college. Also she will be the first full-time president for Radcliffe, as she succeeds Le Baron R. Briggs, who for 20 years has been head of Radcliffe and dean of the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences. THUR. = FRI. — SAT. - MUSICAL COMEDY See MISS TOMMY ALLEN - And aChorus of SNAPPY STEPPERS The Picture Tom Moore and Fdith Roberts “PAWNED” The Best Picture Next Week Sun. — Mon, — Tues, — Wed. “RICH MEN'S WIVE:! Performance South Church Brotherhood —Presents— ‘SYSTEM’ A play of\ rural life and politics, By Rev, George W, C, Hill, D.D, Staged by Winchell Smith Friday, March 23 at 8 P. M. Tickets on sale at Manning's Walk-Over Shoe Store Price Fifty Cents Palace—Coming Soon ‘the Photoplay the Worid Has Been Waiting for. “THE CHRISTIAN” b A N Ao Ly ) tlvew wnd roviews i this _colvtun ure _rewpective uwusemont comp LON CHANEY—SHADOWS—FOX'S§ Lon Chanely, famous for his chars acter portrayals, attains new tri. umphs in “Shadows,”” his latest ples ture, which oponed_n Fox's theater this afternaon. The Four Dancing Fools are billed under a pecullar name until their act is seen, then it's all explained. They are a whirlwind on the dance floor. Bebinning Monday, “Nero" is to bé shown at Fox's. The sensational fea. tures with which this picture i§ packed include the burning of Reme;- This effect is the greatest thing of its kind ever shown on the screen. Ans other big scene in this drama is th feast of the llons, Emperor Nero bei ing pictured giving the signal to put to death the Christian martyr, Prine cess Marcia. s PEPPER POT REVUE—LYCEUM. The seamy pide ot life with itg chills, its thrills, its heartaches and romances all are part of “Pawned,” L} mystery drama by Frank L. Packard, author of “The Miracle Man,” which opened to a delighted audience at the Lyceum this afternoon. Accompanys ing this picture is the Pepper Pot Revue, a sprinkling of charming girls, breezy comedians and capable singers: The picture is very cleverly filméd and takes the spectator from the lazy South Sea Isles to the brusque busis. ness heaft of NewaYork on a success: sion of melodramatic thrills. Tom Moore and Eddie Roberts are the leading characters. i Beginning Sunday night and con- tinuing through next Wednesday, the Lyceum offers its biggest movie sen- sation of the entire season and one of the few* really great pictures filmed—*Rich Men's Wives.” This has an all sctar cast, headed by House Peters, ard the production ranks with such features as “Ioolish Wives.” Monddy also sees Harold Schwarm, self-appointed Prince Bourbon, and wife make their vaudeville debut: A Herald classified in place ean't be beat. its propef NOW PLAYING Lon Chaney Py “Shadow” The Greatest Story Ever Told in Pictures 4 — DANCING FOOLS — 1 A GREAT ACT PARSONS/| HARTFORD MARCH 22-34 Thurs., Fri., Sat. Pop. Price Mat. Sat, Tos sntously Funny to escape attention, Nights 50c to $2.50. Mat. 50c to $2. Mail orders n Seats Tuesday The one musical comedy sensation that set Chicago And Boston's feet n dancing. TROM BOSTON EN ROUTE TO NEW YORK. Tonight—Fri.—Sat. The Real Treat of the Year! B. A, Rolfe Presents Connecticut’s Favorites DiVito’s Orchestra Giovanni Di Vito, Conductor A Melange of Melodies Beautiful Special Scenery See Your Favorites in Vaudeville Other Good Acts Dorothy Dalton in “THE SIREN CALL” A Thrilling Northwestern Pearl White ir “PLUNDER”