New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1923, Page 5

‘Will There Be Music in Your Home ‘ Z Z ¢ £ Z g ¢ ’ : ; ¢ : 1 This Christmas? Kohler & Campbell Player MUSIC BAGS 246 MAIN STREET VARIETY OF JEWELRY FOR SHRINE VESSELS Washington, 21 tho- lics from all parts of the country have sont so many gems and pleecs of jew- elry as their offerings for the tional Catholic Shrine of the Immac- ulate Conception, now being erected at Catholic University, that a large safe deposit box has been requisition- ed to hold them. Many strange and interesting trinkets, ranging from n society woman’s jewels to an old man’s gold rimmed spectacles, have been reccived to be melted down and converted into chalices and other sa- ered cls to grace the many altars , that will be erected in the shrine Children's rings, a cigarette casg, wedding rings, heirlooms of small value but priceless for thelr associa- tions, and diamonds and other pre- cious stones, including some clusters of great worth, have been sent vo the Rev. Dr. Bernard A. McKenna, sccretary 1o Bishop Thomas J. Sha- han, upon whom has devolved the duty of raising the fund to build the great edifice. Most of the jewels were gifts from living persons, many others were willed to the fund. Several persons #ent in their mothers’ wedding rings, and the letters accampanying all re- quested the articles to go into the forming of such holy vessels as will be placed on or mearcst the altars While most of the gifts from Catho- lics In the Unted States, others came from devotecs in Europe and South America, One-of the most valuable of the gifts was a cluster of diamonds given by a Washington woman, which was valued at more than $3,000 A Colo rado miner sent a gold nugget: a Dee, Na. | B A A R R SRR SRR RARSLRREEARARTERS SR ARRARRASEANAE It is nearly time to make ar- rangements for a piano or talk- ing machine if you have not al- ready done so ZAAAAANTANANEETEAEEAARAREAN NN NN NN L ISEReRAs | | soldier in Hawalli sent a diamond; |to open at § a. m, and close at § p. m and a goteran of the Civil War of-|This reform had a profound effect on fered his gold ring. The shvin fice of the Catholic Church in Ameri- [ea. Only a portion of the crypt has/ | been completed, It is estimated the structure will cost betw ,000,000 |and $7,000,000, and will comodate | 8,000 persons, “WETS" WIN BLECTION | Overwhelming Victory for Backers of | John Barleycorn in ent Voting In Queensland, Bydney, N. 8. W Dee. 21 overwhelming victory of the in the re t election at Queensland, wherein the voters in faver of con- tinuance more than doubled their Ma« | yivieq of 1920, fac over the election of directly attributed to the the liquor trade, or public houses, ! voluntarily consented to a curtail-| ment of hours in which their places of business were kept open Until recent amending legislation was passed the bars kept open from 6 a. m. until 11 p. m. There were| three issues in the election—abolition | state control and continuance. The| campaign was unprecendently bitter | because, under the recently amended | | legislation, It was the last poll that) |would have prohibition as an issue. | The result was more than usually un- | | certain because compulsory voting which was applied 1o a liquor poll for | the first tyme in Australia, introduced an unknown quantity inte th factors to be counted on ' Shortly before the poll, however, | im: liquor contingent voluntarily sub- mitted to the curtailn of hours from 17 to 12 dally. The bars agreed Jority 1 f | | | { | { TEA WAGONS $14.00, $21.00, $27.00, $29.00 B. C. Porter Sons | public HITS FOOD PROFITEERS Foodstufis Under Municipal Frankfort-on-the- Oder, profiteering The Medium opinion, nd the is to be the largest edi-|clean sweep for continuance. result COOPERATIVE SCHEME to be Delivered Weel Authorities al Pri Dee. 21 middiemen deal kly t ing in foodstuffs have been dealt a hard by the cooperative efforts of a committee Landbund, Unde ties. r the representing city bor officials and a committee or new scheme certain quan- potatoes and 18| livered weekly at fixed prices and dis- that | tributed through The result workers and farmers have eliminated the middlemen; retail prices of pota- toes and meat Lo consumers have been reduced nearly farme than that the supply of potatoes and meat | parture are ore, and of farmers' organizati meats are municipal authe has been tha! the ¢ 50 per cent and receiving Another advantage la the on de- ri- ity the better prices is Remember we carry only VICTROLAS [ soNoras_| [EDISONS | Cemmmm— Call and see us. |1e made eertain, Professor Gagel and other econo- was @ mists are urging extension of the plan [to otner municipalities WARS ON WHITE SLAVES, Geneva, Dec, 21.—Miss Grace Ab- bott, of the United States Department of Labor, has notified the lLeague of Nations that the Social Hygicne Bu- réau at Washington will contribute to the cost of the investigation into the traffic in women and children any necessary amount up to a maximum of §7 The social section of the eague proposes to undertake an in- quiry by experts into the white slave practice, with a view to effecting its total abolition. The police systems of world cities wi requested 1o cooperate in this investigation MARKS FOR CONFETTI Bridal Party’s Friends Shower Them | With Money But Not Riches Geneva, Dee. 21 married at Beinwil Argovie, had mouney showered upon them if not riches, for their friends found it cheaper to throw German bauk notes over them instead of the usual donfetti, The viliage of th A young couple in the Canton of children after the de. motor car picked up B aa SR RS SR R SRS R R SR SR AR AR AR SRNARNNASNNRNNSNNNSSN LA AEXAXAXXXXAEXLAAALEEEXLTAARAEREXERARARREREAENRRXRNRNNNRNNNNS Victrola—Style 400 B R R R RS SRR S S AR A N A R R g AAATALAATAATLTTRAL AL AT AT A USRS AR R SRR NS CHRISTMAS RECORDS ~C. L. PIERCE & CO. Opposite the Monument {the notes and went home “million- [land, and to stimulate its cultivation|vey made by the National Association alres,” German mark notes have | many 8 Says Jugoslavia to Make n | by viss cates replaced wallpaper. ’ state ald, The huge estates are being cut up, their owners compensated in part by the state and in part by the peasant. Rumania is now determined to push this work to Demands on Roumania | compiction and thus solve the agrar- 1arest, Dee, 21 been created in the by the public an article Buc tion manian | Belgrade lining new made o which is regarded gan of Premier Pashitch, that the war efforts of have been inadequately rewarded the distribution of territory b tween Jugoslavia and Rumania. It i pointed out in the article that Rou cede to Jugoslavia addi has Rou capita Tribune of out The personal or points ou Roumania as the mania must tional territory down to the Tcherna|or is buying one on view this declaration with undisguised un- | river. Governmental circles here casiness, Rumania Helps Peasants -A lively sensa- ation in | | the territorial demands to be| Tribune, | Jugoslavia in [1an problem. In his efforts at land devolution, M. Constantinescu is meet- ing with grave difficuities owing to economic and @nancial condition but the distribution of {land to the landless is being advanced with satisfactory rapidity {of Rumania, Men Buy Fewer Clothes But More Have Autos 1 The average man -{no longer has a “Sunday suit of clothes,” but he owns an automobile the instaliment plan, according to a nation-wide sur- . Chicago, Dec, 2 Acquire and Work Land 21,—Th ian reform Bucharest, Rumania, | present status of ag Rumania is set forth as follows by M Constantinescu minister of agricu The state s distributing within limitat The aim is to p the landless peagant in possession o THE only shortening used in Bamby Bread is pure creamery butter! That’s why it tastes so good. That's why it couldn’t be a is so good. There better, richer, more delicious bread. There’s no other ERY bread like it — or half so good! Buy a loaf of BAMBY BREAD today! land being Itetail Clothers, People do not seem to care much about clothing any more, according to resultsof the survey made public to- day, and one state is about as bad as another in that respect. New York, Texas and lTowa seem to have become the most careless about their appear- ance, judging from the inquiry just made, A large store in one state district put on a campaign which in other years had produced sales of 150 suits and overcoats, but the result this year was the sale of seventeen suits and overcoats, Across the street on the same day twenty- five automobiles were sold. of New York An clephant can not see an object outlined against the sky at more than thirty yar ¥ Shppers, Soles Amulv': Slippers are always a very useful and appropnate Christmas Gift. Here at Kinney's vou'll find a large amortment to choose from at economy prices Slippers Men's or Women s Leathes Julsets Children s Puss m Boote