New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1924, Page 6

New Britain Herald PERALD PUBLISIING COMPA Tonued L At Herald MARINC MAIN THI 1" aly (Bunday Exce vidg. 61 Chureb 8 Burenu TOTS HAPPY BUSINESS RUSH" POST OFFICE 1 (RN PLANTS he them truptions ations deaths irresponsible BEST KNOWN PAINTING— “HIS MASTER'S VOICE What | ) im, raud 1in Lo I'ra FEDERAT ebating It Paris pleture W happencd e o Facts and Fancies | In ngland Englishman His darvand, futher b SHOALS tended to s8-word ome b hai The differ two words, the Muscle t} i of North don't wi at or of the nitrogen 80 1 ] MODIRN Library =) 1reque gr or 8 distinctic in 1840 REGULATION O1 MUSCLY Dakota who i a T nte 10 Demands BY ROBERT QUILLEN ‘s inhumanity to man makes nds hesitate at the curb, ssity 18 anything without the can have arous- never he narrow- 4 used to rature A poiity inimum wor wish that's s« who punisiied rings tor lamb e i for shea Think how ity the big fe hime- calling 28 as en- courte next prop- can be “well, eerfully; jury serv- Editor 25 Years Ago Today From Paper of That Date to its ng a cor- all who e front hristmas Observations On The Weather House Burns, Robbers | T | fmlu\‘!d gy thought you'd centide- 5 Y il 7 K ® & 10p HALL JUReLL, e Writer Alexander T.take my pen-— 1t's yours — lot me be! ‘way. You're shakin® — MaxsoN A Ready Lett By R. E. Dear santy Claws “I Know Edna! Go quit! Mother, she made a face at me! Where To t was I, anyway?"—In | you T've been good, Sy had Eighty yourself— who got spanked th' day?" an'— only As me, Dear Santy, T To have =— ne & do 1 that! My goodness, will y' let me be? would like Um-m-mm-Now let What want? Oh, yes—a bow A slingshot an' a rifie an' A sord an' pistol an’ — Youre a ghl'n’ I'm a an' arrow an' r, Mies, man! — like dolls ¥ Edna make T don't want any Mother, will you quit! An' a bicyele an’ Sister! here! gt a new 1 That's what ¥ | Who 1Is the Butcher? Mrs. Huber (over the telephone): “Is this the butcher?” Yes, ma'am.” Mrs, Huber: you in today? “Well, 1 have some good mutton. Then there's beef, pork, veal That's it!" I, °h? How to you?" On, T didn’t want to buy 1&g a crossword puz ‘kind of meat,’ know. Thanks.” —David Elcombe. “What meats have much should I was do 50 Acknowledging Christmas . . That of suspenders— The Card He Sent useful gifts that charm at has my 0. K., too, An extra pair will do no harm So many thanks ta_you! . . pair The Card He Meant e useful gifts that lieavens, since 1 left the en worn ‘em. Heed, gender: Don't ever ser charmi far hay both 4 a man suspcnder: P That fountain pen— The ¢ "ard He Sent - * fountnin pen Let me rhanks” and o IJ)H\)\! again;” I'il use it when I write t ovoun And try to make that often too. .. Acknoy The Cand Fe Mcant owledging your fountain pen y the darned thing leaks all the rest, so now my vest 1s daubed with fresh ink streaks Daughter: “what 18 a ‘trial’ mar- riage, moth Mother: H. R. Mann. —— s but once a year; ts are always here My Christmas on the South Sea Teles ulter ver forget my Christ- atoll of Pao-Hao, in the isies of the South Pacific. of difters greatly 4 communities. g up of stock- for the obvious are Duns and de flung un- are very her at I was perfe tion s W fish bladders eacent seawater and ower fireflies 2ding thing wa the tree were actually human autiful maidens ed the filled ats or hand | olhrr“ 1 don't want | 23, 1924, which we are immediately putting into effect and which will be noted when we run the nest Baldpate ad- venture on Iriday. It did seem kind of hard on those who wero contributing to the scries not to have any official credit for thelr work., Others were and are getting thelr names attached to | humor requiring less work. | Accordingly, beginning with the | noxt Baldpate story, we shall print | the name of the orlginal —author, and his contribution — as well as future ones — shall be, supposed- | { Iy, tnpublished —adventures which are known to some, and given to us | all to add to the Baldpate memoirs The Only Caln Onc “ls your Wifo afrald when drives ) par?”" “No, but K | she Your everybody else is. | —Louls Foster. 1924, Reproduction rbidden) (Copyright, | X his finds you well—“There | Goes the ink! Just look at Hml' Mother, 1'll nev git this wro I'd rather be skinny than m:" BRITISH POST HAS 175 | CHRISTMAS RUSH, T00 Plum Puddings, Cakes and Other | Articles Bound for World- ¥lung Parts of Empire The post offices flooded with London, Dec. of Great Britain are |scores of,thousands of Christmas | parcels, carrylng Yuletide cheer to [friends and relatives in all parts of the far-flung British Empire, and | ofticials estimate that the oarly | mailings are 60 per cent above the normal Christmas average. Yor some remote parts | empire, Christmas mails |ready closed but to the others \pmm puddings, cakes, books, hun- |dreds of thousands of toys of all descriptions and othier gifts are still lon thelr way in ever increasing | quantities, Ry the middle of November, § 000 parcels had gone to Indin, Zealand, South Africa, Australia, Straits Settlements, st Africa, | Ceylon, Hongkong, Peru and Cen- tral America. WILL CIRCLE NEW YORK ‘L""“ Angcles, Navy's Newest Dirigible, | | | 1 of the have al- ‘Will Broadcast Program , While | Flying Over Metropolis. i | New York, Dec. 23—The Los Angeles, the navy's newest dirigible, will circle over New York City to- morrow night, Christmas Eve, and Lroadcast a message of peace and good will to the millions below. As the huge afrcraft, flluminated with hundreds of varicolored electrie lights, files above the city, one of its officers, speaking for Santa Claus, will brondcast that good old saint's greetings to the children, There will | a Clristmas message from | of the Navy Wiibur and the carol “Hark the Herald Angels Sing" played by the band at the navy ion he will be broadcast by t) hip's radio, f the flight is a success, "Wiibur sald recently, he hopes establish & precedent to be followed hy the Los Angeles for the C Five visit because its name meaning “The Angels” is appropriate to the occasion, he explained, LIKE, SEA CRUISES Hollday Seckers TFollowing American Example Tondon, Dee. 2 ollowing the example set by many Americans, Britishers are developing the habit of going on &ea cruises, 8o much 8o that seve of the principal ship- ping companics are assigning large steamers to carry parties on crulses for three weeks or a month. Would-be travelers gradually are realizing that such trips are econ- omical, and that better weather generally can be relied upon in the Mediterranean and Scandinavia than as been experienced this year i England. Lnglish ral Chilean horses are of Arab BLACKMAIL PLOT NIPPED BY COPS Mrs. Vanderhilt and Rbinelander | Intended Victims New York, Dec. 23.~An alleged attempt to extort §50,000 from Mrs, Willlam K. Vanderbilt, and $20,000 ! from Pbhillp Ruinelander was frus- trated last night, police sald, by the | arrest of Bern Sirro, a 20-year-old sallor from Fresno, Callt, Sirro, | police sald, was the author threatening letter received last week by Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mr, Rhine- lander, which threatened to “take action accordingly” if the money was not delivered to him as directed, and contained the closing advance: “No explosives in the package now, and no tricks." d Other statements contained in tha | letters were not made publie, Sirro was taken into custody last night after he had accepted a pack- age of marked bills from a 15-year- old boy impersonating 8 messenger, who was followed by detectives, A | previous attempt to catch the alleged blackmailer, in which a detective acted as messenger, falled. The letter to Mrs. Vanderbilt was mailed at the Hudson Terminal on December 17, and was received nest day at the Vanderbilt home in 666 I%ifth avenue. The letter directed Mrs, biit to deliver the money to “Mr. :Amund Harrisburg” at the Battery. | The letter to Mr. Rhinelander, ad- dressed to the Rhinelander home in 18 West Yorty-eighth street, was Christmas Let us supply your needs . pavy department. He selected | ] iristmas | CYCLEMEN POINSETTAS PRIMRQSES BEGONIAS ROSES VIOLET! and are very high spirited. Bedtime Stories. nl‘ Vander- | . llvhul d the da; It was |signed “Iobert Haftley” and was |phrased the same as the Vanderbill |lotter, Both letters were taken to headquarters by Mrs. Vanderbilt's and Mr, Rhinélander's sccretaries, who are named as the complainants In the case against Sirro. In the Rhinelander letter the | blackmaller dirccted that the money be dellvered last Saturday night. The detectives went to Battery Park, one of them dressed a8 a messenger 1mm another in the guise of a sailor, {The blackmaller however, was i trightened and did not rise to the [bait. Last nfght the detectives, fol- |lowing the directions contained in |the letter to Mrs. Vanderbilt, used |the 16-year-old boy as a messenger The boy wandered Into the park, and was accosted by Sirro with a re- quest for information as to the whereabouts of South Ferry. The hoy pointed the dircction and then Sirro sald: “Have you got a n’\r!mgc for me, Harrisburg " The boy bhanded Mm the pack age and detectives grabbed him a woment later. Sirro at first told the police that hie had been given $5 to | recefve the package by Elllott Cooke of 78 Third street, Philadelphia, but admitted later, police said, that Cooke did not exist, Fresno, Calif., Dec. 23, ~ recruiting officers here said |they had no recollection of the en {ustment of Bern Sirro, who gave Iresno as his home address when |arrested in New York on a charg of attempted extortion of $50,00 [from Mrs. William K. Vanderbill and $20,000 from DPhillp Rhine | lander. A check showed that a mar {named Sirro lived here some time | ago, but that no family of that name ic\or lived o Fresno. Nuva today Flowers For from our i the following: CHERRIES GARDENIAS LILY OF THE VALLEY MADE UP BASKE “CARNATIONS ORCHIDS The Kettle and The Pot ed to be presented? of which, at that distribution was na I braves nder the At of sturdy el nt and the tumbiing man nearest followed ders te, Tt was d atastrophe s tidal-waves me from ever Christmas Solution s very The Work, as Firemen Argue ¢ 1 PETRS CAUTION WITE 16 MIEED 00T OF BED AND SILENT HALL 1S RELIEVED O SEE A% QUST HIS WIRE WL EXPIAMS A LITILE SHEEPISHIY NUST THAT (RO5S WORD PUZILE THEY WORKING OM, SHE RAPPE NED T THINK WORD AND WANTED TO |w~rmc~s¢\ @ McClure Newspaper Syndicate ( A £7 P ITD TIT. Now 75 BEDROOM DOOR. 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