New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 18, 1926, Page 11

OINGS IN FOREIGN CAPITALS PARIS=—= Sale of Island of Man With the Iron Mask is Strenuously Op- posed. Paris, Dec. 18—Plans of the French govern- ment to sell the island of Ste. Marguerite, where the “Man in the Iron Mask” was im- ' prisoned for ten years, have met with much antagonism. ‘The report that British capital was planning to turn the island into a model winter resort has brought protestations from every part of the Riviera. The district is already object- | ing to the numerous sub-divisions financed by toreign capital. | The island of Ste. Marguerite, which 1s | about four miles in circumference, is situated at the mouth of the Cannes bay. The “Man in the Iron Mask,” made famous by Dumas, was incarcerated in the Ste. Marguerite for- tress in 1687. History still disputes his iden- | tity. In 1873 Marshal Bazaine, who was ac- cused of treason in surrendering Metz to the Prusslans, was an inmate of the prison. He Succeeded in escaping the following year. It is reported that the French government has been offered a large sum for the island, but newspapers and societies are fighting the proposed deal. ENJOY NEGRO ENTERTAINMENT. The French craze for Negro entertainment shows no sign of abating. Negro singing is still considered very chic in cabarets and Ne- gro jazz bands from America are more in de- mand than ever. Cartoonists depicting the “Charleston” and the “Black Bottom” always. use a Negro as the principal dancer, although his partner is more than likely Caucasian. At the Folies Bergere, the best known of the music halls, the Negro dancer, Josephine Baker, continues to be the brightest of all the stars. The Folies recently obtained an exten- slon of her contract that will keep her at their theater until the spring of 19238. Meanwhile she has opened a night club of her own, whers the clientele so far is as smart as any to be found in Paris. She hired a Negro mammy and put her in the kitchen to teach the cos- ‘mopolitan patronage how batter cakes and syrup are served out on the banks of the Mississippl. VICTORIA IS UP-TO-DATE QUEEN. Queen Victoria of Spain is an up-to-date sovereign who wants to see everything inter- esting when she visits Paris particularly if King Alphonse already has had a chance to see it After dutifully attending the classic Come- die-Francaise and the Opera on her last visit liere the Queen expressed a desire to go to the Moulin Rouge to see the revue. The police commissary assigned an escort threw up his hands in horror. “But your Majesty!”, he remonstrated. “The protocol! Has your Majesty thought of that?” By the “protocol” he meant the agrcement be- tween powers to protect visiting dignitaries against any situation on which might be re- garded as unworthy of their position. “Weren't you assigned to guide King Al- phonse about Paris?” queried the Queen. “Yes,” replied the somewhat nonplussed po- lice official. “Well, he told me you took him to the Mou- lin Rouge,” the Queen resumed, imperturb- ably, “so I s ason for my not going there as well Her Majesty went. SHEPHERDS PROTEST MISNOMERS, The shepherds of the Vosges want the world to quit calling their dogs Alsatian Wolf hounds. The shepherds are proud of the fact that the dogs are Alsatian and readily admit that they are hounds. But the mere sugges- tion that wolves arc among even the remote ancestors of the faithful dogs is denicd. There are still wolves in the blue Alsatian mountains, lots of them. They do not frater- nize with the “wolt hounds,” however. The shepherds contend there isn't enough love between the two to make a misalliance even possible, THE HEIGHT OF BRAVERY. The helght of bravery in France these days is to ask for a raise. Since July, when the Polncare government set out to save the franc, there have been few boosts In salary or wage Frenchman, yet the cost of living ha y in the four and more months that have intervened. Government emplo have sent up one cry of distress after another, but the bantam-like little fighting Premier from Bar le Duc has turned down every proposal for higher pay. His lead has been followed by the industrials, the shopkeepers and all other emplovers. Now that the franc has been saved—or re- stored to health, at least—the prospect of in- creased pay for salaried folk secms slighter LONDON==x Duke of Connaught Only Member of Royal Family Not Home For Christmas. than ever. In fact, unemployment, a thing unknown during the years of inflation, is be- ginning to make itsself feit. It is not painful or very noticeable yet, but the workers fear it may be, and rather than be asked to be- come a part of it, they keep their desires for more money away from the ears of the em- ployers and hope for better days in the future. LONDON——LONDON—LONDON— London, Dec. 18—Every member of the Royal family will be at Sandringham House for Christmas this year, except the Duke of Connaught, who is on the Riviera. With many young friends of the Prince invited, it will be like one of the pre-war Christmas parties, with the usual huge Christ- mas tree in the center of the big ballroom. This tree will contain personal presents for the family as well as many gifts destined for less fortunate people in the ncighborhood who will receive them during Christmas week. Queen Mary, as always, is taking personal interest In the tree which is cut frcm the Royal estate and will supervise the decora- tions and the tylng on of all the presents. The dancing will be enlivened by the pres- ence of Prince George, who has just returned from far eastern naval service. He has the reputation of being the merriest of the four boys of the King's household and nearly as fond of dancing as the Prince of Wales. CAROL SINGING IS LIMITED. No carols will be sung in the streets of Leighton Buzzard, a market town in Bedford- shire until seven days before Christmas. The police obtained an order from the courts to ban all carol parties before that date, owing to complaints last year from residents who asserted that they suffered from the continu- ous “carolling” four weeks before Christmas. TO RE-ESTABLISH PIMLICO. Pimlico, once a fashionable residential cen- ter, is to be brightened and rehabilitated as a social center if the Duke of Westminster can manage it. The Duke has introduced all sorts of new and stringnet conditions in the granting of new issues for the property he holds in the south side of Buckingham Palace Road. One condition is that the houses shall be painted every four years and no washing may be displayed in the back gardens, and certain rents will be raised, presumably in order to bring in a better class of tenant. The Duke is one of the largest property owners in Lon- don, “SPILLIWOBBLE” LATEST GAME pilliwobble” has invaded Buckingham 1t is a new game and was seen for the first time by Queen Mary at ths Dolls' hospital during an inspection of the toys and other Christmas novelties. The Queen had a good laugh when “Spllli- wobble” was shown her. She took much in- terest in endeavoring to make the little balls run into cups by means of a magnet. The at- tempt failed, much to the Queen’s am ment, so she ordered a set for the Palace, where she she might play the game un noticed hy Is as was not the case at the toy e bition. The Queen thought a that the King might be interested in * lliwobble.” The Queen bought more than a hundred toys, some of which cost but a penny, while others ran up to 15 and 20 shillings. 'AYS GOT INTO SCRAPES. Winston Churchill, as a boy at Harrow al- ays was getting to scrap Even today the Cr cellor of the Exchequer, is fond of any- thing out of the ordinary. Mr. Churchill is one of the youngest of British statesmen, having just celebrated his cond birthday. But his colleagues con- tend that he will still enjoy a joke if he lives to be a hundred. Mr. Churchhill's latest “scrape” relates to a lot of elderly women whom he met in the rallway leading to his office. All carried little bags. Wondering what delegation was calling upon him so early, Mr. Churchill's enquiry elicited the fact that the crowd was made up of charwomen. They did not want to see the Chancellor of the Exchequer at all, but were waiting" for their p Mr. Churchill decided to get bet- ter acquainted with them. As the Christmas spirit was in the offing, “the fiat went forth that all these “nice, old ladies,” were to come into the Chancellor’s office at noon the next day. And they did. Mrs. Churchill was there, 100, to assist her husband in looking after the gue of one of the strangest mealtime affairs Great Britain had experienced, List of Patents Issued To Connecticut People Patents issued by the U. S, Patent Office December 14, 1926 to Connecticut inventors. | List furnished by the office of Harold G. Manning, Walk-Over "and the Shoe Store, 211 Main St. ew Killingly. Britain.) lerdy, to H. E. cnglnes. Earle J. Brown, and W. B. Tal- Bridgeport, as! Dineson. Fred Burge, New Haven. ism for boats, like, Treating metal friction- ey | Mounting thread, and Apparatus for ling mech | al surfaces. =—=BERLIN Former Emperor Plans to Write || at Least Two.More Books, He Declares. i Berlin, Dec. 18—Former Emperor William II is so happy to be a success at last as an author that he has confided to friends that he will write at least two more books. His first literary endeavor, which appeared under the title “The Kaiser's Memoirs” was a failu While the publisher's price of the book was two dollars, it can be bhought now from any street vendor or rummage book shop for twelve cents. » The sale of his recent autobiographical work “Pages from My Life, 1859-1888"” has exceeded all expectations. 1In it he speaks with great candor -of his relations with his English mother, his father and his grandfather E peror William I, and corroborates the theory that his childhood experiences embittered him against England and the whole world. Leading book sellers report that they have been unable to supply the demand, as many copies are being sent to the United States. The ex-Kaiser is said to be extremely proud of his success and will continue the story of his life in the near future. DOES NOT LIKE PROHIBITION. The first town in modern Germany to ex- perience the sensation of being dry does not like prohibition. Before the trial at Hesselfelde | of fourteen members of the republican order Reichsbanner for participation in a shooting affray, the court invoked a dead letter ordi- nance passed in 1850 which stipulated that in case of threatened public disturbance the sa- loons might be closed. Crowds poured into the town for the trial. The court thereupon prohibited the sale of all liquor. The lid remained clamped down for the six days that the trial lasted. The near- est approach to a disturbance was caused at a protest meeting against the dry order at which speakers shouted, “If this is prohibi- tlon, we don’t want 1| MEDAL R KREISLER. ritz Kreisler, internationally famed violin- as received a medal in recognition of his benefactions to starving Austrian children. The medal, which bears Kreisler's picture on the side and an allegorical figure of music on the other. was presented during his only co cert of the season in the German capital. The presentation was made by Dr. Felix I'rank, Austrian minister to Germany on behalf of tn, The medal was designed y tal, Berlin sculptor, a copy has been acquired by the Kaiser Fried- rich museum, ‘With Mrs. Kreisler, who is the fo: riet Lies of New York, the violinist h: ed a fund for th at Berlin Unive: GET GOVERNME Sponsored by a system of government cred- an industries have succeeded in ob- taining 30 per cent of all the concesslons awarded to foreign firms by the Soviet gov- ernment. In a report on the favorable pro- gress of Russo-Gern the German m al relatior try of commerce forty ions came to Germany at twenty went to England and fi the United States. Bids for 100 additio r;ssions by German firms are being consid ed. The Friedrich Krupp works at Essen, report adds ained one of the most portant concessions for the manufa sale of agricultural impleme ) Chancellor Joseph Wirth is interc in lumber company which is doing a $7,000,00 business in Russia annuall GIVING MONDAY PARTIE:! Mrs. Jacob Gould Schurman, wife of the Americ: " dor, is giving a series of “Monday oons” to women of the diplo- n ic uring December and January. She is being assisted by her da ghter, Barbara, and the wives of members of the embassy statt. i BELIEVES IN SIMPLE LIFE. Otto Braun, Socialist premier of Prussia, be- lieves in the sim Though the state i Premier’s palace °, opposite t Chancellor’s palace, in ‘which Herr Braun can live free of charge, he and Frau Braun prefer to live in th own little cottage in the sub- urb of Dahlem, a colony of workers' and offi- cials' homes. Only when there is a state func- tion, like a cabinet dinner or a “beer evening' to members of the Diet, do the Brauns make use of the palatial residence in the heart of the city. Both are fond of dancing, especially the old-fashioned waltz, although for the week-cnd the Premier goes off on a hunting trip. He is a crack shot and enjoys roughing it outdoors. or to th hting Co. uction. John R. Hall, Meriden. Propel 1Y, vessels, Obadiah Butl City, N. J. Theodore S. Cole, New Haven, a Safety Car Heating & Storage-battery con- Peter Hardman, Willi signor to The American '] antie, as- read Co prroducing thread mountings. rge H. Hart, West ctric switch. Duncan C. Hooker, gnor, by mesne ass Diamond Power Spec troit, Mich. Protection for biowers. Walter and J. W. Serving patents) E. Ing] Durkee, ington Hartford, as- ner Har- | signors to Pratt & Whitney Co., N Y., N. Y. Relieving mechanism for lathes. Philip L. Johnson, assignor to R. Wallace & Sons Mfg. 0. Forming metal parts from tub- ing. Percival F. King, Wrench. £l Carroll Knowles, Hartford, as- signor to Pratt & Whitney Co., N. Y., N. Y. (2 patents) Gear-grinding machine, and Bs\’ck rest for cylindri- cal grinders. Joseph F. Lamb, New Britain, as- ! signor to Landers, Frary & Clark Ironing machine. New Haven. ayette Lelster, New Britain, as- ' signor to The Fafnir Bearing Co. Dilferential-gear constructjon. James McCarthy, Waterbury Broaching and swagging tool. Dudley J. Morton, New Haven, assignor, by mesne assignments, to ing & Bros,, N. Y, N. Y. West Hartford, for Sanford, Bridgeport, he Cincinnati Mil Cineir Grinding grinding g drills and the like. t & Whitney Co., N. | Y. . Automatic milling ma- [ chine. H. Thorpe, de-Marks Registered srican Sitver Co., Bristol. plated metal ware. Hartford. Wallingford, | H. Baker, New Haven, as- signor to Yarnall Paint Co., Phila- delphia, (2 registrations) var- | nishlike pres ive for. linoleum, oil cloth, and like material. G. Fox & Co, Inc, Leather shoe Landers, Frary & Clark, New itain. (3 registrations.) Bread and cake making machines and egg- nes, coffee and spice mills, and Rotary meat and veg- | etable chopper: Trade-Mark Applicants C. J Bates & Son, Chester. Mani- cure sots, nail fles, tweezers, scis- sors, e Locomobile Co. of America, Inc., Bridgeport. Automobiles and con- structive parts thereof. Shay-Cuprite Laboratories, Inc., Hartford. Preservative paints. FIGHTS ANIMAL WITH BARE HANDS Woman Wards OF Attack of Supposed Woll Modesto, Cal., Dec. 18 (F—With r hands as b only weapons, & battled for her life and the 1ves of her two smail children when cked by an animal she believes was a wolf at the door of her cabin near Angels p yesterday, sald a “Modesto News- Hartford. mothe; s had been torn to fuce and arms cov- atches from the ani- , the mother, o, succeeded in es- | caping from the beast and ran into the cabin with it at her heels, Be- the animal had a chance to re- . Mrs. Honrado struck it acres ck with a chair and it ran out of the back door. | She barred the doors and the beast | returned, attempting to leap through he window. Her cries for help were d by Charles Avery, a neigh- o ran to the Honrado cabin His first shot grazed the ment only to regain its feet ge Avery. A second shot struck the b ppeared nderbrush. imal stood three feet high, 1g to Mrs. Honrado. Her in- s were treated at a Sonora hos- pital, Civil War Rag Money Is Found in New Mexico 3. (P—A | " of Clvil r days has just been discovered in little town near the M“\A\‘Ql’ll border. The yellowed scrap of cloth was found by a souvenir hunter in a budget of old documents and I8 the pecimen of its kind known to t west of the Mi sippl river. Its face value was' $2 and it was printed when Cor derate troops oc- cupied the town in the | of the war. L% 8 ouwillneed money next Christmas and to make sure that your shopping next De cember will be a real joy, join the 1927 Christmas Clu of the New Britain National Bank now open for membership. Every member's Christmas will be the happier because there will be no financial worries—and it is so easy to save a small amount each week. ,‘ Our classes range from first deposits of 2c to $10.00—one to suit every purse and purpose. We invite you to join NOW and make sure that Christmas 1927 will be the merriest of all. 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