New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 6, 1927, Page 5

BURIED TREASURE | NOW BEING SOUGHT Famous Story of China I Taken Up Peking, Tom Sawyer buried treasure hunt is in progress within the sceret walls of the Purple Forbidden City | of Peking — a hunt for 50 golden bars lovely cor Kwang Hsu. An age vJ Chinese woman who, ‘30 5 ve two cone \num which led to this ubines of the Emperor attendant to the! teller of the tale search. According to her story as told to | s of the Palace museum, the offici late Empress Dow: tamed as China's «nd who ruled the weakling Kwang | ager, Who is May 6 (UP) — A true| ich cost the lives of two | strong ruler, | Route No. 2 construction. No delay to traffic. | Enfield, Enfield street is under construction, but road one-way traffic. Route No. 8 Ridgefield-Main street and Dan- bury road. Concrete completed. Shoulders uncompleted. No detours necessary. Manchester - Manchester - Hart- ford road is under construction. No {delay to traffic. Route No. 8 Thomaston, approaches to is open to Rey- Route No. 10 Middletown-Haddam road, grad- | ing is under way. Two short one- ay traffic. Route No. 12 Norwich - New London road in | under construction. Open to traffic. | Through trafic will avoid this work | by using the Norwich-Groton road | on the east side of the Thames riv- er. Route No. 17 Norfolk, Norfolk - West Norfolk | road is under construction. No de- Hsu with the proverbial rod of iron, resorted sale of office tc gratify her de for funds with | which to carry out such projects as the building of the new summer palace west of Peking. moralized the whole houschold, and two concubines a cepted a bribe of 50 golden ba from an official of Fukien province. Learning of this, the empress summoned the concubines and de- manded the golden bars. Upon be- ing refused, a refusal made worse the concubines’ counter-charge she herself had set example, the empress ordered close confinement and subsequently caused them to com- mit suicide just before the flight of the court when the forcign Box- relict foree a4 in 1900, The woman who tells the sto was then a girl of 19, and she, itiendant to the two heiped them conceal the booty. § buiidings have been construc 4 on the site and initial search has been unavailing, but, with the promise of three gold bars as re- ward if the treasure is found, the woman is helping in a vigorous iunt. to that, bad them into er Road Conditions In Connecticut Road conditions and detours in the state of Connecticut made . nece by highway construction announced by the state rtment as of May 4, Ruuu- No. 1 Branford-East Haven road is un- der construction. No del to traffic. ast Lyme on the DPost Road, bridge near Golden Spur is being structed. Gne-way traflic on the new bridge. airficld-Mill river bridge fs un- » construction. No delay tor trai- under traflic. Westhrook - road delay Canaan-Poundridge S to corstruction. river roach span. No Westport-1 is under constru Trafhi . No delay to | way_traffic. them al 11, Bulkley bridge tours. Route No. 101 In Chaplin the bridge at South | Chaplin is being constructed. One- One-way traffic regu- |alted by flagmen. Route No. 103 In Sterling, bridge is being recon- | structed. Open to traflic. Route No. 108 Somers-East Longmeadow road | under construction, hut open to | traffic. | Route No. 110 | Windsor and Windsor Locks, | Hartford-Springfield road is under construction. Through traffic from | Hartford to Springfleld _detour at | Windsor going through Poquonock | and sufficid. Route No. 11 Marlboro-Iebron, six miles under construction, open to traflic, but | practically impassable, Meriden-Middletown road. Girad- |ing is under way. Slight delay to traffic. Throug traflic shopld avoid this road as much as possible, Ronte No. 112 New Haven-Middletown \umlor construction. No | traftic. | Route No. 121 Salisbury, Lakeville road is under construction, open to travel. Route No. 122 Bridgeport-Newtown road shovel grading is under w: way traflic at congested places. Route No. 125 Roxbury, Depot br the new bridge found way. No detours ne | Route No. Norwalk - Danbury road, steam | shovel grading on new location. Shoulders uncompleted, No detours necessary. Route No. Hartland, East Hartland Mount- ain road is under construction. Present road is open for travel Work resumed. | Route No. Canaan, South Canaz road is under construction. open for travel, Route No. 141 Scotland, Canterbury road is nn- er construction. Open for travel, | very rough. road is delay Millerton Road steam One- work on on under Rock Road Berlin, Beckley Crossing is under | nolds bridge are under construction. | | towns of Waterford and Montville | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, Route No. 142 Putnam-Woodstock, Little River | bridge is under construction. No detour. ‘Woodstock-Mass. under construction. fic, very rough. Route No. 144 Bridge over Quinebaug river at Wauregan is under construction. | Open to traffic. | Route No. 158 Newtown-Bethel road. Macadam | construction completed. Shoulders | iuncomplcud No detours necessary. | Route No. 176 Westport - Wilton, Westport-Wil- No Line, road is Open to traf- |ton road is under construction. | delay to traffic. Route No. 823 Waterbury and Cheshire, Water- bury-Cheshire roud is under con- struction. No delay to traffie. No Route Numbers Burlington Station - Burlington | Center road is under construction. Open for travel. No detours. Bolton, Bglton Center road is un- ‘drr construction, but open to traf- \ fic. | Fairfleld-01d Kings Highway. Road is under construction. No de- lay to traffic. | Farmington, Scott Swamp road is {under construgfion. Farmington end of the road i: urlington road is un- Harwinton- | der construction. No detours. | Newington, Newington - New | Britain rond fs under construction. | Road is open to tratfic. { Newington and West Hartford, Willard street and Newington roads |are under construction, but is open Ito tramic. | | Old Saybrook-Esstx cut-off. Road ' |is under construction. Detour over Saybrook Junction road, routes 1 and 10. | _Plymouth, Bull Head road.| Bridges are under construction. Short detours around bridge i West Hartford, West Main street is under construction, but open to | traflie, West Wood- | under construction, | Woo tock road i open to traffic, THFATER DOORMEN * HAVE NO SINECURE | Their Job Really Harder Than' It Appears | stock-South old-braided u of a motion pieture theater less of a sinecure than it sounds. The work of side of Droad is the doormen out- y picture palaces appears prosaic undem the surface, After reporting for duty a func- | tion of the portals donned his regalin and stepped briskly to a post in front of the hox office. A woman dropped her ti and he gave cl when a frisky wind carried it away. Two men in a iilarious mood were steered away trom the ticket window. The pro- spective customers had to be kept in an orderly line. These and ot duties scemed to be endless. , 100, beauty | Photograph o THE BIC STORE NEW BRITAIN’S SHOPPING CENTER. TOMORROW! THE LAST DAY! BabyWeel Tomorrow is the last day of National Baby Week, Shop closes the event with extra-special values. your list of baby needs, BABY WEEK ¢ TALL Covers Regular $1.49 Neatly made, scallop with lap over. The kind mothers like ... cdg BABY WE SPECIAL! New Lot—Hand Made Crochet Booties A very pretty assortment i — DRESSES — Mad shor ante Value short and knee length. Pink and e o 49¢ and save at New Britain’s —the last day—A Book on the Care of Babies. P. K. Carriage 98¢ _— Linen Madeira Pillow Slips Hand Embroidered Pillow Slips; 1| value $2.00. Baby Week Special. —_— Nose and Eye Swab “Q'Tips Baby Gays,” approv- el and recommended by doctors; dipped in horic acid; 60 tips in a box. Baby Week Special ... 22¢ — n Special Lot Tor Tomorrow. Girls’ “Cinderella” Bloomer e of fine quality linen t and half sleeve 2 ed to wash perfeetly. $2.00, 7 to 10. $1.00 and prints, Guar- and Raphael’s Baby Be here tomorrow with Best Baby Shop. FREE BABY WE SPECIAL! Infants’ Silk and Wool Knit Capes Regular $2.95 A smart little cape embroidered buds with hand $1.95 colors, pink, blue | blue 1ight in the entrance lobby of | his house. When he complaint that the glow becoming to the women, making them look like cadaverous speci- mens, he gave his reasons. doctors. A girl insisted that dimple show on her picture \\lu‘re there was none. A remodeled house in Green | wich Village has a quaint old-world entrance with n stone walk leading | into a tiny inner garden. The num- He didn’t want to deprive his | ber plate above the door i8 a cop- | own tenants of pleasant atmos- | per silhouette of a monk peacefully | phere, but since his was the only reading a hook. Paradoxically, any- | lobby on a conges strect one alking inside hears the | feared the neighb would linger received a { strains of two radios with different | too long, saying their farewells at stations calling, one victrola re- | night, and so he chose the best peating Caruso, and several tele- | weapon to chase them. phone conversations reverb ‘.Ilinl,‘( His own tenants, he in the open court. lgo into the garden or into their A landlord has fixed a ghutlylnpmrlmcntq to say good night. was not | he | added, could | MAY 6, 1927. Clazv Waistcoat Is ‘ New Woman’s Style London, May 6. (UP) — The - is London’s latest | ion innovation. Said to be the creation of a workgirl whose ambi- tion was to po: a fashionable | sleeveless waistcoat, this ami miss contrived to make a w | from scraps of material from the workshop floor. | At a glance. one would take this | waistcoat > old patchwork bed-cover, shion housewives who Lt | tortan used up | their various pieces of material left | | } RAPHAEL'S CASH STORE e of Mother’s Day, bit sweeter. Mothe tern. Mothe lmported Kld Gloves! 2-Clasp styles, fancy welt with two tone embroidery. Mother's $1 98 . Day Speciali oo e and si All fo | Hand Made Nightgowns white and $1.98 Mother Surely Would Appreciate A New Scart All new figured prints, also plain with contrasting border: $l 98 s Mother’s Day Special, ea. With dainty hand embroidery, colors. Mother's Day \pecml Choice, each ...... gift. Each = New Silk Crepe de Chine! A very closely woven material in all new summer shades. Comes 40 in. wide. Mother would enjoy a dress of this material. PenaVard S Hemmed Diapers Bird'seye Size 27x27; the kind that usual- ly sells here for $l 39 i . $1.59 with BRAHAM LINCOLN once said, “All that T am, I owe to my mother.” our hearts to the best friend we have—and on Mother’s Day we pay tribute in the most deserving way we know. Raphael's Department Store expresses its appreciation by offering tomorrow hundreds of useful, lasting gifts Chambr In Ecr The Ta NEW BRITAIN'S “SHOPPING CENTER BUTTERICK PATTERNS FOR YOUR SUMMER SEWI tive and Made and Prints r's Day Special .. at neat. u with 3 inch bullion fringe. A gift that will ple; r's Day Special, each Mother Would Enjoy A Fine Linen Set able Cloth comes 54x54, with colored x napki to match. r Mother's Day . Huck Face Towels Linen Tewels with faney colored Embroidered Pillow Cases! Size 45x36 made of pure white cotton. A useful Viother's Day Special _Pretty Linen Handkerchiefs With fan borders. Special Iach inital and Mother's . 25¢ For of mid-Vie- | over from dresses, by sewing them into an attractive bedcover. | The modern garment suggested |the most haphazard arrangement imaginable but, pieces of silk, satin |and cuttings from cast of apparels are carefully cut into certain de- signs and sewed together. | Crazy waistcoats are being worn \\llh a tailored costume and should prove very popular in the summer months, making a brilliant contrast | slipped over a white frock. A will, consisting of 25 W’Qrd!v1 was written on the back of a bridge score pad by a New York woman. ( —all of them special values to benefit the thousands of mothers who choose their clothes and home needs at this store. below—and remember Mother on Sunday with a gift that will make her life just a little easier, a little more comfortable, a little Panel Window Curtains! Very neat pat- Austrian President Has Pacifist Mother Vienna, May 6. —Marianne Hain- isch, mother of the president of Austria, who recently celebrated Ler eighty-eigth anniversary in per- fect physical and mental vigor, has at all times avowed herself an ar- dent pacifist, even during the tu- | multuous years of the world war. Frau Hainisch has always been a staunch liberal and an indefati- gable charity worker. She keeps up a correspondence with women in other countries who are active in the women's rights movements. are the Cash Prices RAPHAEL'S CASH STQRE = oAl Once a year the second Sunday in May, we all turn In honor Look Full Fashioned Silk Hose Service weight, silk to the welt; black and colors. borders Mother’s Day Special, pair ... 7 $1.59 Colored Rayon Spreads' Krinkle Spreads with colored stnpea size 81x108. borders. .39¢ Mother’s Day SDeCial, oo s civic oo wioe Tolsiets $4.98 —_— Mother Would Be Pleased With One of These Beautiful Geraniums Every one grown in original soil in a four inch pot. Day Special Mother’s .. 39¢ = Dainty House Aprons Made of fine figured percale with rick rack braid trimming, Mother’s Day Specla.l avane Mother’s Comfort In =1 colt skin, gr D to EEE; v strap, gore, V, pa Pretty Silk Umbrellas! Club or strap handles, 16 rib Um- brellas, in new colors. $3 98 Mother’s Day Special ————— Stylish Stouts lace effects: black kid, rchment; many cut out style: "THE BI1G STORE & NEW BRITAIN'S SHOPRPING CENIER. stroller y all heels; sizes to 9; alue to $6.00—Mother’s Day Special— tan, patent 59¢ Leather Hand Bags! Made of Black and new colors. special—Mother’s Day Only ........ All leather Extra $2.98 fine leather.