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——{PARIS | “Cravats Made Supposedly From Napoleon's Old Clothes | Are Now Quite the Thing R ! Berlin Boosters Trying to Get Everybody to Make One Visit to the City Paris, Dec. 31. (P—Historic wear- ing apparel ot more or less a ticity is being cut up to make vats for sale in an_exclusive ithen cra- New York haberdashery. Thus Wall strect | oil kings may shortly be wearing ex- vensive neckwear m of N poleon’s old breeches or th <hirt of Louis XVI. The American woman who is buy fragments ot thes for cravat conversion T 3 Authenticated f proper richness and s mostly ng amous garm re secking afte iowever, the anclent sil sidered superior in qu oring to modern picces, ttrac history en ail price enormou trench Deputies tiet Free “Coffec” Pree breakfasts enable the French parliament to start work promptly every morning. Enoegh deputies to ‘orm a quorum ways are at hand at the Chamber bar where ey hing is free for the deputies. This buffet or canteen is s »d by an assessment paid by all jeputies but much of the expense illon el av o b BRI, 11 ¢ is well patronized Tt 1s only this year that 1l ast business has been develo came to Parls alone, started t tender making their morning coff Most of them, all thefr live had “cafe au ialt” and a roll preakfast but under the tem their appetites have grown eno mously. Few deputies enter the chamber before the session is called to order but now the presiding officer se the sergeant-at-arms out to round up the free breakfast crowd and never fails to get enough memt ‘0 organize the session. Once thi get started officlally the deputic van go back and finish their coffee. for o Sys- &S One Paris Policeman Collects Languages Paris has a linguistic cop, Mor sicur Fickler, who speaks six lan- zuages and has an ambition to mas ter ten. He is a Frenchman, born In Lor- ine under the German regime, o lie had two languages to start with He left school at fourteen, the war he was in a German prison camp in Russia and since then lie has picked up English, Italian and Spanish after hours at night. Chinese is his pastime now afterwards he intends Arabian. Portuguese and Pe “Just as others themse collecting stamps or books, during and by ght- | poscd to { two ur | tion ke to coll cays, s Mosquitoes Discovered In France., Mosc t don't tor ting ar. i gendre, known to ic frie as found norther "or two years them in the Pons of Marseilles, and t is molern mosg aking scier ds th part s c1 region, re- S0 hey are g bre 1 of that mosquitoes there is hop will an in Window Rug-Shaking bt In France 1k dow on the heads of all who inalicnable until nine Fr This may in the mor concerr be don however, 1als, otherwise there is no g of rugs they say, city offic . because the sl T} & verning It win s, City Council, to adopt the therefore, s rule that lust-shaking shall ted an hour later than As people who have be on the of necessity, it is pro- them the hour from o'clock in the after- pedestrians with give til thre to s their sw I this scrious discussion and ion is punctuated with re- s that such an unhealthful prac- tice should nece particu- larly as sidewalk displays of stores often r, but there Is no sugges abolishing it. Must Teach Milking But They Lack Cows Milking cows is one of the 1 courses of study in th tural education depart ently 10 a number of girls' hi Pupils' proficiency to be determined re be ssary, suf of princi- agrieul- nents titute schools, T in the “ar ninatior e co presents lircctors of the are difficulties in solving. Since rd of Edueation has not pro- schooling must be by proxy. Tn one or two casem public hen ve offer- 1 to provi teache pr schools ems where actor bovines, the problem students testing ground, of core \ at /LONDON - British Judge, a Bachelor, Thinks High Prices Are Lur- ing Women to Stores 31, (PP hilosophi ch on the fascina M London, Dec. ng from the b tions of shopping, Mr. Justice Cardle, London’s bachelor judz hield that women are often lurcd, ot by bargains, but by high prices Men too, like buying expensi things, the court pointed out during trial in the King's bench division « 4 firm's suit against a woman who 1ad contracted for a lot of fashion able clothes for which she had never said. “I really believe that if champagns were six penee a bottle,” rermarks the fudge, “tomorrew far less of i vould be drunk Justice MeCar. ttraction of high pr if's counsel fearls fur cost £ their costliness “Women who ¢ mended the ‘lothing on ti d be exyp McC: cussing with favor s chicfly buy n afford it nsive, it rdie that in a previous cas 15 normous cost of ekir “I suppose,” s the little tinting and colorix ced to uch:” he added, Says “No™ Thrice To Salary Increas Po W z00d Haden, ould not 1 stuck many vears that Mr no" to ealary iner Synthetle Flapper 1 Chemists’ Patron Saint The flapg chemistry savs a leading & gers and syntheti chemist clared at a'd sociation of Ch stones of the chemis Then the dc voice, “She has t00,” he went on, which were o aehievements of th “And {f we sur more In detail, as it i< p the very &heen o rhaps synthetic—and lingerings of the the British on her the products of, Dyestuffs ar periaps, srporation.”’ rything which the flap. today for the admiring added the scien- lets and bangles, chemists’ shop. publi the work of the Woman Sces Vote Coming But Can Not Wind Clocks goy 21 cannot the rmment's dangling wind neral at it the winding of done by officials of but “if for any rea- s the fact that only fe- d and it for winding post office staff,” with men Is arc emplo; the g contract the off win. ce wall clocks of s order is the worien are not good Reading Public Tires OF Hizh Brow Types reading public 1 birow, says Gilbert Frankau ick to London after @ United States. next book is not to West is is tired of in t hi deal e L 1 to with Astor's Uniform Praise of Queen Astor's simpie parliamer v admired by aon for 1} Lady Ty the ] to th directly i to go mmons at (he eretore her Queen sald she decd to have had lack gown, with 1 the neat. little hat ueen herself wore wood T 15 In be only two year ter in cn submerged 1,- ® | Germans his dusty carpet out of | has | imusual | hours of work have usually ignored | yogt poen published,” I Berlin, Dec. 31 (A—Berlin lieves in saying it with music. “Everybody once in Berlin is the slogan with which the Berlin | boosters' committee is trying to set and foreigners to visit be- | Berlin, | To popularizs this slogan, Hugo composer of the music in in Love,” wrote a marching song. Each verse ends with the re- frain, “Once you've been in Berlin, vou'll always come again.” Som bands any promised to fiddle, blare or drum the tune home, and svery German phionograph compa has turn out vocal mental versions of “F in Berlin.’ i The march 10,000 music t 5,000 1ve a rybody onc 5 also been sent to | achers, to all out-of- town owners of pianos whose nimes could be ascertained, to every hotel and “pension” in the Reich, and to the club and practice rooms of 1 sleal organization Wilhelm Has Double | Even To Moustache Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm's objection 10 Leing impersonated on the s has | resulted in the discovery of his dou- | le. | When it became known |that Piscator's Communist was about to produce Alexel |stoy's “Rasputin,” and that William 11 would go over the bowrds as on {ef the cha rs, the former em- peror publicly protested. *No soonér had the recently ater ol- viser's pro scator told “than an Press, of the Associate | Kriwat, aire ire theater in Hamburg, wrote that {all his acquaintances call him Kais- cr, because of his likeness (o the lust Hoblenzollern, We invited him to come to Berlin, and were struck by | the amazing similarity, whic has since also been commented upon by the crities and the audience. Kriwat makes o decided hit with his upturned moustachs and his mil- itary pose.” tor obsi ns Gypsies OF Germany Leave Finger Prints i Thousands of gypsies roaming about the Gorman platns will find | their prized liberty in jeopardy, for I new regulations are presently ing into torce preseribing that female, over are to have their | ger prints rezistered at the Police Office,” which is situa Munich and is the center for keep- ing check on these wandering tribes 12 of the Reict Suasive attmpts to induce gypsics carry sports and conform in | this res t 10 the ha®its of well- \ordercd citizens have ended in fail- | Not even fairly severe penal- them to regar all gypstes, male and six years of age, Gypsy in ure. ties could bring throughout | instru- | | chosen Albert | com- | fin- l and birth hut passports, mirriage ticat anything seraps of paper. | Seeing that doubtful characters and persons who are wanted by the police often pass themselves off am| harmless gyr it is hoped that by | means of the compulsory finger | print system, such gentry | more eusily trace Jobs May Not Match Students Preparing What s as nseless | hall become of 1l studenis now enrolled colleges and uuivers tion is giving gray man faculties, Never hifor ntage of the population heen en- rolled in higher institutions of learn- ng, and the fear is expressed that may not be enough jobs to go around in the various professions | by voung men and women | in pursuit of an cmic degree, in German | <? This ques- | learned profes slons, such as the 1 11 and legal, public apvea . sued o prospective stud invade the ck been fs- to 1l nts not se branch as s for making a resputabic live German Stork Defeats System Of One Child The German stork one-child 904 families, t publish the 15,741 mixed twins were with boy stork equalized that | threa girls to for boy 1o 1 twi to 1 wadruplots ccording to sta tistics f or irs twins, | frequent, | But “ 11 bringing | milics and | i v twins second f our f thir £ triplel ptal un to | triplets Eig o only ones, 161, Two fan old fughior blessed Al milies ¢ lics 1 Doctor OF Praffic New Berlin Degree “Meet Doctor of 1 oon he heard as a tuction in I3-rlin The University of Comimerc ceognized traffle and traffic ma t need, and has deci Iectures and blisi r: ships will igement as e to offer thrae professorship: The thres sc Leld respectively by an expert trafric and in tfic. 1 momist pro an e in me tourist tr The courses, Will e for the first during . summer semester of 1 4 hus canizations traffic and hotels, 1 ted with traffic world’s comn n expert on which time flic offer ftw A clude the ol ffic o mess managenment fo al the te m touris question conn of the ete. PROBLENS LOOMING ON DEHOCRATS'SKY Selection of Convention City Tmmediate Task of Committeg ') BY GEORGE H. MA NG ‘ (Washiugton Bureauof ths N. B. Herald) Washington, D. C., Dec. $1—When dermocratic national committe meets here on January 12, the most icult problem it will have to solve will the choice of a convention city. re doubt that the ques tion of the two-thirds rule will be gitated much at that time In fact, 1t 18 indicated that Governor Altred 1. Smith has decided that he docs not want his supporters to fight for the of the rule requiring all the convention a nomination. Leaders abolition wo-thirds of votes to make As one “He it of his campaign workers does not want to be nom- he cannot and Cleveland were nom- They add that they jent ing tw hirds says inated be nomin also of wir s to ional conven! for k governor. San Francisco, Cleveland and De- troit competing for the conven- tion. San Francisco has off 1 th srgest monetary inducement—a uarter of a million dollars. It was n San Fran that overnor Smith fiest put forward national candidate. With Willi Gibbs McAdoo out of the race Smith contingent will probably not fight San Francisco. nd ha ntion ns met tl ’ ion ¥ are as a m s 1y oxpenses of Aid when the © four years are expected 1o sama objection to Detroit republicans had. It is too t Windsor, Ontario, to make f th dry constituen- ibout going there. The | doubtless be very matt : prominent cands Governor offired the Cley me to on- bii- demoerats ost s—Smith Maryland, and Bteed ssour ed’s friends are ar that nomination. They w 1t he is not going to he for the senate again pushing him presidential nomination. Democratie Influence in Hous While the democrats are ponde question the in to hold their conven- busily working nembers of congress to m firmly in line during the th congress, Senator car o car that th vy are for of place 1 ion, are their keep th 1150 seventi Their solidarity has been very ef 80 far ir house of Alt there than sentatives in the senate, they managed to force throngh, with he aid of recalcitrant republicans, | three important amendments to the strength oueh they have less tax hill. Over trength one vot Senator Mexico. public the demoeratio ced nst been rec 18 o result of the death of | Andricus A. Jones of Naw As New Mexico has a re- | overnor, democrats by | n nticipating th republican succead Tones until an elec This would 17 votes in the senate and th rats only 46, with the one farmer- labor r usually leaning to the publican side The barring of Frank Smith of Nlinois and Willlam Vare of Pennsylvania left only 45 republicans and 47 demoe: With Senator | held blicans Aemo- ion can ive the rep 1 mem actual the mocrats fAiled to stand by Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Mon- tana in his fight to have the num- erous power o investigated Th 1 simply an the d majority in rgers and 1 intoea a vote the vote was taken ried committee resolution was in state 40 Many of 1} democrats commerce of to 38 more essiv o looked upon the power trust possibility good paign it by probe for a presidential cam- lost the chance to mocrats did nd the Walsh mo outstanding dem ors Caraway and Reed ot vot- but they use ause ion ocr in In fact, suel tic leader Sena 1 Robinson of Arkansas Missouri were listed as nd th all voted motion. L Ul resolution to the tern with Sena Furthermore s voted to committer we ng republican r Walsh on ti resolutic is not sidered by con democrats to be a fair te solidarity in the the suc in the house of the tax bill i ated. Th ct to stick ott ans he power loweve mor democt m esentativ 1 to be dupl rep n the 1 confident that their republicans to 19 farmer-labor mem- list, will g tuture two majority demoerats and o victory contests ion s mat them the democr Ralse ssion of congress opportunity minority party to demon dramatically what it means to in the forthcoming presi- campaign. The opportunity ularly good when the minor. ha large strength iv house of congress, as the have he senate. Thus the demoerats, through de- feating the 1lsh - motion, have 1 demonstration of intend to have Democrats Tssue n for the either democrats they " or “disturbing” planks 1528, while in the house, at x reduction, they n that they will make the appeal to the taxpayers (Copyright, 1 General Association) in their thro platform in sho sual Press A Herald classified ad reader constantly on the alert and proves it by reading them is " qu B advi v \ rison not ¥ for war work; QUESTIONS ANSWERED ion of d Was) the Her original name was married She rriott in 1874, Was Hog Island used vard by the United world war? Hog Tsland shipbuilding plant before world et was 1ot by 3 exi the Corp. ard, for the construction to build commes Clara, Morris the actress? built during the turned out about eiforts to sell the lick (not G. 8 6 0. 8 in oin 1 A m Nice fov Blue A. blug light irol from the of ( | mea i i | \ 1 of nr why nment Shipping Board. d as a navy Will an alien who ent illegally and ordered deported, this country he United Stat: No. Did Colleen in the part of picture in th and is in char in ¥ Colleen the Moo Prussian d Que blue Wha s Myra is the nd Myra is 1oble at Itev is the venue i English name and | and tarift ue is the tofal currently 370,000,000 pounds. can get an fuct or information by writing to the Question Editor, New tain Herald, Washington Bureau, New York avenue, Washington, 53,000 | D. C., enclosing two cents in stamps | r reply. Medical, legal and marital o cannot be given, nor can ex- research be undertaken. questious will 1l reply. Unsig answered. All letters —Editor. the sidered adequate off now ) |income of a government, however 1 P s City ltems { for public uses. Tariff is a duty (or| tax) assessed by law upon §00ds im-| Elks Irolic Sunday evening, Jan. ported or exported and is one form yst, 1928 at Elks club. Concert from of revenue, {9 to 10; dinner and entertainment | What is “bright stock” motor | from 10 to dancing from 12 to For reservations call 4865 advt. 3 a m. to or 2340 This is a term applied - lighly viscuous oil having a fairly| Lottic Kulas, 4 ht color and that is free from streef, had a needal> Labedded in turbidity. Many motor oils are| her left leg vesterday. It was re- made by blending bright stock with moved at New Dritain General {light oils in proportions that supply ' hospi proper viscosity or body. Martha Chapter, No. 21, O. E. §, American troops sailed | will install officers at the meeting ce for service in the [to be held Tuesday evening at 7:30 [o'clock. Supper will be served at 30 o'clock. ed 12, ol 18 Gold |world war? The first was a hospital unit| ailed May 12, 1917. The first | regular troops left June 12, 1917 part of the regular 1rll|)" | answer to any This was a known as The Rainbow Division Q. How long does it take cremate a hody ? A Cremation is completed two | hours after the body enters the fur-| nace. It takes 12 to 15 hours for the ashes to cool sufficiently to be removed. Q. What is | sach pupil who | United States? A. For 1923-24 it was $74.86 for current expenses and $20.30 for out- CHRISTMAS CANDIES AND CAKES to| sgton Bureau has a packet tor = how ANDIED FRUITS, CHOCOLATES, Holiday se as directe ready NUTS TES and HARD CANDIES “hir and rUDe Al receive a per- ned requ can- re con- Lelow m CLIP COUPON HERE sts {5 e ot s the average cost for attends &chool in the | ciim STMAS EDITOR, 1322 New York I want JANDY MAKING s, Washington Dureau, Avenue, Washington, D. ©. 223 AT HOME, postage stamps for same; real AND NO, Mor- s Q. Where is ture ublished and what is th ion rate? It is published monthly by American Nature Association, | . N. W., Washington, D. The yearly subscription is $3.00, Q. What is the average height and welght for leading men in the movic of| A. Average height is about five clal ves- | feet, ven inches and average vard was | welght is about 150 pounds. finally| Q. Wow many motor busses arc All | there in the United States? property failed for| A, Approximately 50.040. government con-| Q. How much current does it and t take 1o heat a street car by elec- tricity? A depends on the climate. Tn'thé northern states |it takes about 40 per cent of the red the |amount of power to run the who has been | car but in the south it is much less, allowed to stay| Q. What salarles are received by consents o |{he president of the United States, army? |the vice president. cabinet members s not and congressmen? A. The salary of the president ls 375,000 per r with a $25.000 al- 10 for traveling and entertain- | Iment. The vice president receives $15,000; members of the cabinet 315 and congressmen $10,000. | { Congressmen also have allowances | for mileage, clerk hire, stationery, |ete, | Q. Has the cultivation | worms ever been carried [Uni | | Magazine i STREET subserip- ITY et ISTATE I am a reader of the Dafly New Britaln Herald, Frederick He died in 1914 as ates be- 1917 the U en- In a Emergeney | war. the war Compiled by the Connecticut Products in © is owned I the severity of About Tt was never cut. L . used on and to many foreign countries. Thirf fasteners valued at $8,094,799 during 19, ticut well in front among the 43 states. United States was $18,178,574. if h army re- aliens. Moore have a Bernice Sium- “Naughty But Pennsylvania with a production of New Jersey was third. Eight ued at §1,639,038, ping, woods ractured needles, 000 uigher figure. lays the part pic 9 who received $2 $0,9 ctient pin factol Blue" and “Que 429,578 {n wages in 1925. on silk W dark in the | medium blue bluc States? Silk culture fn the U in Virginia which time it has tempted in many other form | varying results, on the ceessfully ; Silk cocoons g during the fall se Een turning out producis valded at $1,761,506: A. had its inception 2 in 16 heen states with u whole un- 3 of a pin with a in this state. meaning of the e Winsted 1rola most entircly imported since at- Carola is n Latin Carolus and difterence hered in Ja son weighed near- he- A Good Resolution For the protection of your family; For the conservation of your estate; For the execution of your wishes; For the saving of expense, delay and trouble; For your own peace of mind Make a will and name this bank as your executor and ftrustee. Don’t wait until it is too late. Consult Our Trust Department ORGANIZED 1860 Total Resources over $8,000,000.00 WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR Shell Fish Such as | jOYSTERS — CLAMS — LOBSTERS SHRIMP — CRAB MEAT and SCALLOPS. Our Crackers are Always Fresh VISIT OUR. 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CONNECTICUT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE early Every Home. alf the needles, ping, hooks and eyes and snap fast- eners made in the United States are manufactured in Connecti- These commodities go to consumers in every state in the cen plants turned out pins, needles, hooks and eyes and 5, thus placing Connec- The value for the 2,012,303 was second; w Hampshire plants turned out Several Massachusetts plants manu- hooks and eyes valued at a slightly s gave employment to 2,371 persona The cost of materials Twenty-five years previous 1.310 persons in this manufacturing business recelved wages totaling $621,134 for Pin manufacturing is centered in the Naugatuck Valley and In Colonial times, pins were costly articles, being Tt was not untll the 19th century well under way that a suitable machine for the produetion atisfactory head in one process was perfected & 1 years later a pin-sticking machine which was vital to the cxpansion of the industry was perfected. —————e————————