New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 4, 1928, Page 12

Numerous Titles Held By Former Kaiser—Toy Balloons 3 Banned in Berlin, Feb, ¢. UP—In the Alman- ach @e Gotha for 1928 the ex-Kai- | ser's present status is set forth as: “Freldrich Wilhelm II Victor Al-| Iert, former ruling German Empcror | :nd King of Prussia.” } But were Willlam II traveling | about the world he would also b | vntitled to inaeribe himself in hot-i | rogisters, ete, with anyone of the | sumerous ranking titles conferred | unlimited quantities of milk may be |3nd $15 for Andre Luguet, the most | repared for whole upen him solely as marks of honor nd not entalling any ruling powers, | such as: “Princc of Prussia, Count | of Hohenzoll>rn, Duke of Saxonia, | \Westphalia and Tngern, Grandduke of Niederrhein, Prince of Oranicn, Urince of Ruegen or Ostfriesland, I'rince Count zu Menneberg, 1lon- crary Citizen of Frankfurt on Main, ‘e osides a loag string of titles, the ex-Kaiser also holds z s umber of hosorary degrees from forcign universitites. as: the LLD of | the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. af Civil Law of Oxford University the M of the University of Pragu ote. All members of the Hohenzollerss iamily were deprived by a Prussian state 1aw of June 23, 1920, of tre | right 10 the addre Wl titles of, “Your Majesty, hoperial or TRoyal iighness” or “Highness, thorized by the law of Nov. , to carry the title of “P'rince or Princess of Prussin.” ranking Toy Halloons Bum(\l In Berlin Cabarets Toy balloons liave leen in Berlin Cabarets, dance halls, and | other places of amusements, The | veason is to be found in another “faver” distributed in these night life emporia—the “C'upid's dart.” The "Cupid's dart” is a diminutive | arrow of papier mache which s Klow through a bean blower. To- | gether with the blowing rod it is | distributed to gucsts of night life cstablishmants, and many a merry hattle is fought. The more bheautiful | the face of a flapper. the more nu- merous are the “Cupid's darts hurled at her hy admiring males. o long as the toy balloons were also a part of the fun. explosions were frequent, as the darts often pierced the balloons. On a number of occasions people were hurt, while an others a panic ensued when ner- vous habitues mistook the explosions for shots. | forbidden Treatad Milk Tested As Cure Tor Rickets A radical eure for rickets is gail to have been found in milk treated with ultravielst 1ays in an appar- tus constructed by the chemist, brr.- Schoell. Tn this apparatus Dr. Schoell way ble to subject any desirahle quan. | tity of fresh milk in a vacuum to the ultraviolet rays from a quartz- | {of 25 noy Cabarets. lamp, succeeding for the first time in keeping the taste and smell of the milk urchangel. With the bilk so prepared numer- us children with rickets at the University Hospital of Frankfurt on fain were fed and completely cured in from four to six weeks. The ad- vantage of this method of treatment is said to lic in its chrapness and in the facility with which practically | ale consumption. Circus Directdrs See Jusult To Profession Circus dircetors throughout Ger- | any up in arms over wha they regard as an insult to profession, vducation and culture las that circus performances do not con stitnte “an advanced form of art The ies in tot fall und tertainments for which luxury in view of their educational and ar- tistic valu: Lt must pay the higher luxury tax 5 cent on each admission tcre, on the other hand, assed as offering at the circus can- the category of en- ticket. Th hase been vanced ar The civeus directors claim formances which are often of a liigher order than those of the mod- theater. At a recent mass meet- ing in Dresden, they were supported their | Posed to maintain the high 1o Prussian Ministry of | ¢ ruled | ! ngle to this ruling | tax, | is only cight per cent | “ad. | that | week. au- | (heir enseibles present artistic per- | | most a life-t | The five athers average $49 a per- | formance. in this view by a number of clergy- | men, teachoers whom emphasized the ¢ cational and economic value of the cireus They also charged that many plays now offered by theaters an movies have nothing in with art. Soldiers Called Out To Fight Wild Boar Detachments of the German army stationed in Thuringia were recentl, called into action against an unusnal cnemy. They were sent into the neighbortiood of Lichsfeld, Thuringian forest, not to put down | an insurrection, but to eradicatz | hundreds of wild boar. On the whole the uncomton otcurrence in German forests. Once he gets a chance to gain a foothold, however, he multi- plies rapidly. Breods of 24 known Near F. sfeld, where the Thurin commion | 1 professors, all of | Itural, edu- | in the | wild boar is an | | horse one In blind obedience, | though it are | zian forest is skirted by mountains | along its northwest houndary, the wild boar became a veritable plague. Efforts of the farmera to rid them. «elves of it proved unavalling. They | appealed to the district commander of the Reichswehr, or federal army who fo the joy of fhe troops. per mifted them to break the monotony of their miliacy life by going on a | hunt for wild hear. The casualties were all on the side of the enemy. —|LONDON |— King of England Sleeps On Newly Laundered Sheets and Pillow: Slips Every Night. London, England, Feb. 4. (A King George and Queen Mary sleep on newly laundered sheets and pil- low slips every night. Prior to th: war fresh tablecloths and napkins vere brought out for each mval in the royal housenhold, but since 1914, #s & measiire of cconomy, but one tablecloth a day is allowed, except- ing speeial occasions The linen at Buckingham Pa is valued at £%,000. The articles in charge of two maids, and piece is numbered for the conveni vnce of keeping tab on it. The laun- | Jryman calls at Buckingham Palace every other day. One of the most valuable pieces is a tablecloth made for the corona- tion dinner of Queen Anne. The esti- mate has been made that it would Lring £500 or £600 if offered ‘on the market, The Palace's largest picce of linen is that which served as a tableclotit 1t Queen Victoria’s wedding break- fast when there were 170 guests hippendalc’s Workshop Opened As Night Club Wigures and customs of a Lygons f.ondon camie back to life for a night it the opening of “The Kinde Drag- on,” the West End's newest night club, which is nestled fn the base- ment workshon of old Thomas ¢ ved his way to fat Aiture market, atmosphere aplenty. Attendants wearing tall grey beaver liats, long plum colored. hefrilled coats, received the bobbed haired women and oth°r guests as they Jighted from automebiles. Lighting ay with o1 world linkman's lanterns, the attendants cseorted the uests through a gloomy alleyway— Garrick Yard—jrst off §t. Martin Lane, and showed them to the iron stairway leading the club rooms. The stairway is the most 1odern affair of “The Kinde Drag- 1t replaced ancient wooden worn maarly in two by time the patter of feet genera- n Ly special re. ed pew- walls. 1 Gwynne ning's en- in- wias o) the tions, an order of the fir Metlowed beams ter and old print of e pudding, harens of The wight b | apples be tightened up a bit and neither uncooked nor cooked tripe could be bought from a. retailer after 8 p. m. The regulations apply to tobacca, cliocolates, various prepared food: 2nd numerous other articles, and the government plans fo rearrange the restrictions for the benefit of {he publie. There are many difficult obstacles 1o he overcome, the committee out- noint. calling attention to the fact that under the existing laws fruit ellers may #oll apricots but not ap- ples, up until :30 p. m. mittee’s way of abolishing this would be to forhid the sale of both and apricots after 7 or § P om. The com- | Although a strong section of trad- | cts including theater and cinema MANAgers are up in arms against the committee’s recommendations, tradesmen and shop Iy welcome them as they would Le in the cvening. Says Fear Of War Reduces Birth Rate Fears of war are the Buropsan birth rate, Rishop of Birmingham, Dr. Darnes, in a Cathedral sermon here “1 aftribute the fall in hirths as Bltie Taresy i 5 Wk abs Ao ot war, parents not caring fo rear ehildren to e smashed in the prime of life by ligh caplosives of vario Kinds.” said the Rishop. “Increasing indignation, he od. ed by the large families of the unfit, a burden to the enfire eomniunity. Natlonal ceonomy, the Rishep believed, could only e obtainsd by reducing the money spent on {he fighting ser- keeping down assert- was cai which werr raval negotia- with t United States, the most regrattable incident of last vear' rnational policy. had actu- ally comed in some quar- «d heard from several The breakdown ot tions n abbit Now Called To le Coats clopment of rabbits with fur i acked perfection. it Minehead ot the it show. They called and vere shown pulb- r the first time, Dirak®. secrctary Sable Rabbit ehub developing the hreed £ the juc it the nd said that it rte to distinguish the ed in are ot Al whil act 15 on ox- o s hition was in <ilile Alile rabiit en the wi alieh 1 juged, he i o foF oxn from 1 ~ Lairs q the dy vacth o Jefie or lion ca=t a hallat ssistants gen- | able to leave their work carlier | | fectionately upon the said the | | Warm Wine Cheers 1 policeinen | Dear Mary lcall as T promised Paris, Feb. 4. (®—Cecile Sorel, | world famous stap of the Comedic | LFrancaise gets $51.70 a week. True, she played only thirty times last year, so she drew $59.60 a perform- ce. From thuss figures the salaries of | actors and actvesscs, nationally inown, scale down to $13 a weck for | women who play importunt parts | poorly paid of the men who have \ | big roles. Such is the pay for sixty-six titular | members of the noted company of | this government subsidized theater founded by Molicre which is sup- | classic | standards and of the | rench play. The higher the pay the less often | layers act and in their idle tim~ | are allowed fo appear in traditions the th provinces and at private ances to round out their pocket- ooks. Sorel, 1in particular, has | made a fortune by playing abroad ! and brought back a round sum from | iner American tour. Members average two perform- | lances a week, the hard-working | ones appearing nearly cvery night | while a number play only once al the | perform- | Sorcl and five others get about | the same salary, reached after al- 1c of successful work. | Old Sign Still Marks “Extra Horse” Station | Days when extra horses were sta- tioned at the foot of a hill te help cams to the top, are recalled by a ong forgotten sign that seme ol |serving person discovered recently | in the center of town. | It is a sign erected by the Society for the Protaction of Animals at the ower end of the run Notre-Dame- | e-Lorette, running up into Mont- | martre, -designating the spot as the station of the relay teams. The sign is a modern, cast alum- {inum plate, evidently replacing the original one. Tt is surmised that | some routine-nound official, order- cd to replace all signs, included the | al- | has been a generation since such a relay horse-station has been there, Chilly Paris Cops | Warm wine is served free to the | of Paris at their station houses whenever there is a cold | wave. This is one reason why the new prefect of police, Jran Chiappe, is popular wit1 the bluecoats as well as the public. The free wine to | make the lot of the cop a more happy one was s idea According to his orders, any pa- | trolman pounding the pavements | during the night. may. if he feeis | cold, drop inta the station house for | | no boxing have | daity. | ma | medical examinations of trainmen. World Famous Actress Draws Down Princely Salary of $51.70 Per Week. a drink. The police of Paris are for- bidden to drink at cafes and bars when in uniform. Ear Horns Detected By Camera Sounds are being photographed to determing what kind of automo- bile horns arc to be tolerated here- after, Every horn made is being tested in the laboratory of the Arts and Crafts government school and they are to be classifipd into agreeable, tolerable and intolerable. Later & commission will decide exactly the range of vibrations that ahall be al- lowed. Sound waves are tranaformed into light vibrations and there are pho. graphed so there is a definite rec- ord of the noises and the limits can Le determined with mathematical accuracy. Once the commission spe- [ cifics just what it considers proper, | manufacturers will be given the data and any arguments on the sub- icct of what horns should be licens. ed will be decided by laboratory tests, Hungry Turn To “Heavies” Six years of French cooking and turned Ponthieu, former featherwelght champion of iurope, into a heavywelght. In fighting trim, just after the war, he weighed 123 pounds. Today .he acales touch 208 when he steps on them One of his old fratherweight riv- als, who retired from the ring about the same tim:, Bluzy, has had the same experlence, Ho used to weigh 127 when he entered the ring. He zoes into the dining reom nowadays with 225 pounds resting in his shoes. Roth men insist they caercise Find Engine Crews With Mental Nis Railroads of France are trying to travel safer by thorough Accidents on onc system: have been greatly reduced and those vhnrgv-‘hhx to the physigal condi- tion of engine crews have been elim. inated entirely. A combined lahoratory and hospi- fal is heing huilt at Lyons by the . raid for development of these examinations, so marked have hoen the results, 1t was found that many men had maladics that impair sight and hear ing and eventually affect the brain and these are heing tragsterred to departinents where they can cause no harm. The nlan wax adopted as the re- | emit of 2 snggestion by the Prophy- laetic Tnstitute whose medical chiefs | reported to the Minister of Public Works, charg>] with supervision of raliroads, that three locomotive engineers, taking freatment there, suffered from mental trouble. SECOND HAND GAR INTERESTS ANDY Its Faults Are Virtues, to Hear| Ann: Too bad you was disappointed last saturday afternoon when I fails to ' and spoiled & | good movic datv on account of me being so intercsted in a second-hand flivver that 1 forgot all about you.| Of course I think more of von than | I does of a second-hand car but T| had a chance to listen to a fella try- ing to sell me a 1923 tonring flivver | and it was 100 good to pass up. Tl tell you about it so's you'll under- sta My friend Noah Count, calls me up and invites me over as he's got | a swell looking boat for sale that | might interest me, which could be ought for almost nothing and still | e worth the price. Noah had a breezy line of patter and it's hard | iclling whether he's a salesman or a comedian or something. “This hoat.”” explains Noah, patting it af- | hood, ay | have a body like a bathtub chassis like a rocking-horse uses less gasoline than a bicyele, cers better than a baby carriage, and is very sociable and docs more | knocking than the dames at the | i Sewing Circle. Tt you get abso- lutely free of charse heavily padded ear-muffs won't mind the rackit. The engine is a little run-down. pucumonia or something, 1t coughs a little and chekes a lot, but that because its tonsils slipped down into the gas tavk and got tangled up with the carburetor. The cugine reminds me of a tramp's overcont. Tt keeps moving but it's always on the bum. “It alse reminds me o store that's been visited by a hurglar. Tt looks alright but they's always something missing. 1 don’t know its actual horsepowcr but although it has four plugs it scldom stalls. | The spark-plugs are placed together as close as lovers and sometimes they ac foolisii. On each | plug neatly printed sign which reads “Do Your Sparking Its got a good self irter, ding you have the patience and <th, and © hurry. Most car hard time ; lat's the st about this c The hardest part is to keep it going after it ha started. Notice how ti comfortably on the « teal live lines to 1l casn't pnt “ those fenders? all the “Broom” cversthing off the il bt it hody. on by inde il road. Look at those running-board=. They're ay they stop running when the est of the car does. They are alse 41ded up. tomatic collapsible and can he en vou Tt tthe he " pecially w And lnol Tath fhey're frine are Lright head the hts enough for Owner Tell It | | that's why so many men like to skid, | merely dullest. drivers, This flivver has two-wheel brakes. ©One of them is already broken so youw'll only hafta worry aheut wearing out the other ne. “Yeh" T interrupts, with a grin, “and if that fails to work you can always stop the bus by running outa gas'. “This boat has a full | grown appetite,” continues Noah, without giving my wisecrack a tumble, “vet it's ecasy on gas. 1 don't like to hoast, but this flivver ids 0 much that you don't use dly any gasoline. | ery skid is a close shave. And %0's they can get a close shave with- out going into a barber shop. Notice the one-man top. tailor made, | without buttons or belt Ome man, with the help of 3 or 4 can easily put up this top. And one man ean take it down, with an axc. An- other good way to remove the top is | to drive under a low bridge. In| case of slorm you won't need to put np an umbrella. (It wouldn't do | any good, because by the time yvon got it up vou'd bhe soaking wet any- ways.) The top doesn’t leak except when it's raining and repairing it is | a matter of overhead ex- | nse. “Instead of a spredometer they's an alarm clock of special make. Fvery time you hit something the bell rings. 1f your air is good it'll ring o much you'll think it's the telephone. Anether feature is the radio on the rear seat. The radie very handy for the single fella, As he's riding along can hear and gossip of the day. e married man wol need the radio, especially if his wife is with him. “As regular equipment you get four tow-ropes. and you'll surc need The tow-ropes will also come | in handy when zoing over bumps, to, sorta, Tiold the passengers down and |10 keep the flivver from falling | Well Mary, although the wrehage price was. as Nogh put it ¢ twelve doliars, five down, a the next time I see you and the balance when T catehes up to you." T deci not o buy the joy wagon as they's no telling what would happen to it on an open| tead, not te mention, | Yours most respectful. ANDY DALE. ‘e Original W rlght Plane Is Shipped to London Dayton. O., Feh. 4 (—The origi- nal Wright biplane, in which the first essful flight was made at Kifty Hawk, N in 1903, has ween shipped to British Nation- al museum at London, where it will | be placed on exhibition for an in- definite period. | The plane left Orville Wright laboratory here seeretly Wednesday. | it became known yesterday fo England. Details hipment not made Wright, whe refused to matter, other than shipment of the plane The eratt will remain Tand for at least a yesr. tract for its hen ronte its we known diseuss 1o confirne Iy the m Eng the con- Z in the museum I3 0 that ¢ abroad for =i ernzmally e warld remain written v years READ WLRALD (L.\wsli LED AD! drowning of eight men aboard two |onaville and Capt. barges which broke from the tug|Aransas. Names of Balrock off Barnegat Light and sank | victims have not firmed by the Balrock y (LINDY” IS O e @ ¢ Three—Mmute Summary of the Remarkable Caree Of the Most Famous @ —— O e llt A. Lindbergh born at Detroit, 1@ 5% 1912—Saw an airplanc for the first time, near Washingloa., June, 1918—Graduated from Little Falls, Minn., High School. Seplemiber, 1920—Matriculated at the University of Wiscohsin 1922 February—Left the University to enroll in flying school at Lincoln, Neb. O\ pril $—Took his first airplane ride. May 25—Ready to “solo” but unable to furnish necessary bond to insure against damaging plane. June—Made his first “double ute” while on -a “barnstorming trip” in Nebraska with another aviator. 1923 April—Bought his first plane —a Government “jenny” — at Americus, Ga., for $500. In it be took his first “solo” flight the next day and a week later started a cross- country flight to Minnesota. At Meridian, Miss., he took his first passenger up for $5. 94 March 19—Enlisted as a Flying Cadet at Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas. May 30—Scattered his father's ashes over the family’s Minne- sola farm. - Trans- ferred to Kelly Flgd. San An. 1910—Entered the Force School, Wash- ington, D. C., while his father was a Minne- (hmn. E 3 2 soEF g F i§ 7] 1 5 g i g i Boy Friends Kiss You? “I'll let you in on a little secret Jack Stuart: Jill's boy friends don’t kiss her!” Tow many gir Starts Feb. 8 iss their boy friends? Is kissing necessary to hold them? popular if she doesn’t pet? Jill had her own ideas on the subject. “Jack and Jill” * Bridgeport, Conn., Feb, ¢ (UP)— Sued for divorce by his wite, Viola Kane of New York, Patrick Kane, Danbury salesman, appeared as a witness against himself perior court here yésterday. Kane admitted he had been sentenced for Mrs. > 26 TODAY} Yt o Youth m Feb. 28—Went 1o San Diego, Cal., to order “The Spirit of St Louis.” May 10—Took off from'San Diego for St. Louis at 3:55 p. m. on the first leg of “the greatest flight in history.” May 11—Arrived at Lambert Field, St. Louis, at 8:20'a. m.—14 h:un and 25 minutes after leaving San Diego. May 12—Left at 8:13 a. m. for New York. Arrived, Curliss Field, L. 1, at 5:33 p. m. MAY 20—TOOK OFF FOR PARIS FROM ROO! AT7:52A. M. MAY 21—AT 10P M. (5P M. NEW YORK TIME) CAUGHT HIS FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE LIGHTS OF PARIS. LANDED LE BOURGET FIELD 10:24 P. M. May 27-—-Visited Brussels, Belgium. May 31—Received by King George and Queen Mary of England. June 11—Arrived in Washington amid wild welcome. June 12—Made a Colonel and given Distinguished Flying Cross by President Coolidge. June 13—New York welcomed him in unparallcled fashion. June lhkttfl\ ed the $25,000 Raymond Orteig prize for his ight. June 17—Hopped off for St. Louis to bring its “Spirit” home. June 18—Lindbergh air mail stamps issued. July 20—Left Mitchel Field, L. 1, to begin the Guggenheim tour of 75 U. 8. cities in the interests of aviation. Nov. 13—Had the honorary degree of Master ur Science of Aeronautics bestowed upon him by St. Joseph’s College, Philadelphia—his first honorary degree. Nov. 14—Presented by President Coolidge with the Hubbard Gold Medal of the National Geographic Society—the eighth to receive the award in more than 40 years. Dec. 10—The National House of Representatives passed by acclamation a resolution to award lqm the Congressional Medal of Honor. Dec. 13—Left Bolling Field, Washington, for Mexico City. Dec. 14—Arrived at Valbuena Airdrome, Mexico City, at 2:9p.m Dec. 22—His mother arrives to spend Christmas with him after an airplane trip from Detroit. Dec. 28—*The Ambassador: of Good Will” leaves Mexico City to visit Guatemala, British Honduras, Honduras, Salva- dor, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Vene- zuela, Virgin Islands, Santo Domingo, Haiti, Porto Rico and Cuba. VELT FIELD Is a girl un- Read what happens in Thrilling Love Story By Clifford Webb in The Herald '§