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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1927. 11 SLOT MACHINES ON POSTS IN SUBWAY Chewing Gum Sales Large Gleanings From New York Broadway at theater-time long lines of taxis and private cars move a foot and stop, as anxious stage. "There," a husband told his wife, "I told you rubbers would not keep one from taking cold." While certain presentable ypung men, possessed of dinner clothes, succeeded in "crashing the gates" at parties, an unknown maiden sticks outat even largest affairs like a sore thumb. The men can get away with it because the cutting-in system at dances makes it difficult for the hostess to know all of the numerous extras each girl is likely to "drag." TOKYO'S MAYOR IS EMRTJATTLER Is Heavyweight and Renowned 1 Swordsman fencers in Japan, despite his 233 pounds of weight, Nishikubo, who was elected to succeed Mayor Izawa when the lat ter resigned because of ill health, is called by the Japanese the "Mus solini of Japan," as he is said to be, temperamentally, much like the Italian duce. For years Nishikubo, who is 63 quarters and to Insist on all police men practicing with the sword. He acted as head instructor. Mayor Nishikubo. besides being a big man both politically and physi cally he is a member of the house of peers is fond of take, the Jap anese national drink. At a recent dinner he is said to have performed the feat of consuming a gallon of the Japanese rice wine and going home under his own power. for two sessions leader of the house, will be appointed clerk of the judi ciary committee of the general as sembly by that committee next week, it was learned here today. The po sition carries a salary of $2,500 for the session. William M. Harney of Hartford, is expected to be named clerk of en grossed bills at $2,500 for the year, and Milton G. Isbel of Ansonia, for mer clerk of the judiciary committee and Frederick A. Scott of Plymouth, former speaker of the house, are rivals for the post of clerk of bills which carries a remuneration of $4,500 for the session. Hoffman Bros. STRAND 4 DAYS STARTING SUNDAY Corinne Griffith faces peer out the windows at con venient clocks. The last few blocks are traversed in a quarter-hour only with luck. The popular rem edy is to dismiss the taxi and walk. Newspaper offices here, as in most other towns, have their cats. Some, like Blackie and Whitie: years old, has been a master of the sword. When Marquis Okuma came into power 11 years ago, he ap pointed Nishikubo as chief of the metropolitan police board. The first thing the new chief did was to build a great exercise hall at police head the New York Times have become nationally known. Newspaperdom as a whole now has a torn, who has The Lady ln Ermine TWO CLERKSHIPS STATED Hartford, Jan. 7. John Hamilton King of Windham, son of William A. King, former attorney general and By the Associated Press. There's a chewing gum slot ma chine on about every other post in the subway stations, and posts in subway stations are about as nu merous as trees in a forest That the machines are profitable is evi denced on the bespattered flooring of the platforms. Tokyo, Jan. 7 VP) Tokyo's new mayor, Hiromlchl Nishikubo, is one of the most renowned swordsmen- camped near the old Tribune build MONDAY Rajah Rabold and Vaudeville READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR YOUR WANTS ing on Park Row. For weeks h has kept a solitary vigil before mysterious hole, as the city has walked around him. He is a black cat, and the first rodent that emerges from that hole will see how unlucky black cats are. Singing taxi drivers may be heard all over New York, and pe culiarly perhaps, it's when business is dull. A song helps pass the time and icill the monotonous noise ot an idling engine. The fashionable and so-called ex clusive clubs in Manhattan main tain dignified seclusion behind un marked portals. The proximity of some clubs and the absence of dis tinguishing signs, however, occa sionally confuse the members. It is said that actors headed for the Lambs club frequently wander into a fraternity building next door by mistake. Philologists, and mothers who wish their offsprings would use the more euphonious word "stom ach," should know that from east to west the kids are much alike. A caption writer on a paper, trying to recall the juvenile word for the lying-down position in coasting, discovered the following differences around the copy desk: belly-buster, belly-gangin', and even belly-guts, terms used in New York; belly .bumpers, Minnesota; belly-bumps, Utah; and belly-bumbose, Boston. The composing room knew another, for in the paper it appeared belly-whoppers. One of the many sources of dan "it to tiie city dweller lies buried in the pavement under him. Great o i hat carry heat at high pressure to the skyscrapers, occa- u .j spjjng a leak. "When th pavement begins to dance, look out!" The dinner jacket has succeeded formal attire among men at the debutante parties. Less than fifteen years ago two smart beaux were asked to leave a party because they wore tuxedos. Today a Itvhite tie in the stag line is as rare as a deb without a cigarette case. At a recent ambassadorial dinner goblets of dark red Burgundy and golden Sauterne stood beside the plates of the ambassador and two of his guests. On the ambassador' left sat .Emory Buckner, United States Attorney. Beside his plate stood a goblet filled with water and tinkling ice. Toasts were drunk, Mr. Buckner touching his glass to that of the ambassador. The last seven ' blocks are the worst whan traveling theaterward in a taxi. In the neighborhood of At a production of Verdi's "Aida' at the Metropolitan Opera House on a rainy afternoon, the conquering Khadames-Tvas brought on the stage in a chariot drawn by two white horses. The horses wore rubber cas ings over their hoof3. During the choral work that followed one of the horses began sneezing. His snorts became so loud that he was led off Hartford Skate For Health This Winter! i Sale of Spalding and Donaldson Skates At The Sport Goods Shop STRONG, handsome, beautifully finished skates that carry with them the guarantee of these famous names Spalding and Donaldson, 'And all are sharply reduced for this January sale. Spalding Skates Women's Clamp Skates, regularly $3.50, nw ......j .,...$2.75 Men's Clamp Skates, regularly ?2.50, now .$1.98 Combination Model, regularly $3.50, now $2.75 Carnival Model, regularly $5.00, now ..$3.98 Women's Hockey Skates and Shoes, regularly $5.98 $7.50, now ......... Men's Hockey Skates and Shoes, regularly $7.00, now $5.98 Women's "Blue Streak" Skates and Shoes, regularly $8.50, now S6.75 Men's Racing "Blue Streak" Skates and Shoes, regularly $11.00, now ....$8.75 Men's "Blue Streak" Skates and Shoes, reg ularly $8.00, now $6.50 Donaldson Skates Women's Hockey Skates and Shoes, regu larly $3.95, now... $6.98 men s rvacuig OKaies and Shoes, regularly jsRBs S9.00. now Sfi.flS ft J Men's Hockey Skates Buddy Snow and Shoes, regularly Skates, regularly $8.50, now $6.75 $1.49, now ...98c. The famous Spalding Coat Sweaters, regu larly $8.50, now ...$6.98 '7 in rrnni PftQHT-gHASMMG KANE5 GIFT to YOU Dirrtr ccTrtr SILVER PLATE mm Still another extra dividend, 59-pc. Set of SILVER PLATE included with every purchaso of $100 or over! Fine quality plate, in a smart pattern. Or choose any other mer chandise of equal value instead 1 AN INSTANT SUCCESS! Only One Week Old and Our Profit-SfcarLns: Sale Is Crow din? Our Staro With TftA...M.t - Buyers! Values Extraordinary! just Come and See! MM ; MATTHl ESS No Mail Orders Full Size Full Weight Did you ever see such sen sational value! Full size, full weight mattress, of closely packed WOOL XAPPF.R made to our exacting specifi cations, in a sanitary factory 1 In Qua With All These Extras A wt- nun All These J m MOHAIR - 16-Pc. Living Room An mtiior.'tiiiif v tn hm- i;. ' . . . -you can't afford to wait CW and see It M)W! ivI'J Jm m T ,,!,2';i;li,y.?1nJ hem,t'' Vall,e scn.io.m PIECES.! " 806 " 'smv! He will bold it FltEE until you want delivery ALL 16 AND 59 PIECES OF SILVER PLATE INCLUDED! Bridge, Lamp Shade-Mantel Clock Smoker Console Mirror-Ed Tibl. - Picture - I.aveoport Table Fernery Sra,l .. - u. cnus tame 2 Rook Fnds Table Lamp. Profit Sharing Smashes Price to r i n i I j " 14-Pc. Dining Room Wap(r I PROFIT-SHARING Sale time is a good time to yytf iiijj Tl 1, choose a dining room! See this wonderful trtl WHsaS) a V KI.IZABF.TIIA.N outfit! It's offered at trcn.en- 3 dons savings. Yon re- , 1c2S2m4 1 wive a stately Buffet, I roflt-Sharlnjc p-ailiT-IO' I tal1 Cabinet, Ex- Reduces to 3?S2jSr?t I tension Table, 5 Side - SJiSOI n'ch S 1 1 Q . ... 1SSS9!5 Cliinavuire, :!-plcce 1 JL A Carving Set and Buffet Mirror. $10 DOW.V S2 WEEK $135 StO Down $2 Weekly Like the U. S. Steel Co. and other big corporations, we have declared an Extra Divi dend on our entire stock of fine furniture! We feel grateful for Hie large business given us In 1926. This Profit-Sharing Sale Is our way of sharing onr success with our customers! Here are the most pronounced values in years! And yon can take advantage of them with just a little cash we've made special easy terms! Come and get your share of thesa excep tional offerings! Porcelain Top Tables Staunch, well constructed through out ! 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Decorated Bedroom A fashionable new liedrooru ieatunng n sman im 1 u ROBE, lill-length VAX1TT, massive DRESSER and Bun End I!ED! .Made with real WALXLT veneer and gum wood surfaces, wilh a stun ning decorative effect! lias the Ul'Gl'EXOT UKiH- UGllT finish, t'omes with 1 COIUI i.itiu miisn. i times wuu II carefully chosen extras that make the i VUIII'I III llltT l.l.-l ttt'l.lH. .1U miu.l lllrt you'll be proud to see yourself and have others see at a price that is simply miraculous! Come I Ml I ?l ll With 59 Pieces of Silver Plate And All These Extras 4-Pc. Toilet Set fane Bench Bed Light Hudoir Lamps Spring Mattress 1 ull Blanket 2 P!"Mircs Hug. ALL. 1jrri4 A clrn-lcaf tabic "itli 5 WintUor-stylo chairs oleTep llnral decorations. A pretty suite ideal for tlic mMlrn kitchen wliile they last, only GUARANTEED LOWEST PRICES CASH OR CREDIT l-'.asy Terms New! Ask to See "KANE'S FARMINGTON 3-Room Outfit $295 Int'ludins 16-PIece Jacquard Living Room 18 lieee licdrooin complete with lings. 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