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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
TO-DAY'S SELECTED POEM
UPON A MORN IN MAY

(Rep- -rnted From the Christian Science Monitor) And so passed year by year and day by day. Until 1t fell. upon q morn in May,
 That Finely. that farer to see, ,. Than on his green stalk IS the bright lily, And fresh May with blossoms born anew (For with the roses color strove her hue: E I know not which was fairer of the two)
 Ere itswas day, as she was wont to do, She was arisen, and garbed to greet the light. For May will have sluggardry by night; The season stirreth every noble heart,
 Making the sleeper from his sleep to start. s And said. Arise, and Niine observance dot'' This brought to Finely remembrance, too, t That she should rise ane honor do to May. Now to describe her4-trAsh was her. array; Her yellow hair was braieed in tress
 Behind her back.sa yard loSS. l should guess. And in the garden The sun uprose,
 she wandered up and down. and there she chose Gathering now Of white and now of red, Flowers to make garland for her head, s And like an angel sAnB a heavenly song. ~ v
 -Chaucer; In +The Canterbury Tale4'' Translat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
WORK FOR A. DAyENroRr.'
tHartford Tinaes)

The connecticut legislature shows the signs : restiveness which. are always to, be observed about this time of the year.. The members are anxious to finish their work and go home, the leaders to establish a record for brevity Of session. which gets to be a good deal of a fetish with most of f1them. .:5sijA,- & <. Tn, order that Governor Cross may have mo opportunity to undo any part of, what the legislature does, 1t is propQsed to have a recess dur ing which he may consider bills. enacted, the syotOes to. be ;oVerridden For sustained, prob b1ysst the former, after; the legislature sreconvenes.
 Thesrecesd plan has more to com- mend it than the s. spirit which prompts It's suggestion in this par ticu}Grs instance. However, 1t is timely to suggest that the, .legisla- ture would do we'll to worry less about what the governor may do if given an opportunity and attend more to. it's own affafls. ',
 Among other things which the body apparently, intends to leave un- 0QUG IGVISlDu, OL IfS4 S6ndlOTldl district lines. As < the. situation stands, there are gross inequalities. The city of Stamford and the town of Greenwich with a combined pop ulation of 90,000 or more are tied together with one senatorial district, while the whole of Holland county with "a, population of; 20 poo or less constitutes mother. Hartford, the largests city in. the state, has only three senatorial districts, one less than the second city of the state, New Haven and only the same number as Bridgeport which ranks third in population. l' 3fi
 The approach of the end of the session finds the legislature appar- entlyt In no mood to sdoIanythtng to remedy this situation. That means 1t win have to endure for ten years longer, since the constitution per- mits such redistricting only in the session Immediately following 8 de- cennial census. If that happens the inequalities which are ,so marked will become the more pronounced. In the midst e%of all the furry over adjournment and checkmating the governor, 1t would be an excellent thing if some member should arise in his place and repeat some of the words which the poet Whittier put In the mouth of his hero in connec- ton: with the famous dark day of s1780.s The Nspirit ;of Abraham Davenport Is. frequently need under ths glided dome on Capitol Hill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
.C)UoTATloES Q
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The great thing about time is that 1t goes on.
 --Profcssor A. s. Eddington SF FAst tss ss. sse M %yS & ] If you would like to be satisfied with your lot in life. build a ser vice stationaon 1t. M .1.. :, Mrs w. R.. Potter, past president of the Texas Federation of Wo- 2 men's clubs. < Ss 4 llr . Ss
 7 Dates are for wars. not for women. ssl -George Jean Nathan. : 84s a,'s's$ ssss Asy % sst
 At the University of Illinois there 10 drinking among students. There has been and always will be drink- ina among students. < ss X 4 <
 Dean Thomas aAtkle Clark. t afs af asss q ,e s er rs . VI s I have no osfrisnds. <only millions of { 9 < ISasl ' ssssaas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14

fare connecting the city proper with Wzttr- vile should also get state attention, The state has been forced to devote considerable time and money to keeping certain seetions of the Chase Park boulevard extension in good shape in the, last year and half. Where the road runs through Tamaraek swamp it was never laid to concrete. The macadam sur- face has been given several top dressings this spring but successive rains and heavy traffic soon make the bumps reappear We feel that Thomaston avenue deserves as much attention as this. It wouldn't require 1t. if the state would only include it in its system of trunk lines and take over its maintenance as 1t form erly did. N
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14

showed him that no one had thought of this. rIH
 So he started necktie hospital. He studied the cost of cleaning and overhauling and then went into business. Soon he had quite list of customers who gave him their idle ties. He fixed them over at so much per dozen. And, if the men were about to throw the ties away, he bought them up for little or nothing, fixed them up and sold them to peddlers who operate in the side streets and poor sec- |tions.
 To-day he has several automobiles going. about the city picking up tens of thousands of ties a day.
 Yes. it's as simple as that, too! But practical.
 woman. who wondered what New and children when they went shop ping or attended a bridge party. She found that all of them had to hire nursemaids and pay a neat sum for 1t. So she organized bureau of maids who are Ion call" A regular routine of calls has been mapped out. Some of the "traveiing maids go from home to home. like the milkman or the iceman. <
 The "baby carriage garage" business has been a good one here for many a year.
 And there's the, Hostess bureau's where a lonesome gent can hire a theater or dinner partner for the evening. But no rough stuff goes. You can hire your fourth, at bridge: can engage dancing partners, for that party which lacks a few nice girls or can retain a glib converse tionalist to keep the party alive.''
 understand this idea was trans planted from London. z. N So you see. there're all sorts of ways of making a living in New York If you're smart--and, of course, practical about it.
 ~ GILBERT SWAN. .(Copyright, 1881. NIsA Service. Incl,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
A JUDGE AT 30.
(New Britain HeraId. ]

'
 There was a vacancy on the
 Massachusetts superior court bench. There was a press of aspirants. Rival
 politicians hustled. { Governor Ely surprised everybody. and ,gratified
 most people by selecting Professor
 John J. Burns of the Harvard Law school He wasn't 30 till, a day or two after his appointment; the |youngest man ever appointed to that bench. His father Is Boston motor man from County Kerry. His mother comes from Killarney. Son Of poor Immigrants, 1t was hard work for him to get an education. He was bound to get good one. At Boston college he was strong in philosophy land history. At the Harvard Law school his intellectual qualities and his ardor for knowledge attracted the particular notice of Dean Pound. At 25 he became a member of an eminent Boston law firm. At 27 he
 was assistant professor at the Har- ward Law school. Last month he was made a full professor. He is especially concerned with the admin istration of criminal justice and has been making a survey of it with the laid of his Cambridge colleagues, It would be hard to Ind a quicker mad
 more brilliant progress. The rise of Ambitious talent, conquering iron fortune, Is common enough. What Us uncommon about Professor Burns is that, he deliberately threw away Ia career sure to bring him dazzling financial rewards. He preferred his chosen Sscience to money. The golden Representatives. were still before him. He elects a modest place in court.
 This young man vlaues knowledge and justice and honor above riches. Many, capable lawyers feel that they "can't afford,'sto be judges. It Is . satfsfaction to see a man of dis |tinguished gift who can afford it, though he have no excess of private means. It is another satisfaction to |see judicial ofiice bestowed without |politicai or personal favor, without or .'puil. 4 solely on the |pieffts. What chance would JudEe Burns have isf a state where j,tds s1< |afe lnostly ponainated V polit|oaI Inn ciiI0&&f ( {. \. < x < < <. 2. # #I 2 .t 4 !. .I. |
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14

Whenever typical American food is dis cussed the argument always ends by somebody saving the day with mere mention of good old-fashioned apple pie. It can't be dupli- eated in any country. It can't be- equalled by the tarts or other forms of pastry that English. French. and German chefs present under the guise of apple pie. It's really an institution in itself. It's the elimination of American housewives culinary art. A real apple pie. of course. is double erusted. "A tart apple is used for the filling. The fruit is nicely quartered and not mashed, The result is masterpiece fit to set before any devotee of Epieurus. Long life to the King. Apple Piel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14

Further concessions by the Metropolitan District commission to residents of Litchheld county in the area that will be converted into an immense reservoir to furnish Hartford and cnvirons with their future water supply virtu- ally assure passage of the measure that is now being considered by the legislative committee on cities and boroughs. The latest of the many substitute bills that have been brought forward provides merely for the development of reservoir on the East Branch of the Pennington river and eliminates the West Branch project entirely As we reeolleet the West Branch reservoir was to assure riparian owners below the East Branch dam of a sufficient flow of water at all times. Then. of course, there was the electric power plant. That had to be shelved. for there was no earthly reason why water supply develop ment should also include plans for utilizing this water for electric power manufacture and sale. Also the West Branch reservoir was to enhance the beauty of the present American Legion and Peoples State Forests which arg on opposite banks of the West Branch. May be MT Manchester of Winsted and his col- leagues will agree to the latest compromise plan issuing from Hartford. but we are doubtful.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
WHY. GEORGE, THAT'S NOT VERY NICE

ny NEIkA SCEEICE 47N7 77T .7 -9I !
 New York"Y You have the most beautiful girls in the world. but their brains are sawdust." So thinks George Schreibcr. famous young German artist who is in the United States doing q series of sketches. S satisied to merely gaze at them, They can't talk and they seem so stupid. You have happy phrase, over here, I think. If iss sBeautifaI, but dumb z. x
 lover here. too. have noticed; that all one needs to learn of the English language, 10 the laconic q, ! ISs sEyerybody says 1t, And the New York girls Just absinths
 without q thrill . .b :. autQipobilef VI ith 2olis- R6yo6 h0dies 4li0 f|IxveIs .znlnds. .l.l. Y. \
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14

Mir Woodcock's time and his scholastic com mission to study the prohibition issue. Better repeal the 18th amendment. the Vclstead law. state enforcement acts etc and start affcsh to secure temperance. That's the only solution ssg
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14

The state highway department can offer no good excuse for not including Thomaston avenue from West Main street to Watervlle in the trunk line system. Certainly if the Middebury road within the city limits is state maintained the equally busy thorough
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
Humanity In Industry

This business depression in one respect, at least. differs markedly from all previous de- presssions. As Colonel Arthur Woods. chair man of the Presidents emergency committee on unemployment, remarked recently: It used to be that in such a situation company ;. would discharge all the men it could. without any thought of their, welfare, would lower the wages of those who remained, as far as it dared, would postpone repair and main- tenance work. Only then could it go to its bankers with the confidence of having credit heightened.
 He might have added that only then. too, could it have satisfied its large stockholders It was the usual procedure of hard times. And although few recognized the fact, its inevitable result was to make times harder first for labor and then for everybody else. Now as many workers as possible are kept, and they are given as steady employment as possible. Earnest efforts are made. by most employers, to maintain wages despite recent efforts of some bankers to force wage cuts. And the remarkable things is. as Colonel Woods remarks. that Fall this has not come because our industrial organizations have SuuueHly udHStOthifd edEulSslVeS l4so, TeldIi- table agencies but because it is deemed good business
 It is the kindly, human thing to do:. and it is also the wise, profitable thing. Alone this policy will not solve the whole problem of industrial depressions. It is only half the solution. There must also be economic engineering done to make the whole complex system work more smoothly. There must be a more scientific adjustment of production to consumption and of consumption to produc- ton to maintain the equilibrium which means prosperity. yyse.. s.- i4 i4gss4sssxf
 But the policy referred to by Colonel Woods is the smaiS thing, When we have started to handle big business problem in human way. we are already pretty far on the road to success. Humanity in industry is good sense. Kindiness and deeeney are good business. Economics is only men and women making selling and buying things. When they learn how to get along with each other and help each other in this process. instead of grinding and fighting each other. general prosperity is assured
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14

The alumni publication of Wesleyan Uni- versity at Middletown has a mystery on its hands. Its records show that in ls4l there graduated one Silas Wheeloek Palmer. born in Centerville. N. Y.. died in .Woreester. Mass. When he died his name had become Kaslitt Arvine by act of the legislature Why the, change. says the Alumnus! And we. echo, why the changer From Palmer to Arr vine seems unexplainable. Yet there must be reason. < s5ls :. .;ss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
Personal Health Seruice
 (By William Brady. M. D.

Signed iettess pertaInins to pessonal heaith and hygiene, not disease diasnosis or treatment, will ,be answered by pr Brady. Ad. hress him. care Of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14

sixth representative at large the more populous centers of the state will be diHfranchised rests on purely theoretical grounds. The people of the state. are now fully cared for by the i've representatives, and not one of them will lose an siota of chosen at large. The situation would would exist after 1940. But there is none. We can still paraphrase aWeb- ster's eloquent peroration: "Connec- ticut. there she stands".
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
TODAY IS TFiEA ANNIVERSARY
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Arn1y lInc'rIt,ast,, ],

's On May IA. 1917, President Will son approved the completed plans for the immediate sexpansion of the regular army to full war strengthh. 293,000 men. through the formation as rapidly as possible of all the units authorized by the National Defense Act of June 8. 1916.
 The orders issued by the ,,presi- dent caleld for the formation of 27 regiments of infantry. 12 of artil- eilry and six of <, cavalry. When these have been obtained the army would have GA regiments of in- fantry, 21 of artillery and 25 of cavalry a total of 110 regiments.
 The new regiments were an addi- .tion to the National Guard and to the draft army of 100000. Raised to war strength the guard would contain 329,954 men. Secretary of War !, Newton D. Baker announced plans on this day, for the raising of the 45 new regiments. E
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14

Yes. everybody has job in Russia. , And look what he gets for it!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14

All vehicles must be- lighted not later than S:3l o'clock Daylight saving time) tonight,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
l IN NEW YORK
uth GiIbert Swan

H New York.--It's said that almost anyone with new and tricky idea can make his rent and board in Man haitian. In fact, if the notion is suf- ficiently novel, it's possible to make g neat fortune. Of course, everyone has his own idea concerning what a bright idea may be. In New York, as elsewhere. everything that's tried doesn't work. '
 But let me give you few exam pies: Not so many years ago, a cpu- pie of middle-aged women began to wonder how they could survive in the. big city. They were. down to their last few dollars and had beer, taking in Oewing.
 Suddenly it occurred to !, one of them that New York was filled with bachelors, There were tens of thou- sands of them. And, as everyone knows, q man likes to have some woman darn his socks. So they. left cards at few bachelor hotels an- |nouncing that sock alarming would be done for a very small fee.
 To-day the two women employ a score of helpers who darn socks from morning to night. 3'st
 You see, it's as simple as that! And very practical.
 More recently, one of, Manhattan's army of unemployed bright boys be- gan to wonder what the millions of |men did with their old neckties., Did they throw them away? Or did they just let them hang on the tie rack
 He made an investigation and found that there were any number of gents who would gladly wear old ties if they could be renovated, like old hats or shoes. Further inquiry
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14

Maybe Al Capone would like to quit like Alfonso, ifhe thought the people didn't love him any more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
oHNfIGosH

Science may be wonderful
 You'll read so, tome on tome, But the. world won't root for science, " till .
 It inyents .. dust-proof home. s Now. they claim South American love birds carry contagion, to their mistresses. But can't they keep kiss able with, Old Colds?
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 than their weakest wink. {. The man. who wants to blaze a trail might get better results with the aid of fire.
 g7 O-4O--O They, say life's just a merry ] go-round. Perhaps that's why 50 many of us get dizzy at times.
 o--C--o What has become of the old fashioned lady who used to carry a black and whiteafan with her when she attended church on Sundays?
 O--C--0 X , The girl who niarries q wrest- {. Ter has q man who should be < able ,to gfappie with life and
 give 1t fall @.- $ z 0---O--0 R ~ Correct this sentence: T al- : ways help mother with the dish ! es and cleaning the house." said tisS1 fiapper. This concludesso our regular Thurs day evening program. T tt was broad cast by DBDtf and came to- you sthreugh the courtesy of the Water bury Eyenlnky Democrat. pioneer, in this, type of newspaper work, We are signing off at this time. to Dc back ofI the air: again tosrmororB evening at tho usual hour. 4 N ot.s0 0A~-o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
TEE, HEB

 They tell you, to walk the right road, As through life you slowly wend, But ifAyOa don't stick to the side. walks, Some auto fill mark your end. o-O-o 5& Its quite natural, suppose. for a nurse to be hospitable. o-O-o Give man enough rope and he'll open, a cigar store. " o--o-o
 You couldn't blame the missionary for going on "a diet before he left tos preach religion among the can nibals.
 o-O-0 The millionaire has ;sa twin six the poor, man six twins.
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 After person reaches the age of. discretion 1t is usually discovered that being discreet is being old fashioned. < s. $. ss.. is.sls. t tA;o-O--o 4 parasoi Is merely q fair weathe, umbrella. o-O-o .6,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-14
{ Good evening.
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 < tfs X RAINY DAY IN MAY ]
-A sMlLEs TnD THINo.

Poets sing ot May fair weather. Rant and rave about its cline. But this: year the tune is different, May is off its base this time. x. Rain and more rain is the schedule.
 Month can hardly De serene, When we're dueking daily showers.
 That would fainS anoint the bean. Just constant daily downpour.
 Just a lot of frigid stuff. May just dotes on, being hard boiled,
 Seems it can't give us enough. Gals who fain would wear spring
 finery. s,; ~ x ssf
 Mourn these May days. cold and
 wet. Hoping that the clouds will call off
 Future rains. on that just bet Poets sing oftMay'ss fair. weather: Rant and dsrave about its cline. But this year the tune is. different. 7 May seems off it's base sthis time. Rain and more rain daily falling. Perhaps we need it. ,I$don't know. Guess we dol note. thar natures {
 Putting on. a great spring show. Y ! ", = s'',.;f .s o--O-o
 The, autoist of to-day is the spe- destrian of yesterday--buts he fails to. remennber,t that very salient fact. . o-o--o
 Easter is decoration day for < the girls while Memorial day
 operates in the same fashion ' E for soldiers.
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 The. woman who marries a man to study him is. going to be a life long student. -s.,s ,.8 .ss
 Who can remember the good 2 < old days. when they had a red
 checkered cloth on the kitchen table and "a cardboard barrel of
 ginger snaps in the pantry? !. Y3ii33 q s,, ]. o-O-4o,
 And who stcan remember when 8. copper akettles gracedaever stoverin stead of the modern aluminium species? ag:. S..s3;,a S..s;' .s,see. ... S a tis,. s4si o--O--o
 DING, DINGg The Mule ones are quite forgot, Fl say it friends with fealing, < ;, Who ever heard Of gO-catts, with
 That new fangled free wkeclipg. :, t$f s4.s,s ooo-, VII sT A man robjects to his wife yfot showing intelligence by. seeing aigood movie show. and then goes out in a COW pasture and bangs,a ball around in what they term the grands old game. of golf.s " a,s. z :, \
 Aniericap allahots9 are invad-
 ing Japan and rapidly growing lin popularity. Like the rest of
 us. the, Japs are going to the
 dogs. o-O--o
 < Some of these. composers, of mother songs, should try .em first on 21-year. old gangstsrs. \. tSs z 3gs -. };.4 o---OG-o. [ < l .s.|s s2 5
 Treason Is thinking enough ! :. about your country to want to
 correct its glaring faults. The talkies apparently put the beautiful girls out of movies and. brought a lot of dumb ones in.
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