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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-28
CornuCopia Cupplngs

Cornucopa euppings Thanks O lovely Evelyn Don nelly of I74 Willow a donation of tin foil m much obliged Congressman Ned Go in New York all I,st Howell and Mrs Howell of the South Waterbury Federated church are avacationng M and Mrs Joseph D Nrio Youngsown Ohio. and MT and Mrs James Patrick of Hubbard Ohio. visiting Mir and Mrs Jim Sagnao of Mrs D Niro and Mrs Patrick the former Misses Rocco of South Elm street Evelyn Madn Apothcoarics falling again weeks bc fresh and sunshine Mary Mansfield has returned from soJoufn al Iakc Pocotopaug Eleanor Ray Fort Trumbulng this week Julia yon, is sun tanning al the beach Mary Tully IS Nenoging still thinking of happy hours Lake poeotopaug Al Hutchinson. Boys club the job once more after two weeks Havana wayside ports Al walking with rhe u of praincd ankle suffered when he aightcd tbe bus
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-28

1 it'd be all the same. It's up to me to get their attention attracted to what I'm showing. and if they stop to look at me first, well that's all 0. k but unless I can get some of 'em into shop. out l go. I know that they're giving me the eye, particularly the old boys. That's part of the racket. And that's why ! I've got 10 put on the frozen face.
 We all start about the same way--some boZo advertises for q girl and we go through A training course. Sometimes we start in a department store, because there you deal more with women and you don't have to freeze up so much, but you cant get personal. You got to recite a line there, though, and I'm not much good at that.
 "N0, there ain't much romance to it, mister. if that's what you're looking for"
 And yet 1t seems 10 me l once read short story of some small town lad who was looking all over New York for his. old sweetheart and finally found her sitting in Just such q window, doing just about the same thing.
 Alice Hughes. who writes para graphs about the fashionable Man haitian shops, tells me that the world of fish and reptiles will be invaded more than ever this winter for milady's shoes and handbags.
 Fels, for instance. have been found lust about as though as they look.
 Which reminds me that one fam fly supplies a considerable portion of the snake skins used in shoes. once n year, four brothers hit out for certain sections of south America where reptiles abound and return to their Brazilian home with thousands for the market. They are particularly expert at get ting the big boys-python ana | such'
 | Copyright. 1931. NEA Service, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-28
Ed,,o, Tall Tower Topics

Editor Tall Tower TopIG; Hearaches It was tbe same old story of Phyllis and her happened about a year ago She. ,hc d disease that takes nstalmens her pfeoou, life with interest tetunabc when enter tbe Where rh best strike ou lie was prey o love Against all odds they decided 10 marry Parental objections They hoped fo, rho beuer but things She willing 0 lease him This only strengthened h faith and love He willing risk his future give her what happiness sbe ,, ox,ef fo, inc sbor be here Meantime al eyed well w,ers would draw them apart. but can't do
 Not when is the story of Phyllis and her swain Nor when little fellow with the and the quver hoId' , mortoaye on them-F. F. N.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-28
STAR OF "MILLlE" IN NEW
 TRIUMPH. "A WOMAN OF Ex- PERIENCE'' OPENING AT WARNERS' STATE TO-MOR-

koW.
 Helen Twelvctrees scores another triumph in "A Woman of EXper- fence" which begins n 3-day run at Warmers state tomorrow.
 The story Is about Viennese women of uncertain reputation' known as Elsa. who is engaged by the government to get some in- formation from an officer, Von Lichstcin. Her one chance Is to pretend to be in love with him. Complications arise when she really falls in love with young Karl Run VI. Realizing that her unfortunate past. as well as her present dish- grccnblc duty, make her unit to be the wife of n man with such high ideals of womanhood, she writes Karl a note, telling him of another love.
 In the meantime, she has tried to trap Von Lichstcin ns he is about 10 escape. Too quick for her. he scizcs the gun she has drawn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-28

amount differs with different per sons. 1t is well for us to take deep breaths, go our lungs Will re- ccive plenty of oxygen to send around.
 One way to breathe deeply IS to stand before an open window and draw in as much air AS we can You might do this 10 times each morning and 10 times each night Exercise leads people to breathe deeply. That Is one reason why we should have reasonable amount of exercise in the open air.
 Place this article In "Iicnlih' sec ton of your scrnpbOOk.
 TO- -niOrTOw-Our Muscles
 UNCLE RAY
 2l Riddles. Five Magic Tricks and Seven Puzzles arc among the interesting cOntcnt. of the Surprise Lcaflct" which SOu may obtain by sending Il letter t0 Uncle Ray. in care of this newspaper. Enclose stamped envelope, carefully addressed to yourself.
 (Copyrt 1881, Publishers Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-28

July ongs Mir and Mrs Charles fiasse and daughter hnn Mir and Mrs Will ael and fam back from Myrtle beach where ,by ve been posarding the past John Nor rwy pointing Providence and providence permitting we trust gains bis point Smart young feler and lot more you d Anne Mitchell Saxe postcards the 1ower from England which describes lovely country Thanks for the remembrance Secretary Frank Green of the Chamber of Com back from bis vacation. spent at Jeherson Maine fank looks splendid after his respite from labor Henry Hayden two Weehin2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-28

Scatter Mcrt golf sancIn2 through Exchan2r place young iccr has up rhce last few Georgia L. Dmoc popular returns from Canada 'h'' weeL where she, vataIonng Bill has been n, piue6ed I,LIlc Cool, son down John IIuges i'll Frank Hess back from the meet jng of the National Furniture Wahoucmn held al Macklnac island Michigan Walt Torrance speaks before ,b Kiwanis club Wednesday Co2qcr McIroYc Mass d
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-28

p;ckuns Bill Harris Lincoln house dynamo will be back his Thursday George Dillon assistant Pof' sd ti ue Dem has gone Sunday he played Johnny Kulmah and I.t (,oo,,o oye three straight Chick hack handling beach umbeang at oeaMde park In Rrd,enor Fred Jackie s d cruise 10 Nova Scotia D,n Daniels the villages eolored payboy has taken of three of his fo vcss as we'll as the topcoai Which merely here at least officially Dan Scarlet anases nave been seen in the Bunker Hill section
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-28

Believe it There's a the Fuller playground and Tower reader believes should installed He said yesterday discussing the situation It that also much desired improvement ihe Waterv And looks lack of producing fountain of dcuson If it's cool, none of u will ml.d
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-28

John Burton of Hclensburgh Scotland, is retiring as railway en- Gincer after 53 years of service without an accident. and he and his father have n record Of lO3 years on Scottish lines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-28

Oddity in the There's lady Watervlle stree: blessed with pet monkey and passing the house have watching monk do stuff And how he does Jack Ouiteks has dog that sliced tomatoes carrots and French fried potato
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-28

The Soviet government Is operat- Ing 3,6000 auto busses.
 Bay-rum production Is to be tried in Trinidad.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-28
-Lol.- A ROSE MUST HAVE ITS THORN

My name is Rose, she sad. "A would be blushing brlde,) If you'll earn my daily bread, I'll be thorn in your side.
 F. N.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19

industry statistics show that one or
two big firms have turned the corner,
promising that smaller fry, too, are
headed out of the red. While Mr.. Bah
son was in Washington the Depart
ment Of Commerce made the gratifying
disclosure that our foreign trade last
month for the first time in a consider
able period evinced an unmistakable
upgrade.
Only with respect to the stock market
is the seer of 1929 lugubrious. People
are tired of stocks" says Babson, and
the next speculative era will be in COM
modities. He does not expect much
activity in stocks 'for the next two
years." If the American people turn
their gaze from the big board" in Wall
Street to the bigger opportunities which
await them in constructive directions
Of every sort, the upturn foreseen by
Mr.. Babson will come all the sooner
and all the surer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19
THE GREAT CONFLICT
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D, Ii. D,
Bishop OF Washington.

Tert: al see another ldD in my
members, fCGrring against the lGt0
OF mn mind, and bringing me into
captivity to the ldtO of sin Which is
in my members. Romans, Uii23.
Repeatedly in his letters st. Paul
makes allusion to the great conflict that
goes on increasingly within the breast
of every man. He has been saying in
this remarkable chapter: THE good
that I would do not: but the evil
which I would not, that do" In an
other place he says We wrestle not
against flesh and blood but against
principalities, powers, etc. No matter
how much men may differ as to their
religious views, or as to the need of re-
ligious systems, they will not differ as
to the reality and persistence of evil
in the world. Many Of our modern
writer's are telling us that religion is a
spent force, but as yet none of them is
making any suggestion as to how we
shall deal with sin. The many modern
systems or cults that have been proposed
furnish no panaceaS for the evils that
afflict us. While medicine and surgery
are making great strides in discovering
antidotes for poisonS and antitoXins for
life-destroying maladies, the purveyors
of new and fanciful theories for living
are suggesting no adequate remedies to
heal the moral plaques that aff1ict US
and menace our security. Everything is
being conceived and effected today to
improve the physical condition Of life.
What were once regarded as 1uxuries
for the exclusive few are now the pos
session Of the many. In every respect
the conveniences of life have so vastly
multiplied in our generation that they
are literally within the reach of us all.
We are adopts in improving the common
conditions of life, but we have made
little progress in securing to ourselves
remedies to correct the ills that affect
us individually and corporately.
Through the long ages from Plato's
Republic" to MoreS utopia" and the
Brook Farm Community attempts have
been made to set up systems for the regu-
lation of life, its conduct and practice,
but they have not achieved even meas
urable success. While We are reluctant
to give much thought to the considera-
ton of sin, and while the theme is gen.
orally quite unpopular and infrequently
discussed in the modern pulpits, we are
made increasingly familiar with it and
its ravages are conspicuously evident in
every aspect Of our modern life. A cur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19
A Little Rain.

The gardening world of this vicinity
gave thanks for the miniature thunder
storm which broke over the city Friday
evening. 1t was much in little, and
just the thing for growing grass in
particular. The preceding two weeks
had been extremely dry; the fourteen
days had been a drought in miniature.
For a few days it almost seemed as If
the dry spell had set in again. but the
freshening rain drops dispelled that
nightmare. There can be no doubt
that mankind gains little from a pro-
longed drought. 1t may be said that
rose bushes benefit, for they are able
to go almost any length of time with
out water, and the lack Of it on their
leaves saves them from the customary
leaf-spot which threatens them in the
usual Summer. Benefit to roses, how
ever, while a boon to rosarians, is not
a sufficient gain to the world at large
to justify q drought. All men will wish
from now on for normal rainfall,
which will benefit agriculture, help keep
the wheels of industry turning, and
insure the water supplies of great cities.
One Summer like the last is enough for
many, many years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19
Important Developments in Prohibition
Versus Anti-PrOhibitiOn Campaign

used in the manufacture of a beverage
which Is intoxicating in fact" then
there is violation of the national pro-
hibition act. These statements of his
were widely taken as dangerous threats
to the success of the grape concern
trates" industry as promoted by the
vineyardists of California with the helm
in part. of a loan from the Federal
Farm Board. Such an Interpretation
seems much exaggerated. In the first
place, Col. Woodcock was careful to
intent" is full of practical difficulty"
In the second place. and still further
to complicate the task of proving in
tent" it does the Department of JUS
tice no good at all to prove that there
was an intent" to manufacture wine.
What would have to be proved, &C
cording to the settled decisions of the
courts, is that there was an intent" to
manufacture not only wine, but wine
that would be intoxicating in fact"
X
Skeptics here wonder how an inspec-
ton of valves on the tops of kegs con-
tanning Notwithstanding grape con-
centrates" in the cellar of a house
holder would enable the inspectors to
know whether the agent of the Vine
yardists intended the householder to
continue the fermentation in the kegs
to the point of producing an intoxi-
eating beverage or only to the point of
producing a n-intoxicating one.
Moreover, in accepted Federal pro-
hibition enforcement practice. inspec-
tons Of cellars or of any other parts
of homes are rarely, if ever, made I'M
less there is a firm suspicion that the
householder is not only consuming his
homemade beverages but also selling
them.
The Volstead law went out of its way
to safeguard the home on two points.
The first was, and is, against drastic
search and seizure" The second was,
and Is, in favor of a special exemption
on behalf of fruit juices" in the home
from the "one-and-one-h per cent
definition of Intoxicating"
On the whole, it probably remains
true that in practice ex-Representative
Franklin w. Fort of New Jersey was
right when, on January 81, 1880, he
famously declared in the House:
IF the vets want the light wines
for which they beg, they may make
and drink them now to their hearts
content"
copyright, 1879
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19

Nichols for invading her speed ter
ritory, put on a novel stunt. She bor-
rowed an autogyro windmill plane
from the Pitcairn Company, which has
just received the Collier award for de-
velopment of this type of craft, and
sent it up to an eighteen-thousand-foot
altitude.
And thus progresses the struggle for
supremacy among three of the fair sex.
They are all fine pilots, and no mere
man can "pooh-pooh" their achieve
ments. 1t takes skill of the highest
order to pilot a fast plane. Both the
landing and take-of speeds are high
and delicate handling is necessary to
avoid disaster. 1t takes almost equal
skill to get the utmost ceiling" out of
a plane and besides that it takes nerve
and determination. Ascending to a
height where oxygen is necessary is no
mean task, and proper handling Of a
ship with the senses reduced in eff
cheney requires instinct above the ordi-
nary. Congratulations to three fine
flyers! May they go on to greater &C
complishments!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19

sorry reading of the press Of a single
day bears eloquent testimony to our
incapacity to deal with evils whose
malevolence grows apace and whose
field of operation takes no cognizance
of restricted areas. We readily trace
the defects in our social, domestic, eco
nomic and political life to the selfish
ness, greed and moral dereliction of
those who abandon conscience and dis
regard all law, human and divine, that
they may attain their selfish purposes.
True, we attempt to regulate our COM
munity life through laws and conven-
tions and high-sounding resolutions, but
the evidences of our failure are on
every hand.
One of the foremost jurists in the
land, Elihu Root, recently maintained
that his long observation had made
clear to him the ineffectiveneSs Of law
to render better and more wholesome
habits of human life. 1t might be said
with like assurance that our growth
along cultural lines furnishes no guar
antee to our moral enrichment and i'm
provement.
The primary defect in the present
situation is found in our unregulated
and undisciplined home life. Parents
frankly state that they can exercise no
control over the habits of their chill
Qren. Sucn q SITUATION renders the eff
forts Of school and church impotent.
The three agencies that have conspired
to make moral spiritual conditions more
wholesome are the home, the church
and the school. The whole point is that
in each individual life a conflict goes
on, conflict between the better and
baser natures. Unless some method or
system is employed to guarantee the
victory of the better nature, there is
little hope of its survival. st. Paul
clearly saw the conflict in his own life
and the struggle within him was a live
thing. 1t was only when he was able
to affirm, This is the victory that
overcometh the world, even our faith"
that he felt assurance that in the end
he would attain what he sought, namely,
the dtSciplining and defeat of the baser
things Of his nature. We are reminded
of the words Of the poet:
''The greatest victory ever man attained
Is that which DER himself, himself
gained"
Which is in cunsonance with that other
ancient saying, Better is he that ruleth
MS spirit than he that taketh a CITY"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19
The Spotlight for Woman Flyers.

The spotlight in the aviation world is
being turned on the women these days
and what a merry battle it is between
three of the best to keep their honors
First, eighteen-year-old Elinor Smith,
chagrined at losing her altitude record
to Miss Ruth Nichols, steps casually
into her trim plane and pushes it up in
the skies to more than thirty-two thou
sand feet for a new mark. Then Miss
Nichols, probably a little disappointed
at having Miss Smith take away her
altitude laurels, starts out after the
speed record held by Mrs. Amelia Ear
hart Putnam. And it must be said that
she succeeded nobly. Mrs. Putnams
mark was one hundred and eighty-one
miles an hour, and Miss Nichols off,
cially timed record is two hundred and
ten miles an hour. Then, Mrs. Putnam,
perhaps q Little annoyed at Miss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19
Babson as 0ptimist.

II any American economist during
the past year and a half of gloom was
entitled TO say II told you So" that
man Is Roger w. Babson, statistician.
1t was he who predicted the 1929 crash
IN the stock market with an accuracy that
turned out to be uncanny, though there
we're few at the time who took his
forebodings seriously.
Mr.. BabSon was in Washington last
week and saw the President. Mindless
Of the current quip that the country
has suffered from overprediction hardly
less than from oyerproduction. he in
dulged In some rosy prophecy for Mr..
Hoover's benefit. Business has now
definitely turned the corner" quoth
BabSon, who added that he should not
be surprised to see shortage OF labor
in some lines before the end of the
year" Before he left the White House
the statistician emphasized that this Is
his FIRST optimistic prediction since busi-
ness started down the toboggan in the
bleak Fall Of 1929.
Mr.. Babson has earned the right to
be listened to when he ventures upon
Che thin ice Of economic prognostica-
zion. Statistics being his daily diet, he
asks the country to observe the Stats
tics Of car-loadings. These are steadily
increasing. They have always been OF
barometrical significance. When freight
Is moving factories are working and
shipping, merchants are buying and
customers are consuming. The chain
store industries, Mr.. Babson points out
diseAss higher earniugA In every ksy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER Johnson.
MechaniZatiOn.

MechaniZation.
What wonders we may now behold
Displayed on every hand,
With great inventions which, OF DID,
No one could understand!
Great combinations we will find,
Affairs TO regulate,
But where is the controlling mind
To keep them going straight?
Upon the wings Of light we go
At a bewildering speed.
New systems in our commerce show
How we shall meet each need.
And vet. the way seems often rough,
With satisfaction small.
Where is the person smart enough
To operate them all?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-19

being from every viewpoint and to
harmonic the needs of reduced indus
trial production with the exigencies of
greater agricultural production, both of
which have hitherto been perpetually
in conflict regarding customs and
tariffs. It probably will prove easier
for them than for their predecessors,
whose hands were tied, to solve the
grave agricultural crisis in Andalusia
by suppressing the system Of vast I'M
productive estates.
Regarding financial and monetary
questions it would be rash to make
predictions, as the government is err
tremely reserved concerning both the
utilization of foreign credits and
sterilization of the peseta. At all
events we may expect policy of fiscal
economies and marked reductions in
the expenditures of certain depart
ments for the benefit of others Where
serious difficulties will arise will be in
connection with a reduction of the
army budget, which is manifestly dis
proportionate with needs. The Repub-
licans have announced formal inten-
tons in this regard and it is evident
that with the disappearance of the
monarchy, the country will not need
the costly luxury of 700 generals and
$4,000 other officers There is con-
Germ, naturally, as to how the officers
will receive the news of a reduction of
the army establishment.
Up to the present the army has re-
manned outside the peaceful revolution
which brought King AlfonSo'S down.
fall and departure from the country.
the new republic, which has thus
broken with long tradition of mill
tary prcnunciamentoS. But 1t remains
to be seen what attitude the army
will take during the forthcoming period
of sterilization of the new regime.
The great hope of the Republican gov
eminent rests in the spirit of sacrifice
of a large number of young officers
who are partisans of the Democratic
regime.
Another serious obstacle in the path
of the young Spanish Republic has to
do with the relations of church and
state in q country where the Catholic
tradition, with the constant mixing in
of the church in affairs of state, weighs
with the force of Is centuries. If, on
the one hand, the Vatican, faithful to
its custom, readily recognized the new
government, on the other hand 1t is
likely to receive ill-humoredly a decree
by which Catholicism ceases to be the
official religion of Spain. 1t is not
probable that Rome will seek an open
battle in this matter, but the clergy
have many means of marshaling the
faithful against the republic.
While the young Spanish Republic
was born healthy and robust, serious
difficulties attend it at its very cradle
and the men called to direct its des-
TIMES will need all their intelligence
and will to overcome them, even if
the peril of an attempted restoration of
the monarchy does MT come to inter-
rupt their heavy task.
(CopyIASht 1931.l ----------