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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-02

Word has been received in Washing
ton Of the engagement of Mr.. Stanislaw
Lepkowski, former counselor of the
Polish embassy. now Polish Minister
to Budapest, Hungary, to Miss Sophie
Szmidecka. former social secretary to
Nine. F1lipowicz, wife Of the Ambas.
sador Of Poland. The engagement is
announced today by Nine. Szmidecka.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-02

Mr.. and Mrs. George Adams Howard
entertained at an informal reception
Sunday afternoon following the chris
tening OF their infant daughter Jeanne
Page at st. Adams Church. The Rev.
DR.. Charles T. Warner. rector of the
church, ofiiciated and Mr.. Beale r,
Howard. grandfather Of the infant, was
godfather. Mrs. Aubrey Lanston and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-02

Miss Laura Barley, daughter of Sen
ator and Mrs. Alben w. Barley, will
arrive in Washington tomorrow morn
ing to be the house guest of Miss Billie
Carmichael, daughter Of Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. Roderick L. Carmichael Miss
Barley will be q bridesmaid at the
wedding Of Miss Catharine Berry,
daughter Of Mrs. Georgia Knox Berry.
to Lieut.. Frank Jerdone Coleman. u.
S. A. Air Corps, Monday, June 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-02

The bride VIII have as her maid Of
honor her cousin. Miss Nancy e. Van
Buren,. who win arrive from her studies
at Mount Holyoke, and the bridesmaids
VIII be Miss Emily Lorraine, Miss
Patricia Lorraine and Miss Lucy Brown
OF Salem, Va. Little Miss Ann Elan
VIII be the flower girl for her sister.
Ensign James w. Davis will be the
best man and the ushers selected are
Ensign II. j. Abbott, Ensign j. T. wulff,
Ensign =. H. Forney, Ensign w. H.
Adams, Ensign b. L. o. Gurnett, Ensign
w. O. johnson, Ensign X. p. Fable and
Ensign q. K. Williams. The men Of the
weoolng party are classmates of the
bridegroom at the Naval Academy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-02

Mrs. Harley Peyton Wilson will enter
tain at luncheon tomorrow at Holm
Hall, her country home near Alexan-
dria, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-02

On her mothers side she Is the
granddaughter Of Levi P. Morton, Vice
President of the United States under
President Harrison and Governor Of
New York, and of Mrs Morton, the for
mer Miss Anna Street of New York.
She was educated at Foxcroft School
and Is q member Of the Junior League
and the Colony Club of New York.
Mr.. Finley Is the son Of Mrs. David
E. Finley of York, S. c., and of
the late David Z. Finley, for many
years a member Of Congress. He is
the grandson Of Mrs. william @. Gist.
He was educated at the University of
South Carolina and the George Wash
ington University Law School and prac-
ticed law in Philadelphia before coming
to the Treasury, where he holds the
position of special assistant to the Sec
rotary of the Treasury.
The wedding will take place very
shortly at Mrs. Eustis' country place at
Oatlands, Va.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
The Call for Leadership

We no longer have the great men oi former years" This is one of the most fre- quent remarks made by observers of poll- ties They call for some George Washing ton or Thomas Jefferson or Abraham Lin- coin to lead the country out of the various troubles it is always meeting. But should we know real Washington if we saw him? Probably he would advocate policies that would seem so hopeless to many of us, that we would turn him down at the polls just as Washington was constantly turned down by the congress to whom he appealed for better support of his raggedlittle army.
 There are always plenty of able leaders but there is lack of recognition of them The people hear the call of high ideallsm sound practical efficiency, but some more plausible appeal. some more taking catch word something that seems, to promise some element of the people some special advan- tage, seems to get the upper hand.
 The people are so absorbed in their work and their play. the business of money mak- ing. the spending of money after they get 1t, that the appeals of the leaders sound unnter- esting. We need an active sentiment in every county. city and town In the land to the effect that we should have better national life, one in which crime and cor ruptlon should be suppressed, in which in- dustral warfare should cease, and in which the industries should be guided into such regular operation. that unemployment would disappear.
 To accomplish that end we must all study and ponder the words of our best national leaders, form intelligent opinions as to the measures they propose. and be prepared to back up those best measures with our votes The newspapers of Conneeti- cut present these opinions clearly and intelli- gently. Our first job is to read. think. and ponder over these ideas, discuss them with our neighbors. and be prepared to act upon them later
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
Pullman Fares

The Pullman Company is experimenting with lower fares between Chicago and Min neapolis and also between New York and Washington. For two months it will charge only one-half as much for an upper berth as for a lower one. berth that has been costing 5 will be reduced to Sl88. The company wants to find out whether people will patronize upper berths if they're cheaper.
 It seems pretty certain in these times, and perhaps in any times that the answer IS yes. If those empty uppers can be filled, the company can get along with fewer sleep ing cars for the same number of passengers and thereby save money. Or it can increase its income and profits by gaining patrons from day coaches, buses and automobiles. The railroad companies themselves might profitably try few experiments in quality and cost of service
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
SOME CRIMINAL.
lNer Haven TImesl

NANtW Ildbt0 iIltSJ
 A girl of IT. Sylvia Marder. wat lolling on the sand the other day at Coney Island (New York, Coney IslandD. She was with her grandmother both in bathins suits. Of a sudden one of Sylvia, shoulder straps slipped a trifie, and before there was time to re. place 1t q policeman. one of New York's finest, gave her ticket 10 appear in court for indecent ex- posure'
 Little Miss Sylvia was loaded Into Black Maria with score of lawbreakers, some charged with felonies, taken to police station. her fngerprints taken like any other criminal. Tn due time she was sentenced to one day in jail The day in jail was made as pleasa nt for her as day in jail can be on very warm day. But Sylvia has a police record. She is one of America's criminal ele- ment
 Such are the promptness and efficiency of law enforcement--- when the "criminaP' Is n 17-year old girl, innocent of any wrong doing. The case of Al Caponc, of course. is different. His crim. inality, apparently, Is not so well established.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
Foreign Trade

The United States needs large volume of foreign trade to attain prosperity. Some thing must be done to restore that trade Il we want our farms and factories to find market for their output. The exports of the United States for July amounted to only SI83,000.000. At this rate our exports for the current year would amount to only about $2.200. 100000. For the five years 1925-1929 inclusive. our exports averaged 0.0O0.000 year. Prices were higher then. but making allowance for that differ ence. it seems probable that our exports have dropped nearly 50 per cent.
 The United States has only about seven per cent of the population of the world. The remaining 93 per cent of the worlds people need automobiles radios good cloth ing. modern machinery. etc, just as much as our people do. They realize this need They have no money to do it with. If these na- tions could attain financial stability and in- dustrial welfare. they could buy 100 times as much from us as they do now. It is too ikuch to expect they will attain any such ebpdition in the near future. But with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
MAYOR AND COW
(New York Times)

Why did the mayor of Auxerre refuse to ride on cow? Not an actual milky mother of herds, but the bright red wooden sembiance or one in q merry-go-round at a iair. At first the refusal puzzled. II inc COW had no appealing sym boIism in Auxerre, surrounded by country of vineyards, his honor might properly have waved away the cow ns representative Of the Corn Spirit; but how could he be disloyal to Dionysus, "the cow born? To the mayor of so for tunate a city it should. be "cow- borne" Could the tame, domestic nature of the rejected carrier have offended the mayors sense of the dignity of his office? Yet the less- prized mule has borne far more illustrious dignitaries. Daughters of stecds swift as the storm"---so Pindar purpled the she-muler. whom. before his imagination was quickened with q fee. he had re- rided as "ha1f-asses."
 If oxen were good enough to draw a Merovigian king, why wasn't q COW good enough for the mayor of Auxerre? The COW has furnished campalsr trapsportation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
Cotton In Currency

The Treasury Department is not as CO., operative as the stylists in solving the prob lem of the ever present cotton surplus However. the department had good reasons for refusing to manufacture currency en- tirely of cotton as requested by the Calves ton Chamber of Commerce. Such currency would not be durable. Ogden Mills, Acting Secretary. pointed out in letter to the Chamber He backed his refusal with reminder that all-cotton money had been tried during war years and found unsat's- factory
 Currency at present is composed of 25 per cent cotton and 75 per cent linen inter woven with silk threads Experiments are being conducted by the Bureau of Standards to discover more durable composition and improvement of the paper stock may be ei- fccted shortly. During the fiscal year. 1t is expected that about 10000 pounds of paper will be used to make money at cost of $860.000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1881
An Isolation Hospital

New Britain is seriously proceeding with its plan to erect an isolation hospital. Months and months ago when the proJeet was first mentioned by the Hardware City fathers we sort of recommend offhand the purchase of Waterburys structure which has seen little service as an isolation hospital since it was built about ten years ago. It was just about the time that the first men ton of the state acquiring she hospital for tuberculosis sanatorium came to light. We weren't able to keep track of the trend of events. as regards the isolation hospital. Tn New Britain. so wrapped up were we in the possibility of the city persuading the state to tighten the burden of bearing the expense of our own institution.
 However, New Britain might be guided by what actually happened in Waterbury. To the best of our knowledge but one pa- tient with a disease requiring isolation was placed in the Watertown avenue hospital. However of recent years it served admirably as waiting station for patients seeking ad- mission to various state tuberculosis sana- toria. one wing being utilized for this pur- pose. The Waterbury Anti Tuberculosis league financed this work. However, this year it found itself forced to call upon the public to pay the costs of this extraordinary work it had undertaken. This was special levy in addition to the annual drive tor funds.
 The alternative to the sponsorship by the league was state administration. The Leg islature finally voted to appropriate suffl- cient funds to maintain the isolation hospital as a tubercular waiting station. As such It will certainly accomplish an immense amount of good in the Naugatuck valley just as it has been doing for the last two or three years. However, it's original Pur- nose has never been fulfilled. We hope that New Britain intends to secure more good from its isolation hospital than this city ever did It's lot of money to spend in these hard times
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
Plea for Dogwood

We noticed recently d plea for the dog wood of this state. According 10 the writer Towering dogwood is apt to be extermlnated ia the next few years. unless some attention is given to its preservation. A good many people don't know what dogwood IS. but if they were shown this beautiful shrub would recall it as the one they had seen standing out in woodland areas along our highways. There isn't as much dogwood along the roads as there was once upon time. It ha, gone the way of our state flower, mountain laurel, and other Towering shrubs People in their desire to possess the blossoms have torn the shrub beyond na- ture's repair or uprooed it in grabbing the tough branches
 Laurel will last in water considerably longer than do2wood. Its frall petals, which are actually the leaves of the tree, wilt very quickly. In appearance the dog wood has d large white blossom. somewhat similar in shape to that of the magnolia tree, but pure white in color. However. the true flower of the dogwood lies in the center of this cluster of white petal-ke leaves. It IS found only in forest areas and although 1t can be domestiCated will not survive unless it is cultivated under the right conditions.
 It is shaow-rooted tree and as result. we are informed, has suffered greatly from the droughts of the last two years.
 Add to this the increasing number of tree pests and the dogwood IS finding it's exist enee in Connecticut d precarous one, Tree experts advise us that flat headed borerS are now wreaking havoc among the shrubs Other varieties of ibe flat headed borer which have destroyed many oak and birch trees are now finding the do2wood good chewing. It might not be bad idea for the state at large to rally 10 the support of such native shrubs and trees as are being threat, ened with destruction. We need our natural resources. among which must be numbered our native trees. with us all the time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26

the famous hostelry he has made it re- postory for relics and antiques. somewhat similar to his Dearborn museum in which is stored rare collection of Americana from covered bridges down to antimaeassars However. Mir Ford was too jealous about the Waysidc Inn and surrounding estate. Hop Brook flowing nearby was damned in several places for purely aesthetic purpose. It was also damned to provide water power for several old mills that Mir Ford had trans ported from various parts of New England to lend atmosphere However in so doing. he ruined the brooks flow through the ad- joining estate of Joseph L. Sturtevant. It will cost Mir Ford just Sl0,000 for damages and he must operate his dams and mills so Mir Sturtevant will enjoy uninterrupted flow in the brook
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
CANADA FOSTERS CRAFTSMANSHIP
lchristian science Monltorl

Christian Science Monitor)
 Although Canada is trying to practice drastic economy in gov ernment, the Dominion Parliament last session authorized the pay ment of $750,000 annually to the provinces for expenditure on tech nical education for fifteen years. Education in Canada is entirely under provincial administration, but about twenty years ago parlin- mcnt set out to subsidize the estab- lishment of technical schools. Young Canadian industries were in need of more skilled craftsmen. During the intervening years this need has increased. particularly in the tool-using industries, where the apprenticeship system has lapsed.
 When the steel and bronze parts of an engine had to be chiseled, filed. scrapcd, squared and general ly fashioned from forgings and rough castings into finished parts, with the use mainly of hand tools, 1t required years of practical ex- perience at the bench and lathe. Apprentices were indentured for five years or more. Journeymen mechanics, carpenters, black smiths, masons and others were artisans who knew every detail in the buiulding of houses or the erecting of engines. They built with thoroughness, for stability and reliability.
 There is q striking contrast be- tween the methods employed in the manufacture of engines at the beginning of this century and the assembling of automobiles In mod ern factories. Everywhere in Can ada, however, and in some other countries. there Is still plenty of evidence of the need for skilled artisans. The automatic machine can turn out smooth-running automobile. but 1t cannot follow the car over miles of highway and country road to the garages where repairs have to be made. There are doubtless, garages where the me- chanics have served an appren- ticeship or otherwise been techni- cally trained to restore a disabled car to good running order. There seem to be many where the Knowledge of motor mechanics is superficial.
 Similar Iapses in thoroughness seem to have occurred in electrical and other modern trades where the apprenticeship system has be- | come neglected. Canada does well to encourage vocational training and technical education in the schools. It should help to stop the decline in fine craftsmanship threatened by automatic industrial conditions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26

degree of progress that seems quite possible. they might buy 10 times as much from us as they are doing today.
 People should not delude themselves with the idea that it makes little difference to the United States whether foreign nations are prosperous or not. They constitute pos sible market for our goods far exceeding the possibilities of our own market. Hence our people should be keenly interested in every movement that tends to promote prosperity and stability in those countries. hard and grasping policy toward them turns away a great volume of business that might be ours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26

Headed by Governor Stanley C. Wilson, Vermont axes are gradually cleaning up ev- cry roadside in the state. When the New England Council launched d road beautifi- cation campaign in l930 Vermont started to work James Taylor, secretary of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. sounded the call to arms. Governor Wilson was the first to respond From all reports axes have been ringing ever since We hope the axe men won't be too drastic in their endeavors. here IS such d thing as carrying this work too far A certain degree of shrub and tree growth must be preserved along our high ways. The services of good landscape gardner are needed to our way of thinking to superntend any such work as Vermont IS evidently carrying on. Doubtless such an individual is on the job or the state high way department has competent men Tn charge of operations. Connecticut took the initiative along this line some years ago. when it established a subsidiary of the high way department known as the landscape division It's duties consist of beautifying the existing highways and in cooperating with the highway department in laying out new roads SO as to retain the best scenic features of the terrain. Roads aren't chop ped rutblessly across country to-day. They are built with the intention of providing good travelling for the public and also af- fording them chance to inspect the natural beauties of their state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
Here, There And Everywhere

been a four-legged appeal to rural voters. In the United States. If memory. holds her seat. an up- state congressman rode through his district to victory cow-back. And what was the surname of that North Carolina republican con- sressman, Romulus Remus Some- body. who perambulated among his constituents and viewed his fences bull-back? Tn a country so saturate with Latin traditions as France. this bovine mount. even in effigy, might have had a Vergilian grace. But the mayor has made his apologia. He was to have been the victim of put up job. Certain sons of Beliai among his political opponents had sought to make q mock of him. blow out his ambitions with a storm of public gibes and laugh. ter.
 They had photographers Iyine perdu. ready to spring up and snap him when he had been ca ajoIed to mount that perilous steed. Local wit and malice would have had a rich harvest. The mayor would have ridden away his political flu. ture. The excuse may or may not be sufficient in the eyes of those for whom 1t is intended. The mayor knows his public. But his sensitiveness and the restric- tions to which he subjects him. self must be unintelligibIe to American mayors. Their democra- tic sanction is far more comprehen- sive. It won't do for them to play the Roman Consul. They must be "good fellows" When one of them Is popular enough. he can ride real or fictive COW or camel. zebra or alligator, and move applause and only appreciative laughter.
 Here excess of official dignity would make him far more ridicu- lous than such q supposed lnfrac- tion of 1t as the mayor of Auxerre escaped. An American mayor has more freedom and more fun. He wears no togs of pomp. As we see in Mayor Walkers case. this free-and-easy manner seems to be especially relished abroad and by the very people accustomed to the grandsirc- carved in ala baster variety of public functionary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
TODAY IS THEA
 ANNIVERSARY s slghZA
LAPS HONOR WASHINGTON

On August 26, 1917. Viscounl Kikujiro Iishi, leading the Imperial Japanese Mission, visited Washing toms tomb at Mount Vernon, de- livered a brief tribute in flawless English, and placed a wreath upon the tomb from the Japanese peo- pie. He said:
 Washington was an American but America, great as she Is, pow erful as she Is, certain as she Is of her plendid destiny, can lay no exclusive claim to this immortal name. Washington is now citi- zen of the world; today he belongs ot all mankind. ,..
 Japan Is proud to place her self beside her noble allies in this high resolve, and here, in the presence of these deathless ashes, she affirms her devotion to the cause and the principles for which they wage battle, fully determined to do her whole part in securing for the world the blessings of lib- erty, justice and lasting peace"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
Quotations
My political ideal is, democracy.
 -Dr Albert Einstein.

My political ideal is democracy.
 -Dr Albert Einstein. You must prepare to choose either living for time. or living for time plus eternity. -Rev Dr David DeForest Burrell. One doesn't mind hot weather if one expects 1t.
 Mrs Dolly Gam. Married persons do not pet enough.
 --Dr David Vaughn. believe I can take credit for the peace that now exists in the racket game in Chicago. believe that the people can thank me for the fact that gang Killings here are probably a thing of the past.
 Al Caponc. We were not crooked enough to forecast what the crooked liquor traffic would do.
 --Dr Robert F. corradini. execu- tive secretary. Alcohol Informal ton Society of New York. VI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26

Customs officers made sudden descent upon General w. W. Atterbury's yacht while it was achored at Ketchikan, Alaska. recently. They managed to seize some rye and champagne which they eonhseated. Under the circumstances there was nothing for our agents to do but make the seizure.
 said M. S. Whittier. assistant collector of GUS toms at Juneau, Alaska. General Atterbury. who is head of the Pennsylvania railroad, IS said to have appeared indignant at the loss of the liquor. Probably more so at the dis appearance of the champagne than the rye
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-26
IN MEMOKlAM

The late. Myron Keys played a cOrking good game of pool, The late Mister Keys was the three cushion champ of the school, Billiards, Boston or "straiglt", His performance was great! With cue fin his fist, Mister Keys, 1 insist, was no fool! The late Keys was bCir when the deuccs ran wild. The late Mister Keys in game was Damc Fortunes own child.
 When | sit and review All the hands that he drew, I cOnccdc him the crown, Q, he did us up brOwn--and that's mild. Tine late Myron Keys would STEP OUT--in the van of the crew. Tn cIatc Mister Keys set SOME PACE for us, too! Do not crr--hc's not dead: Mister Keys now Is wed, And so. If you please, sir. the late Mister Keys, sir, is THROUGH.
 JOSH.
 o--O--o Good night.