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The Washington times., 1931-12-21
Hobbies for Health

Have a hobby, by all means.
If you are an indoor worker
endeavor to become interested
in something that gets you out
of doors.
And vice versa, the outdoor
worker should not neglect read
ing and study or some kind OF
indoor hobby.
Variety in work and environ
ment is restful.
Indolent hours are some
times more tiring than work.
That is one of the disadvan-
tages of unemployment; that
very lack of daily toll saps the
pep and ambition and even
the health of persons so un-
fortunate as to be not obliged
to work every day.
But if you do have hard,
confining work it means that
a hobby is the thing you should
have had also, to keep you fit
for work.
The man or the woman who
thinks, eats and sleeps with
only one thing in mind is going
to wear out mentally as well as
physically.
The hobby should not be al
lowed to encroach upon work
ing hours.
The bread and butter job
comes firSt-home comes first.
But to be a better business
man, to be better wife and
homekeeper there should be a
hobby for diversion and even
for health's sake.
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Feature Service, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
Isn't international
Finance Wonderful?

We are hearing so much
now about the utter impossi-
bility of payment from the
debtor nations as an excuse
for the planned-for cancella-
tion that some figures are
interesting and most illumi-
mating. Thus:
Under the moratorium for
the one year France would
have paid $5O,OOO,OOO on her
debt; she could not do that,
but she could and did spend
S547,133,935 on increasing her
armament that year.
Great Britain cOud not pay
the $159,52O,OOO due us, but
she could and did spend $685..
O24.88O on armament.
Belgium could not possibly
pay the S7,95O,OOO she owed US
on the money she got from
us, but she had no trouble
raising the S23,247,347 she
spent on armament.
Italy would have been
wrecked haG. she paid us the
$14,7O6,OOO due US on the debt,
but it was not impossible for
her to spend S332,237,OOO on
increasing ornaments.
Rumania would have been
ruined had she paid us the
100000 she owed us on a debt
of honor, but this did not re-
strain her from spending S67,-
O61,OOO for implements of war.
And so on with the other ma
tiOnS, which, in the. aggregate,
were relieved for year by the
moratorium of the payment of
S243,712,OOO on the loans that
came from the pockets of the
American people, but they could
and did have no trouble and
no embarrassment in spending
$1,779,346.162 for armament.
Isn't international finance
wonderful and strange?
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
A Statistical Picture
On Capacity to Pay
Blu Claude G. BOUerS

ton, and jackson sent Ed
ward Livingston across as
minister to demand the pay
ment. 1t was refused. Jack
son sent ringing message
to Congress; the deputies in
France and the press then
set the precedent for the at
tacks being made upon us
now; diplomatic relations
were broken off; prepara-
tions for a war of defense
were made in Washington
and France paid.
If there is any reason un-
der the sun why France,
the most prosperous nation
on the globe, cannot pay her
debt We should like to know
it, and if there is any rea-
son why the American peo-
pie who have hit bottom
economically, with millions
jobless, with many more mil
lions depending on charity,
with taxes rising, and a
deficit of $4,000, 100000,
should take over the burden
of the debt of prosperous
France, we would like to
know that, too.
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
LISTEN. WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson

their spirits and cheat them of
something fine?
knowledge of Trouble
Or is a knowledge of trouble
quite as essential a part of edu-
cation as a knowledge Of foot
ball and English Lit?
Which is the kinder-to treat
a boy or a girl of eighteen like
an idiot or parasite or like an
equal and a comrade?
And who has the greater
chance of happiness -. t h
youngster who learns what life
is all about before he tackles
reality or the youngster who
has been coddled and protected
until the most trifling hard
ship seems a real tragedy?
Plenty of parents are up
against that problem these
days
Some of them answering it
right
Some of them answering it
wrong
But are YOU answering it?
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Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
'MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Helen Rowland

hands and danced around
ecstatically at the sight of his
Christmas presents.
It is the women who keep
up the childish Christmas
spirit-the secrets, the thrills,
the surprises, the enthusiasm!
1t is the women who do all
the plotting, the planning,
the shopping, the cheering and
the rejoicing. And who do it
in the face of an ''Tll-grin-and-
bear it, attitude that would
chill the fervor of bond sales
man-but not of a woman!
Dad may dress up as Santa
Claus; but he looks and feels
more like a picture Of The
Depression, than like the spirit
of Kris Kringle.
The whole Christmas Idea
bores and embarraSses a man
and always has. He hates
shopping Tor christmas glICS,
he breads the act of presenting
them, and worst of all he hates
receiving them. 1t is just inn
possible for him to work him
self up into a lather of excite
ment over the watermelon neck
tie from little Willie, the misfit
socks from Grandma and the
backgammon-board from his
loving wife! It all seems such
nonsense to him!
, 1t takes constant hints and
reminders on the part of his
wife, to keep up the game at
one end of the wire and a lot
The Washington times., 1931-12-21

VIE uCDdLo dllOhS 'hN
publicans in Congress on
the charge of their recent
chairman of the Committee
on Banking that. the Presl-
dent "sold out" the country
in the matter of the debts IS
interesting, if not important,
and the Democrats are wisely
taking no part. More dis
tressing to the Admlnlstra,
ton and the international
bankers in the attack by
Senator Reed upon the evl.
dently intended transfer OF
the debts from the people
who owe them to the tax
payers of this country.
It is conceded that no man
on the Republican side IN
the Senate is the intellectual
superior of Reed, and he has
few equals. His affiliations
and associations have, been
such that he would naturally
be expected to support the
Administration on any plan
designed to assist the
bankers in the matter of the
bad loans they entered into
with open eyes. When he
says that the very idea is "a
piece of outrageous effron-
terry" he throws a bomb into
the Administration camp.
The Washington times., 1931-12-21

because they
can't buy her
that new fur
jacket. Every
excuse, mind
you, but the
honest one.
which is that
they're busted
flat and can't
afford it.
Tell Daugh-
ter Rosie bad
n e W S lik e
that? Never!
I'VE don't
b elieV We in
n q = korin NO
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
The Press
Of France

In these days it is unfortu-
nate and worse for the press of
any of the countries of the
world to indulge in sword
rattling and in insults; but the
press of France, the most pros
porous nation on the globe, with
her budget balanced, with enor-
nous oards of gold. with
scarcely any unemployment, i'm
plies a determination not to pay
what is due us, and couples this
with insults to the American
Congress, representing the
American people; it is time to
recall the phrase that once
made American blood tingle:
Millions for defense, but not
one cent for tribute"
The Washington times., 1931-12-21

of mental effort and patience
on the part of his stenographer
to see him through the ordeal
at the other END.
Whatever he gives his wife
for Christmas is the result Of
deep thought and Inspiration
on the part of the office
Stenographer. And whatever he
gives his stenographer (outside
of an extra check is the result
of a lot of worry. His wife's
worry.
Not that a man doesn't like
to play Santa Claus, and be-
stow gifts. and surprises. He
DOES. But when it's EX-
PECTED of him! And that's
the whole secret of his Yule-
tide Blues. He's expected" to
be merry-and he WON'T!
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
Peek Behind
the Curtain

We shall soon know, thanks
to Congress, something about
the loans of the international
bankers which are behind all
the attempt to shift the tax
burdens of other nations to the
patient Americans. The other
day in the Senate Mr.. Smoot
badly stated that the state
Department has never approved
of a private foreign loan at any
time in its history; and
Carter Glass replied:
"That certainly cannot relate
to bank loans 10 private indi-
vidualS because the State De
partment has persistently, over
a period of two years, asserted
the right to do that very thing,
although unable to point out
the statutory authorization for
it. Why did the Senate of the
United States at the last ses-
sion adopt a resolution con-
demning the activities of the
state Department in that re-
spect, and why did the Secre-
tary of State on the day follow
ing, issue a Semi-OfficiaI state
ment to the effect that he was
going to disregard the action
of the Senate in adopting that
resolution"
1t is time the people OF
America who are asked to pay
the bills shall have a peek be-
hind the curtain to see what
has been going on under this
Administration.
The Washington times., 1931-12-21

Should the Youngsters Share
Our Bad Breaks?
For the past month Nom
and Dad Ellis have been max
ing excuses to daughter Rosie
The Washington times., 1931-12-21

He may help trim the Christ
mas tree, automatically hang
the holly, and show Junior
how to wind up his toys.
But, no man ever Clapped his
The Washington times., 1931-12-21
Mans Yuletide Blues

Mans Yuletide Blues
For 1865 days of the year,
every man secretly believes
that he is "a boy, at heart"
But, on Christmas Day, he
doffs his juvenile role, and
The Washington times., 1931-12-21

ters Share = their spirits and cheat them of
AXIS? something fine?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-24
.SSTORYySUE 7 bynlareery Hole.
OteJf 0r NEA SEzvscE. INc.

, second, little wonderingly. Ther he went on with his story, while the rose color deepened in Cor. rinne's lovely cheeks, and her red lips parted breathlessly. Her breath was coming quicyly, fiuttering the fur-edged collar of the gray russet dress. but she heard only the words which Bob was saying.
 "This morning I had to go to the bank to get into my fathers box bank, and all the rest. And while called Clifford. =" He paused and how she had once dangled Clifford before Bob's eyes to arouse his jeal- ousy when she feared that he had a passing interest in June Dalton. "Clifford Becker came down and Sybil Lester was with him. They went to a box and I couldn't see what they were doing but they weren't paying any attention to me. They didn't think I knew them, any way. Then I heard the girls voice say: Isn't it a beauty?" 1 looked up in time to see the thing sparkle"
 Corrinne's eyes were looking away and she talked more to herself than to Bob. This morning! Then after that scene last night he decided to get even. He got hold of Sybil and he managed to get the keys. And this morning he got in. as though he had right to. And he knew that only Sybil knew that he had been there and she wouldn't tell. He hadn't counted on people knowing him."
 She turned back to Bob. She didn't want to tell him the story. Still. maiden in distress could depend on the chivalry of man more than one who sat in tower and dispensed largesse.
 My husband left me, Bob."
 What" She could still enjoy the astonishment in the boys face.
 He. he thinks I took .. the emerald" That was harder to say.
 Well. of all the fat pinheads. I'll punch his nose. -
 Corrinne didn't mind the descrip- tion. It was sweet to have someone fighting her battles again.
 And Bob, we've got to get the goods on Clifford. We'll get a de- tective now, right away. And when he's caught and the rings returned Harry will be sorry. But we're through. Through"
 She put on her hat and coat while Bob waited. "I'll be back to eat din- ner with you in little bit," she called to Sarah. And I'll eat every thing then"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-24

Bob didn't waste any time in pre- liminary greetings when he saw Cor rinne. If his heart was still missing an occasional beat because of the girl with a qipuant, heart-shaped face and turned-up nose that gave it an impish daring. he didn't show 1t. He looked worried.
 "Corrinne. did Harry Becker give anyone permission to get into his locked box?" he asked suddenly.
 'Oh. do you know something about it?" Corrinne asked. Tell me quickly. Bob? What is it?"
 Then there's something wrong. I've tried to get you for hours. You told me that Sues emerald was in the box. Remember? Well, I'm afraid it isn't there now" He paused for his words to create the drama that he thought they deserved.
 T know it." Corrinne answered before she thought
 You do? But do you know where it went?"
 'Oh, if I only did," Corrinne an- swered wearily. Bob, can you tell me? If you could, oh. if you could. there isn't anything I wouldn't do for you"
 Bob looked at her steadily for q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-24

HollyWood's nickname "Cyclonic'
 which 1t attaches to Joan Bennett.
 is borne out in everything this fa-
 nous daughter of Richard Bennett
 undertakes. She seems to have in-
 herited all the fire. vitality and
 courage of her famous father. which
 may be one explanation of why she
 is his favorite.
 Her latest featured portrayal, that of Xandra, opposite Edmund Lowe, in Scotland Yard" is said to be her greatest opportunity to date, and in the role of the wife, who was fooled the cyclonic emotional qualities for which the Bennetts are justly famous.
 Scotland Yard" now being
 shown at the New Garden, is the ! Fox Movietone version of Denison Gifts famous stage play, directed by William K. Howard. She betrayed him. but when he
 tried to turn the tables, she laughed in scorn until he kidnapped her and brought her to his Arab camp This is one of the unusual situations in "Renegades," which is also ir tho bill. It is Warner BaXter's lat
 est vehicle for Fox -Movietone, in l which the actor is said to give q
 memorable portrait of disgraced brings him to deserved end. Noah Beery. George Cooper. C. Henry Gordon. Bella Lugosi. Gregory
 Gaye and other noted players are in the cast.
 Also on the bill is a new chapter of "'The Indians Are Coming" and a short comedy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-24
YOUR CHILDREN MNpRobey1sRar1au
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Swearing has become popular among children. l hear 1t every time I go out. It does not shock re as 1t 3sed to. IT. fact. as learn
 more about life and people, I have lost much of the sensitiveness I grew up with.
 I have become analvtical and oD-
 servant and when I face situation
 I never stop to shiver but set my mental machinery into motion to figure out causes and conditions and to suggest a solution-to help if I can to urge others to help. One wonders where the children,
 nice-looking ones too. hear the strings of indecent oaths that roll
 SO startlingly from their young lips. | But I'll say this: whether they
 hear them at home or not, they have plenty of opportunity on the street. sand beside d truck driver
 jammed in traffic and get a liberal education. The children are getting it.
 In the first place we take it for granted that the child hears no swearing n his own home. Who can expect child to speak more purely than his parent, or one whom he admirers greatly? He
 won't
 If he Las picked up the habit elsewhere I should talk 10 him like this: "Son, l don't believe l should say that again if were you, either here or anywhere else. Swearing is the lowest form of speech and T.. you don't know why. 1t Is like this
 You are digging up filth out of your
 own mind and slinging 1t. And you cannot swear without soiling your self any more than you could reach down in a sewer without being con-
 taminatei. Every word we utter | is a solid thing. It does not die
 wiht the echo but goes on into space
 forever. But more important still it
 is like a shell exploding from a gun
 it leaves L. distinct mark on us ln
 side and Gnakes us with its rebound
 For every oath you utter you
 are just that much less of a man Without realizing it you are going
 to lose your own self respect bit | by bit until one day you will feel secret inferiority to clean mouth cd people.
 "A few people laugh at you now and make you think it is smart, but
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-24
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glee of ono of his former Yale classmates. now a discouraged young bond salesman, with whom he had kept in touch.
 You want to borrow my name and my kid sister?" Jimmy Ram dolph had chortled. Hop to it, old sport! But you might tell me what you want with such intimate be- longings of mine."
 You may not know it." Dundee had retorted "but young Mir James Wadley Randolph. Jr, scion of the famous old Boston family. is going to visit that equally famous school. Forsyte-on-the-H Hudson, to see whether it is the ideal finishing school for his beloved young sister Barbara. She's about 15 now isn't she. Jimmy"
 Going on 16. and one of Satan's prize hellions,'' Jimmy Randolph had answered. And the family would be eternally grateful If you could get rorsyte to take her. but make them promise not to have any more chor IS girls who plan to get murdered, as directors of their amateur theatricals. Bab would be sure to be mixed up in the mess. <. !. . l suppose that's the job you're on. you flat-footed dick, you.'
 The second telephone call had se- cured an appointment at the For syte school for "Mr James Wadley Randolph. Jr. of Boston," and Dundee. rather> reishing his first need for such professional tactics, relaxed to enjoy the 10-mile drive along the Hudson.
 It was a quarter to 12 when his taxi swept up the drive toward the big. gray-stone, turreted building. sedately lonely in the midst of it's valuable acres.
 Miss Earle says to come to the ofIice." a maid told him when he had given his name. and led him from the vast hall to fairly large room. whose long windows looked upon a tennis court, and whose walls were almost covered with group pictures of graduating classes. photographs of amateur theatrical performances. and por- trait studies of alumnae.
 A very thin. sharp-faced woman of about 40. with red-rimmed eyes which peered nearsightedly. rose from an old-fashioned roll-top desk and came forward to greet him.
 "I am Miss Earle. Miss Pendle- ton $ prlVate secretary. she told him, as he shook her thin. clammy hand. "I should have told you when you telephoned this morning that both Miss Pendleton and Miss Macon sailed for Europe yesterday. We always have our commencement the last Tuesday in May, you know. But if there is anything I can do for you"
 "I should like to know something at first hand of the history of the school. it-well. prestige. special advantages. curriculum, and so on," Dundee began deprecatingly.
 
 "I should certainly be able to answer any question you may wish to ask, Mir Randolph, since l have been with the school for 15 years" Miss Earle interrupted tartly.
 "Then Forsyte must take younger pupils than had been led to be- lieve. Miss Earle" Dundee said, with his most winning smile.
 "I was never q pupil here" the secretary corrected him. but she thawed visibly. "Of course. I was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-24

The Lawrence boys had father who was a commercial artist. His mind was as full of ideas as a May basket is full of flowers. When he came home one day and heard Mrs Lawrence scolding the children for tracking mud into the living room he decided that this was the time to take out an idea or two and make it work.
 As he went down stairs to turn on more heat he was struck with the fact that the basement was large, fairly light, commodious, com fortable and warm. Why not make 1t into u play room for the children Why not, indeed.
 The posts were covered with a white, glossy paint. Then he striped them. harler pole fashion. with red SC that they resembled a stick of peppermint candy. He made one broad and one narrow stripe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-24
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Every little girl should have at least two compacts. Three make it nicer, because she can change her daytime compact with her purse. But she owes 1t to herself to have two, for when she gets all dressed up in party clothes. 1t is quite as il fault to carry the plain daytime compact as to wear daytime shoes.
 Compacts differ greatly these days. You can just about suit your taste in them. They all have purse in small space that is im- piled in their name-and they ali give you the fundamentals of makeup, rouge and powder.
 If you choose your compact for it's shape, size and color. do be sure that it has loose powder and q place to put your own favorite rouge in it for both lipstick ano rouge. Otherwise you may find which is always harder than loose powder, and cake rouge which Is far from the color you need.
 Selecting a compact with cake powder and rouge. match yo'ir shade the best you can. Personally l prefer to use my own powder in a loose powder compact, bu' that is personal preference ano some of my best friends would not be without their cake-powder in their compacts. Its advantage is that it doesn't spill. But you should be careful of the loose pow. der kind and they won't spill either.
 Many girls prefer to use no eye shadow and no eyebrow pencil in the daytime. It is preference l admire. Certainly the girl who goes in for heavy mascara in the daytime lacks finesse that these girls inherently possess.
 If you like compact with just rouge and powder. and carry your own lipstick besides, the world is yours. There are probably 100 different varieties. I merely ask you, in selecting your brand, to try to get one whose caked powder seems as fine as. possible. At best this is mixed with talcum and is bit gritty. Pick it as fine as you can and it will reward you.
 In selecting a separate 1ipstick and compact with powder and rouge. get the lipstick to exactly match the rouge. or vice versa You may or may not know tn; many well-groomed women use the rouge from compacts to color their lips and tighten the weight of their purse by their lipsticks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-24

as you grow older you will discover that worth while people, not goody- goodies particularly, but real people will regard you with curiosity and disgust. A gentleman is seldom if ever profane. Then you won't he able to break the habit. much as you try
 As to the commandment about swearing. say this to your son. "When you defame the highest thing in life whether you mean t or not, it is a wicked thing to do It is malevolence toward God and | some day you will see that God is everything, the only hope this world has. Don't do it. son. Think it over"
 I believe that if children see why they shouldn't swear, they won't. But even so I shouldn't permit it for an instant
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-24

I A stunning interpretation for aft
 ernoons is this youthful tunic model in printed crepe. The belt rests at the top of the hips and fastens with d strass buckle. However, it is adjustable and may
 be placed as best suits the wearer. The curved Scanning at the front
 of the bodice that stimulates hip yoke gives length to the figure. The
 tunic and the underskirt extend into
 graceful flared fitness toward the hem
 Style No. 170 comes in sizes IA, 16, IS and 20 years, 36 and 38 inches
 bust. Size 16 requires yards of 39-
 inch material with yards of bind ing and 4 yard of 35-inch lining.
 that is bit formal is sheer metal
 lame. It's adorable for Sunday night
 dining and dancing. Plain fiat crepe and wool crepe are
 excellent selections. Later for Spring, it will be darling in printed chiffon. We suggest that when you send for your pattern. you order a copy of our large Winter Fashion Maga- | zine. It should be in every home for of course every woman wants to
 look her best without great expense, and this book points the way. Price of BOOK 10 cents. Price of PATTERN Is cents in
 stamps or coin (coin is preferred) | Wrap coin carefully.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-24
NEXT-An accidental discovery.
POLLING NIGHT DRAUt;HTS

Plenty of fresh air in bedrooms, of course! But mothers can often pre- vent troublesome colds among the younG-and old members of the family by making sure that no draughts will sweep up under the covers at night. Blankets must be large, and carefully tucked in be- meath the edges of the mattress.