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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13
Jail For Motorists

A traffic commissioner has decided that the only way for an under manned police depart ment to handle traffic violations is by being hard on offending motorists and pedestrians. For while, therefore, instead of merely hand ing out police court summons to traffic violator, the cop will escort him to the police station immediately. Very few drivers care about being locked up in jail, even for an hour or two. and it is believed that season of drastic treatment will make thoughtless motorists suddenly thoughtful.
 The new plan. of course, will be<hand- capped by the same shortage of policemen that is already troublesome. While an offi- cer is taking one driver to jail, half dozen others may violate traffic regulations at his corner. Nevertheless. it is well to try out the system of prompt and severe action. If 1t doesn't work. it can be abandoned. If 1t succeeds, however in increasing respect for regulations planned for the safety and conven fence of the whole public, it will be well worth while.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13
HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE
HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THls THAT THE OTHER THING

unless the spiritual necessities of the people were provided for. The genius that devised the new St Peters has followed out this conception in the convenience of the parishioners, af- fording them ample vision of the altar where the central act of Catholic worship is performed, and where the ordinances are dispensed. Symbolism abounds in St Peters in the exquisite fresco work, in the handsomely chiseled statuary, in the glorious stained glass windows, and it is symbolism that has its appeal for the intelligent layman.
 In raising this stately temple to God Rev James A. Broderick, the pastor, has builded wisely. He has husbanded the finances we'll and, while visualizing the needs of his congregation, has not overtaXed the resources of an uncommonly loyal people, who do not hesitate to make sacrifices, and generously sustain their faith by good work. His integ- rity of character, his total consecra- ton to priestly duties have won Father Frederick enduring respect and gratitude. Where pastor and people are so blessedly busy the contribution to the civic and reli-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13

New York.-When Joe Leblang, Broadway's famous cut-rate theater ticket king, passed on, his reins of government were taken over by one Matthew Zimmerman.
 And since "Zim." as they nick name him on the main stem, is cer- tain to be heard of from time to time, we might as well introduce him with a little yarn that has a slightly ironic twist
 Time was when Zim had con- siderable ticket business of his own. And there were many others. But Leblang, in his rise to multi millionaire theater figure, put one of them out of business after the other. Almost invariably. once the competitor was vanquished, Joe would buy him out. And Zim was just about the last to take the count. He had reached the situation where Leblang's power was so great that all available loose tickets were cor nered. Zim had nothing to sell. Leblang had so much respect for the others ability, however, that the minute Zib had been put out of business Joe hired him to open and manage the ticket shop at 4Srd street which has become known to every man, women or child who ever walked Broadway.
 At that time 43rd street was con- sidered "way up town," for New York's theater life had centered south of Times Square. The "up- town" office was little more than a hole in the wall; an eis-bootblack shop.
 Ticket brokers. so the saying went. had "their offices in their hats" They were little more than sidewalk hawkers, wandering from one spot to another working the crowd. And more than once they would get caught, just before cur tain time, with a block of unsold seats in their pockets.
 Then, in panic. they would un- load them on Zimmerman for al- most any price they could get. These bargains would be resold at considerable less than box-off1ce figures. and the wise mob got in the habit of waiting for them. Thus the tiny bootblack stand grew to a vast industry: Leblang bought the coop, then bought the whole build ing and then bought theaters and properties all around 1t.
 His fame grew and millions across the land came to know of the cut-rate king. He became re- sponsible for the success of hun dred shows that otherwise would have failed. The classic example was "Abie's Irish Rose" which seemed destined to almost certain failure during many a week in which he "carried the show" by buying up vast blocks of tickets and getting rid of them.
 Hundreds of names glistened in bright lights thanks to his sagacity. But his own had occupied most modest spot. Just a few weeks be- fore he died, he staged an adver- Using drive to attract persons in the theatrical business to his office building. A huge sign, with his name glittering in gold and in lights finally was hung out. But Joe never got to see 1t. There is another tale to the ef-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13
THE FAIRFIELD PARK
 COMMISSION
(Hartford Courant)

| (Hartford Courant) -i | In support of the proposal that a special commission be appointed to buy land for park on the shore of Fairfield county, the argument is put forward that, inasmuch as the l choice of site is of interest pri- marily to the citizens of Fairfield county, the matter should be handled by commission directly representing them rather than by the state park and forest commits sioners. The argument is patiently makeshift devised to cover the particular situation which has arisen with regard to the park in
 Fairfield county. If the principle underlying it had any validity, the state park and forest commissioners should be dismissed forthwith in or der that special commissions might take over their functions in every part of the state.
 I The argument for the appoint ment of special commission to | develop a park in Fairfield county was in effect repudiated by the ap- propriations committee of the gen. eral assembly, which sponsored the proposal when it recommended that the state park and forest com missioners develop the site at Rocky Neck in New London county as a park. If special commission should be appointed to assume the func- tions of the state park and forest commissioners in Fairfield county, why should not a special commis- sion be appointed in New London county as well? On the other hand, if the state park and forest com missioners are capable of developing park in New London county. why are they not also capable of devel- oping a park in Fairfield county? The conclusion is unacceptable that the appropriations committee, i in proposing the appointment of a special commission to usurp the | functions of the state park and for est commissioners in Fairfield coun- ty, is trying "to putover fast one. " The conclusion is forced home by the circumstance that the state park and forest commissioners are known to favor the development of the site already purchased at Sherwood Island in the town of Westport. against which powerful political pressure has been constantly direct ed. The effort of the appropriations committee to evade the issue which is thus presented by passing the buck" to special commission is not an edffying spectacle. II amounts to a repudiation of the state park and forest commission CTS for reasons which, apparently, the appropriations committee does not want to stand behind.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13
A NEW "HOUSE OF PRAYER"
(New Haven Journal-Courier)

(New Haven Journal -Courier)
 We congratulate the clergy and people of St Peters parish on the dedication of their new church in Kimberly avenue. In what are so often styled these "days of declining faith" it is refreshing to see another edifice mounting toward the sky line of the city with it's messages of truth and beauty. New Haven, al- ready rich in noble specimens of secular and religious architecture, rejoices in this latest addition to it's numerous denominational family.
 Even "the man of the street" must pause and give more than a passing glance to the structure ris- ing in majesty from the midst of a busy city thoroughfare. Architect and mason have here wrought so harmoniouusly that in it's fine Gothic lines and variegated ashlar the of symmetry, solidity and perma- nency. singularly expressive of divine worship to which it is now set apart. Imposing as is the new St Peters in it's exterior. the surface impressions convey only faintly the wealth of devotion imparted from within. The atmosphere in redolent of piety, the artistic establishment serving only to enhance the spiritual values that make the content. Here is truly "house of prayer"
 Art assuredly does reserve it's highest achievements for the things of the soul. No longer may it be said that Gothic Art is static. In competent hands 1t may minister to the spiritual and the emotional. In the Roman Catholic economy there is admittedly place for art and aesthetics, but these are not per- mitted to dominate. Roman churches have an eye single to the service of God. They are acts of homage and, differ as men may in their mode of expression, it will be conceded that even the magnificent liturgy of Rome is subordinated to declara- tion of belief in God and mans de- pendence upon Him. Catholics insist that the most glorious creations of Christian art would be meaningless
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13
Ou0TATIQGNS . - - 0 eNJ S - /V

What strikes me at the moment about journalism is the distressing absence of news.
 Edgar Wallace. If somebody offered you a thing like that Recommendation for a judgeship) would you just say Thank you" and not leave him a present? Would you really. be such a rotter?
 District Leader Annie Mathews of New York City.
 This depression will soon pass and we are about to enter a period of prosperity the like of which no country has ever seen before. s. Clifford. president of A. T. & T. Co.
 have always wanted babies more than anything else in the world and I love a home.
 -Estelle Taylor. It's fortunate to be the son of poor father. Rich fathers send autos and bulldogs to college.
 Rev pr S. Parkes Cadman
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13
Raising Food Products

The government is warning the growers of various food products that they must reduce the amounts raised if they want decent prices. Wheat growers have been told this over and over again. A few days ago word was sent out to the potato growers that the present indications are for 10 per cent increase in the product. and if they persist in planting so much. they can expect the lowest prices for years After the government and other agencies spent many millions of dollars to ed- ucate the farmers in scientific methods which shall increase the product, then they have to be urged and even begged not to use this new productive power, and to hold down their production.
 While many countries suffer from lack of food, our farmers suffer because they raise too much of it. Many farmers, hearing that the government is trying to keep the produc- ton down, will quietly plant few extra acres, convinced that there will be shortage. But they should have care. Bigger crops mean more farm labor to be hired which may take all the profits out of the crop. However. farm labor will not cost so much this summer as it did up to 1929. Many farm boys who hired themselves to the cities and towns when the big wages were being paid, are back at the old homestead today, satisfied with good old home fares.
 The farmer needs to keep his costs down. raise no more than he can sell for fair price, and raise stuff that the market demands. If he does not know what will sell, let him ask his banker or his state agricultural college or farm adviser The mere fact that he always has raised something else does not prove that he can make profit on it under present conditions. The whole country IS interested in farm prosperity, since if the tarm- CTS can't buy, the factories can't run, and the store man can't sell his goods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13

The Hartford Courant refuses to let the matter of special commission to acquire state park in Fairfield county rest. The Courant believes that it is the prerogative of dhe state park and forest commission to handle all such matters and no exception should be made in the case of Fairfield county. It has been claimed in explanation of the special commission that the state park would be of particular benefit to Fairfield county residents and hence the commission should be chosen from this section of the state. That, of course, isn't logical argument. In the first place the park will be of no more benefit to Fairfield county residents than it will to residents of any other county State parks are state parks and not county reservations for the residents of each particular county They are for the benefit of the entire state High Rock below Naugatuck is not for the Naugatuck valley alone but for the entire state. It may be visited by more people from this vicinity but that's simply because we know about it and know the route to it. The same is true in other instances, but no one. state park is for any definite group We share in their beauty and recreational facilities alike.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13

White Sulphur Springs. Tom" Luther was an innkeeper back in the days when tally hos were in their prime and when stage drivers planted long whips and were objects of much admiration. We'll. 10 get to the point of this story, Mir Luther has sold his famous resort on Saratoga Lake White Sulphur Springs is quite ways from Saratoga Springs. In fact it is opposite the town on the other side of Saratoga Lake. Jack Dempsey did most of his training for his heavyweight champion ship bouts there as did other famous fighters. Back in the days when New York society centered around Saratoga during the month of August Luthcr's was the scene of many gay parties in which the Actors, Vanderbilts and Goulds were central figures. Luther came to Saratoga in 1884 and was probably as well known as even "Al' Smith and that's going some.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Cod Liver Oil
 Is cod liver oil tonic or in any way 6snei' % Answer - It is beneficial for adults as it is for infants children, though infants less than year old need it most. Many adults with chronic sinusitis derive benefit from cod liver oil
 HypOdermics Injections of Morphine Your opinion of twilight sleep and its cnects on the child: .,;, e. R. e sleep" hypodermc medication and the dope com- monly given to condemned criminals to enable them to walk indifferently to their doom, is all the same-morphine and scopoamine. These ago in this country, and generally discarded as being too dangerous, particularly to the child. Then Ia years ago it was revived" by a maga- zine, as some new discovery made in Germany. Certainly the question whether such drugs should be used in any circumstances is strictly one for the attending physician to consider, and it is no business of the layman's.
 Happy To Oblige
 Please tell me what you suggest for an itchy rash on the shins and elbows and Obge. ...
 (B. H. Answer-I suggest that you consult physi- elan.
 Please tell me what effect lime water has on health take three teaspOOnfuls daily for no for me- (C. WI .Answer-It is a mild alkali or anti-acid It has no particular effect health. You get as much lime in a glass of milk you do in the lime water you take.
 Cut Your Own Remedy
 Please send me the smoking cure. have 8 son 16 years old who is heavy smoker.
 (Mrs MD Answer Take a walk down by the creek and cut willow switch It is absurd to permit child like that to feel that he needs treatment He needs the rod That is, provided his par ents have not been negligent. Long before a boy or girl reaches that age good parents should ex- act solemn pledge against smoking before 21
 (Copyright John F. Dille Co.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13
RHEJrMATISM REMEDY DISCOVERED IN
 FRANCE

| From the letters I deduce that not so many of our readers who have chronic arthrits are | biting these days the mail-order rheuHlatishi cure that purports to be the discovery o1 an oiu 1 army surgeon in India or some such mysterious
 n,ace It seems that as respectable merchants | become more and more particular aoout 'ne | company they keep, the old army game, as worked on gullible subscribers through tne kiho-
 ly assistance of gyp publishers, IS ioslng casl +, attention of sufferers can't be bought or pro
 cured by ayman, so you see IL IS not struts am exploiting It couldn't be taken or admlnls- tered bv a layman even if he were able to pro,
 cure it. Oh, you might have known there wouio lo
 he some catch in it, the minute you lamped the file Pm a great hand at getting my Scotch
 readers hopes up and then flashing them by an
 nouncng that the treatment can De had ohiy
 from your regular physician.
 Four French physicians report in one o1 the
 leading Paris medical journals case or pro
 ever that may be- in which subcutaneous ln1ec-
 tions of parathyroid extract produced eNtraoi
 dinari1y good results. Following tnat exper.-
 mental case the French doctors used the treat,
 ment on a dozen similar cases and optalheo
 similar results in all of them. The immediate results of the treatment, Whlch
 are manifest after the first few injections are a feeling of we'll being, increased facility of move ment and greater fleXibty ot the aHected Jonl.s' This amelioraton uniformly appears in twen-
 ty or thirty minutes after the injection and lasts twelve hours. It is similar to the erect or m sulin injections in diabetes, that is the remedy is effective only long as the does acts. But, just as the insuin treatment of diabetes mas a
 cumulative effect which IS indirectly the retii ou feet of treatment and may be regarded as gam in general metaboism, so in this partnyrolo ex- tract treatment of long standing cases Of arth- ritis beneficial indirectly, and for the same req. son-it helps to improve the patients general metaboliSnl. .. Thus, like insulin, treatment, whether for dia- betes for mere undernutrition. we must regard this parathyrod treatment of advanced, disabl- ing arthritis therapeutic encouragement If a little is good more is better-but it requires the skill and knowledge of the physician to know how little or how much nsulin to administer 10 one with undernutrition or hyperglycemia or how little how much parathyroid extract to administer o one with chronic progressive orth- ritis.
 wish I could give more information about this treatment, but I have more information to give to readers. You have to get it from your physician if at all Ask him about it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13
DING, DING
She wrote for pansies
 Oh, hO, hum, She didn't know how


 Oh, hO, hum, She didn't know how to spell Ger-an.i-um.
 .o-O-o It pays to tell the truth, for, un. easy lies the head that lies.
 O-O-o
 Now they claim that girls are contracting hay fever from pow dering their faces. Isn't that enough to make you sneeze.
 o-O-o Then there was the engineer who married and didn't feel at home un- til the wife added to her furniture a time table in the house.
 o-O-o sE It takes a man with an iron nerve to steel himself for the impending shock.
 o-O-o Congressman Goss has succeeded in having the government change it's specifications for our new post of- flee. Goss insisted on copper and bronze instead of aluminium. No aluminium for Ned, they're not go- ing to make light of our new D. o.
 o-O-o
 The old oaken bucket has been famed for long in both song and story but nobody ever writes poem about the old coal hod. Ask dad, he knows. o-O-o I suppose the woman who wears Q dress without sleeves is merely ell. lowing her way through style.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13

Does anybody know anything about the origin of macaroni? We refer to the word and not the delicious pastry that so tiokles the palates of many epicureans. For years macaroni has been considered purely a Nea- politan dish. Now it is claimed that it was used in Sardinia long before its advent in Naples. A Sardinian newspaper recently published poem by a Neapolitan poet of l646 in which there is reference to mac carune de Cagliara' The explanation is that it was imported from Sardinia to Naples. but such thought is abhorrent to any rue-blooded son of Naples. We don't mind Let's have a dish of spaghetti a la Marinara
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13
TODAY IS THEA ANNIVERSARY &5 AgkKA
PROTEST AT ODESSA

On May 13, 1917, a Jewish dem- onstration took place at Odessa. Russia, where some thousands gath cred in front of the Rumanian con sulate to protest against recent ill., treatment of Jews in Rumanja.
 One of the delegates elected by the crowd presented to M. Grecianu, the consul general, a written pro- test against the reported acts of violence. The consul general tele- graphed the protest to Jassy and communicated to the delegates q telegram from Jassy stating that the whole Jewish question was 10 be dealt with in the current ses- sion of the Rumanian Parliament.
 Just two days prior to the pro- test at Oddessa deputation of Ru- manian Jews called on King Fer dinand and presented him with a note begging him to take the na- tive Jews under. his protection. Ac companying the note was an appeal which the native Jews had Gistri- buted to Jassy on May 6.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13
V OHMIGOSH

The bakers daughter, Makes different dough, By singing bread programs On the radio.
 o-O-o The woman who figures in a di- vorce scandal generally has a pretty figure to begin with.
 O-O-o
 Cuff links went out when golf links came in.
 O-O-o There are five million jobless in Germany and they claim over there the Versailles treaty is to blame Proof again there's no profit in war for either winner or loser.
 O-O-o
 Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home-except dur ing house cleaning time.
 o-O-O If a woman spent as much time selecting husband as she does in being fitted to a pair of shoes. there would be fewer divorces in this little old world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13
KANSAS MAY ENFORCE
 ITS OLD BLUE LAWS

Topeka, Kan.-Forces supporting reform and forces advocating mod ification of Kansas blue laws to-day prepared for a legal battle, which may close permanently theaters in the states larger cities.
 According to state statutes, it is against the law for theaters to op- crate on Sunday. In the larger cit ies. however, such as Kansas City, Wichita and Hutchinson, the law is not enforced.
 A recent movement has been launched, by club women and min isterial alliances of the various cit- les for strict enforcement of the blue laws. The most important fight now Is underway at Wichita wher plans have been made for filing o' an custer petition against the Fo1 West Coast Theaters company un- less 1t closes its shows in Kansas on Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13
| IN A=
 NEW YORK
wtth Gilbert Swan

feet that Leblang was a great cross word puzzle fan. He would sit for
 hours working over. the squares. When he was fatally stricken, he propped himself up in bed and amused himself with this game. His wife came in and urged that he put 1t down and rest. q will when I've finished it," he
 said. But you know I never quit anything I've started until it's fin ished.'
 His wife left the room. Some
 hours later, Leblang was found dead in his bed. His heart had failed. But on the table beside him was the complete crossword puzzle. GILBERT SWAN Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-13
TEE, HEB.

Here repOses Hiram Stout, Each year they sing his praise, For Hiram let his workers off On all the holidays.
 O-O-o Pickles keep the human body thin, but don't let this jar you.
 O-O-O
 I suppose the sheet makers felt the depression just as soon as the ku Klux klan collapsed.
 O-O-O Back in the stone age, the groom would drag his bride by the hair of her head, so it was impossible to fool your sweetie then by wearing a wig.