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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14
Good evening.
 o--O---o AND LINEN COAT

Good evening. o--O---o AND LINEN COAT She was quite old fashioned, Tn fact, ne turned quite pale. When inviting her ont for . ride, She put on her riding veil. o-O--o It's all matter of direction. Some people stoop to conquer, others rise to fame. o--O---O What has become of the old fashioned Waterbury man who used to eat charcoal tablets for his indigestion? o-O-o Signs of spring: Robins, clean win- dows in trolley cars, flies waiting for lunch room doors to open. o-O--o The good old days they talk about really existed. Then you could get board an1 room for $5 q week and borrow q dollar from tho landlady when up
 o-O--o Einsteln thinks the most bcau- sshNt eb ID III tDG dT0 California. Huh, that sounds like west coast Chamber of Commerce propaganda. We'll have to check Einstein first.
 o-O--o
 The difference between eat- ing soup and drinking it is a mere matter of noise.
 o-O--o Sometimes chip of the old block doesn't even turn out to be q good sized silver.
 Soon they'll make Freight street so pretty that the Amer lean Brass will have to hang awnings on their shop windows and plant rose bushes in front of 'en.
 A lot of homes seem stiff be- cause the lace curtains are that way.
 Some men become famous over- night. especially if they're caught in q bent houze raid.
 o--O--O
 THE BABY [" utAbC Oh BubESbbHGt Sent down from heaven above, To further fuse n man and wife, Tn love.
 Kid Waterbury says the horse who kicks over the traces general ly leaves traces of his work.
 o--O-o
 Companionate marriage is sensible says Judge Lindsey. The man who runs the delica tessen shop has another name for 1t. Congress voted that the star Spangled Banner" be made the na- tional anthem. It should have na- tionaiizcd another song, and dedi- cated 1t to the country on behalf of congress. You Made Me What Am To-day"
 Edgar Lee Masters predicts another world war within the next 25 years. He came near starting one over Lincoln, right now. h The first things to bloom in the spring of an election year are poli- tical hopes.
 o-O--o
 cPOItS uubt Dc DllVpiUk Iubt when thousands of people will pay good money to see q couple of wrestlers roll around the mat.
 o--O--o Wisdom and wrinkles come with advancing yearf.
 O-O--O
 The honeymoon is over when she stops serving paper napkins for his meals.
 o-O-o Even jack ass 1 suppose has as- pirations.
 o--O--o
 A noted chef claims that no dinner ig complete without soup. Sounds that way. eh.
 o-O--o The wet dry issue Is nip and tuck. Nip for the vets. tuck for the drys.
 o--O---o
 DUMB DANNIES Every husbnn nd'e a wonder.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14

The trouble with the talking pic- lures Is that there arc not enough successful stage plays - Samuel 0oldwyn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14

come to pt ss.--H. T. parson. presi- dent Y. w., Wooiworth Company.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-14
DUMB DANNIEs

Every husbands q wonder.
 To his wife, hut comes sIs doom, When he mounts the old step ladder,
 And starts papering the room.
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What has become of the old fashioned Waterbury man who used to eat charcoal tablets for his indigestion?
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gan announced, pulling out
one of the half pint bottles,
and samp1ing it.
Tony's arm fell away from
Dee. He sank on a chair and
buried his head in his arms.
Guess you'd better come
along with us, Curtis" Gilligan
said casually, as he closed the
case. first dumping the office
samples back in.
Dee Cant Believe 1t
Dee wanted to speak, wanted
to ask them what was the mat
ter, but couldn't find the words.
Couldn't talk. She seemed
dumb. Her dark eyes we're SOM
Der with fear, and her hands
clasped and unclasped nervously.
Tonys sample case. How many
times had she gone over it,
Strengthening the contents, talk
ing busily to Tony as she
worked. How many times had
she seen the case handled
it. And yet, these men, these
detectives had found liquor in
it. underneath the lining, in a
secret compartment. Tony
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couldn't have known 1T. He
didn't know it!
Here's your hat, Curtis" Gil
ligan said. Still Tony made no
move to go. His shoulders were
shaking, and his straight, slim
fingers were running through
his hair.
Whats the matter-wnat is
it," Dee managed to say at last.
Gilligan turned to her politely.
He felt sorry for her. Her face
was ashen. her lips drained of
their unusual cherry red color.
Nice kid, he thought. pitying
her. He was sure she knew
nothing about all this. Sure she
hadn't even suspected he and
Rodman were detectives until
he had shown Tony Curtis his
star. Refined girl, too, she
seemed. Too good to be mixed
up in liquor deals. In the boot
Logging business.
Tell me-" she whispered,
stepping closer to the hlg de-
tective.
well" he had to tell her,
although he hated to. She had
to know. We'll. just this. Mrs.
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arms and his body was shaking.
Come along, Curtis. We can't
wait forever Gilligan exclaimed
impatiently.
Tony, you didn't-
Foolish to think he didn't
when we got the goods on him.
and you saw it, Mrs. Curtis"
"You can't arrest him without
a warrant" Dee frightened.
They couldn't take Tony away
yet.
Gilligan laughed and produced
a paper from his pocket. 1t was
long and narrow, folded three
times. Warrants here. Search
warrant. too, but we wanted to
spare you, so we didn't search
the house. Tony's booked on a
bootlegging charge
But" Dee had bright
thought. Clary-"Tony's boss,
Mr.. Gilligan, he's the one who
got him in all this. It wasn't
Tony's fault. Mr.. Clary is his
name, Tony's boss. He must
be in on it"
"Clary? Yes. I know him.
But he's in too good. We
can't get him."
Cant get him."
Too Well Protected
mo, Clary's too we'll pro-
tected."
yet you're going to take
Tony to jail?"
cant get the big guys.
Clary's a big guy"
But Mr.. Clary is Tony's
boss" Dee couldn't see why
they didn't &C and arrest Clary,
too. Why should he be pro
tected, shielded, when Tony
was. She burst into tears
and sat down on the couch.
II told you, Mrs. Curtis, not
to bother your head about this
thing. Do you want to come
with us down to court?"
Dee nodded through her sobs,
but made no move to get her
things. Finally Gilligan handed
her her hat and coat, and
mechanically she put them on.
something she could do for
Tony. Something she must do.
Tomorrow he would be out with
her again. Perhaps tonight.
Gilligan. the suitcase in his
hand, was at the door. Rod
man was jerking Tony to his
feet. Tony's eyes did not meet
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Dee's as he went to the door.
His face was still gray, his lips
now loose, despairing.
Tony. you didn't do it,"
Dee pleaded at his side. Her
hand touched his coat sleeves.
He didn't answer until they
were down in a touring car with
a police license waiting at the
curb. Dee, Tony and Rodman
were in the back seat. Gilligan
in the front driving.
"Tony-tell me, I've got to
know" her hand turned his
head toward her, gently.
God, Dee I had to have a
job. couldn't get one - you
know how looked for days and
days-and days. 1 had to have
one-for you. 1 couldn't get
one, then Clary offered me this.
I happened to run into his
office, not knowing what it was.
1t was good money. took
it," His eyes met hers for an
instant, SheepiSh, dull eyes. The
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Curtis. Your husband, although
he's probably told you he was
selling office supplies, was no
more selling paper and pencils
and ink than I'm selling pea
nuts. All a b1ind-that case.
He's a bootlegger-"
Dee gave a little cry, and Gil
ligan reached forward to catch
her. But she didn't fall. Her
shoulders dropped. and she
caught a chair to steady her
self.
Tony Remains Silent
"Tony. you didn't - you
didn't - you couldn't she
breathed, looking at Tony. He
didn't answer. He seemed not
to have heard. His body was
rocking back and forth on the
chair.
yellow" Rodman's lips told
Gilligan. who nodded.
Tony tell mel" Dee shook
his arm lightly. When he still
made no reply. she drew back
and appealed to Gilligan.
Don't need to ask him, Mrs.
Curtis. I found the goods on
him. You saw me Just now.
Ought to be about three dozen
small bottles in that caSe-au
kinds of liquor. You see, Cur
tbs just went around to offices
all over town. gave out samples
and took orders. He delivered
the orders, too. sometimes. I
suppose. Sorry you didn't know
anything about it. Now we got
to take him"
"Where?"
Jail, Mrs. Curtis. Can't be
helped. We have been watch
ing him for some time, but had
orders not to arrest him at the
office. That meant we had to
get him at home. to get the
samples"
Arrest him?" Dee asked,
dazedly. She was beginning 10
see through it all. Tony's fine
job. One hundred dollars a
week and commissions. His
sample case. which he always
brought home with him, and
which stood every night at the
bed beside him. The uncertain
hours he had. So many nights
she had spent alone. The
strange calls that came to the
house. at all hours. Above all.
Tony'S fine job. The Job she
had been so proud of. The Job
she had boaSted about to her
mother. to Babe. to the girls at
the office. She was blind
not to have seen through it be-
fore. Blind. Blind with love
for Tony. With ambition for
him. Anxious for his advance
You mean you're going to
take him to jail?" She met
Gilligan's eyes. and they an
swered hers.
Jail" she murmured. Not
Tony?"
"Yes, Tony Gilligan said.
Its a shame he didn't tell you.
A shame. You thought he was
straight, I suppose
He is straight" she cried in
dignantly and looked at Tony.
His head was still buried in his
The Washington times., 1931-07-14
By ROB EDEN
Correct
Manners
BY Mrs. c. Beeckman

BY Mrs. c. Beeckman
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
l. I have been going with q
young man for a month and q
half. I have met his people.
His mother will have a birthday
very soon and I would like to
know If 1 should give her q
gift. If so, what would be ap-
propriate to give her?
2. And should I put a card
in it and what kind of card
should it be? Also what shall
I write on the card?
3. How shall I sign my name?
Should 1 sign Miss Dorothy
Jones or Dorothea Jones?
Thank you.
1. 1t wouldn't be appropriate
far from it-for you to give q
gift to the mother of this
friend whom you have known
for such a short time. The
mother might think that such q
gesture is thoroughly forced,
and might wonder"
But it would be thoroughly
appropriate. and quite beyond
criticism, for you to send her
a box of flowers for her birth
cay. Flowers never can be
criticized as a gift-and that
is such a comfort.
2. Enclose a card and write
on it something like this:
"Friently greetings and best
wishes for a Happy Birthday"
or Happy Birthday" or Happy
Birthday wishes" or Happy
Birthday Greetings"
3. Sign your name Dorothea
Jones.
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CHAPTER %

CHAPTER %
Roughly Gilligan took the
sample case from Tony's hands
and opened it.
Tony, his arm around Dee,
watched him glance through
the visible contents, paper Of
different kinds, ink, pencils,
fountain pens, erasers, binders.
The youths face was gray.
and the arm he held around
his wife was trembling.
Rodman had joined Gilligan.
Rudely, they dumped out the
contents on the floor and were
examining the inside cover.
Police Star Frightens Dee
Dee was frightened, too. The
star on the big mans vest. She
could not see it now, but she
had seen it. That meant he
was a detective. The other
one. too, probably. Detectives
E. What could they want with
Tony? She looked up at him,
but he was gazing at the two
men, his eyes, blurry, his lips
frightened. If he would only
look at her. say something.
Tell her everything was all
right. A sob caught in her
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throat and .ears 1eIl upon her
cheeks.
Detectives! She should have
known, when they had forced
their way in, should have
known. Hours sitting with
them and she had not guessed.
But everything was all right.
They would leave soon and
Tony would tell her all about
it.
Gilligan had taken stout
knife from his pocket and was
ripping open the lining of the
leather case. Rodman was
standing now, watching Tony.
"Ah!" came from Gilligan, as
with a jerk. the lining ripped
open and he looked at the
secret compartment in the
case.
Rodman nodded and Dee
leaned forward. Strapped down
in the bottom of the case, were
rows and rows of small bottles,
each labeled carefully, and
each containing a fluid. some
honey colored. some colorless,
some darkish brown.
Thought as much" Gilli-
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Diet and
Health
BY DR.. Logan CIendening

OS"" Ob~NNS""S
What foods are fattening?"
Is a question often asked me.
The answer is that all foods
are fattening If you take
enough of them. But what the
question means is whether
there are certain foods that
more easily turn into fat than
others.
Fats probably correspond to
this better than any other
food. Fats yield a high
amount of energy-nearly twice
as high as any other form
of food and hence produce a
great deal of. excess energy
This excess is not always used
up and is stored in the form
of body fat. Hence, the easiest
simple first step in reducing
diet is to eliminate butter and
cream.
Sugars and starches were
once supposed to be more fat
tening than anything else. Most
nutrition experts have now
abandoned this idea in favor
of the greater weight-produc-
ing qualities of fat.
But still the sugars and
starches have strongly fatten-
ing qualities. And the simpler
the form in which they are
eaten the more is this likely to
be the case.
We conclude that the least
fattening foods are the green
vegetables and berries. This is
true partly because in eating
them they fill you up quickly
and diminish the sense of hun
ger. Candy and meat and fats
such as salad dressings have a
come on" quality that makes
you eat more than you really
need-a common habit after
35, anyway.
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The Marry-Go-
Round
BY Helen Rowland
LOvers-and Others

LOverS-and OthefS
A man has reached the Age
of Discretion when he dec les
that his wife and his cook are
the only important women in
his life.
y man always remembers
the first woman he ever loved
his difficulty is in remember
ing the one before the last.
You can always tell when q
man has been on a particularly
will whoOpee party, by the
austere virtue Of his pronounce
ments against liquor and women
next morning.
The trouble with most OF
these young love-matches" is
that so many people rush into
them without even dictionary
to tell them what love is.
When the divorce comes out,
all her friends say, why did
she ever take him?" and all
his friends say, How did she
ever get him?"
Nature endowed woman with
beauty, grace, intuition and ten
derneSS-and then the devil
spoiled everything by giving her
q tongue.
Sometimes a girl with a scien-
tific training and a highoroW
education gets over it suttlcl-
emily to marry almost as we'll
as if she had stayed at home
from college and spent her time
in the beauty parlors.
The modern girl is the sort
Of optimist who believes that
the more kisses she gives a man
at retail, the more he will want
to acquire an option on them
at wholesale,
The Age Of Discretion, for
woman, is that at which she
stops putting candles = on her
birthday cake, for fear Of
cOnflagratiOn.
Alas, II the first kiss could
only last-or the last could only
be like the first.
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Your RuIins
Star
BY William Shwader
THE YEAR AHEAD
For Those Born July Is

During the coming year you
will be inclined to make sud-
den changes, being under the
vibrations of the badly-aspected
Uranus, the planet of upheav-
ais and revolutionary changes.
You will encounter many cross
roads and it Is most important
that you use great care in
choosing the right street Of
honest effort and avoid the
roads of the "temptingly easy
money" which finally lead to
disaster. Guard your health
during october Ills, January
8-l5. Advance your interests
during July 22-24, October 1919,
November 1924. Good for So
cial affairs during August 30-31,
December As.
A child born today will be
inclined to act raShly and
should be taught the power OF
concentration. His constitu-
ton will be rather delicate and
dietary measures would prove
very beneficial. y
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green and gold day has. But we are not
all poets. And some like the night only
for the night club. They adore the noise
the other flees from. You and can do
without the night club; to us its air is dry
and empty; that isn't "fun." But perhaps
it's just as we'll we have them for our
sakes as we'll as for those for whom they
are a vacation" For otherwise we might
have the night-lfers out in our green
meadows making the whoopee Of their
kind! Would we like Texas Cuinan to i'm
the daisies and the lambs a raueous big
hand7
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LOVE BLIND
Storyofa a GirIWhoLoved
Life and Adventure
BY ROB EDEN
The Story Thus Far

Dee Bradley pretty girl Of 49, employed as ypist in an IN
office chap named Tony Curtis
whom Just They much in love-
but things smoothly Tony has lost his job They
live Dees mother does not approve
marriage divorced Dees father Dennis
Dee fond both Dennis and his wife, Myrna
Phil Roche who much in love with Dee has been told
Of her marriage. They to apart
nnent Dee gives her Babe her
younger sister, keeping with Mr.. Likely wealthy
bachelor selling office supplies He Is often
out late at night Babe calls and Tony gre her with kiss
CaryS employer calls out Dee dSkes him.
The day two into the apartment and insist
waiting for Tony.
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What Do You
Know?

Answers To Today's Test
Questions On Editorial Page
l. Euclid. 2. In good faith.
3. Spain. 4. Johann Mozart.
5. Arno. 6. Baltimore. Md. 7.
Locksmith. 8. Marionettes. 9.
The first miracle of Cana. 10.
Opium. IL. 1899. IL. 1923. 13.
1904, IA. 1915. Is. 1874.
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"THIS is the Efe!" cries one. This is
the life!' cries another. And they are
joying over two things, two thrills, two
pleasures, poles apart.
les a splendid, elegant world that holds
Out surcease for all; thrills for all; a bar
gain counter of joy for the easily satisfied;
dazzle for the greedy, simplicity for the
city.weary; a banquet table for the luxury
craving; a picnic under the green tree for
the simple soul. Day life for the trekker;
night life for the confetti and jazz thrower:
The poet loves both night and day; and
rinbt ha. made many poets with her silver
stars and her black velvet mantle. as the
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debonair Tony was. quite gone.
He had done it for her. Her!
She lifted up her lips and kissed
him.
ITO be COntinued)
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Different ideas of what's "fun" and
rest! And different places that offer
something for every idea. To get away
from dazzle and noise and find a grand
vacation for soul and body where fellow
can drink fresh milk, is ones intent. And
her hurried trail (hastening to reach what
to her is longed-for ParadiSe) crosses the
path of the choo.choo that brings the one
who thinks a good time in the biggest city
in the U. S. after midnight, the epitome Of
relaxation and an elegant time" the fake
champagne a treat!
NELL BRINKLEY.
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Strong soaps harden WOODEN
materials and remove color
from printed ones.
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Rust can be removed from
curtain hooks by boiling for
10 minutes in soda water.
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Household Hints

A little vinegar rubbed on the
hands after dishwashing will
keep them soft.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-01-15
Famous Scottish Scholar

James Crichton, commonly called
the Admirable Crichton," was the son
of Robert Crichton. lord advocate of
Scotland In the reign of Mary and
james vi, and of Elizabeth, daughter
of Sir James Stewart of Beath,
through whom he claimed royal de-
scent. He was born probably at
Eliock, in Dumfriesshire, In 1860, and
when ten years old was sent to st.
Salvador's college, st. Andrews, where
he took his B. A. in 1874 and his NJ.
A. in 1875. That he displayed consid.
cradle classical knowledge, was a
good linguist, ready and versatile
writer of verse, and, above all, that he
possessed an astounding memory,
seems certain, not only from the evi.
dence of men of his own time but
from the fact that even Joseph Seal.
iger speaks of his attachments with
the highest praise. The epithet lad
mirable" (admirabilis) for Cricllton
first occurs in John Johnston's HE
roes Scott (1603).
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-01-15
Company Had to Pay
for Trader Rats Trick

Stories of the mischievous antics of
the trader rat are received with more
or less discredlt by people of the East
or West, but along the line of the
Rocky mountains, which Is the habi-
tat of the trader rat, there Is to be
found ample evidence of the rats
presence and operations. His pranks
are sometimes serious, and at other
times they are ludlcrous. The rat
will carry away anything which
catches its fancy. but 1t always leaves
something in Its place. The story of
one mans experience appears on the
records of q well-known insurance
company. The victim was a movie
director engaged In making a picture
In the mountains. and rolling himself
up In blanket prepared to spend the
night In the open. He laid his watch
on a convenient stone so that he might
consult 1t readily. but in the morning
the watch had disappeared, and In
its stead was little pyramid of
acorns, nails and obsidian. He re.
ported the circumstances and the In
surance people were at first inclined
to regard the incident as n joke, but
the claimant persisted, and finally the
amount was paid. but not without
protest On the part of the representa-.
tive Of the company.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-01-15
World. Ozark. Period

The Dark ages covered the period
from the fall Of the western Roman
empire in 475 A. D. to the revival of
learning on the discovery of the Pan.
dects at Amalf, Italy, in 115O. The
Pandects are collection of laws sys.
tematically arranged from Roman
writings on jurisprudence, enacted by
Justinian in 533 A. D. Their discov-
cry at Amalfi stimulated the study
Of Roman and Greek literature, which
led to the period known as the Classic
age. During the Dark ages masses Of
barbarians emerged from northern
Europe and overran the former seats
Of learning. Civilization was on the
decline and learning in Europe was at
Its lowest ebb.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-01-15
Altogether Too Late

AS 1 came into the living room the
other day George, eight years old, was
sitting on chair with his eyes closed
and his hands folded, mumbli.Ig some
thing, so 1 said, George what are
you doing?" to which he replied, "Oh,
I am praying" but before he could
say more Ruth, his little sister, said,
Mamma. George just struck match
in the hail. Whereupon George fin.
ished by saying, II was praying to
ask God for Ruth not to be tattle-
tale, but it's too late now."-Chlcago
Tribune.