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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28
TWO BERRIES FOR ONE.
(New York Times)

When the United States Depart ment of Agriculture turns its bota- nists or other researchers loose, 1t does not expect them to come home in a week with a seedless apple in one hand and an eyeless potato In the other. But 1t Is not surprised when a few years of experimental ton result in more useful products to help the farmer and amaze the layman. Dr Frederick V. Coville, who has just received a high award from the Massachusetts Horticul- tural society for his achievements in the plant world, is botanlst with an eye for the practical. One of his most valuable discoveries is how to make the wild blueberry grow in a garden and like 1t.
 Plants are as varied in their dis positions as people. Some have been domesticated with little trouble to man, while others refuse to be subdued. Every whichever lover who has tried to bring the delicate plants of the early Spring woods into his own yard knows how stubbornly they resist his kindness. There may be hint for such gardeners in the methods ern- ployed by Dr Coville in tanning" the blueberry. In fact. he recom- mends cultivation of trailing arbu- tus, mountain laurel, azalea and other reluctant immigrants through an identical procedure.
 Where blueberries grow in a state of nature, as they do in Maine the farmers never cultivate them. About once in three years they burn the fields over, and the only othcr work consists of harvesting the crop. New Jersey and other farm CTS, wishing to grow blueberries for nearby markets, have treated them like tender garden plants. Hoping to get finer plants and bigger ber- ries, they have enriched the soil and given the same kind of care that they bestow upon other small fruits. But the blueberry bushes responded to this generous treat ment by dying. and the better the care the faster they died.
 Harsh treatment of a kind that would kill ordinary garden plants Is just what the blueberry has to have. It is stimulated to rapid
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28
At The National Capitol
A Digest of Who's Who and Whats What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER
ALLY WASHINGTON LETTER

to know were none of its business.
 And you can just imagine how pleasant the several congress- women in the House feel life will be now that southern democrats are to hold the important posts.
 e
 Actually, the increasing talk about a woman vice president probably will be mere rnoonshinc for several decades. That predic- ton about 1898 stands. But the South will see to 1t eventually.
 Male politicians in general are frightened by the prospect of wo- men in places of political respon- sibility. If they promote a woman for congress they have to be satis- fled first that she won't go haywire on them. They remember how the wife of the democratic national chairman turned on Al Smith in 1928, how Mrs Mccormick blew up during her campaign, how Mabel Willebrandt drew heavy fire.
 But, after all, few women could cause more embarrassment than Charlie Curtis with his aggravat- ing indecision as to whether the vice-presidential renomination is worth having.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28
NEA Service Writer

NEA Service Writer
 Washington.-If a woman IS elected vice-president of the United States in 1898, she will be a lady of the South. Probably she will be a citizen of Arkansas.
 The traditional gallantry and chivalry of the South effervesce even into national politics. It was a governor of Georgia who made Mrs Rebecca Felton the first wo- man senator, although only for a day. Now a governor of Arkansas has appointed Mrs Hattie Caraway to be senator and these southern statesmen vie so earnestly in pay ing tribute to that other sex that there's no telling where 1t will all end. What the North does about putting women in the senate was best indicated by the 750,00O plu- rality by which Senator Jim Ham Lewis of Illinois won over Ruth Hanna Mccormick.
 Arkansas stands proudly at the top of feminism's honor roll. TWO Arkansas congresswomen elected to succeed their husbands sat in the House last session-twice as many as any other state ever had at the same time. Now comes Mrs Car away.
 Various southern democrats oon- spired before the 1924 convention in New York and put in nomina- tion a heroine who, if she had been nominated and elected, probably would have been the most beauti- full woman to hold high office since the administration of Cleopatra. She was Mrs Leroy Springs, na- tional committeewoman from South Carolina.
 Politicians from all sections be- came enthusiastic over the idea as soon as they saw Mrs Springs. Every time she stood up the band played "Oh, You Beautiful Doll. Then the convention broke into that terrible Smith row and Mrs Springs, who had second ed McAdoo, received only 1S votes from South Carolina as the dele gates nominated Charlie Bryan and dashed home.
 Lately Mrs Ruth Bryan Owen, the congresswoman from Florida, has been talked about ns vice presidential possibility. Mrs owen. however, knows better than to try for a place on the national ticket. She has her eye on the senate. NC one believes that a southern state would ever refuse such a job to a lady who asked for it.
 American women had to wait until they had the South in the Saddle" before the women's sur. frage amendment was passew. Tnat was in the Wilson administrator when southern democrats were guiding legislation.
 No southern member or congress, according to many reports rom authoritative sources, can resist . lady lobbyist. They barge in on the old gentlemen from Dixle with all the assurance of a fisher man trolling a goldfish bowl ana . general success reminiscent Of the days when Queen Marie of Ru- mania and her ladies-in-waitins were capturing the peace conrer- ence. Even the late Senator car away, who considered lobpyists akin to scorpions and took tneir hides off one by one during nis investigation of them, became meek and mild when Mrs Gladys Moon Jones sassed the committee and sail all the things it wanted
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28
DEGENERATE DAYS (Hartford Courant)

Tn a rash moment we read in the Meriden Record an article headed Eating a Doughnut Now Grave Problem. Should We Use Fork ?" At rare intervals, we have fears for the future of the republic. and one of those occasions is upon us now. Our fears are great, and if Mir Vol iva should make good his predic- ton of the end of the world in 1886, we shall not care greatly.
 For this paper, printed in state which has been on intimate terms with the doughnut for more than 200 years, asserts that eating a doughnut is a problem and asks If a fork should be used in the pro- cess! Any Connecticut man who recalls the raised" doughnuts that mother used to make realizes that a fork would be an impeachment. One crammed the doughnut into his mouth as swiftly as possible in order that he might get another, and still another.
 But sorrows crown of sorrows was to find that the writer of the article was really talking of crul- Ter, for he suggests inserting the fork into the holse in the doughnut, "and then with a slowly descending motion, lop off situable portion" Insult is added to injury. for the doughnut has no hole and consider able time is involved in the prepar- ation of the dough for 1t. while flour, lard, water and some baking powder may be transformed into cruller material in a few moments.
 The doughnut requires yeast and time for it to leaven the mass of flour, sugar and water into the soft, spongy, dough which is sliced into suitable strips and boiled in deep fat. being rescued at the prop CT moment. One was compelled to await a slight cooling before he could begin the feast. After he had eaten perhaps six before they were cool, his hunger had departed, and he had heart for any fate.
 If they were not eaten at once the doughnuts could be stored for Q month or more. The male members of the faimly who were cutting cordwood would carry doughnuts with them and. at noon, would kindle a fire and thaw and toast the doughnuts, each one being im- paled on the end of a stick. The interior of the doughnut might be frozen. but at least part of 1t was warm. But they were more en- joyed of a winter evening when they appeared on the table not far from a pitcher of cider. A cruller, a mere fried cake with a hole in 1t. is nothing calculated to awaken fond memories.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2s, 1881
Too Much Politics

It is too bad that the proposed Merritt Highway in Fairfield county can not be entirely divorced from politics The project has run the gauntlet of both parties now for the last four or five years with actual work on the road merely at the surveying stage. In fact, we doubt if the state has yet &C., auired sufficient rights of way to make the roadway success from the New York state line to Bridgeport. There are so many angles to the Merritt Highway that it is dit ficult, of course, to discuss all of them thor oughly. But one thing is certain the road will not be white elephant when com pleted, but will be an important cog in our highway system.
 There really is little need to discuss the need of boulevard route parallel to the Boston Post Road. Anybody who drives over the latter several times week realizes full well that it is doing more than Its share in relieving Fairfield county of eongested arteries of travel. We don't think that the republican party of the state regarded the Merritt Highway as anything more than another road until it received support from the democrats in their successful 1930 cam paign. That practically signalized its entry into state politics as project to be claimed entirely by either of the two major parties. Both are now battling for the right to claim the road as their particular monument.
 L n,oI ,ft fhat veteran Fairfield county legislator, ex-Repre- sentative Schuyler Merritt of Stamford. We suppose that with Merritt-for governor boom now started in Fairfield county demo- crats may temper their demands for the road until the l932 state campaign is over. How ever, there need be no fear of Mir Merritt or the republican party eapitalizng the pro- rosed road. And the nomination of MT Merritt for governor on the republican ticket is long ways off It is so remote that we don't imagine that the concerned man even anticipates the event himself.
 As far as we can see the real obstacle in the way of the new road has been the Legls- lature. If actual construction work IS de- layed blame it on this law making body and not upon either political party. And in this particular instance it looks to us as if the Fairfield county republicans failed to rally much support from their fellow members Had they been able to persuade their re- publican brethren of the need of the road they might have put through an appropria- ton measure with democratic aid which has never been denied the Merritt Highway.
 As football the road has proved most resilient It has withstood all the boots that both parties. the Legislature. and the general public have given. it. If it wasn't really worth the candle it would have dropped out of consideration long ago. That it is still on the statute books and slowly near ing actual construction stage indicates its value. While Fairfield county will benefit more than any other county by it. we believe that the entire state is actually interested in seeing the Merritt Highway an actuality not possibility.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28

rassment of being at the tall of the list for committee appointments in- stead of near the head, as he was at the close of his earlier senator ial career.
 MT Curtis is an astute politician, and as such, he realizes that even the comparative unimportance of a junior senatorship is preferable to defeat or complete withdrawal for term from the political arena. Consequently, an authorized state ment of the course he will choose for the future will be regarded as highly indicative of the chances of the republican party in the cleo ton next November. If he decides to run as senator, 1t will be gen. erally believed that the national chances of his party are not all that they might be. On the other hand. O decision to stand again with President Hoover will be regarded as an excellent assurance of repub- lican victory.
 Tn the circumstances. Mfr Curtis need not be surprised that any hint of his. intentional or otherwise, as to which course he will choose. should be snapped up and widely published. Ills position in a deli- cate one. and the public and the correspondents are more than wiil- ing to read things into his words and actions that are not intended. Never a figure of great national imposeance, Mir Curtis's present preeminence may be as subtly llattering as 1t is. at times, irritat- ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28
@ TODAY } @
 /WOPlDi WAR \. ANNIVERSARY &&H ofAGE.
REVEAL SECRET PACT

On November 2S. 1917, the text of an alleged secret treaty between France, Great Britain, Russia and Italy was given out at Petrograd.
 The "agreement" sanctioned the annexation by Italy of certain ter ritory in return for entering the entente alliance.
 The "agreement" also engaged to brand as inadmissible the in- tervention of Pope Benedict with a view to stopping the war.
 The document was said to have been signed in London April 26, 1915, by Sir Edward (later Vis- count) Grey. former foreign sec retary; Paul Cambon, French ann bassador to Great Britain; and Count Benckendorff, Russian am- bassador to Great Britain.
 According to the Bolshevist rev. elations Italy was to have the as- sistance of the French and British naval forces until the Austrian navy was destroyed.
 After peace Italy was to receive Trentino, Southern Tyrol to the Brenner Pass. Trieste, Istria, and Dalmatia, with additional geo. graphical boundaries outlined in great detail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28

Not to be outdone by the growth of the Crusaders in our colleges an organization op- posed to their aims is now flourishing at Williams College It is the Paynim Society and its manifesto reads that - The Paynim are opposed to the Crusaders because they ad- vocate the repeal of the 1 9th amendment and the reversion of the control of prohibition from the federal government to the states
 This would bring chaos worse than at present. With drinking conditions SO ag-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28

Frost fish were running so heavy at Coney Island Wednesday that anglers cast their lines aside and 1eaped into the water, where they proceeded to kick and throw the fish ashore. Frost fish are usually whiting or ling both of which yous can find in the dictionary. but we doubt if you can find them at Coney Island. That's the way Connecticut angler in his first or second year dreams about trout every spring as April 15 hears.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28

sravated. it is folly to think of distributing the control of liquor among 48 state Legis- latures. Extremely wet states would pro- vide source of bootleg liquor that would be intollerabIe and uncomfortable to mod crate states. Federal legislation to protect these states might be legal. but the Crusaders fail to explain how it could be effective. .." But prohibitionists fail to explain how we are going to cope with those drinking conditions" which even the Paynim seems to recognize.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28

eies concerned. If there are too liberal tax exemptions in Connecticut then it isn't the system. but the individual who is at fault for it was he who permitted individuals or organizations to change the intent of the law. You can't improve the system until you improve the man. Consider that an in- dictment if you will It is not so intended. We simply class assessment and collection of taxes as a profession. It requires the pro- fessional touch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28
To-day's Selected Poem
AUTUMNAL RETROSPECT
(By Julia Boynton Green in The New York
 Times)

NBy JUIId BOyHtOn Green m The NeW OrK
 Times) Though in frank autumnal retrospect We grant the desperate world has looked on
 doom And dark threads tangled in the worlds
 swift loom, Yet on this sweet old feast day we elect To stress bright hues with which lifes wool is
 fecked, The liberal design of leaf and bloom And brilliant fruit that leaves, indeed, scant
 room For somberness. Now blithely we reject All lurking doubt, anxiety and dread Forget the blights, the wormwood, the alloys. And with this weathered truth our souls are
 fed: That plenty breeds unthrlft-indulgence cloys; That times of trial develop power and poise. TO old unsullled springs our thirst is led; The wandering craving heart when all is said, Turns back to simple, sane, enduring joys.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28
Here, There And EperysDhere

growth and the production of more and bigger berries by a long, cold winter. A fertile, loamy soil sends 1t to an early death. Its roots thrive and find their best nourish- ment in sandy, acid soil. Butter milk and whey are excellent ferti- lizers for 1t. Dr Coville has tried many Kinds of plant food, and finds that 1t prefers acid to anything mild or sweet. Cream and sugar, with which he experimented, he says "are still best utilized, in ac- cordance with established practice, on the .blueberries themselves fresh from the ice-box.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28
IT WAS EVER THUS

Be still my heart,
 Why fret and fuss, Fate decides the program, For all of us.
 o-O-O Reno merely proves that love Is blind.
 Nothing succeeds like suc- cess, remember this.
 O-O-O The honeymoon is over when you'll see a button missing from his topcoat. If all the sand in canned spinach could be piled into one heap you'd have enough to take care of the icy sidewalks this winter.
 O-O-o The man who always wants to dope things out is much of a dope himself.
 o-O-o If frozen assets are bankers mis- takes. frozen buildings must be the cooks.
 A wise crack from a re- cent movie: Her schoolgirl complexion has graduated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28
ANOTHER AIR RECORD

New York-Passenger traffic on American lines broke all previous monthly records in July of this year. the Aeronauticai chamber of commerce reports. During that 10. .ooc s over 'i ths n" previous previous m mcnthIy peak set for August, 1880. It was larger than the total for the whole year of 1928.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28
Personal Health SerUice (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed. letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment. will be answered by Dr Brady. Address him. care of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28
YOU DON'T SAY

He spent a fortune on a roadside
 stand, Thought he'd clean up, but say, They went and built 8 new state
 road, Two thousand feet away.
 O-O-O The man who bets money on a horse is merely riding to a fall.
 o-O-o
 The man who sharpens his wits on the grindstone of life is going to be 8 pretty keen citizen.
 p-O-o The old fashioned man who used to carry a horse shoe pin for luck has a son now who carries a spare.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28

The way British taxation is rising, they'll soon need dole for the nobility.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28
Quotations

We are being swamped with the works of people with large purses and small minds. "A. B. Knapp-Fisher, Briucn
 Architectural Society.
 Americans and Arabs are the most courteous people in the world. Max won Oppennelm'
 archeologist.
 Noise oyerloads the nations annual payroll by $375,000,o00. pr William Braid White, acous-
 tics expert. ,
 A man who can hold his tongue can hold anything, even a bishop ric.
 Dean Inge of St Paul's. London.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 4:56 o'clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28

It's as hard to reduce budgets as adipose tissue, but sometimes if the former is accom- plished the latter takes care of itself.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28
YOU DON'T SAY

When a wife starts to lose her
 figure,
 Gets to look like an open fan, No wonder she starts to worry, For fear that she'll lose her
 o-O-o The old post office right now looks like the dead letter office.
 o-O-o
 The man who engraves his wife's initials on his heart probably uses her cutting re- marks to do the job.
 o-O-o Who can remember the good old days when a girl was consid- cred fast if she rode on the handle bars of a bicycle? Now look at 'em. What the country needs is a five cent cigar that will smell like a ten center.
 When business gets down to brass tacks it may help the brass industry.
 They put hair in plaster to keep if together and cocoanut in custard pie for the same purpose, l sup pose.
 o-O-o
 Sweet potatoes and pickles can be expected to sour many a menu.
 o-O-o This completes our series of hroa dcasts for the week. They came to you over DBD and were sent by the Waterbury Evening Democrat, pioneer in this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time, to be back on the air again Monday evening at the usual hour. O-O-o Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28
MIR CURTIS TAKES HIS TIME.
 (Hartford Courant)

naturally. irritated at the number of unauthorized statements that have cropped up lately regarding
 his future course in politics. It Is generally believed that his decision between the choices of running for the Senate from Kansas or of a. gain accepting tho nomination for vice-president will rest on the chances he believes the national ticket has of being elected. The vice presidency apparently appeals to him more than a term In the senate, with the attendant embar-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28
AND so IT GOES

A penny saved is a penny earned, Mark well the slogan, gent, Especially if you've been cut, The ding-dong, ten per cent.
 O-O-o
 Home is a place where you can take off your shoes and stock ing and walk around in your bare feet.
 O-O-O What doth it profit man if he gain the whole world and then find the furnace out on a bitter cold morning?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28
so IT GOES

A terrible thing has happened, No, not to an army flyer, Smart grandpop smoked a cigaret, His Whiskers caught on fire.
 o-O-o We have been wrestling with depression long enough. It's time to pip his shoulders to the mat.
 o-O-o
 The woman who makes her own lamp shades is bound to have a shade on the gals whN don't.
 O-O-o It's fish bowl if it only cost half a dollar. An aquarium if the price was $4.50.
 O-O-o
 The woman who takes in boarders soon takes 1t out of herself.
 o-O-o Greasy hands and pair of overalls will not make machinist.
 o-O-o The man who boasts of stop ping at nothing will generally start at less.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-28
Good evening.
 o-O--o NOW YOU CHASE ME
"A SMILES THE THING"

Good evening.
 O-O-o
 NOW YOU CHASE ME Life holds the mirror up to us, We scan its depths and see, The lines that hfe's engraved on us,
 Through years of jollity.
 O-0-o The tiger and Yale bull dog meet in the Bowl Saturday. And if the tiger proves as popular as some of the BLIND tigers, quite an after noon is in store for the cash customers.
 O-O-o Men who wear swallow tail coats are generally fond of swallows at gin parties.
 o-O-o The earth'is round or square or flat according to your financial status at the mo- ment.
 An optimist is a man who thinks he can indulge in a hearty sneeze without breaking his nose glasses.
 O-O-O
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
GRANGE MASTER
OPENS MEET
Photo by International

Louis J. Taber, Master of the.
National Grange, last night
opened the fifth annual session
of the Middle Atlantic Grange
Lecturers Conference at the Uni:
versity of Maryland.
Other speakers on the program.
which followed the days regis
tratiOn of approximately 800
Grange members, were DIR. Ray.
mOnd A. Pearson, president of the
Maryland University; Senator A.
B. EnSOr, Master of the Maryland
State Grange, and Howard 6.
Eiseman president of the Middle
Atlantic Lecturers Grange. ="
The conference will be held
for four days. during which time
the members of the Middle States
Grange will acquaint themselves
with the present problems that
face their organization.
Those who will be heard are
Miss Elizabeth L. Arthur, repre-
sentative of the New York
Grange; A. H. Rapking, of the
University of West Virginia; j.
w. Sprowls. psychologist of the
University of Maryland, and Miss
Betty Eckhert, Of the University
of Virginia.