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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-03
More Studious Readers

A librarian has an opportunity to observe the publics book enthusiasms. They seem worth considering just now. Fiction. says one librarian, leads the demand list year after year. but there is growing demand for works of technology, philosophy and religion. More people than normally are reading books on money making activities such as mush- room growing. poultry raising, commercial illustration and other sidelines. Many per- sons are studying books in their own lines of work - bookkeepers arc reading books on accounting, salesmen on the products they sell. and so on. Numerous men and women are asking for English grammars and composition books, apparently intending to improve their speaking and writing.
 Another division showing gain in readers is the one containing works on culture and mental improvement Readers ask often for Kitson's How to Use Your Mnd.' Books Learning How to Study and Work Effec- tively." and Whipple's How to Study Ef ficiently." There are other books of that type in great demand During the first half of the year there were calls for many books on investments but they have lately dropped to below normal.
 The call for sex novels has fallen off, as some people anticipated it would do.
 If the library experience in this one com munity is fairly typical of the whole country. readers deserve more credit for good sense and taste than they we had. Adult education movements and unemployment are both held partly responsible for this increased serious minded reading.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-03
At The National Capitol
A Digest of Who's Who and What's What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER

saud was under business obliga- tions to one of the Electric Bond & Share subsidiaries. Claude Draper was shown to have preserved 8 sweet amiability toward certain high rates when he was public utili- ties commissioner in Wyoming.
 The question of power company connections was also raised against Franuk k. McNinch. Nevertheless. the senators standing for effective regulation were astonished at the prompt action of this new commits sion in discharging King and Rus sell.
 The next big legislative power fight will be on the Norris Muscle Shoals bill now before the House
 President Hoover opposes the Norris bill and is 50 committed to private operation of Muscle Shoals that the congressman who wrote the, private operation bill was the only candidate for the reelection who received his official blessing in 1880. (The congressman was de- feated.) If the Norris bill passes the House it is commonly assumed that Hoover will veto 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-03
A PRISON FARM


 Many interesting recommendation are made by the committee consist ing of Homer s. Cummings, James T. Moran and Walter H. Clark, which Governor Trumbull appointed to investigate the Connecticut State Prison at Wethersfeld. One of the most important of these recommend ations is that the state shall pur- chase a farm of 1000 acres on a carefully selected site. having ample water. healthful location, tillable land, good drainage and railroad connections. .a..
 Necessary farm buildings should be erected. livestock should be pur- chased and all necessary farm equipment supplied" says the re- port. ''In addition to this there should be a building suitable for the housing of such prisoners as may be assigned to this class of work. These buildings, in our opin- ion, need not be of the prison type with expensive steel or brick cells. Experience shows that it is quite sufficient to have a wall about the ably, only the best and most trust worthy type of prisoners will be as- signed to this form of work.
 Such an arrangement would not only relieve overcrowding at Weth- ersfield and permit of a better sys- tenn. there, but what is of more im- mediate importance. it would help to meet the problem of keeping the prisoners busy at useful tasks when the Hawes-Cooper bill goes into ef- feet in January 1884. This measure practically outlaws the contract-la- bor system now used in the Connec- ticuf State nrison. .....
 The report estimates that if the prison farm only produced the food for Wethersfield itself. ten per cent of the inmates might be occupied in that manner. while if the prison farm produced food for other state institutions, larger percentage might be employed in farming. This Is in keeping with the ''state use" system which Connecticut must adopt when the new law goes into effect--the system of devoting insti- tutionaI labor to the uses of the state. and not permitting its products to enter into competition with free made goods. a@>' +--'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-03
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foods. A very ordinary combina- tion is q plate of soup, q salad and some chocolate.
 "Yes, they certainly have odd tastes. They seem to love putting mayOnnaise on everything. I've even seen them put it on veget- ables. And what, may l ask, Is more fattening?
 Another funny thing about Americans is their supposed hurry. They are gin a hurry to get service. but. they seem in no hurry to eat. They Insist on Immediate taking of orders; getting the routine matters over. And nine times out of 10 they then sit and talk and let the food get cold.
 'Yes--we found 1t a bit difficult at first, because the New York crowd is so full of paradoxes. but were getting used to it.'
 GILBERT SWAN. Copyright 1880, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-03

New York-The Rumplemayers. whose names are traditional in Lon don and Paris, arrived in Manhattan some months ago and set up q swanky pastry shop in the new St MoritZ hotel.
 To make certain that everything went off well in America. a land which neither Mme or MT Rum- plemayer had ever before visited, they came over to supervise the ca tering personally.
 And not so many weeks out, they ran squarely into the great Ameri- can fetish-dieting! They were, aft CT all, the pastry king and queen of Europe. And they were accustomed to the dear ladies, of all the world ordering chocolate flub-dubs and other sugary,. and hence fattening, foods.
 Those myriad New Workers, who had been abroad, and those myriad visitors, who had been abroad, im- mediately began to pack the place to the doors-but with results that have caused the experienced Rumplemay- CTS to do a bit of head scratching. And so, out of their experiences, have gleaned this information: American girls, who are young and slender, diet. When they grow older have hard time keeping their promises. To-day they will eat the last word in anti-fat food. To-mor- row they will come in and stuff themselves with rare sweets. They leave promising that tomorrow they will start all over again. Dieting it would seem, started in America, but has spread to London. Eliminating those two big towns. the rest of the world shrugs it's shoul- ders and eats what 1t darn pleases. French women know good food best and will not sacrifice their epi- curean tastes for the sake of their figures, if any. The Frenchwoman expects to offset any dietetic sins by her personal cleverness and skill in dressing. "Fashion has threatened to rule food for some time, but I don't think it will last" says Mime Rum- plemayer. .The so-called boyish fig ure has had quite vogue here and has invaded England.
 At least 50 per cent of the American women who come to our New York place refuse to eat pota- toes and 25 per cent sit and discuss dieting, even as they hesitate over a large piece of pastry. The re- | maining 25 per cent promise them- selves to swear off sweets tomorrow
 and then order whipped-cream
 cake"
 It's the funny combinations of | food on the part of the New York patrons that puzzles the Rumple.
 mayors, however. | They'll combine a lobster dish
 with hot chocolate, for instance.
 This, of course. horrifies the visit
 ing continentals.
 day, commented on her diet plans
 and then combined hot chocolate
 with turkey-two of the richest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-03

Historians who have colored their writings with nationalsm in the past came in for some criticism at meeting of the American His torical Association at Boston recently. The speaker delivered broadside in which he re- vealed that attacks made on historians who in recent years had been writing far different accounts of the American Revolution than those most of us studied in school had fallen short of all expectations No doubt there is much in what he says. Certain restraint has prevented many writers from giving clear cut descriptions and accounts. It was the spirit of the age perhaps to romanticize. We are now in more realistic and brutal period
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-03

front yard. erected in 1909 by the Confeder- ate Danes has been neglected and its letters are already ilegible. They state President Jefferson Davis occupied this house |. here his eldest daughter married J. A. Hays. .. |. Only president of the Confederaey let his memory be honored forever. - The we'd ding of Davis daughter in 1878 was gala affair. Although Jefferson Davis was never the same man after the fall of the Confeder- ate state and remained disfranehised to his death he was an historic figure. Some historic or patriotic society of the nation or of Dixie ought to preserve the Davis shrine at Memphis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-03

One more memorial to the Confederate cause is crumbling. The Memphis. Tennes- see. home of Jefferson Davis. the only presl- dent Of the Confederate States of America. is now in sad disrepair and if sold by its present owner will probably be torn down for a more modern building. Even the plaque in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-03
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I believe most positively in my own ideas, right or wrong.
 George Jean Nathan. The main trouble with large sec- ton of youth to-day Is that it isn't youth, Boyd Cable. Marriage in America is a lottesy. It should he n science.
 --Dr Magnus Hirschfeld.
 
 Unemployment and the effects of unemployment can be helped. and right now they are being helped to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-03
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. Ad. dress him. care Of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-03

A good football game is one in whicf your alma mater wins.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-03

Arthur Hammersten. well known theatrical producer. finds the cost of producing too high and is taking his latest musical comedy Bal lyhoo' off the boards. It vii be remembered that Hammerstein produced Rose Marie. one of the best musicals of recent years. How ever, he cannot see any sense of paying out enormous sums for actors. stage hands. and musicians. It is fact that our sense of values is somewhat distorted today. Perhaps after the depression we will emerge somewhat chastened and ready to accept our worth
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-03

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 5:04 o'clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-03
"A SMILES THE THING"

Good evening.
 o-O-o-
 TO.DAX'S RECIPE. A bit of humOr.
 A dash of fun, A final word
 And a columns done.
 O-O-O And don't forget the electric meter reader, who is light on his feet if not on your bill.
 o-O-O Then there was the dumb female choir director who called the plumber to fix the pipe organ.
 o-O-o The depression has been with us so long now that I suppose they're even out of stock phras- es to describe it.
 O-O-O The kid who got a pair of rubber boots for Christmas Is really d juvenile bootlegger, isn't he?
 (A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-03

Heavy rains have caused great damage to crops in France recent ly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-03

Submarines seem shameful to nations that can afford lots of cruisers Much of mans virtue is due to the fact that he can afford it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-03
NOT EVERY 30 DAYS.

I o-O-o
 NOT EVERY 30 DAYS.
 If the landlord emulated Santy 1 Claus,
 We'd all stand up and cheer, You see, old Mister Santy Claus,
 Only comes around once year. o-O-o | Dizzy Dorothy, Waterbury's intel | lectual idiot. thinks General Motors ! is an Army stock. o-O-o The man with too much crust should never add to it by eating custard pie. The man who overhauls his own car will soon be overhauled by the wrecker. Life in America, says Billy Sunday, is give and take. In Scotland I suppose it's mere- ly take.
 Gasoline station attendants should make good firemen. They've cer- tainly handled the hose. o-O--o so TT GOES.
 The Christmas tree has left us, We'll sec it never more, But I'll be picking up pine needles, Till next Christmas, from the The man who laughs at his own jokes tinges them with sadness for everybody else. o-O-o At one time we had more In- dians than buffalo. Now it's just the other way around. So why | not apply the saving of wild life idea, to the disappearing red skin.
 The fish on the can of salmon always reminds me of the one that got away. A good thing to please naughty little boys is whipped cream. You can always tell when winter l is shortening by the number of preserve jars down cellar. The sauerkraut barrel is an- other barometer. When mother cuts the serving to & couple of meals per week, instead of four spring is just around the cor ner. The girl who laps up too much booze will soon be asleep on some bodys lap. O-O--O What has become of the old fashioned Waterbury woman who used to wear woolen wrist | lets during the winter? O-O-O A soft answer may drive away wrath but it won't do the same thing to hard traffic cops. | o-O-o The Queen of Hearts," gem
 erally goes after a "Diamond" | from her "King of Clubs" l o-O-o
 never finding 1t necessary to crawl into it's shell after losing an argu- ment.
 Tn South Carolina, so they say, l there's a fire insurance agent by l the name of J. k. Holt. l o-O-o If people spoke loud about speak easies there'd be fewer of them in existence. | suppose some married men feel happier when wearing | single breasted coats. | o-O-o l Two can starve-where one might live. Some of the stuff they drink
 during the evening must be | NIGHT-ro- o-gin. o-O-o | It has been discovered that whis- key is no good for a snake bite, so rattle along with this for time. l o-O-o l The western view of it: "The
 sun rises in the east but goes to bed in California"
 Senator Norris says we need more simple minded people. If we do, we'll have to get more oil stock salesmen to handle 'em.
 ELECTRIC EDDIE.
 Then the usual tumble and knock,
 But he had his story insulated,
 So 1t wouldn't give wife a shock. | o-O-o
 Tomato gas is selling in Germany.
 Well, we've got pea green. There's
 still a chance for spinach. | O-O-o Once upon a time there was | man who thought he knew it
 all. Then he tried to thread a needle.
 l..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-03
some extent. Thomas A. Edison

The agricultural laborer cannot save for rainy day because 1t is raining all the time.
 Lady Noel-Buxton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-03
ELECTRIC EDDIE.

He came home at 3 in the morning, Then the usual tumble and knock, But he had his story insulated, so 1t wouldn't give wife shock.
 o-O-o Tomato gas is selling in Germany. Well, we've got pea green. There's s still a chance for spinach.
 O-O-O
 Once upon time there was man who thought he knew it all. Then he tried to thread a needle.
 The woman who talks about her rich relations is picking very poor subject.
 Wheat is lower but the hole in the cruller is just as large as before. Now if somebody wants to start a fight. let 'em wish Madame Queen a happy new year.
 o-O-o Baskets found to be wooden boxes.--News item. Not a coffin In a carload. O-O-O The moon controls the tides. but the Japs generally control the sea- | shore concessions. o-O-o Good night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-02
The Valley VS.. California, Florida

1t is becoming more ard more popular among speak
ers who address Valley audiences, to draw a comparison
between this section and California and Florida.
Such a comparison is without exception ~flattering to
the Valley, for without exception our speakers seldom
fail to enumerate the not so favorable points of these COM
peting areas, while they bring to the front the most fav-
orable points regarding the Valley.
We are told that our climate is better than that of
California and equal to that of Florida. The superiority
of our grapefruit over that of both states is always men,
toned. The Florida land boom which collapsed so COM
pletely draws mention and the stability of the Valley sec
ton is praised.
All of this is good-yood because it is true.
However, it will not do us as a growing section any
particular harm, and it might do US some particular good,
were we to take the other side Of the painting, and view
with a calm, unprecedented eye soma of the points Of SUI
periority which California and Florida possess over the
Valley.
Before we proceed further, let us remark these points
of superiority are such that they can be blatted out by
Valley folk when Valley folk decide to obliterate them.
Take California for instance-Calfornia citrus grow
es are organized in one of the most successful marketing
associations the country knows. We can't crow over Cal
ifornia on that score-we can learn a lesson from Califor-
mia right there.
Another example from Calfornia-souther Cali
fornia maintains one of the most elaborate tourist attract
ing organizations to be found anywhere. They not only
go after their tourists. they get them.
Another place where we can learn a lesson from
California.
All right, let's so over to Florida.
Decry as you will the real estate boom that perhaps
unduly inflated the state, you cannot decry the spirit of
faith in the state which brought about that boom.
"Overdone", you say? OF course.
But the lesson of faith in the future of Florida can
well be learned by those residents of the Valley who at
times seem to falter in their faith in the future of their
own territory.
And again-we find Florida interests, fruit and veg
stable. organized to the degree of perfection required to
get results when anything threatens either industry. There
is a lesson for us there.
We repeat-these advantages which California and
Florida may rightly claim over the Valley will cease to
be advantages just as soon as we Of the Valley learn the
lesson which is there in bold type for us to learn.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-02
TO-DAY Is TIE
AnniUeDary'


on Aug. 1, 1917. Emperor Wilhelm
of Germany issued a proclamation
to the German people as follows.
Three years or hard fighting are
behind us. with grief we remember
the dead, with pride IN soldiers now
fighting, with confidence all our
workers. and with heavy heart those
who are languiShing In captivifys
but. above oil. our thoughts stand
resolute in the determination 10
prosecute this righteous war of de-
tense 70 a successful termination
The enemy Is stretching Out his
hands TO German territory, but hG
shall never have III. New nations
continue TO enter the war against us
but that does not brighten us. We
know our strength. and We are deter
mined 10 make use OF w.
Throughout the three years
achievement the mighty German
people has become firm III It. resist
ance against all that the power on
the enemy can conceive. IL thu
enemy wishes 20 prolong the suffer-
inEs OF the war. they will weigh
more heavily upon him than upon
US Let all our actions and all
our thoughts be devoted 10 this
fight. Let this be our solemn prom
tSe to this day, Aug. i. 1917
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-02
Daily Health
Talk
Editor. Journal Of the American Medical
Association. and ~ HyEeia.
the Health Magazine
BY DIR. MORRIS FTSHBETN
BIZ DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Many physicians look askance at
the modern tendency to overindulge
in strenuous exercise after middle
age. Records are available Of numer-
ous men who have fallen dead on
golf courses or at home after a
strenuous afternoon at golf. Dr..
David Riesman says that men who
want TO take up golf in middle life
should not do 50 without a thorough
physical examination. which ought
to be erepeated after they have play
ca a little. ! have seen men between
SO and so years Of age whose hearts
stepped up tremendously in the rate
and intensity Of the beat after they
had played 10 holes Of golf on a
hot day.
The forms Of heart disease that
are concerned are not always those
affecting the arteries that supply
the heart with blood. Sometimes the
condition is angina pectoris, some
times a breakdown Of the heart
tissues. Dr.. Riesman feels that the
heredity OF the individual and his
constitution may be important fac
tors in determining the form Of
hea disease from which the indi-
vidual will suffer.
Many insurance companies en-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-02
Quotations

The small family IN the product
OF economic pressure. and nc the
same time the cause Of diminished
harmony and stability In marriAEt.
DIR. III. Crlchtun Miller. BntJh
physician.
He Rudy Valeel Is Just an ordi-
nary man % me.
Mrs. Rudy vallee.
IL Is always n temptation FOR those
who have power 20 abuse AZ.
Henry T. Duherty.
We are a generation which lives
on newspapers just as caterpillars
feed on green leaves.
Winston Churchill.
The Continental. the Irish-aan.
the American overstate. The Eng
lish understate.
DIR. r. J.. Renter.
"
7 know of no two nations With
absolute mutual confidence. and
that Is one OF the Fravest calami-
ties weighing upon the nations OF
the world.
Foreign Minister Estranda Of Mex
leo.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-02
Indians Appeal to the Great Manitou

Many Oklahoma Indians have not forsaken the Mani
tou god Of their fathers. They cling TO the traditions Of
old and there are medicine men among them. A queer
tale comes from Hughes county, that states. Standing
waist deep in water and mud Of the receding rivers. In
dians petitioned the Great Spirit to send rain as tom-toms
beat and camp fires glowed along the river border. Pray
ers unknown to the white men, but voiced generations ago
by the Indians, were offered as the red men gather several
times each week on the banks of the South Canadian and
other small streams to implore the Great Spirit for rain to
save their crops from drouth.