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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-08-25
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-08-25

Edgar Dwyer, aide Postmaster Colgrove his
quarters the of Seov and Brook having his
troubles He answered the phone tour times Monday morning
only find had been ringing the Due
the fact that PARTITION but hree-eghs of inch thick separates
his office from the and that the ephone bell box
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office. 'Ill get used to it," promised Edgar
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1931-08-25
TWAS EVER THUS
Good evening.

In thirty seconds the train would pass
He could not wait, so he hit the gas
Now he waits, while aeons and aeons pass.
M. J. NJ
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-22
One Football Muddle

I he recent acrimonious debate over con- flict in football dates has caused Mayor Curley of Boston to be severely criticized. I he mayor refused to sanction the Dartmouth- Stanford game on Saturday. November 28, because Holy Cross and Boston College. both Massa- chusetts institutions. are staging their annual gridiron battle on that date, The latter game is traditional in Boston. It has been played on the Saturday following Thanksgiving for years and IS as eagerly awaited by football enthusiasts of eastern Massachusetts as it IS by students of the two institutions
 Naturally the athletic departments of both colleges would prefer to play the game when there IS no counter attraction. If we remem- ber correctly the exceptionally late date was chosen so that there never would be conflict with the Yale-Harvard classic at Cambridge. But we do recall that in former years Dart mouth has played in Boston on the same day as the Holy Cross-Boston College game with out serious financial loss to any concerned. We think the same thing would hold good this year. but we do think that the Holy Cross and Boston College authorities might have some cause for complaint
 Neither of these two Jesuit colleges is D"shSN " 'hS AS"'J ShbOWmShto tiidt LdIt- mouth and Stanford can show (nearly S10.- 100000 in the formers case and $30000.- 900 in the latters). Football may be pay ing sport at some colleges which can boast stadium with seating accommodations for fifty or sixty thousand people But in the case of Holy Cross and Boston College we happen 10 know that their final game. staged in Bos- ton on either Braves Field or Fenway Park. generally allows each school to break even on its football season. If there is any profit it must be used to defray expenses for other athletic teams.
 The combined student bodies of Holy Cross and Boston College are just about equal 10 that at Dartmouth Stanford has close to 1000 students. Consequently they rank among the smaller colleges where athletics are not self-supporting and where there are no heavy endowments to take care of reverses in season where small crowds at football and baseball games are the rule. For Holy Cross and Boston College to seek date when they would have no competition is natural. For them to complain at counter attraction on November 28 is also natural. However most q the criticism. as far as we can sec is com ing not from these two colleges. but from those who want the Dartmouth. Stanford same 70 De held on the same date.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-22
Forest Fires

Every year. particularly in the spring months the American people suffer loss of great and incalculable amount from forest fires At present. when rainfall has been less than the average in most states for year or two. the loss will probably be heavier than usual. Part of the high cost of building con- struction is due to the enormous destruction of wooden material through such fires. For est fires have been particularly destructive this year in northern Michigan and Wisconsin. Wallace. village of 4 buildings. showed only six remaining after the flames had in- shed their deadly work. The l50 inhabi- tants had to flee for their lives. leaving their possessions to be consumed by the fire fend
 In Europe where they cherish and protect their forests. such loss would not be toler- ated. They would find some way to stop it. In parts of our country mere are seasons of the year when the landscape is obscured much of the time by the dense pail of smoke crea- ted by these forest fires. It seems wicked thing that these forests. which nature has ta- ken in many cases a century to grow, should be burned up in day as the result of human folly. The American people seem almost senseless in their indifference. in permitting these losses of natural wealth with an aban- don of recklessness like the prodigal son in the scriptura parable.
 Just lighted match, or bit of burning cigaret end, thrown into the dry leaves be- side the road. tossed out into the bushes by some careless automobile occupant, is enough to start the blaze that wipes out great for est. It sometimes seems as if our people did not deserve to have any prosperity, consider ing how they waste such wealth as this. We must do all we can to stop such waste her, in Connettieut
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-22
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1881
Bankruptcy Ahead

Howell Cheney of South Manchester, chair man of the commission appointed by Ex- Governor Trumbull two years ago to investi gate pension system for the state. counties and municipalities looks with no favor upon the intention of the Legislature to discard the commissions proposal and retain instead the present pension plan with one change It would be mandatory instead of discretionary for the board of finance and control to issue pensions. Mir Cheney holds that a pension system which does not involve eontributory feature is worthless And he ventures to say that eventually our present system would be- come insolvent as have similar ones.
 Under the plan of the pension commission all state. county. and municipal workers would contribute to the pension fund. thus creating reserve and providing for dsabil- ity features. In commenting upon the plan that now seems to have legislative approval Mir Cheney remarks that The cost to con- tinue operating the present plan. made manda- tory. is estimated to be approximately S300.- 900 yearly in excess of the cost of the new plan proposed by the pension commission. :" That in itself should bring warning from Commissioner Hall who already has informed legislators to be wary of appropriations for the next two years
 As we understand the present system the state awards pensions on the basis of one-half pay for thirty years of service and three quarters pay for forty years. Of course you must be worthy employe to get this pension ho efa fho horn would be no choice in the matter in the future The state will be obliged to give pensions whenever the employe has reached the designated number of years of service Listen to this statement of Mir Cheneys, The remedies recommended by the commission recognize the contributory principle. They insist that it is the initial obligation of the individual 10 make provision for his own old age. but that this provision may be reinforced by cooperative action on the part of the states which will be in it's own interest. if properly administered, -
 Maybe Connecticut isn ready for the plan that Mir Cheney and his associates suggest. but certainly it has more to recommend 1t to the average person than the present plan made mandatory. No person. no matter for whom he is working nor how much time he may devote to bis employees interest should continue believing that he will be well pro- vided for by the firm. whether it be private or state. in his old age The contrbutory feature of the pension commission plan makes possible continued payment of all pensions and at the same time gives the recipient sense of personal qualification in the knowledge that he was in part responsible for the reserves which are now making happy the last days of his life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-22

sir, they aren't ever sealed, They Just bring them in with string tied around the boxes. Sometimes not a string tied around them, just loose. It has never been questioned, never in any way, and for that reason I reckon we have employed those loose methods on and on.'
 It would have been possible for people to pick up ballots and walk out with them, the election chair- man admitted. Ballots were lying around more or less promiscuously. Next morning when he swept up there were perhaps two or three dozen unusued ballots ''just thrown around there on the foor."
 Didn't Count Votes
 Almost pathetic was the testi- mony of MT Yandell Haun of Mem- phis, an official at republican poll ing booth in 8 precinct which had from 800 to $50 voters. There were five other officials there besides MT Haun. MT Haun's job was to count the vote. but he didn't do that. He explained:
 Tt strikes me that somebody came up during that afternoon and said, You need not count that vote, He said, How mapy have you boiled out here? Well, at that time think all the officers had voted, and that made six votes in the box and dur
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-22
At The National Capitol
 DAILY WASHINGTON I ErTTEp
.LY WASHINGTON LETTER
A Digest of Who's Who and What's What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER

Washington.-The sacred ballot box in some communities may be only Q shoe box or q cigar box, ac- cording to one of the unusual tales picked up by the Nye senatorial committee In Tennessee.
 Not that Tennessee furnished a worse example of carelessness in primary elections than various other states, but the printed hearings match stories from Memphis of trucks swarming with negroes who voted in one precinct after another with testimony from a rural county where the election chairman sent out formal notice that the state law requiring poll tax payments and registration would be disregarded. Primary day in Tennessee last fall was powerful hot and one of the Nye investigators now here recalls hearing Memphis negroes complain many times before the day was over.
 One of the congressional candi- dates, James P. owen, found he was not wanted around the polling place at Lafayette in Macon county and when he tried to watch for irregu- larities through window, he com plained, six or eight people would crowd up close to the window 50 he couldn't see what was going on.
 Distributed Ballots In Street
 Dozens of people were standing around the square and the court house yard with ballots in their hands, owen testified, where they were being generally distributed in- stead of being kept inside until the voters came after them.
 MT James M. Chamberlain, chair man of the county primary election board, explained that 1t was one of the hottest days he ever saw and the election officers were anxious to get through and that was one reason why they made Owen and others get out while the ballots were count ed. It was Chamberlain who sent out word, as he himself admitted that no poll tax receipt would be required and that the primary would not be held under the states Dortch --or Australian--ballot system. He explained all that.
 That is the way we hold our elections" he testified. We have al- ways done 1t. It's just custom and what registration is up there. We
 
 and don't think any of the rural counties in my section do It."
 Under what law do you oper- ate?" Wagner asked.
 "Well, sir" the reply was, ''it is what we understand is the Australi- an form of balloting and voting. don't know what that is. That was the Australian ballot. Now, what ever. that is. don't know"
 Tennessee has required registra- ton for primaries since 1921, but Mir Chamberlain hadn't known about that, either.
 Used Cigar Boxes
 "We used cigar boxes up there to deposit our ballots in." he ex- plained. "Thay can have any kind of boxes they want, sir, just paste- board, q shoe box. They come in there with shoe boxes. pasteboard boxes and cigar boxes, when they bring the ballots in there. !. No
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-22
MuoTAT'oyESS
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Despite the flood of inventions. there still are inumberable im- portant problems awaiting solution. Charles Edison, son of Thomas Edison. It is too often true that 1t Is not politically expedient to deal with q public question in candid and di- rect fashion.
 Senator William E. Borah. Thinkers and leaders are more subject to diseases than are other classes.
 pr George W. Grille. I'm the worlds biggest nick. Every time I leave my farm I get Into trouble.
 Sinclair Lewis.
 
 When things get 50 bad that they can't get any worse, they're just bound to get better. Gest, theatrical producer. There will be q saloon again on every corner, but 1t will not De tha damp, furtive dive of yesteryoar. It will have dignity. it will have beauty, it will have tone, and I1 it . ffeo people will he happy.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-22
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

They Do Things Better Abroad
 ! imagine yOu will he pleased and your dentist friends chagrined at the news from Paris. More power to your ideas and ideals. Do not forget that many of us readers who seldom say any thing nevertheless cordially admire and ap- piaud your good work. (R. F.) Answer -- Thank you. The clipping is dated Paris March 6, and informs Us that the mi.sstry of public health has requested the Academy of Medicine to decide whether dentist is docton decide little thing like that for themselves. and do, and the public is quite complacent about 1t. uous instances of this very trick of pirating on the title Doctor" which are netting enormous profits for the gentlemen who capitalize popular credulity, and substantial cut for the commer. cial interests behind them.
 Nature Makes Mi1taLcs
 IT. as you say. clothes should be white or light cOiorcd In summer and hot climates, and dark in winter or cold climates. why does nature dress animals q, in white in very cold climates and in rid heat? (C C P M DI Answer--such as peguins ducks skunks and eskimosY l meant to imply that white or light colors reflect heat rays: dark colors or black ab- sorb them.
 Young Shaver
 At what age is It advisable to begin to shave ..n., ad', nearly i6 years old and the dark fuzzy growth on my upper lip Is noticeable and often Answer-Havlns lust returned to the gooI oid Iasnioned razor after brief and terribly ex- pensve year of the hoe, should say 1t is adyis ablye to begin shaving at about ss or 40 vearg Of age. if you can possibly get by tili them Ser- ous,y son, put t off as long as you can for af- 'er Q" yours or U 'hc rite becomes great bore.
 FistuIa
 fes doctor can cure. fistuia in not few cases without operation
 Baby SD Irns MIX ., " Wnns Is 70 DO done with child 20 months old inat rcf"scs 70 drink milk from . cup?
 Answer - Give the child half n banana for each pint Of milk taken from the cup.
 Children Take After Parents
 Argument--A says male children usuaIIy re. semDIe mother and female children resemble fatner B says it K SO.5O. tP. x. D.)
 AnNWer.-1Monk xWnv in aAfff 'fa "A 4.k q few thousand cases, then compare notes and you will have fair idea. MyAimpresison is that the children favor both parents about eQuaiIy
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-22
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New York--Stage names have been far more widely adopted than the average person realizes. Names known to almost every household, and long accepted as the true monikers of famous theater folk, are quite frequently assumed.
 Do you know. for instance, who Marie Dressler really Is? Or George Arliss? You didn't suspect that Chauncey Olcott was at least one other person; as is Elsie Janis, Walter Hampden, Fritz ScheT = and heaven knows how many other?
 The names taken by chorus girls have never failed to amuse me: such as. Dottie Dimple, .Ima Joy I and so forth.
 And moviegoers are well aware that most of their favorites travel under tricky tags; that Greta Gar bo. for example, Is q Gustaffsen.
 At any rate. Marie Dressler was born Leila Korber and came from Canada.
 George Ariss wore hyphen, as well as q monocle, when he first hit America. He was Arliss- Andrews. He dropped the hyphen. Chauncey Olcott. was born under that equally good Irish name of John Branni- gan.
 The birth records would show Elsie Janis name to be Bier-bower, which is obviously not good stage name.
 Trixie Friganza decided that such an intriguing name would be more alluring than o'Callahan--for she was one of the O'Callahan sisters.
 Gertrude Hoffman, the famous dancer, started out in life as Ger tie Hayes.
 Marguerite syIva, the opera sing CT, would recognize the more plc- bian name of Alice Smith if she heard 1t.
 Everyone remembers Julia Mar lowe. but who recalls having heard of Sarah Frost--which was what her parents dubbed her.
 And. while on the subject, let's reveal few more:
 Willie Collier graduated to this title from Wm. Mononus.
 Olive Wyndham and Janet Beech- CT are sisters, though their names don't sound alike, do they?
 Whenever Ethel Barrymore feels like disguising herself she uses Ethel OiytHSs 0ONttD 4AlOHOi NAlu tnG OtHSLD could also use the name Blythe without slipping far erom their an- gentry.
 Waiter Hampden, the Shake- spearean interpreter. Is not with out family resemblance to the Doughertys, Fritzi gcheff. despite her very Frenchy accent and ap- pearance. is actually Yager. Grace George started with Q good Irish name-Doherty.
 And this could continue for col- umns.
 So long have their stage names been attached to uaost American actors that they are used tr private as well as public life and. ln many inntances. tho children are known by the new ccEiiomen.
 Once established aid rnrfih1 over 3 pefso1 cI $fnff.. it 'F t4f1 to dtop
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-22
prArHERMY VERSUS ORDINARY SURGERY

 Either people less enthusiastic about the | operation or doctors are not so enthusiastic | about it-anyway hear less about having a | bone cut out of the noee nowadays
 The medical profession is disgraced and the
 country is cursed with a veritable plague of spe- 1 cialsts nine out of ten of our latter day spe- | ciasts being absolutely unqualified to pose as
 specialists In the and throat field they're as | thick as thieves and skilful as butcher boys. | But that's the way the wseacre population fixes | 'em We scarcely know what to do about the enormous oversupply of specialists. I think the easiest way of it would be for us all to quit
 honest practice cold and go into the speciallst
 racket. No general practitioners - every ] doctor specialist, and then everybody would pc l happy The doctor. being specialist. could ex-
 act a fair fee for his service the patient, being | a simple sort could boast that he has spe- | cialist in attendance. This solution of the prob l lem involves considerably less disturpance oi i to send the half-bakcd specialists now In the | game back to honest practice.
 Instead of hacking out the turbinate or spongy | bodies of the nose when patient complains ms nostril always clogged or stuffy, the re- sourceful physician to-day is reducing or shink- | tro- coaguaton. This Is along the line of the
 most conservative and tntelfg gent surgery, as op-
 ened turbnate bodies t relieves the obstruc- | ton without destroying useful functional | structure. The function of the turbinate or spongy body is to warm and moisten the ar as It This modern diathermy or electro surgical | method is painless cs the old method and be- sides 1t is bloodless.e
 | feel 1t is fair t. cay that .n many cases where nasal operations indicated the pa tiepts do not receive the best or most skillful treatment Available unless they provided with the advantages of this modern method It is now far past the day when doctor could brazen 1t out by assuring his trusting patrons that this newfangled electric" method is mo | good" "too dangerous" or leaves too much scar" | every of these objections is invalid unless | the patient Is informed at the same time that old fashioned surgery is open to the same ob- jections and others bagdes
 In reminding the public that diathermy or electro-coagulation Is the method of choice, where one afford the best and the neces- sary skill is available in most cases of infected 1 tansils. adenoids. or hypertrophied turbinates. l notto mention numerous other nose and throat | conditions commonly demanding surgical rem edy. do not mean to imply that this new meth | cd IS suitable for young children. As 6 matter of | fact 1t is seldom suitable in the case of child less than ten years old. and only exceptionally skilled and patient physicians will attempt to l tirpate young chds tonsils with diathermy. 1 Some children five or six years old are so well behaved and tractable that doctor with a knack of controlling children can diathermy very successfully.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-22
OHMIGosH.

A book, some bread
 A jug of wine,
 And life Is love
 To mo and mine.
 o-O-o We won't be able to endure Hon. drras much longer.
 o-O-o
 Wears ago man was judged by the company he kept Now it's the women he sets up in fashionable apartments.
 o-O-O Marry for money and you'll love 1t too.
 With young chaps wearing silk shorts and white shoes, 1t looks as If the male of the species has gone female.
 o-O-o If your husband begins to put on weight, it's probably due to the fact that the furnace Is out and he saves dozen trips daily to the eel lar. o--O-o
 A water bug. says Pop Wa terbury, is merely a cockroach in polite neighborhood.
 O-O--O People who carry tales will even- tually carry tails behind their legs,
 o-O-o
 The country has too many no parking signs on the streets and not enough work signs on the factories.
 Nowadays plumber must be able to attend banquet as well as wipe a pipe.
 o--O--o
 Soon. the only memory that we'll have of the poor old horse, is the game of horse shoes. The girl who makes fellow give up his friends when he marries her, Is welded to life long enemy!
 AND WHY NOT
 - Life has It's ups,
 And its downs my dear, But how about crise crosses, They're seldom near.
 o--O--o Who can remember the good old days when they tossed you q button hook with every pair of patent leather shoes?
 o-O--0 Nature and sign painters give life its color.
 O-O--o The woman who runs her home on . budget Is running herself into wrinkles.
 O--O-o This concludes our regular mid. week program, broadcast by DBD, Waterbury's pioneer station, owned and operated by the Evening Demo- crat We are signing off ct this time, to be back on the air again tc-morrcw evening at the usual hour.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-22

Who says that the old gray mare ain't what she used to be. It's eanard. Just listen to this story from Detroit. the city of auto- mobiles. Two doeile gray mares. used for years by the city in hauling dump wagon. decided to show this machine age what a couple of noble steeds could do if so im- pelled. They chose swanky Woodward ave- nue for their show. Prom staid steeds they changed to tempestuous chargers. They ca- vorted and pirouetted down the street. Then they raced. pedestrians and autos swerving wildly to avoid them. They finally landed all eight feet first on parked car overturning it and running it beyond repair It took squad of policemen one hour to extricate the gray mares And thus they wrote their emanei- patton act in bold characters