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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16
Our Legislators Honored

Waterburys democratic legislators. as well as its lone republican, in the general assem- bly,. were honored with important commit tee positions yesterday as the legislature set tied down to the real task of preparing for an avalanche of special acts, amendments etc To Senator Lewis s. Reed republican, of the 18th district goes the honor of being chair man of the senate banking committee He was also placed on the committees on insur- ance and fish and game It was reliably re ported soon Mr Reed was nominated for office by the republicans that he would get this responsible and highly important post. As well known banker and authority on financial matters bis appointment is merited, although th;s is his first term in the legIsIa- ture.
 To Senator Lawlor. h,mocratic veteran, went appointments on the committees on in- corporations and senate appointments, both considered ranking committees with the former taking precedence. Senator Lawlor's s many terms in the senate qualify him for the responsible posts assigned him and party af- fliations apt to be disregarded more fre- quently than ever this year if the legislative appointments already known are any crlter- ion. To Representative Mahaney serving his first term in the legislature. went an ap- pointment 10 the committee on state parks and reservations. In view of the increasing interest of the state in acquiring land for state parks and forests and developing outdoor tracts for recreational purposes Mir Mahaney should get considerable legislative experience through his committee connection.
 To Representative John Thoms went one of the real prize appointments of the day, Naming him to the judiciary committee had been forecast, but veteran democratic legls- lators believed it merely rumor, for it IS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16
Using Credit

This is not time for going into unneces- sary debt, for buying foolish things just be- cause they are bargains, or for any other silly method of making a bad time worse. But 1t certainly is a time for using legitimate credit. Assets may be frozen money idle in banks. but those things cannot be gotten together without an intermediary A bank cannot go around like a knight of old crusading up and down the land to thaw out real estate.
 If you. however, are good citizen, getting ahead in a mild way, paying your bills as good citizen should, and you want to buy home now's the time. You can go to the bank and ask for money to buy the home with Real Estate as an abstract noun does not mean thing to bank. But you wanting to buy certain house, means much. It means six per cent to the bank. It means helping you and helping the owner. That is definite and concrete, and if you are good credit risk the bank will gladly help you buy your home.
 Good securities are low, now, too. The bank is not interested in helping you specu- late foolishly. but it might be very much in- terested in seeing you get good block ot good stuff and put it into the safe deposit vaults, paying the bank monthly till the stuff is yours. You have bought the radio and the car on the instalment plan. Why not buy something which will help you with shelter or dividends to buy the new car and new radio when the time comes9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16

Residents of RdgeWood, New Jersey, an uclpate d stirring and persplratlon provoking winter Some two or three months ago, Octo- Der } to be exact, two cows, black one with white spots and white one with black spots ran away from Morris Blenders farm at falraWn, The bovines with snort and roguish wave of their tails vanished into the woods surrounding their pasture and since then have given their owner and many vol
 unteers including police on foot and mount ed, fremen, Boy Scouts, men looking for jobs, etc, the greatest chase of their lives. As wary as the heet-footed buffalo that roamed the western plains of old these once peaceful and sloe-eyed cows have gone back to nature. When they started to raid orchards gardens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16
Ritchie or Maryland Defender of Principle of States Rights and Ancient Jeffersonian Doctrines Starts Fourth Term

Yesterday Albert c. Ritchie en- tered upon his fourth term as gov ernor of Maryland. The democratic party will do well to study his inau- gural address. For the party will find there it's own historic principles, stated by a modest gentleman who has been steadfast when so many others compromised and recanted.
 Of all men in public life to-day no one in either party has such an unbroken record of fidelity to his principles. There has never been any doubt as to where he stood. In the hysterical storms which have swept over the country since war time Ritchie and Maryland, his state, have stood for liberty and reason. They have been an example to the nation. They did not bow to the anti-alien hysteria of war time. They did not bow to the red hysteria. They did not bow to the klan. They have rejected prohibition from the start They have been the most uncompromising opponents of federal standardization. They have been the champions of personal liberty, of home rule. of states rights, of self-government in industry and of free cooperation to- ward the maintenance of peace. If political liberalism in America is a body of doctrine. it is the Maryland democrats who have preserved it. If during this last decade political lib- eralism has had a sincere champion, it has been Ritchie of Maryland.
 His steadfastness has been of ines- timable value, and If the party has a rebirth his services cannot be for gotten. For more than ten years the party has been sunk in confusion and division because it sold it's principles for apparent immediate disadvan- tage. It is necessary only to name the issues which have been the centers of the trouble to see that if only the party had been loyal to it's own traditions it would never have be-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16
Stability

Human affairs on this little old earth seem chaotic. We strive but don't get very far. We brag of our culture, finance, industry and then see them go to pieces under our eyes in period of war or business depression. We can't even stabilize our industrial processes, The outer world looks chaotic, too. But science is finding in it perfect order and sys tenn. Dr Robert E. Mikan, the American physicist. who discovered cosmic rays. is con- vInced by his researches that the universe as d whole is stabilized not running down like a woundup clock.
 Heat radiated from suns is not lost In the remote depths of space it appears to be changed back into matter, whose atomic en- ergY sends out new waves of force. As worlds die out. worlds are born. It is something like human individuals disappearing, but human society going on, Only, the material universe is far more stable. With us, the scene continually changes. Out beyond. the scene remains about the same for billions of years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16

more or less taken as an established order of things that an appointee to this committee must gain considerable legislative experience before being named. It speaks highly of the regard in which Representative Thoms. who must be one of the youngest members of the general assembly. is held. We cannot reeol
 eet the appointment ever going before to a democrat serving his first legislative term. In securing place on the judiciary committee Representative Thoms follows in the foot steps of his father who served in similar capacity when in the house of representatives in the 1913 session.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16

come confused and divided. Take, first, the issue of federal prohibition. Is there an educated democrat any where who dares to argue that fed eral prohibition is not in direct con- tradiction with the basic principles of the democratic party? Take, then, the question of religious tolerance. Is there a democrat anywhere so bold as to deny that the Ku Klux Clan and all its works are not the very opposite of the faith that descends from Jefferson? Consider the existing tariff and the whole scheme of subsidies. Can they be defended by the principle that demo- crats can avoW?
 Yet these are the principal mat ters which for ten year ho divided the democratic party, confused its counsels and destroyed it's energies. Prohibition, intolerance and and eco homie paternalism; these are the false gods which different fac- tions in the party have worshiped. But not Ritchie of Maryland. He has been true to himself, loyal to his convictions, clear-sighted and brave. We salute him gratefully.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16
SHALL WE ANNEX MEXICO'S
 APPENDIX? (NeW York Herald -Tribunel

The purchase by the United States
 of Lower California, which has just
 been suggested again by Senator Ashurst, is a question which need not stir the emotions, since the like
 l;hood of action on it is so remote.
 Lower California is a spike of land, a bout the size of Florida, projecting
 southerly from the lower end of the
 State of California. It is very sparce- ly populated and a considerable pro- portation of the 50,000 people now
 With the Republic of Mexico by Il 150-mile strip of land running along the northern coast of the Gulf of California, thus making of this gulf
 an entirely Mexican sea.
 Senator AshCrst is probably right in saying that Lower California is likely place for Oriental settleme .1t,
 although this has not yet assumed
 noteworthy proportions. He is un- doubtedly right in setting farily high value on the strategic import tance of Lower California to the United States. In fact, the failure of the robust conquerors of Califor- mia to include this barren peninsula in their conquests must always be a mystery. Even if we did not have Lower California, under our flag,
 possession of the mouth of the Colo aGo river. which is now in Mexican territory, would simplify many naval problems.
 The loss of Mexico would probably be difficult to notice. Provisions exist in the Mexican. constitution, however, forbidding any Mexican government from ceding territory.
 When the acquisition of Lower Cali fornia was last discussed, in 1919, I scheme was suggested which would
 have enabled Mexico to come out of
 the deal as big as ever from the terri torial standpoint. This scheme pro- | vided for three -cornered transac-
 ton in which Great Britain ceded
 British Honduras to Mexico in re-
 turn for further reduction by the United States of the British debt. ,, Simultaneously Mexico was to ce,le Lower California to the United
 States. Mexico would thus have re- tained territorial integrity. tho British would have received furth- CT reduction in their debt and the United States would have received Lower California.
 Viewed as simple territorial problem unconnected with mass
 emotions. here Is possibility which
 might we'll appeal to American and Mexicans alike. But it is certainly not vital enough to warrant an in- ternational commotion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16

and lawns before frost laid them seer and brown public sentiment erystallzed in one phrase-Get those cows. Mir Blender offered S25 reward then $30. It spurred on the unemployed to the task of snaring the cows But they always returned empty handed Even band of prominent citizens. disguised in cowboy outfits. were left far in the rear And it seems that wild looking calf. black and white one. has joined the outlaws. He or she leads the procession. Plenty of sport for those who like it in good outdoor doses is assured anyone who would like to catch Ridgewoods cows. And don't forget the reward after your stirring canter over the ter rain. We should think some of those famous cow-callers of the West or the Swiss Tyrol ought to be able to handle the situation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16
At The National Capitol
 DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
A Digest of Who's Who and Whats What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER

Perhaps 25 congressman are now allotted to states with large alien populations, whose seats really be- long to states where American citi- zens are in larger proportion to the number of unnatufalized aliens. AnG as matter stand now, it is quite easy to imagine the aliens living in one large city-unable themselves to cast a vote-to decide who shall be president of the United States. For the aliens are also represented in the electoral collage. I don't see how any loyal citizen can oppose the amendment"
 Many States Would Lose
 Using the 1920 census figures Capper says his amendment would have caused the loss of one or nor. congressman to New York (4) Massachusetts (2), California, Con- necticut, New Jersey and Pennsyl yania. States which would have been one congressman to the gooo gaining one or failing to los, through reapportionment-w Ar kansas. Georgia. Indiana. Kansas Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi. Missouri. Nebraska and Oklahoma
 The effect of the Capper amend. ment, using 1880 census figures. has not yet been computed by states.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16
SUGGESTION TO GOVERNOR
 CROSS.
Bridgeport Telegraph

Two vacancies on the State park commission wil come before Gov ernor-elect Cross for nominations in 1881. subject to the approval of the senate. If nobody has yet suggest ed 1t to the governor-elect we want to be the first to call his attention to the fact ha Daniel Sanford of Bedding, president of the Fairfield County Planning association is good material for the park commission. We do not urge the fact that Mi Sanford has been lifelong and faithful democrat, even in days when being one made him feel mighty lonesome. We would rather point out that he is resident of Fairfield county and that Fairfield county has no membership on this board; fur thermore that he is head of disin- terested civic organization, one of whose prime objects is the develop ment of parks and parkways.
 Whether the governor-elect con siders this suggestion or. not we urge him to put somebody from Fairfield county on the park board. to end the long reign of indiffer- ence and neglect of this end of the state and suggest that he choose big man-one big enough to defy the PoAticIdhS "ho nave iHtiiHiudleu lne park board in the past, and broad enough to understand the necessity for planning Connecticut's state park program fin comprehensive way, for future necessities.
 If pr Cross desires to consult a model of the way a governor should act in handling such a question we refer him to Alfred E. Smith of New York and the record of the latter in exactly similar circumstances, when handful of selfish property own CTS on Long Island attempted to hold up the whole park program and to keep the common people from access to the shore. We have our own Long Islanders and there is in- tense interest in seeing what the gov ernor-elect intends to do about the situation
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16
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SPENCER'S BIRTH


 On Jan 16, 1852. Edmund Spencer. called 'the prince of poets in his time," was born in London.
 He graduated from Pembroke col lege, Cambridge, at the age of "A. Two years later he went to London and found place in the household of the Earl of Leicester, who later brought him to the attention of Queen Elizabeth.
 In 1879. at 27, he wrote and pub lished "The Shepherds Calendar" which marks an epoch in the devel- opment of English poetry It is said to excel the rhythm of Chaucer. Through the influence of Leicester. Spencer was appointed chief secre- tary to the lord lieutenant of Ireland. Queen Elizabeth conferred on him an estate at Kilcolman, where he wrote his greatest work, "The Faery Queen"
 In October. 1898, his castle was sacked and burned by Irish rebels and his infant child perished in the flames. Spencer returned to London broken-hearte and impoverished. He ided a year later and was bur fed near Chaucer in Westminster Abbey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16
TO=DAY'S SELECTED POEM
FROM \ MOUNTAIN

FROM \ MOUNTAIN Across tlfe blue wall of the ridges Far eastward, sudden splendors run From that plumed bough of cloud where ripens The golden apple of the sun. Along the stem of curving silver Of a mountain stream that lifts from gloom In q rippled meadow of the distance Three shining lakes burst into bloom. And in a malachite pavilion, Far westward. cedars after prayer Watch messages from sapphire altars Smoke-written on the wall of air
 -Glern Ward Dresbach, in "The
 Wind in the Cedars"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16

Noticing so many skaters on the ponds and rivers in and around this city reminds the writer of the days when John D's pond on East Main street was the rendezvous of all lovers of this outdoor sport We don't know if any trace of this pond is left now. prob- ably not, as the Scovill company had it pret- ty well filled in by the time it built its East Main street plant
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16
REPEATED OLD VISIT

Moorhead. Minn E. D. Lum, president of the News Publishing Company. recently visited his old home town. Northwood. Iowa. The next day the paper of the town carried a story of Lum's visit. In the 25 years ago column, similar item told of the visit of Lum to Northwood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16

The American people never do anything by halves-Thomas w. La mont.
 The past is a bucket of ashes Carl Sandburg.
 The movement to change the call endar has now reached the point where we can look forward to the near future for definite action George Eastman. chairman of the national committee on calendar sim plification.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16
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 or the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16

Why expect real reform in amateur foot ball as long as it's run by highly paid pro- fessiona coaches?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16

Dr Daniel T. MacDougal, director of the Desert Laboratory at Tucson, Arizona. gave an interesting radio talk from WEAF "Wednesday night He discussed The Thirst of Plants" and during the course of the talk mentioned desert cactus plants. He said, "A tree cactus may hold many hundreds of gal Ions of surplus water. Many plants in that region have now water supply laid in which would keep them alive until 1893 or 1934. An acre of cabbage will use 2,00O,- 900 quarts of water in season and 200 beech trees on an acre require nearly double that amount. One of these trees loses about eighty quarts of water as vapor daily from its leaves
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 5.l tonight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16

A word to the too wise is wasted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16

Meriden is going to invoke its law against people who fail to clean the snow from their sidewalks for the first time in a good many years. A warrant has been issued for the ar- rest of one man who failed to observe the police warning. Waterbury met with pretty good success this winter in enforcing the city ordinance on clean sidewalks. The local ordinance not only directs property owners or their agents to keep the walks cleaned of snow, but they must also be sanded when coated with ice. A novel way of treating people who fail to obey this statute would be to issue tags similar to those given motorists for violating parking ordinances. Have the patrolman on whose beat sidewalks are not shoveled present the tag to the householder. He would be obliged to report to police headquarters. where he could be assessed the customary fine This would take less time than sending out notices and costs less, too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-16
Good evening.
 o-O-o PROHIBITIONS BIRTHDAY
(This is prohibitions birthday
 week.
"A SMILES THE THING"

The drys are having a birthday.
 Just hear them chant and sing. They eulogize prohibition
 As quite the only thing; John Barleyeorn's grim picture
 Is draped in mourning deep. The drys are having birthday,
 Weep, bootlegger, weep.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
Advice to the LoveIorn
NELL BRINKLEY.
BY Beatrice Fairfax

you think about this little ex.
cursion Of your husband from
the path Of duty. AS you have
been married about 13 years,
you probably know that nearly
every man is still a small boy
who just won't grow up, and
almost every wife has to fall
back on her maternal instinct
in understanding cases like
this.
It seems to me that you have
done the wise thing in main
tanning the home for your chill
dren, when so many women
would have rushed for Reno
to get a divorce. Innocent chill.
dren need to be protected and
need a home for a background,
and they very seldom get that
with Stepmothers and Stepfath.
ers. Try and consider this
straying husband from your
maternal rather than your
wifely point Of view. Be pa
tient and be cheerful, and don't
whatever you do-harp back
on this dereliction of his part.
You are better off than o
number of women who have
seen their husbands depart,
doing nothing for them or
their children. Some women tell
me that their pride keeps them
from becoming reconciled to
their husbands, but I think,
where there are children to
consider, pride is not much Of
an asset.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
A Thoughtful Gesture

They also feel a grave reSpon.
sibility for the high quality Of
their performances, a circum.
stance which accounts for the
frequently noted serious mien
of these unusual chill ,ren in be-
havior, devoted to their parents
and very canny about getting
good financial results for their
work.
There is another common be-
lief that this study has served
to modify-the belief that child
geniuses are one sided and Of
low general mental average.
Intelligence tests carried out
on this group showed that they
were far above the average
child Of the same age in all de-
partments. An eight-year-old
chess prodigy committed forty
dates to memory in four min
utes, and a nine-year-old pianist
showed general information and
ability to think far above that
Of children Of IL and IA.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26
Be Specific With
Children

Too often we give children
specific directions or warnings
and are later annoyed and
surprised to discover that they
have not generalized as we
intended.
For instance, q friend Of
mine tells a story on himself
when he was a tiny lad. That
was years ago, when horses
and carriages were apt to
amble along the street at inter
walls of possibly every half
hour or so. AS usual, the
mother was worried about the
safety of her small son in
crossing the street when going
to visit his grandmother, so
upon his departure she said:
"Son, don't cross the street
one step if there is a horse in
sight on it." y
The child nodded and trot-
ted away. Noon came and he
did not come home.
Father hurried forth to hunt
him and make inquiries. He
hadn't far to go, for around
the corner, chubby body lean
ing against a telephone pole,
was his son, fast asleep.
When questioned, he pointed
down the street half a block to
where a horse was securely tied
to a mixing machine and some
men were working on the pave
ment.
Mother had said: Don't cross
the street one step if there is
a horse in sight on it," And
indeed there had been a horse
on the street all morning long.
The child couldn't generalize
to the point of reasoning it
out that if the horse was tied
fast to a wagon, it was per-
miSsable to walk across the
street. That was beyond him
at the time.
A young child cannot deduce
our meaning Of a general idea
through a specific reference to
one lone activity, applying to
all clothing, or all books to be
left alone, or all streets to be
scanned carefully before cross
ing. make them general.
The Washington times., 1931-12-26

) many questions or you'll lave
me dizzy again."
Come, let me take you home"
mo. I'm full of spirits now,
and don't mean just the drug
store kind either"
Heavens, child! How old are
you?"
Just a Kid
"Oh, just simple maiden in
her teens-that's little Laurel!"
"And in the middle Of the
night you roam around all by
yourself?"
''No-with the gang. Tonight,
as you see, when the party hit
the high spots, I beat it,"
And what about that car Of
yours?"
What of it?"
"I'll call up the nearest ga
rage and tell them to fetch it,"
Continued Monday