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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26
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J@l93I BY NfA SERVICE. INC. (

We want the children to grow up with open minds. I believe that every parent in America would as- set to this if it were put up to him for parents now know that a closed mind filled with prejudices and biases is not only a milestone to real pro- gress, but the unhappiest thing in the world.
 Yet microscope on ourselves will reveal most of us packed to the beams with dislikes, hatreds,
 unchangeable opinions about peo-
 pie and things that make it very | difficult for our children.
 For children get most of their prejudices at home right from
 their own parents. It begins with
 the nursery days. How about that
 nice little maid we wouldn't take
 in to look after the baby because she went to church that we
 blared to the world we would have
 nothing to do with?
 | That the little maid was person ally heater, more careful of her behavior, more strictly religious than we were ourselves, made no
 difference. We disliked what she
 represented and that settled it. Babies drink in such phobias
 with their very milk. Who can tell
 when our ideas take root in them |-certainly it starts very early. When Change Comes I have watched the progress of
 many young people. l have seen
 this thing happen over and over:
 They grow up in an environment of narrow prejudice. Then they
 go away two or four or six years
 to college and become tolerant and
 friendly toward every kind and va-
 riety of race and creed. Why? Be- cause higher intelligence goes hand in hand with freedom Of thought and draws no circles about other people unless those people in themselves are undesir- able.
 It is not always easy. of course
 for parents to dispossess them selves of antagonism concerning
 other races other creeds, and even other denominations. This is par | ticularly true in certain localities
 where a group has made itself ob-
 noxious. Yet it should not include the individual member of the criti-
 cized group, and not children. And | it also should never include the
 country from which these people come.
 Here in America we are at Q
 disadvantage. One can no more judge the people of other coun- tries as a whole by small bodies
 of undesirables in this land, any
 more than the people of Paris. say
 can judge all America by neigh
 borhood of racketeers and rowdies from the United States.
 | We are so wrong to consider our selves the annointed. Our national ity. or religion is right for us. but
 how do we know that other races and other creeds are not just as right? If every man in the world but one is on the same side of question. that man has every moral
 privilege to his own idea. We must learn tolerance and not set ourselves | up to be condemning judges. Be that as 1t may when children form friendships with other clean upright children. think it better to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26
Tho Bidding

South pass, West bids one dia- mond. North is now confronted with quite a problem. He has the re- quired strength for a double, and stila he knows that there is hardly sarue in the hand with a pass from his partner and an original bid from West. His final decision is to bid two no trump and trust that if his part ner has sufficient honor cards, he will carry him to three, but South properly passes.
 The Play
 East opens the seven of diamonds dummy covers with eight, Wesl playing the kind and declarer win- ming the trick with the ace of dia- monds. The ace and king of clubs are led by declarer and he gets a very good break when the queen of clubs drops from the East hand setting Up the two clubs in dummy. The seven of clubs is next led to the deuce of spades, West ofllowing with a club. The fourth round of clubs is led, West. discarding the four of diamonds and declarer fol- lowing with the eight of clubs, East discarding the four of spades.
 Declarer now starts the heart suit from dummy by leading the deuce, East plays the three and the nine spot is finessed which goes to East's jack, East leads the three of diamonds, dummy covering with the nine, West winning the trick with the queen. West returns the five of diamonds which the declarer wins with the jack East following with the deuce and dummy discarding the five of spades.
 Declarer has the West hand now pretty well counted. West must hold the king and queen of spades and the king of hearts to justify his orig inal bid. He also holds a diamond, therefore the declarer leads the ace of spades, East following with the eight, dummy the six and West the queen. The three of spades is led by declarer. East playing the seven. declarer covering with the nine in dummy and West is forced to win with the king. West cashes his good ten of diamonds and is now forced to lead hearts to the declarer.
 A little luck, combined with prop CT card reading, has allowed the de- clarer to make three no trump with 150 aces.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26
%STOI}Y or SUE
Bu MAKOINV UAIG a iQ3o pv MeA SERvlce, ,lhic.

You mean that Harry's left you for good?" Bob asked Corrinne when they were in his dilapidated old car. Its final?'' Corrinne nodded. "He may come back but I'll never let him now. Never! But you see. don't you, that l have to prove my inno- cence?"
 "sure-' He was letting the car out and it was pumping along the road. But what are you going to do?" Corrinne hadn't had time to ask herself that question. Now it seemed to stand in front of her, waiting for an answer.
 q don't know" she said at last. "I cant type, or anything. I did not finish high school. But it doesn't matter. I'll find something. somehow. But now we've got to get a detective and get the ring" was saying. How will Harry know that you aren't working with Cliff ford? If he doubts you now, he could doubt you then" "He has to know! Why why, he cant think I'm a thief. That I'd steal it. It's terriblel" She stopped suddenly. She was realizing under what disgrace her father was riding. And he had publicity to bear Suddenly she sank down in corner of the car, her face buried sob.
 Bob reached over and pressed her hand reassuringly.
 You know that I'll stick to the end. don't you?" he asked.
 "Of course. Bob. you're true blue. You won't shrink, run, or fade in the wash. But I'm just crazy"
 They parked the car on side street, as the dusk gathered. Cor rnne knew of only one detective agency. one which the Becker fam fly employed now and then. She had decided that it would be neces- sary to tell them nothing about her part in the emerald disappearance |. just to describe Clifford's re- quest and the scene that Bob had witnessed. If the Becker family learned what she was doing they wouldn't complain for she would have told nothing.
 The elevator shot up to the floor where the office was located. There was no one stirring in the long hall, but voice was talking somewhere. The atmosphere seemed gray, sinis ter. austere, and Corrinne moved little closer to Bob.
 "Bobbie, you're such a darling. she said, and at the quick look which he shot her. the sudden tense ness of his hard young mouth. she wished she hadn't. Bob must not like her too well now, she told her self . only . she wantcj him to anyway.
 They opened the door into the de- tective agency offices. The waiting room was deserted for it was past office hours. Through the transoni of a door which connected with an inner office voices drifted.
 Tt was Harry Becker who gave me the case" one of them was say ing. He wants Clifford Becke; watched: thinks he has an emerald knows he has it, he says . . ."
 But what about Harrys wife the daughter of the Merryman who'- up for bank robbery? Did he say h. wanted her to be kept in the line o' vision, too?'
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she was crying half the time, and smuggling special delivery letters in and out by one of the maids-'
 Did you tell Nita these stories and point out the pictures of the girls?" Dundee had to risk asking.
 Miss Earle froze instantly. Nat urally she was interested in the school. and once when she said it always made her mad the way her that in my opinion society girls were worse than actresses. and well, of course, I gave her some eX- amples, a lot of them worse than anything I've told you about Flora Hackett and Janet Raymond. |. l hope,' she added viciously, that Nita dropped a hint or two if Flora or Janet had the nerve to high-hat her when she was in Hamilton"'
 Perhaps she did" Dundee agreed softly. By the way, how did Nita happen to get the job here of direct ing the Easter plays?"
 That's what the reporters wanted to know Miss Earle smiled. But Miss Pendelton wouldn't tell them, for fear Serena wouldn't like it, and maybe be drawn into the scandal, when everybody knows she's as straight as a string"
 Did Serena Hart get her the job?" Dundee was amazed
 -"Yes. Wait. I'll show you the letter of recommendation she wrote for Nita to Miss Pendleton, ' Miss Earle offered eagerly. Re member, now, you're not to tell on mel"
 She went to a tall walnut filing cabinet, and quickly returned with a note, which she thrust into Dun dee's willing hands. He read:
 Dear Miss Pendleton: The
 bearer, Juanita Leigh. is rather
 badly in need of a job, and I
 have suggested that she apply to
 you for a chance to direct the
 Easter play. l have known
 Miss Leigh personally for 10
 years, and have the highest re-
 gard, both for her character and for her ability. Since you usual ly stage musical comedies,
 think Miss Leigh, who has been
 specially dancer as well as af
 actress in musical comedy for
 about 12 years, would be admir-
 ably suited for the work. Know
 ing my love for Forsyte as you
 do. I do not have to assure you
 that I would suggest nothing
 which would be detrimental to
 the schools best interests.
 Fondly yours,
 Serena Hart.
 "She was wrong there, but I know it wasn't Nita's fault" Miss Earle, who had been looking over
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26
NANCY PAGE A Basement Makes a Bully Good Place for Boys
 By Florence La Ganke.

The members of the Good Taste | club were invited to a rather formal | dinner party and they were thinking | up every possible emergency and
 | putting their queries to Nancy. Suppose they have a fruit cock tail for the first course. Mrs Page; how do we eat that?" With a small fork resembling an oyster fork or with teaspoon. It depends upon the piece of silver that is put on | the table,
 Do we lift the tomato cocktail glass and drink from it, or do we spoon the liquid out?" You drink the tomato juice just as if it were any other beverage in a glass" Do we have to take all our soup from the soup spoon or may we drink that?" Soup is served in fairly shallow soup dishes, never bouillon cups, at a dinner. That
 means that you must take it with a spoon. When it is served in bouil- lon cups it may be drunk from the cup"
 You know those little round pieces of toast with caviare or egg l or something on top? What do we call those and how do We eat hem on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26

Miss Anna Catherine Murphy, daughter of Thomas Murphy of Piedmont street and Chester Harold Dyer, son of MT and Mrs Chester F. Dyer of Piedmont street were united in marriage Saturday after noon at 4 o'clock at the South Fed erated church, Rev John F. w. Howell performing the cermony The attending couple were Miss Avis Dyer, 0 sister of thesgr0om and Nelson Disrell.
 The bride wore a gown of aqua marine blue crepe with correspond ing hat and carried pink carnations The bridesmaid wore a gown oi blue crepe with hat to correspond and carried pink carnations. Fol lowing the ceremony, reception was held at the home of the bride MT and Mrs Dyer are to make their home on Piedmont street upon re. turning from their wedding trip. Miss Daisy Austin of Chapman avenue is in Pittsburg, Penn, visiting with her sister, Mrs Theodore Blumm.
 MT and Mrs Louis Freedman oi Wentworth street have as their guest [ at their home, Miss Hattie Weiss oi 
 Newark, N. J.
 Mir and Mrs P. s. Bergin have re- turned to their home on Willow street after spending the week end in Worcester, Mass, where they vis- ited their sons, stephen and Edward students at Holy Cross college. Miss Helen Wilson of Plattsburg N. Y., was the weekend guest oi Miss Marion Heffrin at her home or Willow street.
 The Waterbury Business and Pro. fessional Women's Club will hold their annual banquet at the Water bury Women's Club on February 9th. Miss Alectra Pratt of New York City will be the guest of honor and the speaker for the evening. The committee in charge of the arrange. ments include: Misses Josephine Somers, Anna Platt, Addie Crane Anna Abeling, Edna Kott and Mabel Bachman. -..
 The bride wore gown of tur- quoise blue chiffon with correspond ing hat and carried Talisman roses The matron of honor wore gown of Chinese gold crepe with hat to correspond and carried yellow roses A reception for about 75 guests was held at the home of the bride fol lowing the ceremony. out of town guests were present from New York, Meriden, New Haven and Hartford. The brides gift to the matron of honor was a bracelet and to the groom, white gold onyx ring The groom presented the bride with a crystal necklace and the best man white gold cuff links.
 MT and Mrs Hoyt areA to make their home on Watertown avenue upon returning from their wedding trip to New York and New Jersey.
 The Women's Relief Corp will hold their regular meeting tonight in their club rooms, 95 Bank street The ritual will be arehearsed and all officers and members are requested to attend the meeting.
 A dinner was given at the Hotel Waterbury, Thursday evening in Hamilton avenue who leaves next week to enter Mount Sinai hospital training school for nurses in New York city. Miss Connor was pre- scented with a purse of gold by the guests who included: Misses Marion Kerwan. Ruth Alcott, Gertrude Err win. Mildred Silvernail, Winifred King, Frances Hastings, Catherine Mulhern, Helen Began, Freda Kern Gertrude Foley, Nellie Reilly. Fran ces Saunders, Mary Hayes, Margare Connor, Mrs Ida Stone, Mrs Mat Cavanaugh, Mrs Mary Tangney. Mrs Katherine Horan. Mrs Jane Houli. han. Following dinner bridge was played.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26

You mean a canape, pronounced as if it were spelled can-a-pay. Those may be eaten with a fork or they may be lifted to the mouth. Usually each one is large enough for about two bites, no more. When the bread has been toasted ahead of time it gets tough and then when one tries to cut it with q fork the top mixture flies over the table. Suppose, for instance. you have q canape made with q stuffed olive wrapped with a thin slice of bacon and then broiled until the bacon is crisp. That cannot be managed with fork, because it rolls around all over the toast round. Such a canape has to be lifted in the fin gers"
 The girls drew a relieved sigh and felt better able to cope with what ever the first course of the dinner might happen to be.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26
FAT GIRLS GET BREAK

Paris - According to French fash ion dictators the slim mannequins who have heretofore showed off their creations are scheduled to pass out of the picture, at least temporar- fly, in favor of plump and even fat femmes. New gowns are more ample, and the slim mannequin must either make the weight" or give her job to girl built along more ample lines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26

Miss Kathleen Crowley, director Of the Waterbury Girls club, has returned from New York city where she attended the seventh annual conference of the national board Of review on motion pictures held Thursday, Friday and Saturday In the Hotel Pennsylvania. The prsn- cipal speaker at the Saturday con- ference was Secretary William Doak, of the department of the interior. While in New York, Miss Crowley was the guest of Mrs John R. White side, Jr.
 The Mary Parish. branch of the Sunshine society will hold, a card party Thursday afternoon at the Modern Home Utilities. rooms. The committee in, charge of arrange ments includes Mrs John Wilcox, Mrs George Manville. Miss Hattie Handricks, Mrs AAbram Hengevald, and Mrs George Putnam. --l
 J. A. o'Meara of this city is vis- iting in Atlantic City where he is a guest at Chalfonte- -Haddon hall.
 The marriage of Miss Margaret Kindt. daughter of Mrs William Kindt of Highland avenue and John J. Hoyt, also of Highland avenue took place Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at the parsonage of the First Lutheran church, Rev William Meyer performing the ceremony. MT and Mrs John Dunn were the at- tending couple.
 Mrs. George o. Foster and sons, Stanley, Richard. and George and daughter, Mabel of Concord street left to-day to join Mir. Foster and take up their residence in Buffalo, N. Y.
 Miss Ella Roberge is spending few days at her home on Dikeman street. Miss Roberge is a student nurse at the Newark Memorial hos -pital. %1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26
HOUSE MOVES. TOO

Kansas City-When Mrs Homer A. Beale wanted to move from All | fred, Me, to this city, she wanted to take her 125-year-old house with 1 her. She had it razed and each part
 numbered. The parts are being re- assembled here. ,1,5O0 miles from their former location.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26

Ames, Ia.-Just how this honey moon business was first started is told by Prof. F. E. Paddock, apiar- ist at Iowa State college here. The term originated among primitive people because it was customary for newly married couples to stay at home for one moon and feed honey to all who visited them, he says.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26
BEGIN HERE TO-DAY.

SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR DUN- DEE believes that JUANITA SE- LIM and DEXTER SPRAGUE were both murdered because they were partners in q bIackmaiI scheme, while the police theory is that they were killed to avcngc SWALLOW. TAIL SAMMY" SAVELLI, whom Nita Is supposed to have dOuble- crossed.
 or Dundce's six possible suspects JUDGE MARSHALL, owner of the death weapon; POLLY BEALE and CLINE HAMMOND, who mar ried suddenly after Spraguc's death; JOHN DRAKE, JANET RAYMOND, in love with Sprague, and FLORA MILES-his case is strongest against Flora. He believes it possible, she killed Nita, thinking Nita had told
 her husband. TRACEY, of some scandal involving her, and that Tracey killed Sprague to protect his H11e from charge of murder. He learns that Flora rushed Tracey into
 marriage. and that he, a "malc wall flOWer." was very flattered.
 Iaking up the trail in New
 York, he finds that the dress in which Nita was cremated and which he thinks was her wedding dress, was bought in January,
 1918. He then goes to the Forsyte school, where all the women in-
 xeTcd in the mystery attended. and where Nfta was director of the Easter play. He learns from GLADYS EARLE. bitter old maid, IsvhO was extremely fond of Nita, that Nita had been divorced the year before. Miss Earle hints at scandals that have been hushcd up by the wealthy parents of the For syte girls.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26
Fashion Plaque

THIS LARGE CAPELINE for resort and midsummer wear is of rough natural straw with circles of white beads scattered over its surface and sthraw colored velvet ribbon band and bow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26

above all else-it's so important" the lovely actresses will tell you.
 Important actresses in Holly wood, on Broadway, in Europe, use Lux Toilet Soap, regularly! That is why it is found in theatre dressing rooms everywhere-is the official soap in all the great film studios.
 Start using this lovely white, fra grant soap today! Buy some now!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26

handle the situation with kindness and care. Some day as life opens up each may seek his own path naturally and comfortably. But to fill children's minds arbitrarily with unfair prejudice is a hampering and unhappy thing. It is matter for serious thought.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26

New highways opened in the United States last year. had a toal mileage of 7,952, while those con- structed in Canada covered S,0S3 miles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26
{M: BRIDGE.

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26
says WILLIAM POWELL

Learn the Complexion Secret 9ont of 70 lovely screen stars knoso and stage, especially, seem to know the secret" Indeed they do!
 For they seem always young, and charming, and magnetic-youJust can't believe that they ever have birthdays.
 "We guard complexion beauty
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26
Gro Be Continued. )

An Alsatian dog recently attended the funeral at Sheffield, England, of his master and almost constant com panion for 10 years. William Mabe.
 Italy is stimulating livestock pro- duction to overcome it's meat short age
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26

!" No one meas ures Youth by birthdays any more - says William Powell
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26

Paramount star of For the Defense"'
 "Women know so marvelously how to KEEP their fresh, young charm that is so irresistible.
 Feminine starsso the screen
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26
WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT

NEXT: Corrinne's reaction. Copyright, 1881, NEA Service Inc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26

| Dundee's heart begged him to ask for more details of Penny's tri- umph. but his job demanded that he keep the now too-voluble Miss | Earle to the business in hand. And Flora Hackett-" he prompted.
 | Well, the next day after the play the Easter vacation began, you know, and Flora forged letter sion to spend the 10 days Easter
 holiday with one of the girls who lived in Atlanta" Miss Earle contin- ued, with great relish. Well, sir,
 right in the middle of the holi- dayes, here came her father and mother-they were both alive then and asked for Flora! They wired the girl in Atlanta. and Flora wasn't there, and the Hacketts were have it, Mir Hackett ran into a friend of theirs on Broadway. and this friend began to tease MT Hack ett about his daughters being a chorus grill"
 "A chorus girl!' Dundee echoed, taking care not to. show his disap- ] pointment.
 , "Of course they nabbed her right out of the show, but that wasn't the WoiSI oL IL. MlSS ILtTlc went OL dramatically and mysteriously. | '"They tried to hush it up, of course, but the word went through the school like wildfire that Flora wasn't only in the chorus, but that she was | living with an actor she'd been writing fan letters to long before the Easter play went on!" Did you hear his name?" Dundee asked.
 No" Miss Earle acknowledged respectfully. But I'll bet anything it was the truth! |. Why. Flora Hackett was so man-crazy she fiirt- ed scandalously with every male teacher in the school. The golf pro we had then got so scared of I her he quit his job!"
 q suppose" Dundee prompted craftily, "she wasn't any worse than some of the other Hamilton girls" | "We-ell" Miss Earle admitted re- luctantly. nothing ever came out on any of the others but it looked mighty funny to see when Janet Raymond's mother came and took her out of school right in the mid dle of a term and hauled her off to Europe for whole year! And Janet looking as healthy as any other girl in the school. except that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-26

J. A. O'Meara of this city is vis- iting in Atlantic City where he is a guest at Chalfonte-HaddO hall.