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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06
HEARTS ARE TRUMP VALENTINES DAY
Valentine Parties for Young and Old Planned in
 Detail
RED AND WHITE POPULAR

Valentine parties and Cupid with his bow and arrow link arms each year on the fourteenth day of Feb ruary. St Valentines Day is synon- ymous with hearts, darts, fiuttering ribbons, frescoed cherubs and other glamorous symbols of love. For trad dition tell us that St Valentine was a martyr who sacrificed his life by favoring the young lovers of Rome when Emperor Claudius placed ban on marriage. And so on, down through the ages. has come the charming custom of exchanging significant sentiments on Valentines day, whether it is in the form of written, ileart-shaped message, or formal luncheon. tea or bridge.
 There are any number of especial ly decoroted tablecloths, place cards and invitations to be had for thls festive day. But particularly is it amusing and appealing to serve as much of the party menu as is pos- sible in heart-shaped design and :n St Valentines colors-read and white.
 A Valentine party menu for youngsters follows:
 Chicken in hcart-shapcd bread pattics ggrnished with heart shaped
 slices of bccts
 Maraschino Charlotte Russo
 St Valcntinc's Cakc-Milk or
 cereal beverage favored
 with milk
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06
Native Recipe For
 Lincoln's Birthday

Since s.Honest Abe" was a man of the soil. plain foods are most suitable to serve on his birthday. What more appropriate than dish composed of a native Illinois prod uct, the state where Lincoln spent much of his life, made with & recipe from his native state, Kentuckyl?
 Corn Bread Kentucky
 cup flour, 1 cup cornmeal, 4 tsps baking powder, 1 cup milk, 2 tbsps shortening, 2 tsps salt, 3 tbsps dark
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06
Economical Cooking Is the Boast of Clever House.
 wife

Economical cooking is the boast of the clever and well trained house. wife, whether she gets her training in a school of home economies or in her own kitchep. The household budget may be made reflection of the thrifty housewife.
 Nor are the dishes made from vegetables, fruits, meats, and pud- dings to be scorned as Door mans meal" Even the excuse of camou- fiaging left-overs is unnecessary. They can be made palatable and att tractive and, used as the base served with either a thin or medium white sauce, as the type of dish demands, they are essentially nutritious.
 A creamed meat served on toast may be garnished with a sprig of parsley, or it may be served in a timbal or rosette patty.
 Do not scrap your leftover vege- tables. Serve them either in a cream soup these cold winter days or creamed as a side dish. Green beans, carrots, asparagus, onions, cabbage, potatoes and cauliflower lend themselves to this style with thin white sauce. This sauce is best made with evaporated milk.
 In a cream vegetable soup or in a creamed vegetable dish you are giving your family important nu- triton protection. This is one way of introducing milk into the daily menu. The thrifty housewife is nev-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06
BANANA PEEL ESCAPE

Fl Paso - If you ever get put in jail, take plenty of banana peelings with you. For, according to Jesse Manigold. 1t is possible to escape with them. By wrapping the peel ings around the iron bars of the windows and leaving them for time. the acid in the peelings will soften the iron so that 1t is but an easy matter to cut through them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06

the pan skin side down and that thin papery covering known as the fell should not be removed as the roast holds it's shape better and there is less shrinkage.
 The roasting pan should not be covered at any time during the roasting period, nor should any wa ter be added.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06
EAITS THREE TIMES

New York Esther Speigle tried to commit suicide three times here and failed every time. First she swallowed a disinfectant. To make doubly sure, she jumped from the roof to the top of an adjoining building. Then she made second jump to the courtyard six stories be- low. She failed to commit suicide. but both her legs had to be ann putated.
 Switzerland sends more children's shoes to the United States than does any other foreign country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06

Umbrellas with electric lights in the handles have appeared in Eu- rope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06

ST VALENTINES CAKE. H cup shortening
 cup sugar
 N cup milk
 teaspoon vanilla
 cup siftcd cake flour 2 level teaspoons baking powder GEE whites
 CNOanut
 Sift flour and baking powder three times. Cream shortening, add sugar gradually and fiavoring. Then add slfted dry ingredients alternately with milk. Fold in stiffiy beaten egg whites. Bake in heart shaped pan in moderate oven (350-375 i. F.) Cover with white icing, sprinkle .hickly with shredded CO., coanut and decorate with small red candied hearts and rosebuds, and place on ace paper dolly. (Or bake in individual heart pans). A suitable St Valentine Luncheon Menu for grown-ups is the follow ing: Dcvilcd Ham Daintics-Stuffcd olives
 Cream of Beet Soup Chicken CrOqucttcs
 Buttercd CaulifOwcr
 Jcllicd Tomato Salad Heart shaped cup cakes. filled with pink icc-crcam and garnishcd
 with candy rings
 Coffee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08
Bromine From Sea Water,

vapors make heavy cloud when released.
It is diflcult to handle bromine in its natural
state for It must have suitable containers. 1t
offers not quite so much Of o problem as that
of its chemical kim huorine however, for the
latter can be stored only in wax containers,
easily eating its way through metal or glass.
In fact one of fiuorne's principal uses is In the
etching of glass.
In this employment the glass to be etched
Is covered with wax, which the design Is
traced, the lines being cut through the wax to
the glass. F1uorine is then poured on the wax
and settling into the lines of the design, eats
its way into the glass to the desired depth
Previous to the World War bromine was used
principally for photographic and medical pur-
poses. During the war it was employed to some
extent in hand grenades and gas bombs. Now,
however, q new and highly important avenue
for its use has been developed-a use which
promises to require large quantities of the gas
annually. 1t Is combined with other chemicals
to produce tetraethyl lead in anti-knock gaso-
lines.
The main bromine production plants in this
country are in the Ohio River Valley and the
element has been obtained largely as by
product of the salt industry. With the develop
ment Of new uses, however, it is likely that the
ocean sources may come into more general use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08

RRONGINE seems to be one element Of which
the world need never feel a shortage. The
annual production in this country and Ger
many, the principal producers, reaches approx
mately 100000 pounds, obtained largely from
inland sources. These sources, however, shrink
into insignifcance in the face of the successful
tests which have been made of the commercial
possibility Of producing bromine from sea water.
Carried on aboard boat owned by a gasoline
company, they have shown that 1000 gallons
of sea water containing from to pounds OF
bromine, can be handled in l minute by the
equipment now in operation on the boat The
Importance of this development may be seen
in the fact that the oceans supply of brornine
is inexhaustible.
Tests carried on by the Bureau of Mines and
various experts indicate that cubic mile Of
ocean water, q mere drop in the bucket when
considered In the light of the entire area Of
the ocean, will provide enough bromine to keep
1 plant producing 100000 pounds of bromine a
month or nearly half the production Of Ger
many and the United States, busy for 392 years.
Bromine belongs to a group of three
demonstrating bromine and MISUNDERSTANDING
to some extent the same general characteristics
Bromine is a reddish-bro liquid of a highly
corrosive nature which volatilizes easily. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08
Dust Menaces Mdustrr.

GO spectacular have been the dust explosions
- of grain-handling factories, the belief has
become common and accepted that dust ex.
plosions are peculiar to this industry, excepting,
of course, the explosions from dust in coal
mines
survey of five explosions which occurred
within a month last Summer and which re-
suited in l6 deaths has shown that but one
explosion, that at the Western Maryland Railway
export terminal at Baltimore, was due to grain
dust. The investigation by the Department OF
Agriculture reveals that the property losses in
these five explosions totaled 100000
In all five cases the seriousness of the ex-
plosions was limited by the fact that parts Of
the affected areas were well supplied with
windows and these gave way readily, preventing
a much more violent blast
The list of types of industry which suffer
from dust explosions is long and includes such
widely different branches as grain handling,
tobacco manufacturing, wood handling, paper
handling, hard-rubber handling and those turn
ing out products such as aluminium, cork,
powdered sugar, powdered milk, rosin. starch,
fertilizer and cottonseed meal
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Glasses in Bankrubtcy.

A STEADY decline in the number of farmers
4 going bankrupt has been recorded during
the past three years, the total for the year
ending June 80 of last year being AGA, which
was about 500 less than the year before and
1000 less than two years before.
These figures, while they seem encouraging
on their face may turn out to be no true indi-
cation of the present situation, for it has been
found that the results of any one crop year are
not reflected in the bankruptcy courts until four
years later.
In other words, 1925, which was the peak
year of failures, represented the results of the
agricultural depression of 1921, while the pres
ent figures are reflection of high farm product
prices of 1925 and 1926. What the results OF
the drought and low price of wheat may be
will probably not be well established until 1884.
Taken altogether, the Attorney Generals
office reports a total of 60,355 bankruptcies in
$780, with wage earners far in the lead as
principals of the proceedings. There were
20, 989 wage earners who went bankrupt, while
merchants were second, 1919 going to the
wall. Farmers as a class were third, follow
ed by professional men and manufacturers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08

HAVING battled the back stem rust of wheat
to q point where only careful watchful-
ness by farmers to prevent the return of the
barberry bush to the wheat belt is necessary to
keep it within bounds, the Department Of
Agriculture Is tuHning to the black currant, 70
fight out q new battle against another kind of
rust, the whfte-pine blister rust, which is
threatening havoc to the white pine forests
Of the country.
Just as the barberry was vital host to the
wheat rust during the Winter of the rllst's cycle
of life, so are the black currant and, to q
lesser extent, the other species Of currant and
NE gooseberry vital to the white pine blister
rust.
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Fighting Blister Rust.

1t has been proved that a single black cur
rant bush can bring about an infestation of
blister rust among trees as much as 10 miles
away. Because of the virulent nature OF this
rust which causes the needles of the pines
to turn brown and drop off, bringing death to
the tree eventually the department officials are
trying to impress upon farmers in white pine
areas the necessity of eliminating the black
currants The currants have little commercial
value even when cultivated, and with the ex-
perience of the successful drive against the
wheat rust behind them to support their argyll
ment, the department experts expect to make
much Roadway in their fight on the blister
rust
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08

the United States Government and is one Of
the most priced art works in the Capitol Build
ing Rembrandt Peale painted more pictures
Of George Washington than any other artist.
A MOTHER artist whose work is highly COM
mended to the Portrait Committee is John
Trumbull of Lebanon, Conn, son of the Revo-
lutionary War Governor He also studied with
Benjamin West In 1890 he painted a picture
of washington for the City of New York, show
ing the general in full uniform standing by o
white horse, and two years later he did another
picture Of Washington for the City Of New
Haven
Joseph Wright was another student Of Ben
jamin West who painted portraits Of Wash
ington as wen as making several etchings. He
was appointed draughtsman and die-sinker
when the United States mint was established
Adolph Uric Wertmuller, native Of Sweden.
painted three portraits from sittings granted
him by washington, and the best Of these Is
now In the possession Of the Swedish govern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08

nent in Stockholm. DR.. Albert Bushnell Hart
historian OF the George Washington Bicenten-
NAL Commission, treasurers a Photographic
copy of this Wertmuller portrait. The entire
list Of portrait painters who secured sittings
from Washington is too long to include here,
but they so besieged him that he wrote on May
16, 1875, as follows:
"'In for penny, in for pound Is an old
adage am so hackneyed to the touches OF the
painters pencil that am now altogether at
their beck, and sit like patience ON Donu-
ment while they are delineating the lines OF
my face. At first I was as FESTIVE under the
operation as colt is of the saddle. The next
time I submitted very reluctantly, but with
less founcing. Now no dray moves more readily
to his thin than do to the painters chair.
One Of the strongest bits Of testimony in
support Of Representative Blooms claim for
oflciaf recognition Of the Jaffe portrait OF the
Houdon bust comes from the one artist who is
most popularity known the world over for his
portrait Of Washington, Gilbert Stuart, who
announced that the Houdon bust was the best
The Washington times., 1931-06-06
HEALTH AND
DIET
BY Logan Clendening-

The person with colitis or
irritable colin has not infre-
quently given 1t to himself.
The inside Of the colon or
large intestine is quite sensi.
tive and easily injured; it will
not stand prolonged insult by
mechanical irritation or chem.
icals, whether the chemicals be
EPSON salts or oil in enemas.
Yesterday we pointed out the
possible dangers Of excessive
douching of the large intestine,
especially when carried out by
the patient on his own body
without medical supervision.
A Typical Case
Today we discuss an even
commoner habit which is quite
as fraught with potential harm
the habitual dosing with
cathartics.
Perhaps the best way to
make the point clear is to
recite the history of an actual
patient. A man aged 40 came
to a clinic complaining of dis
comfort all over his abdomen,
a n d constipation. Curiously,
when he was questioned about
his constipation, he said that
ne had several evacuations
day, but that what he meant
by the word constipation" was
that he never felt as if his
1ntestines were entirely empty.
He had been in the habit Of
dosing himself with EPSON salts
for years.
At first he felt relief from
the use Of the salts, but a
year before consulting the clinic
doctor. he began to feel the
sensation Of not being cleaned
out and increased his dosage
of salts until he was taking
some every two hours In the
daytime and was consuming
the staggering amount of
nearly half a pound a day.
The inSideS Of his intestines
were red and spongy and GOV.
cred with small white spots,
probably beginning ulcers.
On treatment, which con-
sisted in. taking him entirely
away from the epson salts and
giving him a bland diet Of
milk and eggs and vegetable
purees, he was restored to
normal feelings Of health and
comfort.
Such a story. which is by no
means as uncommon as it
sounds as II it should be, shows
how such excessive anxiety to
keep the colon empty actually
leads to colitis. In fact, the
cathartic habit, and the enema
habit. and rpughage diets are
the commences causes Of colitis.
The Washington times., 1931-06-06
DO YOU KNOW
THAT

Would you want wood to
be used for your new sports
bag? You will, if you are
fashion wise. A new and sue
cessful model is made Of beige
square and round wooden beads
and Is mounted on a frame of
dark brown enamel. 1t IS
finished with a tassel Of the
wooden beads.
Flowers flourish on many
of the new trocks in a most
novel manner. An afternoon
frock of black crepe de, chine
linen with white crepe de chine
of a thinner quality has an
edging of flowers of the same
material edged with white.
The white crepe de chine
blouse has a border of white
flowers edged with black.
Under cover go our shoulders
at eventide. For many Of the
new eveni ng frocks have
scarves. A lovely frock Of
white satin features a scarf
that forms the entire bodice
and so is worn over the
shoulder.
An undying delight is the new
dyed Panama hat. A new and
lovely model, in the orthodox
Panama shape. Is dyed a soft
warm brown and is trimmed
with q band Of heavy suede
like blue ribbon ,,s
The Washington times., 1931-06-06
Both Are Too YOUNG
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:


am 16 years old and am in
love with a boy one year plde1
than myself. But just lately I
found out that he had a CoucI,
of consumption. Do you think
I should drop his acquaintance,
or continue to see him? I
really like him and do not want
to give him up, although I am
very young to say that. Please
help me. JEAN.
If you really care about this
boy you'll persuade him to have
proper treatment for his trouble
and cut out lovemaking. At
this time of life. tuberculosis is
durable if. as you say. it's in the
earlier stages, but girl and boy
affairs are not included in the
cure. Fresh air, lots of sun.
shine, nourishing food, plenty
Of sleep, and abstinence from
emotion are some of the things
that will bring your friend back
tU health. 1t would be better If
he could go to a camp where
diseases Of the lungs are looked
after, rather than attempt a
cure at home. Be a real friend,
try and persuade him to do this.
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canoe than he, Rarick, had
realized? She had made so
light of it. He had scarcely
regarded it as more than a
faddistic bit of rest-cure. His
trips to the hospital had i'm
pressed him chiefly for the air
Of festivity in the sick room.
Women got out Of gear like
that. Not Jenny, it is true,
but the expensive hospitals
fairly yawned for the run of
There was something about
this wiry woman, Jenny. that
had seemed to him, immedi-
ately after his marriage to
her, to be highly cutaneous,
as If she were incaSed in an
armor of brittle, but resistant
skin. Pain did not get at her.
She never perspired. Her hands
had the cool, polished feel to
them of having been dipped
in tallow. It struck Rarick
that he had never seen her
blood. If she had ever pricked
her finger, it had not yielded
a drop.
The Command
And now this from the doc
tor that, after all. Jenny might
be more than just a corporeal
surface.
It is imperative that you
come to my office alone at 4
o'clock this afternoon.
At 4 O'Clock, Rarick stepped
out Of his car and into the
tall, narrow building that con-
The Washington times., 1931-06-06
The Marry-GO-ROund
Traffic Lights for Women
BY Helen Rowland

Traffic Lights for Women
Marrying a fascinating play.
boy is like buying an umbrella
for all your women friends to
borrow.
When a wise girl meets an
attractive man with that con
quering" look in his eyes, the traf-
fic lights, for her, should i'm
mediately switch to red.
The modern girl has a. way
Of wearing a lot of clothes, all
of them hanging OFF Of her
like that Florida moss, which
clings to everything, but covers
nothing.
Love in a cottage was a very
feasible thing, beside trying to
keep the tender passion" TEN.
DER in q modern glove-fitting
apartment with only a dinette
to quarrel in, an electric grill
for a kitchen, and not even
a front porch to sit on, when
you want to get away from
each other.
Mary McCormic declares
that she would rather marry
50 Europeans than one Ameri-
can. Well, who wouldn't? Out
of 50-whether it's melons or
husbands-you are nearly al
ways sure to find ONE good
one.
A man may loose his teeth,
his hair, his figure, his money
and his idiosyncracieS; but the
nickname they won him will
stick to him, forever.
The only difference that pro-
hibition seems to have made
is that, In the old days, when
a man got drunk, he was
ashamed Of it-and now he
brags about it.
A sudden glimpse of a long
forgotten sweetheart may
sometimes thrill a man; but
a sudden glimpse of the girl
before the last has the same
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be of a nature that will respond
to surgery"
"Of course"
II ar1 sorry to have been
obliged to call you here on such
a mission, Mr.. Rarick, There
is, of course, reason to feel con-
cern. On the other hand, there
is reason to feel optimism.
Strong constitution, excellent
health-history -. hope 80"
"Of course. OF course -"
"I-shall discreetly advise
your wife-do not acquaint any
other member of your family
keep atmosphere free of anxiety
spares hel any undue nervous
shock-I will be the one to ad-
wise her-make all arrange
ments-within week-exceeding-
ly regret-better to look situation
squarely in face-keep sanguine
extremely glad to have met
you, Mr.. Rarick-long been an
admirer. Rarick Building fitting
monument-uncertain weather
for this time Of year-MiSs
Scow will show you to the ele-
vator. Have Mrs. Mccormack
come in-Good afternoon, Mr..
Rarick-."
Late sunlight lay on the
stoop Of the house as he left It.
Where sir?" said his chaut'
feur, after he had stood at at
tention for several minutes
after Mr.. Rarick had seated
himself in the car.
Where? Just drive"
Copyright, 1929. by Fannie Hurst
Distributed by King Features
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Continued Monday .,
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Beatrice Fairfax Advises LOvelOr]

aunt Of mine, but her husband
never had my status settled
by the courts, though he was
devoted to me. They educated
me and I spent all my vaca-
tions with them, going to Eu-
rope with them several times.
After my aunt's death, my uncle
was even more dependent on
me than during her lifetime.
gave up a man with whom
I was in love and engaged to,
because Uncle G.. disapproved
of him. Two years ago my
uncle had an illness. The nurse
acquired a tremendous influ-
ence over him. He married her
when he was past 78. I find
it hard to be cordial to this
woman, who is an interloper
and an adventures. My uncle
has made a will and left me
$500 Of my aunt's jewelry. In
event Of his death can I con.
test this will? While I was
never legally adopted, gave
up my time and interests to
him. I am now IS years old.
MARGERY K.
I don't wonder you find it
hard to be cordial to the STEP
aunt, and I think it a triumph
of amity if you succeed. AS to
your legal status before the
courts, I'm sorry I'm not able
to advise you. Laws vary in
different States. I would ad-
wise you to consult an attor-
ney.
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Hardly Recognizes Her

Hardly Recognizes Her
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
met young man about a
year ago and he tells me he
Low S me and speaks about
when I'VE are married." We
do not see much Of each other
and when we do he tells me of
his wild parties and dances.
His actions puzzle me. If I'm
going down the street and he's
on the other side, he hardly
recognizes me. Do you think
he's just kidding me-? I try
to forget him, but it's impos-
sible. H.
Summon your pride. A
young man who tells you he
loves you, and in the next
breath talks Of wild parties
and then to cap the climax
hardly speaks when he sees
you on the street, isn't worth
thinking about. Look around
you; find someone else more
worthy Of your affection.