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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-17
Uncle Rays
 Corner
OUR OWN SAFETY WEEK
HI. In the Water


 Today I want to give you ques- tion to think about:
 DO you think 1t is brave to risk your life without need?" ~
 Some boys like to play stump the leader" They take part in all sorts of dangerous pranks-work- ing their way to the end of high tree limb, pumping over ditch. or what not. Now and then they tumble breaking arms or legs, perhaps even coming to their death.
 Are those boys brave or are they foolish?
 Girls, too, may take needless risks; but boys have been more oft en known to take part in risky ac- tions.
 When you go swimming, remem- Der the cause of safety. Water seems cruel when a person is helpless in it's grasp. A drowning person draws into his lungs; 1t must be painful to breathe water instead of air!
 Swimming is great sport and, if you take due care, 1t will do you good. Here are few swimming rules which may help you:
 II, Learn to swim in shallow wa- ter with the help of an older person who knows how to teach the art. Practice in shallow water many times before you venture into deep water.
 2. Never swim fin deep water alone; no matter how we'll you can swim, it is best to have comrades near who could help you in case of need. 8. Even thopgh you are a good swimmer, make it practice to re- main within easy range of boat or
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NEW YORK.
uih GiIbert Swan

New York. - Forty-sixth street will never be the same without the N. V. A. clubhouse. Here would gather the great army of transient dealers in entertainment--the hand balancers and the jugglers. the tap team act and the sister act, the &C., robats and the banjo trio, the dog trainers and the lion tanners, the hooters and the adagio dancers, the ballet leaders and the hoop rollers, the clowns and tragedians.
 Some 5000 vaudevillians would drift in and out, as they reached the big town after "the road"
 A huge bulletin board would bear dozens of notices for the eyes of the jobless vaudevillian. One pla- card would tlel of "10 weeks time open" on a Jersey circuit .. "a band would suddenly need a ''saxo- phone artist who can double gin quartet and clown" a revue would need "soubrettes who can tap and sing blues<. also har- mony' another act would need Character man for sketch who also can work in one."
 But of late months great pail has fallen over thetroupers' trade. Some blamed the talkies, some blamed the times, some blamed this and some blamed that; some said that there was discord in the ranks of the National Variety Artists some whispered of inside politics'-at any rate. some-, thing like $150,000 in debts faced the organization. Until he died, E. F. Albee, the vaudeville magnate, had carried most of the clubs losses 80 that the variety folk could have a Broadway gathering place. and so that he could keep performers to his vaudeville circuit.
 Some say that 8 way will yet be found to pull the organization to- gether; others that the clubhouse will become a hotel. |
 Just before his new biography of
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take pleasure this evening in introducing Tower readers Miss Caroline Pollard daughter of Lieutenant and Mrs William Pollard. Now that you've Caroline heres the story For eleven years young missed day school and has always tme mark for tardness being charged against Not only that but these eleven have marked hex in other words Caroline has been absent late since attend school At the time she's
 sophomore Crosby entering her junior September he Tower believes this record that will stand for some time and takes opportunity of publicly eongrauang Caroline her splendid achievement And I'm Tower readers join this evening in extending their fieiratons.
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Good evening.

... If the gnu gnu only knew whats happened to our ZOO
 Here's story gents ndgents told the Tower The at Hamilton park has depreed today my informant tells but six rabbits guinea hen duty please the cash customers You'd think city of 100000 people could afford walled Year after instead of growing better the zoo has grown laid soowng head shoulder and him up. papa would take him byebye offered of the gargoy appee his grief But he refused be fortd and went heavy of heart If the gnu gnu only knew what's happened
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Tossed up by the tide. George Butler about three arranging hubbey and garden foliage his Mddebu road The other night truck broke through the hedge and add damage this point also ruined triangle of blooms Some men committed murder for m Rocco Diorios Eskimo dog
 missing from the home eheoeks Lake and the family is in mourning Rocco offered reward for its It Rocco by local Wouldst thou learn to swim? Thou wouldst We'll isn't that lovely Just nque at the Girls Club and your quest will end Adult classes will be in
 session Tuesday, "Wednesday and Thursday nights from to S:3O o'clock Children will be cared for during the day. Anne Meehan swimming Leavenworh will instruct In addition swimming Anne will show you how handle And good nights without canoe? It that midget golf has blown Courses for the deserted And yo-yo died before got started Such life n republic Tony Dioro the proud of bouncing baby boy Congratulations, young feler.
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The World w. C. T. U.
 Convention At Toronto

Mrs. May Crockett Futile, state and Mrs. Henry E.. Preusser, county president. reported on the World w. c. T. U. convention held in Toronto, Canada, the 3rd to the 10th, at the meeting of the Wa terbury Union held in the First Methodist church yesterday after noon. There were 30 of the principal countries of the world represented by 500 delegates. 1t was reported. Both claimed the Toronto system of liquor control by the government Is not satisfactory, and 1t should not be substituted for national prohi- bition in the United States.
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AIR MILEAGE UP

New York.-Reports for the first three months of 1881 show that American air transport lines flew 7,427,514 miles during the period, compared with 5,044.639 miles dur irg the same period of 1880. During the same period of 1881 express pcundage jumped 27o per cent and air mail poundage Is per cent. ac- cording to figures of the Aeronau- teal Chamber of Commerce.
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Around the Prie Cows Manufacturing of late. Fred Fromm city where nobody Harold Man. ming Dick the Rotary end of odays golf Kwan Don Granns John Burra and Roy Mnte did Kwani These monday clubs evers tell that to your Amelia The Kwanan Bulletin this week in n,snting Gsg talk referred the First church pastor Jim Gregg a couple of weeks he'll be Ggse ch oh It will interest Tom Mix the circus last week know
 going back movies He's been signed by Universal to do six talkieA
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wells near their homes should cover them, or surround them with wall or strong fence. Even though there are no small children in the family, such places are a danger to children of visitors.
 Place this article i'm Safety" section of your scrapboOk.) o-morrOw-Danger from Firearms.
 UNCLE RAY
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FOR FIGHTING PLANES

London.-A young English air- plane expert has invented an arr engagement whereby the pilot in a single-seater pursuit ship can fire a machine gun at objects behind his plane without taking his eyes from the controls. It consists of an ar- rangement of mirror sights connect ed to guns trained in the rear, en- abling him to see behind without turning.
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Camera Speaking of proud daddie Frank Sheehy of the street department Franks got year old that about fills his ovenlowing The time Bill Price of Seovis shout Fore he's going duck. Bill failed to take awning the Waterbury Country Club few days ago seconds listened the brds and
 more than Hollywood Times change Years ago when high school grads prom they hired ax of But now we'll they drive family the whoopee party They newly City Hall dome looks beautiful viewed from the top of Chase parkway Catch night and share in the glory.
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Several years ago. my lucid eoaxed the Rem inston poem Miss Coyle principal of the Russell school thought we'll of that she had it featured during Memorial day program year, David Noonan uaoan of the Russell sduat during the Decoration day and ,o that he thrilled the audience So this evening thanks David Noonn for his splendid dseamaon Miss Coy keeping this little mine before the children Memorial day.
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Tellinu if 10 rhe daisies.

Telling it to daisies Officer John ORourke 2 reg uar St George gals the Clock shop Hens strong up traffic while the gals hop aboard the ees. Mike Bolton doing duty the north end after stretch park patrol
 The residents glad him the beat Waterburans who Elizabeth park each year, Hooking there daily told the display splendid although the climbing have yet When Dodge Marathon with o5000 miles speedometer gasoned through here yesterday Jim Gdney the puniou office boy slipped his autograph special section for such For the of the day. Jimmy gaavanted about with his head the clouds Such the teen un- dtand that Commander Wilhelm taking excellent of Uncle Sams flags What about that Frost road incident Bernie?
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Cornucopia cuppings.

Conueopa cuppings. Larry Doyle City Hall accountant is popyenq watch with radiole dial the gals the Crosby sporting initials burned back by Old So Quite effective initials quite effective backs Seymour Souires is vaaonng Lake Placid Johnny Sea blowing traffic lights with his The ensemble white shoes white flanns with brown stripes orange te brown Panama hat that rivals the famed canal Hearts of gals bitter Johnny suits along the Rao
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a raft or shallow water.

Q raft or shallow Water.
 4. Do not go swimming less than an hour and half after eating a meal; 1t Is still better to allow two hours. Drowning due to cramps has Ovcrtakcn many who have gone swimming soon after a meal.
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Cisterns and open wells are a serious danger, especially to small children.
 s. Swim in a lake if you can. rather than in a river. River cur- rents have caused many fatal ac- cidcnts.
 A person may drown far from lake, river or sea. Even the bath tub has been known to claim vic- tims.
 People who have cisterns or open
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FISCAL YEAR LICENSE PLATES
 Salem, Ore.-For the first time in history, Oregon this year will issue license plates during its fiscal year. instead of the calendar year as for. merly.
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Hello Chry Attending display mems convention here place. Anthony Feeto Boston, Mass Thanks Anthony for the center-Chisty)
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--Io]- LAUGHTER

When you're feeling srouchy.
 Let the sun shine in, When your face gets hardened,
 Crack it with grin; Don't be afraid of wrinkles.
 Tear loose with your mirth. An old face laughter-wrinkled
 Is the sweetest thing on earth. -Scovill Bulletin.
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A Column with Mission. not a Muzzle
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-07
SYST FIR
 MARY'S KITCHEN
NEA Service Writer

It is a standing joke in most families that after Christmas or Thanksgiving the festive bird ap- Lears in various disguises for a week or longer. A roast at any time pre- scnts much the same problem, es- pecially in small family. After the Sunday roast the cut is likely 10 appear sliced cold on Monday, in a stew on Tuesday and in hash on Wednesday.
 There are innumerable interesting and attractive ways of using left over meats. The last cupful of meat and the bone itself cost as mucn oI meat. So if we are to receive the full value for money expended and justify the expenditure. every bit of the roast should be used.
 When cCld cooked meat Is served up in some other form 1t is often called a "rechauffee." Slices of meat are relocated in the leftover gravy. or brown sauce Is made, fiavoring 1t as wanted. Sometimes a teaspoon full of Worcestershire or other table sauce can be used. Again, one- fourth teaspoon each of curry pow der, mustard and paprika will be liked. Heat the sauce to the boll- ing point. add thin slices of cold neat and let stand over hot water until heated through. Serve at once.
 Stcws and RagOuts.
 A stew Is similar to a rechauffee with the addition of vegetables. Make stock from the bones and with this stock make a thin brown
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Jack didn't answer Sues question concerning the number of keys on the ring.
 q don't know." he said and turned the subject.
 "But you do," Sue insisted. ''Tell me. Jack. have a right to know Were there three?"
 Yes" Then his voice was almost fierce. But. Sure. I'm not believing that he took the one off. Not by q long shot! But you can see how the testimony's billing up, can't you Oh. don't look so white and scared. sweetheart. It's all coming out all right"
 What does your father think 2" Sue hardly knew the steady tones that asked the question, as her own voice.
 Hes sort of pig-headed about 1t all. Thinks he's the trusted servant of the bank or something and has to do his duty. But he's a square shooter. Sue, get this into your head {: he doesn't want you father to be guilty. He'll jump at any chance of proving that he isn't. But he has to take the information he has and use 1t. You can see that, cant you, Sue ?'
 4hCh yOu uOH IhiS oy pA' is back of it?"
 "Oh. Sue. I don't know!" Jack jumped to his feet and walked the length of the room and back, hands deep in his pockets, eyes on the floor.
 The flrelight made golden shad- ows on the the floor. Violets in a low blue bowl threw a little of the rvtO 70 fN%~ tHn room. and the room blended into shadows, away from the rose-col- ored lights at the end of the room where Sue sat. It was peaceful and homelike. But underneath there was tension, suspense, fright. Sue shud- dered. It seemed that she could al- most feel the fingers of the law reaching through the window. ready to put their manacles around her fathers wrists.
 What good did taking my fath-
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strike Q pretty good average over o1 whole affair. Again we should consider it t1nI6 way: does 1t matter particularly whether they like school or not 4 Isn't the continual discipline good. to be doing something for six hour0 a day that they don't like? That'0 all that life is, isn't it, to whip one'D self into doing work he doesn't care for and submit to an unkind fate and make the best of 1t! No one is lock- ing for a Mardi Gras, they say: 1t is impossible to be content and happy.
 Questions of Conduct
 They point out the children of cer- tain well-to-do parents who have had things pretty much their own way. studying what they wanted when and where they pleased. Are these children any better off con- cerning their adjustment to life ( Are they any better or finer people. are they free from complexes and unhappiness?" they ask.
 We cannot answer all these things. But as for the latter assertion, it is true that liberty in education, and life with too little discipline, is as much of an extreme as the school Witu US idWop itb curriculum, and the lack of interest the children have in it as a whole.
 That children develop better, thrive better. work harder. and learn more quickly where there is interest, we know.
 But l think the better argument in favor of more vital school, one in which children would be intense- ly happy and interested, lies in this fact.
 How Emotion Is Warped
 Every human being must have some outlet for things he wants to do. Keep him suppressed, bored. unhappy, always doing the things he dislikes and never doing the things he does like, and a certain warping takes place in his emotions.
 If we want to go into the psy- chology of misbehavior out of school, I think we can find the cause of much of it right in the school room. We wonder why boys particularly full of life and animal spirits, break over and get into mischief when they are out of school. If this isn't one answer then it is pretty close to 1t.
 Some day, and We are getting to it fast. we shall fit our schools to the children and their needs, their emo- tional needs as well as mental. We have made a god of the mind too long. Then perhaps we shall find a more normal balance between out of-school and in-school behavior.
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gradually increasing the count to
 one hundred.
 stand erect, with your limbs to-
 gether, and your arms extended for ward. Now separate your arms side. wise, and inhale through the nose As you bring the arms back to the first position exhale through the mouth.
 Taking the same position, bend your body to the right side until your |. right arm reaches below your knee,
 and your left arm is in the air. Bend the body to the left side, then
 with the left arm below the knee
 and the right arm extended in the air.
 Another exercise to perform while ! standing in this position is one in which the limbs are placed apart the arms extended upward, and the
 body bent at the waist until the hands are between the limbs. One of the most helpful steps in this exercise group is to stand erect extending your right foot two feet and raising your arms. Bend from the waist and touch the floor first over your right foot and then over your left. moving your left foot forward for the latter step. The hands are placed on the ab- domen in the next exercise and the
 limbs are brought together as you take the erect position. Push your hands firmly against the body. all the way down to one ankle Come
 back to a standing position, through the reversal of the exercise. Bend over to the right side, and then down to the ankle. Come back to standing and perform the exercise on the left side. End by standing erect. Now recline on a mat. Raise your arms above your head, rise forward
 and touch your toes, bending your body at the waist.
 Lastly, still flat on your back. raise both limbs slowly. while you coun, | 10 six, then return to original DO. sition.
 TO.MORROW: Slim calves and n nk1 1OS
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with baking powder biscuit dought and baked in a hot oven until the crust is done. Sliced potatoes Or other vegetables can be combined with the meat If wanted.
 Leftover meat of any kind can be cut in pieces for serving and re- heated in curry sauce. This is serv- ed with boiled rice.
 Pork or beef Is very good when relocated in brown sauce with chill peppers, chopped ripe olives and raisins. This is put into a baking dish lined with cornmeal mush covered with rounds of the mush and baked.
 Veal, chicken or any kind of fowl and pork can be relocated in sauce 8 la King. and served on toast or in patty cases.
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Christmas gifts. always a problem Is transformed in Cinderella like fashion into a few hours of inter- esting pleasure.
 Nightie heads nearly every list for Santa.
 You may fill this very important order!
 Choose nowi Make his useful ap- preciated gift for daughter or your best friend. It will only take about an hour of your time. A few seams to join-and persto! it's finished. The Vionnet neckline and deep arm holes arc so comfy. A ribbon belt tied at the higher waistline lends an Empire effect.
 A touch of embroidery which Is very simple to work, makes 1t ap- pear like a little import. The Trans. No. 11124 (blue) costs 15c extra. Peach satin crepe is luxuriou,iy lovely with ecru lace. Flesh crepe de chine, is decidedly serviceable with neck and armholes trimmed with pale blue piping and blue belt. Batiste, triple voile and fiat crepe also appropriate. Style No. 123 is designed for sizes 16, 28. 20 years. 36, 38, 70, AZ. A and 46 inches bust. Size 36 requires 3H yards 39-inch, with 2h yards lace and 2N yards l 4 inch ribbon. We suggest that when you send for your pattern, you order a copy of our large Winter Fashion Maga- zine. It should be i:i every home for of course every woman wants to look her lest without great expense, and this book points the way. It also contains excellent Christmas suggestions. Price of BOOK 10 cents. Price of PATTERN 15 cents in | stamps or coin (coin is preferred).
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er's fingerprints do?" Sue asked more quietly.
 'It's not a direct insult, Sue. Just a step that's always taken in case of arrest"
 Tt looks as though there is some- thing back of 1t when your finger prints are in the Bertillon depart ment. I know!"
 No, you don't, Sue. No man is considered guilty in the eyes of the law until he is proven that way
 But in the eyes of the public no man is innocent until the papers fling headlines and proof. know!'
 Jack, do you think my father did this?" She made her voice be steady. She made her eyes meet the fearless gray ones on the man she loved.
 No, Sue, you know l don't"
 Do you think that Sybil did it?'
 T don't know. I hope not. l hope it's another employe. But we'll find out"
 The trial starts next Tuesday. doesn't it?"
 "Yes." he nodded.
 "And you are member of the firm of Thornton, Curtis and Thorn ton?"
 Again he nodded. But l have nothing to do with this case. I'm working quietly for your father. That's understood
 q think, Jack, that you and I had better just. |. forget everything don't you, until this is =. .over?"
 What do you mean?" Jack was at her side instantly.
 Not be engaged any more. You wouldn't want the dishonor of be- ing honor-bound to the daughter of criminal. .. in case Dad Is proved guilty. You and I would i:now that he isn't. but. .''
 Do you just mean that you're tired. of me ?" Jack asked quietly.
 NEXT-Suc states her reasons,
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sauce. Add pieces of cold meat of any variety. For each cup of meat. add 1 cup of pared and sliced po- tatoes, 1-4 cup each of cubed tur- nips and carrots and 1-2 small onion minced. Simmer until vegetables are tender.
 A ragout is rich stew in which both the meat and vegetables are cubed. The brown sauce in this case Is seasoned highly with table sauce and onion juice. The vege- tables used are cooked celery and peas. Any kind of meat Is used in a ragout.
 For Q fricasse. the meat Is cut in neat slices for serving and rolled in flour. The pieces are sauted in but ter or drippings until brown all over and served with a brown sauce. Points of toast or split baking-pow- der biscuits are attractive to serve with fricassee.
 A casserole is made of meat and vegetables combined In brown sauce. The contents of the refriG- orator we'll can determine the ,n- gredients. This Is baked. covered. in the oven for about an hour. Two cups of meat. cups of mixed vege- tables and l cup of brown sause are good proportions to use.
 Meat rie is rechauffee covered
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once upon a time organdy was kept sacred to clothes, summer clothes at that. And if ever an or gandy clad person was caught in q rain storm or in a fog or mist 1t was just too bad. For the organdy became as limp as the proverbial dish cloth. But times have changed and so has organdy.
 Nowadays 1t .is made so that 1t keeps its crispness even after being rubbed. And steam does not seem to make 1t look at all discouraged. The change in its manufacture has developed new usese for 1t. Now organdy curtains are quite the thing and in the most unlikely places bathrooms and kitchens. We are all familiar with the sum- mer cottage curtains of sheer, crisp organdy with the ruffles piped in the same or contrasting color; but do you know how to use them in the kitchen?
 For instance-red organdy can he made into sash curtains. The tie
 backs and the scalloped edges are
 bound in yellow organdy and the whole effect is pleasing.