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Evening star., 1931-12-20
Drinking in Sweden
Shows Heavy Gains

STOCKHOLM, Sweden 1t will take
more than hard times to hurt the liquor
business in this land OF long cold Win
tiers. Last year SWedes drank more
than they did the year before and
StockholmerS had the questionable
honor Of leading the van.
The Swedish government, which ex-
acts heavy tax on drinkables and con-
trolls the wine and spirits monopoly,
made approximately $23 900 900 on the
trafflc during the 10 months in all OF
Sweden. In Stockholm alone the gov
ernment profits amounted to So 500 900
in taxes and 81 500, 900 in dividends
from the monopoly company. While
there was an increase in drinking dur
ing the last year, the system Of re
stricted drinking" by which every
drinking person is rationed according
TO his needs and his record as a citi-
zen, seems TO be functioning well. Be-
tween 1918, when there was no control
whatsoever, and 1880 the number o,
people arrested for drunkenness has
dropped from so to Is per 100000
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srvstal threads of frost netting the
margin even of the smallest puddleS or,
steel shod, to listen once again to the
ring of the ice, or even to see strand
of transfiXed WaterWeed of brightest
green frozen into its glass prison-these
are experiences invariably touched with
the miraculous And bold statement
though it may be. it is probably true
one that no English poet of the last
$50 years falls short of his best when
his genius answers to the decOy OF
winter,
But what Of the poets before them?
To make certain on both counts would
need good deal OF exploration. In gem
eral the earlier poets feared and hated
Winter. There are vivid and character
tStlc references TO it in ThompSOn'S
Seasons but he is chiefly concerned
with its disComfortS and is no dtvotee
of its beauty. Otfhand. too. though
this may be sheer ignorance l can re-
call no Scottish ballad wherein Winter
Is pleasure. There is the hOary
Winters night" of Robert SouthWells
lovely Burning Babe" but he himself
stands shlvering in the snow; there is
Ben Johnson's Have you marked but
the face of the snow before the soil hath
smutched it?" Chaucer may have de-
lighted in Winter, but where he declares
It has slipped my memory. The earliest
of the English lyrics is about the cuckoo,
and the exquisite Il Sing Of Maiden
Is all OF radiance and dew and April.
On the other hand, there Is the old
holly and Ivy game rhyme for indoOrs)
and the supreme holly and ivy carol.
but the refrain even Of that is Of the
sunrise. the running of the deer and
the playing of the merry organ.
Hidsous 70 Shakespeare.
And Shake /oeare? When milk comes
frozen hon/ in pail is marvel OF pre-
else and condensed VlguetteS. and is
for uI-as lively with Wintrv delights
As 8 Christmas tree But it was in
tezded III its setting as an ironical skit!
the barn owls merry note! Blow.
blow, thou Winter wind again is tinged
with the complimentary. but solely on
the negative side: The Winters Tale
has no Winter in it, except Mamillils'
sad little tale At only for so dismal a
season, and of ShakeSpeares dozen and
more references to frost. nine or 10 re-
fer TO its ravageS In early Spring. And
IN one Of the earliest of the SOnnets
not only is Winter stigmatized as hid
eous and elsewhere in them always used
in distaSte Of old age. but rather than
snow adding mystery and magic. it is
here nothing but miserable mask on
the face of nature
There may be reconciling exceptions
to the general habit. but the obvious
and prosaic conclusion is that since our
forefathers with their narrow windows
and salted meat and lack Of greenstuf.
found Winter dark and dreary, even the
poets among them turned cold, if not
aggrieved, eye on its magic Even for
Blake, Winter is a "direful monster" to
whom the joys of love are "A dreadful
crime; his Age Of Gold" knew naught
Of 1t: and for the children OF the poor
IN Holy Thursday" whose sun does
never shine whose ways are filled with
thornS that Winter is eternal"
But with the Romantic Revival" Of
Evening star., 1931-12-20
Hawaii Gets Engine
Harbor Survey Boat

HONOLULU, Havaii-Hawau has no
navigable rivers-in fact, no stream at
all that would rate as a river in most
places on the mainland-but 1t has been
allotted an engine survey boat by the
War Department for river and har-
Dor operation" The boat is to be IS
feet In length and will be equipped with
a Diesel engine. And, though river
waters are lacking OH the mainland, she
will get plenty of action In harbor op-
eration, going from island to island Of
the group. The base viii be at Honolulu.
Congress has appropriated money for
of the main islands-Oahu, Maui, Kauai
and Hawaii. Secretary Of War Hurley
approved the allotment Of the $4l 900
needed for the boat.
Evening star., 1931-12-20
Drinking Importance
Held More Than Fooi

BERLIN, Germany-"Drinking Is
more important than eating"
This is the new theory of a German
physician, Friedrich Vinzenz Won Hahn
who advocates beer drinking for the
daily hygiene Of human life According
to DR.. Von Hahn'S calculation, two
quarts Of beer supply one-tifth Of the
daily human requirements Of albumen"
In other words, 10 quarts quite a con-
siderable quantity) would supply the
normal human being for one day.
Dwelling on other advantages Of beer
drinking, DR.. ven Hahn says: We take
things easier after few glasses of beer,
the world looks happier and less
gloomy"
The central organization Of German
physicians has, for some reason. taken
sides against von Hahn's theories. II
actually accuses him Of taking money
from the big brewers charge which
is solennly disavowed by the bser-lov-
ing doctor.
Evening star., 1931-12-20
PUBLIC LIBRARY
American Women in Politics.

American Women in Politics.
In connection with Mrs. Norton's ap-
pointment to the chairmanShlp OF the
District Committee, and Mrs. CaraWay' S
appearance in the Senate. the Public
Library calls attention TO the following
books and magazine articles.
Precursors.
Elizabeth Cadv Stanton. AS Revealed in
Her Letters, Diary and Remlnis-
cences, ed by Theodore Stanton and
H. S. Blatch. 1922. ESt2683a
Life story of the woman who. in 1848
made the first demand for votes for
women at an organized political con-
vention.
Susan B. Anthony the Woman Who
Changed the Mind OF Nation, by
R c. Derr 1928. EAnS4d
A good short biography for those who
hesitate to read the three-volume Life
and Work of Susan B. Anthony" by
Ida Hustled Harper.
Lucy Stone. Pioneer of Women's Rights
by A. S. Blackwell. 1880. E.St6835b
This book sis admiring without excess
OF sentiment or of eulogy. 1t is rich in
facts and anecdotes, and ii leans heavily
on contemporary records. Freda
Kirchwey.
The Story Of Pioneer, by A. H. Shaw.
1915. KWZ Shes.
From q cabin in the wilderness" to
the auditoriumS of world capitals
through a life that reads as absorbingly
as any work of fiction. Anna Howard
Shaw carried the torch lit by Susan B
Anthony.
Woman Suffrage and Politics, the In
ner Story of the Suffrage Movement,
by Mrs c. C. Gait and Mrs. N. r
Shuler. 1928. KWz. .C298wp.
1.-The inner story of the woman suf-
frage struggle in America from the first
woanan's rights convention in l848 to
the passage of the Federal suffrage
amendment in 1920"
Prom Pinafores to Politics, by Mrs. F.
j. H. Hartman 1928. EH24
Mrs. Hartman has had. as one of
her friends expressed it. a box seat at
the America Of her times"
Contemporaries.
Gentlewomen of the House. by Duff
Gilfond. American Mercury, 1873
l59. october. 1929
Keen and humorous comments on the
women who have achieved the distinc-
tion Of congressional membership.
The Lady from California, by Mrs. r
P Keyes. Delineator, 116:14. Feb
ruary, 1881.
An intimate portrait Of Representa-
tive Florence Kahn.
Woman Senator? by william Hard. Re-
view Of Reviews, sl:62-67. March
1880
An excellent character study of Mrs.
Mccormick, and an estimate Of her
political opportunity.
Some Are Born Great, by Mrs. F. P
Keyes Delineator, l19:14. Novem-
ber. 1881.
As the daughter of William Jennings
Bryan, Ruth Bryan Owens has been in
politics practically all her life.
Men Are Bad Housekeepers, by Ruth
Pratt. Harper's, l54 :682-688. May,
1927.
Mrs. Pratt's political creed. written as
member Of the Board Of Aldermen of
New York City.
Lady Of the House. Outlook, l52:377,
July 3, 1929.
A brief biograehy Of Mrs. Pratt.
Evening star., 1931-12-20

o VIII
Said the Olive: Il will bend Him and
fume His cradle with my fragrant Oil
The Fir said nothing 1t had sweeping branches
oil What could
and they and upon
And the Babe delighted beautiful
My own"
Thus the Fir tree became the Christmas tree.
only few shepherds small
joined IN the Christmas celebration
world went on about its affairs Any there would
assured you that the beautiful the
the KING, that the shrine the that
Herod rich powerful noble
All these have been almost forgotten. The Woman whose
beauty e Word remembers peasant who rode Bethlehem
on aonKey inc Man who has immortal fame
petef named Joseph The shrine which hundreds
turn reVerenty stands the a
so the hSt Christmas turned upside the worlds
questions What is important? s worthWhile?"
IhlS year more than the questions asked Men
have Worspped proved god They have
punt on SelSneSS and their buildings
Che trlSt IN Iorce and 1t almost wrecked the world
Inc Wet torlouS Palm has had
Olive is broken Soened we
Satisfaction simple
will. '->~' "to s0ou
Simple unpretenous honest and endrino like tina
Fir. ' "4'" V"N''HN1s' NNe 'ne
!kLtl 1917
Evening star., 1931-12-20

SO familiar and instructive y gesture.
Wandered From Christianity.
II found that all the fashionable
tailorS (WhoSe shops, Of course, l fire.
quent In turn alike insisted on pro-
viding nothing but caSt-iron pair OF
trousers, in which 1t was impossible to
kneel, should decide that that fashion
was bad fashion, If only by the mere
fact that it interfered with kneeling, 1t
would be possible to calculate, SO to
speak. how far society had strayed out
OF the straight, by these curious crooked
angles made where it crossed the
ancient lines of a more natural life.
So. from time immemorial, in the
depths of the Winter season, just before
the turning of the year. Christians have
always had festival and even pagans
have always had feast. The extreme
pessimism Of the Puritan epoch and the
extreme ugliness of the industrial epoch
are sufficiently measured by the mere
fact that both gave birth TO the bias
phemsrs of Christmas, whether they
were called Praise-God Barebones or
Ebeneser Seroose.
The very fact that the Puritans furi-
ously forbade any celebration Of Christ
mas shows how far they had wandered
from Christianity. 1t shows that the
Puritans were not even pure, and the
very fact that Dickens found it neces-
sary to defend Christmas against the
economists shows that the economists
were indefensible. People have to GO
out OF their way to get into the way of
things so ordinary as that. Men must
have been wicked as we'll as stupid to
hate so simple form of happiness; and
most certainly stupid as we'll as wicked
when they professed to combine their
cold hatred with an equally cold en-
thusiasm for the greatest happiness of
the greatest number.
But though Dickens delivered the
world from the danger Of Ebeneser
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-22
1.-THE SILVER HORDE" AND "COLLEGE LOVERS"
 AT NEW GARDEN

Epochal days in development of a great industry in the virgin terri. tory of Alaska are depicted in "The Silver Horde" Radio Pictures two- listed romantic drama, which opens today at the New Garden theater.
 The terrific struggle of Rex Beach's famous characters IS brought for the first time to the talking screen in a gripping ana Brent, Louis Wolheim, Joel McCrea. Raymond Hatton, Jean Arthur, Blanche Sweet, and Gavin Gordon in the leading roles.
 Filmed in Alaska, above the clouds in snow-capped mountains, along trap-lined rivers and below the sur. face of salmon infested waters, the action is sweeping in it's magnitude.
 Audiences who demand something different" in college pictures are thronging to the New Garden the ater to see "College Lovers." the First National campus picture run ming there. Although this one has all the thrills and excitement of . Conference football game. the hero s team does not win the game In the last minute of play; in fact. the hero isn't on the team. To divulge more details of the plot would ruin good evenings entertainment. Prom inent in the. cast are Jack Whiting, Marian Nixon and Quinn Williams.
 The short pictures are Lillian Roth in Meet the Boy Friend' and Jazz Preferred"
 Tomorrow afternoon and evening another piece of the china dinner service will be given to ladies. Two different articles are being given away each week. One on Tuesday and one on Thursday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-22
Last Times of Marlcne Dietrich and Victor McLaglen at
 Palace in "DiShOnOrcd"

To-day at 1900, 3:15, 5:30. 7:45 and 10:00 are your five last times to see exquisite Marlene Dietrich and Victor McLaglen in their latest Par amount picture ''Dishonored." at the Fox-Poli Palace theater. The story of a fascinating Austrian spy in the World war, who fell in love with a clever secret service operator of the Russian enemy army, brings Mar lene Dietrich to the screen in her second American-made picture, di- rected by the man who made "Mor- occo," her first hit-Josee von Sternberg. In "Dishonored,' the "Cockeyed World" hero-Victor Me- Laglen. falls in love with the "Mor- occo" siren, Marlene Dietrich. and to tell you the story would spoil it. 1t must be seen. So true to her part is Marlene Dietrich you live every minute of the picture. Vibrant, alive, telling-right to the very end she carries you along, and you leave the Palace with the deep satisfac- while your own life and experience ing the life of another. As the Fox Poli Palace has secured the exclu- sive first run rights for the city of Waterbury to all the new 1881 Par amount pictures, of course Dis honored' is shown at the Palace. Besides Dietrich and MeLaglen, the cast includes such stars as Warner O1and. Gustaf von Seiffertitz, Barry Norton and Lew Cody. The shorts on this bill include the third of Johnny Farrelps interesting golf lessons, "Duffer Swings; a Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer colortone revue, Ambitious People" starring Her. man Timberg; and the latest issue of the Fox Movietone Newsreel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-22
WALLACE BEERY IN 1.-THE
 SECRET SIX" OPENS 3-DAY RUN AT MARINERS STATE

Audiences at Warner Brothers State theater to-day found much to interest them in Metros 1881 ace picture "The Secret Six" starring Wallace Beery, which opened a |three-day engagement this after- moon. Built on actual fact, 1t bares
 the inner causes for political corrup- |tion and the rise of gangland. It presents a veritable slice of life gar |nered in the invisible city within a city.
 Though by far not a gangster pie lure, it lays bare this phase of American life. as we'll as the devious ways of city politics and sug- |gests potent remedy in the dramat- lie climax.
 Wallace Beery, as the sinister |Scorpio. rules by his death- dealing horde. He guides politics. elects of- |ficials and stifies business. but in the end pays his penalty to the law. II lis undoubtedly one of Beery's great est roles, comparable only with his Butch in 'srhe Big House." Incl. ldentalIy, 1t was directed by, and written by, the combination that gave the world that picture and also |"Min and BiI1s--o Hill and l Frances Marion.
 The cast is one ok the largest in 'fears be1i1lf I4zty there is <1eHl'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-22
HAMILTON PARK
 PAVILION DANCE
Two Orchestras Feature of Program to Be Present.
 ed Tonight
AT SPRING OPENING

The Hamilton park pavilion will usher in it's sixth spring season to- night with a special program featur- ing two dance orchestras and sev- eral vaudeville novelties. The bands slated to play are Timmie Groves Colonials and Harry Brinkman's orchestra. The regulations of these two musical aggregations for pro- ducing the best there is in dance rythym is widespread. Tonight's celebration will get under way at 8 o'clock with a concert by the Brink man combination for the early conn CTS, while at 8:30 sharp, Timmie Groves Colonials the band which is rapidly gaining popularity with the pavilion patrons, will swing in- to the first dance number.
 As added attractions, the pavil- ion management has engaged Danny Barrett and Tommy Coppetto to en- certain with new dance specialties. Both of these boys are we'll known for their ability as soft shoe and tap artists and each has prepared several new numbers for tonight.
 Probably no other aggregation in the city is as we'll fitted to pro- duce a concert program as the Brinkman troup. The well drilled orchestra has again been engaged for the summer to play at the Lakeview casino where it has at tained great popularity.
 The Colonials, under the baton Of Tommy O'Brien, have come to be the most popular orchestra playing the week end dances at ihe pavil- ion. Mir O'Brien's experience with one of the Vallee units in New York during the past few years, has ap- piled itself to the Colonials so prominently that the Grove com- bination has come to the fore with rapid strides. Their banjo trio. piano duo and violin sections are the results of MT O'Brien's mas- tership. Tonight they will introduce several new numbers direct from the current Broadway productions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-22
By HENRY MINOTT ,ited Press Staff Correspondent.

~
 Boston, April 22.-(UP)-Pirate gold's irresistible lure and piece o1 parchment perhaps half the size o1 your thumbnail have united to re- vive the search for a fabulous treas ure which, tradition has it, was bur- lied more than two centuries ago. There may be nothing of value at the sand and stone-choked bottom of a 171-foot shaft, known as "the money pit" on Oak island, one of 365 islands that dot beautiful Ches- ter basin, off the Nova Scotian coast Maybe the Acadian legend which | has inspired sporadic treasure hunts there during the past 136 years has no basis in fact, and maybe the pot of gold" which has been the objec- tive of nearly a dozen more or less ella borate expenditions is as mythical as the one at the end of a rainbow But Frederick l.. Blair, who has devoted 3S of his 63 years to per sistent effort to fathom the Oak fIsland mystery, will tell you there is a real treasure--an immense treas ure-at the base of that deep pit. And in the hope of proving his pre- mise, he is sponsoring an elaborate ly-equipped expedition which will begin drilling in the famed old shaft next week, prepared to stick to the task for at least three months.
 It will be the first organized at- tempt in 34 years to unearth the supposed treasure.
 To a United Press Correspondent who interviewed him at his Beacon street home to-day, Blair explained why he is convinced that "the money pit" hides priceless treasure and that the new expedition will suc- ceed where others failed.
 A tall, lean man with fluffy gray 1 hair and a full gray moustache. this veteran gold hunter peers at you cautiously over his rimless spectacles as he rapidly relates his views on the subject nearest his heart.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-22
Search For Buried
 Treasure Off The
 Nova Scotian Coast
Rests at Bottom of l7l-Foot Shaft, Known as "lhe Money Pit'' on Oak Island-l36 Years It Was Sought

1 "See this bit of parchment" he
 says, "extSacting tiny exhibit from
 a portfolio. It was scraped off the auger used by the Putnam expedi-
 ton in 1897. They drilled down to
 the 153-foot level, and after pene-
 trating a subsatnce which scientists say is man-made cement, and q heavy planking, their auger passed into what may have been a buried chest
 | He passes you a magnifying glass. through which you see, on the frag- ment of parchment, what might be small portion of script done in India ink, perhaps with quill pen.
 That is more convincing evidence of buried treasure than few dou-
 blooms would be- he says. T am satisfied that either treasure of immense value or priceless historic Ial documents are in a chest at the
 bottom of the pit"
 l As added evidence, he points to the fact that tons of cocoanut husks
 have been found near "the money pit" Used aboard ships in olden days to keep cargoes dry. he main- tains the husks might have been utilized for preventing seawater from seeping into the shaft.
 There are several theories as to who buried whatever treasure Oak Island may hold. The popular be- lief that it is Captain Kidd's gold is ridiculed by Blair, who contends that the most famous of all pirates lacks the engineering skill necessary to construct the elaborate shaft. Like wise Blair discounts the hypothesis that it was the work of the Vikings. He believes that pirates other than Kidd might have buried the sup posed treasure. He also is interested | in the theory that money pit" may contain the long-lost treasure of St Andrews cathedral in Scotland. Ac- cording to tradition, vast amount of ecclesiastical plate, gold and sil- yer images, and priceless gems, in- cluding the spells taken from the English after their defeat at the bat tie of Bannockburn, were concealed | in an underground room of the ca- I thedral Several searches have failed to locate them.
 Blair holds that all previous Oak Island expeditions have failed be- cause of lack of funds, proper equipment, engineering skill, and Knowledge of the conditions. He points out that the new expedition will be equipped with electric pumps and other up-to-date paraphernalia calculated to overcome all obstacles.
 The Oak Island treasure which. according to tradition, was buried about 1700, is believed to be worth Approximately $10,000,000. At least, this is the estimate of William Chap pell of Sydney, N. s., who worked at the shaft for 20 months during the expedition of 1897, and who, with 1 faith unshaken, will direct the new expedition, comprising 25 to 30 men. | to start drilling next week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-22
Charlie Chaplin in "City Lights' Moves to the Strand
 for Three Day Engagement

In order to favor the requests of hundreds who have been unable to see Charlie Chaplin's comedy sem sation, "City Lights" during its four day engagement at the State, War ner Brothers announce its booking, for the next three days. as the feat ure presentation at the Strand thea ter. Because of the big Metro hit ''The Secret Six" opening at the State today it was found to be im-- possible to hold the picture over and so the substitution at the Strand was made.
 The story. by Chaplin. is one of life in large city: It has great iiantiy directed by the comedian. The characters are all natural and that which transpires rings with realism.
 There are but three characters vital to the story. The leading male portrayal falls to the comedian and he presents himself in his familiar tramp get-up. Of next importance is a flower girl who is blind; the other is an eccentric millionaire. Three other characters that figure prominently are the blind girrS grandmother, played by Florence Lee; the millionaire's butler, por- trayed by Allan Garcia, and prize- fighter, enacted by Hank Mann.
 There are many surprises in City Lights" and for that reason 1t would not be policy to go into a full resume of the story. From the first scene audiences are rocked witn laughter. There is no question but that a scene depicting night at prize fight club Is the funniest oi all events ever included in any mo- ton picture. It is understood that Chaplin worked almost three years making "City I.iehts'' and that the producer comedian expended .$1,500,o00 be- fore he finally completed his work It will be long time before its spell leaves you.