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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-06
DUCKS GUIDE
 $5O,OOO BET

Chicago. - Recreation Director oscar Kolp has looked at the fur on the squirrels and the pinfeath- CTS on the ducks, and bet $S0.000 of public funds that Chicago will have only two weeks of skating weather thls winter.
 Bird Tender Tony Marchwinski of Linocln Park disagrees with him, but Koip has the backing of Z0okeeper Parker.
 "I'm so sure we aren't going to have any cold weather" Kolp said. that I'm not going to start my 3b0,000 winter sports program un- till the last of December"
 Indications of the mild winter, as cited by the director and zoo- keeper. were:
 Fur on the squirrels Is so thin you can see through the bush of their tails.
 Ducks have white pinfeathers on their breasts and hardly any feath- CTS.
 The wind blew from the south west all through the autumn equinox.
 Birdtender Marchwinski was brief. but positive. in his cold weather prediction.
 we had q hot summer and we'll have q cold winter. l know" he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-06

ofiieiaia of Londonderry, Ulster, ure much disturbed over the pos aibility Of having to meet every day under the new dole reguia- tionA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-06

Scientists have found what they believe to be the tomb of the fn- nous poet Ovid on the site of the ,id 0recian city of T0mis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-06
THREE AIRPLANE EXPEDITIONS TO
 SEEK FOR GOLD.
They Are Going Into Jun- gles of Brazil = One of the Groups Headed By Douglas Fairbanks
BY NORMAN B. DEUEL lCOpvrieilt, 1881, by the United
 (COpyright, 1881


 San Francisco. November 6 = (UP) Three airpianeg expeditions. one of them headed by Douglas Fairbanks. will begin q race with in two months in an attempt to find gold deposits in the almost impenetrable jungles of Brazil, the United Press was reliably informed
 Fairbanks has financed and will head one expedition; John 10: Mitchell, said to be q cousin or General William Billy" Mitchell, Ia already in Rio De Janiero with two planes for another, and Rob- ert Hancock, San Francisco avia- tor, will lead the third, according to the United Press informant.
 The motion picture actor, with his wife, Mary Pickford, was in New York today, repOrtedly to pur- chase two sikorsky airpignes for the trip. He employed one pilot, and will hire three more. Two for each plane. No information was available as to whether Miss Pickford would accompany him.
 Mitchelrs expedition has been organized, and he is now negotiat.. Ing with the government of Brazil for permission to begin the treas ure hunt.
 Hancock. 4s-year-oid former automobile racing driver and ex- pert pilot, had received backing from q Pacific coast financier whose name he withheld. He has equipped his own seven place Travelair monoplane for the trip and ie organised his crew with the exception of two men.
 New York, November ( - (UP) - Douglas Fairbanks will lead an expedition to Central and South America but, his New York repre- sentative told the United Press to. day, 1t will be for the purpose oi making a motion picture travel Ogue and not in search for gold
 "As q matter of fact" George Gerhard of United Artists. said The already has more gold than he can handle"
 He admitted the actor was here to buy two planes but insisted they were for Q motion picture tour to include Mexico. the west coast of Central America, South America as far as Chile and then across to Rio De Janiero, Brazil.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-06
MODERN MISS
 JUST REPLICA

Ann Arbor, Mich-(UP)--Tho modern miss who raises an arehed eyebrow, or fAvors you with n twlttery smile. is merely n replica of the girl of nearly q century ago.
 At least that Is the Idea gieaned from . reading of the diary Of George Washington Pray, q mem Der of the University of Michigan graduating class of is4b. The diary is being published by the Michigan Alumnus.
 On a Sabbath. young Pray wrote, he found the girls at church as usual. "hitching and twisting. and showing their bustlea as much as ever" In the evening the eeme- tery, apparently the favored place nor eo-educationai sparkling. was filied with girls.
 These pert misses" went about reading the inscriptions on the tombstones. "ready to catch an ogia from any gentleman who Will facor them with one"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-06
NIGHT FLYING SHOWS
 A STEADY INCREASE

Washington, D. C.--NiRht tfhveI is on the onn increase, Of the ,.a more re every twenty-four hours by the scheduled m .. . air services rsn, @ sppr;osh,;, pn;nh; operations. With improved air- ways. aircraft may fly safely at night and duplicate the perform. anes Of surface travel.
 Department Of Commerce has lighted t7,b00 miles of airways, equipped with radio direction and communication facilities a n q weather reporting service. United Ar Lines Is the largest night oper- ator in the world and does twenty five per cent of all the night fly Ing In the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-06

Washington, ID. C.--The contract for the construction of q new ciini- cai building at the VeteranG hos- pital. Augusta. Gn, has been let to the J. s. Mccauley company. of Att ianta, according to information re- ceived from the Federal Board of disqualification. The bid for this work involved 9297.76b.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-06

was conservatism. in regard to basic changes. but radicaiism n regard to externhls.
 Only n few straight eights were exhibited in the Paris show and 12cylinder models were almost negligible. The only important becha nicai innovations were sleeve- valve motors, free-wheeiing and automat gear-controi.
 Tn contrast with this. the changes in externals weer remarkable.
 Newly perfected paint processes made 1t practicable to finish cars in such colors as fnauve, saffron and robin's egg blue. Upholstery in all coiors of the rainbow was another feature.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-30
Learning to Read.
Cincinnati Enquirer.)

There is something alluring about the idea that children should not be taught to read. Merely by wandering about in the streets, looking into shop windows and staring at signboards, very young est generation would learn their letters we are told. And undeniably the process would be more entertaining for the youngsters
 The sgnboards and window cards have power full advantage standard textbooks. They are written in flaming letters of red and blue and green, over theatre entrances and and shops or hung chiffon evening dresses with enticng prices They are concrete and they carry information which is immediately useful, not merely the passive color less wisdom of the text book.
 An attractive feature of this brand of educa- tion is the virility of its phrase. Reading inn partially the gigantic bill posters car cards, shop windows and the sundry advertisements elsewhere, the child that learns by itself will surely attain ripe wisdom at least by the time he is seven No archaic lessons of the fox and the grapes or the who cried wolf, will clutter up this youngsters busy brain.
 dentist twice year. that in cigarette it's taste that ladies' hats are to be had in wanted styles for $789, and that in sending for a fivegallon keg he breaks statute, Federal State
 He may be trifle manageable, this self-edu- cated youth of seven, knowing so many things of real importance to him, and having little of the sweet sentiment of scholastic tradition. But we cannot expect him to be repetition of his ancestors, this modern youth in modern age
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-30
Experiments that Are Useful.
(New York Times.)

Insurance for unemployment is coming to be live political subject in this country. MT. Owen Young recently said that great deal of discussion and study will be necessary before sound plan can be worked out He might have added experiment tation. When this is done by private interests the State may get useful instruction.
 We already have hade a scheme adopted by the General Electric, which excited great deal of comment. Now comes the news from Rochester that fourteen companies in that city have united in project of their They propose to set aside per cent of their payroll annually, so as to constitute reserve which may be drawn upon for the benefit of workers who have to be laid off temporarily The latter not asked to contribute anything directly, though the right is reserved to call upon them, in period of unemployment long extended, to give per cent of their wages to the reserve fund at the same time that the companies agree to turn in themselves extra amount equal to that derived from the employees.
 The whole is an untred field in this country and ventures into it best be undertaken at first by large concerns industrial groups The lessons to be learned from their experience can then be put at the disposal of the State when it sets out to legislate for working men and women whose employment is not insured in other ways We cannot do better in such matters than to pro- ceed by the method of trial and error.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-30
RON SUGGESTED CONTROL WOULD
 WORK

Jaa Wickersham Commissions report on Pro- hbiton has focused the attention of both the vets and drys on the so-called Swedish plan of control of liquor commonly known in that country as the Bratt system. It will be recalled that Henry M Anderson, Richmond lawyer, member of the com mission, in his individual report outlined a plan for Governmental control modelled along the lines of the Swedish plan. Just how that plan might be adopted and worked out in this country was explained recently by O. G. Marell, Secretary of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, who is student of the sys- tenn.
 Suppose this nation should try the plan The Government would form a corporation in which individuals would be allowed to stock. This corporation would control all distilleries making hard liquors and the Government would have rep resentation on it's board of directors. All profits over five per cent derived from this Government controlled corporation would automatically go into the Federal treasury.
 Each State which did not want complete Pro- hibition it is practiced would set up cor porations controlling wineries and breweres. A governing board of eight members four appointed by the Governor and four from the State Chamber of Commerce, would direct the affairs of the cor poration and in turn would also control the dis tribution of hard liquor to the citizens The hard liquor would be sold to the State by the Federal Government corporation. As in Sweden the State governing board would have complete jurisdiction the issuance of paSsbooks to citizens neces- sary in the distribution of hard liquor only
 Central agencies would be set up by the State in cities and towns where these passbooks would be issued permitting citizen of voting age to pur chase presentation of the book limited amount of hquor every month Under the Swedish system this amount is limited to four litres month or 8 little more than four quarts. In fact in this country the States individually could fix the amounts acoording to the popular desires The distilled liquor is for home consumption only.
 The States would also regulate the sale of spirits and wine in hotels and restaurants Beer of low alcoholic content would be sold without restrictions. The State, however, would charge hotels and restaurants high license for serving spirits and wine and would permit only limited quantities to be served to each customer under a stipulation that meal is also served
 The system has apparently worked out satis- factoriy in Sweden. Under it drunkenness has de- creased Since it established steady decline in the total consumption of liquor has been noted, from 37500000 litres in 1913 when the countrys population 5,639OO0 to 2799OOOO litres in 1928 when the population had incerased to 61O519O All of the money derived from the traffic above the resuaton five per cent profit is used by the Swedish Government for education in temperance in both private and public schools.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-30
The Watchword is ''Sh-Sh."
(New York Herald-Tribune)


 The bipartisan conference of "progressives" which opened in Washington yesterday has for its object we told, the mobilization of public opinion be- hind program of legislation based fundamental principles rather than political considerations |" Among it's chief sponsors those figures in Con- gress who delight to play the role of the enfant terrible in party councils scornng prudence cir cumlocution, political expediency. brave crew, given to heterodox utterance they are come to- gether to champion those great popular issues which in their opinion, party strategy has obscured
 Yet at the very outset they rule out discussion of the issue that is absorbing the countrys at tention, the one which should most invite their spirit of insurgency. To be sure, they are hope lessly divided this issue, like the party organ izations to which they yield scornful allegiance, and what solidarity they possess would vanish in the smoke of battle the subject was preached. But why should they pretend, then, that they are any the less addicted to lodging sdestepping strad- ding and the other arts of the political regular than he is himself, that they any more willing than he to sacrifice political advantage to individual sincerity?
 They are not, and the clear perception of this fact, thanks to their unwingness to face the ques tion of Prohibition, will hardly incline the public to take them seriously the f-consttuted of representative government They can see for themselves balance of power in the next Con- gress, so they have swaddled their boasted in- surgency in discipline, they have canalized it be- tween levees of silence lest it lose itself in the lowlands of popular clamor before depositng them in the promised haven.
 Will the levees hold? Qmagine then patrolled by Senators Norris Borah and La Toilette with fingers Guardia has his way and poetic justice demands that he elude the guard and kick crevasse in their dike such as they have been wont to open up in those erected by their party
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-30
LIGHTS MATCH;
 EXPLOSION, FIRE.
One Man Is Burned to Death in Customs
 Boat at Seattle

SEATTLE, March 30.-Ken Wy lie, carpenter, was burned to death and Steve Shepard, Customs engineer was seriously burned late last Saturday in a $17,000 fire at the U. s. Customs slip on Lake Union.
 Two gasboats, the Rex and Re- triever, an automobile and part of the dock were destroyed.
 The fire followed an explosion. Wylie lit a match in the bilge of the ReX-bang!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-30
NO BEDDING AT
 POINT BARROW
Reindeer Skins Will Be Spread on Floor for
 New Patients

POINT BARROW, Alaska, March 30.-The care of new diphtheria cases has made it necessary to provide wards for those showing improvement.
 Quarantined houses are full of patients
 A three-room vacant house is being prepared to accommodate Miss F'lossie George, young Eskimo school teacher, and the new cases.
 No beds are available. Bedding cannot be secured. The floor will be covered with reindeer hides for the patients.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-30
KIT CARSON'S MARK.

tree carved with the words Kit Carson 1846' was recently discovered by United States Forest Service trail crew Mud Lakes in the Eldorado National Forest of California. Six inches of new wood had grown round the original blaze. Another tree also carved by the famous frontersman in 1846 is still standing in what is now known as Kit Carson Pass in the Eldorado National Forest.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-30

in business and that he spent SPA of it
 for advertising the next morning He did it.
 He spent it in the daily newspaper.
 Advertising alone of course, cannot make suc- cess out of any business enterprise. But backed by goods of merit, by service, and business judgment it stands out for the achievement it performs every day in the year. And it is not necessary to go away from home to find convincing proofs of that fact.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-30

Workmen raging old building in Denver came across fuil quart of 1896 bourbon sealed in the masonry. We are told that no pre-war build- ing in the city is safe now-(Sprngfield, Ohio Sum-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-30
'MOUSETRAP" STORY IS ALL BUNK.

Emezson has been credited with having written something to the effect that If made a better mousetrap than his neighbor, even though he lived in a jungle people would beat path to his doef to buy it The idea being of course, that quality was the essential factor in any article of commerce. Maybe the great American philosopher made the statement if he didn't, then someone else did for 1t is quoted too often not to have had author.
 Gordon H. Cilley, for l6 years advertising man. ager for John Wanamaker, and chief counsellor in many advertising campaigns explodes this theory in very convincing fashion In these days of modern manufacturing, when single builder maker, or inventor has corner on quality it takes some- him tell it.
 Said MT. Cilley:
 Let experience say to you that if you
 can make better mousetrap or a better
 piano a better muskrat coat than the
 other fellow-you tell it If you don't. then
 don't make many. They may be valuable
 hundred years from as relics of the
 genius tha. starved and died but that
 won't pay Johnnys school bills now When
 you have got something worth talking about,
 talk about it. This is no time in business
 for the small quiet voice. There is some
 thing very large and powerful going on in
 the country now, and it is the big news of returning prosperity. If you are going to have your share of it. go after it the way the biggest fellows go after it. Start in advertising what you have got and stick to it. It is not just story that John Wana- maker took in $2487 the first day he was
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-30

This ought to be year full of fun for the Puzzlers League of America. We see that the Wickersham Commission is to issue 10 more reports -(Boston Herald)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-11
By T. Porter Wood

cited by this price, the owner of II other lines
of the same manuscript put them up for sale
in London and saw them go for q mere 1925.
The first sale had killed the second The II
lines had missed the boat.
The manuscript Of "Alice' Adventures in
Wonderland" is auctioned. Who would have
thought it would sell for $77,000-as much as
a perfect Shakespeare first folio? Gutenberg
Bible Is offered. There are only AZ copies in
the world Of this famous Latin Bible made by
the printer Gutenberg at Mayence In Germany.
in 1455-the first complete example Of Euro
pean printing. How much? $106, 000l An
early seventeenth century Brooches Bible-So
called because the seventh verse Of the third
chapter Of Genesis runs: "And they sewed fig
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-11

thought it might be ridiculously low limit.
Quaritch got the precious folio for $4,000.
A Philadelphia collector wanted Lope de
Vega autograph play Of 1904, and authorized
bid OF $500. He stayed at the telephone, prey
to mortal anxiety, waiting to hear II he had
been outbid. Then he heard that the play
was his. A first bid of $125 had secured it!
One Of the most astute of American dealers
was sitting at his desk when he had a cable
from London advising that an Amerigo vespucci
letter was being offered at auction. Instantly
he cabled a maximum Of $12,50O. His agent
bid. and got the precious epistle for under
$4,000
Twenty-Five lines Of an autographed manu-
script poem by Keats went up for sale in New
York and were knocked down for $4,000. Ex-
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Illustration by Joseph Simont.

tree leaves together, and made themselves
breeches"-is put up. How much? $40.
So the great game goes.
The originals Of most modern authors take
the form now of a corrected typescript Joseph
Conrad is one of the exceptions who worked
in longhand. In consequence, the battle for
the manuscript of his Victory was SO keen
that it was not knocked down at the 1924
Quinn sale in New York until the record price
(for the manuscript Of living author) q
$500 had been reached.
A RNOLD BENNETT, astute, businesslike,
\ bought up the renlainders Of the first edi-
ton Of his first novel as speculation. 1t
turned out well. He saw the price reach $25.
Afflicted by q stammer, he could not dictate
He wrote all his books in neat longhand ana
had the manuscript bound and carefully pre-
served. "aT11e Old Wives Tale" his MASTER
piece he wrote laboriously on fine parchment,
which he illuminated with his own hand
One may be sure that his method and his care
assure q higher price for his manuscripts than
would have been the case had be worked on
typewriter or through an alnanuens1S; Also In
the absence Of accidents or some major catas-
trophe overwhelming civilization, a life beyond
that of the Solidest bull lgs and most perma-
nent monuments Of this steel and concrete age.
It was not the fault of their material which
lost to posterity the originals Of the old Greek
writer's. (They wrote on prepared strips Of
papyrus-the bundles of strips with continuous
writing were called "bibles" the word which is
now the monopoly of the Book Of BookS) 1t
was the fault of the method of collection and
storage. One antique Greek manuscript sur
wives. o play by an obscure dramatiSt of the
fourth century. All the rest were lost when
the Alexandrian library of Ptolemy Softer went
up in flames Collectors and dealers have
sometimes unused on the probable worth Of Q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-11

August a man bought for $50 in Lon
don auction room an album Of old auto
graph letters, signatures and views Of early
II American scenes. He was looking idly
through his acquisition. Suddenly he
paused stared faded signature sprawled
across a page an odd name. Button GWinnett.
Was it, could it possibly be- authentic?
It was and the album buyer found himself
Abrlptly in possession of treasure trove for the
last price paid at auction for Gwinnett, rarest
among the signatorieS Of the American Declara-
ton of Independence QeSs than 20 Gwinnett
signatures are known to exist, and no one has
vet found a letter entirely in his handwriting),
was $25 O0O Gwinnett might well form the
corner stone of great collection OF Americana.
The story got into the papers, and now there
Is mighty rummaging in dusty attics and old
chests and cupboards and ancient libraries to
see if any more unsupported treasures in the
way of old letters, rare manuscripts, scarce
first editions or precious signatures are lying
around. News of these golden finds always has
this effect, and for months British dealers and
auctioneerS are going to duck under an ava
1anche of books and manuscripts which their
owners think American millionaire collectors
will be prepared to wage furious dollar battles
30 obtain.
Some will be worth money some not. For
competition has become so keen and discrimi-
mating, and the American collectors ideas play
so dominating role now in making or break
ing prices, that in very few cases is it possible
to tell even roughly how bidding will CO.
. OSENBACH, most renowned of dealers,
~ trembed when, as a young man, he asked
the great Quaritch to bid for him up to $25, 600
for imperfect Shakespeare first folio from
the collection of Van Antwerp Of San Francisco,
then being disposed of in London, the great
Book mart of the world. then as now. He
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When Color TrembIes
By Elizabeth D. Hart

I am not aUiSer not0 that color trenbIes -
Importunnte beneath each tranquil leaf,
And languid yeIIol1 afternoons diSsenlbte
The threat of S,Difter duskS and suns too brtet.
Wei do knoto my tears are for a hummer,
Long haze been a aDitneSS to her art,
Yet 10hen hear the deGth-bed lines OF Summer,
step into mig ancient mailing part.
For 1DIsy should GtOait Nth resignation
The green renGScence of another year,
Or SGgeIy look about for compensation
In FURNISHED moods, or hold the harvest deGT2
True, Summer t0iH reUiUe, but a0ho can pledge
My presence 1Dten again her SWALLOWS 1iedge RI!