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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30
Rocking Chair Parties

h one of the eastern maple sugar sections, where there is sugar festival held every spring, a notable feature of the festival is the rocking chair Old ladies bring their old rock CTS, and rock and rock and rock. The cere- mony grows more interesting year by year. be- cause of the growing rarity of rockers. Most of them nowadays have to be sought in attcs. It IS hard to understand why this particular type of furniture should have fallen into dis reputc. To be sure rocking chair always was an awkward thing to have around-al- ways in the way, always creeping on the rug. always gouging the baseboard and encourag- ing some members of the family to develop nervous habit.
 But the rocker is the most American bit of furniture ever created. and the most comfort able It has long been known abroad, where one meets with an occasional specimen. as the American chair and many an American in a foreign land has been thrilled by having it produced in bis honor. to make him feel al home. 1t IS always easy for a normal Amerl- can to feel at home in a rocker
 New -fangled styles and modern art notions have been its undoing. Some of the modern chairs are unquestionably handsomer than the old family rockers. They may be works of Aart. But few of them fit the human body. They are not adapted to sitting in-whieh is one reason why people nowadays don't stay at home. They do not impart to the grown up the case comfort and gentle motion that d baby gets in it's crade-or did. until the re- formers abolished cradles. too. It is so easy to travel at home in rocking chair!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30
Retail Store Advertising

When the National Retail Drygoods Association met in Convention recently to dis cuss present problems and future programs. number of interesting suggestions were made for stimulating business. Increased newspaper advertising was one Newspapers now receive, according to one speaker. 70 per cent of the total publicity expenditure in large department stores. This percentage ought to be increased since it is the newspaper reading public that comprises the big proportion of customers.
 Another speaker also in favor of more advertising in newspapers, expressed the opln- ion that many stores would pull themselves out of the red promptly if they would pro- mote in their advertising hitherto "unexploted small items which he called ''gadgets." The importance of right prices and truthful ad- vertsing didn't have to be stressed because department store advertisers in recent years have looked after those details pretty we'll That's one reason why newspaper readers give almost as much interest and attention to such ads as 10 the daily news.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30
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PURCHASE OF ALASKA

On March 30, 1867, the United States purchased Alaska from Rus sia for some $7,000,000.
 Secretary of State Seward per- |suaded congress to make this pur- chase in order to extend our power on the Pacific Coast. Many con- gressmen thought it was a waste of money, and one called Alaska the refrigerator of the United States. But, as everyone now knows, the purchase of Alaska has proved ex- tremely profitable to the govern
 ment. Alaska's furs, forests and fish have yielded us considerable wealth to speak nothing of the rich deposits of gold found on the Yukon and
 on the Klondike. The trade in seal skins alone mounts into millions oe dollars year.
 Alaska embraces about 550,000 square miles and includes tho islands of the Aleutian archipelago, (which extend very long way west-
 ward.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30

estly and we'll it being related of him that he would labor hours on improving para graphs to his liking. His pictures of the com monfolk of the Midlands where he was born are realistic He did not eonfine himself to the Midlands but entered other fietional fields as is shown in Buried Alive The Grand Babylon Hotel" and Sacred and Profane Love" His last novel Imperial Palace appeared only last fall. Many of our fore most American writers join with critics of England and America in regrettng the death of Bennett, among them Sinclair Lewis. James Branch Cabell and others.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30

legislators are not seeking to strengthen the state liquor laws. A step in the other diree- ton is indicated. A bill has been introduced in the legislature for the establishment of a dispensary at which the state would sell liquor for non beverage purposes, whatever that may be. The bill further provides for state brewery with S5O.000 appropriation. The state is allowed to make B and one-third per cent profit on liquor sales. An allowance for every person per month is set at two quarts of whiskey. eight quarts of wine, and twenty four quarts of beer. Another bill has been in- troduced calling for a referendum on the state enforcement act. New Mexico legislators say chances of the first bill passing are good. However that mon beverage phrase looks like joker out here in Connecticut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30
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to our Nell. To-day a Doug Fair banks finds this apparel a means of establishing himself as gentleman who has temporarily divorced from the gaucho class.
 A fellow who dared carry q hand- kerchief peeping from an outside coat pocket would once have been branded as q fop-and possibly worse.
 If one wanted to portray the last word in sunken depravity, it was merely necessary to show an old gal with disheveled hair taking a swig of straight gin. A gin bottle. how ever 1t made an appearance. was sufficient to indicate everything from vilijny afoot to complete disintegra- ton. Now, as everyone knows, the flask and bottle come forth in con nection with doings of the giddy young folk and the society sets.
 And do you remember when lusty 'he-men" took out the ''makins" and rolled their own? What up- to-date gent would dare be caught with papers and-"?
 Thus it goes, through series of croquet matches. bridge games and asked to take our cue from back |
 A contributor who was trimmed somewhat in the late market break and has been bit timorous about recent rises suggests that "one thing that's the matter with paper profits is that you can't spend ticker tape.
 And another reader advises me that, in view of the recent vice ex- posures in Manhattan, 1t might be good idea for the crooks to search the cops, for a change"
 Lowell Thomas, the radio lec- turcr. carries a pocket-sized alarm clock to remind him of studio en- agreements when he gets too ab- sorbed in his travelogue writings. It has also proved helpful when he was atetnding social functions. II rings about 15 to 20 minutes before the time when he Is supposed to appear. GILBERT SWAN. Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30

New York.-The other night, in the course of a motion picture, the director introduced game of back gammon by way of indicating to the audience that the persons involved were ultra-ultra. swanky, Long Islandish and very Blue Book.
 Which reminded me of the doZen- and-one symbols I have watched come and go, each seeking to char acterize a type or a class.
 It wasn't so very long ago that q "vampire" was immediately recog- nized by the fact that she entered smoking cigaret--just fancy! . and from a slender, carved ivory holder. How wicked! The ad- vcnturess type was similar marked. They slunk upon lounges and dis played long, carmined finger nails. And to-day no proper lady, of fash ion in the cinema would be complete without her cigarets and holder. In a current Broadway hit, "As Husbands Co.," the matronly come- dienne gets one of her loudest laughs when she produces, back home in Iowa, cigaret holder of exaggerated length which she pur- chased while abroad. Not so long ago, the same expansive holder was used by musical comedy and vaude- vile clowns to identify a certain brand of male comedy character. The cigar butt seems never to have lost popularity as stage prop erty. Charlie Chaplin still dives aft CT one, swallow tails and all, in his latest picture. With results that have remained the same since, years ago. Nat Wills and other tramp comedians would shoot at butt with a cap pistol.
 And anyone who remembers back to his 10-20-30 days must recall that a viilainess could not be mistaken because she always made her en- trance in riding costume and im- patiently spanked one boot with a riding crop. To-day the riding habit and crop are much more likely to identify the hoydenish. modern daughter of a wealthy family.
 A gent with a silk hat and even- ing clothes seldom meant much good
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30
At The National Capitol
A Digest of Who's Who and What's What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER

the support of our old friend Will liam s. Ware, long the undisputed republican boss of the town. Char lie Hall, one of the old Ware leaders and now apparently head of the op- position to him, is trying to drive Schofield from office. There is plenty of interest here in the ques- ton of who will control the Penn sylvania delegation to the next re- publican convention. Ware did lot for Hoover at Kansas City in 1928 when he suddenly threw his dele- gates to him the night before the balloting. He was subsequently, barred from his seat in the senate. His friends have quoted him as bit- terly blaming Hoover for not com ing to his aid in the senate and as praying that he might live until 1882 so that he might knife the president when he came up for re- nomination.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30
Good evening.
 o--O-O COME ON, APRIL
"A sMILE.s THR THING.

Another cold and biting day,
 Come on, April; Chilled the blood that would be gay.
 Come on. April; We've had enough of March. it's
 true;
 We long for skies both warm and
 blue, Just one more day to see it through;
 Come on, April.
 o-O-o Here's special Monday evening smile from Pete Shea: It won't be long now before daylight saving is here to give us more time in which to loaf.
 An Austin alongside a Pack ard probably feels the same as hobo in Fifth avenue cafeteria.
 O-O--O Many a chauffeur is glad of the special livery he wears, figuring it would be unjust to him if the world put him in the same class as the man he slaves for.
 o--O-o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30
G>UOTATIONS
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The ruin of most men dates from
 "a. s. BILLIARD. Put away your yachts and declare war on hard luck. --Major General Smedley D. Butler, addressing Philadelphia business men.
 A democratic administration Is what Chicago needs.
 ALFRED E. SMITH. People who think straight don't run round In circles.
 III. BERTRAM LEWIS.
 - i'm running in high all the time. ---yWILLTAM A. fBILLyl SUNDAl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30

We don't know when We have felt SO good. Certainly not since last March And the cause-a shrill, piping that We heard Fri day evening just after sundown. It was the first time this spring that we heard the peep ers' in full voice and unless all signs fail spring will be overwhelming every meadow marsh, and hillside in no time. The peep CTS must be frozen in three times before the season can be officially welcomed. so we'll look for some cold weather in the next month. It's customary anyway to get change able weather at this time of the year. It makes the balmy days the more appreciated But to get back to the peppers. or hylae to give them their dictionary name has anyone ever seen one of the curious little creatures? They must be little for we have tried our best to get close enough to examine one, but they were too small or too much like the marsh grasses to which they clung to be visible. But for little fellows they certainly can make a lot of noise We don't think even criekets, noisy as they seem, can make the din that we'll trained chorus of peepers' will produce on a still spring evening. But they are thrice well come and their music is welcome.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30

Inccndiarsm is rampant in the Doukho- bour colony near Trail British Columbia. Canada Three schools have recently been de- stroyed by fire It was evident that they were set on fire. Undoubtedly members of this nude cult are trying to get warm after long cold winter We don't blame them to burn down buildings to secure heat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30
Personal Health SerUice (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal
 health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment. will be answered by Dr Brady. Ad- dress him. care of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30

If people keep on sassing Raskob about th' democratic mortgage he may get even b) financing the republican party too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30

Silver demonetized. has got even with us. We spend about half our national energy and an incredible amount of our gold in the quest of silver cups
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30
KNIGHT IN THE OPEN NOW AND THEN

Every boy naturally aspires to camp out all night on his own and without a guard or pam perng parent standing by The more primitive his equipment for the making of camp the better he likes it. It is pretty reliable sign that fel- low is longer boy when he loses his love Tor this adventure and camps out if at ail only when he has special comforts such springs or ar mattress. steam heat and the nke: ,os
 The sleeping porch fed, even If 1t IS only fao, at least helped a lot of boys to hang onto the spirit of youth years longer. l doubt If any good evidence be produced to show that porch sleeping has ever done anybody any harm. On the other hand unless one likes it and really en- joys it more than he does indoor sleeping, be- lieve it does no particular good. If my kids pre- ferred to sleep the porch. the roof or out un- der the elm that's where they would sleep so far as hygiene and were concerned; If they com planed it is too cold or noisy or quiet or not out there. then they could sleep somewhere In the house, with arrangements for proper ventilation. Whenever I encounter barehanded fendish murderer or a gurly burglar in some far corner of the basement just creeping into window in the dark or mad bull breaking through the fence 10 attack my unsuspecting child-as do too often-it seems to me that nave son1enoM nH.M been cut off from my supply of fresh air. Fresh air ig cool, moving air. There IS not mercy the question of the proportion of oxygen and carbon doxidc in the air, nor the degree of humidity, the temperature and the rate of movement to consider There is also the effest produced by contact of the air with the skin even though it be only the skin of the face. All this is an im- portant chapter of physiology which we cannot
 include here Suffice it to say that the practical significance of fresh air includes the considera- ton of the rehexes controlledby the contacct Of air with the skin. Thus any excess of bed covers 
 gets into bed, perhaps to help warm up the feet, may bring frightful nightmare few hours later.
 Of course good cold wind or draft blowing into ones face would counteract the bad effects of excessive coverings to some extent Thus the confirmed open air sleeper has a distinct advan- tage over the molycoddle who prefers the arti- fcial warmth within doors Still, there is nothing in the world except silly prejudice and ignorance to prevent the indoor sleeper from providing q nice cold draft for himself most nights.
 A friend of this column recently offered us a good suggestion. He said gallon glass bottle, such as fruit juices and beverages are sold in. filled with hot water. will keep ones feet and the bed warm all night and well into the next fore noon. If your feet are warm you can scarcely be chilly in bed. For confirmed open air or porch sleepers this gallon of warmth may not particularly appeal but for timid indoor sleepers who contemplate a night in the open 1t should be inviting.
 In another talk we'll consider the advantages and disadvantages of sleeping out and sleeping
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30
TT WAS EVER THUS.
Governor Cross is famous,

Governor Cross Is famous, This fact freely give, In his Good Friday proclamation He split an infinitive. O-O-o Now they've discovered that sugal gives strength, plenty if you would know. So never mind bread, tho staff of life. try sugar and lean or the cane.
 Now it is rumored that Jack Dempsey's wife is planning to divorce him. Wonder if he'll figure in another long count?
 o-O-o When you ask woman to go out she must first make up her mind before making up her complexion.
 o-O-O
 The best things in life are free-before an election.
 O-O-O You might try feeding the chick ems ink during Easter week to see if they'll lay blue eggs.
 O-O-O
 Doug Fairbanks says Gandhi is another George Washington. Lucky for Doug he didn't say Abraham Lincoln or Edgar Lee Masters would start another work of debunking.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 6:44 night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30
THE MODERN DIANA.

Here's a toast,
 To that old gaI, Ann, Swears like a trooper
 And smokes like man.
 o-O-o The start of conversation this week: Hello Mayme, wgatchu get tin for Easter?'
 I suppose bed rock prices are the kind that send you to sleep.
 o-O-o Oil is called flowing gold but it's fools gold if you buy the wrong stock.
 The winsome lass generally wins some boys heart.
 o-O-o
 Movie chiefs deny pictures are all sex But what else can the public think on reading such titles as Cheating Husbands" "Boudoir Wives" and a few more. Well, I'd rather have them singing in the bathtub than splashing on the floor.
 Some people are chesty with out resorting to the use of chest weights.
 O-O-O The girl who neglects her com plexion will come face to face with the fact some day.
 O-O-O The cleaner the overalls on the auto mechanic, the more ex- pert yOu'll find him to be-
 O-O-O A lot of old joints are disappearing now that the girls are wearing long CT dresses.
 O-O-o
 NnNu VnUr TuAcLr AEL.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30
QUES1ION AND .9NJLDER JERIES DO You KNOW CONNECTICUT? Compiled hy THE CONNECTICUT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Inc
CUNNECTICUI ChA1bkk UF
 4,o As7LUA sTREET. nARTyopD

O. Where Division Air Service of the Connecticut National
 Guard locatedl A. station is Bnard Field Hartford Summer training
 had the Groton Airport. O. How Conneeeut rank in population with the other New England states! A. Connecticut largest population. Its population
 is more than twice that of any other New England
 except Massachusetts. O. What percentage of the lumber used Connecticut produced N A. Only about 0 per o. How many sanitoria has Conneetsu! O. How many telegraph and telephone companies there in tho
 state? Q When the park and forest commission auhorized
 (Answers these questions will be published in
 Wednesdays Waterbury Demccfat)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Voice Training

am considering taking some training in voice culture. My voice is rather weak. Before lay out money in this course should like your Opin- ion. Arc the vocal cords of a person beyond 40 too stiR to respond 50 training? Also. would the deep breathing: affect my hcart?-l have Icak- age. I am Az years of age. Miss ID. M B)
 Answer-Ony your physician can advise you about the effect of the voice training on your heart. Proper training will definitely im- prove your voice, though perhaps not so readily 1t might have done years ago.
 Shaping Nose
 I should like to have your opinion about plas- tic surgery. Do yOu think there is anything dan- gcrOus wrong about remOdelling a nose? (R. O
 Answer-Not when it is done by surgeon of standing and responsibility. This latter is m- portant. Before you submit to any such treat ment you had better he sure that the surgeon Is responsible in you should find 1t necessary to sue him for damages Every reliable, reputable surgeon Is insured 50 that you collect in court if he bungles the job Quack plastic sur geons" can't get such insurance. because the in- surancc companies are loo wise to be caught by the charlatans If nose were of shape or size that gave embarrassment or interfered in D.1 siiGcess, I'd nave 1t remedied by surgery and 1t would be. nobody's business Beware of "institutes' or other quack schemes to dodge the personal responsibility that any honest doctor. surgeon or specialist affords his patients. And particularly beware os quicks who inject paraf- fin. assume you are above the moronic level of intelligence and hence you will not give a second thought to the swindlers who market de- vices purporting 10 change the shape size of the nose.
 Saieratus As DcpiIatOry
 l will give you my method of removing hair from the face. I make thick paste of common and let 1t dry. The hair then comes out by the roots quite easily. It cecnIs to me that tIsc growth gradually icsscEs when one uses this from time to time. (Mrs C. I.)
 Answer-Thank you It seems harmless enough. Perhaps other readers will report their cxperience with 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30
TEE, HEE

The animals in the forest. Got wise to the Hons laugh, When 1t came to q necIxing party, It always picked a giraffe.
 o-O-o The bootblack who stops to conquer Is perhaps merely shining up to a customer.
 o-O-o This completes our regular Mon- day evening program. It was broad cast by DBD and came to you through the courtesy of the Water bury Evening Democrat, pioneer fin this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time. to be back 0 nthe air again tomorrow evening at the usual hour.
 O-O-o
 Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30

Let's marry" he said,
 She knew the tune, In the spring q mans fancy, Turns to June.
 O-O-O Many a man thinks he's a big shot because he goes gunning for women. o-O-o There are cover charges and then there are cover-up charges.
 o-O-o You'll find q lot of dizzy Daisies and Lonely Lilies in the garden of love.
 o-O-o The best way to work up an appetite. says Papa Waterbury, is to work. No moose is good moose said the condemned criminal as they failed to find the rope with which to hang him.
 o-O-O A barber feels pretty much at home in an automobile under any circumstances. Close slaves are nothing new to him.
 o-O-o The man who bends with the wind should stay home on March day.
 o-O-o Words of wisdom the wise men forgot: Populations are hard to make, easy to break.
 O-O-O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-30

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LOW FARE

4TH OF JULY EXCURSION
tickets will be on sale July 2, 3, 4, via
The Milwaukee Road between all sta
lions Butte and west at ONE CENT
PER MILE, good for return until mid
night July 9. Journey must be COM
pleted to starting point by that hour
and date. Special trains will be run
between Spokane and Puget Sound
July Q, and 9, leaving Spokane $3.50
a. M, arriving Seattle 5:55 p. M, Taco
ma 1920 p. m. Leaving Tacoma 7:3O
a. M, Seattle 900 a. M, arriving Spo-
kane 6:15 p. m. Tickets will be good
on these specials and on all regular
passenger trains, main and branch
lines. For further particulars ask your
nearest Milwaukee Road agent.