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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-07

The Nancy Page club members were discussing Christmas gifts. 'I am not giving anything this year. We don't know how Ion g John will have work, and l say we should hold onto every penny we have" Nancy listened to one after another of the members who voiced sentiments similar to Dorothy's. Finally she could stand 1t no longer. .,..
 1T think you are all wrong. Peter and I are going to give just as many gifts this year as we ever have. True, some of them may not cost much. But there will be a gift package for every one. We talked 1t over and decided that this was a time when merchants needed our patronage. How can we expect business to. boom if we refuse to spend? If we did that, l am sure business would flaw down and go boom.' Remember that popular phrase?
 Then too we believe that there is a spirit of Christmas which Is lost if giving is omitted. If giving and getting expensive gifts is all there is to Christmas. then l, for one, have misinterpreted the | Christmas idea"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-07
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It is just an old-fashioned idea that winter spoils the softest hands.
 Of course it can. But it Is your own fault if you let it. There are 50 many preparations on the mar ket now to help you keep your hands soft and white that if you let them get rough and red and unpleasing looking, it is careless ness.
 Soft water is one of the biggest aids to white hands. If you live where water is hard, use a little borax, soda or commercial fra grant salts to soften it when wash ing your hands. Use good soap on them, too. And if you must wash dishes without rubber gloves use white soap for dish water and do not use it too hot. Save the boiling water for rinsing and spare your hands the par-boiled look it gives them.
 One of the secrets of keeping your hands white and soft. though keeping house, is to have either a slice of lemon or some other bleach at hand to run over them when you have been securing pans or peeling vegetables or scrubbing. Also, if you care one whit how your hands look, you will have an ever- r-present bottle of hand lotion at the sink as we'll as in the bath room and apply 1t the minute you finish your work.
 For hands that get chapped. use oil instead of water to cleanse them, at least just before going | outdoors. Splurge on some of the fragrant, pleasing creams and un- guents that there are for such hands. And above all, oil them richly and then don gloves for sleeping. They are a nuisance but they the the biggest single aid chapped hands can have. Wear them loose and have them leather. if possible. This keeps the oil on your hands better than fabric gloves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-07
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 KITCHEN

borate and fussy bonbons. Fon- dant, which is the basis of many candies beside the chocolate cov- cred creams, is not hard to make and is worth trying.
 Don't try to do too many things at once when making candy. The nuts should be cracked and. the meats picked out ready to use, all the ingredients at hand and the pans and platters in which the candy is to harden oiled ready for instant use.
 Peanut Brittle.
 One and one-half cups grant, lated sugar, 1-2 cup white corn syrup, 1-2 cup water, ? table spoons butter, IA teaspoon salt, l teaspoon soda, teaspoon vanilla, 1-2 pound raw Spanish peanuts.
 The peanuts are weighed after smelling. Blanch and let stand in cool oven while the candy Is cooking. Mix syrup, sugar and water and cook until a few drops tried in cold water form a hard ball or the thermometer registers 27O degrees F. Add butter, salt ,and nuts and cook until ther- mometer registers 2S0 degrees F Remove from fire and add vanilla and soda which has been dissolv- ed in one tablespoon cold water Stir and pour onto a large oiled platter or marble slab, spreading with spatula into as thin a sheet as possible. Let cool a few minutes and pull apart to make thin and full of holes.
 | Caramels.
 | Caramels "that melt in the mouth" are well worth a place among the Christmas candies. You can add nuts or not as you please Black walnuts make a most deli cious caramel, for their flavor blends perfectly with the carame flavor.
 Two and one-half cups granu. lated sugar, IA teaspoon cream oi tartar, 3-4 cup white or fred Ia bel' corn syrup, cup cream, tablespoons butter, 1-2 teaspoon vanilla, cup chopped nut meats.
 Mix one cup sugar with cream of tartar and melt over a low fire until 8 golden syrup. Stir while melting. Add remaining sugar syrup and cream. You may think the mixture is ruined at this stage but the Jumps will all cook out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-07
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Everywhere over the country just now entertainment has been curtailed. It seems to be sin to give a party.
 In an elevator the other day l heard two women talking. It ap- peared that a friend was giving a birthday party for her little girl.
 One said: And she spent fifteen dollars on caps and favors, too. think it is wicked. I'll bet that party will cost her fifty dollars. l just said I didn't think l would let Martha go." Her tone was vim dictive. looked at her set jaw and decided this: Well, milady, If l know you, you would put that fifty dollars in your belt and if the poor saw ten cents of it they would be lucky"
 For I have discovered this. The spenders give to community chests and welfare funds more generous ly than the hoarders, and not only that but they are doing something more fundamentally necessary. They are giving work to peopie who want to earn.
 Take that fifty dollars. God bless that mother, I'm glad she had it to spend on party. or any, thing else.
 Ut takes work to make favors. As to candy and cakes and ice- cream, that takes work too. The florist got a few dollars profit he could pay help with that. The candle-stick maker, the baker and everybody protited by small margin, and they pad others with it.
 If everyone gave a party. think what it would mean.
 Opportunity for Women
 Ninety per cent of the money in the United States Is spent by wo- men. If the women would spend and seventy-five per cent of them have money to spend-a dol lar, five dollars. hundred dol lars--over and above the price of meat and potatoes, rent and so on, many men in the bread-lines would be having jobs and relief com mittees would get some sleep.
 Why this silly propaganda of not spending ever got q start don't know, but 1t is the most per- nicious influence at work in the country to-day. It Is ruining us we are cutting our own throats and digging not only our graves, but the graves of others who need work and food. Give to the needy, of course. all you can. But I have yet to meet the person who couldn't give more. That's all right, psrhnps lf she spends a good part of hei
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Grace was sitting in front of the | fireplace, reading a book. Hello, Sue and Jack, come on in," she l greeted them, letting her book slide to the floor. ''see the roses my de- voted husband sent me today. Three whole dozens of shemi If it was anyone but Jimmy I would wonder into what mischief he was now"
 She talked on carelessly, soci- ably. Hes working tonight. Got a streak of ambition. A customer wanted to see some house plans and asked him to go along to look over the place that's to be remodel ed. He called. I've got his dinner, never think to eat. He gets so in- terested in his work that blue pinrts i'll his life."
 Never think to eat And he had been in the wayside restaurant with Natalie Webster. Still. he was innocent enough of any wrong do- ing. He merely was letting Nata- lie weave a skein of circumstances around him. She knew her type. There were steps on the corri- dor outside. Almost pansc-stricken, Sue looked at Jack. She had sup posed that Jimmy would be long time coming home.
 Jimmy was confused when he saw them. Hello, Jimmy, I hear you were working late," Sue ans wered. We just stopped in to see Grace when we saw her light burn ing.
 Grace greeted Jimmy gaily and gladly. Your dinner is waiting, she said. "I'll get it. Will you en- certain my husband, please"
 As soon as Grace had left, Sue smiled at Jimmy. Jack, answering a gay call from Grace, went in the Mrs Webber getting?" Sue asked Jimmy presently. T just heard about it. And why don't you tell your wife where you are going? Some gossipy person might do it for you. I'm safe. So Is Jack, But Jimmy, 1t isn't worth the risk"
 But Mrs Webber is just 8 client"
 "Of course she is, But not every one would know that"
 well, if people are narrow minded enough to get ideas
 Their minds are so broad they will hold all sorts of ideas. Take Grace along the next time"
 Sue could see that Jimmy was worried a little. He tried to be nonchalant and gay about 1t. With Q little sickening feeling Sue won- dered if she had just succeeded in making him think that he was a Beau Brummel, a desirable young man, who could strut little be- ] cause he was.
 She was glad that Jack hadn't heard her talking to Jimmy. The ride down the road home was quiet. Sue was tired. : Harry and Corrine had already reached home.
 Corrinne was staring at a great , box of deep crimson roses. Did you ever smell anything so sensuous?" she asked. "It's almost barbaric. Like jungle fragrance, , They are for Nancy. But there isn't a card."
 For a fieeting second Sue thought , of the other roses-quiet pink ones that had been sent to Grace by Jimmy. Domestic roses. But these were different. They , were voluptuous.
 , "I wonder who sent them" Cor 5 rinne was saying.
 [ Sue wondered If she knew. Ii Arnold Page had ordered them B NEXT: Another confidence
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-07


 more individual they could be made.
 Jean-Charles Worth, who de- signed the trousseaux for most of the European princesses long be- fore the war, is also a past master in the creation of these beautiful rest gowns, or whatever they may be called today.
 Tn the present Worth collection there are a number of these crea- tions, varying from the studied simplicity of line of the Grecian robe to the sophisticated combining of lame and gleaming satin. Among the outstanding models is one of madonna blue crepe with intricate bodice and one-sided sleeve drap- cry which is completed by a deer red velvet ribbon sash which trails down the side of the hem. The neck and one armhole are finished off by hand crocheting. also in the red. Another hostess gown has a tightly pleated pale pink satin slip over which Is placed a sleeveless dress of striped black net and loose jacket. The hem of the skirt which touches the ground, is fin ished off with tulle ruffle.
 Here's Interesting Sleeveless Model
 Still another attractive model is made of gold lame shot with pale pink and pink satin. The skirt has an amusing pouf at the back caught up to show the accordion. pleated underskirt. A black satir ribbon belt, with pink flowers hand-embroidered, supplies tho color contrast. The gown Is sleeve less and is completed by an equal ly sleeveless jacket of bind satin Molyneux combines lace ant gleaming satin most effectively 1T a rest gown of a delicate pale blue A deep circular volant of the lact forms almost one-half of the skir
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-07
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gUDITH GRANT, artists model, loves ALAN STEYNE, painter, who is also loved by CHUMMY MORLEY, Judith's rOom11ate and hest friend. Chummy had loved Steyne years ago, and had suf- 3cred q loss of meliiOry when he went away; SD although Steyne loves Judith, Judith insists that it is his duty to marry CuhmIny, whose memory is restOrted when she secs him again. Steyne and Chummy, therefore, are engaged. Judith Is studying dancing, and rich BRUCE GIDEON wants to star her in a musical show, aI- though Steyne warns her that GideOn's intentions are not hon. OrabIe. Steyne and Judith meet by chance in the girls apartment, and Chummy, unobserved, sees tI1cm in each others arms; so Chummy, on the eve of her we'd ding, tells Stcyne that she cannot marry him as she wants to follow her career as painter. Judith gets a letter from one RICHARD WYON, who asks her to call at his office and discuss her dancing with him. She goes, as. WyOn, whom shc does not know, writes that he was an associate of her former teacher, GUARVENIUS, re- gently killed in an auto accident.
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be exactly the same. When you are we'll launched in your career, we will adjust our business relations. I shall be amply repaid. There IS plenty of room for a dancer of gen. jus. I will engage as your manager a man of the highest reputation Gaston North. You can trust me to advertise adequately. My theater 1 is a suitable setting for such art as yours, and we shall have good or | chestra. When l do thing, l be- lieve in doing it well"
 q don't know what to say" Judy said.
 Think it over, Miss Grant. Take a few days. When had poor Guar venius planned your debut?"
 "In October"
 "Well, we could manage 1t by then. You could start rehearsing at once. The theater is empty, as 1t happens. I will get the eletrcians and the scene painters at work at once. But take your time to think it over, Miss Grant"
 "It's not time 1 want" she said, with a laugh that sounded a little wild, for the delirium of ambition was creeping into her blood again. l q suppose we should have con- tract. I should probably have to sign something"
 Not at all necessary, Miss Grant. I am not afraid that you'll cheat me. When you are well estab- lished, you will give me back the money l have spent. That's all l want" .
 "But-I might fail,''
 "Then I'll bear the loss, just as Guarvenius would have done.
 You must have thought lot of him." she said with deep sigh.
 Mir Wyon repeated what he had said before.
 q have the most complete faith in his judgment. Then you accept|'
 "Yes, rather. And I'm greatly obliged to you, MT Wyon. But foI this I'd have had to take whatever I could get"
 Tt would have been shame he said emphatically. I'm very glad you have consented to my pro- posal. You must meet Castor North at once, and arrange witf him about the music, and your cos tunes, and all that you need. Wt must have the most expert advice Perhaps you will give me the pleas ure ot lunching with me tomorrow at the theater. l have a nttis room there, and we can have some food sent in from a restaurant neal by. shall expect you, then-a' half-past one."
 Judy shook hands with the little man like a person in a dream When she had gone, MT Wyor stood, gazing at the door, with q look of enlightenment on his face
 "The description suits her dowr to the ground" he told himself. "A thorny little person!' A very thorny little person indeed"
 Judy suent the following 10 dayi in q whirl, and met more people than she had ever met In her life before. She was what she called completely dotty'-that Is to say confused and wildly excited, keep Ing only a clear grip on the essen tiais of her work. In that respect, like all true artists. little Judy Grant was eminently, almost sav- agely, practical. At any rate, other people sometimes found her savage when they tried to interfere with her work.
 She received a post card and . letter from Chummy, who was still at the seacoast. She answered mel. ther of the communications She heard nothing from Alan bteynt
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mas, relegated to the intimacy of the dressing room. Trousers will probably be seen for one or two more seasons oh the beach, but even there one can see unmistak- able signs of women tiring of their ubiquity.
 studio Gowns Achieve
 Individuality
 It was Louiseboulanger who. faithful to her reputation of op. portune creative genius, started showing a few studio gowns. as she called them, when pajamas were all the rage. She combined beauti- fully shaded silks and tulle and every creation boasted of train, and flowing sleeve draperies. These gowns were immediately adopted by women who realized how at- tractive they were and how much
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-07
BY ROSETTE HARGROVE
 NEA Service Writer

NEA Service Writer
 Paris.-After a very short lived vogue, hostess pajamas have inde- finately faded out of Fashions scheme and the leading couturiers of Paris have heaved a sigh of relief.
 Style creators had seen them selves almost forced to include several of these, to them nonde- script, garments to meet the in- sistent demand of their clientes. They did so with the fervent hope that their overwhelming populari- ty would make the innatelv elegant woman abandon them almost as soon as they appeared. And their hope was realized.
 Beautiful, dignified, essentially feminine and far more becoming hostess gowns have replaced paja-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-07

Economy is now the smart idea of the moment.
 And here's an excellent sugges- ton for a Christmas gift.
 And who wouldn't adore this at tractive slip, so charmingly slim ming?
 It can be made with IS yards of 39-inch material with IA yard of 35-inch all-over lace, for the miss of 16 years.
 Style No. GIT may be had in sizes 12, IA, 16, IS, 20 years, 36, 38 and 40 inches bust.
 Peach crepe satin with ecru Alencon lace is exquisitely lovely.
 Flesh colored crepe de chine is best for more conservative wear.
 Our Winter Fashion Magazine contains styles for children, the miss. a most attractive selection for adults including slenderizine | effects for stouts, and a variety ol Christmas suggestions. And in cidentally, you will save money b, choosing your frocks from oui Pattern models. Price of Book 10 cents.
 Price of Pattern 15 cents ir stamps or coin (coin is preferred) Wrap coin carefully.
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ToMORRow's MENU.

BREAKFAST: Orange juice, cereal, cream, soft cooked eggs, crisp toast, milk, coffee.
 LUNCHEON: Broiled head-cheese, baked potatoes, cinnamon apples, milk. tea.
 DINNER: c a ole of fresh cod steaks, tomatoes and onions. baked sweet po- tatoes, cress and celery salad, caramel custard, milk, coffee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-07
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NEA Service Writer
 Perhaps the kind of candy that appeals most to you is the kind that is easy to make. Chocolate covered creams are delightful and bespeak the skill of the maker but the process is somewhat long and tedious requiring two separate and distinct sessions.
 Fudge, penouchi, nut brittles, caramels, jelly bars and many other varieties are easier for the amateur candy-maker than the eia-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-07

I is almost 'shamed to 20 to Sunny School wifi Baby. When our teacher was tellin' us we must remember we is in Dod's house, Baby holler out, ''Where do He keep His car?"
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surplus, but if she says loudly that
 It's wicked to give @ party have Q right to an opinion. There is just this to It. women
 must spend more, if 1t is only q dollar here and there. lt is an
 economic truth that 1t is the only
 way to melt our frozen assets. And we'll have to melt them soon. IIf we give work to others they
 will spend and then watch pros.
 perity come back such as never before.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-07
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part and is ankle length in front but finishes off into slight train at the back, as do most of these creations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-07

Poland is exporting 50 per cent more hams and bacon than year ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-07

Bring to the boiling point, stirring constantly. Boil five minutes and add butter. Cook very slowly over a low fire. The fire must be kept low and the cooking must be slow; otherwise the candy will scorch and the butter will not blend with the syrup but will "cook out" Cook until a few drops tried in cold water form a hard ball. If a candy thermometer is used 1t should register 250 degrees F. Re- move from fire and let cool a few minutes before adding nuts and vanilla. Pour into well buttered square or oblong pan and let stand until firm. Mark into squares. When solid. cut and wrap each square in oiled paper.
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tied speech. She was not sure just how the club members would take such open criticism.
 But she need not have feared. Most of them said. "You're right. Nancy. But will you tell Us how you are goig to balance your bud get 2"
 By buying more inteIiigently, by living more simply for q short time, by using all my skill Go needlework and hnndicrafts. Many gifts are going to be my own handi- york;"
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-11
SHORTS DRIVEN TO COVER AFTER
 EARLY DECLINE
Upturn in Prices Halts Steady Sag of
 Past Week si

NEW YORK. Aug. l1.-Railroad shares were on the verge of break ing to new levels today when con- structive interests came to their rescue. Shorts were driven to cover. The resultant upturn halted a steady sag of more than weeks duration. Early losses today were from one point to three points, but were overcome by the later recovery, which was general.
 Net advances, ranging from two to four points, were made by Am erican Can, American Telephone and Telegraph, American Tobacco Brooklyn Consolidated Gas, New York Central, Southern Pacific United States Steel, Union Pacific, Sears Roebuck and Allied Chem ical
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-11
THIRD DEGREE METHODS ARE
 GIVEN DENIAL
Many Chiefs of Police Re- flute Charges of Wick
 ersham Commission CLAIM CRIMINALS ARE NOT HANDLED ROUGH Seattle Officers Assert h. vestigators Are Mis-
 informed

CHICAGO, H., Aug. l1.-Unani- nous denials of third degree methods in handling prisoners came yesterday from many chiefs of po- lice in answer to the Wickersham Commission charges of brutal and unfair enforcement of the law, made in a report and presented to President Hoover.
 Some of the chiefs of police made explicit denial of rough treatment of criminals at any time although others couched their re- plies in the present tense or re- ferred only to past acts of existing administrations.
 The Chicago police officials inti- mated third degree methods, if ever practiced, had passed with the talk ing of office of the new adminis- tration.
 Other police executives charac- terized third degree methods as in- efficient and the reports of them as bunk"
 Seattle police officers said the Commission had been "misinformec or had been given only half truths"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-11
SAYS CLARK BOUGHT .38
 CALIbRE GUN
Important Testimony Given in Los Angeles Mur-
 der Trial

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. H. W. s. Harris, sporting goods sales man, testified in the David H. Clark murder trial that Clark pur- chased a .38 caliber revolver the day before the shooting of Charles Crawford, wealthy realtor. and Her bert Spencer, former newspaper man.
 Harris testified that Clark said fsMrs. Clark liked target practice.
 Crawford and Spencer were slain by bullets from .38 caliber re- volver.
 Policeman F. H. Post testified that he was in the sporting goods store at the time of the purchase of the revolver and introduced Clark as candidate for the Mu- nicipal Judgeship. Clark lost by 13.oOo votes while under a murder indictment.