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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-15
Y,OwR
 CHILDREN
By Olive Roberts Barton 0Ia5l eY NEA SeRyIcE INC:

It Is interesting to watch the ed- ucation of child after he is a year old. Do not think that educa- ton begins at 6. It begins with his first independent thought and his first effort to do something for himself We do not teach child all he knows; he picks up most of his knowledge and accomplish ments by himself.
 Let's go into details about him {: By IS months, the process of walking usually Is mastered. al- though sometimes 1t is as late as 2 years.
 Soon aftar walking, he learns to sit down on a chair.
 At IS months, rhythmic motion to music or marked time is well developed. This coordination of | ear and muscles Is 8 remarkable thing.
 Learns Use of Spoon
 At IA to 16 months, he can put spoon rather awkwardly into his mouth. At the same age, or from IA months on. he can carry ob- jects around quite well.
 By IF months, he can hold a glass or cup and drink from It By this time too he can handlesa spoon without much spilling. Soon he will be able to do other things with his hands, such as cutting out paper with small, dull scissors He soon will be build. ing with blocks, too, and balanc- ing objects on each other. The time between his first and second birthdays is one continuous ex- pertinent with his hands. He has learned finger control and man. ipulation by the time he is 2. derful strides also.
 The child of 16 months will dc what he sees others do about tht house. AS his household expert ences are domestic. he will be do' mcstic--go to market, rock a doll ] fix it mp, play with dishes. sweer with a little broom. All these things he may he trying by hit 18th month, and doing rather wei by his 2Sth.
 u Is when he is 30 months old that his sense of imitation extends to himself. He frequently becomes another person. an animal, ever an inanimate object. His game, of pretend" begin in earnest. H' is everything from his mother tc a train, or even a door.
 Likes Stories at .
 Now he delights in simple stor' ies and loves to look at pictures
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-15
BEGIN HERE TODAY

LANE BARRETT Is and beautiful just of the Her mother CASS BARRETT, actress mourn her inability give the girl uxues Liane has parime job New York department On of days of early when the heater which Caw playing about close she receives offer stock company Willow Stream Long Island ELSIE WINTER, ngenue also is asked The offer is made by MRS CLEESPAUGH wealthy of the Willow Stream theate
 Cass shes home tell Lane the She finds the girl has gone dinner with MOLLY CROWN neighbor. and of Moys friends Cas disapproves of Molly Cronin Soon note from Lane which reads "Pease 24h need you Ca terrified ruhe there and learns from SHANE MDERMD young policeman in charge that Lane held witness shooting which has occurred The Mothers pleading wins Lanes release Back the theate shaken by this experience Lane looks eyes strange handsome who speaks her She believes she feels love first sight for this
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-15

Shanghai. China, is warning on short weighers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-15

Liane reached impulsively for that bis hand. "Oh, how kind.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-15
NANCY PAGE
Pyjamas are Generous in Size Bathing Suits the Opposite
By Florence KA Ganke

Last year the beaches were colorful but this year they are more than that-they are . riot of color. Pyjamas have taken every hue and color arrangement under the sun. They are equalled by the designs and colors of the beach capes made of Turkish toweling. These are drawn around one after the dip or swim.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-15
CHAPTER II

Willow Stream sleepy seaside village of elm shaded slipping countryside of surprising ovelness The which carried Cass and Lane from the station that hot June day rad through lanes smelling of honeyuek Peones boomed the dooyads and there eump of purple everywhere.
 The cab drew up at 20 Dogwood Lane. Here a low. white baby he knocker heavy old and Everything about the place looked slightly down The porch saggd needed paint But Cass and the brick and of the smodng city the place had air of and beauty
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-15

cold.
 The raisins can be omitted if not liked.
 Many small fruits are jellied in currant juice. wberries, red and black raspberries. black berries and cherries are luscious pre- pared this way.
 To make cherries in currant Jel- Iy. cook quarts of stemmed and pitted cherries in quarts of cur rant juice and $ pounds of sugar. Cake q syrup of the currant juice and sugar before adding the cher ries. Simmer cherries steadily for fifteen minutes and pour into ster- illzed glasses. Cover with paraffin when cold and store in dry, coo! place.
 Shanghai. China, is warning on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-15

Last night the Democrat offered its readers the opening chapter of Heart of Lane." It is a sum- mer story about a summer girl in summer love. Just the kind for lazy vacation days. If you missed the opening chapter last evening, read to-night's synopsis and then go on with the story.
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and hear them described. animal pictures and stories particularly
Evening star., 1931-06-16
Meritorious Service.

Congratulations are in order for Ray
mond c. Wilson, chief torpedoman of
the United States Naval Reserve, and
they viii be oficially bestowed next
Monday on behalf Of President Hoover
by Rear Admiral Henry B. Butler when
he pins q gold star on the sailors uni
form for meritorious service in devel-
opment of the artificial "lung" for es-
capes from damaged submarines. The
citation mentions the many hazardous
test escapes undertaken by Wilson and
goes on 10. relate the following:
During one Of these escapes he was
stricken with caisson disease, an acute
case of brain and stomach bends. Upon
being recompreSsed and cured, he was
ready and eager to continue test work.
All the tests required extraordinary
GOODNESS and courage, necessitating as
sumption Of risk beyond the caI In line
of duty. The hazards were eagerly ac-
copied by Wilson and his work con-
tributed greatly to the final perfection
of the apparatus. ~
Probably no work undertaken by the
Navy In connection with submarines has
been more important than the develop
Evening star., 1931-06-16
Revaluation of the Car Lines.

4 When the Public Utilities Commits
eion last Summer dismissed the peti.
ton of the street car lines for higher
rate Of fare, the action was based, gen.
terally speaking, on the fact that the
companies had failed to produce cer-
tain evidence relating to valuation and
that they should produce this evidence
before the commission could finally dis
pose Of the question Of what constituted
adequate return from the fares then in
ieffect. At the time there was motion
before the commission by William Nick.
SClayton, asking that the hearings be
Suspended pending revaluation of the
companies. The commission had failed
to grant this motion. on the ground
Ehdt It was unnecessary, in that the COM
panies had failed to meet their burden
OF proof relating to valuation. But the
into court and won their fight for higher
fares.
The brief just submitted by the Pub
lie Utilities Commission In Its appeal
from the higher-fare order Of the lower
court is in the main devoted to an at
tack on the evidence relating to vaiua-
tion submitted BY the companies. upon
which they based their plea of made
iquacy of return. The commission, while
i seeking to show that the lower court
erred In not remanding the case for q
realization, also seeks to obtain a ju-
dicial review and appraisal Of the sort
Of valuation evidence upon which the
companies for many years have waged
their fight for higher return.
+ In the meantime, the commissions
own revaluation of the companies, or
dered last August, is proceeding, 1t may
be completed within the current year.
though the prospects are that it viii
require more time.
The commissions appeal, which will
fHally come UP for argument fully a
year after the companies were given
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

liable 70 prosecution under the Federal
law which provides that the United
states mails shall not be used to
defraud.
@. Which Is the worlds highest
capital. La Paz or Quito?-L. A. q.
A. La Paz, Bolivia, Is considerably
the higher, being situated ct an altitude
OF 1880 feet above sea level. Quito,
the capital of Ecuador, Is 9,3l3 feet
above sea level
q. How Is the name. Nobel pro-
nounced, In connection with Nobel
prizes?-S. d,
A. The Swedish legation says that
the word is accented on the second
syllable and that the second syllable Is
giveE value as II spelled bell"
q. what value is attached to the art
collection left to the Corcoran Gallery
by the late Mr.. Clark?-G. r.
A. Under the will Of William A.
Clark Of New York City and Montana
the Corcoran Gallery received his art
collection, valued at between $3,o00,Oo0
and tS.000,0Oo.
q. Has 3 flying ship like the Do-x
been built?--M. T..
A. The DO-X II has just been given
its flrst test. It is the first of a series
which is to be delivered to Italy.
Q. When was bookkeeping first sys-
tematized?-L. L.
A. Business records Of some form or
other were probably employed in the
earliest times In the history of trade
and credit. Practically nothing Is
known, however. of the earliest forms Of
bookkeeping From the works of Leo
nardo Of Pisa it appears certain that the
~ T1fC Nf Tfo1r Elrn 4v4
practiced systematic bookkeeping for
some time prior to the thirteenth CEN
tury. We owe the present system of
bookkeeping however, to the Italian
traders of the fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries. particularly the merchants of
Genoa, Florence and Venice. In 1494
Luca Paciol, or Luca di Burgo, Tuscan
friar, published work which contains
treatise on double-entry bookkeeping.
From Italy the system spread to the
Netherlands, thence to England and
from there to all parts Of the world.
@. Do cotton planters receive oficial
advance notice Of the emergence of the
cotton boil weevil each year?-G. N.
A While for some years the Depart
ment of Agriculture issued a bulletin
from its Tallulah, La, experiment sta
ton calculated to inform cotton planters
Of the strength of boil weevil emergence
each Spring, the service has been aban-
doned.
Q. Please give a short biography Of
Tallulah Bankhead, who was in Tar
nished Lady."-M. L. n
A. Miss Bankhead was born Ia
Huntsville, Ala, January 81, 1902. She
Is feet inches tell, weighs 1l8
pounds; has blond hair and is not
married. 1t was in 1922, after a brief
career on the American stage, that she
went to London, remaining there for
nine years. She has played in produce
tions such as Everyday" Danger"
Her Temporary Husband" THE Ex.
citerS," They Knew What They Want.
ed" The Gold Diggers," Her Card.
board Lover" Mud and Treacle" and
Let Us Be Gay"
Evening star., 1931-06-16

This Is special department devoted
solely to the handling Of queries. This
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Of an extensive organization In WASH
ington TO serve you in any capacity that
relates TO information. This service Is
free. Failure to make use OF It de-
prives you Of benefits TO which you are
entitled. Your obligation Is only .
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your inquiry for direct. reply. Address
The Evening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic ]. Haskin, director, Washing.
ton, d. C.
@. How many passengers use air.
planes?-W d.
l.2Oo persons pay fares and travel on
the regular air lines In the United
States every day.
@. How many games. did Bob Grove
and Wes Ferrell fanish last season? ~
M. p.
A. Robert Grove started - games IN
the 1880 season. OF these he finished
%. and won 81 Of them. Wesley Ferrell
started the pitching Of IS games, COM
pleted as. OF these he won 20.
@. What. is the smallest wire mesh
which has been made?-E. Meg.
A. The Bureau of Standards says the
smallest wire mesh known to the bu-
reau Is 400 mesh, made Of phosphor
bronze wire.
@. What Is your authority for your
statement about the extraordinary
weight Of David Mcguire Of Kenoslaa,
WISH. G. A.
A. A letter from Sister M stephana.
superintendent Of st. Joseph'S Home of
Our Lady Of Mt. Carmel. South Ke-
nosha. Wis. which states: David Ma
guire passed away in our home for the
aged about March II. 1925. One year
previous to his death Mr.. Mcguire
weighed $40 pounds. At the time of
his death he weighed 7eo pounds. This
statement Is confirmed by the Rev.
Mother Superior. who was in charge at
that time; also by the Sister who took
care Of him."
@. What vas the interest-bearing
debt of the United States after the close
Of the World War and at the end of
the last fiscal year?-R. s. M.
A. Secretary Mellon says that on
June 80. 1919. our total interest-bearing
debt outstanding amounted to 425. .235, :
922 2,OOO, 600, showing a reduction during
the period Of over $e,313. .000, 900.
@. When was the FIRST college paper
or magazine published In the United
States?-H. Z. s.
A. The precursor Of college periodi-
Gals was the Dartmouth Gazette pub
lished in 1900, which numbered among
its editors Daniel Webster. The flrst
regular American college magazine is
said to have been the Literary Cabinet
begun at Yale, November IS. 1906, and
published until October. 1907. The
first Harvard periodical was the Har-
ward Lyceum. published from July IA.
1910, to March 9, 1911.
@. Is there Federal supervision of
mail order buSinesses?-I. z.
A. There Is no Federal law govern
ing the mail order business except that
anything sold through the mail must
be as represented. Otherwise one is
Evening star., 1931-06-16
Nfember Of the Associated Press.
The Harding Memorial.

80 To-day at Marion, Ohio, whence he
came from humble beginnings into the
highest honors within the Nations
gift, q marble temple is being dedicated
10 the memory Of Warren Gamaliel
Harding, twenty-ninth President of the
United States Two successors in that
august Office, Calvin Coolidge, who i'm
mediately followed Mr.. Harding, and
President Hoover, are at Marion to lead
in the dedicatory ceremonies and
'eailogise the great-hearted Ohioan
whose White House career was doomed
" National annals will hardly acclaim
Warren Harding as one Of our out
standing Chief Executives, even as they
review the more savory portion of his
brief span in ONCE. But they will do
him less than justice if they fail to
dwell upon the knightliness of his
character, his warm human sympathies,
and his invincible devotion to his
friends. 1t was his friendships that
played him false and led to national
scandals, rather than any unworthy
personal inclipations. Any objective
analysis Of Harding's term will in all
fairness have to stress that circum-
stance, and the shadow which will per-
haps always rest over 1t will throw the
personality of the man himself into
corTespondingly kindlier relief
The good which men do, said Mark
Antony at Caesars tomb, lis oft in
TERED with their bones" The cata-
logue of good standing to the credit of
President Harding deserves dtsinter-
ment. He appointed notable public
servants-Taft, Hughes, Mellon, Dawes.
He gave Herbert Hoover at the Depart
ment Of Commerce the opportunity to
develop that organizing genius which
eventually was to find recognition
through his election to the presidency.
President Harding made ambassadorial
appointments Of eminent merit-Her-
rick to France, Houghton to Germany.
Woods to Japan-all of whom rendered
service which drew visibly tighter the
bonds between those countries and the
United States.
ySAnd today is an appropriate hour
for the American people to remember
that 1t was Warren c. Harding, who in
his speech Of acceptance at Marion
in 1920, gave the lead to the cause of
world disarmament. "I can hear in the
call of conscience" said Mr.. Harding.
IAN inststent voice for largely reduced
ornaments throughout the world, with
attending reduction of burdens upon
peaee-loving humanity. We wish to
give OF American influence and ex-
ample; We must give of American
leadership to that invaluable accom-
plishment." The Washington confer
erce of 1922 was the direct outcome
OF President Hardings initiative in the
cause that lay nearest his heart-that
cause to which President Hoover at this
hour is once again giving "of American
influence and leadership"
So 1t is well that with the soothing
passage of time the Nation is IN mood
TO take inventory of Warren @. Hard
ing,s presidential career as a whole.
In 1t, when all is said and done, there |
was vastly more wheat than chaff, and |
the American people will see in today's |
events at Marion a fitting, if belated, !
recognition Of that historical fact.
Evening star., 1931-06-16

ment Of this device. That II has reached
its present stage Of perfection Is due
to the h1rdy and courageous pioneers
ike Wilson. who literally took their
lives in their hands to demonstrate its
practicability. Deep down under heav-
ing waters these men would cheerfully
don the lung" an apparatus which
fits over the head, and allow themselves
to be elected from submarine in order
that at some future time when Q SUBJ
marine Is actually disabled and lying
on an ocean or river noor the men i'm
prisoned therein might have some
chance for escape. The Navy is to be
commended, therefore, for oficially rec
ognizing the service Of Torpedoman
wilson.
Evening star., 1931-06-16
Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

are left to their own devices, and are
ultimately united In the same degen.
eracy.
All, how much easier to follow the
path downward than to struggle up
ward TO q higher plane!
Reports u. 8. in Sympathy
With Austro. German Plan.
Neuss Wiener Tagblatt, vienna.-The
New York correspondent of the Reichs-
kanzler's chancellor Of the empire's)
standby paper, Germania, reports that
the AuStro-G German plan for the mu-
tual abolition Of customs duties Is
viewed with well-nigh universal SYM
pathy in the United States. Even Of
ficials Of the Department of Commerce
are inclined 70 believe that there Is
nothing In this trading union which can
initiate against general American trade
with Europe, or which will affect adj
versely American trade with either
Germany or Austria. The only effect,
II any. will be to sharpen the point of
American business acumen, and improve
the quality Of all American commodities
offered for export. 1t is thought, how
ever, in financial circles, that France Is
likely to withdraw her credit offerings
from Germany and Austria. In this
case, any loans necessary to Austria or
Germany would likely be negotiated by
the two governments of United States
and England, to Offset the loss Of French
support. Senator Borah declares that
Europe cannot ever recuperste herself
unless some Of the basic provisions of
the Versailles treaty are essentially
changed. and he doesn't see how any
one at all in Europe can have any OBJ
lection to the Germano- Austrian tariff
recissionS
Travelling Exposition
To Display Mexican Wares.
El Universal, Mexico City.-Ar-
rangementS for the flrst travelling expo
sition Of Mexican products have been
completed, and large number both of
native and alien manufacturers and in
dustrtalists are participating. The ex-
position will comprise q train Of 10
coaches, fitted with booths and counters
as well aS other installations for the dis
play Of all sorts Of articles and goods.
The train will visit all the more irnpor-
tant towns and cities In a tour Of the
country which viii consume a period Of
four months. The project originated In
the councils Of the department Of conn
merce, manufacture and labor, and is
intended to acquaint the people with
the vast variety Of goods available IN
Mexico. and the desirability OF all Of
them, with the idea Of promoting con-
sumption and increasing trade. II the
experiment Is successful, judging from
subsequent sales, the tour will be made
annually.
Evening star., 1931-06-16
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES =. TRAcEWELL.

calling things lies which belong in
an entirely different catagory.
y y \
The always ready engagement"
which one says he has belongs IN this
classification.
1t makes no difference in the world
to the other whether you have 1t or
not. but to the person who has 1t handy
II Is . help in time Of need.
Suppose, now, you detest banQuets.
Just suppose you do. Many men do.
Others, CT course, like q banquet bet
ter than life itself. First Of all we
think Of born toastmasterS. He usual
ly Is Q thick-set, CHEEKY individual.
who likes his joke-at somebody elseis
expense.
When he presides at a banquet, as he
does every opportunity he gets, he Y
in his element, for here he can crack
Jokes ut everybody in turn. while they
are. bound by the rules OF the thing
to keep still.
Then there are men-and women.
too-who find genuine amusement in
the preliminary grand chatter before
the doors are opened, and in the grand
clatter afterward.
| Twice as much food as any human
being can eat--bright lights-muSic--
the peculiar hum Of conversation, like
no other noise in the world-the eX-
pectation cf the next speaker-being
speaker ones self
These are some of the charms OF
likes them there iS no other occasion
which presents them to the full.
~ \ y
To the man whom banquetS bore,
however, every charm is fault, a vice,
almost. Especially the toastmaster.
A banquet hater loathes toastInasters.
He would do anything, or say any
thing, to prevent himself being the
victim Of toastmsster.
Master Of the toast, indeed
! He scorns both toasts and toastmas-
ters. and feels that the flrst has about
| gone out, and that the second Is due
for extinction, too.
| While the toastmaster Is disappear
ing from the earth, along with the poor
buffalo, he unfortunately crops UP some
ninety.nine times a night in every
major city in the land, and perhaps q
dozen places an evening in the minor
cities.
Now this Is distressing to the man
who does not like banquets. He recoe-
nizes the right Of the toastmaster TO
| function. and. the right of other human
beings to watch-and hear-him func-
ton.
He, however. shrinks from It.
So when friend invites him to at
tend a banquet, II he already does not
| have an engagement elsewhere, or is
not provided with its equivalent, which
| is the subject of this. our discourse, he
finds himself grasping at thin air.
He does not care to refuse. point
blank, and he certainly does not care
to 60. He Is so confused he usually ac-
ceptsl
How much easier It is, how much
more tactful. how much better. in short,
to simply reply. quick as a wink:
Il am awfully sorry, Old man, but
have an engagement for that night.
Otherwise, would be delighted to 90
with you"
The fine thing about this stock ex-
cuse Is that 1t always Is accepted with
alacrity. sometimes so much 80 that
one is inclined to believe that the fell
low no more wanted to 60 TO that
blamed banquet than you did!
Have q little excuse ready, then, at
the tip Of the tongue. Be provided with
q steady engagement with some one or
other. and never let yourself be caught
mapping. or you may end up at q BAN
Quet, after all, where you will sleep in
earnest.