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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-11


an extraordinary sense Of the theater,
Pinero has again poured forth all his
skill and vigor into this, his latest play.
Described as "a contrast in nine
scenes" DIR. Harmer' parallels to some
extent the story of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr..
HYDE" It's plot centerS around young
physician, whose success as medical
man Is all that could be desired. Be-
loved by his many patients and friends
and looked upon as Q son by the elderly
widow with whom he lodges, he never
theless Is obSessed by terrible and tr-
resistible longing for certain things
that causes him during three weeks OF
every year to abandon his practice to
q substitute and disappear completely
from all. Upon his equally mysterious
return, it is evident that he il the VIC
tim Of some unwholesome tyranny that
he cannot shake of. 1t is these annual
"holidays" of the esteemed doctor that
form the basis Of Pineros intriguing
play, racing on to q startling and
gripping climax.
Surrounding Mr.. Merivale is a COM
pany Of excellent artists Of the English
and American stage, including Hal j.
Scott, Connie Graham, Helen Vinson,
Viva Birkett, Roland Hogue, wallace
Erskine, Frank Greene, Olga Birkbeck,
Reginald Malcolm and Felicia Vail.
'Dr. Hammer" has been staged by
Stanley Logan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-11
Hollywood
Voiles

Extra fine, sheer
quality-in the love-
lest of fast-colored
pastel designs. 20
inches wide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-11

Sizes - 20 20
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Smart new grays, tans,
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RIGS that will hold their
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09
Tony cermak

One consolation that republicans may draw from the victory of Anton J. Cermak over Mayor William Hale Thompson in the Chi eago psyoralty contest Taesdsy is the fact that for the next four years what has been described as the eounfy's worst city will be under democratic rule. Democratic politicians might have used Cbieago's plight 10 good sd- vantage in recent campaigns had they so de- sired. but it is perfectly obvious that republi- cans are no more to blame for Chieago's condition than democrats are to blame for the same state of affairs in New York city.
 The victory does prove one thing though. The American public is perfectly willing to allow itself to be governed by pusheart vendor. During the campaign Mayor Thompson took occasion to tsunt his oppo- ncnt on this fact. He might also have men tioned that Mayor-elect Cermaks first job was in coal mine, that be was born in Prague. which is now city in Czeehoslovakia, but was a part of Hungary when Anton J. Ger mak was born. Oh, there are any number of such remarks that Wild BiIr' Tbompson might have made. It's just as well that be didn't or the plurality of victory for the new mayor might have been greater than 100000.
 Cermak is no newcomer 10 politics. He re-  eeivcd his training under the tutclage of the late George Brennan He has been chairman of the Cook county board since 1922. He has also served in the state legislature and in 1928 was the unsuccessful candidate for U. s. sen- ator on the democratic ticket. He has prom ised to give Chicago such thorough house cleaning that people attending the Worlds Fair in l932 won't recognize tbe place of which tt. |. I tt.a afnI Chicago of Mayor Tony" Cermak. If he can do all that in less than year he will be a political wizard and likely material for na- tional office No matter what he does he will be apt 10 receive some publicity next year when the national democratic convention opens Of eoyrse it mustn't be lost sight of that Anton J. Cermak can never be president of these United States inasmueb as he isn't natural born citizen. Which probably doesn't worry him one bit just at present
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09
What Views We Democrats Have

In seeking an expression Of opinion from members of tbe dcmocfatIc national commit tee John J. Raskob. chairman. did not exceed the duties entrusted 10 him as so many replies seem to indicate. Of course. he met with complete opposition To his stand on prohibition among southern democrats. Others preferred not 10 commit themselves at this early date, although this is the year 10 begin planning for d vigorous assault if the democrats hope to overthrow Mr Hoover and his supporters in io32. Renewed interest in the democratic party in the last year must be credited To Mir Raskob and bis energetic manager. Joueu Shouse, Al least be is entitled 10 some support.
 We often wondered what the republican party would do with man of tbe caber of MT Raskob Certainly it would treat him with more deierenee and more respect than the democrats have Mr Raskob since the defeat of Alfred E. Smith. whose cause he ehampioned SO warmly We can't imagine the republican party ignoring the counsel of man who was willing 10 shoulder lhe ma jor share of the pafty's debt and 10 insure the payment of the remainder of ths debt before the campaign IS officially launched in l932. We don't claim to know just what the future aspirations of Mr Raskob are. but for the time being it is enough for us 10 know that he is putting the party on an equal footing with the republican. He is lifting 1t from the slough of despond
 In response 10 bis recent inquiry Conneeti. cuts members of the national committee spoke briefly. Archibald MeNeH of Bridge port did not think it was wise 10 propose any thing in advance Of the state convention of Io32 Mrs Lillian s. Abbott of South Nor walk. however, remarked that "Tbe neommen- dations are clear and improve with study and thought As for prohibition. the thing which having we have mol. f the men cannot bring order out of chaos, the women will eventually soIye the problem. It is running our country To il. we owe most of our mlsfonunes" That's lfe right attitude to adopt, we think. Wby pick on lbe national chairman Why ignore the importance of the prohibition issuef Why not stand squsrely on our feet behind Mir Raskob sad opposed 10 the lsfh amend. mentl Why not we ask youl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09
Economy In Politics

Political parties always promise economy. but they do not usually practice 1t after they get elected. Sometimes the people who have shouted the most ardently for economy. vote to spend lot more money when they get in 10 office. It is not to be wondered at. Their constituents are continually clamorng for this or that new expense. Now we have new situation caused by the great deficit which the federal treasury will show at the end of the fiscal year. It is likely to be over S7o0 900 and it might be lot more IL will cause much head shaking and deplorng in the corner grocery parliaments The village wiseacres will say that something has 10 be done about il. M
 New schemes and projects that involve great expenditures will start the next political cam pasn under quite handicap. The politicians may shout for them but they will find back wash of opinion setting against them from the home districts. Some people claim that Sl000, 100000 could be saved in the cost of the federal government if it was run on strictly business principles. But anyone who undertook 10 carry out business principles But anyone who undertook 10 carry out those strictly business principles would find himself in very hot water in about 0 minutes.
 If he attempted 10 lop off some bureau that duplicated the work of some other agency be would be buttonholed by some politician before he could say Jack Robinson. telling him that such an such an official in that bureau was a good party man, deserving republican or democrat and must not be mo- tested So it would go ali the way on sav- ing the whole billion It seems about as pos. sible proposition as diyerting the Mississippi river so 1t would flow into the Atlantic ocean. Still economy will be popular slogan in lo32 and the politicians cannot safely go against 1t too far.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09
Industrial Co-Operation

The American Ceramics Congress exhibits remarkable spirit of fellowship. There are said to be no trade secrets among it's members. Scientific discoveries. technical tricks. business methods. all seem 10 be shared for the benefit of the industry as , whole The success of any unit thus depends on its own skill and enterprise rather than special or nnonopolistIe advantage
 The remarkable prestige gained by Ameri- can potters is doubtless due largely to this policy. Our pottery holds it's own now with any that the rest of the world can offer. It is the spirit. too of modern American indus. try in general though some of our industries have gone farther than others, Each for all and all for each is found to be as sound principle in prosae business as in romantic adventure
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09
CALL OF THE SOIL.
(ifartford Times)

Within 6 few weeks. tho federal agricultural department caiculates, the ranks of the unemployed will
 bc reduced by l, 100000 men in re- sponsc to the demand for help on
 the farms. A government gtatistl-
 ian points out that in January there
 were approximately 2,00O,0 900 men |enfpIoyed by the farmers. that thi- number increased 14 per cent in
 March and will expand 60 per cent by May.
 ! That financial depression does moi
 affect the number of men engaged in agricultural work seems to have
 been demonstrated in previous pe-
 riods of economic distress. A new
 factor, however. has entered the situation through tho rapidly in- creasing use of tractors and other
 iabor-saving machinery on the large
 farms. But this has not eliminated
 the hired man. as extensively as ono might suppose, since the far nier has found 1t worth while to give
 more of his personal attention to the care of young livestock and other farmyard interests.
 If the government experts are right that during the spring and summer months q million unemploy- cd men will hnd work on the farms of this country q helpful measure of ployment situntton.s Not that t will
 Dc sufficient by any means in the light Of Hecertary of Commerce
 Lamont'sg recent figures Of upwardt of 6,000i00O persons q few weeks ago. Hut cvery workiess man who finds employment thereby, becomes buyer of goods which in turn re- auire the labor of other persons.
 In that manner the activity of idle- ness of q million persons affects
 many more than that number
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09
D1UOTATIOES
 Az@ - - - - = - NJ

America is ilougewife'g para. disc. Mrs Albert Eingtein.
 On numerous election days stay- cd in bed and didn't give q damn. some of you were in bed with fne-- mean, spirituaiiy speaking-- Haywood Brown.
 If you want to teach anybody aDy-8 thing. let them think they are teaching you. Herbert Morrison British minister of transport.
 Without luck t is impossible 10, do anything big,--C Captain Maicofii Campbell, Bfltish racing driver.
 There ig no such thing as Hove at first sight, but there ig in mon the urge to mako Infinitely dopir- able what is immediately desirable and e t coInes t0 the shni6 thing. - Michael Asien.
 Man reaps what he aows unIeaz he ie an afDoteur Gaf6nots Lord Thoknas Ilopeft peWkf '
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09

Transfer of the county seat from New Haven 10 Hsmden had about as much chance of succeeding in the legislature as the pro- posal to create new county out of Water bury. several other Naugatuck valley towns. and part of Litchheld county. In fact the latter proposal has more logic behind it than the former. We never did hear who intro. dueed the measure in the assembly nor could we ascertain any other reason for the change other than that Hamden is, geographically speaking. more centrally located in New Haven county than New Haven itself There is no reason though why the county seat should be centrally located. Of course it should be within easy reach of all parts of the county. but there arc no counties in Connecticut so extensive that their most distant points are mol within easy committing distance of the county seat. There is too much historic ua- dition connected with New Haven for. t 10 relinquish its claim as county seat or for the legislature 10 consider making the change. And certainly # the legislature besitates at ere ating an extra congressional district it won't set about changing county seats or even county lines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09
WHO'S GOING TO PAY
lNew Haven .rimes.J

In urging the passage of tho amendment to the New Haven City Charter, by which the courts arc to DC taken away from the governor whoever hc may be--Benator Jacob Caplan stated that the Appointments by the governor are not constitu- tionai. { The legislature agreed with him and passed the amendment. and 1t Is now before the governor for veto or not.
 Now if Senator Capian is right in his statements that appointments by the governor were illegal where do those who :, have been pcpalizcd for the past IS years or 70 get off. Of course the poor "fcion. who went 10 jnil to work out t fine or got "days, direct has no come back. But how about those who paid up fines and costs?
 The new Senator caplan was one of the judges nominated by the gov crnor and elected by tho legislature as the present law provides and during his term of office he fined and jailed many . culprit presented be- fore him.
 Was all that illegal or unconstitu- tionai as the now senator says? If. as he says now, his nofnina- ton by the governor and the eiec- ton by the legislature as was done. was unconstitutiohal why has not every man or woman hc fined T re- dress to recover from him or the city what they paid in fines and costsY Why has not the poor fellow sent to jail got q good suit against state, city or judge for false imprison- ment?
 Tine late Colonel I. M. Uiiman, astutc politician as he was. had the amendment made to tho city charter to ensure control of the city court being taken '.out of politics." At that time Colonel UiIman was one of the big bosses of the state and of course could dictate the appointees. Senator Capian was one of them.
 Now hc declares t was ufconstitu-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1881
Nicholas Longworth

Not only is the republican party the loser by the death of Nicholas Longwouh this morning but our government loses tirelcss worker and valuable part of its legislative machinery. Ii seems almost incredible that Nick" Longworth is dead. It was only yesterday that we read how he broke with President Hoover on the veterans loan bill, one of the rare instances where Longworth { was not the spokesman for the White House. It was only the day before that he was tr- umphanhy named speaker of the house. position he held for six years. And it was only a short time before that tbc press of the land blazoned forth all the beauty and color of the ongworth-Roosevelt nuptials. perhaps the most popular that the old White House has ever witnessed.
 It wasn't necessary 10 know Mir Longworth to address him as Nick. He was known by this familiar appellation all through the nation. It was tribute 10 his personality and democratic beliefs. Life treated him kindly and it gave him that indefnable some thing that brings one close 10 his fellowman It was present in enormous quantities in Nicholas Longworth. His bitterest political enemies on the floor of congress were his wsrmcst personal friends. It was nothing 10 hear him as warmly defended by democrat as by republican. The recent exchange of pleas antries between Longworth and Representative John Garner of Texas who will be speaker if the democrats control the house, was. indi- L. toi1t t,, his rivals.
 His death is in the nature of ] catastrophe 10 tiM republican party. IL mlnlmlZes its chances of organizing the next house. It places upon the party tbe necessity of finding worthy substitute for Mr Longworth. man who knows his paflimentary rules who can lead his own party. who can ameliorate the oppo- nents. In all these things Nicholas Long worth was supreme. He was unsurpassed as parliamentarian. Republican victories on i'm pcrtant issues were often due solely to the ability of Mir Longworth to turn the tide in fhcir favor On the few occasions that be left the speakers seat to address his confrercs what he had 10 say was brief but enllghtenin2. His place will not be filled for many day to come.
 Ii did not require his marriage 10 Alice Roosevelt to elevate the young Ohio lcgisla- tor 10 heights. His political career began in 1893 in Cincinnati when he was elected to thc board of education. From there he went to the legislature. serving excessively in the house of representative and the senate. In 1902 he was first elected representative from the first district and held that position since, although he was one Of those victims of thc 1912 democratic landslide In 1914 he was back once more. In 1923 he was floor leader of the republican party. position which John O. Iilson of New Haven now holds. In 1925 he was made speaker and remained that until his sudden death death that removes from our midst character for whom many had a liking, certainly none dislike.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09

And while on this topic may we point out that in Massachusetts the period from April 19 to g will be observed as Kind to Animals Week" In issuing his proclamation 10 this effect Governor Ely strongly urged teachers in our schools to impress upon the minds of our yoth the necessity and wothi- ness of kind and humane treatment to dumb animals He also recommended that churches and newspapers counsel the people to care for animals with the utmost charity. Here's good advice for motorists. The next time you spy an animal crossing the highway, lowly as the poor beast may be. don't speed up your car and kill it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09

bird. banded. and photographed it. and then released it. Extensive search has been made for mate for the heath hen in an endeavor to propagate the species once more. but 60 far as is known the lone bird on the Atlantic island has no other member of its family alive today. We learn from the bureau of biological sur- vey that the heath hen was seldom found on the mainland of the United States as long ago as the Civil War. Islands were then its habitat, although 1t was numerous in colonial days. Although bird lovers attempted to save the heath hen hunters were too much for them. Hence Manhas Vineyard will shortly witness the passing of bird race. And mankind will again have transgressed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09
O-0p DING. DING.

Here Hes the body of MotOrnian Joe, Killed about three years SEQ, Joe drove hts trolley from the track, And they drove Joe here when the
 car got back. 0-,-O---O A lot of inefficient people try to cover 1t up by being officious.
 o--O---o
 Connecticut expects record breaking tobacco crop this year. So put this in your pipe and smoke 1t.
 The man who falls from grace generally thought himself on the pedestal of perfection.
 o--O--o
 A handsome frame of mind is bound to result in Q pretty pic- ture.
 o--O--o /. The girl who spends all she earns will soon be borrowing oil she can get.
 o---O--o
 A bathing beauty is like scenic road, plenty of curves.
 0--C--o If cooks could hear some of the comments on their work, they'd stun their ears as well as the chickens.
 0--O-0
 There. seems to be safety de- vices on everything but love in {. the spring.
 o--O--o Some times. the taiicst stories are told by the shortest travelling sales. men.
 0--O--o
 The man who eats doughnuts for breakfast will probably have cramps for lunch.
 O--C---0 It's California sunshine and not New York moonghine that makes movie stars great.
 o@-O--0 This completeH our regular Thurs. day evening program. it came to you over DBD and was broadcast by the Waterbury Evening peno- crat, pioneer in tbie type vf meWs- paper work. We are signing of Af this tifno, to be back on tho ai ngaip to-Inorr0w evening at the regular time.
 O-~o.--o u0od night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

sigued letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment. will be answered by Dr Brady. Ad. dress hlm. care or the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09
York's Department of Labor.
 Ono On High Court Bench.

There Is hardly any administra- tive board or commission in state government organization that hasn't had q woman member, the league finds. !
 Two Ohio women, Judge Florence Allen of the Ohio Supreme court ant Associate. Judge Genevieve II, Cline of the U. $. Customs Court, occupy tho highest judicial posts ever held by women. Women are also judges inMassachusetts and Pennsylvania and in various big city mnnicipal coprts. They are clerks of the su- preme court in Minnesota and Me- vada, Judges in many Juvenile courts and probate judges in several states. Several women are mayors Of small cities and there's sprinkling of them in county and municipal government posts over the country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09

The extinction of the heath hen in this country is an object lesson 10 all of US. What material for those who preach the gospel Of wild life conservation and protection. In all this broad expanse of American territory thee is but one heath hen. It is on Msrtha's Vine yard off the Massachusetts coast Thornton Burgess the naturalist recently trapped tbe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09
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sEIzURE oE WAR SHIFTS

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 On April, Q. 1917. United states customs officials seized 14 Austrian merchant ships in American ports after news was flashed from Wash- tngton that q formal break had come between this country and Austria Hungary ss
 The ships taken were at New York, Boston, New Orleans. Philn- deipiila and Tampa, and their total tonnage was G7;s07, grass.
 As was tho case with German ships seized the previous week, the machinery In most of them had been damaged. Explaining the status of the ships in . statement issued at Washington, Secretary of Trcas- ury McAdoo said that the govern ment had not confiscated the vessels but had acted for tho purpose of protecting them from further inc jury" The officers and crews of the ships were taken into custody by the department of lnbor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09

New York state may invoke an old statute to secure the $860. .000 that Buffalo resident won on the recent Irish Hospital Sweepstakes. The law permits town to declare as forfeit any prize that shall be drawn in lottery. If we were the winner of the prize we'd move to Ireland and end all arguments about getting the huge cash prize.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09

tional. During his terms on the bench he did not discover 1t 50.
 What If q. coterie of good democratic lawyers now take up cases to re. cover? Who's going to pay?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09

We're going to have five-day week. be- cause Saturdays generally half-hcliday and you know it's hardly worth while going to work for just half day. Then when we adopt the four-hour day. you can figure out for yourself what will happen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-09

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 6:54 o'clock tonight.