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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24
Cheapened Streets

Business sections become unkempt and dingy looking as quickly as residence sec tions when they are neglected or when diff hcult conditions prevail for some months. Citizens aware of the evil in many com munities are beginning to try to do some thing about it. They urge property owners and store renters to keep their own places looking well.
 A lawyer in city troubled with this depression problem points out that there is nothing much which can be done about it from the standpoint of legal ban against "glaring. hideous. cloth and paper signs ad- vertising bankruptcy, going out of bus- mess and all manner of so-called sales by transient vendors" Something. however. can be done by cooperation. he believes. He
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24
COWS AND CLASSICS
(christian science Monitor)

(Cnrlstlan ociencc MoniloII
 Classical versus practical educa- ton is hardy perennial dear to the hearts of dominies. sDr William Burnlee Curry. while passing through Montreal. has watered 1t afrcsh. The art of milking COW. he says, Is more important than memorizing Greek. With this Eng fish educationist, practice rides with precept. At his own school the curriculum has room for neith- CT Greek nor Latin, but affords the pupils opportunity to care for arii- mals. Livy and Plato give place to pastoral pursuits.
 Many will think, however, that this Is one question where 1t is wise to straddle. If education means something more than mere 'instruc- ton and stands for wider and fuil- CT culture, why divorce the classi- cal from tho practical? Illustrious examples abound to prove 1t un- necessary. Working as a cotton operative, David Livingstone prop ned Greek and Latin textbooks up against his loom. Some of the finest odes that Horace penned were written on this little farm among the Sabine Hills, where he alter mated agriculture with enthusiastic study of the lyrical verse of the great Greek poets. And the Roman poet gave affectionate tribute to the inspiration gained from bucolic oc- equations in that quiet retreat.
 It is. true. that many { pedant would sadly bung,e that extremely technical task of milking recal. citrant COW or, for that matter. . perfectly tractable one. On the other hand, the boise and mental refreshment gained. from classic study might well prove both prac- tical and useful in meeting the sit- uation with philosophic calm when an unexpected kick from "Bossy'.' upsets the nnilker's pail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24
So They Say

In war days the value of the human body was estimated at about 98 cents, but suppose at present low prices we are worth
 @Dr c. II. Mayo of Rochester,
 Minn.
 This is time for bold proposals. The United States has encourageo us to believe 1t VIII cooperate In some sof the wider problems ana join us in deyising q. policy TOT tne encouragement of trade ana tne enrichment of nations,
 --Ramsay Macdonald, british
 premier.
 The Lipdbergh case brought out all the best in the hearts or men, but also gave the opportunity to some to display the weakness ana wickedness of human nature. Judge James M. Proctor, m sen- tencing Gaston B. Means Tn the l McLean-Lindbergh fraud case A price system and scientific production cannot sexist side py Iside. The social system of the fu- l ture must be adjusted to enerEy- | producing values. ..S
 -Howard scott. Tecnnoiosist The political picture is still in Ithe making. After it is completed. II may comment on tt. I--Alfred F. Smith, democretic lnomineo for the presidency in Aszs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24
NEA Service Writcr

Chicago.-Now that 1t seems fairly well established that most of the chest t-thumping in the !e32 campaign will be over prohibition and the compromise resubmiasion plank in the republican platform. let's have look at the man who will have to do most of the tx- plaining-Everctt Sanders of 1n- diana. ss.,
 As chairman of the republican national comm.ttce, 1t will become Mir Sanders job to conduct . cam paign for n candidate who creates little enthusiasm, even in his own party, and who has been unfortun- ate enough to be president during the depression,
 War Chest Empty
 On top of that, Sanders must get along without the bursting chest usually open to the republic can national committee. In fact. when he took office he started from scratch. The republican bank balance, $8,000 before the conven- ton. was down to exactly zero.
 Despite thesc difficulties. San ders' toughest job will be to cx- plain to the voters just how the rcsubmission plan adopted here at the z. o. D. conycntoin really works.
 The, wisccrackers are already saying that hell still be explaining 1t in November.
 Vets and Drys
 And, in making his explanations, he'll have to be adroit enough to convince Kansas and similar dry centcrs that the party is neutral on prohibition without, mt the same time, alicnating wet republicans In the east.
 Friends of Sanders will tell you that he can do this job If any man can, and his record seems to bear their statement out.
 Sanders, like Abraham Lincoln, to whom the republicans refer so well and often, was born in log cabin. The place was coalmont. Ind, where Father Sanders was Baptist minister on Sundays ana q farmer on week days.
 Sanders worked his way through
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24
Here, There And EDeryDhere

a graduate of . Connecticut high school.
 Judge Martin J. Cunningham of Danbury, first president Of the as- sociation who served during It's three years of life, though pressed to stay on, declined md his sue cesssor, Roy E. Powers of Hart ford, from first vice president is destined to prove worthy sleader It was due in no small measure to Judge Cunningham that the state assoc ton was formed and under his able direction 1t has prospered.
 Noted speakers including Hon William T. Phillips of New York city, chairman. of the grand lodge committee on state associations, Judge James r. Duffy of Provi- dence, Hon William Conklin of Englewood, N. J.. and Mayor Buck ingham stressed work the order Is accomplishing despite the de- pression. Dr Philip J. Mclaughlin president of the board of education distinguished himself in the role of toastmaster. ,ts VI
 The visitors who were guests of Bridgeport lodge during their stay voted Bridgeport to be the Best Ever'' and hailed the exalted ruler of the lodge. stephen C.. Me- Donough as one worthy Of his sta ton, H
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24
FAT BABIES.
(New Haven Journal courier)

(New Haven Journal-Courier)
 pr Douglas ParnoId, of Buffalo, does not believe in forcing children eo eat. He told the Medical society of New York state that the prob lem is more psychological than It is physiological. However this does not rule out the fact that par- ents like fat babies, for fat babies are stylish. If e baby Is not fat the neighbors for blocks about be- gin to suggest methods to fatten # up. After score or more of sucn suggestions the frantic mother feels that if her body isn't as fat as q butter-ball it is her faut She de- veiops a feeling of inferiority that gains momentum every time she weighs her baby.
 But fat babies are not necessarily healthy. Like stout people, stout babies sometimes have Q great deal of difficulty making U In the world. The advice of those who do not understand the care of modern babies usually arouses in- dignation on the part Of bnby specialists. Let q child eat the a- mount 1t wants, and then # any thing goes wrong consult doctor. Stuffed children do not grow up any faster than children who are not stuffed. If by stuffng. q pound or two can be added. which VIII be . hindrance to health, nothing Is gained. Perhaps the best way t0 raise a baby is for parents to place under the sign on the front door which says that pcddiers are not welcome, q word to the eifeef that free advice on the care and ] feeding of children is not being re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24

We are growing economy, madl' ex- claimed member of board of education who had been funetioning in that capacity for many years. Tt is right to eliminate waste but it is not sensible to deprive a child of hundred dollars worth of useful training for the sake of saving ten" It is well in this new zsal for thrift to take thought as to what is real saving and what may be penny-wise and pound-foolish. Whether in public life or private it never was thrifty to buy materials which wore out as soon as paid for. to cut services to the point where returns on the business ceased. Buying sound stuff for sound prices has always been good business and always will be.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24
AUsTRIANs ROUTED

On June a. 1913. the grand re- treat of Austrian troops, whicn finally led to their utter rout. star., a,,. ed across the Piave from Montciio to inc Adriatic. The retreat was as orderly, or the Austrlans abandoning many guns and war material Tho usands of prisoners were taken
 In fighting which involved nana- to hand combats. American troops finally cleared Beiieau Wood of all German troops. British and French troops also staged successful ol- fcnsiyes. the, former entering Ger, 7, man positions near Bucquoy and Morla ncourt, and the latter gaining ground between Montdfdier ana the Oise.
 It was reported that the Soviet government was forced 10 negou- ofc a foreign loan and that in re- turn for the money Germany would be granted wide exploitation oi Russia's natural resources.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24

would have the owners and merchants in his community work out q plan which might serve as a model for cities entering a similar chespening wave.
 'It should be comparatively easy." he says, Ito induce owners to join in re- strictive move. since they certainly cannot be blind to this destruction of values. Not only would the property owner and the legitimate merchant benefit but the public likewise would profit" Disorder and ugli- ness surely never pay such rewasds as neat ness and beauty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION
Red Rule Gave Riga Taste of
 Hell on Earth

At the beginning of 1919 the city of s.iga was peaceful, more or less prosperous place to whose in-, habitants the current tales of bol- shevik activities in Russia sounded unreal and fantastic.
 But red army came sweeping west. the white army defending Latvia was routed and . Soviet commissar took over the govern ment of Riga. And in Q very few days Riga learned that the most fantastic things 1t had heard about the holshevilss could be ecfipsed by the sober truth.
 George PopoM tells all about this in "The City of the Red Plague" which is an eyewitness account of what happened in Riga during the half dozen months that the communists were in control. His book, naturally, Is strongly biased: but most of his statements of fact seem to be pretty well but tressed by documentary evidence. and his story makes it lcear thor fred terror" can be Q fine inltta- ton of hell on earth.
 He shows how the bolsheviks turned the bourgcoisie out of house and home and moved pro- letarian families into the vacated dwellings. He tells how all of Riga was rationcd, with day labor CTS getting excellent food and the erstwhile upper classes getting nothing but watery soup. He de- scribes the gunwomen who roamed tho city to enforce the Soviets orders.
 Murders, arbitnry imprison- ments and wholesale executions and tortures are described over and over, and the book reaches an exciting climax in It's description of tho battle In which the reds were finally driven out.
 All in all,' 1t makes interesting reading.
 The book is published by l.. F. Dutton, and retaiIs for $3.50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24

The taxes are now on. They will soon show themselves to be heavy. trying and difficult to bear. There are two ways of getting them lowered. One is by getting so many people back to work that less money is needed for relief. The other is by an insistence strong enough to be com polling that the government learns to func- ton more economically. Governmental waste uses up a lot of the tax money. Necessary relief for the unemployed takes a lot more. The normal expenses of we'll organized and thrifty government tax no purses beyond endurance
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24
STATE ELKs PRAISE BRIDGE-
 PORT
-(Bridgeport Times-stnr.)

Bridgeport Ttmes-Star.)
 Several hundred members of the Connecticut State Association Of the B. F. O. Eiks which held It's annual convention in Bridgeport Saturday acclaimed the Park City as the pride of the Constitution State and expressed the hope that the day would not be long de- Iayed when Bridgeport would again play host to them.
 Bridgeport lodge through its of- ficers and committees certainly measured up to the fine traditions of the days when "old 'S6" was known far and wide throughout the annals of Elkdom for it's hos
 It was the largest and most sue- cessfuI convention in ths history Of the state body and among other fcrvard steps ft provided for eu Elks scholarship to be awarded to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24

She wore pink anklets,
 Did Sally Baincs, While the boys all snickercd At her varic0sc veins.
 o-O--o Necessity is the mother of in- vention and suppose grim neceS- sity will eventually prove to be the papa. . o-O--o 8 Teleyision on telephones will soon tell us If the operator is : as sweet as her dialect.
 o--O--o [ 5Hs An onion is only as strong as It's Bermuda ancestors.
 o-O--o
 The man who is as stubborn as a mule generally makes jack-ass of himself.
 o-O-o Sometimes when you try to toughen q man you merely soften his heart.
 .o-O--o ~
 SO BE IT
 Be still male heart,
 Why shake with fear, LcapIng Lcnas. won't leap,
 This time next year.
 6-O-O The organ grinder turns" music Into money.
 o-O-o
 A straw tells which way the wind blows. And so does a COW shed.
 o-O--o A crocodile is merely an alltga- tor fortunate enough to end ID in pocketbooks. o-O-O Or the chap who used to make money putting up radio aeriais? o-O-o This completes our program for this evening. It came to you over DBD and was broadcast by the Waterbury Evening Democrat, pio- neer in this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at thii time, to be back on the air again to-morrow at the usual hour for 2 Saturday broadcast. o-O--o Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24
To-day's Selected Poem
RENDEZVOUS

(Jesse Neal Humes In The Christian science
 Monitor) Some poems are like little elves That whisper in q shy sweet way; But when l turn to talk with them Or stay my steps to walk with them, They disappear while promising To meet me on some future day They are the gray enchanting sprItes That common folk have never caught; Once. when they led me on a chase, A woodland thrush sang through a lace Of budded boughs. stopped. entranced, And missed the rendezvous sought.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24

In 1913 government expenditures of all kinds represented 8.5 per cent of the national income; by 1929 the proportion had reached 15.3 per cent This year the national in- come will be about 40 per cent below the 1929 level, while government expenditures of all kinds have increased. As result. 1t is forecast that government will absorb NOT LESS than. 30 per cent of the national in- come. The prospect for the future. unless there is an immediate and aggressive public demand for economy is bleak indeed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24
FONipsg f|952

 college, practiced law for a time in Terre Hautc and, in 1916. was elected to congress. | COolidgc's Secretary After four terms there he de- cided to retire to his private prac- tice--or so he announced--and did not offer for almost certain re- election. But when he stepped out as congressman, he merely moved his personal papers over to, the White House, where he succeeded the sunve C. Bascomb Slcmp us President Coolidgc's private secre- tary.
 Sanders had made a good party record in congress and was well liked in. Washington generally. He was prominently mentioned us the vice presidential candidate at tho Cleveland convention in 1924, but Jim Watson spiked his guns just as 1t scmed thnt he was the logical running mate for Coolidge. Hives Modestly
 During the 1924 campaign San- ueTS Wus CIiAiA AiuH VI NAV .NpNr lican speakers bureau, and was given his share of the credit for the Coolidge landslide. Since Coolidge left the White House. he has been member tof Washing ton law firm.
 Sander Is 50, married and has no children. Since coming to Wash- ington in 1916 he has lived modest ly in a small apartment.
 When he was named Coolidgc's secretary his first automobile was q part of the pay for the job. Before he had always explained that he was compelled to live entirely on tho $7.500 n year he received as congressman and that he was try ing to put some of 1t away for a rainy day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24
Political Platforms

One of the unfortunate signs of the time is the decadenee of party platforms. If anyone does not believe they are decadent let hm answer one question. Does he read them? The overwhelming majority of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24
Personal Health SerUice (Ry William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal
 health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr Brady.
 Address him. care of the Democrat. sending | stamD and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24

The machine age seems to have given place to the machine politics'age. It's won- derful how labor-savng our political ma chnery is.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24

The International Federation of Camping clubs. which has just been former. will holds It's 10S3 rally in London.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24
so GOETIi IT
A cry for thnt And q cry for this, But always the cry
 That's bound to miss.

 O-O-O The trouble with Wall street Is due to the fact that 1t runs down Pennsylvania avenue and into the seat of government, said seat be- ing worn pretty thin at tho time much the same as Wall street.
 O--O-O
 The candidate who sends the rural ladies acres of love is merely using the farm idea to perfection.
 O-O--O G Candidates always stand for q lot but If they'd sit for something really worth while we might be able to stand them.
 O-O--O
 Electric stove, electric ice box, electric fan--all for the summer. Now,if they invent an electric fly swattcr we'll never have to bestir ourselves.
 o-O-o They say talk is cheap but the new postal rate will be three if- stead of two cents per letter Cheap, my eye.
 O--O--O
 THEE HEE HEE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-24
Good evening.
 LIFE's THAT WAY
"A SMILES THE. THING.

GOOu evening.
 LIFE'S THAT WAY Why the hustle and the hustle! Are we getting anywhere! Does this speedy. greedy program Make each one millionaire! Are we losing in the passing Things that money cannot buy! Is this racket of existence Just the spider and the fly! Why the toiling and the boiling As we step along life's way! Is the rate that we are, going. Bound to measure up in pay!l Hove we lost the better vision As we struggle to the sun!! Is the race that we are sprinting Worth the effort when it's
 won? Why the hustle and the hustle! Are we getting anywhere! Does this speedy. greedy program Make each one a millionairef If we slow down at the corners. Will results be on par With the program that comes
 tumbling
 To the one they crown star!
 o-O-o Somebody is going to get q per- manent wave at the democratic convention.
 o-O-o
 Bathing beauties will prove to pessimists that the country is in better shape than Q lot of people imagine.
 O-O-O |, The man who stoops to conquer wants to wear full trousers.
 o-O-o
 A wonsan's age is her own secret but the age of nll other women Is n secret shed like to make public.
 O-O-O The man who starts at the bot tom every day and works his way 10 the top Is mountain climber or stceplc-jack.
 o--O-o
 DING, DING Golf has many hazards, Of course this fact Is true, But Of all. the mental hazard. Takes the cake, what sayctll you!
 o-O-O It's Q peculiar thing but true nevertheless that there are fewer diyorces among ex-soldier and soI- dicr husbands than any other pro- fcssion. Which merely proves that army training equips q man for any kind of battle.
 O-O-o 5 Nature is often as hard to harness as an unbroiscn COW horse.
 o--O-o fla girl can stand her sweetie's conceit long enough she has an excellent chance of becoming wife.
 n-O--O
The Washington times., 1932-09-08
Cab Galloway to
Reopen Howard

The Howard Theater will re-
open for the coming season on
Saturday with Cab Galloway and
his Cotton Club Orchestra in his
new "Hi-De-Ho Revue" of 70 en-
tertainerS.
Cab Colloway's appearance will
mark the first of the many major
attractions placed under contract
by Nathan Stiefel for exclusive
appearance at the Howard in the
near future. Other stars under
contract are the famous Mills
Robinson. the worlds foremost tap
stage favorites; Bill CBojangles)
Robinson, the worlds foremost tap
dancer, in his own new stage
production. Earle Hines and Duke
Ellington will also bring their new
reVues. The highest grade of fea-
ture pictures will continue to be
shown in conjunction with the
big stage shows.
Special midnight shows on
Tuesday and Friday nights each
week will continue to be a fea-
ture again this season.
Seats may always be reserved in
advance for these special and
highly popular performances.
The Washington times., 1932-09-08
Marx Bros. Laughs

I dropped into the Metropolitan
Theater yesterday to see how
many laughs I missed in the first
viewing of the Marx Brothers
flicker, "Horse Feathers" The
outlaws come so frequently in
these celluloid absurdities that
you are liable to miss a few for
they are delivered so speedily a
joke often is popped before the
laughter from a previous nifty is
spent.
The Marx brothers are pre-
Sumed to be expert at this COM
edy timing but Horse Feathers"
proved that you can't exactly
tell which jokes will be bulls
eyes. The theory is to allow
time for laughter. What defeats
this careful and scientific studio
schedule is that bits designed to
be just mildly humorous become
vows with an audience and vice
versa. Harold Lloyd, Charlie
Chaplin, Eddie Cantor and other
Hollywood pantaloons have spent
much study on this time-out-for-
laughs problem but none Of them
has exactly solved it.
The Washington times., 1932-09-08
WHITE HOUSE IN THE MOVIES PsssT S NJ G" %s Spool The ' p
ChevoIier Del Rio and Bdnkhedd
Star in New Programs

Arthur La Fleur with their COM
pany of acrobatS. Arbuck'e will
offer a comedy sketch. John Mack
Brown, Phillips Holmes, Dorothy
Jordan, David Landau, j. Farrell
Macdonald and Kenneth Thomp-
son have important roles in
10000 Witnesses" Fox Movie
tone News and a Phil Lampkin
overture will complete the pro-
gram.
GAYETY-Hinda Wausau will
be the extra added attraction for
the new show which opens Sunday
matinee. Hindu Bellies" is the
title of the burlesque-revue with a
cast which includes Chuck Gala
han, Billy Fields, jeanette Ala
bassi, Dorothy Ahern, Bobby Leon
ard, George Hank, Sammy Kline,
the Bower sisters and Dolores
Gleason. There will be a large
chorus to assist in the singing and
dancing numbers.
PALACE-Maurice Chevalier'S
latest picture, Love Me Tonight,
will be the main screen attrac-
The Washington times., 1932-09-08
Arnold Gets a Job

Jolly Ed Arnold has made good
in Hollywood. Ed was a favorite
with those who follow the for
tunes of the National Players and
for three seasons served as one
of Clifford Brooke's faithful char
acter actors. But he never liked
the policy of being handed a part
on Sunday, and expected to be up
In it by Friday or Saturday. In
other words he was a poor study.
Accordingly Ed turned in his
notice to Steve Cochran, and took
a job with the Theater Guild
where he had the good fortune
to land in plays which ran a
full season. His last stage en-
gagement was in "Whistling In
the Dark" When that opus played
Los Angeles he succeeded in get