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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26
A Book a Day
 by BRUCE CATION
Tells How He Helped Seize
 Aztec Empire

There are some stories in the world that need poetry for the tell ing; stories whose essence is of great heroism infinite romance, undying color, which need to be
 sung if their flavor is not to be lost. One of these is the great story of the conquest of Mexico; and Archi- bald MacLeish has put it into very fine poetry in .conquistador," :" which the Houghton, Mifflin Co
 has just issued at $2.50.
 MT MacLeish tells his story through the mouth of Bernal Diaz, who was one of Cortezs sol- diers and who, in his old age, wrote a history of the conquest. In the main, he follows Diaz's original account of things, beginning with the first restless voyaging by Span ish explorers across the Mexican gulf, continuing with. Fortez' 8 high handed departure from Cuba and tracing the course of events thereafter through the invasion of Tlasca1a, the massacre at Cholula, the seizure of Montezuma, the tragic 'tnoche triste' and the battle of Otumba to the final triumph.
 And what a story it makesi A handful of mutinous and sdiscour- aged men crossing fantastic noun tains, fighting unceasing battles and conquering the most bizarre Kingdom on earth, losing their gold and coming to old age with noth- ing but memories to feed on--is not all of this made to order for a poet? .s,
 MT MacLeish has written a very fine book. Somehow he has cap- tured the essential quality. of the whole thing in his rhymeless, free- flowing stanzas; the danger, the weariness, the heat, the visions, the sense of having arrived in a new, timeless world. "Conquistador" is one of the notable books of the notable books of the year..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26
Good Job Done

In erecting stone air marker on Bunker Hill, Waterbury Boy Scouts have contrib uted their share to the advancement of aero- nauties in this vicinity. The marker the Scouts built IS a mammoth one and will greatly facilitate the passage of planes over this section. especially in these days when flyers are forced to depend upon familiar landmarks for their guidance. We understand that the marker IS the first of its kind Tn Connecticut and possibly the largest one ever attempted. All this should reeompense the Scouts who contributed their labor to the undertaking,
 Waterbury should be proud of it's scout troops. They have done wonders in recent years in turning out young men who are better fitted for a place in community life with its diverse responsibilities today. The erection of an air marker is a com mendable task for any group of public spirited citizens That 1t was performed by coming citizens is all the more to their credit. More accomplishments like this will certainly create a niche in Waterbury that the Boy Scout can occupy for ever and ever.
 The air marker on Bunker Hill should lead to similar ones, perhaps in other sec tions of the city where they can be readily seen by the sky pilots. Too many of them should not be confusing to any airman. There is chance of flyer missing one marker but catching glimpse of another one and thus being able to orient himself, We trust that the Boy Scouts have just started something that will lead to their ac- tive participation in the profession of avia- :ion. if we may call it that We have Sea 'couts. We presume the day isn't distant when there will be an air corps. Perhaps there is one in existence today. At any rate the Scouts are recognizing the part that avia- son will play in our developing civilization. More credit to them
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26

Incidentally we again call the attention of local motorists to the so-called stop sign over in Southington at the intersection of Clark and Norton streets. To date 180 motorists have been arrested for ignoring the sign. Practically as many have been warned for merely slowing down and not coming to a full stop. Saturday 20 motorists were given notices to appear in court. Sunday there were 30 notified. Connecticut motorists. as genral rule, disregard the boulevard stop" signs which compel full stop of any vehicle before entering that thoroughfare. In Washington this rule is rigidly enforced. Doubtless, 1t is in other cities too. South ington is making it pay to enforce it. Be- ware!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26
At The National Capitol
A Digest of Who's Who and What's What
Y WASHINGTON LETTER
By RODNEY DUTCHER

every time one of the party chiefs attempts to outline ''the demo- cratic program" as something in operation his story seems as ab- surd as the ones the republicans are telling.
 One great difficulty is, of course, that the two parties share a fundamental conservatism from which the leaders of the demo- cratic party dare not break loose No one expects anything from either party platform except that the republicans may beat the democrats to a prohibition resub- mission plank. .3+
 The broad, general outlook, lit- tie more than six months before election, is that the democrats will have to nominate "a candidate whose personality will carry a real appeal to the country or simply depend on a widespread sentiment among the voters for kicking ,Hoo- yer and the republicans out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26
NEA Service Writer

Washington. = The republican administration seems to have abandoned the passing of it's hopes for reelection on possible sharI upturn in busniess. There is nc such upturn on the immediate
 horizon, whereas the election cam. paign is not merely around the ! corner, but nj plain sight. The party must go back, in 2
 large degree, to the political argu. ments which it used in the con. gressional campaigns of 1880 with such a conspicuous lack o1 success. It will do no good from now on to predict the return o1 prosperity unless there are wis ible signs of 1t, and most poaiti- clans doubt whether there will be any economic revival of suffi. cieht size this year to exert any noticeable political effect. 
 More Hopeful, Anyway Nevertheless, in seeing that sad fact rather clearly the party lead. CTS are by no means resignine themselves to the worst. Digging in for a hard siege, they are notice ably more hopeful than they were att he first of the year when the tendency to look for economic rainbows was still strong. One of the differences in their attitude. is seen in the fact that you can no longer get any o1 them to admit that bushes re- covery is essential to party vic tory.
 It becomes clearer day by day that, barring the appearance o1 something better to grab hold of the chief pro-Hoover, argument will be something like this: Don't change f1remen while the fire is at it's height
 The sRed'' Democrats And the gentle voters will have it dinned into their ears night after night that the mess the country is in would be far more horrible had not the brave, wise, vigorous Hoover been on the job to avert complete catastrophe.
 The good effects of various ad- ministration measures will be enormously exaggerated and full which it has had no connection credit taken for many things with whatever.
 The republican orators will use every ounce of force for the argu- ment that if the democrats ever capture the White House the bot tom will drop out completely. And there will be many direct or indi- rect attempts to link the demo- crats with red Russia. For that's the way politics goes.
 What Have the Dems Done?
 It may seem silly to suggest that such line of batter could be ade- look at the democrats. The effec- depend primarily on the sort of case which can be presented by the opposition.
 Among participants in and stu dents of public affairs you don't hear as oftne, or with such em- phasis, the statement that "Hoo- yer can't possibly be reelected" Many of them have changed their minds about that.
 The reason is that the demo- take advantage of what everyone crats have done mighty little to considered splendid opportunity. They have banned Hoover for three years. Three years is a long time and after awhile the song gets stale. Have the democrats done anything else to attract the endorsement of the country? To the extent that they have, the re- publican argument will tend to be abortive.
 No Actual Program
 But there is to this day no &C., tual democratic program and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26
To-day's Selected Poem
CITY BIRD.s

{By Theda Kenyon in the New York Times) There's a. thrush that sings in a shadowy wood
 And gull that cries to the sea. And one dares horizons, and one dares heights;
 But surer gallantry Belongs to the little brown bird that nests
 In the. crotch of a city tree. The gull may challenge northwest gale
 Straight winged. with a laughing call; Andsthe thrush fill the frightening wood with t 1@ notes
 ASS blithe as a waterfa1l; But{fhe bird that nests above city streets
 SHE'S the bravest song of all. For the city,s leaves are a dusty, brown,
 And it's dawn is a smoke-thick gray, And af the fragrance that April brings
 Seems very far away But, the little brown bird in the city street
 Still lilsings of a dew-fgesh dayi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26
MIR BUTLER JUMPS THE
 FENCE

Prohibition as political force loses another of it's staunchest al- lies with the announcement of MT William Morgan Butler of Massa- chusetts that, as delegate-at-large to the republican national conven- ton, he will favor platform call- ing for the resubmission of the Eighteenth Amendment to vote of the people. The significance of his statement is apparent when one recalls that, as manager of the presidential campaign of MT Coolidge in 1924, MT Butler stu diousIy avoided the issue and that as candidate for. renomination to the senate in 1880, he vigorously took the side of the Anti-Saloon league in protesting against any change in the law.
 The reasoning by which Mir But Ter has rriyed at his latest decision may not be edifying, but it is en- Tightening. After reminding the voters of Massachusetts that, de- spte his stand for the Amendment. he never said that he favored 1t, he declares that his earlier position was dictated by a desire, first, to support the administration, second, to keep from splitting the party. In neither was he successful, for he lost the election largely be- cause of adverse votes from his own party but the experience taught him a lesson. In coming out for resubmission, he does so frank ly because he believes the republi- cans of Massachusetts to, be op- posed to prohibition and that he ought to reflect their views.
 In short, Mir Butler, finding that he. bet on the wrong horse two years ago, has now laid his bet on the other, side. His attitude is sig nificant chiefly because 1t reflects the reaction of the political mind to the events of the last two years. As long as the politicians thought the prohibitionists to be in the majority, they favored them. Now, as they find the majority of the voters to- be on the other side, they are running the other way. Their jumping of the fence in large num- bers has just begun, but the in- crease in the number of the jump CTS leaves small doubt that the days of the eighteenth amendment are numbered.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26
Congress Feels Potatoes

Commencing with the hitherto 'untouch- able appropriation for the prohibition de- partment, the Congressional pruning knife goes on to- peel potatoes. Due to lack of funds two scientists of the Department of Agriculture researching' in the wild potato fields of Chile and Peru will be recalled at the end of this fiscal year.
 The Department of Agriculture men have been sendeayofing to 9st to the bottom of a disease which in recent years has caused heavy Iosses. in the potato crops of the country. m dixaH bas been sIowIx but surely pro-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26
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MONT KEMMEL EALLS

MONI hENINUEA FALLS
 On April 26, 1913, German
 troops finally succeeded in taking
 Mont Kemmel, one sof the key po-
 sitions on the Lys front, after three days of hand-to- hand fighting. German official bulletins hailed the taking of this strong position
 as one of the major triumphs of their spring campaigns. From their new position it was possible for German observers to watch allied troops movements and concentrations in the entire region.
 Meanwhile, the struggle for the channel ports continued along the entire 40-mile front with extreme | violence.
 Hard pressed British divisions had been reinforced by reserves and by fresh French troops and the balance of power was grad ually becoming nearer equal. French troops recovered. a part of Hangard by a fierce counter attack and held it against repeat ed German assaults.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26

Just thirty three years ago Edwin Mark hams famous poem, The Man with the Hoe" was published in the San Francisco Examiner To day it has been translated into fifty languages and is read all over the world. It was inspired by Millet's famous painting. Markham is still alive and writing. His poem on the Washington Bieentennial has already received wide publication.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26
Personal Health Seruice (By William Brady, M. D.)

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment. will be answered by Df Brady. Address him. care of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26

It's queer how many Americans still in- sist that there's no possible degree of moist ure between dropping wet and bone dry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26
of law. Columbia university.

The armaments forbidden to Germany, submarines, tanks. heavy field artillery, gas and fighting airs craft, must be Regarded under in-
 ternational law as offensive arma- ments. III s,s n |-Dr Walter Simons, ex-foreign
 minister of Germany.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26

A florist claims to have produced a climbing rose that blooms 45 weeks a year. Why not adopt it for our national flower, as an inspiration to industry?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26
Good evening. o-C-o
 A THOUGHT FOR
 MOTHERS DAY

A 1lf1G1OIf1l FGN MOTHERS DAY She's only mother. You've oft heard it said.
 A bedraggled mother, With shawl on her head. Pinehed are her features, Gnarled in, each hand, /
 Just poor mother Adrift in the land,
 Once she was handsome. Fresh as the dew, z Once some one loved her. Once some one knew, Long years have marked her,
 Toil left its stain. r; Still. if they asked her. She'd do it again. What of the mothers. : Q Who've carried their load, Weary and footsore.
 Over life,s road.
 A day in their honor, blush at its shame, Rather years of devotion, To garnish each name. o-O-o The quality of mercy may not be strained but it seems to be pretty well sifted at times. o-O-o | When a man demands dol lars instead of pennies for PIN money he's acting sort of STUCK up. | o-O-o
 This is leap year, an ideal time for work to ask the hand of busi-
 ness in marriage and give us l prosperity. l o-O-o
 Song to a man with heart
 of stone: "In the Rock Gar | den of My Heart" 1 o-O-o | { Ladies straw hats tell which
 way the style wind is blowing. o-O-o DING, DING
 Mothers day is May the tenth. When tributes rare she'll gain,
 Fathers day is any old day The home team plays and 1t doesn't rain. F o-O-o
 The trouble with the still small voice of conscience is due to the | fact that it's often too still, too small and hasn't got a conscience. o-O-o The arrests in the Water bury arson ring proves that fires eventually get too hot for those who start 'em. What the country needs is less men who'll tell what it needs and more men who'll work to give it what it wants. o-O-o
 AND so ON Life's like hoop, We roll 1t every day, Slowly the hoop wears out, Then life is laid away. o-O-o A man will spend hours waxing
 an old crate but if his wife asks
 him to fill the veranda boxes he sets up howl. o-O-o The honeymoon is over when she doesn't spend one evening a week polishing the chest of silver. Tn the good old days, people had grape arbors in the back yard in- stead of rock gardens. o-O-o National thrift week should start with daylight saving. o-O-o People who live in grass houses are cannibals. |. o-O-o The man who borrows to buy booze will tell you that the wages of gin are debt. ~ o-O-o Noted doctors claim that if you eat less you'll be healthy. Less of
 what? o-O-o Hardware dealers are fight ing the tax on tacks. Get the point O-O-o They say the dole-will be no good l for Americans. We'll Dole canned pineapple seems to be popular with housewives. o-O-o TEE, HEB Alice left the country, For COney Island grand, Amazed by the attractions, Alice in Wonderland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 8:13 o'clock Daylight saving time) tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26

Eighty per cent of movie film ual darkness during working hours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Ton phauinO fhn Skin

Your own correspondent Mrs R. O. A. whose ears were not on straight and had trouble with her spectacles till her oculist noticed the asym- metry and adjusted the spectacle bows, might be interested in my experience. was similarly troubled with nose glasses, which made my nose so tender I could not wear them long. But found relief by touching the reddened skin twice daily with rubbing alcohol on . wisp of cotton and flaming it dry. The effect is similar to the use of formaldehyde solution in toughening the skin of the feet to stop ex- cessive precipitation and odor. (R. %. CJ
 Answer-Thank you. One who is compelled to wear glasses much of the time should have at least two pairs with different type frames. and change off from time to time.
 Idiocy in Family
 Young man has sister who is Predetermined. Her parents claim she was all right at birth, but she was put in the direct sunshine and be- came Overhcated that her brain was af- fected She is now 19 and has the mind of . 2-year-Old child. If this young man marries a normal woman are his children likely to bo idiots or otherwise defective? (J. S.)
 Answer-On such vague data am unable to form an opinion. You should submit the question to a physician who knows the family.
 Copyright John F. Dilie Cop
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26

then destroys SO ruthlessly perhaps the be- ginning of the end would be in sight. That's not bad proposal at all. at all.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-26

TEE, HEB Alice left the country,
 For COney Island grand, Amazed by the attractions,
 Alice in Wonderland.
 O-O-o A poor man gets sick. But a rich man, ah folks, a rich man CONTRACTS AN ILLNESS.
 o-O-o
 OHMIGOSH The new mesh stockings are love. Bout them most girls rave, To me it merely demonstrates, Some legs could stand a shave.
 -~o-O-o The beer bill has met with an- other defeat. But the Beer Bills" in the planned parade will probably call the dempnstration victory.
 so-O-o
 WISE BOY An folks, don't pity the circus clown, The chap is sure no dummy, Unlike the rest, the circus clown, Is paid for being funny.
 O-O-o This completes our regular Tues- day evening program. It was broadcast by DBD and came to you through the courtesy of the Wa terbury Evening Democrat. pio- neer in this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time. to be back on the air again to-morrow evening at the usual hour,
 Good night.
Evening star., 1932-11-27
Baby Dolls, Autos,
Trains n Everything!

Hurry up-a you kddies who haven't seen Toy.
town! It's more fun than crcus Jolly old Santa
sits on his throne ready to welcome all good chill
dren-and he gives you story book free. See
"Pudsy", Santa's favorite gnome-who helps Santa
make the wonderful toys.
Evening star., 1932-11-27
Cunning, Cuddly
Baby Doll
$2.95
"srts
Che 1oo1,s for all the world like real

She looks for all the world like real
baby! Colored glass eyes with long lashes.
Dressed in beautiful organdy dress and
net bonnet, in white, pink, blue or maize.
u inches tall.
The Washington times., 1932-11-28

hostess gowns, and one de-
cidedly useful negligee. The
gown with fur puffs ON the
sleeves is of black velvet, the
lines even lovelier than you can
imagine from the sketch. The
cuffs are white lapin, snowy
The Washington times., 1932-11-28
Secrets Of Health
BY DR.. Louis A. Bisch
Authority on Health and Psychology

absent, artificial feeding simply
must be resorted to. Physi-
clans are mighty expert with
food formulas these days, and
babies can be brought up
strong, healthy and lusty.
Nevertheless, even nursing an
infant for a week or two is
better than never having nused
it at all; and when a mother
sets out from the very begin
ming to resort to the bottle,
particularly when it is not nee
esSary, thereby refusing to obey
natures lawS-well. the term
that comes to mind to designate
such an attitude is the word
criminal"
Surely you, as a mother, do
not want to start your child
handicapped in life. It stands
to reason that you want to give
it every opportunity and all
the help you possibly can.
Surely no sensible woman, if
she stops to think the matter
over, is deliberately going to
serve her own convenience at
the expense Of her own flesh
and blood.
The Washington times., 1932-11-28
Advice to the
LoveIorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

BY BEATRICE Fairfax
He Doesn't Want to Go Steady"
Dear Miss Fairfax:
For three months I went with
a boy of 20 and thought a great
deal Of him. I am II. All Of
a sudden he stopped seeing me.
Two months later he wrote say.
ing he didn't want to go with
any girl steady" felt the
same way about it, but still he
has never asked me to go with
him again.
I'd like to see him once in a
while, and I think he'd like to
see me, but he feels it must be
steady" or nothing. I have
gone with a good many boys
since, but he would always be
my first choice. JANE.
Why not invite him to some
little affair where there are
other young people? Or if
you have woman friend suf-
ficiently interested in you. she
might arrange a little party
and include the young man
who doesn't wish to go steady"
with any girl. When you meet him
there, you may indicate as deli
cately as possible that you do
not approve Of close corpora
tions. either.
The Washington times., 1932-11-28
One-over.one System

Practically all the leading au-
thorities and tournament play
erS Of New York, and many
from outside thai city, are, or
at least have been, members Of
the famous Knickerbocker Whist
Club. For the past 40 years
that club has been sending out
winning players to every i'm
portant event. A group of
players from that club invented
what is known as "one-over-
one" bidding, which in one
form or another appears in all
leading systems Of bidding.
If a player makes an opening
bid of one, and his partner
bids one in a higher suit, the
opening bidder is forced to
make at least one more bid.
And this method of forcing con.
tinues as long as the process
continues. For example: You
and I are partners; you make
an opening bid OF 1-Club; I
overcall you with diamond;
you must again bid. If your
second bid is Heart, you force
me to respond. If 1 bid 1-Spade.
you must rebid. This type of
bidding holds auctioning down
so low that a double cannot
harm us much, if any.
In case the partner of the
opening bidder does not bid
one of a higher suit but bids
1-No Trump, or two of a lower
suit, he does not obligate the
opening bidder to respond.
Should an opening bid be made
third or fourth hand, partners
overcall Of one of a suit does
not force" anything from the
opening bidder, as his partner
has previously passed his op-
portunity to open contracting.
To make a force, after having
once passed. bid one trick high
er than required to overcall
partners opening bid. If you
pass as dealer, and your part
ner bids diamond, third hand,
your bid of 2-Clubs does not
force him. neither does your
bid of Heart, because you
have previously passed. To force
partner you must bid 3-Clubs
or 2-Hearts over his opening bid
Of Diamond.