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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-20
VASSAR GLEE
CLUB TO SING

Members OF the Vassar College
Glee club and choir will be heard
in the fourth of a series of seven
concerts by the glee clubs and
choirs of Americas leading wo-
mems colleges, to be broadcast
Monday, Feb 90, from 3:45 to a
pm. over nationwide network
OF the WABC-Columbia Broadcast
ing system. The glee club devotes
itself to secular music entirely and
the choir to sacred music exclu-
sively, and the broadcast will pre-
sent selected members of the two
groups in both types of music.
John Pierce, baritone. who has
been heard In professional con-
certs In Paris and Boston and is
now teacher of voice at Vassar col
lege, will direct the ensemble in
the secular numbers. Formerly
head of the vocal department of
the Cleveland Institute of Music.
Pierce came to Vassar to direct
the glee club. Come Again! Sweet
Love, a madrigal by John Dow
land, one of the most famous OF
Elizabethan composers. will open
the program. Schumann's Nicer
fey. composition In five parts
for women's voices, depicting a fish
erman being enticed to his death
by sea elves, will follow; and the
secular half OF the program Will
end wi>h the presentation OF 'sMer-
ry Margaret" a two-part madrigal
with plano accompaniment. writ
ten by Jeanne Schenck. a member
of the class OF 1888 at Vassar. :,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-20

4~rothy had received a new
chaif for Valentines day. 1t was
a low, easy Gse upholstered in rep.
Almost of itS own accord 1t gravi-
tated to a spot beside the windows.
A small table and lamp found a
resting place near it. AS Dorothy
sat there she gave the curtains
the first critical look they had had
in some time.
The ruffles were bedragglcd
The windows were narrow so Dor
othy tried pulling the curtains
back. But that did not help much.
The next day Nancy came over.
Dorothy put the question up to
her.--"How can | make these win
dows seem more important and
more in keeping with my nice, new
PRESENT."
Nancy had number OF sugges-
tons. First, let's get new cur
tains. We will choose a figured
material since your walls. carpet
and chair are in plain color.
Then we will let the shades or
window blinds go clear up to the
top. And the draperies will hang
clear to the floor.
Between the windows we VIII
put u piece of mirror glass. Have
1t plain, extending from top to
button of window frames. The
little silhouettes will go down and
ont -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-20

ard. "Folks these days don't know
u thing about hard times. l recol-
lect the days right after the war
between the states, when / reared
my family right here in the Piney
Woods of South Georgia.
II married when | was IS, and
my husband had not long been
back from the war and we farmed.
Many time, he has driven an
oxteam 20 miles to the nearest
town to bring home fertilizer, and
the mud axle deep all the way.
never knew what it was to buy
a pair of stockings nor q pair Of
socks. | knitted them ALL
1--WE raised cotton and sheep
and l spun and wove the cloth to
make all the clothes for my hus-
band and the children. ] dyed
them with walnut hulls, beat up in
a sack and boiled and strained to
make a brown dye. Or, l went
to the creek and pulled branches
from the gall berry bushes and
made a black dye of them.
"There was plenty of indigo,
growing in the woods, wild. in
those days and T used 1t for blue
dye. There were no sewing ma
chimes in my part of the country
and l made every stitch of the
clothes with my fingers.
Law me, alive! My grandchil-
dren are living in Paradise and
don't know it."
Three generations make up the
105 living descendants of Mrs
Shepard. There are six children,
46 grandchildren and So great
grandchildren, and with the ex-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-20
Your
CHILDREN
By Olive Roberts Barton
@I9S1 81 NEA SERVICE INC.

| Yesterday we saw a large bird
sitting on the sand where the tide
had receded and left blank
smooth floor as hard as marble.
There he huddled alone. Out
at sea other birds were soaring or
sitting on shallow bars-duck,
gulls, pelicans. terms, snpie-I do
not know what all-perhaps even
fish hawk or two. At first we
Thought he was a wild goose, but
no wild goose would sit on a hard
bare beach with people all about.
One little boy ran back to his
mother. after venturing near the
bird, apd said. He bit my toe"
That was probably the reason
that other folk were giving him "a
wide bertha. But / was sure some
thing was wrong. He must be
hurt.
No he wasn't hurt and he wasn't
wild goose either. He was Il
loon, we soon discovered. And in
some way he had gotten himself
covered with thick black oil--just
how. it would be hard to say. But
he was thick with it and he
couldn't fly. He had been there for
IL night and half day with nothing
to eat, and unless looms drink sea-
water. nothing to drink either.
We got the car and lifted him
in. oil and all. And as Eddie Can
tor would say, Was our car dirty
It's going to take months to get
the oil out of 1t. But Mr. Bird was
warm and comfortable away from
all the badgering, and he went to
sleep on the cushion.
Wa VatarinarV hnf ha
wasn't in. Then we went to the
Humane society. They would doe
tor cats and dogs but not birds.
They we hunted up sea-captain
who told us to take him to Pat.
pat is always doctoring up birds"
he said.
But Pat wouldn't take him
either. He said all our bird need
ed was a place where he could get
something to ea tand drink and u
little place to eat and drink and "a
little peace--that he would soon
clean himself off.
A Screaming Success
SO we drove away with our oily
passenger and took him up to Il
sunny cove miles away from every
thing, where q small river Tapped
gently against low sandy banks,
ana with CRUISES ana TuSneS grow
ing along its edges. There We're
mussels and hddlers Uiny land
crabs) galore, and seeds and bugs.
He couldn' tstarve there. l was
sure.
We lifted him out of the car
and suddenly he put out his long
neck and screamed like IA fire-siren.
Or a woman being murdered. Did
you ever hear a loon give vent to
his feelings? It's quite an expert
ence.
Placing him on Il soft cushion
of grass, where all he had to do at
dinner time was to stretch out his
neck few inches (of course he
could move u little by hitchmg
about---loons can't walk very welD
we left him. The last l saw or him
he was running his long scissor
bill through his feathers-it was
plain that he knew how to go about
1t. Perhaps half his oil had soak
ed off in the car.
Today we shall drive out to see
him. / hope he has Comet o join
his friends wherever they may be Il
/ haven't my bird book with me.
SO am not sure, but Think looms
are great divers. You might get
out your bird book, or encyclope-s
dia. and read to the children about3
the habits Of our big birds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-20
For n Tiny Girl for
PIaytimc
BY ANNETTE

1t is so cute, dainty and swing
Ing of skirt. And all because the
designer inserted godets at the
front Of this one-piece dress. They
are merely little pieces of the ma
terial cut circular at the hem. tap
ering to point toward the waist
line. And isn't the deep pointed
collar attra ctive?
It's as easy as A, B, c to
make 1t!
And it requires such a small
amount of material, 1t will cost you
next to nothing.
The original was yellow and
white dimity print with plain yell
low. The bias pipings were brown
Style No. 988 is designed for
sizes 2, and 6 years. Size re-
quires 1 3-8 yards 35-inch with SIS
yard 35-inch contrasting.
Spring Is the most important
the most colorful season in Fash.
ions. All the more reason why
you should have an authentic
guide, such as our new Fashion
Magazine, to show you the way ir
design, colors. etc. OF course
there are styles for afternoons
for stouts, for home wear, lingerie
children, etc.
Price of BOOK 10 cents.
Price of PATTERN Is cents In
stamps or coin (coin Is preferred)
Wrap coin carefully.
Send your money and order to
Pattern Department, Waterbury
Democrat. Waterbury. Conn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-20
/ H~J This Georgia Woman, Who Has los
Living Descendants, Recalls
/ l11n4S. Times That Were REALLY Tough!

ception Of ~, they all live within
the limits of the county where
they were born.
~ have six children living, she
said. MY Oldest son. who Is dead,
Is survived by ten children and 26
grandchiIdren, which makes
enough offspring for almost any
family, but that Is only a starter.
Mary. the Oldest daughter, has ten
children, and ten grandchildren"
Twelve scions Of the Shepa I'd
family are scattered about the
United States. but the other 80
reside near Granny" where they
may see her often. She, too.
visits around among her chill
dren. For she stopped keeping
house three years ago when she
was weakened by an attack of
pleurisy, her only Hines in her 81
years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-20
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said that my folks could pay him,
IL they wanted to, cause he'd paid
my fare personally out of his own
pocket. So you will, won't you,
Ann? He was very obliging, and
1t seems he has couple of daugh-
tiers around about my age. He
told me to take a taxicab home,
too. But | was afraid he didn't
know. maybe, being a brakeman
on train. SO then the lady In
the uniform at the station said to
me, Have you friends in the cityY
So / told her lived here, but 1
didn't have any money for car
fare. but / could telephone
home"
Darling! How did you hap
pen to start off without any
money at all? You always have "a
quarter or so, don't your
II got a few little things this
morning - lipstick and an eye
brow pencil. 1t came to more
than l thought. l had to ask the
man to take five one-cent stamps.
And l never dreamed. Ann, that
Earl wouldn't buy me sailed nuts
iiol StoCOidLC iloI any ).
Just goes to show"
Indeed it does, dear. But
show what. execaly?"
well, everything. sacrificed
for him and everything. Mrs Hill
asked me to stay for wonderful
dinner this evening. | just kept
thinking and thinking about it
bitterly thinking, you know. Bit
terly! Did l stay? No, l didn't.
Well. he just killed my love.
That's what he did. l hope /
never see him again. I'm just
Disguised all over. wouldn't
even speak to him again. L hated
to, but finally just told him, Ann.
But, Earl 1 said, I'm hungry
What did he say? Something
about a swell breakfast in the
morning. I hate that word swell
anyway. And he was always stick
ing seq onto about every word
he said. I'm just going to tell Err
mintrude that girl doesn't have
to be heartless flirt nor anything
to have her love killed--turned
to hate. I'm sick of love, anyway.
1t just tires you all out; and what
for? I'm going in for a college
career. | don't think I'll ever get
married"
The telephone bel lrang again.
and Ann answered 1t. She had
some difficulty in making Kenneth
understand that she had no mes
sasge for him now.
"I'll bet" Mary Frances said, as
Ann turned from the telephone to
her, that IL you went out with
him he wouldn't let you starve.
I'll bet" elaborated Mary Fran
ces, that he wouldn't let any girl
starve.' For moment she looked
like an angel, and then she
yaWned. I'm tired out. I'm
sleepy. | guess I'll go on to bed"
Sisters baby! I'll come up
with you"
ITO be ContinuedD
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-20
he 'Q SE SUE
ITO be Continuetl)
By Maroery Hale

Ruth closed her lips quickly.
She had almost told Sally that she
would come home. Almost been
too afraid Of threatening loneli-
ness to go on.
She changed her sentence from
the one she had planned.
Twill you tell everyone that I'm
all right. Sally?"
"Of course. Well, must go. l
have to dress for a dinner date.
What are you doing tonight?" Sal
ly's voice said very plainly that
she knew Ruth was doing nothing
interesting.
II have one. too Ruth an
swered. She didn't. But it didn't
matter. Nothing matters now.
Joe Raynor was going to marry
Sally. To marry Sally.
She hurried home, and sat down
In. the dim dusk Of the room. Af-
ter a while she pressed the button
on the saffron shaded lamp on the
table. She didn't cry. She didn't
move. Just sat very, very still.
as people do when they are very
hurt and there is nothing that they
can do about 1t.
After q while she remembered
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-20

that Dale Courtney had suggested
| food one night when she was lone
| ly. and had told her that it would
make her feel better. 1t had, al
though she wasn't hungry. She
might as well triy it again. First
she would take shower. She had
the water going full force when
someone knocked at her door.
Grabbing a misty green negligee.
bought with some money that
would have gone to Sally If Ruth
had been living at home, she slip
ped into her old black mules, re-
flecting ruefully that she would get
some new ones next time she was
paid, and ran to the door.
'Telephone," the landlady eX-
planned.
THANK you. Is anybody watch
ing? mo, you're all right" The
woman hurried on.
Dale Courtney's voice came
across the wire.
Ruth? Doing anything to-
night"
mot anything at all" She
started to laugh shakily. ooh, ]
know I should pretend that I'm
busy good technique, they say
b be-: ''' : III '''' anu '
Grand. May come around in
an hour? I'm lonesome, too We
want to do
Ruth agreed and went upstairH
again. Somehow she was still
laughing that shaky laugh. She
couldn't understand why. Moth
ing funny had happened. Life was
terrible. But that queer, shaky
voice was a laugh. No, maybe 1t
was sob. She tried to decide.
She made it a little louder so she
could. Then she stopped. gright-
ened at the hooking echoes. She
went to the mirror. She hadn't
changed. But she had olaugh
and laugh and laugh!
Nerves. guess" she said,
holding her breath to stop. "1ve
got to stop. l can't be unhappy
like this. I'll die! But l want to
die! / want to die."
The laugh broke on a sub and
relief came in swift. flowing tears.
She was spent and weak when the
storm had passed. but she felt bet
ter. She bathed her face with
cold water, patted an astringent
on the smooth. firm flesh, daubed
some cream into her checks, and
worked touch of rose-rouge on
her heekbones under her eyes.
She made her mouth very red. She
was almost ready when Dale
Courtney came.
NEXT: The dinner date.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-20

And when the man comes to put
up the window poles have him
place them beyond the window
frames at the sides of the win
dows. Then the draperies Will.
come just In far enough to conceal
the frame. That gives us a whole
additional pane of glass. With the
mirror. straight hangings and alb
sence OF shades we have made tho
window space seem much larger"
Would You like IA lcaHct on a
undertaking inventory for your
own home? Nancy Will send you
one ON receipt of a stamped. self
addressed envelope. Send your re-
quest to Nancy Page, care OF this
paper.
Copyright, 1882. Publishers
Syndicate.l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-20

her bag at Mendel Springs. 1t was
in the hotel lobby. l guess l broke
a promise. l don't know. But,
| anyway, Ann, l couldn't starve,
could l? I'd of died. The dining
room was closed for repairs. And
something was just opening and
shutting like trapdoor inside of
me. l 'spect If we'd write q let
ter we'd get the bag sent back
home all right. l hardly think
Earl would take it."
This - Earl, dear? He wasn't
rude to you nor anything of
that sort, was he?"
mo, he wasn't rude. Just in
considerate. All he thinks about
is his old stomach. He wasn't hun
CRY. Inconsistencies. l don't think
real true love would let another
person starve."
She ate like a. little wild ami
NAL, tearing the cold chops from
the bones, gulping great swallows
of milk, her eyes glaring at the
food on the table before her.
Color began to ebb into her cheeks
and into AIMS at about the same
time.
81 don't know just why I went,
Ann. You keep interrupting all
the time. | don't know why - I
just kind of did. But, anyway,
like l was telling you, he said,
I'm drive the car around TO the
garage, and you walt here And
l said, You can't and l kept tell
ing him he couldn't, cause the
dining room was closed. He said
missing one meal never hurt any
body. And, Ann, he never even
offered to buy me sailed nuts nor
chocolate bars nor anything, and
[ couldn't ask him, hardly. 1t
seemed funny for me to, when we
weren't so very well acquainted.
He'd had his lunch of course.
hadn't had q bite all day. Not a
bite. SO then. when spite Of all |
said he went right stubbornly
along to take the car to the ga
rage, instead Of driving only 10
miles on to the next town to eat.
1t came over me, Ann, surging
and all. He's killed my love- l
thought. He's killed my love-
There was a train stopped out
in front, and Earl had gone to
the garage, so / went and asked
the man standing by the steps-a
conductor. 1 thought he was, but
he turned out to be q brakeman
il this train would take me home.
Maybe it was just idle curiosity or
something at first. And he said
where was home? And l told him.
And then l just went on and told
him the truth, Ann. l don't know
i just felt like telling him the
truth. He was fat and nice, and
he was coming home and every
thing. ! told him I'd eloped but
changed my mind. He seemed
very much surprised, and he said.
Judas priest! Are you married I?
| said, No. changed my mind.
want to go home So he said,
Hop on SO then I had to tell
him how I didn't have any money.
But he said, Hop on So then,
later. in the train he came along
and gave me his name and ad-
dress-it's in my pocket--and he
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-20
OLORIFYlNG
YOURSELF
BY Alicia Hart
3lo52 81 MA SERVICE nv

There's reason for that CLAM
orous light the movies throw about
the heads Of stars.
Shining hair gives a woman a
romantic, allurng quality by Gre
ating kind of halo over her fea-
lures.
This year hair is especially i'm
portant. Spring hats, you will
find, look pretty ridiculous If your
hair isn't just right. And when
your hair Is lovely and is fixed be-
comingly, hats attract attention to
1t these days, instead of completely
covering it.
A good trick to give your hair
the right sheen is to use a few
drops of brilllantine, after YOU
have fixed it. IL you have ever
tried to put 1t on by hand YOU
know the difficulties. The best
way Is to use an atomizer. Get a
brilliantine that is as odorless as
possible. All have some faint scent
but some actually are objection
able. Avoid this sort. When YOU
have finished your couture, take
up your atomizer and spray your
hair sparingly with it. Then Just
smooth it over with your hands or
your comb and you will notice how
this not only improves the looks of
1t but makes it easier to keep your
hair in place.
Brushing your hair gives it
sheen. Not at first, for often it
merely makes 1t look oily But
continued brushing gets the scalp
In fine condition and that Is the
root of pretty hair, after all.
For evening, you can get more
sheen into your couture if you care
to wear bit of a brilliant comb
in 1t. Or earrings do something
too. Or one of those cute little
hair clips. OF course these do not
really make the hair shine. But
they give it that illusion. And. so
far as beauty goes, it is what
seems to be that counts quite as
much as what really 81.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-20

BY NEA Service
Dexter, Ga,-Take it from a
small. straight, brown-eyed woman
who has 105 living descendants
In other words, take it from
Mrs Mary A. Shepard of Dexter
These so-called hard times
really are pretty soft.
Rushing in where economists
and fnanciers fear to tread, Mrs
Shepard opines from the wisdom
of her "a years and the depths
Of the hickory chair which her
husband made a half-century ago,
that the only depressing thing a
bout the depression Is the way her
grandchildren and great grand
children complain" about such
little things as salary cuts.
Twas Tougher Then.
Law me alive!" said Mrs Shep-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-20
BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

ANN and CECILY FENWICK
have for years supported them
selves, their younger sister, MARY
FRANCES, and their grandparents
known as "Rosalie" and "Grand".
Because OF this financial response
billy, Ann, who is 20, rs unable 10
marry PHIL ECROYD, young
lawyer TO whom she has been en-.
gagged for eight years. Cecily, %.
loves BARRY McKEEL, an en-.
gincer, but when he proposes she
refuses TO name their wedding date
for the same reason.
Mary Frances, IS, and still i'm
school, believes herself In love with
EARL DE ARMOUNT, vaudeville
actor whom sine has met without
the knowledge of her sisters. He
urges her TO leave home and be-
come his stage partner.
Ann and Phil quarrel when she
hears LEFTY KING, who works In
Pills Office building, address him
with endcarments. Ann tries to
forget Phil by going about with
KENNETH SMITH, rich and at
tentive. but when Smith asks her
TO marry him she refuses.
Mary-Frances agrees to go away
with De Armount. They set out
I'm his car. The same day Cecily
quarrels with her grandfather.
She comes home with news that
she and Barry are to be married
that evening. Ann discovers Mary
Frances is missing, learns she has
cIoped with Dc Amount. Imme-
diatcly a search is begun. Phil
Ecroyd comes to help. Ann Is
nearly frantic until u telephone
call comes from Mary Frances.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-20
Virginia Honors
George Washington

On the very soil of Wakefield
Va, where George Washington wa.
born 200 year ago, Governor Johr
Garland Pollard Of Virginia will
address the Virginia legislature ana
the nation over a National Broad
casting company network, Monday
February 20, at 10 a. m.-the hour
the nations first president was
born.
The Virginia legislature, which
Is making the trip to Wakefield as
part Of that states participation IN
the Washington bicentennial, will
gather on the plot Of ground where
stands a replica of the house where
Washington was born. A special
program concentrating the hour
and day will be included in the
broadcast.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-20

Rev Francis J. Cornell of the
Rcdemptorist House Of Studies at
Esopus, N. Y. will speak on the
subject us Faith Unchanging"
during the Columbus Council X
of c. forum at 3:15 in the after
noon. The musical part of the
broadcast will be supplied by the
Columbus Council Glee club.