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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-10
REINSTATEMENT AND OVERWEIGHT

At the time of the world war when many
 voune men were drafted from sedentary Jou,
 in offices and stores to the sna tbat many training in cantonments it was found tnat 1lanS of these rather fabby, soft-bod1ed young nien . gained ten or fifteen pounds or welgnt III S a ae months and at the same time actuaiiy feuuoeo' that is became more slender. A bodv may, then, increase Tn Welgnt Wh,e reducing in size. It may be heavier yet take :f up less room. It may show increased relaaVs s density or specific gravity along Wltn oecieaee" displacement, vice versa | Measurement of body weight or longltuoe ls therefore not fair index or gulde TOT salnlns
 or reducing. Especially in the case or tne youme yum nerson who is not more than ten per cent over weight or under weight for one or hls or heI age and height. It is necessary to take lli.o Consideration the individuals specific gravity or relative density. a person who has grown slender from regular exercise to begin monkeying with reduction uie'
 because the scales show an increase or , Weisn'. , Ordinarily reasonable amount of daily ex- ercise is essential in any reduction regimen. Whether any particular restriction or diet IS adhered to or not, regular daily exercise makes the body more slender, reduces girth or dis placement, even if it has no effect on pody weight or actually increases the weight It may encourage many stout readers to know this. The reduction craze that swept over the country several years ago has subsided like the flu. At present sometimes days pass wtn VT scarcely any requests for reduction advice. The
 most piteous demands now are Tor girth con con
 
 equatorial expansion: l. Night and morning practice of Belly
 Breathing. Send stamped envelop bearing your address and ask how.
 g. Lie on your back and raise legs to ver- tical and lower again to floor Repeat this from five to thirty times, as you become accustomed. 8. Get out of the slouch habit. Always stand or sit tocng in and chin in and touching the imaginary ceiling with crown of head. 4. Do work, play games or take exercise that require you to bend down to pick things off the ground. 5. If you are more than ten per cent over- weight, follow the Corrective Protective Regi- men. Incose stamped addressed envelope and ask for instructions.
 6. No matter what, who, how you are, be sure to get your iodin.
 z. Remember that almost all excess of eat- ing is in the carbohydrate-breads, potatoes, cakes, sweets. 8. Fresh vegetables and greens and fresh fruits are the most difficult foods to take in ex- cess.
 g. Buy wheat from the farmer. miller or feed or seed store, and cook it entire or cracked in your own mill. It is just as nourishing as re- fined flour or any proprietary breakfast food" but it is more satisfying and you eat less. 10. Walk to and from work, if you work If you haven't, can't won't, then try disci-
 plinng yourself with six miles of oxygen on
 the hoof every day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-10
Kindergarten Typewriters

The educational use of typewriters in high schools has become rather common and oc- easionally they are used by some Of the lower grades. There is strong movement in that direction. But it makes an old fashioned scribbler rub his eyes and take a fresh grip on his pencil or pen when be reads that typewriters are being made for kinder gartens. There was an exhibition of them recently in Toronto. Several American ed- ucators are said to have endorsed the idea, saying that it will help the little children in their school work. The kindergarten ma- chimes have a minimum of movable parts and write only in capitals.
 Very likely our writing will be mechan- ized soon all the way from kindergarten to college. It is easy to foresee a time when our eursory script will disappear entirely. No more copy books. no more illegible handwriting no more beautiful handwriting. Nothing but Roman letters in one style or another. pounded out on machines. For personal notes, memoranda. etc, we shall probably adopt some simple, uniform short- hand, taught in all the schools. Our great grandchildren may not even be able to write their names. They may come to use stamps or signet rings for that purpose, like the old, illiterate kings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-10
Chicago's Conventionality

's "Women cannot we'll go to evening con- ..certs without male escorts" explains an edi- :torial in a Chicago paper, urging men to .patronze symphony concerts more this win ''.ter than they have in the past. It is easy to agree that men ought to go to more con. esrts that they probably would enjoy them ..more than they expect to, that "even if they :sre tired, noble. beautiful music will aim. .ulsts refresh and delight them" Those ..an sound reasons Urging them 10 go merely as escorts is not 50 sound
 1, What of the idea that women cannot go 10 concerts uBsseonsdi Is that situation ps.
 tulisr to Chicago. having q direct relation 10
 Chiesgos reputation for gunmsnl In
 ,plsnty Of other cities women snd girls go
 10 symphony concerts ibssisn and meetings
 unsseofisd by men They 60 win escorts
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-10
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1882
More Publicity

ys South Trimble, clerk of the House Of Representatives. has decided that the law
 does not offer him any recourse. but to make public the loans that the Reeonstrue- [ ton Finance Corporation authorizes. AS :, jesuit last week he gave out to the press a
 full and detailed account of the relief or-
 Qanization's work in August when over 1000 loans were authorized. amounting in
 the neighborhood of $110.000.000. Inei- s.dentally Mir Trimble's report gave out the good news that loans that have been made previously are repaid or partially paid. That shows that those seeking the aid of the
 R. F. C. are driven to it only by the best
 of motives.
 z As to the ethics of loan publicity much
 could be said for both sides of the question.
 We know that former Senator Atlee Pom- creme. who is chairman of the board, does
 not think that it can operate as efficiently if
 publicity is given the loans. He claims !. that many institutions in dire need of finan- .fial help will deliberately crash before they twill allow it to be known that they are seek .sng it. Others might suffer further financial .1osses if it were known that their status was ssuch as to demand R. F. C. help. We can .see his point of view very clearly. In some s::cases publicity might be fatal
 .. But in the majority of cases We rather ssmagine that the general public will not take sinore than passing interest. Perhaps where sone of the loans is made to local banks there smay be increased interest for the time being. sOn the whole, though, the average man will snot waste more than few minutes in finding Tout to whom these R. F. C. loans are being simade. And strictly speaking money that IS s.loaned through the R. F. C. IS the public s s.business as much as it is those more vitally f.eoncerned in the transaction. It certainly sis better for us to have some. knowledge of s.tnis emergency relief boards transactions ttaan to know that what it is doing is being fdeliberately withheld from the public. What s.would the majority of us think in that case? z, We are not acquainted with that section sof the law creating the Reconstruction Cor i.poration and demanding that its operation be f,nade public. but certainly we can't imagine sthe clerk of the House being censored for swithholding such information as Chairman sPomerene might believe does more harm than sgood. Doubtless the law does require pub taicity and for the very reasons that we quoted sabove. namely. that to keep the boards work quiet would invite suspicion and too fre- quent charges. We certainly would be the s.last to charge Clerk Trimble with neglect sof duty if he deleted some information from shis reports, such as the names of institutions ..It seems almost enough for most of us to s.know that the R. F. C. is functloning as 1t sshould and securing the desired cooperation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-10
lA!gpO|Iu(d| FONieSg g'|9]2

cerned, but it has elected a demo- cratic governor and two democratic congressman in two significant overturns since Morrow's big re- publican victory in 1880.
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 Lame Ducks Galore
 What will happen if Hoover has to face a hostile congress is hard to predict, but there will be @ wad of emergency and economy legis- 1ation under consideration and the session might resemble the last one, during which the democrats controlled the house but acquiesced in nearly all of the Hoover pro- gram.
 There will be a large proportion of lame ducks in both house and senate and lame duck sessions are notoriously susceptible to White House influence. If Hoover himself is a lame duck however, he cannot anticipate a happy im- mediate future. Defeated presl- dents in their last months of office are likely to be pathetic objects.
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 Big Jobs at Stake ~
 A 6hakeup In the organlZat10n would involve many famous fig- ures, ,unseating several senators from jobs which have done much to develop their prestige and at the same time making the democrats a majority on each committee in- stead of a minority as has been the case for more than 8 decade.
 Borah would have to give Way to Claude Swanson of Virginia as chairman of foreign relations. Shoot of Utah to Pat. Harrison of Mississippi on the finance commit tee with it's problems of taxation and tariff, Norris of Nebraska to Norbeck of South Dakota to prob- Ashurst of Arizona on Judiciary. ably Glass of Virginia on the bank ing committee and so on down the line.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-10
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Hunorislpncia
HyperidrOsis

Perspire terribly under the arms. Is there any way to prevent this or to remove the hair? CD. P.)
 Answer-Shaving with safety razor is best way to remove the hair if it must be removed. Young women should beware the use of any agent for removing the down that naturally covers every woman's skin. If you begin you will wish you let the trifing downy hair alone. Removing the hair from the armpits will have no effect on the sweating. good remedy for preventing excessive sweating there is aluminium chloride. Dissolve half an ounce of aluminium chloride in three ounces of wa ter. Mop some of this solution on the armpit with swab or brush once day for three or four days in succession. Allow 1t to dry in the air before you dress. Repeat later as needed to control the trouble.
 Whooping Cough
 Two sons have wh0OpiDg cough What can be done to relieve them? (Mrs A. M.)
 Answer-send stamped envelope bearing your address, for monograph on whoopfns cough. Keep children in open air, day and night. Belly bands for support. Bhcterin (bae- terlal vaccIne) treatment by family physician. x.ray treatments of midrff ofton give great relief to the coughing spasms. .u
 Close Call, Whati
 ID talk on spralDs you suggest painting Inc piiatIeaiiy assert, the uDbr0keB skin abs0ris nothing what benefit can Do obtained ff0nl tiIs? Perhaps | sI,0uid assume that tile fumes eynp0PHiHd by tbe warmth Of ibe ankles ave Inhaled by tbe patIenf, but, ste, please tell Do b0W ibn fumes kn0w en0uEh Co EO Co tile s%gyaln.s.g % i.. snh'e sna nos 'o the funny bens og Answer--it acts as . eeunteyirritaDL
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-10

Democrats of Bridgeport played host to Governor Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland over the weekend. Their enthusiasm, dis played late last week when it was definite that the chief exponent of states rights would come to the city for a campaign speech almost created one of those blunders of convention that can be so embarrassing. The occasion for the rally and speech was a gathering sponsored by the Fifth Dis triet Democratic Club. A reception at the home of National Committeeman Archibald McNeil where the governor could meet state .officials was included in the arrangements. However unintentionally no doubt, State Senator Fred Atwater invited Governor Ritchie, as well as Connecticut officials, to his home at the same hour the McNeil gathering was planned. It looked like one of those things about which you read at first. Governor Ritehie solved the problem probably without any idea of what he was doing by sending National Committeeman McNeil an acceptance to be present at his home for the reception prior to the rally. Governor Ritchie is personally acquainted with Senator Atwater and would have. un- der any other circumstances, accepted his in- vitation. But as Mir McNeil is obviously the representative of the democratic national committee in Connecticut, 1t was natural for the governor to fall in with the plans of those sponsoring the democratic gather ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-10
League Needs Money

]. The League of Nations is having as diff s.ficult time as the rest of us making It's g.budget balance. A large number of its .members have not paid their dues for year Or so. The other day it was suggested that s..the only way to make both ends meet was Ito economize rigidly by cutting out various sLeague services. Salvador de Madariaga of s.Spain made telling reply opposing such saction. Z. He pointed out that Japan had already rSpent in the past year in Manchuria nine sstimes the Leagues entire annual budget. s.Great Britain. feeling bit glum at being ..the nation contributing the largest amount to s.the League at present, was reminded that ss..iit spends more annually in compiling its s..army and navy statistics than the League s.spends on all its work combined. The t.United States not member of the League, s.spent more on recently built poison gas s.faetory than the League spends for what ,.must be admitted are more constructive s:purposes. E. The League has seemed intellectual in ,many of the big problems it has faced. It .is far from intellectual in host of less spec etacular services it has been rendering human -..ity since its beginning If the nations are ..wise they will not eurtail those activities s.until they have made every possible effort tito raise the modest funds needed by the sLeague. So long as they spend huge sums s.on armament and aggression, and lose other s.huge sums through international trade war, s.they would do poor stroke of business for s:themselves if they lessened the Leagues ef- affective funds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-10

the superior court writ of mandamus oom- polling Secretary of State Higgins to appear and show cause why he should not place the names of the regular republican presiden- tial electors on the ticket of the independent party. This action is result of several recent decisions. The independents decided to endorse President Hoover by taking for their own ticket the presidential electors of the regular party. But the regulars objected and SO did the electors themselves. Hence the court action. Mir MeCook has usually been able to make things interesting for the state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-10
To-ddy's Selected Poem
FULL HARVEST

(By WinnT6 Lynch Rockett in The Christian
 Science Monitor) Now is the season Of fruition- The time Of .ripening fruit and grain. Russet- coated apples hang On weighted boughs; BrOwn-sheatbed ears Of g0ldeD corn, Perchod high on Fustling stalks, Walt the haryester's seasonod hands, Between the rows, Great saffron globes Iis iB the morning sun Huge pumpkins, which at dawn Were d0nlB0ed in sIivery g0ssaDer of frost, The cool, Pips.seanted nir ls sweet hh nowsDFesaed elder And the busy husbaHdman, cgDieDtsd with his bhfvesf's yield, Whistles at his faaks-- tlbilBf . mel0di9us paean of tbanksaisinG
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-10
A Book a. Day
John D.'s Riches ''Most Hon.
 estly Gained" of All
by BRUCE CATION

The fortune of John D. Rocke- feller, for all that the man was hated during his active career as few Americans have been hated, was probably the most honestly acquired of any of our great fort uneS.
 So says John T. Flynn in Gods Gold" a thoroughly documented and strikingly interesting biography of the great oil king.
 MT Flynn is not trying either to whitewash or to expose Rockefel- ler.5 He studies him, he says, m order to illustrate an epoch in life is the very epitome of the in- dustrial ages arrival at it's fullest and most logical development.
 So MT Flynn gives us, book that Is as much social history as biography.
 Rockefeller, he says, was cold blooded and ruthless; but when he froze out a competitor he always offered to take the man into Stand ard Oil, and every competitor who accepted the offer and held on to his stock grew very wealthy. Rockefeller never ppt any water in Standard Oil stock. He was al- ways a merchandiser, and never 8 promoter. Compared with Gould, Fisk, Drew and their kind, or even with Morgan himself, MT Flynn finds him deserving of a good deal of praise. z.
 But Mir Flynn isn't engaged in a white washing expedition, and he makes no. attempt to hide the black flag which the oil king oc- casionally flew. Gods Gold" is very interesting, very informative, and about as Impartial as such a book could be.
 It is published by Harcourt, Brace and Co, and 1t sells at $3.50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-10
AN AUTHORITY ON GEOGRA-
 PHICAL SPELLING
(Hartford Courant)


 The Geographic Board in it's four year task of setting up an of- ficial authority for the spelling of the names of foreign places de- cided on compromise, rational in basis but applied with leniency. In the case of countries and of inter- national borders 1t would preserve the conventional English names. This is particularly convenient in the case of such a river as the Danube which is called the Donau in Germany and the Dunau in Bull garia. In the cases of smaller di- visions, particularly of cities, the board puts it's stamp of approval on the locally sanctioned version. Therefore, it holds that it is right and proper for Americans to speak of Vein (Vienna), Lwow Lem- berg) and Livorno (Leghorn). {. Who should know better or have better right to dictate the pro- nunciation and the spelling of the names of & city than its inhabit- ants? This, indeed, sounds reas- enable but custom and literature are strong arguments against it's speedy adoption. Florence, Naples, the Hague are too well established for the Geographic Board to change by edict.
 The theory that local authori- ties should be allowed to decide the name by which American designate their city has practical import ance from the point of view of pos tai service It has also a potential one, since the United States gov ernment would not wish to dictate in the fashion of the Romans. If the Turks do not like the name Constantinople very well, it shall be officially inythe United States Istanbul. But this theory does not work out thoroughly. For instance the Fins do not like to have their country called Enland, because that is the name given by Swedish conquerers. They prefer their own name for their country-Su- omi. The Poles likewise prefer the familiar Polska. But these considerations the board digrelslrds with no apparent reason. except that the familiar spellings will fa- cilitate handling of letters in tho post offices of the United States, whereas, the foreign spelling of city and town names will facilitate their dispatch when they reached the country of their destination.
 The Geographic Board deserves sympathy for It's task was of kind bound to be displeasing to some and It's decisions subject to change without notice. How imperman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-10

The town of Plymouth has just rejected a plan to create financial advisory board to act with the seleetmen. A well organized minority finally overthrow the plan, although it had behind it the weight of the first, selectman and the towns manufacturers. It occurs to us that Litchheld made just such move as this some years ago and has never regretted it. It created finance board and if we are not mistaken. just few days ago Litchfeld boasted of the fact that it could show balance at the end of the fiscal year. Few towns can do that in these hectic days. If a finance board can bring about such state of affairs we should think more small communities would have them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-10
ALL ToGETHER NOW

The politician. spoke an hour, Ills speech made words, just three,
 For after it was all boiled down,
 It signaIIcd, "V0te for Me-" o--O-o The man who carries n rabbits foot in his pocket wants to be care- fui Of anthrax.
 o--O--o
 Neither party has adopted q.
 hound, song in this campaign.
 s6 it can hardly be called q
 d0ggIe election as yet. o--O-o
 This concludes our opening broadeast of the week. q came t0 you oyer DBD and was sent through the courtesy of the Water. bury Evening Democrat, pioneer ln this typo ef newspaper work, We are signing off at this time, t0 Do back on inc hif AEhin tosmorfew evening ht the usual hour Good night,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-10
BY RODNEY BUTCHER NEA Service Writer


 Washington-As secondary result of the November election may be to give the democrats immediate control of the senate as well as the house.
 It is generally anticipated that the democrats are about to win control of the seventy-third con- gross, which will not sit in reguar session until a year from next De- cember.
 But the congress which comes into its short session a month after the election, to stay until March 4, already is democratic on paper and will become definitely democratic with a complete change of the i'm portant senate committee chair manships if the voters of New Jersey and Colorado continue their most recent tendencies.
 Thus President Hoover, whether or not he is reelected, is likely to have a rather miserable time of at the last of his first term. It will be especially miserable for him, of course. in case he has been de- feated. Complete control of both houses by the opposition presents an ordeal which few presidents have had to undergo in recent dec- ades.
 Democrats Hold Edge
 The death of Senator Waterman of Colorado left AZ republicans, 47 democrats and one farmer-laborite member of the senate. To succeed Cnno fnv. vUo hA Xnv IL. governor of Colorado appointed Walter Walker and the lineup be- came 4S-47-1, with the democrats taking the edge.
 One other vacancy in the senate of the next session must be filled in November, the seat from New Jersey once held by tn late Dwight Morrow and lately filled by Senator w. Warren Barbour, through ap- pointment.
 If the democrats can hold the Colorado seat and win the Jersey seat they will have 49 seats to 46 for a clear majority.
 It is not yet clear here whether Walker will sit during the next session or whether the forthcom. ing election will have to choose a successor to Waterman to sit until March as we'll as one for the en- suing six years.
 Hot Fight in Jersey
 If it is decided that an election is necessary the democrats would ap- pear to have at least an even chance, as Coloradoans elected a democratic governor and a demo- cratic senator when they last voted for these offices.
 The democratic candidate against Barbour, is Percy H. Stew. art and the fight is a hot one, ac- cording to reports here. The re- publican senatorial campaign or- ganization is taking a special in- terest in it. New Jersey is a doubt- full state this year insofar as it's presidential electoral vote is con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-10
Here, There And Euerywhere

ent are these questions of place names, every one knows who has attempted to- follow Bible stories on a modern map of Palestine, or to trace the journeys of Pausanias and Marco PoloA through second century Greece Or thirteenth cen- tury Asia or a map provided by g tourist agency. Every fresh start in government seems to have
 brought a new name; Troy, New Amsterdam and St Petersburg, passed with Priam,.. Peter Stuyves- ant, Nicholas Romanoff.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-10

We don't doubt that with the aid of At torney Anson T. McCook the independent republican party of Connecticut will make things warm for the regular republicans in the weeks intervening between now and election day. Not that we expect to see the independents triumphing over their former colleagues. Far from it. But with Mir McCook as counsel they have secured from