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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05
To-day's Selected Poem
THE DRAGON FLY
(Ciinton scollard in the Christian
 Science Monitor)

(Cilnton scollard in the Christian
 Science Monltor) Back from his tits and journeys The dragon fly fits by; Whither he jaunts and journeys Who knows? Not I! Not l!
 rftf Eager. alert and agile.
 With bronze on his furnished wing. l. see him pass. q fragile thing. Fieeting. fantastic thing. With never Il pause to ponder. Such Is his zeai and zest, 1 watch him dart off wonder Into the glowing west. His am 1 may not unrnvel And Ho chn but stop and stare. And wish like him might travel. Guessing tho golden air
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Holding the Baby Up


 Our Big Noise" is Brady Baby. He is a tough guy and happy one. He has never worn shoes, though he is now 17 months old and runs about freely. Sometimes we put moe. casins on him. The in-laws are mortified and say that unless we put on stiff shoes to brace his ankles he will be deformed (R. w. E.)
 Answer-By the same logic you would have to equip the boy with arch props. corsets, shoulder braces, and sooner or later pair of crutches and a wheel chair. Tell the n-laws to rent an auditorium.
 Plants and Flowers in Sickroom
 Mother thinks it is harmful to have grow- ing plants fin the sickroom (F. A.)
 Answer-So far the effect on the air is concerned 1t is insignificant Either growing plants or cut flowers in the sickroom are bene- ficial if the invalid enjoys them. Growing plants in porous pots add considerable moisture to the air of a heated room in the winter sea- son and that Is always desirable.
 Get the Ice Mans Opinion
 You claim GIycer0phosphates and hypophos- phtes do not feed the nervous system. Our druggist says they do :. tF. R.)
 Answer-Well, let's call in the ice man and leave It to him. s.ss.. ws.,
 Please explnin the use of Benedict's test fo1 glucose. thfrs c. F. WI
 Answer-Eenedlet's solution is an alkaline solution of copper suiphate. sold by all drug. gists at 10 cents an ounce. To teahpoonfu of this in a 4.inch test tube add six drops Of the sample to be tested shake up. and stand the tubo in tin cup of boiling water for five minutes. If C green. yellow, xed or brown sedi. mont romains In the bottom of the tube, that
 sccpyrishi John z. Ollie Co.,,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05
AUTOINTOXICATION WOULD BE JUST roc
 BAD IF IT COULD HAPPEN

vuberaver one eats or drinks too much and neglects daily exercise, work or play 10 Del ia
 the surplus fuel the first alibi one thinks or IS 1 a lazy liver or if ones health education mas 1 been obtained in the modern scnool VeaE | pages of magazines) perhaps one preIers W ~
 call it autointoxication or intestinal stasls bus m matter how thin one slices it., it is still tboloney 4xa+ I harm is done when the natural waste products I of metabolism are retained in the blood or tls-
 sues, and such faulty elimination or vltal con- l bustion products is secondary feature m
 many disease conditions But TOT the sake oa oa | should understand clearly that thls type ol body poisoning (call it autointoxlcatlon II you like) is rarely if ever due to costive or con. situated habit state. It has nolnlhg to oo with the food resfdues in the intestine
 The old time quacks explained 1t by blaming
 the liver, and their dupes forgot 1t all ainosEl as readily when they took "liver regulators as they did when they took nothing. Modern ctarlatans have freer flow of language ana much more expensive ways of keeping vlctms from forgetting it,. but they stlll ascripe tne evil to poisoning of the body by something ab- sorbed from the colon, so that in some cases the wretches who suffer from the possession find life one constant succession of internal
 baths" Yet the more they wash away the im- agnary poisons the more polson they imagine they have. intoxication theory is Metchnikoff, who con- ceiyed the hypothesis that the constant pro- duction of toxins by bacterial fermentation and DutrefactlOn Tn the lnLeStlHeS CduScS iiS1iJ human ills including premature senescence
 and on this hypothesis the famous bacteriol-
 ogist based his scheme of discouraging bactere ial putrefaction in the intestine as a means or preserving health and prolonging life. What the great bacteriologist didn't know apout health and disease fills many books. His Utop- ian dream scarcely survived the man himseil. To-day "Bulgarian sour milk is scarcely ever heard of: only commercial interests now ex- ploit the acidophlus sour milk preparations which succeeded Metchnikof's Bulgarian ba- cillus cultures
 Metchnikoff was not much of physiolog1st.
 A physioIogist knows that in the human intes- tine putrefaction is natural or normal con dition A physician who is not blinded by subsidy or hope of reward knows that the tenn porary prevention of intestinal puterfaction makes no appreciable difference in the state of the individuals health.
 I believe I am fairly expressing the concen- sus of medical opinion at the present time when I say that physicians with scientific train ing neither recognize ''autointoxication as a cause of disease nor deem the elimination of toxins factor in successful treatment. Nos- trum mongers, faddists and a few old fogies in regular medical ranks are the sole exploit CTS of the autointoxlcation obsession to-day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05
YET HERE AT HOME.
(TIartford Courant)


 People who live in glass bottles cannot throw bricks, # we may speak the substance of an ancient proverb. Tn his column for Mon. day Mir Latimer has made more or less fun of names of places over in rural New York, because these names have c queer sound to Con- necticut ears. But connecticut has places the names of which sound strange even to an EsauImo. Be- tween Amity and zoar there are many of them.
 we quote ct random from the state manual, beginning on page ela: Axe Factory, chsWink, Ded- lam, Appaqnegs Hunsayt oxeegxet, Maromas, Lulls MeFryall. Ces Cob. oronoke, Paeowset, Faaanara!a, Nut Plains, Neck District, Me. Hhomaaiek, M q a onH, hometown. Grow Iilll. clapboard Ridge, chrlgs tian Lane, Clam iaiAnd, Cream 4ill, l1koHk. vluteylllss Noss Rlain. Apil
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05

Q We read with interest the article which
 said that Senator Bingham of New Haven
 will not run on prohibition plank if he is nominated this year. Of course he will
 be nominated and of course he won't run on a dry platform We don't believe by any stretch of the imagination that many republican legislators seeking to be returned to office this year will try to be elected on the strength of their party's so-called resub-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05
@ TODAY yR2!A..Y es A,X9IRV1ERRNA2RBA 'e4 ofGE
HOUSEWIVES ROUTED.

On July s. 1918. Csecho- sIova- kian forces encountered the Bol- shevist army in the region of Irks utsk and the Russians went down to defeat. On the same day a mixed force of Boishevilxi and Austro- German prisoners was put to route and the csschs marched on to occupy Nikolayevsix, c naval station on the Amnr river.
 British air forces atacked co- bienz and eaarbrucken on this day and scored avcompiote victory over Germans. { causing much damage IA
 On the western front Germans staged eounter-attaclks at Hnnleis but were reptiIsed. Allied activity Increased along the entire ffou{s apuFrsa on by the success of the past few days.
 Hhs Rumanian senate ratified fhs feeaty ef peace with the eeus trai p0WsEa that haA hesm fSsifleh hy the German kleIchssAS ss 5hIk %.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05

shedding of drop of blood.
 The active head of government is now bright young fellow who was educated in France. leader of the peoples party. The royalisf party seems to be an unimportant minority. 1t is the way of royalty in these irreverent days. A king is lucky to keep his crown. His head is usuaIiy safe enough. pro- vided he has the sense to say: 70. k.-Co ahead and don't mind me-"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05

Despite hard times and scarcity of money the past holiday weekend was wit ness to the customary heavy traffic. To date the depression has not necessarily limited the number of automobiles seen along the highways definitely proving that the auto has left the luxury stage and become a necessity. Resorts report good business so far, although the days when rooms and cottages were at premium seem to have cone. Cheer up, they'll return like all good things.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05
The Wrong Procedure

With so many theaters in this state in- volved in labor union trouble the latest cpl sode in Hartford has attracted more than usual attention. A sulphur and phosphorus 'steneh'' bomb was exploded in Loews theater last week with resultant injuries to four people and burned clothing on at least four more. The management attributed the < explosion to labor union agents, which may or may not be doing them grave injustice. The police investigation of the affair should throw some light on the real eulprits. For the sake of all concerned, we hope the guilty ones are brought to justice as it may put an end to series of such in- cidents in Connecticut.
 It was the second such occurrence in Hartford within a period of two weeks. A somewhat similar case was reported in New Haven early last week. We sincerely hope that if these are deliberate acts of malicious ness intended to keep patrons away from legitimate amusement houses that every ef- fort will be made to catch the guilty per sons. It is hard for us to believe that nature men would descend to such con- temptible trick as this to gain their end. And when the danger to the innocent by stander or as it is in this case sitter, IS con- sidered there is no justification whatsoever for such attempts at intimidation
 Waterbury has thus far escaped without any such outrage. We hope that the situa- ton will remain that way in this city. Everybody looks for a peaceful settlement between the theater chain operatives and the striking employees But in the interim we want no such occurrences as placed New Haven and Hartford theaters in the lime light True moronic characters holding some grudge against theater owner or pro- prietor may perpetrate one of those nasty ''stench" bombs with little or no damage. save to the ofaetory nerves. The more dangerous bombs. composed of sulphur and phosphorus. with the ensuing explosion when dropped constitute in our opinion criminal aetionr Let anybody who con- templates such an act of reprisal consider well the consequences.
 Siamese Freedom
 Eastward the course of democracy takes it's way. Sou.heastern Asia wakes up with revolution in Siam. The fevolutionsts seize control of the government while King Prajadhipek is away on vacation. Return. Ing. his majesty obedentiy approves the revolution. fatifes . popular constitution snd i' proclaimed king again, without the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05

mission plank. It is too much of tfayer,y for them to hope to use it to their ..dysn- tsee. It would be better for Senator Bing- ham and the wringing vets to support the democratic platform. adopt it for themselves if necessary. And when they do that poor things what will happen to their demo- cratic opponents. They won't have leg to stand on. Just picture republicans stealing the democratic fire in this fashion. Isn't it amusingl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05
o-O--O RIGHTO

| An orator, an orator,
 I'll tell you who he is,
 An orator is a hot air guy,
 Who knows the hot air biz. | o-O-o | Horse back riding is good exer- cise-for the horse. | o-O-o The stuff of which heroes are made, sometimes starts with the heroines.
 TO M. J. MS BLACK CAT
 Imperial Highness, you're said to A certain, calcuable wisdom, So hoping that you'll solve This thing, to you I meekly come. Would you corroborate this state- ment Which I've. so often heard Or will there be a prOtestatiOn l Of gloomy anger quite deterred. More than once I've heard it said That cats possess nine lives,
 If this be true, my dear black cat How will you feel when the ninth arrives.
 ADA, New Haven. oIO-o People who stay up all night to listen in on conventions probably fall asleep in church on Sunday. o-O-o Many a woman hides her feelings under a heavy coat ing of face powder. o-O-o
 The pen is mightier than the sword but the typewriter puts them all to shame. o-O-o Who can remember the good old days when girl would turn around and scowl if cigarette smoke was waited in the. general direction of her nostrils. o-O-o It's almost as easy to make the first page nowadays as 1t was the last few years back. o-O-o GO ONe Tine man who takes the stump, I'm campaigns near and far, Is generally tIse kind of chap,
 Who takes a stump cigar. o--O-o The trouble with the passing show Is due to the fact that 1t doedoesn't pass quite soon enough. | o-O--0 Breakfast is daily occurrence, | e sort of Q "cereaf. | o-0-o
 This completes our opening pro- gram of the week. ft came to you over DBD and was broadcast by the Waterbury Evening Democrat. pioneer in this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time. to be back on the air again tomorrow evening at the usual heur. a--O-~o Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05
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 pr Brady. Address him. care Of the Democrat sehoins sfamp and addressed envelope. ~.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05
LARGER SALMON CATCHES

simrishamn, Sweden = (U. P.)
 -Enormous catches of salmon, iarger than Tn many previous years, are reported by fishermen from Himrichamn, In tine southern ewed- ish province of GeAnia. Recently. twelve ships returned from an ca. petition in the Baltic See with moi less than two tons of salmon ia their matches.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 8:57 Daylight Saving Time) to- night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05

High tide at Milford, "Wednesday. July 6, p. m. Daylight time); low tide, 7;3o D. rn Daylight time).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05

The first section of the highway connecting Adds Ababa and jlln. fna, was 0nsnsd recently by she empeFer of Ethiopia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05

A lot of folks would like to take vaea- tions this summer from what they re doing by going to work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05

There are some advantages in three party system Think how three political conventions running all at once would take the countrys mind off its other troubles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-05
Good evening.
 THEY'RE OVER
"A SMILES THE THING" :"

Conventions came. convention:
 went,
 Hurrahi Two candidates to us are sent.
 Hurrah! One is moist. the other wet, The good old stage will soon
 be set, But it means little to vet, Hurrah! They'll spout and rave of this and thar.
 Hurrah! And some will talk right through
 their hat,
 Hurrah! They'll promise you just everything.
 More work, free taxes. ding-a-ling, But gosh, know the song they
 sing. . Hurrahl No matter who goes in next fall. Hurrah! You'll hear the same old little call,
 Hurrah! As Brisbane said from dear old
 Chi.
 Not presidents, but you and l. :" Just make the country wet or dry.
 Hurrah! o-0-o The rubber money idea is great. It's one way of stretching a dollar.
 o-O-o
 The doctor told his patient to get out in the open and tumble round bit. So he took a long ride in rumble seat.
 o-O-o
 There's talk in the air of a third party. But only every third man seems interested so that won't do. o-O-o
 KEEP GOING, THE GRADE
 IS STEEP. I've written many poems, Hundreds, I'm sure, no less, To date no one refers to me As a poetess. o-C-o A lot of people are saving stamps now when it is impossible to save much of anything else. o-O-o The prohibitionists are seek ing slogans for their campaign. Here's one: "A dry flag flys better than a wet one" Sometimes the innocent suffer, because, unfortunately they have a guilty look on their faces. o-O-o Roosevelt flew to the con- vention where he accepted the nomination. This should assure him the air vote. o-O-o And it begins to look as if "The Forgotten Man," about which Roosevelt has been speaking is Al Smith. o-O-O RIGHTO An orator, an orator,
 I'll tell you who he is, An orator is a hot air guy,
 Who knows the hot air biz. O-O-o
 Horse back riding is good exer- cise-for the horse. O-O-O
 The stuff of which heroes are made, sometimes starts with the heroines.
 o-O-o
 TO M. J. MS BLACK CAT Imperial Highness, you're said to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-10
AMERICAN LEGION STATE CONVENTION The City Being Put Into Holiday Attire for the
 Occasion
 COMMITTEES ACTIVE

Committee reports made last evening indicate that everything IS in readiness for the state conven- ton of the American Legion in this city next week.
 Workmen started early this morning decorating the city with flags of the various nations of the world, the allies particularly. The eastern section of the central green appeared very attractive to-day and won much comment. Within a day or two several of the city's prin- cipal streets will be in holiday for the big gathering of ex-service
 The departments executive com mittee will meet in the Colonial room of The Elton at 6:45 o'clock next Wednesday afternoon. It will he the first session of the conven- ton. Department Commander James B. Breslin will preside.
 The big parade
 The big public feature will be the parade on Friday afternoon, August 18th. Some 10000 men and women are expected to be in line. In ad- dition to the legionnaires there will be attachments of sailors and mar ines from the New London base. several companies of national guardsmen, cavalry and coast guard artillery. The parc de will get underway at 2:15 o'clock. It will pass in official review before dis tinguished gathering of local and state officials, civil and military. If possible the naval airship Akron will circle about the city during the parade. Several aeroplanes will be in evidence.
 Tomorrow evening mass meet ing of the Corporal Coyle post will be held at the state armory. Sev- eral speakers will be present to out line the plans made to-day and to render reports of what is expected of Waterbury and its ex-service men in making the convention a huge success.
 A midnight show at the Palace and a legion dance at the. state ar mory have already been arranged by the entertainment committee with c. Arthur Dubois in charge. Both of these events will have many features of public interest. :.
 Chairman Ellis Phelan presided at last evenings meeting of the ex- ecutive committee of the legion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-10

clude athletic events and acquatic sports. Tn the evening the party will be the guests of their hosts at a dinner.
 An out door card party will be conducted tonight at the home of Mrs George Lambert on Golden Hill street by the Altar Society Of st Mary's church. If the weather is indictment the party will be held in St Mary's hall. Prizes will be awarded at the party to those mokine the highest scores and refreshments will be served.
 Entries Close Tonight.
 Entries for the annual Y. M. c. A. Tennis tourney will close to- night. Already a large entry list has been received. It is planned to get the tourney under way in few days and as soon as the entries are ali in the committee will set the dates and time for the several matches. This committee will meet again on Thursday night.
 Funeral of Mrs Belle Abel.
 The funeral of Mrs Belle Abel. widow of Frank P. Abel. who died Monday at the home of her son. Warren ID. Abel, or Milviile ave- nue was held this afternoon from her home of her son at o'clock. Services were conducted by the Rev Joseph R. Swain of the. Meth. odist Episcopal church.
 The body was taken to Bailston Spa, N. Y., where funeral services will be held in the Robert Carter Funeral home. Interment VIII Dc in Rock City Falls. N. '.
 Funeral of Afiss Mary A. Sweeney. The funeral of Miss Mary A.. Sweeney. former resident Of Nau- Ratuck who died Monday night in New Haven will be held tosmor. row morning at e:eO o'clock from the AfcCarthy Funeral home 10 Cedar street and at o'clock from SC FrnnoIg church. BuriAi will be in SC James, cemetery. The funeral home wlli be open tonight for friends.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-10

Denocratic caucuses to name delegates to the town convention which will in turn name delegates to the state, congressional, sesna. torial and probate conventions VIII he held in all three wards of the borough on Thursday night. August 1S if was decided at a meeting or fine democratic town committee held last night. The party conven- lion will be held on Saturday nignt' August 20. ..
 for representatives and justices or the peace will be held some time early in October although no dates were set. In past years tne same convention nominated the canoi- dates for representatives ana 1us- tices of the peace but this proce- dure has been against party ruies. This year it Is proposed 10 nve strictly up to these rules IL was stated. s inc town committee presided at the meeting which followed a session of the Victory drive committee. Plans for a ciambake to be held at Osborn's Glen on; Sunday, Aug ,,st 28. were completed and tickets were distributed. The net proceeds of the bake will go to the Demo- cratic Victory fund. Tickets will sell for $2, Invitations will be ex- tended to prominent members or inc partys in the state to be present.
 Through the kindness Of the manager of the Gem Opera house the proceeds of a picture show to he given on August "A and 20, will he donated to the Victory fund. On next Tuesday night a card party will be held in Hibernian hall for the fund. It was reported at last nights meeting that about one half of the borough quota has already been raised.
 Chairman D. J. Carroll or the Victory fund committee presided at the meeting.
 Funeral of Ernest Wood
 The funeral of Ernest w. Wood of Homestead avenue who was found dead in Grove cemetery yes terday from strangulation will be held tomorrow afternoon from the funeral home of Clayton A. Bailey on Oak Street at 2:30 o'clock. Ser vices will be conducted by the Rev Arthur. F. Lewis, rector of St Mt- chaePs Episcopal church. Burial will be in Grove cemetery.
 Mir Wood who was a former burgess of the borough was found in the wooded section of the ceme- tery yesterday morning after a search had been conducted for him several hours by the local police with the aid of borough fire men. MT Wood had taken his life by hanging but when the body was found it was lying on tho