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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11
DON'T LET THE TOXINS GET YOU

DON'T LEI The IOA1NS GEE XOO
Quack doctors, fake healers and nostrum
mongers exceedingly fond Of telling the
great sucker population about the toxins" that
aseats are in % sa
from TIE chief concern, the regulation OF the
bowels"
Now as a mater Of scientific knowledge
which may become common sense in SO years
or so-there are scarcely half a dozen toxins
that we can recognize at all, and II any of
these gets you not all the yeast or orange juice
Among the few known toxins are tetanus to3an,
diphtheria toxin, tubercuin, typhoid toxin
all specific poisons, whether your bowels work
as the European clinic clerks say they should
or not
Once in a while still come across quaint
little bit in current medical literature, wherein
some lutsy professor text book writer or NOM
nal medical authority lapses into that impos-
ing patent medicine style and explains some
thing as the effect of vague TOXINS which,
presumably. arise from Intestinal stasie," as
the suave charlatans call it, or the BODY
failure to eliminate poison BREEDING waste" as
the polite school of buttermilk or sour milk
vendors say.
The whole morbid suggestion Of "autointoxi-
toxins" or WASTE Of any kind is utterly un-
founded. There is barely the semblance of a
scientific fact to bolster this vicious notion.
If you pin any of these slippery authorities
down and ask him just how he can tell any
body is suffering from any such poisoning, his
sole tangible excuse Is indfcan.
In the early years OF scientific medicine
which was perhaps SO years ago--the measure
ment of the amount of indican in the urine
was considered fair index of the amount of
putrefaction going on in the aimentary tract.
Indican is universally present. q normal cons
stituent.3 but the old timers didn't permit HI
tie difficulty like that to spoil their fanciful
pathology, any more than they permitted the
normal presence of uric acid in the blood to
cramp their conception of the govt They got
around the indican difficulty by assuming some
arbitrary quantity of indican as the normal
and when they had a bunch they were dealing
with some obscure illness 1t was natural to
estimate the indican as a little excessive. You
see, the arbitrary normal standard was elastic
enough to suit nearly all requirements.
Aside from the frail support given by the
indican index am fairly confident I will not
be successfully contradicted when / say that
there is scientific evidence at all to sustain
the commercially inspired teaching that the
body suffers any injury from waste matter
when 1t is retained hours or days in the in
testine; and on the other hand, there is an
overwhelming weight of evidence to convince
any one who knows physiology or pathology
that the symptoms the quacks and their GUS
toners ascribe to such poisoning cannot pos
sibly be so produced.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION
Kills Twice to Gain
His Point

When sudden, life-and-death
crisis comes, you don't decide how
you are going to meet 1t. What
you are decides for you--the
things you've done in past years.
the dreams you've dreamed. the
kind of person you've permitted or
persuaded yourself to become. You
run true to form, and you can't
help yourself.
This theme runs through
'Ithurielss Hour" a crisp and
cleverly-handled novel by Joanna
Cannan.
The central character is Sir
Clement Vyse, one of those cold
water-bath English sportsmen. He
sets out to scale a lonely peak in
the Himalayas, taking with him
his son and half dozen kindred
spirits, and finds 1t a tougher job
than he had expected.
But Sir Clement had been one
of Britain's empire builders In
his youth. and he'd never been
able to forget It. The one thing
he really believed in was the vir-
tue Of doing exactly what he set
out to do. regardless OF the cost.
So. In the end, he scaled the
mountain and came back to Eng
land q famous explorer. But he
had to commit two murders IN
order to do II.
The bland. self-satisfled way In
which he blew himself 70 those
murders ID described with incisiye
irony: and their effect on slr
Clements son, who II q much
more civilized human being. Ii
told sympatheticaIy and persua-
sively. Az In aII, the book u very
"ithurisIs Hours Il published
BY Doubleday, poran and ccm-
pany. and z priced q 13.eo.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11

We don't like to be too critical but isn't
it about time that Huey Long of louisiana
settled down to business. If he is going to
be United States senator he had better de-
eide to be one. If,he wants to go back to
Louisiana let him do that and end the cease
less pickering down there over his former
job. But to date he has simply been enter
tanning the Senate with his good old south.
ern customs. !. They are all right in their
proper place. So is "potlikker". But il
doesn't mix with this business of getting
the nation out of the doldrums. Come on.
Senator Long. get down to business.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11
So They Say

-J"77-
The world Il loo king to Ms to
solve this depression ana the one
agency on eArth JtHfnh can solve
1t II the Republican, Darty.
Seth w. EiGhardsbn, assistant
s,.s u. 8. xttotneyy Maine.
I don't expect the theater adj
mission tax 10 hurt me vary much
personally. You nee. Mrs Garner.
always pays my way.
John Nance Garner, speaker
of the House.
I wish could stand on the
housetops and shout to all women.
sDon't dread middle age. Look
forward to II instead. II II the
best part Of life."
Marie Dressle. film star.
~ 4 So - ~
Opera IL enough OF a racket a.
Il a., without letting the govern.
ment take q hand.
--oiadys swarthout. youngest
opera star.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11
CONNECTICUT DISHES.
(Hartford courant)

Reginal cooking ID all the rage
in New York. According to sheila
Hibben, writing on eating Am
erican" in the New Republic, 1t
has the seal Of high approval Of
Park avenue. Upset indeed" she
writes, ''the ladies' from Urbana,
Illinois or Montgomery, Alabama,
are likely to be when, arriving at
the waldorf, reverentiy expecting
lobster Thermidor and baked
Alaska, they discover that the
resident rich and great of New
York are demanding, as the last
word in culinary effort. q little
potlikker and corn pone!"
Patriotic pride II. American VIC
tuals is at last coming to its own
amid the eastern gardens, Rus
sian cafes and the Italian rest&0-
rants Of the metropolis. It has
been an enduring fashion: In many
parts Of the United States. Bos.
ton still eats baked beans and
brown bread. Cod fish cakes are
still fried there on q Sunday morn
ing. The rest of New England
has a tendency to follow the lead.
But there are differences, for ev-
ample, the fish chowder Indigenous
north of Boston can not be found
along the Sound. a
Eat America First is sound
slogan, IL one Is to be strong
enough to eat cheese for break
fast in Northern Europe or the
prodigious "rice dinners" of Java.
To begin in Connecticut, just what
should one serve to show the prop
err local pride? Guilford CLAIMS
and Connecticut river shad come
quickly to mind. But to recall any
particular recipes, any dishes OF
delectability d e. ndent on the
manner of cooking, Is quite anoth-
er matter. Some must certainly be
brought to light IL Connecticut is
to hold its place with the chicken
cake of wisconsin and South Caro-
lina's Hoppin' John. e
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. history

MISUNDERSTANDING history
records many famous fizzles after
preliminary trumpeting and drum
beating, but the administrators
proposed investigation of the bears
Of Wall Street theatens to develop
into the prize washout Of all time.
|, It all grew out Of a theory held
1 by friends Of Mr. Hoover that every
time the administration put
through one Of its reconstruction
measures a group of gentlemen i'm
tmediately proceeded to drive down
stock prices.
And one night Hoover's right
hand senator, Walcott of Connecti-
cut, came from Hoover's Office
roaring that the thing had gone far
enough and that the "cu1prits"
would be exposed. He said he had
q list of them and 1t is reported
that the names were those Of
Democrats.
Order Usual Investigation
The senate passed a resolution
to investigate the operations Of
that great gambling house called
the Stock Exchange, but not until
democrats and progressives had
seen to II that the banking COM
mittee would Investigate bulls as
well as Walcott's bears.
Whereupon everyone began to
he afraid of the investigation. 1t
learned that there were republican
bears as we'll as democratic bears.
People here began to hear from
Wall Street, with advice that
they'd found a sure-fire method of
further damaging the business sit
uation. Bears, it is said, promise
to show that general conditions
unalleviated by the administration
program-were responsible for
stock drops, not their operations.
The probe seemed sure to bring
out testimony as to how the mar
ket ever rose to such dizzy heights
before the crash, with certain
quotations from Hoover and Mel
lon.
Dropped Quietly
So, although ordered by the Sem
ate, the investigation was indefin-
itely postponed. Walcott, asked for
the list, replied: What list 2" And
there will be no more heard about
the matter unless Senator Brook
hart Of Iowa. almost the only one
still avid for such fireworks, can
persuade the committee.
Just previously a house COM
mittee's investigation Of Secretary
Of the Treasury Mellon. based on
impeachment charges Of Congress-
man Patman OF Texas, had been
blotted out by Melons appoint
ment as ambassador to Great Bril-
tain.
Trying to run Uncle Andy out
Of the treasury by disclosing his
business connections and other al
legged disqualifications was long q
favorite diversion of some demo-
Gratis and some progressives. but
It took Hoover to dislodge the old
gentleman.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKING
(New Britain Herald)

(NeW Britain Heralo)
Schuyler Merritt of Stamford, ex-
congressman, appears to be finding
himself in attractive waters. When
he left the house Of representa-
tives in obedience to the democrat
ic landslide of 1880 he did not
expect to ever return. Now It Ii
brought to his attention that the
state will need congressman-at-
large and of course that leaves an
opening to run for congress In this
manner. Obviously. IN order to get
back to the house he would need
to be elected; but the canny
stamfordite evidently thinks that 10
easier as an "at large" candidate
than a. one from Fairfield county.
which has been acting queerly OF
late years. still. there IL q possi-
biiity-- .....
The state ID honoring its once
veteran congressman IN an unique
way by calling the monster high
way abd boulevard under construc-
fion In Fairfield county the Merritt
highway. True the name Was
chosen whom the preIlminarles
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


know you don't believe In nervous break
down, but my nerves are certainly in bad
shape (Afrs w. Pr
Answer-And I don't believe your trouble
can be explained by the shape your nerves are
in. All sorts of functional and organic diseases
are dubbed nerves." nervous breakdown"
and the like. but it doesn't mean anything.
skin of Toes Splits
My husband Is q baker and does much walk
ing and standing ON concrete floors which
causees the skin to split around his toes. What
remedy would you advise? Mrs A. d.
Answer-The concrete has nothing to do
with it. He should use a busting powder in
his shoes and on his feet half boric acid half
talcum with one-fourth ounce of salcyclic acid
to the pound. II there is much itching or ir.
ritation he should soak the foot in plain gaso-
line for half minute, two or three successive
days.
In Far Saskatchewan
I have just had my t0nsls removed by the
diathermy method You recommend and Il IL
simply wonderful. No sickness, no laying on.
no bleeding. mo- interference with meals even
Believe me. had pair OF beauties. Ger.
tainIy can recommend this method to any one
who cannot enyisaGc the operation ID. (M.
7. A.
Answer am rather fond OF operations
myself. yet I'D prefer the dathermy method
u my tonsiIs required removal, because I dc
hate 70 miss my coffee and pancakes these
mornings.
copyright John y. DiIIe Coz
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11

People frequenting state parks and for
ests this spring are urged to be careful in
picking wild flowers. There are certain
varieties. such as trailing arbutus for one;
example. that should not be picked. More
common varieties can be. But when on state
property always remember that you aren't
the only one to visit Thousands have the
same privilege and rights as you. If all in
dulged them there wouldn't be much left
to the natural scenery of these public do
mains. rs
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11
Hunting Dragons

Yes. there are dragons. They not only
resemble physically their supposedly myth
"a pictures, but they breathe fire. In fact
&ljey perform the horendous miracle of
bteathing fire under water Anyone who
f7neies thar this is romaneing can read the
words Of DR. William Beebe. scientist of
<lide fepusc representing the New York
Mutual History Museum. He has seen
9Iszons IN the Atlantic, he says in the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11
Here, There And AEperys9.sre

we're scarcely through out. ana the
honor did him no good during the
1880 election. But the great high
way will stand many years-after
it ID cornpleted--and It will be q
monument to IN estimable citizen
and ex-congressman. The state gov
eminent knows how to honor its
standbys.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11
Personal Health Service
(By William Brady, M. d.

Signed letters pertaining to personal
health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or
treatment, will be answered by DR. Brady.
Address him, care of the Democrat, sending
| stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11
Good evening.
o-O-o
APRIL SHOWERS
"A SMILES THE THING"

o-O-o
APRIL SHOWERS
March was cold and windy.
Aprirs been quite wet.
May. ali. may it bring to us
Springs best weather yet,
We are merely cropping,
Stumbling through the blue,
Seeking warmer hours.
They've been mighty few.
Spring just mops up winter.
Always been that way,
Rain. a dash of snow, and then
Sun to make US gay.
Soon the skies cloud over,
We are sore distressed,
H-2-O falls from above
just to get things messed.
Come on. days Of sunshine.
Come on, make us smile.
We've had enough poor weather,
We find rain out of style
Give us some summer climate,
Bring on those days Of cheer,
The calendar is with us,
It's time that spring was here.
o--O--o
April seems, bent on wetting
down the dust that March winds
kicked up. s
Lindbergh has been dpuble-
crossed by the kidnapers who
took him over for $4,000. No
honor in staging thef crime.
less honor in attempting to
f atone.
Eggs command such poor.price
now that the chickens have
stopped growing after laying 'em.
sh ssH' 600
s Hindenburg defeated Hitler
yesterday in the race for presi-
OSuCy OL tuO GeTIudH TepuDllC.
The newspapers to-day were
kept from the ex-kaiser,
Doorning it in Holland.
600
In Germany, they stage a ma
tional political election on a Sum-
day. And yet the Bible. says: IRE
member the Sabbath day to keep It
holy" But perhaps they think the
politicians won't be quite so
crooked when they vote on a Sun.
day.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11
OOO
DING, DING

Eile fellsin40 with a motorman.
y 0u&htsthlngs were going fine,
But gosh, he hung q can on her,
When they reached the end Of
the line.
O--O-o
Scotchmen in a Chicago theater
walked out when a comedian pulled
some Scotch jokes. Huh, I'll bet
they stopped atfythe box office,
though, and demanded their money
back.
600
The soldier bonus bill looks
like an onus measure to a
lot Of people ! know.
600
Dudley Field Malone would
make. General Electric Young,
president with a coalition cabinet.
Malone may be old. but he's got
Young ideas. Z
600
OHMIGOSH
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11

alien property custodian's ONCE,
after a loud campaign for It. But
then it was found that the senate
hadn't authorized any money for
the investigation. so 1t never came
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11

There may be demand soon for a gov
eminent bonus to taxpayers.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11

It's prosperity that makes all the trouble.
You borrow lot of cheap dollars and then.
have to repay them with dear dollars.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11

All vehicles must be lighted not later than
6:57 tonight. y
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11
oHMIGOsH

April showers,
Bring May flowers.
I'm quite sure of that,
But April showers,
Ruin the flowers,
On Macs Easter hat.
600
Competition In the starch indus
try must be pretty stiff.
SSi 600
A New York man caught his
wife kissing the chauffeur.
Next day he had ride control
installed on the car.
o-O-o
What the world needs Is non
sinkable doughruts.
'"@F 600
Mussolini says Italy will lead
Europe to peace. Mussolini
must have parked his sword to
start playing with doves.
900
Some of these hooked rugs look
as II the owners had been hooked
On 'em.
600
SEX YOU
Love must have its ups and downs,
Amid LIES many beats,
And love sure has its. ups and
downs,
"a When In q rumble seat.
900
It's a, long road that boasts no
sandwich and cold pop signs.
o--O-o
TEE, HEE
Life is just. a ladder,
Sure as these lines I pen,
So let's enjoy life's ladder,
And join the firemen.
o-O-o
The man who shaves himself
soon gets accustomed to the close
shaves OF life.
600
Boston BARRIERS threaten to
strike. Looks like a fight in
shaving mug.
YOU DON'T SAY
And when she spoke,
Her words carried weight,
No wonder, kind readers,
She tipped SOS.
o-O-O
I, Now they claim that Gandhi
gets more fan mail than Richard
Dix. Dix better check the ward
robe and don loin cloth.
600
How would you like to be.
clans. and get steamed up
every Friday.
o--O--o
Who can remember the good
old days when you filled foun.
tain pen with medicine dropper7
o--O-0
This completes our opening pro-
gram % the week. II came to you
over DID and was broadcast BY
the Waterbury Evening Democrat.
pioneer In this type OF newspa per
work. We are signing off nj this
time. 10 be back on the air again
Tomorrow evening ~ the usual
hour.
o-0--o lE
Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-11

This time, as usual, the. con-
gressmen merely had some hear
inRS and quit
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-18
Pi Beta Phi
Alunanae to
Hear Lilly

Mrs. Ernest Smith will be chair
man of the hostess committee for
the luncheon meeting OF the Indi-
annapolis Alumnae Club of .Pi Beta
Phi, which viii meet at / Saturday
at the home of Mrs. Robert Wild,
East Seventy first street.
The luncheon and short business
meeting. presided over by Mrs. JAS
per P. Scott, will be followed by
tour of Foster hall on the ]. K.
Lilly estate. Mr.. Lilly win talk on
Stephen Foster and provide q
musical program Of the composers
works
Mrs, o. A. Hoffman, chairman Of
the sorority settlement school at
Gatlinburg. Tenn, VIII arrange a
display Of the handcraft at the
home of Mrs. Wild These articles
include baskets. hand-woven Liners.
footstools, hook rugs and other
things made by the people cared for
by the sorority.
Assisting Mrs. Smith will be Mrs.
Wild, Mrs. Roy Smith. Mrs. harold
Curtis and the Misses Annette
Hedges, Fay Marshall and Lettie
Blue.
The December meeting will be
held Saturday, Dec. 10, An APP
propriate Christmas program will
be provided.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-18
Mothers to
Hold Parley
Here in "a

The biennial convention Of ma
tional War Mothers will be held in
indianapolis the last week in sep
TENDER, 1884, according to an an
nouncement made at the banquet
for national and state members
Thursday night at the Claypool.
Mrs. Lenore n. Stone of Lander,
Wyo., national president, spoke at
the banquet, having as her topic
the growth of Communism and the
diSloyalty among the youth of the
country.
According to Mrs. Stone, the debt
or the rev headquarters has been
paid. The first meeting Of the ma
tional board was held in the new
headquarters last week.
In the new headquarters, me-
mortal chairs and honor chairs for
mothers of Marion county have
been placed. A hist of the persons
represented by these chairs was
read at the banquet.
1t included among the memorial
chairs Mesdames Martha j. Stubs,
Robert M. Socweu and Stuart r.
Simpson, and Miss Ruth Charlotte
Bush.
Persons represented by the honor
chairs are:
Mesdames Robert Fitch. Hilton U.
Brown, Elda A. Doyl Mary A. Clifford,
Amelia Ryholt, Sarah M. Ulen, Jonas
Joseph. Ella Aker. Daisy Douglas Barr,
Emma Flick, Oscar Lewis. Ida A. Harvey,
Ralph E. Remington. Maria Frick, anC
leila Ryan, and Misses Adah E. Bush anC
Martha Z. CoStin.
Members of the state board at
tended a meeting today at the Clay
pool.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-18
District
Gu BIS Holding
Conclave Here

A meeting of the Seventh Dis
trict Federation of Women's Clubs
was held at the Sc erin this morn
ing, when Mrs. Frederick c. BALI,
retiring chairman of the district.
presented the gavel to Mrs. j. F.
Edwards, newly elected chairman.
Mrs. Edwards appointed a COM
mittee to cooperate with the Tu-
berculosis. association in the sale of
Christmas Eeals. 1t is composed of
Mesdames c. T. Austin, w. w.
Thornton, P. A. Keller, Sultan Cohen
and Alfred Wright.
Announcement was made that the
insurance department of the Ameri-
can Home department will sponsor
an essay contest on Life Insurance
as Stabilizer in the Home and
Nation" These will be awarded to
the individuals and clubs, one for
the district having the largest per-
centage contributing.
Mrs. Florence Herr Stone reported
work of the Flower Mission and
asked for the support of the group
in obtaining maintenance by the
city of a tubercular hospital pro-
posed by the mission.
Following the business meeting,
short memorial services were held
for Mrs. A, j. Clark, former treas
urer of the district, and Mrs. Cecil
Strupe, who at the time of her
death was president of the Friday
Afternoon Reading Club.
The program was under the SUI
pervision of Mrs. Clayton Ridge,
chairman of the publicity commit
tee. Mrs. Florence Webster Long,
a member Of the publicity commit
tee, spoke on Behind the Lines"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-18

The Rev. F. P. Puhlmann will read
the ceremony.
Miss Thoms will be given in mar
rage by her father. She will wear
ivory satin, in fitted style, with
short full sleeves. She will carry
Johanna Hill roses and wear veil
of tulle.
Miss Helen Thoms. sister Of the
bride-elect, will wear charteuse
crepe, and carry gold chrysanthe-
NUNS. Hans Schulze. brother OF
the bridegroom-elect, will be best
man.
A reception will be held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Max ThomS
following the wedding, after which
Mr.. and Mrs. Schulze will leave for
Chicago, where they will make their
home.
Out-of-town guests at the we'd
ding will be Mrs. j. w. Vodt and
Stanley North of Kohler, Wis; Mrs.
L. H. Brueggemann and Leslie
Brueggemann of Milwaukee, and
Miss LeieseI Schulze of Chicago.