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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16
TREATMENT OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS

If the mild attack of cri, grip, sore throat or,
 if you must show your ignorance, cold,f ac- |tually turns out to be infantile paralyslss you have the satisfaction of knowing at any rate that you have done the best thing for the cnllu' that is if you follow my advice about the man agement of all such illnesses and seno the cbild to he'd for "A hours at the very first sign of the cri. It is excellent rule to conhne the patient to bed for 10-days in any case or poi- iomyelits, matter whether there IS much or little paralysis or paresis evident at the enu of the first week. Incidentally, the paralysls or paresis (weakening) of the anected muscies 2 generally does not appear untll rom I4 10 70 hours after the onset of illness, and In some
 cases the paresis is slight as to escape nouce, or lasts only few days and then clears up entirely and the patient makes compete re1 covery within two weeks
 REST is the sovereign remedy wherever
 here is even a suspicion of such paralysis or paresis. Not only rest in bed for the patient, out physiological rest for, the affected muscle group so far as this is attainable. If a limb IS involved. a suitable padded splint which will support the limb in comfortable position or
 half -fexion, will give the best REST
 Only after the acute feverish stage is over
 Git lasts less than 10 days) is there 1ustihcaton for any kind of exercise, massage manlpula- tion passive movements, electric treatment or other measures directed toward restoration or function to the paralyzed muscles.
 Exercise is good thing to preserve the health We'll folk should have exercise daily. Invalids had better have care how they in lulge in exercise. Even little bit of exercise 1t the wrong time under the wrong circum-
 stances may do irreparable harm, and this IS
 particularly true of the management of the paralysis or paresis that remains after an at tack of poliomyelitis. When the time comes for carefully per. formed exercise, passive active, then by all means give the patient the benefit of the spe- ial skill and knowledge of the orthopedic sur geon. If the advice of private specialist is
 not available, perhaps your city or state health authorities maintain clinic or a hospital where skilled orthopedic care ts available to citizens free of charge. Passive and active exercises in bath or
 swimming pool have proved remarkably ef- fectve in restoring the function of paralyzed muscles. There is danger of overdoing if the
 patient is not under the supervision of a phy- sican experienced in this method of treatment Everyone knows it requires less effort to sup port or move weight under water. This is the reason why re-education of the paralyzed or oaretic muscles is promoted by such treatment No brace, splint other apparatus should oe used unless under the supervision of the physician. Deformites or contractures devel- )ping when such ill-advsed supports are em- oloyed even for few weeks without skilled
 judgment may preclude ultimate recovery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16
Clear Land Titles

The United States government set good precedent when it notified Japan that it would not recognize as Japanese any terri tory seized by force. It has likewise done a good piece of work in lining up various governments of this hemisphere to declare they will likewise refuse to recognize any territory grabbed by either Bolivia or Para susy in the disputed Chaeo region.
 :. Nations like individuals. want clear titles to their property. Probably no nations hands are clean in this respect if we want to dslve into the record History is full of more or less glorious grabs, which interna- tionsl custom apd diplomacy have taetfully asesptsd when accomplished facts because it was difficult fo do otherwise. But "we'r aIi good now" Nations in general are try. ing to persuade themselves that there is new Ia. If the principle Is adopted sin. ssrsly. and acted on consistently. it can be enforced in cine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16
Here, There And EUerywhere
MIR COOLIDGEs HAY FEVER tsf-st <Irn vt fnrd Cnrs~nnfN

\ SOuAaAIJ Mir Coolidge will not attend the notification ceremony for President Hoover because of the fear that his
 hay fever might be increased by the trip, dispatch from Washing ton declares. The Associated Press reports that, so far as MT Cool idge's neighbors know, he has never suffered from the ravages of
 malignant polleps. There the mat ter rests. The public, which has seen picturessof the former presi- dent having without so much as a snifle apparent, knows only that MT Coolidge will rot see his successor
 notified that he has been renom- mated.
 Hay fever falleth on the just and unjust alike, whether they wear stiff collars while posing beside a hayrick or not. But, though the sufferer is greatly to be pitied, one cannot but view with some alarm this blow to the Coolidge tradition. The country knows that he makes maple sugar without contracting chillblains. It has seen him clad as an Indian without losing his scalp. It knows him as a fisherman who has never hooked the back of his
 head with cast nor contracted a cold when he filled his knee boots. Is this great tradition of immunity to be broken? Must the country hear that the idol has feet of clay that Cal. the farmer, the fisher
 man and the great white father. is
 subject to hay fever?
 Better far to believe the neigh
 bors rather than that White House authority" Surely it cannot be true that the man whose name is synonomous with prosperity can be fallible. The Delphic Oracle with the hiccoughs would be no
 more far-fetched. than MT Coolidge with hay fever.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16
So They Say

It occurs to me that present-day pickpockets are becoming clumsy. Fifteen or 20 years ago they were so clever they could pick a pocket without the victim becom- ing aware of it until he reached for his wallet. Now, it's mere bungling. Municipal Judge Frank s. Day |of Cleveland.
 We must be done with violence. Franz von Papen, chancellor or Germany.
 It is heresy to say that the path for peace lies not in mathematical arm parity. Professor James T. Shotwell of |Codlumbia university.
 If this sudden success had hap pened to me at 20, it would have seemed more important than 1t does at 40.
 Pearl s. Buck. author of best
 seller. 'The Good Earth" I don't think any more of the economic blanks than I do of the prohibition plank in the republican Msenator William E. Borah of Idaho.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16
A, MrsDrREorED HEEHAw!
(New York Herald Tribune)

Though an experienced Carmen, who should have known well the worth, antiquity and wide distribu- ton of the Spanish burro, Miss Mary Garden, upon returning from Corsica, has declared that isle to be the only place where woman can ride donkey without being laughed at.
 The prima donna spoke with unwonted provincialisn. There are vast regions of America alone where a burro is not Q joke but a luxury, and where no means or existed until; in the sixteenth century, he fortunately arrived. In much or this territory to-day the small four-legged om- |nibus remains unriyaled and indis- pensible. There will always be trails that no automobile can traverse, leagues where no plane can lana, and even if machines became as cheap as animals they could never Hive off the country nor learn a road nor choose a safe way In darkness. You can trust 8 donkey, and you are precious lucky to have him. Laughed at? Regarded with weary envy, perhaps, or with the tolerant smile that views the 1fl- diligence granted very new bride who presently will be afoot, but laughed at otherwise for riding a donkey? Not unless she be one of those athletic gringas who seek to knot their far-fiung limbs about the little creature, instead of perching securely midway of one flank.
 In gallant Indian Mexico, where the woman's pack is often lighter than the mans, 1t is customary for a gentleman to give lady the burro. South of Panama, however, practicality surpasses sentiment, and milord, after seeing his women well loaded, occupies any available ainmal himself as matter of course. There are no burros to spare. so naturally only pride and dignity are seen in the rare, happy woman privileged to sit the tail of his common but matchless carrier.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16

There's no rest for the weary. Represent tative Augustine Lonergan of Hartford is just home after the strenuous session of Congress and is getting ready for campaign which will end in his reelection or election to perhaps higher post in the Senate. Now he has been informed that he is to hold himself in readiness as national campaign speaker, Robert Jackson. secretary oi the na- tional committee advising him of this. In such capacity Representative Lonergan may be called upon to visit any of the other New England states, not to mention the en- tire eastern seaboard where outside aid IS needed for democratic victory. October will be his month of many dates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16
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CANApIANs ATTACH

On Aug 16, 1918. French and Canadian troops attacked German positions on an eight-mile front from q point west of Fransart to Lancourt. Their net advance for the day averaged more than two miles and more than 1000 prison CTS were taken.
 In the Lys salient, British forces advanced from one to two miles on a nine-mile front, meeting little opposition. Allied experts learned that Ludendorff had decided to re. tire to tho Hindenburg iine. some 90 miles to the rear.
 0enerai pershing notified the state department that complete squadron of fs AmsFicansbullt and manned planes had completed their first trip over the German Huoas
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16

casionaily do we hear q good local rattlesnake story. We know that the westerners will tell us stories which will furnish enough mate rial for contemplation, should we care to contemplate.
 Rattlesnakes as q subject xcr conversation furnish creepy feeI- ings and shivers anyway. eapecial. ly # one must walk in the tall grass after dark with the subject well in mind. Baeterners can rest much better by discussing the ex- citement at Bunker Hill or nt Lex. ineton and Concord. Subjects Of tilIs kind have nn effect on the average mind which is more sooths ine than the telling of tales about big rattlesnakes. tt is all the more reasaurine, then, Co learn that whatover the innoeuous desnatnde into which Connecticut septiiinna has been permitted 70 faIl, tho Nutmeg atRte oans when pressed, compete here as elsewhere with nny ether section Of these United Glaioa. We hereby offer our hum. bIe apologies for ever sugssstihs otherwise.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
IlesuscitatlOn

In n local drowning tragedy described il clipping you will note that efforts to revive were continued fully half an hour. Please cOnl- ment on this (Mrs L H.)
 Answer-.The persons who desIsted from ef- forts to resuBctate within two hours should bo eensured for gross negligence.
 The Boy Grows Up
 Lam f7. iD my senior. year in' school. Until recently my parents had store and did mol care wbefilep I got Go ct Q OF il. Now tIiey lave sold flBe store md object t0 my coming In at ft | want tO build n miniature enr but iny parents object, saying when they bny q caP 1 cnn drive it. Ape they ashamed Co baye 1ic ridc in something mnkc nssseifY (J. \. Jr) AnSwef---You should be abed boforo if o'clock if you arc Co get your nine hours rest 1T you were my son f'd be glad to have you build n ear of your own. r
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16
Still Likes Hoover

'ssf Professor Albert Levitt still finds that
 President Hoover has not deserted the eauss 4sof prohibition. After digesting what the z president had to say in his acceptance speech
 with regard to the 9th Amendment the
 Redding independent believes that the dry 2 cause has nothing to fear from such re-
 marks In fact, it sounds as if Professor
 Levitt regarded the Hoover declaration on
 prohibition repeal as dry speech. It IS too < bad that other dry leaders throughout the z nation didn't regard it in the same light. { Most of them have criticized the president for
 taking the stand he did. Others are too dumbfounded to say anything.
 We don't believe that the leading prohi- . bition organizations of the country, the ones that have been most militant against men
 and women who have been outspoken Tn
 their criticism of the dry laws, find any consolation in the Hoover stand. It isn't s encouraging to them. It means nothing more nor less than death blow to prohib- ! ton by legislation. for if the duly-elected ' president of the United States cannot countenanee a continuance of the dry laws then who is there left to do that Nobody. We expect to find Congress taking action as soon as it convenes in December to end this farce.
 Professor Levitt. though, says President .Hooyer's statement regarding prohibition < should be entirely satisfactory to the con- " structive drys of the country. The presl- sx dent makes. it clear there can be no repeal .s of the eighteenth amendment unless the sp substitute to be proposed accomplishes three Hfs ,t tho \. good which prohibition has produced; sec se oad, it must prevent the return of the evils < which existed before prohibition; third, 1t hs must eliminate the evils which now exist sstn the lawless liquor traffic The position ( faken by President Hoover calls for protec- ssrions of all communities and states which do s rot wish to have the evil of liquor traffic. From. the practical standpoint, Mir Hoover s ' statement means that there will be no return ] of the legalized liquor traffic at all, because no substitute can be formulated which will meet with Mir Hoover's approval. We are forced to two. opinions. One IS that Professor Levitt is in group of pro- hibitionists who believe that President Hoover said what he did purely for political reasons They exonerate him because they < feel that at heart he is still one of them The other opinion is that they feel that the . president is in position to know that Con- gress can never repeal the 9th amendment and hence his wet speech will win him votes insure his reelection. and thus the continu- ance of prohibition. All in all we think that Professor Levitt does our chief executive an injustice He makes him out as rather two-faced We hope, .as an anti-prohlbi- tionist, that this isn't the case.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16
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under his name, hurls g harpoon straight into a tender spot.
 The fact is that these ex-news- papermen who have become poll tical press agents are doing splen- did jobs considering the material with which they have to work.
 They were once high -grade newspapermen and they find it hard to live it down. But they are now working for men whose sole business it is to deceive and mis- represent in order to retain or ob- tain political office for themselves or others with whom their inter- ests are linked.
 A political press agents job is to sell the idea to newspaper read CTS that his own party Is pure and holy whereas the other party Is utterly black and evil. Only the mentally retarded section of the population can be persuaded to be- lieve anything of the sort.
 Propaganada Headquarters
 Washington will continue to be the sounding board for the main mass of propaganda, even through republican campaign headquarters will be in Chicago and democratic campaign headquarters in New York. This Is where the political correspondents abide and suffer. They bear the first shock of the bunk barrage.
 Prominent politicians may be anywhere within the border of the United States and still have their statements writtensand issued for them here. And if the party pub licity machine neglects to use a politicians name over statement he is likely to come to the capital with the especial intent of remedy >ing that omission.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16
A BIGGER RATTLEsNAKE
fNew Haven JournaI.Courie,

(NeW Haven Journal-Courier)
 The other day we commented upon the fact that Connecticut does not seem to produce large rattlesnakes. Since then. however, . fifty-two inch rattler has been Killed near sharon. It proves con- ciusiveiy that Connecticut hills and Connecticut climate can sup- port just az large and just as rusty rattlesnakes as any other section on the continent.
 While Connecticut pridss herself on her glorious history and spion. did achievements, tho westernefs have t0 have something Co say, To impress customers they tell yarns about how long and how old theiF rattiosDakea are. New Hnflanders have had for centuries such traeis tions Co maintai1 shat rattiesnake ntOfi0H, if thofe were any in tne carly days. have sled oiit only oes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16
WORTH WHILE

It is we'll to smile, But tho girl worth while Is the one who can smile, When she has to wear clothes v ont of style.
 o-O-o 7 And 1t. it's true that dominating personalities are making money for industries, why doesn't some spaghetti-maker sign up Mussolini ?
 o-O-o
 Fifty million people can't be wrong. It must have been the world serious. Gandhi carries a spinning wheel with him to encourage national industry. Several million Ameri- cans carry flasks.
 /. IT WAS THE STYLE Mary had a little fat, As fat as fat could be, And everywhere that Mary went The fat was sure to be.
 Pal and Raul.
 o--O--o Sunny literature is coming back. Sounds like California propa- ganda.
 o-O-o@
 An Arkansas woman's 11th husband has just left her. Am other evidence that optimism is waning.
 o--Q--o. A speaker says that Americans faces reveal insanity. Nope! Hay fever. f
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16

When the Norwalk Civic Opera Com pany gave The Vagabond King Saturday night in its open air theater, it didn't reckon with the forces of nature, No. there wasn't a sudden thunder storm, but there was con tinual interruption that even the stridentt notes of the orchestra or the voices Of the singers couldn't drown out. Katy aids and crickets, evidently inspired by this melody responded in such volume as to bring forth complaints from the audience. The next performance will probably find company officials cleaning out the insects first.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16
PARTY PRESS AGENTS SWAMP WITH CAMPAIGN PROPAGANDA
By RODNEY BUTCHER NEA Service Writer

WaShingtOn--AH the washing ton correspondents are reminded that that a presidential campaign is in progress because the mimeo- graphs of the publicity machines of the republican and democratic parties are hmbering up and in- creasing production with such ac- celerated gusto.
 We are all aware of it anyway, of course, but any old worm likes to. turn over on it's back and rest for a moment occasionally, forget ting the immediate exigencies and trying to pretend that this is just an ordinary summer in which no more than the customary amount of effort and celebration, if any, is necessary.
 As Chairman Jim Farley of the democratic national committee well says: The opening of a cam -paign such as we are about enter ing is always a. period of more or less confusion of thought, as well as of action.
 Applies Both Ways.
 Very profound observation. that! It applies to the correspondents as well as the politicians. But not to the party press agents, who work week in and week out, wading in with ever-increasing vigor after the party conventions.
 :, And those are the fellows who keep the messenger boys pouring into each correspondents office, couriering post -haste the latest wisecrack at the other party as conceived by the press agent and sponsored by1 some one of the party pundits.
 It must be admitted that most Washington correspondents relig- iously make use of this mimeo- graphed material, solemnly quot- ing it as something of more or less importance.
 It's Still Baloney!
 But, as Al Smith would say, no matter how you slice 1t. it's still baloney. Most of it is the sort of baloney that any self-respecting picknicker would promptly toss to the chipmunks and the wood. ticks. Some of it might actually provide political nourishment for an intelligent, fact-craving voter if he first took one statement and compared 1t with the statement which is always bound to follow from the other party's publicity machine.
 Occasionally there is raally rare morsel-a political, press agent, after telegraphing or tlephoning one of his party's statesmen to ask if the statement may be issued
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16
Personal Health SerUice (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personaI i health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by pr Brady. Address him. care ofsthe DemocSat. senulns | stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16

we don't know. but surely the courts can decide once and for all this problem. As t now stands the fences are placed just below the high water mark. While they can't con tribute to the appearance of the shore prop crty. they may serve the purpose for which they are intended. little privacy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16

High tide at Milford "Wednesday, August 17, 100 a. m. (daylight time); low tide, 6:54 a. m. (daylight time).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16

All vehicles must be lighted not later thar $40 Daylight saving time) tonight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16

The pstsame. e supertrawIeF now operating ln ieeIandio waters, has aboard b4 NiFis Co FeuFs heFfInns
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16

No, the new bathing costumes are not nudst They're sun cult costumes Iy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16

Really, we're not so bad after all. The British Imperial trade conference dessnt seem to be doing so much better than our own Congress.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16
WHAT COULD BE SWEEPER .~. THAN THAT?

Evening, the moons softened glow; Starshine and cool summer breeze; TinkIe of waters that flow;
 Whisper of leaves in the frees- Edith and To, the tease! Side by side, silent we sat, Then-came the tiniest squeeze What could Do sweeter than that !? 'Write me poem, I know
 YOu dabble in melodies Something I'll like, don't say no Won't you. fair sir, pretty
 splease!" Dearest of spoken dccrees,
 Edith was yours, a fiat To be obeyed on ones knees What could be plainer than that? Gold, of the moons yellow glow; Song of the chaste evening breeze, Gave me of their beauties, so I could contrive symphonies! Music of waters and trees Magic of starshine begat, Editli, are your harmonics-
 What could be truer than that?
 JOSH. l o-O-o
 EinsteiIl might as well start working on a new theory. A science journal reports that the eighth man who understands the old theory has been found.
 o-O-o The fourth Mrs John Gill; bert dressed for her wedding in Is minutes, which is going to make it mighty tough on she wives who take two hours to get ready for a show. hesA G o-O-0
 Labor is neutral, a speaker says. He's right. Labor doesn't care who ends the depression.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-16
MORE OF MARY

Mary las c limousine,
 Because thc butcher, sam. Called ct her house yesterday And brought heF little lamb. -ESTicLLE.
 o--O--o
 Since they're suggesting paylnf Englnnd's war debt by trnnsferrinr English war ships Co tho United Htat0s, how about settling Ger. ninny'a separations witk few ear, goes ef beerS
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