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CHAPTER xxx

They sat together on the great
drowsy couch, the tea things
banished. She leaned her dark
head against his shoulder. He
tried to tell her for the hun
dredth time how he had missed
her during his absence, how lost,
how restless he had been; how,
now that she was restored to
him, he could not let her go.
She felt herself sinking, drown
ing, in the warm, compelling
tides of his voice. His voice was
q river of magical sound, flow
ing over her; his hands upon
her hands were heavy, lettering;
his mouth upon her mouth
breathed into their kisses all
the perilous fragrance of a mar
cotic.
Marriage?
But marriage wasn't all this
mindless loss of identity. Had
they, she questioned herself,
snatching at thought-had they,
she questioned hin-enough to.
90 on with? Enough to build
on when they were not kissing?
You don't kiss all the time.
I'VE SHALL" he said, triumph
antly.
mo, dear Basil"
He flung away from her then,
hurt, little childish.
What is it you want. them"
he cried out in miniature
frenzy of despair, evaporation,
what aSSurance?"
Just an Ache
She reached up, pulled at his
coat sleeve. The little, familiar
touch brought him back to her,
on his knees, pulling her for
ward, his arms about her.
"I love you'll want you so
much" he said, simply.
She cupped her palms about
his blonde head, looked into his
eyes.
:3 please understand, I'm not
being-what's the dreadful COM
mon word-coy? Or making
myself difficult. It's just this
ache to be sure. Perhaps" she
laughed shakily, my two years
In a laboratory have made me
that way-wanting accuracy,
certainty; dreading to have the
experiment go wrong-to make
q mistake in formula"
Words" he told her, Sulkily.
If I said yes, I'll marry you,'
wouldn't you be afraid, Basil?
Can't you see there's something
lacking in me? Can't you see
how stand off and wonder?"
She saw his eyes then, not
hearing his answer. They were
demanding eyes, they held no
comprehension of her or her
trouble. but there was hurt in
them, and urgency. She had
never been able to see anything
hurt without wanting to heal.
She was seized with a hatred
of herself and her cowardice.
Why couldn't she be like other
women and chance it, magnifi-
Gently; go into marriage as one
attempts a great adventure,
not knowing if failures over
the mountain or triumph, not
Hopping long enough to care?
Light of Wrath
Was there no other test, reck-
less. reckless?
She asked him in a small,
stifled voice, her eyes unfalter-
ingly on his, Basil, could you
make me-Sure?"
He could only get to his feet,
drew her, to her own; could only
establish his claim, meet her
demand with kisses, with broken
notwithstanding, with his heart,
for her delicate response.
The room darkened slowly.
In that last, dreaming light she
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The Marry-Go-Round
BY Helen Rowland

The Sweet and LOwdown
The foundation of romance
was the first mans inspiration
to shave his chin and the first
'woman's decision to put on a
few clothes.
Sometimes a woman acquires
4 reputation for charm or wit,
just. by marrying. a modest
man who is willing to stand
around and act as applause,
scenery and ballyhoo.
Some men regard marriage as
a straitjacket; others seem to
slip into it and out of it as
nonchalantly and easily as
though it were an old sweater.
Fashion has become the
glorification of the grotesque.
Just a few years ago the styles
showed up a Woman'S knock
knees or. piano legs; now they
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out grooming. He didn't. When
women saw him coming, they
just made a leap for him and
made fools of themselves.
The eyes are the windows of
the soul-and sometimes, when
yo:: look at the mascara cling
ing to them, you wish that
somebody would wash the win
doWs.
Yes. yes, we admit that
woman has the right to do
the counting and proposing"
also, that a chicken has the
right to chase a dog, a canary
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are showing up all her neck
wrinkles in front and all her
vertebrae and shoulder blades
in back.
The old-faSfioned woman
used to want a husband who
never went out and left he-
alone, evenings; but the mod
ern woman'S idea of a model
husband is one who won't in
sist on tagging along wherever
she goes.
A paragrapher wants to
know how Don Juan made
fools Of so many women, with.
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has the right to kill the cat
and a motorist has the right
to beat the train at the cross
ing.
Courtship: A mid-Victorian
term for an antiquated custom,
which once preceded marriage.
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simpler handle of moon-glo, a
sort Of luminous prystal. in a
beautiful shape. This umbrella
is only Sc. The "travelette," is
grand gift, too, an umbrella in
a leatherette cover with straps
that snap over an automobile
rail. and the whole thing Is
short enough to go in your suit
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By E. v. SHEPARD
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-29
Dance at the
 WOmen's Club
Tomorrow Night By Local Members of Rensselaer,
 Polytechnic Institute

Mir and Mrs Robert A. Cairns, MT and Mrs Irving w. Harrison, MT and Mrs Harry B. Snowman and MT and Mrs Renard l.. Pal atine will be the patrons and pat ronesses at the first annual semi formal dance of the Waterbury Club of Rensselaer, Polytechnic In. stitute which will be held tomor- row night at the Waterbury Wo. mems club on Central avenue.
 Chairman James Donnelly an. nounced this morning that the ad- vance sale of tickets has been very promising and large crowd is cx. pected. Dancing will commence promptly at 3 o'clock and will con tinue until o'clock. with Jimmy Cavanaugh's orchestra furnishing the music.
 Assisting Mir Donnelly in com pleting arrangements are Howard Finkenzellar. Melvin Freeman. Richard Wolff and. Louis Shaker. Verne verzier and Earl Magestcr head the graduate { committee which is assisting the undergrad cOmmlItee. s
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Damages of f21.450 are asked in six civil actions filed today in the local courts. All suits are return able to court the first Tuesday of next month. The biggest suit is a death action wherein the plaintiff, Joseph w. Hubbard seeks to re- cover for the death of his brother. John M. Hubbard, trolley company -employe who was struck by car operated by Mrs Helen s. Boomer of Waterbury, in Naugatuck last June 10th.
 The suit brought in superior court alleges that the deceased was engaged in greasing a trolley track on South Main street at 9:30 a. m. when the local driver ran into him. propeiling him into the air and causing him to fall heavily to the pavement.e His death occurred shortly thereafter. George A. Boomer, husband of the Waterbury driver. is named defendant in the action because he is the owner of the car.
 In another action brought in common pleas court, William F. Kelly seeks $2,5O0 from Eleanor Doran, to recover for the injuries to his Il year old son, Roger, sus- tained last July 7th when struck by the defendants car as the boy was operating a bicycle on the Frost road at the Woodtick road inc tersection.
 Peter, J. Tutoraitis asks $3,00O
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MRS ROOSEVELT ON HONOR ROLL
 OF MAGAZINE
There Were Twenty-four in All Picked Out for Some Public Service They Did

New York, Dec 20 (UP)-Twen- ty-four persons, including Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the president elect, are on the 1932 honor roll of the weekly magazine, the Nation, for public services dur ing the year.
 Mrs Roosevelt won place be- cause she carried on valuable
 nblic and private activities. main-
 ming an, admirable freedom of 8peech' despite Roosevelt's cam paign. |.
 Samuel Seabury, counsel to the Hofstadter committee, was cited for his ''masterly investigation of the government of New York city which led to the resignation of Mayor James J. Walker. Last year Walker was on the honor roll.
 The others cited were:
 Committee on the costs of medical care: Paul Blanshard. of the city affairs committee of New York; Grace. Abbott, chief of the Children's bureau, department of labor; Brigadier General Pelham D. GlassfOrd, former superintend- ent of Washington police; Bennett c. Clark. senator elect from Mis- sourf: Fiorella La Guardia, New York congressman: Nicholas Mur- ray Butler, president of Columbia University: Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes; Abraham Flexner, creator of the institute for advanced study Amelia Earhart, woman flyer; F. J. Schlink and consumers research
 Walter Lippmann, newspaper commentator; Walter l.. Sanborn. of the North Penn Reporter. Lan- dale, Pa.; Frank Lloyd Wright, Author; John Dos Passes, novelist; Van Wyck Brook, biographer; Hen dirk Willem van Loon, writer; John Howard Lawson, Sidney Howard, and s. N. Behrman, play wrights; Thomas Benton, painter; Aaron Copeland, musician, and the corporation of Yaddo; Rex Brash- CT. artist and naturalist.
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Fewer Auto Mishaps
 On Snowy I Highways
ParadoxicaI as It May Seem the State Motor Vehicle
 Dept Reported lO5 Less This December

Hartford, Dec 29-It might sound paradoxica1 to hear 1t said that snow and ice make for dam gerous driving conditions for mo- tor vehicle operators and at the same time hear the statement that there was a decrease of 105 acci- dents in total and a decrease of nine fatalities for Identical conn parative calendar periods. a week of 1891 without snow and the same week of 1892 with much snow and ice. Nevertheless that Is the Connecticut experience. says a bulletin of the Department of Motor Vehicles to-day.
 In the week of December 16 one year ago there were 372 accidents and 10 fatalities; this year In the same week there were 267 acci- dents and but one fatality. de- crease of 28.2 per cent in acci- dents and of 90 per cent in deaths. Seven persons were killed In the week of December this year: II in the week of December IS.
 Tn explanation of the situation, seemingly at such great variance with what might have been ex- pected, Is that familiar truth so frequently demonstrated 1T when and where conditions are obvious ly dangerous, drivers so extend measures in their participation to meet them that actually they operate with greater success from the safety standpoint. Many, too, avoid all driving when weafher makes for difficult ODera- : ton, thus materially lessening the quantity of traffic.
 It is possible, although there is no way in which this can be prov en- that because persons do lay, up their cars in bad weather in some numbers, the quality of traffic is improved. This means. if such is the fact. that those too timid to
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COOPERATION OF STUDENTS AND
 THEIR TUTORS
This Was Advocated in Order to Improve the Teaching Standards Political Career for Women

New Haven, Conn, Dec 29. (UP) Greater cooperation between the college student and the instructor is necessary to improve teaching standards, delegates to the Ameri- can Association of University pro- fessors convention here were told.
 Prof William Munro of the Cali fornia Institute of Technology, made known the results of a sur vey of the teaching field. sponsor ed by the Carnegie Foundation, which showed the qualyilty of in- struction had steadily improved in the past 30 years.
 "'Most important and most neg lected," Prof Munro said, ''is the technique of discovering good teaching by each department. One is through student and alumni of the means of accomplishing this criticism obtained for or by the in- structor with his approval and for his information, but not through questionnaires without the advice or consent of the instructor him. self.'
 Miss Katherine Blunt, president of Connecticut College for Women at New London, urged wom- en's colleges to give more time to the preparation of women for poli- cal careers.
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DARING REFORM OF TURKEY GETS
 TEST TONIGHT
President Has Ordered Arabic Name of "AIIah" Dropped and Turkish "Tauri" Substituted

Istanbul. Turkey. Dec 29.-(UP) The fate of President Mustapha 'Kemal's most daring reform. which changed he name of "Allah" to "Tanri" will be known tonight when the thin. silver line of the new moon appears in the eastern sky.
 The moons appearance will be the signal marking the beginning of the Mohammedan Feast of Ramadan. That feast observance will call for prayers. 'Tanri." a Turkish word. has been ordered substituted for the Arabic "Allah. /" with prayers and chants set to modern music.
 "Allah Ekber!". the ancient call of the Mohammedan priests. must become ''Tanri Uludur!" <. Priests and people shall pray in Turkish instead of Arabic. the ''strong man of Turkey decided. Already several rebellious Muez- gins. or prayer chanters, are in jail for refusing to call Allah by his Turkish name.
 New prayer rugs were distribut- ed to Istanbul's 400 Mosques for the Feast of Ramadan. No newly trained prayer chanters are ready to i'll in if the elders refuse to abandon Arabic. or plead insuffi- cient time to have learned Turkish.
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CORE OF EARTH
 IS ROUND RIVER
 OF MOLTEN STEEL
Prof Reginald A. Daily of Harvard Describes Just What Ingredients Cofl- pose the Earth

Cambridge, Mass, Dec 29-(UP) The carth's core is a round river of molten steel, according to hypo- theses presented before the Geo. logical Society of America by its retiring president. Professor Regi- nald A. Daly of Harvard Univer- sity.
 Evidence adduced by Daly in- dicates that the earth consists of:
 1. A crust 40 miles thick, made up of ordinary rocks like granite or trap-rock, sandstone or limestone.
 2. Layers of glassy matter, 1900 miles thick, more rigid than steel" and too hot to crystalize.
 3. A huge interior ball of met allie iron. perhaps hotter than the electric arc.
 "The great heat of the interior is largely primitive, inherited from the earth's beginning" Professor Daly explained.
 "A fraction of the heat is of radioactive origin and has been generated by the violent explosions Of atoms in the rocks, particularly within the thin crust itself.
 Because more than 97 per cent of the earth is too hot to crystal ize, it's body is extremely weak. True strength is almost, if not en- tirely, confined to the crust, which, being so thin, must bend if over wide areas it becomes newly load cd with glacial ice, ocean water, or deposits of sand and mud, It must bend in the opposite sense if wide ly extended loads of such materia be removed. x This theory of the earth thur, accounts for some of the major re- shaping Of the planet during its long history. The theory seems best to account for the continued exist ence of dry land: for the origin of chains of high mountains; for the rise of molten rock (lava) into the crust or all the way to the earth's surface (volcanoes); and for tho great chemical variety of the worlds. layas,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-29
New Haven Bar
 Mourns Lynch
Elm City Attorney Heard Liquor Law Violations Here
 in Early Days of Prohibition

chairman of one. of the distEIc, draft bonrds in New Haven || was prominent in the A. O. t|-. Knights of Columbus and was o1l of the prominent members Of fs Aloysius T. A. B. Society. He va member of Columbia Council Knights of Columbus and was one O fthe first to become Master ot the Fourth Degree in that orders
 He leaves his wife and four chil- dren, Bernard E.. Jr., connecte9 with the Southern New England Telephone Company. Rogers S., ok New Rochelle, N. r., Mrs Paul Leary. of Albany, and Miss Mar garet Lynch. of New Haven. Hq also leaves a brother. Edward ". Lynch, an attorney. and a sister Miss Fannie M. Lynch. principal of Cedar Street school. New Haven.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-29
$21 ,45O CLAIMED IN ACCIDENT SUITS
GOLD STOCKS IN UNITED STATES
 AT HIGH LEVEL
Improved Economic Situa- ton Has Caused Them to G0 Highest in Over a Year

New York, Dec 2s.-(UP)- Monetary gold stocks In the United States have risen to their highest level in more than a year as re- suit of the improved economic sit- uation here as compared with other sections of the world and the re- cent debt payments by European countries.
 After the United States success fully met the billion dollar gold ''raid' early this year, gold soon began to flow back to the United States when many Europeans de- cided that their gold was safer in this country than in their own.
 The gold "raid" terminated in June after American stocks of the metal had been reduced from slightly over $5,000.0O0,O00 in August, 1891, to $3,919,O0O,00O. At the start of this year they stood at $4 ,460, 100000 and with addi- tional shipments this week have risen to approximately $4.50o.o0e.- 900.
 While much of the return flow of gold to the United States repre- sents increased foreign investments here and the stronger position of the American dollar compared with other currencies, more than $10O,- 100000 of the current inflow rep resents payments by Great Britain and other foreign countries of their debts to the United States.
 Yesterday the Majestic arrived from Southampton with all boxes of gold worth $15,000,000 as the first instalment of the shipment of $95,550,000 British gold to this country. The Majestic also carried $2,500,000 bullion consigned to pri- vate bankers.
 Another shipment of. nearly s. 000.000 is leaving France today on the Bremen consigned to private bankers. The recent weakness in the franc has made 1t profitable for bankers to buy francs at dis count, convert them into gold at the bank of France and ship the metal to the United States.
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Attorney Bernard E. Lynch. law associate of Judge Edwin S. Thomas and formerly United states commissioner with water bury as part of his district, died Tuesday evening after a lingering illness. He was in his roth year. Funeral services will be held to- morrow morning, with many prom inent members of the New Haven Bar Association taking part In the tribute planned. The funeral will be held from his late residence. 149 Norton street. New Haven. to the Church of St Brendan at 9 o'clock.
 The deceased was assigned to this city to hear violations of the liquor law in the early years of the prohibition act. He made sev- erai visits to Waterbury and heard cases in the city court room. He was a splendid type of citizen. courteous. gentlemanly, learned and fair-minded. He was noted for his desire to learn all the de- tails of a case brought before him, not only the circumstances under which tho arrest resulted, but some of the history and family responsi- bilities and general environment of the accused. He treated each case on it's merits and his decis- Ions were always after careful consideration. He was well liked among local laweyrs and highly respected. Before studying law MT Lynch was in the shoe business in Church street, New Haven. He was graduated from the Yale Law School with the class of 1895. Among his classmates are former Mayor David E. Fitzgerald, Rob ert H. Barclay. Henry A. l.. Hall: Judge Frederick M. Peasley. or the Superior Court. and Benjamin Shade. For a number of years MT Lynch had been associated in the practice of law with Judge Edwin s. Thomas. now, of the United States District Court.
 During the World War he was
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Christmas Tableaux At
 St Paul's Parish House

A series of Christmas tableaux were presented last night in St Paul's parish house, Waterville. About 175 children and adults wit messed the presentation. Mrs Samuel Gibson was the leader and Mrs Homer c. Senior was the pian- ist. Those attending brought food for the needy. The participants in the tableaux were William Warren. John Farr, Leon Totten, Percival MacMullen, stephen Greatorex. Hazel Hallock, Ralph Meyers, Arthur Vallencourt. George Def- skie. Raymond Tyler, Arnold Blatherwick, Roberta Davis, Rev. erly Northrop. Virginia and Pauline Meyers, Barbara Cookson, Nancy Lou Totten. Irene Stafford and Peggy Lehridge.
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Hubbard Sues For Brothers Death;
 $1O,OOO Sought
Trolley EmpIoye Killed By Car Driven By Mrs Helen Boomer-KeIIy Brings $2 2,5OO Action to Recover for Iniuries to ll.YearsOId Son

from the Interstate Transportation company for injuries he received when the truck in which he was riding was struck by one of the defendants trucks at Green and Riverside streets intersection, last September 23. His truck, used in peddling milk was allegedly struck by the defendants machine SO hard that he was thrown from his seat against an iron fence across the street.
 Sallie Arlington asks $5,0OO in an action brought against the Beth Fl synagogue to recover for injuries she suffered in a fall on an icy sidewalk in front of the synagogue on Grove street last February 10.
 Samuel Graicerstein seeks $500 from Sam Davis and Gregorio Men cio asks $350 from Rocco Martino, on common count writs.
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drive remove themselves from the operating group and thus do not participate and increase that class of accidents which can be attrib- uted to failures due to timidity.
 It might be said that the sev- eral successive falls of snow. which left an accumulation of several inches on the pavements of some roads and made icy. slushy and otherwise hazardous travelling upon many arteries for several days, really operated to save the lives of about persons and so as to have prevented considerable amount of human suffering and Q material loss in damage to prop erty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-29
Mems Club Of Mill
 Plain Annual Meeting

Officers of the Mill Plain Mems club were elected last night at a meeting in the parlors of the Mill Plain Union church. They are: President, John Ogren; vice-presi- dents, Bruno Reife and Joseph Holmes; secretary, Donald Spen- der; treasurer, Burton Beecher. Sidney Cook is the retiring presi- dent. The installation will take place January 11th at which time a banquet will be held with Rev M. R. Lowell and Rev Joseph o. Todd as the speakers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-29
Winonah Rebekah Lodge
 Officers For Coming Year

The following officers of Winonah Rebekah lodge, Odd Fellows, were elected at a meeting in Odd Fel- lows hall last night: Noble grand Mrs Thomas Finlay; vice-grand, Mrs Louis Pichard: recording sec retary, Mrs Lester Flood; financial secretary, Mrs Walter White; treas urer, Mrs George Manville; first trustee, Mrs John Hollingsworth: second. Mrs Edward Hayward: third, William Wood. District Deputy Mrs Walter White will tn- stall the officers on January il.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-29
First Lutheran Church
 Cantata This Evening

A Christmas cantata entitled t"The Shepherds Vision" will be presented tonight in the parish hall of the First Lutheran church by the church choirs. Mrs Ruth John son will direct, assisted by Carl Johnson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-29
Good Program Tonight
 At St Patrick's Lyceum

Plans are completed for a good program at St Patrick's parish Lyceum on Porter street. Rev John Brady will show pictures and there will be card game by play CTS from different parts of the city. Quite a few who have not been in that part of Waterbury for some time past will be present, so that in addition to the regular program there will be an opportunity to re- new old acquaintances and wish them the compliments of the sea- son.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-29
WEATHER REPORT

Washington, Dec 29-UP)- Forecast for tonight and Friday:
 Maine: Fair tonight; Friday in- creasing cloudiness, slowly rising temperature.
 New Hampshire: Fair, not so cold tonight: Friday increasing cloudi- ness, warmer in southeast portion.
 Vermont: Fair, not so cold in south and central portions tonight; Friday increasing cloudiness.
 Massachusetts: Fair, not so cold night, Friday increasing cloudiness. Rhode Island. Connecticut, New Jersey, Fair tonight; Friday in- creasing cloudiness: not much change in temperature.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-29
JUST GIRLS

JILL: I'm going to marry Jack. : ANN: We'll. when I refused him he said he didn't care what hap pened to him.-Answers.
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The Krupp gun works in Ger many is now manufacturing false teeth of enamcled steel.