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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30
Nepotisrn

One of the various things wrong with
the federal government, and contributing
to its extravangance. is the benevolent prae-
tice whereby Statesmen and department heads
fill the payrolls with relatives. This Gus
tom prevails particularly in Congress Sem
ators and Representatives, not content with
finding fat jobs for POLITICAL friends, are
always bringing in their wives daughters,
sons, uncleS, aunts, cousins. nephews and
neces as secretaries and clerks for them
selves and for committees on which they
serve, and on government commissions.
bureaus, and SO on. This is very ancient
practice. The Romans had name for it.
''nepotism" or 'nephewism,' and doubtless
the Greeks, Egyptians, Babylonians and
Chinese had corresponding terms to fit the
same situation.
Not much can be done about it, and not
great deal of money would be saved if the
practice could be abolished. The jobs in
most cases would merely go to other people
drawing the same pay. But it is corrupt
ing influence, and therefore costly in vague
and devious ways. When public servant
can associate his family with him in the
service and its emoluments, he tends to re-
gard government as family matter and
public salary as an inalienable right That
point of view tends to laxity and loss of
Judgment and morale The ideal public
service would probably consist of celibates
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30
Child Health Day

Scarcely day in the year passes in this
age without some special designation at the
hands of the federal, state or local govern
ments There are a few that are specially
attractive to the nation as whole. Oddly
enough May has two of these. We refer to
Child Health Day which will be observed
tomorrow and Mother Day, which is to be
observed next Sunday. Child Health Day.
fittingly enough, comes on the first day of
one of the most glorious months of the year.
There may be no rarer day than in June.
but in May there is freshness and joyous
ness of spirit rampant that can only be COM
pared to the happy scampering of children
through house and field.
Herbert Hoover. our president in his
May Day proclamation said. a.. the chill
dren of this nation are our most precious
possession. the causes and objects of our
deepest affection. and in them is the prom
Use of our future homes. Governor
Wilbur L. Cross 1t is universally &C
knowledged that the child is the chief asse;
of the nation - Poets by the score
have sung of the child. 1t would be fool
ish almost for any man to think that he
Gould say anything that hasn't been said
dozen times before of children. We all
know that the home is not complete with
out the child.
Child Health Day was created to impress
upon the nation the need of paying careful
sttention to the healthful education of our
Youngsters. There are too many dangers in
this modern life of ours for the child to be
considered immune to the diseases of mind
and body. We have at our command the
bestsof attention for the ailments of child
hood. No problem of child rearing is left
dnstudied by modern methods. Neglect OF
the child is deadly sin for which there can
be no atonement. When tomorrow dawns.
we hope that millions of fond fathers and
mothers will dedicate themselves anew to
de task of rearing their young to be god
fearing healthy men and women who in
fsirn will perform the duties expected of
them. OF such things is our life on this
earth fashioned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30
Here, There And EDerysDhere

an infant and in whose garden Nom
roe walked with him in his last
years. That they were a congenial
company, despite their disagree
ments at times, Mr. Bowers allows
us to believe. The more gratifying,
then, that Monroe is brought as an
equal into the company Of the two
whose fame is already permanently
established-this author of 'the de-
claration of independence for the
entire Western world"
The bust of Monroe was unveiled
last year in the Hall of Fame where
he found Jefferson and Madison
already long at home. Mr. Elihu
Root said that Monroe's declara-
ton, "far from dealing with petty
intermeddling or abuse of power.
was a political act of wide and
far-reaching importance in favor
of liberty and peace, and it was in
spired by extraordinary intelli-
gence and vision" But to be well
coined back to ash Lawn and to
a new neighboring with the masters
of Monticello" and Montpelier"
is to enjoy a dearer fame on this
the first day of his sesquicentennia1
year. No better inscription could
be found for his bronze memorial
than Jefferson's summing up of his
character: 1.-THE 8ouleog James
Monroe might be turned wrong
side outwards without discovering .
Flemish to the world"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30
Railroad Motor Cars

France. which pioneered in automobiles
enough to impose French Technology on
the industry after our American inventors
had given few practical hints, is pioneering
now in automobile railroad cars. A Mich
elm car that is being tried out on an Amer
lean railroad system seems to be on the right
track, SO to speak. The sample car runs on
rails with pneumatic tires of new type,
which takes up the vibration, avoid the roar
of iron on rails, and sag so little when de-
flated that puneture or blowout is not
serious Each car is complete unit in itself,
looking much like an ordinary motor bus
except for its multiple wheels. The motor
burns gasoline. 1t is said that this equipage
can haul 80 passengers for l5cents mile
half cent per mile per person.
Here is very cheap transportation. even
when the cost of the track and gneral over
head. outside of the rolling stock is not
reekoned. Some experimental gas-eleetrie
cars of comparable capacity are said to cost
50 cents mile. Rapid developments along
this line may be expected. The idea is OBJ
viously adapted to making railroad service
more flexible. and to preserve branch lines
on which ordinary steam equipment has
become TOO expensive for the shrunken pat
ronage. Such cars, too might be the saliva
ton of many an interurban trolley line.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30
MONROE HOME AGAIN
(New York Times)

Mr. Bowers, in his address at the
unwilling of the statue of Monroe
at Ash Lawn" in Virginia, made
him a worthy associate OF Jefferson
and Madison, the father of the
Constitution" Though Monroe Is
remembered as president in the Era
of Good Feeling. he was Essentially
a fighter" till there was nothing to
fight about. The story Of his strug-
Cling youth and early manhood
makes surprising reading to those
who associate his name with the
placidity of his own Administration
his wounding at Trenton; his stand
ing for the American right to the
navigation of the Mississippi with
an outlet at New Orleans; his gall
liant service as lone Ambassador in
France; his negotiation looking to
the purchase of Louisiana, and his
appointment as minister of war as
we'll as Of state when the capital
was in peril in the war Of 1912.
1t is happy conception that asso
ciates these three men in a neigh
borhood Virginia Valhalla; Monroe
at ash Lawn" designed by Jeffer-
son; Monticello" the home of JEFF
ferson,>whose lights could be seen
from Ash Lawn; and not far
away, Montpelier" the home to
which Madison was carried when
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30

Hartford is doing some splendid relief
work this spring in alloting land where un-
employed men and women may grow
flowers and vegetables this year. The land
is to be ploughed and fertilized by the city.
After that it is up to the individual to do
his own planting and cultivating, as well as
harvesting. 1t should add to the tables of
those families whose funds are SO perilonsly
low. Also it will provide work for many
idle hands. And that is to be commended
1t is something to be able to derive ones
living from the SOIL We feel sure that many
men will keep themselves supplied all sum
mer and autumn long with their products
of the soil. Twenty-Five acres have been
made available
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION


At 80. Edwin Markham is still
looking forward. The author OF
that very great poem, The Man
With the Hoe" has lost little OF
his fire, none of his hope, none OF
his universal sympathy or his
poets sense that this world is for
ever touching borders with an I'M
seen world of infinite wonder.
New POEMS" subtitled Eighty
songs at 3d." is Mr. Markham's first
book of poems to be published IN
q dozen years. 1t Is issued In COM
memoration of his S0th birthday
but IL the publisher did not an
nounce the fact you would never
guess 1t. There Is a spirit OF youth
in these verses, and no hint OF spir-
itual or physical weakness. Mr
Markham's songs, in other words,
are still very much worth listening
to.
The book includes a series of
quatrains, group OF sonnets-
some of which, incidentally. are
exceptionally fine--and a short col
lection Of somewhat longer poems.
II q few seem rather thin. the gen.
erai level IL remarkably high; and
here and there the old, 'eruptive
indignation at the perverse injuss
tice OF human society breaks forth
with all Its old power.
1t 10 impossible, In the space
available here, to quote freely from
these poems, and that In too bad; ;
for q poet who can write such lines
as 1.-The moon Of midnight whiten-
Ing all the seas" ana "she will
come singing. lighted by q star.
From kingdoms where tho
young Immortals are" 10 well
worth extended quotation.
yeu will and, In brief. ssms ex-
cclIent poetry In NEW Songs"
The book Ii published BY Doubie-
day. Doran q Co. and costs 81.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30

Hall at Stockholm. Sweden. which re-
eeived votes. Commenting upon the
selections the Federal Architect declared
that ''Of the first eight buildings on the
list. five are in the historic style and three
in the bracket usually spoken of as modern.
1t is no small compliment that the
Empire State building. the Nebraska State
Capitol. and the Chicago Daily News build
ing are ranked with such serene and gracious
architecture as the Lincoln Memorial and
the Columbia Library. -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30
At The National Capitol
A Digest of Who's Who and What's What
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER

cy, felt the vast pressure of the
administration when he was de-
prived of his patronage and as
sured by a presidential spokes-
man of political extinction.
Another Daring Fight
Roosevelt's most daring on
slaught to date is his recent attack
on the two New York clergymen,
DR. John Haynes Holmes and Rabbi
Stephen Wise, who urged him to
FIRE a Tammany official accused of
graft.
Thte governor reached new
heights of moral indignation and
dauntless fortitude as he bella
bored them for their impudence.
1t looks as II most politicians
this year would confine their
slashing attacks to the iniquities
of the Eskimos.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30

One building in Connecticut was desig-
mated worthy Of mention among the many
named as outstanding by group Of fifty
architects of this nation. IL was the Hart.
ferd County building. which received two
votes At the head Of the list was the
Lincoln Memorial with II votes Righs
after Il came the Empire State building and
the Nebraska State Capitol and the flor.
gan Library HI New York city. The only
foreign building mentioned was the Chy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30
M TO-DAY So
A ,W9R4Rp MyAAR4
8GH ofG3E
GERMAN DRIVE FAILS


On April 80. 1918. the great Ger
man drive on the Lys sector came
to an end after three weeks of
fighting which had cost them many
thousands of lives and had gained
them no real advantage.
French and British morale was
higher after the failure of the at
tempt to seize the channel ports.
German losses in killed and
wounded during the three weeks
campaign was estimated at more
than 10000.
Allied forces on the Lys sector
confined their activities for the day
to a series of minor raids and
small scale operations which re-
suited in improving and strength
ening their positions.
The British admiralty officially
announced the destruction of IL
German submarines during the
month of April.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30

The Connecticut Forest and Park Asso-
<istion is to be congratulated on the fine
YORK It Is doing Of creating system OF
si1ils through, this state. When the work is
ron,pIeted the state will be eriss-erossed
Xirh an elaborate maze Of foot paths that
Gin enable mixers to 60 from one end OF
lhr srsfe 20 che Other without ones passing
,hfoceh CIV. town o. hamlet The latest
aid 10 b. iini.hed b Thar oves NJ Carmel to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30

The Connecticut Rural Road Improvement
Association is the latest organization in this
state to ask Governor Cross to call special
session of the Legislature. At meeting
held in Hartford Wednesday it adopted res
olutions to this effect. The association
hopes that at the special session the Legls-
AZURE will amend the present law that pre-
vents town OF municipality borrowing
more than 5 per cent on its grand list. How
ever, if Attorney General Burrows rules
that legislative permission to exceed this
limit isn't necessary there will be no need of
summoning the General Assembly into spe-
cial session. Governor Gross referred this
matter to the attorney general. since he be-
lieved that in an eme gency such as the pres
ent it might not be compulsory for town
to have definite permission. But supposing
the Legislature does convene. what will
happen. Ii will mean more expense for the
taxpayers just to call the session If the state
appropriates money for relief work. it will
undoubtedly have to float a short term
note or bond issue, as funds are low now
and will just about cover expenses. We
aren't voeing opposition to bond issues by
the state. but we are advising caution at this
time. Local relief measures are the best
that can be adopted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30

Mathematics are nothing new.
back IN 1900 d. q. scholars OF
Babylonia were strieRlInE with
nrithemotical proGrcsaione, aiadra-
tic equations. and equations with
! two unknown factors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30
Personal Health Service
(By William Brady, Nj. 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., 1932-04-30

Now that Connecticut is at last starting.
work on the much-discussed Merritt High
way. paralleling the Boston. Post Road.
perhaps Wesehester County will extend the
beautiful Hutchinson River Parkway to meet
it. We understand that the New York Of
ficials have been waiting for Connecticut
to start its immense project before extend
ing the parkway. However, it will be
few years before motorists can traverse the
two routes from end to end.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30
Good evening.
600
TWINKLE, TWINKLE


Twinkle twinkle movie star,
Now know just what you are,
Since the movies learned to speak,
Your proud head seems mighty
meek,
For the lines that you must chat,
Prove you're dumb for all o.
that.
600
Gangland appears to have been
mapping since the kidnapping.
o--O-o
More gold has been discov-
cred out west. But the gold
diggers will stick to Broadway
where you don't have to do
much digging for what you
get.
600
Lif is just a top. We wind it
every day. Slowly the cord wears
through. Then it breaks.
600
When man says he likes
his moth er-in-law you can bet
his wife is within hearing dis
lance.
e2 600
A wise crack pulled at a recent
vaudeville show. He's got a wife
and a pocket lighter. Both of
them work"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30

All vehicles must be lighted not later than
Sly o'clock daylight saving time) tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30

A now comet has becn discovf
cred In the sky by Profcsser ~.
DeIporto. astronomer Of the Royal
Belgian observatory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30

Maybe business will stop humping along
the bottom, when the raeketeers have been
starved out
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30

Europe is acting as if she distrusted the
American dollar. That's all right. If
Europe doesn't want it, we want it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30

600
AND LIFE GOES ON
Work for the night is coming.
So goeos a well known song.
But a lot of solks can't get job,
Right now the tune sounds
wrong.
The honeymoon is over when
she doesn't rush to the telephone
every time it rings. fearing one
of his old flames may be on the
other end Of the wire.
900
Speaking in movie terms,
mosquitoes screen well in the
summer time.
When good cooking fumes fly
out the window. flies fly in the
open door.
Sometimes think it's the
beautiful cages, rather than
the canaries, which make
such pets popular with home
lovers.
600
Half the world doesn't know the
other half-especially if they live
in apartment houses.
600
1t is quite natural that the pro-
fession of AVIATION be held in
HIGH esteem.
600
DING, DING
Mary grew quite jealous,
(She never used the bean,)
On learning that her sweetie,
Was fond of Lady Nicotine.
900
Aim high in life. It's better to
go over the mark than under It.
900
Claims Marriage Gave Him
Indigestion Ask Divorce
Headline. Heavens, from in
digestion.
A rolling stonue gathers no moss
but it forces autoists to swerve to
one side.
Necessity is the mother of
invention. Want may eventu-
ally become the father of the
600
Some women score more points
in scandal than they do at cards
during bridge party.
600
YOU DON'T SAY
Betty married Louie,
The first year things went fine,
But now, like wash, poor Louie,
Hangs out along the line.
900
AND LIFE GOES ON
Her smile was disarming,
Now she's gone the seas DER,
To help disarm Europe,
From the horrors of war.
600
1t looks as if the drys were
getting ready to enter the ark. The
beer flood looms.
600
We're due for windy fall. Elec-
ton you know.
The only time some men get
: down on their knees is during
spring when they plant the
back yard garden.
1000
One can expect dirt farmers to
have plenty of sand.
600
YOU DON'T SAY
Some gals are still old fashioned,
know a friend of mine.
Who just won't hang her teddies.
Ont on the pulley line.
600
Dizzy Dorothy. Waterbury's
intellectual idiot. thinks pig
iron IL something made from
hogs.
Sunshine meilows. moon.
shine intoxicates.
O-O--o
This concludes our series OF
programs for tho week. They
came 10 YOU over DID and were
broadcast by the Waterbury Even
Ing Democrat, pioneer In this typo
of Newspaper work. We are sign
Ing off at this time. 10 be back on
the afr again Monday evening at
the tfatiai h0uf.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30
U-O-U
OHMIGOSH

If they had vacuum cleaner,
Attached to every car,
We'd never get dust on the road,
When motoring afar.
900
The girl who winks at man,
perhaps figures the eyes have it.
900
A man will think nothing of
pushing a medicine ball around
in a gymnasium, but If his
wife asks him to push the lawn
mower, he's too tired.
600
An ounce of prevention is worth
pound of cure, provided you're
not short-weighted.
o-O-o
The woman who uses plen-
ty of cosmetics knows all
about the skin you love to
touch-up.
O-OAO
When a wife tells the neighbor.
she wears the pants, flappers with
in hearing giggle and say some
thing about old fashioned style:
still prevailing.
600
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-30

Betty married Louie,
The first year things went fine.
But now, like wash, poor Louie,
Hangs out along the line.
600
Evening star., 1932-11-28
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
By LOIS LEEDS.

cles increases the body's need of oxygen
so that deep breathing Is automatically
stimulated. This is much better than
standing still and trying to pump the
lungs full of air The habit of deep
breathing may be established with the
aid Of indoor exercises that include free
movements of limbs and trunk. Below
are few exercises of this kind for
those who suffer from poor circulation
and chilliness In Winter. Do them out
of doors if possible:
Exercise stand erect with feet
apart, left hand on hip. Swing the
right arm slowly In wide circles, letting
trunk swing freely as you do so and
inhaling on the forward. upward move
ment. Exhale as the arms swing down
and back. Repeat six times with each
arm alone, then swing both arms to-
gether
Exercise 2-Stand with feet apart,
hands clasped over right shoulder.
Swing arms obliquely downward to the
left, letting trunk bend forward, then
fling arms and trunk upward and back
ward. The movement is similar to WELD
ing an ak in chopping wood. Repeat
10 times to each side. Do it vigorously
enough to induce deep breathing.
Exercise 3-Iie on your back on a
SOu1A ullu 81 asp biic oidSS Will Out-
stretched hands. Raise both legs up
vertically. Bend knees to chest, then
kick up vigorously. Do this rapidly
about 10 times. Now place small
pillow on your feet and try to keep It
in the air by kicking it upward with
each foot in turn. Kick it straight up
as high as you can
Exercise 4-Clog dancing
Almost any brisk exercise may be
used to stimulate sluggish circulation.
Before undertaking any exercise pro-
gram, however. it is wise to have the
heart examined. Girls and women who
are much underweight should be care
full to avoid fatiguing themselves when
exercising. They may choose less
strenuous movements and fewer repeti-
tions. Easy exercises for them are de-
scribed in my leaf1et on How to Gain
Weight" that Shall be glad to send to
any reader who will write for it inclos-
ing stamped, addressed envelope for
mailing. Warm Winter clothing is
essential for people who are physically
below par and have chronic cold feet.
Evening star., 1932-11-28
Everyday Psychology
interested in Peoplei
BIZ DR. JESSE W. spRowLs

Why are you interested In other peo-
pie? At first blush, this may seem like
an unanswerable question. You may say
that it is impossible to name all the
reasons why you are interested In
others. But there is way to general
ize this question
You have noticed that different per-
sons differ enormously In the amount
Of attention they pay to the comings
and goings of others This difference
suggests types Of persons. Personality
types. If you please So you may formu-
late two general types-those who are
apparently interested in others, those
who are apparently not interested in
others. This classification is not the
best one in the world of human beings.
1t does suggest something, however,
about human interest or the lack of it.
Why not say that every one is inter-
ested in others? And then say that
people seem to be interested or disin-
terested in others for two big reasons.
The big reasons are these: Some are in
terested in others for the sake of others
and some are interested in others for the
sake of themselves. Classify people this
way and you may, at least partially, ex-
plain some Of the motives Of men.
Evening star., 1932-11-28
UNCLE RAYS CORNER
Winning Electric Power.
AN OLDEN PI.AYTHING.

w YE enter room at night, and
h/ press a button. Presto
wv There Is light in the room
This magic, as we know
very well, comes from electric
power. An electric current runs through
wires, from the power plant to our
home.
To trace the story Of electric power
we must 60 back more than 1000 years
The name electricity" came from an
cid Greek word meaning amber"
II you were to turn your eyes this
moment to the yellow-brown substance
known as amber, you might say, Il
don't see anything electric about that!'
On the other hand, If you rub a piece
of true amber (not inlitation) against
cloth, you should find that it will pick
up hairs and bits Of thread.
The ancient Greeks learned that
amber beads, after being rubbed, would
pick up certain very light things. They
enjoyed performing tricks Of this kind;
but they had little idea of the power
with which they were playing.
Hundreds Of years passed. The
Greeks forgot about amber and the
magic it would do.
Then came a time when man in
Western Europe started to play with
amber again: and before long they
learned that glass could be used in
performing the same kind of tricks.
Glass tubes and glass globes were
rubbed against silk cloth, and would
then give little shocks"
About 800 years ago, German named
Otto Guericke made a globe which was
composed chiefly of sulphur. When
this was rubbed, it would draw feathers
and bits Of paper to itself. 1t would
also glow In a dark room.
Thus people learned something about
static" electricity. They were opening
to the world great field of electricity
II you like to try things for yourself