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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-29
Now Even As Then

We are afraid that Judge William M. Harnsy will find 1t difficult to offer sub stantial proof for his contention that state board or commission is not legal if its members are named prior to the act going into effect. He delivered himself of such charge this week in ruling on reputed violation of the new state barber law. Not only were the three members of the barber commission recently named by Governor Gross declared illegally appointed. but also those serving on the state liquor eommis- sion.
 In both instances, it is charged, that the commissioners started their work of ad- ministering laws that did not become effee- tive until a later date. It is reported that both Major John Buckley and State Senator Frank Bergin. members of the liquor com mission, scoffed at such an idea as that commission could be termed illegal by being named before the creating act was operative, The results. if such illegality was upheld by the higher courts. would be as catastrophe as was the famous decision in the MeCook condemnation proceedings where the supreme court of errors ruled 1900 state laws in- valid.
 It required a special legislative session to validate the laws thrown out of the statute books. We don think that Governor Cross will cali another one now to establish the validity of the two commissions that Judge Harney holds up to doubt In the first place some one is sure to recall similar incident that occurred back in 1913. In Eberle vs Clark the Supreme Court ruled that the convenience of public necessity eompels anticipation of appointments. That was filed in December, 1913, and involved the appointment of city court judge in Hartford.
 As we recall the case the appointment was made prior to July |. when most minor court judgeships terminate and begin. You can imagine the disruption that would have been created by holding all appointments illegal that were made prior to vacancy in office. The same seems to hold true for commissions, too. It is necessary to antiei- pate vacancy in them or in the cases where the bodies were just being created certainly there seems to be no violation of any sta- tutes by anticipating the creation and oper- ation of the commission under certain laws by naming the members of this body. lhls was done in the case of both the liquor and barber boards. We don't think that Judge Harney can upset them on charge of illegaity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-29
State Income Tax

South Dakota, seeking to relieve real es- tate. has adopted for trial period of two years an income tax that will cut property taxes one-third. It is expected to apply to more than one fourth of the population. There is considerable opposition to it. A fair criticism probably is this, that it is levied on the gross receipts of individuals and organizations instead of their net re- receipts. Gross income is not income in the usually accepted sense. Income taxes usually cover only net earnings or other income. The gross income tax may be un. fair to many because costs of operation differ SO widely.
 As a general principle, net income tax is probably the fairest of all taxes because 1t makes people pay in proportion to their current ability to pay. when they have money coming in to pay with. The in justice of real estate taxes, aside from the fact that they are usually assessed more heavily than other forms of property. is that the owner has to pay just the same when he isn't getting any income from his investment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-29
Personal Standards

If the new deal is to accomplish all 1t should, it must bring with it changes in our ideas and our standards of individual con- duct just about as sweeping as the changes that have already been ordered for the op- eration of our industrial machine One of the changes we need to make IS in relation to our attitude toward debt. It might be a very healthful thing for us to regain the point of view which our grandfathers had in regard to it. In the old days people had if not horor of it. at least very real dis tatste for going into debt. The proudest boast of the solvent. successful man was that he owed no man farthing. People bor- rowed only when they had to, and they did so. usually. with great reluctance.
 No one needs to be told that we haven't got that viewpoint any more. In the last decade or SO the hallmark of the suc- cessful man has not been his ability to keep out of debt but his ability to get into it. It became an accepted standard that the smart man used other peoples money in his oper- ations Not only did business firms bor- row to expand their plants; rich men bor- rowed to speculate in stocks, poor men bor- rowed to buy automobiles, furniture and what-not and while many of the results of this were very good. the way in which it made us willing to mortgage our futures to satisfy present wants was. all in all. anything but wholesome.
 It led, furthermore. to stultifying of our conception of the morals involved in the use of other peoples money. Many an American town can tell tale precisely like the following: A bank has folded up in large manufacturing town. High officers of the bank have been revealed as heavy bor- rowers from it. Their debts have not been paid. and because they are not paid the de- positors are holding the sack.
 Just what difference is there. essentially. between the bank president who borrows from his own bank to invest" in stocks. hoping that his profits will enable him to repay the loan. and the little shoe shop cashier who takes money from the till to play the races? If too-ready acceptance of debt had not blunted our concepts of right and wrong. we would not have had society in which such things would have happened.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-29
All Old Jokes

One of the saddest jobs we've heard of in long time is that of Hal Horne of New York, said to be the worlds greatest col lector of wise-cracks. Horne and staff of l6 assistants have been working for year to assemble every joke printed in English in any book. magazine or newspaper in the last three or four centuries. They are said to be reading and indexing jokes = so-called = at the rate of 1000 day. Every possl- ble place where joke might be lurking has been searched or is to be searched by these investigators and collectors. The leader be- lieves that there has never before been such a systematic. and comprehensive pursuit of jokes.
 And here is the sad part. Mir Horne maintains that you can now show him any joke or gag of whatever reputed originality and he can go to his cross-index and locate not only that joke. but all its ancestors through the years He has'even encouraged people to concentrate on making up brand new Jokes of their own. When they have produced what they consider masterpiece of wit and originality. he dashes their pride to earth by showing them some one else, sev- eral people. in fact. thought of that same joke a hundred or SO years ago. It would prob ably be a red letter day in their careers if the investigators ever leaned back in their chairs and roared with laughter at really new jest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-29

The drive is on! Kidnapping may not be federal offense right now but the fed eral government will throw its weight be- hind all law enforcement agencies in the nation to wipe out this rotten crime. Attor- ney General Homer s. Cummings expects shortly to mobilize super-poliee force to SCOUT the nation and to drive out from the underworld the forces that are behind and that are dragging away wealthy men and women for ransom. That the racket can be stamped out in this fashion is without question. Also few such sentences as were meted out in Kansas City today when the death penalty was imposed should serve to scare off would-be kidnapers. A mailed fist, such as Smedly Butler suggested. is sufficient to throw a scare into the ranks of those who imagine that they can terrorize the nation and particularly the wealthy class into paying for protection. A few more Kidnapping cases and the nation will arm itself to resist such attempts at law-breaking. However. we would much prefer to see
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-29

Tn compliance with the government die- tate to cut down on acreage devoted to to- bacco raising 1000 acres in this state and Massaehusetts will be withdrawn from pro- duetion. However. this will not rsiult in a serious loss to the owners of the land as they will be reeompensed to the extent of S400,- 900 or about S400 per acre. Donbtlsss much of this land will never again be lnsed for tobacco raising as only through reduced acreage can the price of the flaw product be maintained at suitable levels. Perhaps it will be turned over to potato raising since they are beginning to prove valuable crop for the Connecticut valley, both in our own state and across the line. A great many acres have been diverted to potatoes in the last few years. With another stable crop the state bids fair to regain some of its lost prestige in the agricultural world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-29
Where's The Explanations?

Yesterdays Davis Cup matches in France should convince sceptics that when Els worth Vines and Winner Allison fell before the English players last weekend they were not being beaten by rank outsiders Bunny Austin and Fred Perry are capable of ten- his of the first water. Yet we still believe that on paper the Americans were slightly superior to their opponents. although the scores would indicate otherwise. All of which brings us back to the old question: why. can't the American Davis Cup players perform on the courts of Roland Carros Stadium at Auteuil. Franee7 Answer that and maybe we'll win the cup next year.
 However, at this writing it does not look as if the Americans would have to play in the French stadium next year unless they should clash with the French players in the round before the challenge play. We should think that with the start of two splendid wins yesterday the English play CTS should return to their native soil with the Davis Cup elenched firmly in their hands. Not counted upon as ehallengers the English have played just the necessary sort of international tennis to impress the world that they are destined for the highest honors in the tennis world.
 At the most they cannot salvage more than two of the remaining three matches to be played. We'll coneede the doubles match today. but Austin has a fair chance against Coehet. On the basis of his play against both Vines and Allison he has more than fair chance. But yesterday against Perry, Coehet was within few points of victory and Perry is ranked as stronger player than Austin. At that rate Austin might lose to Cochet. but surely Perry would not have much trouble in defeating Merlin whom the French are evidently sea- soning for the matches of future years.
 Ellsworth Vines starting for this country. says he was not overtrained for the matches. with the English. This is denial of the varying reports in French papers stating that both Vines and Allison appeared worn to thread in their matches. However. we can only repeat what we have read. To under stand this situation one should have wit messed the debacle of the American forces. Lott and Van Ryn were in fine shape for I the QOuDleS WdtCHeS' yet lHey muSl HaVe oeeA subjected to the same strain and training as were the singles players. We don't think that the explanation is as yet forthcoming, unless we accept the fact that our players were counting on playing the Australians and fearing them. the sudden victory of the English over their cousins from the Anti podes just naturally upset their tempera- ment. When you've your mind made up to do certain thing and you suddenly discover that you can't do it, the results are apt to be discouraging Vines certainly should never have played Perry in that do-or-die effort The result meant nothing. Bur we still believe he is capable of beating the best in the world. Perhaps time will prove us right
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-29
x.RAY TREATMENT OF PERIOD rUMor

Occasional references to x-ray treatment for fibroid tumor in your column. make me. wish to tell you of my experience with that treat ment, writes @ correspondent.
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 no better because he poses as a special.
 ist in this or that line) found that had
 ibroid tumor. pr (another gen.
 eral practitioner) and Dr ......... (still
 another-all physicians of good standing
 ana repute advised me to s.e the xrs
 mightexpect the menopause within a com
 paratively Short time anyway.
 ray %ora ths is sorreee and
 asked him questions which I believe were
 intelligent. know now that received
 from him nothing but concealment of fact
 and actual false representation. He denied
 that the X-ray treatment causes even the
 slightest ill effect. In full faith took the
 treatment under his direction-and have
 not known day of health since.
 The correspondent goes on to enumerate hei manifold sufferings. am not going to mention them here. doubt that they are attributable to X-ray treatment or to any untoward effec of the treatment I am aware that in tncoIn' petent hands x-ray may do a good deal oi harm.
 The correspondent declares she has moi known day of health since. Since when How many days of health did she know before her condition & came came to this treatment? Mans sa
 
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 It is reasonable to assume that this patien had reached fairly serious state of illness when she sought treatment. The suffering. which she attributes to X-ray treatment art quite the ordinary symptoms presented by pa. tients with fbroid tumor x-ray treatment has been boon to manl women who would otherwise have had to sub init to surgical removal of the fibroid tumor This treatnent is not infallible, however. II some instanees 1t fails to control the symptoM that have serious signifcance-chiefye constan bleeding, and secondarily pain-and the pa tient must come to operation anyway. i. It should be clearly understood that fbroit | tumor Gas physicians call it,, myoma) Is a be nign condition. that is. it is not cancer or any | thing like that. and the tumor or tumors d' harm only by mechanical effects, pressure, in | reference with normal functioning or in rar l cases accidental strangulation or inflammation It is only to protect the patients health agains | these mechanical or accidental injuries. ant against the impairment that occurs from fire ouent>or prolonged bleeding. that treatment | required.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-29
OLD DANCES RETURN
Bridgeport Telegram,

The dancing masters of America. meeting in New York, are hope full lot. For years they have been trying to get rid of the modern dances or at any rate to turn them into something more graceful and preferably, something requiring more skill than merely the act of walking in a clinch. And for years they have gone back to their schools only to find the craze for the modern dances unabated.
 This year they return anew. to the attack, but with some slight gleam of hope in their eyes. The old dances are coming back--not the waltz and the two-step Of the early 1900's, but dances from even an earlier time-the polka and schottische of the 1s70's and the square dances dating almost from pioneer days.
 They say that these dances are becoming a craze in the middle west, and for the benefit of any who are inclined to raise their eyebrows at this, 1t might be re. marked that the roller skating craze started in that quarter long before 1t spraed to New York and the east.
 It seems that Henry Ford Is re- sponsible for reviving the old dances. The craze apparently died out for a time but has been smotl- dering in village barns and other odd quarters and has now burst into a blaze of new interest," To- day a dance advertised as a "corn Husker's bail'. win. hack in the patrons.
 Especially, we suppose. if plenty of red ears are advertised.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-29
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Chronic ADDendicitis

I have had two attacks, at interval of . year, of what my physician calls 'chrOriic ap4 pendicitis." If my memory serves me, you have asserted that there Is no such condition. co. c. M.I
 nized in pathology But your attacks" sound rather like acute appendicitis In your place I'd have the operation if my doctor advised 1t.
 Jig.saw Puzzle
 Should jig-saw puzzle lent to . person suf. fering with crysipelas be returned? (Mrs M. ID. J.l
 Answer-No. Tn my opinion, however, one takes no risk at all in borrowing books, papers or similar things which may have been used by a person with contagious disease. But in order to avoid giving offense or occasion for criticism 1t is as well not to return such things, of small intrinsic value.
 tcopyright 1sss John '. Diiie co.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-29

Australia is starting to complain about the increasing numbers of jaek-rabbits it has. And to get rid of them it is proposed that pythons be bred for this express purpose. The rabbits do an immense amount of dam age annually. It is claimed that in some sections of South Africa the pythons are just such ''pest-scarers' That's all right if it works out as the Australians want it to. But supporting the pythons clean up all the jack rabbits and start on other species of wild or domestic animals. Then the is- land continent would have to go in for an- other pursuit-the snake -skinindustry. It ism t always wise plan to stick pest on pest. The victor sometimes becomes too ob- noxious.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-29
IGNORING KosCIUszKo
(Hartford courant)

The post office department.
 which in the last two years has
 commemorated subjects as widely
 different as the Los Angeles Olym-
 piad and the Century of Progress, deserves congratuiations for seising on the 1B0th anniversary of the admission to American citizenship of General Tadeusz Kosciuszko as an occasion for a special commem- orative stamp. Not only as a sol- dier who rendered distinguished
 service to the United States all through the Revolution, but as an enlightened statesman and leader
 in political and humanitarian re-
 form, does his memory deserve the tribute to be rendered #.
 Entering the American army as a
 volunteer in 1776, Kosciuszko dis tinguished himself brilliantly in the
 early engagements around New
 York, attracting the attention of Washington, who promptly. raised the Polish patriot to the rank of colonel and made him his adjutant. He served with distinction through out the war, rising to be brigadief general. Some time after the sus- ROAACAVA VAs AAV9sAAAtASSp AAS S~..- - - to Poland where he became a lead. CT in the agitation for Polish ihde- pendence. He led the fll-fated re- tellion of 1794 againsh Russia, which failed largely because of the determination of the European powers to maintain the status quo by arms if necessary. Driven into exile, he was offered high com mands in the French army by Napoleon, but resolutely refused unless iie was assured of Polish ir- dependence,--a condition which Napoleon declined grant. Shortly before his death, he efnancipEted his serfs, first providing for the maintenance Of free schools on the liberated estates.
 The commemoration by Kos ciuszko hon0rs not only the man himself but his countrymen who have come by hundreds of thou sands to the country he helped to ektab ablish as q land of liberty for aIl men. Connecticut in particular owes much to It's POlish populatioi! | and should applaud the decision ol | the post ofIice department.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-29
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
This Book Is Just A Bit Too Mystic

Any healthy literature is bound to have a strong element of mys- ticism. The belief that there are forces in this world which can. not be seen, touched or analysed but which have the most profound effect upon human lives is at the bottom of some of the noblest books in the world = and 1t always will be-.
 But when your mystic gets his feet completely off the ground he is opt to cut some gyrations that leave the ordinary man extremely dizzy; and a good case In point is "Try the Sky" new novel by Francis Stuart.
 In this book MT Stuart tries to tell Us of the spirit that touches man through the naked earth and the open sky and the unspoiled forest; of the calm knowledge which long contemplation of hut man suffering can bring; of the way in which romantic love can cause one to transcend earthly limitations and strike his head against the stars.
 The tale into which he injects all of this has to do with Q young Irishman, visiting in Austria. who falls in love with an Austrian girl. A mof6rboat containing a rowing Canadian and his Indian wife comes up the Danube, and the Irishman and his sweetie so abroad and make trip with these people, ---and bump, presently. into a half-mad scientist who takes them on a venturesome asrplane journey.
 It's all told very beautifully, too; but Mfr stuart gets just q little too far up among the clouds. His mysticism runs away with him and when you finish Try the Sky'' you feel like dipping into. some thing by Donald Henderson Clarke by way of antidote.
 Published by Macmillan, the hnnk is t1ffced at S2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-29
So They Say

Good advertising will become more essential than ever in the new industrial relations estab- lished by the National Recovery Act. It will help the business executive avoid those wasteful and expensive practices in selling. which so often add needless costs. .. General Hugh 8. Johnson, national recovery admtnistrator.
 Instead of the Puritans landing on Plymouth Rock, how much pleasanter this country would have been if Plymouth Rock had landed ot, the Puritans. - Jo Davidson, sculptor.
 Whatever may be uncertain about the future, nothing is clearer than that the clock won't be turned back. -- Mormon Thomas.
 
 I firmly believe that somewhere there is some diseased spot in in- ternational finance, but the ways to 1t are very tangled and compii. cated. It will take a great brain to break 1t ,and probably take e long time. --J. F. Morgan, finan. cief.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-29
NEvADA,s OPAL TTELD
(New York sunJ

The opal field of Nevada was recently visited by an .Australian expert, Martin Hosendorff, who said that her sheer beauty the Nevada opal excels all others. The field is about fifteen square miles m area and is the center of a pet rified forest. The expert from .down under' explained that apols are the restiit of thermal action on petrified wood. Nevada opals in perfect condition are rare, ne added: hence when one is found and cut it's value is very high. what is believed to be the largest opal in existence was, discovered Q few years ago at Lightning Ridge, Australia. It is said to weigh I'll carats and to be mass of bril- liant coiors. MT Rosendorf has in his collection q number of the famous Australian black opals.
 The spread of the superstition which attributes to opais the quai- ity of bringing misfortune to their owners and weafere was exploited in glr Walter BcCtt's novel "AnIle of 0eierstein." in which one of the kems figures as an enchauted stone, always worn in the hair of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-29
noxious.

Down in Huntsville. Arkansas, the bar bers have solved the situation very nicely. There are only three shops. Once they charged 20 and IS cents. Then a newcomer arrived. He cut the prices So did his rivals. Finally he gave free haireuts and slaves; so did the others. Then he gave a nickel away with every shave. That ended it. All three shops gradually worked back to nominal prices and will cut your hair or shave you for what you can pay today. A mans ability to pay really ought to dictaN the price he pays
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-29
Here, There And Everywhere

has not been conspicuous in past federal employment services in the state of Connecticut, or indeed. generally under the guidance of former Secretary Doak. So much indeed had the short view been taken for granted in this particular branch of public service, that 1t is small wonder that the appointment of Miss Pond caused widespread comment.