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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-09
ON THE GREEN AND OUT OF THE RED

ON THE GREEN AND OUT OF THE RED
 This country may have its na- tional sports-but has no national game.
 As spectacles and diversions for honest working people. baseball, hockey and football are fine sports. They take the spectator out of doors, where he gets whatever ben efits a bundled or coddled or fash ionably dressed person can get from the air and the sunshine. Aside from the advantage of fresh air and sunshine, these popular sports are no better for the mental and physical health of the on- locker than are the movies or other indoor shows.
 Sedentary folk who imagine they get ony health benefit from attend ing baseball or football games de- ceive themselves. Even when the game is a good one and the spec tator becomes excited about 1t, there is precious little good to health in such vicarious outlet of emotion. The behavior of the ex- cited spectator or fan, his yelling and his wild antics, is akin to the mysteries of an ordinary neurotic who feels an instinctive if not fee- ble impulse to fight or to run away and attempts to compromise by just screaming or raising hob for a while. It is poor substitute.
 Golf is not altogether bad for the sedentary individual who wishes to keep his balance. Unfortunately, golf is a rich mans game, Takes plenty of time and plenty of jack to play the game consistently, even if it be only for short, short sum- mer season in. the north. Down south where the golf bug can pur- sue the pill the year round, the game is still more expensive, in- deed 1t is beyond the reach of the average good man with a family to support. He can indulge in it only on occasional holidays or very early in the morning at the eX-
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pense of his sleep ration perhaps. I give you a game that has every health advantage and no health drawback that I know of: game that may be played on any vacant lot, or in your village park or on your private green; game that fascinates you the more the longer you play 1t; game that promotes pleasant social intercourse; a game in which young or old, men or wo- men, may excel; the game of lawn bowls. It is infinitely more scien- tific than alley bowling. It affords every opportunity for team work, for the development of special teams whose members acquire spe- cialized skill so that one member complements the part of another, and all together win in contests with other teams. There is nothing of that in alley bowling, even if we concede that a certain dexterity or skill is desirable in knocking over the pins.
 A bowling green costs all the way from nothing up to ten or fif- teen thousand dollars to build. The businessmen in one neighborhood obtained from the village the priv ilege of a suitable bit of reclaimed ground, and built their own bowl ing green and now enjoy it with their families and visiting bowling clubs. Any village four corners where there are enough men to man a horseshoe pitching game may as we'll have a bowling green and let everybody have a chance to play.
 The bowls are not spherical but biased, so that one must always figure the curves of one's shot, and that is where the fascination of the green would seem to be the ideal national game.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Be Yourself
 I see you offer to give the fOrmu- Ia used for the ambuIant treatment of hernia to physicians who desire same .. (, M. D.) Answer-No, I am glad to give any physician the simple formula if the doctor asks for 1t, and in- closes stamped envelope bearing his address. The formula, however, is a minor feature. The important part of the technic is the method of support and the method of in- jection. Any doctor can prepare the medicine himself and its cost is trivial. warn both doctors and laymen to beware of secret or semi secret nostrums purporting to be for this injection treatment. when there is a fancy price charged for the nostrum.
 Fast Youth
 Son 26 has just one had habit, staying out nights till and 3 o'clock. He has to De up and on the job every morning at o'clock: We think his way will rob him oi his health. He insists he gets plenty of sleep. ~. O.
 Answer-When we have good health we are foolish about abus- ing it. When we have lost it we are just as foolish about trying nos trums to restore it. Mature adults may get along fairly well with only seven hours sleep. Elderly folk need less, six or five hours perhaps. Younger addlts need more, eight. Youths in their teens need nine to 10 hours sleep. Persons who work or play hard (physically) need more sleep than persons who lead Q sedentary life. A white collar man can keep his health. such as it is. on shorter sleep rations than a real man in overalls requires to keep fik.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-09
GLORlFYlNG
 YOURSELF
By AIicis Hart
4I9EE VA szsz!SF SE'

A woman who wishes to be truly beautiful should consider the brushing of her hair almost as important as cleaning her teeth.
 If you're going to brush your tresses in a haphaZard manner, there is just no use in bothering at all. First of all, learn how to do 1t correctly to derive full benefit from beauty treatment which pays large dividends.
 The best time, of course, is just before you go to bed. You should allow at least 15 minutes.
 Begin at the back of your head. It is best to bend forward from the waist, allowing your hair to fall down over your face. Brush upward from the nape of your neck until the back of your scalp tingles.
 Now stand erect, throw your head slightly backward and brush the, front of your scalp upward from the hairline to the crown of your head.
 Part your hair into little sec- tions-about two inches square and brush each portion. Place the brush against your scalp to start and, as you move it slowly upward and outward, tilt it slightly so that each and every hair In that section will be cleaned, stimulated and pulled" Wipe the brush on a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-09
BRYOUR CHILDREN
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 TOO bad that children pass % oriekly from the s.Bweet" age, 10 the ';coutrary" one.
 Up until he is three a baby is baby, appealing, tractabie, and af- fecttonafe.
 Then he steps out. 90 to speak. on his own. Not that he hasn't attempted to break over discipline at times and try his mothers pa- tience, but such episodes have been occasional. And he accepted correction without a murmur.
 Now he has something else to develop besides the virtues. It is e virtue, only we have a habit of putting 1t down as an evil. It is twill" he has to work up.
 'wilp' Is a grand thing. Where would people be without 1t? It ia a mans or a woman's greatest asset in life. It is the backbone of character. It takes courage and 1t takes sureness.
 Developing "Will'
 The trouble is that this admir- able trait must be developed through selfishness because q lit- tie child hasn't much else to go on. When, between the ages of three to six, will begins to make trouble, 1t is too bad. because these are the very years that count most of all in any child's life. These are the last of thc pre-school years. which are we'll known to be the most formative in life.
 Bobby isn't allowed to touch tbc- | ink well. He has always likeS that mysterious black pot tha, people dip into and write with It has the same fascination as paint. His mother won't remove 1t from the desk because she says he has to learn his lesson and must absolutely keep hands off.
 Until today he was quite good about it. Mustn't touch." he used to say. But recently he has been eyeing it with long glanccs.
 Today he walks right up in front of his mother. seizes the ink we'll in both chubby hands and lifts it down.
 Tinst Three Years Hardest
 "Stop. Put 1t back! Bobby wait and give 1t to me-" | 6ut three or IOur-year OlQ BOD by makes a rush for the door. trips and falls on the rug and there is sad time all around.
 Hes getting so bad" his mother tells his father and the relatives and friends. 1T don't know what to do with him. He's just been that way lately"
 Bobby, as far as wickedncss goes, IS not bad. He is just diff ferent and he is setting up his will against his mothers. He deliber- ately tries to see how far he 6arcs to go, too. It is all part of 1t.
 These three years arc the hard est training years of all. It Is so hard to try to get obedience and at the same time not kill the initia- tive and force needed so much through life.
 It may. however, comfort moth CTS little to know that their chil- dren are normal and not bad when they seize ink wells and up- set them on the floor.
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our conception oflthe canals of Mars, of the pronunciation of .'Epictetus,' of the medicinal value of salicine. or the date of Sargon l. are subject to revision" If ave would all re-examine our beliefs as calmly as though they belonged to somebody else, we would sudden ly find ourselves shaking hands with most of our enemies.
 3.-vastly greater. People are not much in love who are possessed with a fear it isn't real and won't last. The faith of real lovers that it is eternal is as immovable as that of the ancients that the sun moved from east to west. This faith turned out to be a dream. but they had no fear it would. Neither do lovers who are really in love.
 (copyrisht John v. nille Co.,,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-09
STYLE CHATS
WITH ALMA AHCIlEIs

Wine, groceries and HIM! The return of the hussy! Again we will see women who please men. With Repeal comes the quest of mas culine approval. The black cos tune, the big hat and cherries They're all back with q bang says N. Gibson Clark, well-known Park Avenue hat maker. Before Prohi- bition, you might faceuously have mentioned this as tine "hussy' sort, but to-day it's Marlene Dietrich. The Song of Songs! You will dress for restaurant, you will dine but not EAT. You will be conspicuous ly dressed after years of skullling about dark speaks. but you will be PICTURESQUE. You will not only corral your man, but hell not take his eyes from your exaggerated decolletage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-09

IL the smart gals will shine at winter parties this and whether they adopt the gold silver standard makes little dierence in the geamng success of their cos tumes The luminous lame not only has taken half of the dinner and formal dress territory but has invaded the daytime field we'll Gay collars cuffs yokes and jackets of this material added to plain little dresses of dark silk give them glamor they never before possessed.
 Of the three costumes in the sketch two of almost tailored nforality their rich material alone being relied upon to give them enough lp for dinner date with the most unirnpressonable young in town.
 The tailored jacket of silver lame at the left tops slightly trailing skirt of black velvet with buttons and belt of the same fabirc. ..
 This is the sort of thing that can give you that just right feeling for any rendezvous Its stark simplicity turn rivals into overdressed frumps ready to retire in utter defeat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-09
HABITS

You can make or break any habit. Good habits are pow. etfuI allies. Because of tEeir great importance to every one, Dr. Albert Edward Wig. gam. distinguished scientist. has written q splendid lif- iIe 2S-page booklet on this subject. 1t includes prin- clpIes of habits, their formu- ton and control as written by the late great Harvard professor. William James. Booklet sent upon request accosnpanied by seIf-ad- dressed. stamped. return envelope. lncIutie f0c in ceiss or stamps Co cs1ser iscennI costs. Jlssa ask fUr HABITS. Addre<s Dr AilE'rt W1sEaaI Co eare of thIs uewspagsrr.
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SEEokNo

1.-No. it is just bad habit. usually due to some fright in child hood that they have now forgotten. I knew a man who was in seyen- teen pitched battles during the Civil war, and who would tremble during a thunderstorm like. q child. It all went back to a childhood ex- perience when during a storm, the house partly blew down. Finding where your fear started. anaiyzing if souarely and facing the facts is the only remedy for all fear.
 2.-Bosh, no! It is chiefly be- cause, as James Harvey Robinson, historian and philosopher. says. "The little word my is the most important one in all human affairs
 It has the same force whether 1t is my dog. any house. my faith or Ymy country. We not only resent inc fmputation that our watch is wrong or our car shabby, but that
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are likely to do who have little to occupy their time except gossip. Melvina Hollister might be a dis agreeable neighbor but if she was sane enough to manage business affairs, as Mrs Kennebec had ad- mitte6 she did, she wasn't 50 crazy that she would commit murder be- cause of a dead canary bird. Fur thermore, Rajah was thoroughly alive. If Miss Hollister wanted vengeance for her precious birds demise why wouldn't it be more natural to kill the cat?
 On the other hand, Bannister reasoned the story might have its importance. It helped to piece to- gether the background of Tracy Kings life during the past few days. Practical detectives. he knew, always tried to do that. They considered every detail. al- most as though they were finger ing pieces of 8 jigsaw puzzle, then went to work, fitting the details together. Bannister felt rather proud of himself. He had some thing with which he could go to Captain McNeal now and say, Here's tip I picked up that may be worth looking into"
 The photograph in his pocket, on the other hand, wasn't worth mentioning. He'd keep that to himself.
 Bannister was thinking of Me- Neal and the tip he had to offer him when another thought inter- rupted. It had ben a tip for Me- Neal that had sent Banister walk ing down town that morning. the plaguey question whether or not to tell the detective about the girl in the taxicab. Bannister smiled wrily. We'll, she had been a slick one and he had fallen completely for her guile! He had fallen so completely that. looking about Tracy Kings roms an hour or so earlier, he had actually searched for the mem orandun she had said she lost there.
 What nonsense! As though he didn't know every word she had spoken was false!
 And if you'd found it," Ban- mister berated himself, "Isuppose you'd have kept 1t for her." We'll, there was no note there. There never had been such a note.
 The car jolted to a halt to let passenger off. Bannister no- ticed that they were on a street lined with low, rather dingy look ing shops. In five minutes more they would reach the business dis trict. The sky was getting dark now. It must be well after five o'clock.
 He glanced at his watch. Right Lit was almost 5:30. For the first time Bannisted remembered that he had not eaten since morning. How long ago that seemed!
 "I'll have to call Aunt Kate," he told himself. Better do 1t first
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-09

THE dull gold lame number in the center is perfect for the
 crowded floor where to be subtle is to be ignored by the stag line.
 The tiny shoulder cape be moved, leaving the back shameessly bare your young to leer, put it back again. The skirt is bit dramatic straight in front just touching the floor and trailing at the back for about six inches, comfortable length for dancing
 The good old popping spirit obviously inspired the costume at the right It is simply tinfo wrapped bottle of burgundy reversed Burgundy velvet is used for the jacket and shiny, tnny silver lame for the penc-sm skirt Wide ties of the lame decorate the neck and elbow sleeves.
 This gay outfit topped by tiny cap of velvet would atterngy decorate the bar of the repeal
 Here's looking at you! Gladys Parker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-09
Iowan Found Diversified
 Farming Paid We'll

Clear Lake, Ia. (UP)-Diversi- fled farming was a paying proposi- ton for sam Kennedy.
 Instead of the customary Iowa crops of corn and oats, last spring Kennedy planted 160 acres of po- tatoes, 75 acres. of onions and 125 acres of sugar beets.
 The potatoes were shipped to Chicago and St Louis markets. the onions placed in storage, and the sugar beets delivered to sugar factory at Mason City, Ia, nearby.
 The gross value of his crop was estimated at $80,000.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-09

MAKE IT! PRACTICAL
 XMAS GIFT IN NEGI1GEE BY HELEN WILLIAMS Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson
 Furnished with Every Pattern
 The original model was rose crepe satin with quilted satin used for collar, cuffs and pocket trim. You couldn't ask for anything more
 And now can hear the prac- tical among you murmur, yes! put something in woolen IS very nlce and cozy to slip into on cold morn ings. We'll it will be equally lovely if your choice is for woolen to make it of turquoise-blue fannei with brown flannel trim.
 The saving in cost is enormous and it's so entirely easy to run 1t up on the. sewing machine.
 Style No S190 is designed TOT sizes IA, 16, IS, 20 years, S6, SS, and 40 inches bust.
 See pattern envelope for mater ial requirements.
 Beauty. fashions. patterns in the new book of Winter Fashions. Read how to recapture your person. alitv. More ways 10 be the beauty it is your right to be. See what the cinema stars are wearing. You won't want timiss this new issue. It has soignee, if you know what we mean.
 Send today for your copy, en- closing 10 cents in stamps or coin. This 10-cent investment will save you actual dollars an your winter s.,o rHraha Address FashiOu Depart. ment.
 Price of book 10 cents. Price of pettern 1b cents
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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D.

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.COzY KID SLIPPERS

ChiId's Slipper OOnibinlng Beauty
 with Comfort
 Bright coloEed kid with Q con- trasting cuR and automatic slide fastener combine to make tIle slipper shown here especially ate tractive to the younger members of the family. Fleece lining makes them comfortable on the coldest mornings. and. their. high. cut makes it difficult for even the most active feet to kick them off. Such combinations as bright rcd, green, or blue kidslxin with black cuR are found in the shops. These slip pers will be among the most popu- lar for Christmas gifts this season.
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i i6 OUR pA66ioN FOB HOLDING 10 OUR eELIEFS A6AlNST OPPOSITION DUE TO
 OUR eEuEF iN THE IDEAS HEM6ENe5/
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Still he had the story of Mel vina Hollister's quarrel with King. Apparently the police had not heard of that. Not that Bannister himself considered 1t important. Probably Mrs Kenebec had exag- gerated the whole thing, as women
Evening star., 1933-03-01
LITTLE BENNY
By LEE PAPE.

Us fellows was having a catch IN
the front street with Shorty Judges
tennis ball and 1t axsidently hit against
the lam post and took a fearse hop
rite through the grating Of Mrs. SauerS
celler window and down on the coal
pile, being the werst celler it could OF
went down on account of Mrs. Sauer
being such fearse crank.
Good mite that's heck Of a note,
I wonder if she'll leave us get 1t? SID
Hunt said.
1 amt going to be the one to ask
her. good mite she don't even want
ANYBODY to play in front of her house,
much less give balls back, said.
And none of the other fellows didn't
feel like ringing the bell and asking
her, and just then Persey Weever came
up, and Puds Simkins said, Hay Per-
sey do us favor, will you? Our ball
went down Mrs. Sauer's celler and II
you ring the bell and ask her to leave
you 60 down and get it why then you
can get in the catch with us and we'll
throw it to you twice as much as we
throw it to anybody else, wont we, fel-
lows? he said.
Sure. us fellows said. and Persey
said No sir, not Mrs. Sauer, no sir.
Go ahead, Persey, she don't know
even say anything about a ball, you
can tell her you came to examine the
gas meter, I said, and Persey said, Like
fun, she'll know darn well I'm not big
enough for a gas man.
Well then say you're his assistant
just lerning the bizzness, Sam Cross
said.
Persey not liking that ideer either,
and Puds Simkins said, Then say
you're the gas mans son looking for
him.
She'll say he's not there, Persey said,
and 1 said, Then make her prove 1t
and start to cry and say you'll get
COP if she don't leave you go down the
ceiler and see if your father is there.
Persey just keeping on shaking his
head, and just then the ball came out
through the celler window again and
we looked down to see who threw it
and who was it but whittwash man
working down there.
Being a good thing on account OF
Persey proberly wouldn't of did 1t
and Mrs Sauer proberly wouldn't OF
bleeved him even if he had of.
Evening star., 1933-03-01

That treat is given, for the most part,
to folk not tar from the Arctic Circle.
In our cart of the world, it is more
usual for people to see yellow or white
streaks; but whatever the coloring, it Is
great sight.
Because of their movement, the rays
of the Northern Lights have been called
the Merry Dancers" They dance
across the sky, they race up and down,
they go out of sight and ccme back to
the same place.
Those who dwell around Hudson Bay
behold the Northern Lights more often
than people elsewhere. They see q
brightly colored arc ranging across the
sky, and the arc contains red, yellow
and green. Quick-moving rays may
spread out from the arc like the spokes
of fan.
Observers in the Hudson Bay re-
gion report "a cracking sound like the
rustling of silk" during the display Of
Northern Lights.
Scientists are not sure about the
cause Of the Northern Lights; but 1t
seems clear that they are electric in
nature and have something to do with
rays of the sun striking the air, and
being passed along at night. Perhaps
the Magnetic Pole Of the North, which
is close to Hudson Bay, Ill b ip ex-'
plain the display. %
CFor Science" sectior :. svssy dvsr-
book) \ m
Evening star., 1933-03-01
Crises in. American History
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

fellow creatures was scarcely possible
unless one plunged deeper into the
miseries of destitution. Perhaps there
is temptation to minimize the distress
of those days with the thought that
such eras were but temporary, because
we know of the periods Of prosperity
which always followed.
1t is true that prosperity returned.
Should not this be the greatest en-
couragement at this time? Since such
phases of depression formerly have
existed and since they always ended
in brighter days, there Is precedent N
history to restore faith that this Will
surely be the case in the present IN
stance.
It takes courage to face hard times,
and every one who has problems needs
to keep this fine trait in action in order
to carry on to the best of her ability.
It Is not believable, however, that the
homemakers of today should fall 10
prove themselves as stanch helpmates
and as courageous workers IN present
times of stress as were the women who
in historic days bore their share OF the
brunt of perils. 1t is the final pull near
the top of hill which is said to be
hardest. We are on the up grade. Let
homemakers help persistently through
careful methods, good cheer in the
home and reassuring faith In speedy
return to prosperity, based on historic
precedent.
Evening star., 1933-03-01
Aurora Borealis.

EFT us in fancy watch the Roman
goddess Aurora open the gates
for Apollo