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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-20
Ferris Urges All To
 Support MIRA Abiders
Local Committeeman Requests Giving to Bring Cheer
 Into Lives of Fellow Citizens

providing employment for Water burians, and making payrolls take the place of relief rolls.
 "The MIRA and CWA are bring ing faith and hope again to al dis couraged country" said MT Fer ris. "The MIRA is going to mean a Merry Christmas for many peo- pie, who otherwise would face the same cheerless future that they faced a year ago."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-20
Raised Dahlias as Hobby;
 Won Worlds Fair Prize

Massillon, o. UP).-Although Harold Shanabrook's hobby of raising dahlias is strictly a back yard affair."" he brought home three blue ribbons after exhibit ing his blooms at the Interna- tionaly Flower show of the Century of Progress.
 Shanabrook sent only three blooms to the exhibit. and each won q blue ribbon in it's class.
 The most perfect of all the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-20

An outline of the plans of the Connecticut department, Disabled American Veterans, for the promo- tion of favorable legislation Tor members suffering from service connected disabilities, was given last evening at a largely attended meeting of the Waterbury chapter in Knights of Columbus. A tribute to President Roosevelt and his monetary policy was voiced by Frank M. Dooley, of New Haven, who was the guest of the chapter last evening and it's principal speaker. Mir Dooley is one of the best known ex-service men in Con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-20
PRESIDENT AND GOVERNOR
 GET SMOKES

Thermopolis. Wyo, CUP)-Tht first two cigars made by Frank Fessler. the one-man cigar factory. were sent to President Roosevelt and Gov Leslie A. Miller of Wyo- ming. Both the president and the governor wrote to Ressler, thank ing him for the cigars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-20

blooms measured 13 inches in width and nine inches in depth. More than 25,000 dahlia blossoms were exhibited.
 Shanabrook has been raising dahlias in his back yard as a hobby for five years. He is an office worker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-20

American models are booming automobile sales in Australia this season.
Evening star., 1933-08-18
Aid for Suburban Farming
Believed to Promise Chance

or most of the tax burden for a term
of years. In the end the settlers would
hold their property free from debt, win
living from the soil and be able to
pay some return to the State in taxes
Now the land is unproductive either of
crops or tax revenue
Farm homes occupied by non-agri-
cultural workers are seen by the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin to have
increased, and the Bulletin comments
on these developments: Though not
farming for profit. this class doubtless
wringS sustenance from the soil. raising
all or part of the family food" The
Charlotte Observer. speaking of the de-
velopment Of GfH in such communities,
states: The slide to the populous CEN
tiers has been checked and arrested It
has been definitely held up not only,
but the tidal swing is now in the other
direction. The people are returning to
the country side. Statistically it IS
provable that more people are today
residing in rural regions of America
than has been the case for two decades
Sociologists believe"
Return of farm population" in the
judgment of the Fort Worth Star Tele-
gram, lis trend to be encouraged for
purposes of restoring the economic
balance" and that paper makes the
prediction that lit is not likely this
Nation ever again will see so great
migration from farms as it saw in the
past years of industrial expansion" On
the other hand. the Rutland Herald
holds that very few of the unemployed,
comparatively speaking, desire to be re-
turned to the SOIL
Evening star., 1933-08-18
Joel's Coming Back.

Reports from New York indicate that
Joel's Is coming back. To scores
of the initiated that will be good
news. The old building in Forty
first street west of Seventh ave-
nue., half second from Times Square,
still is standing; the old furniture still
is extant; the old pictures, world ia
NOUS, still are available. And Joel
himself, the ideal host, is again active.
There may be youngsters to whom all
this may mean nothing, but for the
oldsters it signifies a great deal.
Joel Rinaldo is philosopher. Like
Pho Baroja, it has been his pleasure
to serve his patrons food as we'll as
books. His dining room, two or three
decades ago, enjoyed an international
celebrity for its cuisine and for its
literary atmosphere. Even earlier 1t
was a favorite resort of the discrimi-
mating. O. Henry was regular visitor
and the table and chair he preferred
were pointed out to those interested
long after his active pen had ceased
to toll. Mark Twain also came oc-
casionally to dine and to talk. Booth
Harrington was an honored guest
Eurico Caruso was a familiar figure
Edwin Markham, and Horace TrAIbel
k. ,,,,-.r frien[s TO midnight sup
Evening star., 1933-08-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Templeton Jones was very fond Of
! lemon drops.
Where some men smoked, and others
chewed gum. Jones ate his favorite
candies.
In time he came to share them with
pet fly. which found its way to his
high Office
One drop out Of every package was
laid solemnly on the desk pad for the
| fly.
There it found the yellow dinner
without fail, thanks to Jones fondness
| for feeding things.
| While Mr.. Jones consumed lemon
drops on large scale. as an aid to
prosperity, the fly buzzed around on
one alone.
And a time it had of it, too, eating
in the infinitesmal quantities satisfac-
| tory to flies.
Jones had proper twentieth century
! horror of the germs supposed to be i'm
bedded in the feet of all flies, so he was
careful to remove the drop after awhile
with bit of paper
In this he wrapped the drop, the
whole then being deposited in the
waste paper basket forthwith.
This feature Of the daily program was
never put into force, however. until
Jones had satisfied himself that the
fly had had enough for one day.
Captious critics might ask how Tenn
| pleton Jones knew when his small
| friend has enough.
The answer is so simple as to prove
boresome.
He knew his flies!
| Few persons nowadays were daring
enough to feed flies in defiance of laws.
| Science had held up man as Shudder-
Ing before flies for so many years that
even Jones viewed his strange pet some
what aloof1y.
This never kept him from putting out
a lemon drop, however.
He was not such fool to science as
to permit it to interfere with his love
for feeding animals.
If he liked ANYTHING, in the every
day life, it was placing handouts" for
brute creatures.
The stray dog, or cat, always found
a friend in him.
Even starlings received their quota of
| breadcrumbS IN Winter
AS for downtown sparrows, these were
his particular friends.
On more than one rainy day he slyly
! Sprlnklcd oatmeal cookies along side
walks. to the subsequent despair of
careful janitors
This outline of Jones is necessary, in
order to explain the fly.
That it was the same fly, he was con-
vinced, not SO much by its appearance,
as by its method Of approach.
Surely no two flies in the world would
insist on eating cigarette ashes as a
prelude to full meal
Templeton Jones fly did just that
Not that Jones smoked much, but his
friends did: 1t was their ashes not his,
which mostly served the fly.
Every morning it would come and
perch itself on the edge of the crackle-
ware saucer which served as an ash
tray.
Jones liked the saucer, the fly liked
the saucer, they were brothers in
saucers, each had an eye for a good
saucer.
But the fly had the advantage of
Evening star., 1933-08-18
Praises Star Editorial on
''SlOgans and Realities

To the Editor of The Star:
1t has always seemed to me that
Washington is fortunate in having.
always alert and ready to speak in the
cause of justice, a powerful voice like
that of The Evening Star Somehow.
the columns of this journal seem to
sense the needs of those most in need
Of protection, and to voice the opinions
of those who without it would remain
unrepreSented.
In your recent editorial on Slogans
and Realities YOU earned the gratitude
of every modest t-salaried o.ker. who,
beSet with all the responsibilities of liv-
ing under present-day conditions. strives
to make the family income almost meet
by service in cafeteria lunch room
elevator or what not. Could any one
in his sober senses dream that these
tasks are undertaken for pleasure
mesely, and with the malicious intent
of depriving some one less fortunate of
bread?
If one who has only labor to give.
may not sell his energy to better his
condition. then indeed have we arrived
at horrible system of slavery
The modest worker accepts WITH
gratitude your splendid suggestion that
the modest outside earnings of stenogra-
pliers. messengers and porters remain
unhampered until the splendid honora-
RUINS of higher officials are carefully
scrutiniZed
MARY MASON JONES.
Evening star., 1933-08-18
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

bined restaurants and department stores
had its windows filled with Gen John
sons hawks. Representative Bloom took
matters up at the N. R. A. and was able
to inform his druggist-constituent that
ways and means had just been found to
cover the case of little businesses that
are doing the best they can.
It's an open secret that the N. R. A.
issue raised by the Ogburn- consumers
incident has to an extent unprecedented
thus far taken the lid off public criti-
cism OF the big Johnson show. Private
criticism has been rampant since the
earliest code days. The revised news
paper code, with its special provision for
free speech in the press. exactly typi-
fles Gen. Johnson'S own views about
criticism. He expects it, gets plenty of
it, and doesn't mind. The N. R. A" is
like one of the popular exhibits at the
Chicago Worlds Fair. A concern that
makes non-shatterable glass invites
people to throw things at a great slab
of its product, and then watch what
happens-or doesn't happen. The N.
r. A. people-including any number of
insiderg-knOW they're not parts of a
perfect machine. but they believe that
that brickbats can therefore be thrown
at 1t without doing any real damage.
There's just been held in New York
meeting of the Gourmets' Committee
of the Society for the Advancement
of Better Living The committees Spe-
cial purpose is to reform the Nations
eating. Some time ago. on behalf of
an American society that wanted to
publish book of international recipes.
various Ministers and Ambassadors of
the United States abroad we're asked to
describe the best 'eats" extant in the
countries to which they were respective
ly accredited. From a certain capital
somewhere in came the reply
There's nothing fit to eat in this
country
The Blue Eagle on display at the
White House executive Offices is a con-
sumers' emblem only. 1t evinces the
Presidents purpose to have the admin
istration buy only of N. R. A. members
1t is not on record that any wages have
gone up or hours down at the White
House, any more than in other Gov
ernment departments. where the rule
this Summer is regular overtime with
OuG Shtld pay.
"WiH" Woodin. as President Roose-
velt affectionately calls his Secretary
Of the Treasury is pretty generally be-
lieved to be contemplating retirement
from the cabinet. His record of five
and half months in Office, with the
country's biggest peacetime cash bal
ance on hand (nearly $1,000, 10000, as
of August 15). and with 1891 licensed
banks operating without restrictions
and only 2.870 closed or on a restricted
basis. is considered by Government
financial authorities a showing which
would entitle any Secretary of the
Treasury in such times as these to leave
office with flying colors. Woodin can
stay in the cabinet as long as he pleases.
That's his understanding with F. D. r.
When he leaves it will be for reasons
of health.
copyright, 1933)
Evening star., 1933-08-18
Blind Boys Should Not
Go to Separate Camps

To the Editor Of The Star
Exception is taken to an article pub
lished in your paper and others in the
city last Sunday regarding camps for
blind boys.
This article spoke at length of the
experiment" made with a bind boy of
Alexandria, who was taken to the Y M
c. A. Camp to see if he could get along
well with other boys. The article goes
on to state that he did what sighted
boys did, and did it Just as well-in
short, he was a normal boy like all the
boys. Because of this the general sec
retary of the Y. M C. A advocates a
camp for blind boys. Why?
l object to these experiments "
Sightless pc pie have been experimental
upon by well meaning sighted people,
who know nothing about the blind or
their needs. for lcng time and. to
quote an old lady of New England, too
much is quite sufficient"
The y. NJ. c. A. the Y w. c. A.. the
Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts and all
other character building organiza tions
are doing wonderful w.rk and should
Be encouraged. But why do they leave
a person cut of all this because he or
she is bind?
The sightless person is fully capable
of taking his rightful place among
other human beings and shculd be
allowed to do SO, wearing no tag"
Separate camps are not needed for
the blind. F. S. HUFrY.
Evening star., 1933-08-18
Psychology of the Nazi
Movement i'm Germany

To the Editor Of The Star:
Count Carlo Sforza in his article,
"Hitler's Conquest of Socialism" ap-
pearing in The Sunday Star, informs
us that the German never fails to
thank fate for being born German
and thus having been saved from the
moral levity or lack of intellectual
depth prevailing among all other peo-
pies" If this is true of the German
national psychology. the reascn why
every German is behind Hitler is readily
explained And if the present political
system has been copied from Italy, be-
cause it was found to have been b2st
adapted to counteract forces which have
developed since the war. and which
have proved inimical to the nationalistic
aspirations of Germany. it shows the
mental alertness OF Germans and their
ready receptivity to newer or better
ideas conceived or developed by their
neighbors Instead Of however Italians
expecting any royalty for being the
criginators of new political idea, they
are more than glad to see that their
system is being adopted by these who
prove themselves ccpable of appre-
ciating its superior merits. This has
been the case with conceptions and
adoption of religious ideas. and b tn
Fascism and Naz-s-. are loved almost
with religious fervor by their respective
votaries. This writer has not made
any special study of politics. but one
fact has been too obvious not to notice
that is, by abolishing the organizations
of German workers the government has
once more reiterated the principle that
the state-and not sectional-interests
should be endowed with all powers
whatever that every individual may be
assured Of equal protection and privi-
leges, and not those who happen to
belong to one or other club, party or
organization. This seems to Interpret
the idea of freedom that goes hand in
hand with the idea of subordination to
responsible, central authority.
G. PHILIPS.
Evening star., 1933-08-18
N. r. A. Hopes May Be
Based on Santa Claus
To the Editor of The Star

To the Editor of The Star:
There is something peculiar about this
recovery proposition With wages rising
and working hours being reduced, every
body knows that the extra money must
come from some place If all wages
are raised equally. prices of goods must
rise also, but an extra supply of goods
must be available or somebody loses
Yet. as far as any N. R. A. statements
show one would suppose the admins
tration believes that Santa Claus Is
preparing to make up the discrepancy
Economists know that there are only
two sources Of more pay for less work.
II better methods and invention result
in greater production by less man
power, then the N. r. A. scheme will
mean hardship and reduced income for
no one However it seems the inten-
ton of the N. R. A. to hold production
to present levels: if so, and for as long
as stabilized production continues. the
only remaining source orhigher pay for
workers and more of them is the sur
Evening star., 1933-08-18

Jones; 1t saw the economic advantage
of tobacco ash. which is classified as
"foodstuff, A. No. brand"
1t was a pleasure, at least to Jones,
to watch that insect eat ashes.
This it would do, no matter if the
lemon drop, to it a great wheel OF
yellow, were reposing already on the
near side of the tray.
Jones could make nothing more OF
this than that the fly wanted to begin
its meal with cigarettes.
After 1t had walked around in the
ashes for a while, 1t would come over
and start on the candy.
In time it came to be quite fearless
in this.
Jones ratified papers in its very face
in the best executive style, but the fly
showed the stuff it was made of by
continuing to crook its various legs over
the lemon drop.
At one time the executive brought the
corner of a letter down to within hall
an inch of the creature, without causing
it to bulge.
1t was one of the most determined
lemon eaters he had ever seen, anC
after that he never bothered it, but
went on about his proper business, anC
permitted the fly to attend to its own
After a few weeks OF observation
Jones came to admire his fly very
much.
1t was no hoggish insect, but rather
f1nicky.
For one thing. it would not eat ar
old lemon drop.
The carplaSS rarcpn noting ha die
parity in size between the round Of
the candy and the body of the fly woulc
jump to the conclusion that the same
drop would do for at least a month
But Jones' fly did not see it that way
1t liked its lemon drops right out Of
the packet, fresh as new mown hay
as the cows say 1t had not time tt
devote to a bit of candy which hac
lost its pristine influence.
X 4 X K
Here is a fly with a mind Of it.
own" thought Jones
Specifically, it looked so much like
others of its kind that there seemed t
be no difference at all, but when ht
stopped to consider its habits, he saw
at once that it was a fly with a single.
track mind
Nothing, not even a pen point fillec
with ink, could divert it from its two
main purposes on his desk, to eat Gig.
arctic ashes and lemon drops
And Jones, seeing this singleness O.
purpose, and sympathizing with it, fell
that he could do not better, in thi
regard, than to fall in with the fl,
mood. and help the little fellow out.
+
Accordingly if you enter the sane
tum of T. Jones, esq. at the right time
you will have the felicity of seeing al
unforgettable picture.
1t will be of Templeton Jones remov.
ing the top lemon drop from the pacl
and solemnly placing it on the neaI
| edge OF his ash tray. which is done il
pale blue in the very best china
If none of his friends have left an,
ashes in the dish overnight, Jones ther
lights a cigarette. smokes contem
platively for few puffs and knocks of
the ashes on the far side of the dish
He looks around for the fly. which
sure enough. comes right up. First. il
walks around in the ashes. Then il
ambles over to the lemon drop. Jone.
can begin work.
Evening star., 1933-08-18

had little dificulty in finding support
for their arguments The development
of political gangs in the cities, of politi-
cal cliques in Congress and In the State
Legislatures, and of systems Of grast
and corruption in the conduct of ma
tional. State and municipal business
confirmed their prejudices. They found
joy in the discontinue of criminals like
Boss Tweed. He was an excellent ex-
ample, they said, of the type Of czar
which the universal franchise pro-
notes. The institution to which he be-
longed, the infamous Tammany Society
they demonstrated, survives repeated
exposure, and there are similar plum
derbunds, equally corrupt, flourishing
throughout the country That, they
proclaimed, was the authentic democracy
of the Nation.
But in point of fact their Judgment
was superficial. There was another
variety of government in America
the variety symbolized by the play
ground tree. And that type, it may b.
hoped, is growing in the hearts of the
people. 1t is the democracy of.responsi-
bility, the democracy of mutual obli-
cation. Its basic principle is that OF
civic duty. Under its provisions the
citizen thinks first of his debt to So
ciety, thinks more of his privilege OF
serving his fellow men than of being
served by them. So motivated, he dis
covers the very essence of social free
dom. the joy of being truly self-suf1i
cient, truly emancipated. He goes down
the years beholden to none but himself
a good friend and neighbor, a patriot
in the best meaning of the phrase. He
lives and dies master of his own fate
captain of his own soul.
The little tree would have perished
long ago had it not been guarded by a
community of real democrats. 1t is a
living monument to their ideals
Evening star., 1933-08-18

pers. Kennedy Moorhead was at Joers
the last evening before he sailed for
his rendezvous with death in France.
Those were the days when the res
Conversation was pcacticed there as a
fine art. Writers, painters, sculptors,
actors, soldiers of fortune. explorers,
statesmen assembled around the tables
to partake of Joers delicacies and to
share their experiences and obServa-
tions No better news source existed
in Manhattan. When there was moth
ing doing" elsewhere In the metropolis,
a story invariably might be discovered
among Rinaldo's guests 1t Is said
that several Cuban and Mexican revo-
lutions were planned under his roof
In March, 1917, the place was alive
with political exiles from Russia ex-
citedly discussing the dispatches from
st. Petersburg and Moscow.
Joel had a keen appreciation of
craftsmanship, and his walls were filled
with sketches of his friends Again
and again he had generous offers for
the gallery, but it was not for sale.
Now it is to be restored to the place
for which it was designed.
The hotel closed May "a, 1925. But
it has not been forgotten. There will
be many old-timers who will rejoice
to hear that it is to resume business.
Joel will be a trifle less young than
he used to be, but that is nothing
his patrons also are getting on 1t
will be fun to revisit the well-remem-
bered scene and again to meet the
philosopher whose forum it has been
and again will be.
Evening star., 1933-08-18
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Getting Somewhere.
We are getting somewhere
When the murmurs arise
From the ships as they fare
Through the oceans or skies.
A quietude sweet
They disturb now and then,
But the journey complete
Brings new hope to all men.
Though the storm may draw near
And we try to take heed
OF the way we must steer
BY the chart that we read,
It's worth the demand
On our patience and care
If glimpse of the land
Shows we're getting somewhere.
Evening star., 1933-08-18
A PLAYGROUND Tree.

In the middle of the municipal play
ground in Eighteenth street there
stands a little tree It is a small
growth, but perfect in its symmetry,
graceful and decorative. The time may
come when it will attain full maturity
and be a shade-producer as well as an
ornament in the diminutive park. Its
chances of continued prosperity seem
exceptionally good, for it happens that
it enjoys the protection Of all the boys
and girls, all the small citizens, who
frolic around it. Viewed in that light
it is worthy Of citation as monu-
ment to constructive democracy.
1t may be that, as critics repeatedly
have said, the standard theory of
democratic government in the United
State is a negative theory. Its bedrock
principle has been that of extending
the privileges of freedom to as many
people as possible. In that regard it Is
reaction against the ancient concep-
ton of royal power whereby the
! could do no wrong. 1t arose in America
as direct consequence of misrule. Men
saw that kings governed selfishly and
cruelty, and they set up against their
claims to divine right the notion that
each individual himself should be a
king, enjoying natural prerogatives
of his own. The proponents of that
philosophy of liberalism argued for the
greatest good for the greatest number.
Those who were opposed pretended to
find only difference in degree between
misgovernment by one master and mis-
government by million. They used
the word "mobocracy' to describe con-
stitutional repubiicanism. And they