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The Washington times., 1933-04-04
CHAPTER XIV

For three or four days moth
ing happened. Every morning
Sharlie got up and went to the
Gerow School Of Business. Late
every afternoon she came home
and ate supper with her mother
"a silent meal.
No one telephoned either Of
them. No one rang the door.
bell downstairs. Sounds drifted
in to them from the other
apartments in the building.
Sounds Of talk and laughter
and music. But they could not
have been more to themselves
If they had been living on an
island in the middle Of some
wide ocean.
The living room that once
had echoed to the noisy laugh
ter Of the Schultzes and the
Hanaberrys was as silent as
the grave now. Dodie had al
most nothing to say, and
Sharlie was afraid to talk to
her and went to bed as soon
as the dishes were done these
nights. Propped against her
pillows she read magazines, did
her nails, looked over the short
hand symbols she had been
learning, and wished that Edna
and her father were at home
once more.
''This quiet is beginning to
get on my nerves." Dodie re-
marked suddenly one Satur.
day night as the two Of them
sat at supper. "I've got to
60 somewhere-see somebody
do something-or I'm going
crazy!"
She ran her hands through
her yellow hair and showed
her chair back from the table.
Lets go to the MOVIES"
Sharlie suggested eagerly and
stood up. 1--WE can do the
dishes when we come home"
mo" her mother broke in.
eft won't do us any good to
60 out for an hour or two.
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just because doe another
cannot poby that this has to charm and
please others.
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you scurrying to the paper
hangers to copy it. It also
has a lovely Federal secretary,
and small corner shelves used
in clever manner. The dining
room is significant for the use
Of unmatched chairs, such. as
Windsors with double comb
back, and ladder backs, all
harmonizing better than a
matched set. There's a So
larium with a breakfast set
that you will want, and a
good Cape Cod windsor chair.
I wish there were space to de-
scribe the wallpaper through
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Fine old pieces of furniture,
especially those with historic
value are not available to all
Of us. But reproductions are.
washington women seem to
appreciate this fact, for the
majority of them demand au-
thentic copies Of good pieces.
That is one reason that the
display of Whitney furniture in
a downtown store has special
significance for us. The other
reason is that it is done so
charmingly, in an eight-room
house, with the proper setting
for each piece. The arrange
mentS are so tasteful that it's
a treat to see the house, and
you can garner so many ideas
for your own home that you
can't afford to miss it. It's so
much easier to visualize the ef-
feet Of a piece in your own
home, if you see it in a room
setting IN the store.
A Treasure Hunt
The history of the original Of
many pieces Is written on a
tag, attached to the furniture,
so that it's almost as good as a
trip to the museum. There are
a stool and a magazine rack
taken from originals in Henry
Ford's Wayside Inn. There's
a copy of the Lincoln rocker
in the Ford collection at Dear
born, and a cupboard with legs,
reproduced from a students
desk of old pine in the Wads-
worth Atheneum. just to give
you examples. The finish Of
the wood, which by the way is
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81 could not get q good nights sleep
for over twelve months. Every morning
I was very tired. Since I took Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; I
sleep much better, and get through my
work more easily. I am sixty-one years
old and I look after q sixteen room
rooming house beside doing the cooking
for myself and husband. ."-MRs. A.
HA1L1wEI1, 517 So. Main st.; Fall
River, Mass.
If you are restless and nervous; take
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. It quiets the nerves and brings
back sound, refreshing sleep. Endorsed
by 700, 600 women. Try it today. For sails
by druggists everywhere.
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out, but I must mention that
in the solarium, which has
tiny sketches Of Revolutionary
scenes, including the cherry
tree, George on his horse,
Betsy Ross, Paul Revere, etc.
Apartment Ideas
The bedrooms contained such
gems as upholstered windsor
chairs, and beds in unbeliev-
ably lovely patterns. There was
a novel bed in the nursery
with regulation-size head and
foot boards, but short side
boards. When the child grows,
you can put long side boards
in, and have a tWin-Size bed.
Cunning little nursery tea ta-
bleS can be used for coffee
tables later, and there are
small editions Of ladder back
and upholstered chairs. A boys
room has a fine study desk,
and lots OF bookcase room. linen
there's a one-room apartment,
with more ideas in it for con-
serving space that you've seen
for a long time. They include
a recessed day bed, chest desk,
and a big butterfly table that
folds into small space, but opens
out to seat about eight easily.
Then there's a smithy box for
odds and ends. but go and see
for yourself. The latchst.ing is
out. And incidentally, prices
are low.
For the name of the store
where you can find this house,
call District $500, Extension
199, or write, inclOsing self
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Apricot Sandwich

Soak apricots in cold water
over night. Cook slowly until
soft and put through a ricer or
food chopper. Sweeten to taste
and cook to jam. When cool,
spread between thin slices of
buttered bread and sprinkle
with cinnamon. Toast quickly
and serve Immediately.
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Fried Cheese

Put a thin slice of cheese Cor
spread with a soft melting
cheese) between two thin slices
Of white bread and dip in a
mixture made of l beaten egg
and u cup milk with a bit of
salt. Fry like French toast.
Or saute plain in butter.
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such cases, because OF the en-.
larged and peculiarly shaped
skull, have sometimes been
mistaken for definitely feeble
minded states, particularly be-
ing confused with cases Of hy-
drocephalus ("water on the
brain"D and with CretiniSm
(due to deficiency Of thyroid
secretion).
Rickets is not a fatal dis
ease. It does, however, under
mine the health Of a child and
makes it more susceptible to
the ordinary childhood con-
tagions such as measles, scar.
let fever, diphtheria and the
like.
Children who have ricketts,
must be taken off the carbo-
hydrate foods (starches and
sugars) which have been over.
stressed. What they need is
plenty Of milk and cream, plus
fresh fruits. Older children re-
quire, in addition, eggs and
red meats.
No two cases of rickets are
exactly alike, therefore the
right diet for one patient may
not be exactly the best for an
other. Medical care, therefore
is essential, for the deficiencies
in fat and protein must be
made up quickly as possible,
while further changes in the
diet must be made as the child
grows older.
DIR. Bisch's Daily Diet Hint
In order to give some idea
Of the energy units various
foods give to the body when as
simulated, the following each
yield 100 calories: Five-eighths
cup milk; one tablespoon Of
olive oil or butter; one ordi-
nary slice Of bread, one inch
thick; one large egg; one me.
dium-sized potato; one table
spoon granulated sugar or 31a
ordinary Jumps; one large apple
or orange or a medium-Sized
banana; two ounces of cooked
lean meat Of any kind.
Copyright. 1888, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
ADVERTISEMENT
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-07
Gets a Chance

There came to this desk the other day copy of Slovak newspaper. printed in MeKeesport. Pa. for circulation among Slo- walks in American industrial cities. To the eyes of native American it had strange.
 foreign appearance. It bore the name of 'Samostatnost" it was printed in an incom- prehensible tongue. and it seemed to be just the sort of publication that sometimes makes l00-per center wonder if the national melting pot is ever going to Amerieanze our foreign-born citizens. But the editorial page proudly bore large NRA eagle; and under it. in English. there was double. column editorial which summed up the aims and policies of the NRA program as well as the most deyout patriot could wish,
 Ia it the editor undertakes 10 tell Amer- can Siovaks what they can do 10 make Ibe program q success. Ifs remarks are worth quoting. First" he says Franklin D.
 Roosevelt is set 10 n.estsbIish . truly fan balsnos again between American employer snd Amsresn smploye. but it stands 10 req. son fhst sueh tremendous wsdjuNn'snt esn'
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rot be done overnight. Therefore. let us give him our faith and confidence that in due process he will do so. and our under standing that it must be done gradually.
 Second, the least we can give to dar- ing fighter. like our president. is our confi- denee and trust that he will win and what he helps us to earn. let us throw it back into circulation. that more and more of the little fellows. like we are, shall have a chance to earn and spend again and in so doing this nation might go full speed anew, in full production and in full consumption. So we print today in our masthead the sacred insignia of the NRA.'
 If our foreign-language newspapers are printing advice of that kind, the l00-per center can stop worrying right now. You might be able to smooth out the wording of that editorial little, but you couldn't i'm prove on the general spirit of it if you tried all week:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-07
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1883
A Great Project

While there is general satisfaction Tn the city with the commencement of work on the Thomaston avenue paving and sewer job. we wonder how many people in the city realize the magnitude of it. It is one of the biggest projects that the city has undertaken in some years. While we won't attempt to compare its construction to any of the eitys reservoirs or with the Shepaug river diversion dam and tunnel we still insist Athat few {, know what must be accomplished before the thorouehfare becomes d modern state high g way.
 When funds were alloeated year or SO ago,to build sanitary sewer along the main thoroughfare of Waterville there seemed to be little hope that the job would be started then and there. There was more to 1t than simply ripping up the street and laying the main. In the first place the storm water drain laid along ThomaSton avenue has served as an outlet to all lateras in the section. A trans- fer must be accomplished as soon as the sani- tary sewer is laid. But it won't be an easy job to lay it. There are many difficulties. How many people know that the water supply pipe line from the Wigwam reservoir runs underground along the same general line that the sewer will follow? This pipe line has to be protected as it is the one and only one linking our reservoirs in the Morris hills with the city. It's a good argument for the second pipe line. Also city engineers have evidence on their maps of queksand to add to the worries of excavation. But be- fore they even cut into the ground the trolley tracks must go. All of which spells expense. Fortunately the city will not be forced to stand it all.
 When the city has finished its job, which is long-desiFd one. the state will step in and pave the street all the way from West Main street. And when this is done there will be no digging up the thoroughfare for any more pipe lines, unless those who dig it up agree to make the spot look like new. | And we have never yet seen that happen. It always happened in the days of long ago that once street was paved it was signal for public service companies to get permits to rip it up. With the state maintaining Thom- aston avenue there won't be anything like this. unless for serious reasons Which is mighty good thing. There's going to be lot of money spent on this project. But taxpayers can rest assured that it is money well spent and job well done.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-07
To.day's Selected Poem
JACK RABBIT.

JACK RABBIT. (Kenneth w. Porter in The New York Times) river of gray cement, the highway runs Beneath the harping' wires; cyclopean
 flowers With golden faces stare into the suns Eyeball of flame; oil-wells lift wooden
 towers. tall hare rising from n stubble patch Takes two gigantic leaps. and then on lean launches like taut bow-cord sits back 10 watch The gasoiine'muscled. rubber-hooved mas
 chine. And hs he watches now these roaring dragons He watched the anteiope--as fleet as they; The mules with ears like his who dragged the
 wagons
 That crenked along the trail 10 santa Fe. Like eagle. feathers in H chiefs wnr.bonnet Ills black tipped ears detaintIy uprose Near iO inc pawnee Nhr.traIl when upon u The warriors rode sith ianecs and with
 bows
 Antelope Indian, biseH--Aii are gone. Coyote and rnttiefngke grown shy and few: The lack rabbit remains lhs only one Hsrisd.wIvs and gasoline eewid not sui'dus
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-07
Is It a Utility?

Secretary of Agriculture Wallace has add ed his voice to the several demanding that the milk industry be regarded as public utll- ity. He voiced this in a recent address at Syracuse. N. Y where he referred to recent warfare as the poison of blind, ungoverned competition breaking out. ." How ever, it is regarded in this status in certain states, if we are not mistaken. But most of us still cling to the idea that milk is an article of foodstuff of immense value to the human race. We subscribe probably to the thought that the industry is overerowded but we rely on state regulation to prevent utter chaos.
 It is unfortunate that milk production has undergone such wide expansion of recent years It is, to use Secretary Wallace expres- sion, 'bloated', ''. .. No amount of shout ing for still higher tariffs will cure the 'trou- ble. No degree of agitation against butter substitutes will turn the tide. The dairy farmers themselves, and the distributors, must adapt their production and distribution pro- grams to meet the existing situation. Nothing can be done by the other fellow that will amount to more than another temporary stop-gap.
 < And still we are not yet aware that proof has been offered for ranking the milk indus try in the public utility class. True it needs regulation, but if we were to attempt to reg ulate it in Connecticut as we have our pub lie utilities it would simply add more fuel to the fire of criticism now heard. No laws of recent years have undergone the changes as have those governing public utilities. That may not be true in Connecticut. but it is in lative accomplishments reveals this, All of which makes us wonder if placing milk pro- duetion and distribution under public utility laws would be carrying coals to Newcastle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-07
e Tanning Rivers

The Tennessee Valley Authority, armed with the greatest powers any government project has ever had in America makes this cpoehal statement of policy: The business of generating and distributing electric power is a public business. Private and public interests in the business of power are of a different kind and quality, and should not be confused The interest of the public in the widest possible use of power is superior to any private interest When the private interest and this public interest conflict, the public interest must prevail.
 The right of community to own and operate its own electric plant is undeniable. This is one of the measures which the peo- pie may properly take to protect themselves against unreasonable rates. Such a course of action may take the form of acquiring the existing plant, or setting up eompet- ing plant. as circumstances may dictate. The most important considerations are the furthering of the public interest in making power available at the lowest rates consist cnt with sound financial policy. and the ae- eompishment of the social objeetives which low-cost power makes possible
 Thus electric power. which means general industrial power takes on public rights something Ike those of inland water naviga- ton and eminent domain for land transporta- ton lines. Under such principles streams may be utilized for navigation. flood prevention irrigation, water supply and water power to an extent never yet undertaken in any eoun- try. There is vast wealth awaiting develop ment in the streams of this continent May it be developed wisely. fully and fairly, for the needs of our people.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-07
Tho Waterbury Democrat Wash. ington Correspondent

I Washington-Nobo was fooled by Secretary 'Ickes' elaborate ex. planation of how Emil Hurja came | to be administrative assistant in the Public Works administration. Politics walked into PWA along with the tall, dark, mysterious Mir HurJa.
 Preliminary confusion as 10 his function was soon strengthened out Ickes and the pWA people will decide whether they want q man who applies for job. HurJa will then decide whether there arc political obpections.
 1ckes, who insists he will be his own personnel officer, says he took Hurja on without any suggestion from anyone, having been con- vinced from observation that "he can be 6 very useful man in ad- ministrative work" Hurja, a lieu tenant of Patronage Boss Jim Far. ley, sometimes called the "axman.' had been doing personnel work with the R. Y. e.
 Huria meanwhile Is looking over the Interior Department, where PWA is located, for holdover Re- publicans. The outstanding one is Ebert K. Burlow, administrative assistant to 1ckes who handles im- portant budgetary and personnel matters. 1ckes himself is m inde- pendent republican. But HurJa probably will overlook the fact. Good Old Days Arc Back.
 The good old days when presi- dents posed in cowboy hats and Indian headgear are back again. Cal Coolidge used to love 1t. even if he did look funny. No one ever dared ask Hoover to try it.
 But Roosevelt has broken the ice again, donning m Indian headdress prepared by Boy Scouts and let- ting the cameras do their worst.  More Bank Credit.
 The worries here are concentrat. ing more and more on the banks. If the NRA Is to succeed. bank credits must be. loosened. In. dustries need credit to carry them through the initial period of higher labor costs General Johnson has announced that special efforts will be made to get the banks in on the play. But bank credits arc show ing no increase.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-07

It looks as if Mayor Edward Buckingham of Bridgeport isn't going to run again. At least that is the inference that can be drawn from recent reports from the Park City. The names of Alderman James L. Dunn and Controller John J. O'Rourke are men, toned in connection now with the nomina- ton. In fact both have publicly announced their candidates. All of which may be news to His Honor the Mayor ard then again it may not be. However he has not yet, SO far as we know, made any public statements about resigning. Perhaps his silence may be construed as consent to party leaders to throw open the nomination to the strongest man in the party. In that event it may mean that Mayor Buckingham is aspiring to state office as he was rumored to be doing on previous occasions But it must be remembered that in addition to his mayoralty duties he finds time to act as the fourth districts compensation commissioner in which capacity he acted for many years before being busted by the republicans ot the state for a g.op. appointee One of Governor Crosss official actions this year was to put Mayor Buckingham back in his old office He holds this along with the mayoralty so probably won't mind giving up the one to devote his full time to the other Somehow or other, though, we can't completely divorce the Bridgeport man from state politics He has had taste of 1t and may want more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-07
Our Daily Washington Letter Politics Invades Public Works Administration
 BY RODNEY BUTCHER
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

Banks arc stlll cautious in mnk. ing loans, but another importan, factor involving uncertainty ha. appeared. For two or three yeafi many of them have been carryiry7 part of their assets, especially SC. curities and 'slow" loans. at ficti. tious values. Examiners have okayed this. If these assets had to be written down now the bank, holding them would appear in UT impaired position.
 To enter the new Depositors' In. surance Corporation, banks no, members. of the Federal Reserve must be certified for solvency b, the first of the year. Federal Re. serve and national banks enter au. tomatically, but must be certified for solvency by July. N
 So there's tremendous interest In the official requirements for sol. vency.
 Christmas Is Coming.
 Christmas Is coming The pre-. served foliage and wreath industry filing n code, asks a normal 70. hour week with a 4S.hour week anu HHuAIHttUl Hlne.nOuf uay IOI the peak period from Sept. l tc Dec 20. '.N ,
 Also, 1t seems appropriate tha, little hed.hcaded Rose schneider. man, only woman, member of the Labor Advisory board, should be named l.. A. B. adviser on the codes for both the artificial flowers and feathers industry and the wo. mems belt industry. ,., -
 AZ, Advice for Speakers. -' #
 Official Instructions to MIRA speakers: Begin with q positive, concrete, striking statement, Tell them something at tho start tha, will Immediately grip their atten. ton. Avoid highbrow methods and inc phrases. {. Speak slowly. Be natural and direct. .. Finish strong and sharp"
 Copyright, 1033, NEA Service, Inc
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So They Say


 It's not sweetness and gcntlcne5s women like in men. They Ike a man because he's hit some other man on the nose--smedley D. But Ter. major-general |. s. NJ. C. re- tired.
 We have declared a hundred times that we do not want war, but, ii treaties are sacred. they are not sacred alone for us, but for our opponents as well-Chancello Ad- of Hitler of Germany.
 The smaller. weaker and less popuious states have the same right to free life as those of larger population and area.-Prc- mier Edouard Daladier of France.
 Religion is q cry for life. yearn- ing for reality. demand for loy- alty. Man needs q simple; strong, sincere and serene faith.-Mahagr, aja Gakewar of Baroda. \
 TO, tie the dollar to gold 1t like tying 1t to a bucking bronco.- Irving Fisher, economist. X
 Lobbying has been going on from the first session of the first congress. In all Likelihood. it will continue.-Ex-Congressman F. H. LaGuardia.
 The '.brain trust" is an absolute fiction. It doesn't exist.-Dr n. .J. TugweIl, assistant secretary of agri- culture.s ,A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-07
Money Warehouses

Testifying before grand jury at Detroit, inquring into big bank failure, Senator Arthur H, Vandenbcrg said: Banking n- sttutions are not banks when they arc 100 per cent liquid. They are warehouses for money, If all the banks arc to be run on the Wall Street basis of high liqudity, there is no hope for the banks of this country" Nor, he might have added any hope for the industry and trade of this country and the people who depend on them in the present situation.
 Business recovery has made surprising progress but it cannot continue without a great deal more commercial credit, enabling employers to take care of larger payrolls, fall buying at higher prices, and other demands of expansion It cannot continue without the carly release of as much as possible of the 000.0O0,000 still tied up in closed banks Banking institutions which have been steadily reducing their loans and n- ereasing their investments in government bonds since March must change their pol icy. Otherwise they may wreck general recovery and drown in their own liqudity.