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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-16
FRECKLES

Wee Goldy eyed the Thunder Man, and said, "Please tell me, if you can, just why you look so wor- ried. Something's irritating you.
 "Gee, don't you like the sky real bright? think it is pretty sight. It won't be long until we'll see the sun come shining through"
 That's just the trouble! I am mad! 1 cannot see why or Blow had to come and spoil my thunder storm" the Thunder Man replied.
 q had rain water spraying fast. I might have known it wouldn't last. like to have it dark, and when it's light run and hide"
 "Ha, hal Ho, ho" ol' Blow laughed out. You'd like to have me leave no doubt, but am going to stick around. You can't get rid of me.
 You want to fill the sky with noise, which only frightens girls end boys, while bring out the friendly sun. sight they like to bse."
 Then Blow began to blow some more and soon the Tinies heard hina roar. .At last I've found op
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
Mnr. couId I'd said

In the rsport of the state park and forest commission for the fiscal years. July 1. 1850. to June 30. 1932. mention is made of the acquisition by the state of Nausatuek State Forest. A short paragraph describes this familiar spot in the Naugatuek valley which we in Watefbury and vicinity know more familiarly as High Rock Grove. Of course the region included in the state forest area is far larger than that formerly eneom- passed by High Rock Grove, but the same natural attractions that made it rendezvous forty years ago make it just as much one today for lovers of the great outdoors.
 The commissions report says Perhaps the most noteworthy acquisition of the per iod was the gift from the family of former Commissioner Harris Whittemore comprising a tract in the towns of Beacon Falls, Nauga- tuck and Oxford to be used for park and forest purposes This gift included eighteen hundred and twenty-three acres of land and is described as the Naugatuek State Forest in the report of the State Forester. ...' Further than this the commissions extensive report 
 and survey shows picture of Spruce Brook in the glen at High Rock Grove.
 There isn't any state forest in Connecticut that possesses more potentialites for develop. ment than that at High Rock. Its Spruce Brook can be raging mountain stream or purling brook as the wanderer pushes his way up through the ravine. Deep pools vie with dashing cataracts to catch the eye of the observer or the lens of the camera. Vio- lets, white. yellow, and purple are found in abundance. The shy arbutus still nestes beneath its protecting cover of leaves. Other wild flowers native to the region, are found in profuson. From High Rock it IS said the Sound may be gimpsed on clear day.
 Many varieties of trees will be noted by the student of such. Rock formations may appeal to others. The rattlesnakes that once frightened away the pleasure seekers are gone. For some few years the spot was deserted save at rare intervals when visited by those who knew of High Rocks charms and par took of them in the spring of the year. High Rock had its hermit. too. He is still there, although forced to change his abode from the state reservation to another site. Its remoteness has preserved much of the nat ural beauty of High Rock. for that is the name which will always cling to the spot so far as Waterbury is concerned. Undet state supervision we predict rosy future for the region. n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
Prosperity Unemployment

Employment figures for January and Feb ruary show slight gains in many places, some of them rather unexpected. In England for example. where unemployment has been considered chronic. there was gain of more than 60.000 workers in January this year over January year ago, with another slight gain in February over January. Even Ger many, with all its troubles. reports little rise in employment. In the United States there were advances in some regions. All the gains are. slight. compared with total unemployment. The problem remains one of the largest and most important to be dealt with. As the buying tendency revealed in the last few days begins to make itself felt all along the line, there will be more jobs opening up But that is not the whole story.
 Even in the days of our greatest apparent prosperity. there was an unemployment problem There were observers who said it was gaining on us little by little. Much of it was caused by embellishments in in- dustry. People naturally adapted to only one sort of work never made connection with it. People showed out of jobs by im- proved machinery were not re-absorbed in other work as they should have been under wise direction. As the upswng comes now. such mistakes of the past must be avoided.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
Normal Schools Doomed?

Even educators of the state will agree that the contemplated plan of eliminating three of Conneeticut's normal schools and creation of teachers college, with four year course. economic conditions. The situation is sim ply this = Connecticut can no longer afford to maintain four normal schools; more teachers are being turned out of these insti- tutions annually than are being placed in permanent positions. The solution seems to lie in the program that is already fairly well outlined by the state board of finance and control.
 Under present plans the normal school al New Haven would be discontinued in June, 1854. No new students will be admitted to the institution next fall. Those who are still in course will be transferred to one of the remaining three institutions. The schools at Danbury and Willimantic will operate un til 1855 each receiving it's allotment of stu dents as customary next fall, but none in the fall of 1894. Those still in course at the end of June, 1935, will be transferred to New Britain, where it is hoped to estab- fish the teachers college.
 When the schools at Wllimantc and Danbury are abandoned it is hoped to es- tablish in them junior colleges with two year courses on self-sustaning basis. If this experiment fails they will be utilized for some other purpose. The teachers col Iege plan is sure of support from the state board of education but whether the plan to establish junior colleges will meet with as much success remains to be seen. We are inc1ined to think it won't. However. there is every indication that one centralized and strong institution should prove far more effective than four schools. And the four year course is bound to have more far recahing results.
 Those who are unfamiliar with statistics on the number of teachers in this state should acquaint themselves with them. They are revelation. It is becoming harder each day for young women to find positions in the grade schools. The number of new appli- cants is so heavy that waiting lists are en- tirely out of proportion with the chances of some on it attaining their ambition. The teaching profession today is sadly over crowded. We don't desire to dull the ann bition of any young person. but we feel obliged to point out that in Connection; production of would-be teachers far exceeds the demand If it didn't. not even the thought of economy would have persuaded our legislators to consider eliminating three uafmal schools.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
Common Honesty

About every so often hard-headed folks, who face facts and have no illustrations about human nature, wake up with start at the discovery that people are honest. There is probably not a community in America which has not been rediscoverlng this re-. markable fact during the recent unpleasant ness With the strongest temptation to cheat the other fellow that has appeared in many years, people have shown that they wanted to pay, and would pay.
 A good example is theater in one of the big cities which. during the bank holiday accepted patrons bank checks for admission tickets Those checks, naturally. came nearly all from strangers. The manager has reported since that whereas he expected only about 10 per cent of them to be paid. he hash had one check bounce back. People, he concludes, are absolutely honest in these things"
 A similar experience is reported by hotel manager who. finding travelling salesmen and other business men caught without cash in the sudden national closing of banks, and with no means of getting it from home. gave them credit for their meals and lodg- ing and lent them money for cigars and theater tickets He hasn't lost any of that money, he says. And he has gained lot of valuable good will.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23

Connecticut is rapidly acquiring reputa- ton as one of the ''blaekest spots in the sweatshop racket. Those were the exact words used recently by the Washington News in an editorial deerying the evil and asking for legislative aid to remove it. However. things aren't really as bad in this state as they are painted by outsiders. True we have sweatshops in our midst Nobody is denying that But they are of recent origin. In fact we did not have any to speak of until New York drove them out and they migrated across the line into Connecticut. Now our state labor department is warning against them and seeking legislation that will per- init him to outlaw them as other states have done. As to the claim that some factories in Connecticut were working children 80 hours a week, that's ridiculous. It just isn't happen ing in this day and age.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
Dry Rule Broken

Thirteen years of aridness ended in the United States yesterday when President Franklin D. Roosevelt affixed his signature to the Cullen beer bill legalizing beer and wine containing alcohol to the extent of 3.Z per cent by weight. Modification of the existing dry laws will become effective in IS days. or on April 7. according to semi official ruling. In those fifteen days this nation should become a beehive as brewers prepare for the first quenehing of great thirst and as allied industries prepare to meet the first great demand for the new beverage.
 Reliable estimates place the government revenue from taxes on beer at high figure for the first year. But such enthusiasm can be excused. On the other hand there IS every indication that the government in- come may be increased if the proposed bev- ersges are as palatab1e as brewers and vint- ners claim they will be. There is no doubt about the quality of the 3.2 beer. It should be the equal of many of our famous pre- Volstead brews. But for the wine drinkers there doesn't seem to be much hope. They cannot be expected to take to sparkling bev- erages that have no similarity to the familiar brands of other years.
 From the sale of beer Uncle Sam will realize fine revenue. There is no gain saying that fact. From the sale of wines of 3,2 per cent alcoholic content We don't an- ticipate very much But the way is opened to wine of higher content. Figures for sales for the first six months will speedily convince authorities that wines which ferment and whose alcoholic content is not produced by an artificial but by natural process can- not be controlled by legal limitation. How ever by thattime the 18th amendment may be in the process of repeal If it is, there is actually no need of fussing with the alcoholic content of wine.
 in the next fifteen days forty-eight states must prepare themselves for beer manufacture and sale within their own boundaries Many are now ready. Others are waiting for some one state to take the initiative. There is no uniformity needed in this instance. A state will either permit the sale of the beverages $ or 1t will prohibit them. It will either levy certain taxes on them or allow them to be sold tax-free. It will restrict their sale to certain establishments or will permit them to be sold indiscriminately. The course of action is clear. Let us hope that Connecti- cut will be prepared on April when the new beverage is made available to the public.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
FREEDOM COSTS TEN CENTS Al BATTLE

Having sent for your booklet "rhe Con- stipaton Habit" l studied it for several days and finally decided to join The Breakers m
 I made up my mind to see it to finish - or
 1nd myself finished, as l half apprehended.
 That is the first chapter in the actual
 story of one of our readers, friends Be1ore
 we listen to the second chapter Old Doctor
 Brady must put in word. l just want to
 say that correspondent made punl
 start. If he felt apprehensive about Inc out
 come he never should have joined Ihe
 Breakers" at all The cards were all against
 the success of the undertaking for him. The
 first step in this portentous business Of break
 ing the physic habit is the fighting Of atti-
 tude. It is question of your Knowledge of
 the fundamental physiology of the digestive
 system. Unless and until you get that clear
 in your noodle, l warn you that we, we don
 want you in The Breakers Tell your
 fears or your troubles to the cop. Appre-
 hensons and half apprehensions make us
 tired Now let the correspondent continue his narrative:
 after the third day normal action took place.
 odd, but that suggests the mountain that labored and brought forth mouse It is quite an anti-climax, after the prom ise in the fffst chapter. From there on the correspondent just fills up a few pages, much as our million mystery story writers do when they've caught the guilty one and allowed him or her to gobble down bit of quick poison to the state nasty job. thank you from the bottom of my hear for 35 years l have taken catnarucS ana consulted many doctors, yet no one ever called 1t a habit until you convinced me have gone for seven months without re- sorting to anything of the kind and consider myself entirely cured. . Cured? He that complies against his wil | is of his opinion still (no use trying te correct the quotation, literary sharps, for Tn | copying it verbatim this tme). There Is nc cure concerned It is purely and simply the breaking of bad habit
 The booklet "The Constipation Habit sets you back dime and stamped envelope | bearing your address, If it shows you the way | to break the habit absolutely and for life Il | is worth your dime and while. But l regard | the experiment in psychology as total fail ure if you make few feints or false passes | at it and then resume your old pill, enema or whatnot.
 No bothering with the experiment il you are not first prepared to believe that | speak the scientific truth when l say that nc | matter how much physic you have been &C., customed to, untoward effect will occur if you abruptly cease using any such arti- icial aid; nothing more than trifing discom- | fort for few days in any case.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
Here, There And Everywhere
NANTUCKET TABLE FARE. <NaU Syork Herald -Tribune)

As the proud and articulate pos- sessor of the last health hen known fo sportsmen, scientists and press l correspondents, Martha's Vineyard had best look to it's laurels and barberry wreaths, now that Nan tucket, already one up on 1t by reason of thriving herd of wild deer, has acquired the only five wild turkeys in Massachusetts. The Sportsman's club of the island has turned the wild turkeys loose In the hope that they will multiply | until, so far at least as Nantucket is concerned, they will no longer be rarity. Every reader of Brillat- Savarin will recall the pleasure that most distinguished connoisseur
 of good living took in shooting and subsequently eating wild turkey in the vicinage of Hartford during his American tour more than a century ago, but since that time these birds have practically disap- peared from the New England scene.
 Notably community of good liv- ing, even though the whale steaks of tradition are now (and perhaps fortunately only a tradition, Nan. | tucket should be an excellent game bird preserve. with its wide moorA and low scrub growths reminiscent of the Scotch highlands. Swordfish and b1uefish and steamed clans are commonly associated with the Fol. gers and Bachusese of the island, and Ishmael and his companion found the twin chowders at the Try pots Inn to be incomparable, aa readers of s'Moby Dick" will recall, so that additional resources of game ought to make Nantucket a modern shrine of gastronomy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION
Just Beauty--Or Just A Bone?

"Marriage fin Heaven" by Ron.
 o1d Traser. will seem to many reads ers a. book of rare delicacy, beauty and insight. To others-to larger
 number. perha ps--it will seem ike n great many words about practi- cally nothing.
 If is the story of a love affair." uncomplicated and simple, on the surface. A young artist falls in Hove with a girl, marries her, mas a series Of petty quarrels with nery leaves her, finds that he can't nv9 without her, and comes back to her. and the book closes with tns implicit assurance that they alk lived happily ever after. .- That. in bare outline, IS tnS story. AS a matter of fact, it's a lot of stories-about half of all the English novels that have been pupz | Iished in the past decade. But NE Fraser's work in a cut above tne | average. sa. | mented by a vision of the 1deaig The first moments of their lov9, i were utterly rapturous; and netting CT could endure 1t when the slow. pace of day-to- day living broughf l them, inevitably, down out of the Elysian fields into the ordinary. | workaday world. So they fought. l over nothing; atrtirnes they almost I hated each other for being unable. to sustain the high pitch of those | first hours. The story is really the. description of how they found q
 way to preserve the spenldor of their vision. e. ~ | MT Fraser does get his feet a.. l long way off the ground. some. will find his book rarely beautifuI.e
 Others, fear. will be badly boreds by 1t.
 Published by Scribners, the book retails at $2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
othe rprovisions of the emergency farm act wil still be enormous. Process Taxes

Process TaxeS
 The fact that the anticipated rise in farm prices would remove much land from the marginal and sub marginal class and increase the in- centive to cultivate 1t presents one of the obvious problems. It is hoped to make permanant the retirement of such lands. howeveh, and leases probabaly will be, long term. !
 Whats to be done with leased land beyond letting it lie idle is an- other point which hasn't been fully worked out, although some of it will be used in connection with the Roosevelt reforestation program.
 The process taxes which will be levied on wheat, corn, cotton, to- bacco, rice, hogs, cattle, sheep and milk in order to pay rentals, other benefits and administration costs are to be worked out at confer. producers and millers, packers and other processors.
 The act contains no blue prints and Wallace and his assistante promise to build the system as they go along, discarding anything they find doesn't work and building ur the taxes gradually. A sample esti- mate, however, is that under pres ent conditions aA50 per cent bushel process tax on what would be ne- cessary to restore producers of that grain to a pre-war parity. Although the expected result is increased prices. officials insist that the act won't be a price-fixinG measure. The process tax will affect flour and other finished products but the natural price of raw ma terials will remain, as modified by the effect of reductions of sur pluses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23

This is certainly the heyday of the phila telist. Ex-Postmaster General Brown was nothing if not generous in his four years of office in issuing new stamps for general use. but more particularly for the delight of the collector. Now Postmaster-G General Farley. aided and abetted by an ardent collector. President Roosevelt, is planning more com memorative issues And added to that are the scores of stamps that must be printed to take care of the tax on beer. They must be print ed in denominations to take care of Is bar rels, 1-6, IA, 1-3, 1-2. one barrel. one hogshead, five barrels, ten barrels and 25 barrels. Old designs are to be followed, it is said. Wine stamps still exist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
So They Say

I've had everything. so why should I complain at this momen- tary difficulty?
 --F'ritzi scheff. light opera prima donna. 4
 People became disillusioned with life because they expect things they have no right to expect. --Dr Dwight Witherspoon Wylie of Cleveland.
 what did he (Senator Glass) say? Oh, he said I was n scoun- drei. and a few other things like that, which l dent mind. Senator Hucy Long of Louisiana.
 
 know the president will deal in q fair and impartial manner 10 the matter of veternns' pensions
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23

Senator Frederic C. Waleott of Norfolk is one senator who is unquaihedly opposed to the farm relief bill recently advanced by the Roosevelt administration. Interviewed : this week Senator Walcott declared tha; This bill grants extreme detatorial powers to the Secretary of Agriculture. an executive branch of the government. including the power to regulate prices. levy taxes. put in the field vast army of employees and burden the consuming public with excessive taxes in the form of subsidies upon the essential foodstuffs at time when there are at least l2 million unemployed with no immediate income for purchasing the necessities of life. The cost 10 the government would be at least one billion dollars. The states of Texas and Kansas and possibly Iowa would be the only states to profit through the mes.ure !" Senator Waeott also es- timsied that Connecticut would pay over Sl5.000. 900 in establishing the farm relef
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-23
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Hare Lfp


 You say that hare lip Is not inherited. But is 1t not possible that there is some con- dition responsible for it. that is inherited, and which is the same fin every case? e. E. B) Answer-Anything is possible except a mouse's nest in the cats ear. No one knows the cause of hare lip any other congenital defect of development. There is no reason to imagine such congenital defects are heritable or likely to occur again in the same family. Hare lip or club foot or congenital hip disease or any of several other such defects may hap pen in any family.
 Going Mad
 A woman saw the accidental death of her child. went into mysteries and finally became insane, not violent but has 10 be kept in ari institution Would this affect the Onspring. tf any. of her children? (Mrs S. '. JJ
 Answer-The woman was probably insane was 10 develop the mental disease regard less of the tragedy. I am unable to hazard m opinion about the question of inheritance without knowing the nature of tho case.
 Copyright. John F. Dilie Co.,