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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-18
Purposeful Reading

The past few years have witnessed boom in reading in every part of the country, not in book buying, but in increased circulation of books in public libraries. The trend in reading has followed rather closely the fi- nancial and economic ups and downs of the l930s.
 For example, last February and March there was tremendous demand for books on the principles of banking In Chicago, would-be borrowers had to be turned away from the Public Library unsatisfied because readers so far outnumbered available books on this subject. All through 1932 and on into 1893 books on history, economics and social questions have been in great demand. Along with this sort of reading has gone large amount of study of trades and crafts making use of books on every topic from poultry farming to interior decorating. In the New York Public Library the work of the readers adviser increased 67 per cent. while courses outlined in the American Li- brary Associations booklets on Reading With Purpose were followed by thousands of patrons. Librarians now report a growing interest in books on public util ites such as gas, water and electricity.
 This all sounds as if the public were really reading with the determination to learn what is going on, what the depression is all about and why. If the reading stinn- ulates individual thinking. too, it is fine thing and ought to bring about more intel ligent participation in public affairs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-18

We don't know if the state deficit will interest many people. but on November it was $5.22S,974.67, according ta a report of Finance and Control Commissioner Ed ward F. Hall to Governor Cross There was an encouraging note in the report. though. Receipts in October. l933, were considerably greater than in the same month last year. Probably this may be accounted for by beer taxes. Certainly October, 1o34. with more liquor taxes added should show a further increase in receipts Now if our officials can only cut down expenses. we'll be able to worry along somehow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-18

For years we've been reading and hear ing about seadromes. Now we learn that our federal government has actually appro- priated $1,5O0.000 for the erection of the first airplane landing island It will be about 500 miles off the. coast and will be com pleted in four months. It will not be as large as those intended for regular use should chain ever be built across the ocean as that would involve about S6.000, 000. The Aeronautic Division of the Depart ment of Commerce will have charge of con- struction and maintenance Such seadromes are expected to insure regular 24 hour mail
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-18
Here, There And Eveyy1ghere

their emotions and to some extent a panacea for the monotony of their existence behind bars.
 It is almost impossible to find forms of employment for prison- CTS which do not compete with free labor. Until now, however, appre- citation of the necessity of provid- ing employment as a social and sociological necessity has gained ground.
 Now, due to economic conditions and to the advantage which the opponents of convict labor have gained in congress, steps have been taken which. will be detrimental to the undertaking to make prisons and similar institutions serve a reformative purpose. It will not be a help in the war against crime merely to throw men into incar- ceration and permit them to lan- guish there inidleness to brood over their plight.
 That is not exactly what is going to happen for some forms of em- ployment are still open. However, in most institutions the employ ment is not sufficient for the num- Der of men behind bars and to reduce it's scope will increase that difficulty.
 Prison authorities will be put to it to meet the new situation. Their problem merits popular un- derstanding and it is in the inter- ests of the welfare of society at large that it should have sympa- thetic attention,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-18

claim that pretzel bending is . distinct and separate profession. Any baker can bake bread, they say, but the manner of bending Q pretzel requires Feal- artistry. So they demand Q sep arate code.
 U. s. UNDER COVER MAN
 Louey Howe was the secret author of the White House state- ment striking economic ques- tions out of the agenda of the Pan-American conference. When : it came over to the state depart ment, the diplomats were up in arms. =. So also were Latin Americans. They had spent two years drafting the agenda with the concurrence of the United States, and with one stroke Louey Howe ripped 1t to pieces.
 The split fin the Roosevelt family regarding gold d-buying still continues. His cOnser- yative @ treasury advisers are centering their attack on depre- citation in the value of govern ment bonds. They emplaa- size that the banks of the country. are loaded with govern ment bonds. So are the insurance companies. If these bonds drop materially they tell ROOse- welt there may be another run on the banks. s.ss
 STOCK MARKET CONTROL
 President Roosevelt may rec ommend to congress a system of dual regulation of stock ex- changes. The plan would divide stock market supervision be- tween the government and self policing committees of the ex- changes. Indians will be placed in charge of each of the forty Civilian Conservation Corps camps established on 69 Indian reservations.
 The women's committee of Louisiana has initiated a unique method of carrying its Huey Long fight directly to the senate. Each week the committee sends q newspaper clipping about one of Huey's antics to every member of the senate. Also they send an individual letter asking for an expression of the senator's views. Arkansas civic, business, and labor leaders are organizing statewide cel-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-18
YANKEE NOVEMBER (Hartford Courant

Every New Englander owes himself at least one walk in the country before November ends. Be he New Englander born or merely an immigrant from less fortunate sections of the states, the same thing holds. Walking these days Is an exercise, not pastime. The clutch in the air makes a man ac- tive to keep his blood coursing and his muscles warm. The frost is not yet deeply in the ground, however; the fiinty pave that comes over the fields and forests in the winter has yet to develop finally.
 And the colors now are at one of their most glorious passes, It Is to be sure a muted glory now. The rich reds, the voluptuous saf- irons, the nAgentas and purples have given way to drabber and deeper tones, to browns in a, whole symphonic range of shadings. There is the yellow brown of mat ted grasses on the hillsides, the rich brown. of the naked earth in harvested cornfields, the red brown of leaves in their last transition from tree to earth that bore them first. And above there are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-18
The Washington Merry Co., Round BY DREW PEARSON AND ROBERT s. ALLEN Authors of "Washington Merry
 Nfore Merry
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ebratiOn in honor of able, hard- working R. F. Q. Director Har- vey Couch.
 The event has been named "Couch Day" and will take place November 23 in Pine Bluff, the old home town. Prohibition repeal will mean nothing to the U. s. Navy. .. The president has definitely decided that all ships and naval stations will continue the Josephus Daniels dry policy. No decision has as yet been reached concerning the army. .'. Under the funeral supplies industry code, the mini mum 40-hour work week may be extended in the event of ''ab- normal mortality"
 SWEEPING MEASURE
 It is not generally realized that President Roosevelt'S latest un- employment measure is one of the most sweeping ever under taken anywhere. At one stroke he is taking 100000 men from relief rolls and giving them jobs on federally supported pulp llC WOrk QrOJeCLS. On the basis that 100000 have been returned to employment as a re- suit of the MIRA, this will leave around 4,000,000 still out of work of an estimated 12,000,000 unemployed last March. Big Jim" Farley's favorite de- vice for getting rid of an unwel- come visitor is to remain stand ing. Although the Congress sional press galleries refuse ad- mittance to representatives of radio news broadcasting agen- acies, the White House permits them to attend the presidents newspaper conferences.
 Department of commerce re- ports indicate a sharply growing tendency of investors to salt away savings in diamond pur- chases. N. Since the clam0r for imitation, diamond sales have increased steadily.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-18
"pooR BRIDES" LOSE
(New York sun.)


 When the will of Barnet Katz was filed in the surrogates' office an extraneous paper also executed by Katz was admitted to probate with the will with the consent of all the heirs. The paper contained a long list of bequests described by MT Katz as money to be spent on charity and support" One item read: "$1,000. Poor brides of my family at the rate of $1Q0 each un- til the sum of $1.000 will be used." 7 Surrogate Foley has ruled that the attempted bequest is invalid either as Q charitable trust or as a legacy. It is void as a charitable trust because it confers no public benefit. the beneficiaries being lim- ited to members of the Katz fam- fly. It is invalid as an ordinary trust because the beneficiaries are indefinite and because such a trust might continue beyond the period prescribed by the law. The fund passes into the residuary estate. Whether a separate agreement signed by the heirs consenting to the plan bars them from demand ing their share of the fund forms another question not yet passed upon by the surrogate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-18
Watertown Is Rebuked For Recent Vote

Editor, Waterbury Democrat.
 Unto the valley of Death
 Down through the gates of Hell
 Rode a stacker seventy hundred"
 In this here ol town hall at Wa tertown the other evening stood seventy silk-stockinged gentry and blazed across the fair name of Wa tertown the inscription--"In not be my brothers keeper" By this I mean that seventy men, who att tended a legally called meeting, called for the purpose of voting whether or not they would avail themselves of the opportunity of receiving from the United States Blue Eagle a loan of $100,000 for use in creating work for the needy this coming winter, showed little compassion for the suffering ones.
 These seventy persons who rep resented perhaps seventy hundred stand branded as slackers in our great crisis through which we are now passing-these seventy per- sons should not be considered any worse than their remaining town brethren who by their slackness in not attending legally called town meeting helped to place Watertown on the slacker's side of our nation al recovery column.
 By their actions Watertown will be deprived of needed public i'm provements and future aid given by our government. The Highway Cor1missioner shall not dare call for bids for new roads he had sub- mitted to the National Recovery officials, that is roads within the confines of Watertown township The Highway Department will not be allowed to spend in Watertown any part of Connecticut's share oi the $40O, 100000 which the gov. ernment is distributing the main tenance department of our high way system, for extra improve. ments.
 Watrtown who lives off of our highly industrialized area shal have her name broadcast north south, east. and west of here. Wa. tertown, the aristocratic home ir
 Yankee New England, lays down her guns and surrenders, while te the right of them and to the Jeff of them the MIRA. cannons volle,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-18
4 Book e Day by BRUCE CATION
A Slyly Humorous Tale Of Adventure

A red-headed Irish sailor jumped ship in 8 sun-baked Mexican town late in the 18th century, married a dark-haired senorita and then sailed away a few years later. He left her with a red headed son and memories of a roistering husband who sang Gae- | lie love songs beneath Latin win dows and fought perversely with his fists instead of with knives. And in 1910 this son whose name, John O'Brien, had been changed to Juan Obrigon = sought to better the family fortunes by attaching himself to the train ot a Spanish inspector general and making a trip by mule-back from the tip of Lower California to the town of Monterey, in what Is now the state of California.
 The story of all this is told in
 ''The Journey of the Flame," by | Antonio de Fierro Blanco, who got 1t from Juan Obrigon's lips when this red-haired Mexican, celebrat- ing his 102nd birthday. told the tale of his life. It has been trans- lated by Walter de Steiguer, and whether it be chiefly fact or chief ly fiction it is a vastly interesting book.
 Its picture of the proud and yio- lent life of the Californias in 1900 is unforgettable. If you amounted to anything you wore two knives
 and never hesitated to use them.
 The more you hated man,, the more polite you were to him. You knew that the only food which gave strength was bulls flesh, the tougher the better.
 Juan Obrigon himself was quite lad, and his trip was Q great
 one. He rode a mule that chewed tobacco, he routed hostile Indians by setting the grass on fire. He was nicknamed 'The Flame" He found pearls in the eye-sockets of fossil skeletons in a snake haunted save.
 The book is as entertaining and as slyly humorous as anything you are likely to read in q long time. Published by the Houghton Mfr flin Company, it sells for $3.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-18

Judge Edwin S. Thomas is deserving of everything that can be said of him on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of his ap- pointment to his present post as federal judge in the Connecticut district. He was named by President Wilson and has con- tinued in his office through all ensuing re- publican administrations. He is universal ly liked by the bar of the state and is held in high reputation by all who have ever come in contact with him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-18
So They Soy

can write two briefs setting up the constitutionality and the un- constitutionality of the MIRA and do both with good conscience.
 Professor Thomas R. Powell
 of Harvard.
 am no murderer.
 President Grau San Martin
 of Cuba.
 I do not understand the Roose- welt plan. Neither does MT Roose- welt. Please do not ask me to ex- plain it. Ask the brainstorm trust.
 Sir A. M. Samuel, British
 currency expert.
 My title recognition is the repu- tation have made for myself out of my own strength.
 Chancellor Hitler. Talk about Al Capone being a racketeer! Why, the biggest rack eteers are those which the capital fists have tied on to the people or the United States.
 Milo Reno. farm strike lead
 CT.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-18

and pssssnssr service between Europe and America in the future. The trial seadrome will be SO located as to facilitate flights from Boston. Providence. Charleston. and Savannah. The floating island is l.250 feet long and is capable of remaining stable in the Heaviest seas We wonder if there are going to be regular keepers assigned to these lonely posts in the Atlantic. All candidates can now file their applications. Personally we could pick out hundreds of more desirable jobs, but in hard times you can't be too choosy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-18
To-day:s Selected Poem
HIGHLAND INN

(By J. S. Blackie, Reprinted from The
 Christian Science Monitor) The age is grown too vast: a monster plan Must herald every sounding step it takes: No will counts singly, and pretentious man love small things-a little bird that sings, A little flower beside a wimpling brook. A little child with light imaginings. A little hour lent to thoughtful book. But of all little things chiefly prize, On lone moor, little Highland inn Where, appid misty Bens and scowling skies, And the unsleeping torrents sleepy din. A little maid attends with ready smiles The foot-worn guest. and blazing faggots
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-18

heavens bluer even than in summer by very contrast with the brown earth, and usually sponged all over with clouds that range from white puffs to menacing darkness files with snow or rain.
 Bryant thought these the melans choly days, but he was a boy ox eighteen when he thought so ana boys of eighteen are likely to ex. aggerate, even If, or perhaps be. cause, precocious. November is rather sere and waiting, silent, yes but hardly sad, grave like an old man about done but serene.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-18

Americans fear for Greece when Samuel Insull says he hopes that by some financial combinations he may be able to reeiprocate Greek hospitality" That was the way he reeiprocated American hospitality when he came here from England
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-18

and thunder against Old Man De- precision.
 Yours sincerely. AN MIRA. BOOSTER.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-18
In To-day's Mail

What do you think-Send all letters and communications with your opinions to the Edi- tor of the Waterbury Demc- crat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-18

After revelation of how the two biggest banks in America were conducted, there is more respect for little banks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-18

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 5.01 tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-18
Personal Health Service
(By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment will be answered by Dr Brady. Address him. care of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-18

Copyright, 1888, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1933-04-04

Some time during the night
she was awakened by a sudden
flood of light on her eyelids.
She sat up in bed and blinked.
Her mother stood in the door,
way with both of her hands
clasped around her throat. She
looked frightened.
"Dodie! what's wrong?"
Sharlie was out of bed in a Sec
ond, padding across the floor
to her mother on her bare feet.
my throat. {. I think I must
have taken an overdose Of those
powders" Her mother spoke in
a voice that was nothing more
than a husky whisper. MY
throat's all closed up, and I have
such a terrible pain in my stom-
ach-" She began to cry like a
frightened little girl.
st took two more tablets after
you went to bed," she whim-
pered. "I was sleepy, but I
couldn't sleep. II don't feel
sleepy now, either, and I don't
believe those things were Sleep
ing powders at all! The drug
giSt must have sent me some
thing else by mistake!"
Sharlie flew to the telephone.
Her fingers seemed to be all
thumbs as she ran through the
pages searching for the number
Of the nearest doctor. She found
it after what seemed an hour
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Bv Beatrice Burton
By Tuthin
By Mnt Gross
By Walt Disney
By Rube Goldberg

Sharlie's been telling me?" she
asked, kneeling on the floor be-
side the bed and taking one OF
Dodie's hands in her capable
looking ones.
The door-bell rang.
"That'll be the doctor"
Sharlie cried, and ran to open
the door for him. He was a
little dark man, with a NOUS
tache like a smudge OF SCOT on
his upper lip, and he carried
a shabby black bag.
AS he put it on a chair, Edna
came into the room, holding
the little box Of sleeping
powders in her hand.
"Sharlie, you'd better get
some hot water ready for the
doctor. He'll probably need
some," she said. "I'l talk to
the doctor"
She followed Sharlie into the
kitchen three or four minutes
afterward. I'm not sure that
your mother didn't intend to
take too many Of these pow
. ders," size whispered. But,
remember, the doctor is to
think it was an accident. I'm
going into the bedroom now to
help him, and as soon as I
shut the door you telephone
your father. Tell him he Is to
come right home"
Ito Be COntinued.)
The Washington times., 1933-04-04

that strangled, whispering
voice. my mouth tastes like
ink or pennies-you know that
brassy, nasty taste Of pennies?"
She writhed as a sudden
pain seized her and fell back
on the bed. Telephone Edna"
she whispered. "Get her right
aWay!"
Edna reached the flat before
the doctor did. Not more than
IL or 13 minutes after Sharlie
telephoned her, the doorbell
rang in the vestibule down.
stairs, and Edna came swiftly
up. AS Sharlie stood at the
top, waiting for her, she could
hear a taxicab turning in the
street outside.
whats Dodie been trying
to do-kill herself?" she asked
as she stepped into the liv-
ing ROOM" How could she
take an overdose of sleeping
powders?-No one would be
fool enough to do that"
She went through the rooms
like a rush of clean fresh
wind on her way to Dodie.
Reused from sleep to dress in
the middle Of the night, she
was as fresh as a daisy and
as neat as a bright new pin.
Sharlie followed her, wringing
her hands.
what's this tale tn at
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"S4ARLIE"

(cOntinued from, Magazine P0se)
phone, and you can have father
and Edna here in no time"
Her mother shook her bright
head. mo, I never could face
them, to start with. And even
If I could, we never could be
happy here together the way
we used to be. We'd always
be remembering this"
Late that night Sharlie went
into the bathroom for a drink
Of water and found her stand
ing there with a glass in one
hand and an open paSteboard
box in the other.
Sleeping powders" she ex.
planned. "I haven't had any
real rest for three or four
nights, but I'm going to sleep
tonight or know the reason
why"
And, while sharlie watched
her, she took two Of the, pow
ders. Then she went to bed
without bothering to cold-cream
her face or put on the rubber
bandage that she wore every
night for the purpose Of pre-
venting a double chin.
"Good night" she called, and
her voice sounded tired and
spiritless. Sharlie put the box
Of powders into the cabinet
above the bowl and went to bed,
too. q
The Washington times., 1933-04-04

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Washington Times
Adventure Club

All essays in the Little
Women" contest should be in
our office today.
The entries will be judged
this afternoon and the winners
announced Thursday. Tickets
will be mailed tomorrow morn
ing.
And, by the way, we have
been most agreeably surprised
to discover that many Of our
members are quite familiar
with the story Of Little
Women" One Of the first to
submit her essay, Lucille Weiss,
1924 Rock Greek Church Rd,
wrote:
81 have always loved the four
sisters in Louisa May AlcOtt's
charming book, Little Women"
After reading the book I read
all 1 could of the later adven-
lures of 10, Meg, Beth and
Amy. 1 found Little Men"
and "JO's Boys" also very inter-
esting."
That was a pleasant surprise
and still more delighted were
we when we discovered many OF
our own beloved story book he
roes and heroineS among the
characters selected by the mem
bers for their essays.
Lucille, for example, writes
about Lorna Doone" and, gra-
cious, we thought our once be-
loved Lorna was stranger to
this new generation of boys and
girls. She is the darling little
heroine of Blackmore's novel
Lorna Doone" and, children, If
you want a real thrill get the
book and read it.
It is a story of the times Of
James II of England and is all
about robbers and royal courts
and fascinating things like
that.
Julia jenkins, 323 Seventeenth
st. N. E.:
'PIease put my picture in the