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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-15
A GREAT To.Do ABOUT A FEW ODD HAIRS

Recently we printed here directions for the use of q chemical depiatory. We might have known
 "As q pharmacist I know through practical experience that all barium sulphide dopilatorles arc dangerous in the hands of Q layman who is not aware of tho potcntialities of this chemical were and unsightly skin iosions produced in some of our feminine population who arc 10th 70 acquire another of our masculine prcroga- tiyes the use of the razor"
 And there think our friend tho pharmacist
 "on tho whole, pr Brady, 1t might be dis erect to exclude depiiatory formulas from .
 There again our pharmacist friend talks sense. did keep them out for years and years but feel so sorry for any girl whose happiness is spoiled by a few odd hairs that sometimes my sympathy owerridos my judgment. It may Dc helpful to remind women who arc annoyed by suDerfuous hair Of few facts; l. Whether the hair is dissolved off with . chemical or shaved in the ordinary way makes no difference In it's growth.
 2. Tho fine down that covers every wom- ants skin tends to become cbarser and more conspicuous # 1t is removed by etber means
 B. some women keep supernuous hair from being noticeable by the gentle use of tho fine
 4 or course apy chemical which will dis solve hair will irritate the skin if left on the skin more than few moments or # applied in too concentrated form,
 G. Tho only safe way to destroy hair IA eiectr0lysls. Any intelligent person may use this method herself, after instructlon by her physician. No expensive apparatus is required ---G plain dry cell with tho ordinary cords and Q plain steel needle and . simple gadget to hold the needle with, comprises the equipment. Don't Do bambOzzlod by mystery and hokum. c, xsrny or any other ray or light treatment remove It "permanentiy" Is necessarily too dangerous for tho Durpoee, that IS, for mere cosmetic purpose. Don't lot any irresponsbls 2 person monkey with %srny or anything Of the kind, if you value your good locks. Only physician or . technical export working under treatment in any eircumstance. physleians who arc responsible Tos0rve x-ray trehtnient for dc. atrOyinR the long heavy hairs in m0lds and the Ike or in patches of ringworfn or other nara sitic injection Of the hair r00tg,
 QUESTIONS AND ANkWFftb
 What Have You? What would you aAvise for hIgh blood press suFe? We have no family doctor, sO ! bave adopted yOu. (MPs n. D., Jr)
 The sSSSs @eSss ass ysu 1 of sSs family
 heasiCknoss
 tried your method 0f preventing ssasIc.- ness, and it Was c real success. ' missed only twO meals going over and one on the return voyage, which was marvellous, for me' lMrs D.
 Answsr--Giad to send any reader the diree:: tions, f reader asks for it and ineloses stamped envelope bearing the eddfsss
 anl fg yeags old and very f0nd 0f salt hcr- s"s sssass mGs, ss ssss ss. s % ss 70 ss sc "s is bad for one. ~, Hb
 Angwer-roo much salt is not good for any one, but don't believe you will set tod, much from eatinE sait heFFins.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-15

We hope that the judiciary committee will do something constructive with the adminis- tration bill of Governor Gross asking for a commission to recommend the proper lsgis- lative machinery to deal with the possible repeal of the 18th Amendment. That Gov ernor Cross was not III advised in seeking such permission to name . commission to study this important issue is amply proved in the national discussion of the same. New York has commission almost ready to report on a system of state. liquor control. It may give information on the absorbing topic of what method of ratification there shall be. But Connecticut will do we'll to consider this problem = legislative or eon- vention ratification = in her own way. too. That's why the judiciary committee should aeeede to the governors request.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-15

bFidgeh bullt along the same general lines al the Merritt Highway would be. we can't believe that the state would be the loser from financial standpoint As to the wisdom of the state entering upon policy of toll roads that's another thing. However, we ean only point out that highway construction and maintenance has now reached a point in states like those in New England, where some other source of income than that sup' piled by the states own motorists for li' esnses registrations, and gasoline taxes must be sought.
 The three proposals with regard to the future of the Merritt Highway are not rad' cal departures from many considered when the idea was first preached. One would provide for issuance of county bonds in the amount of Sl0,000.000. the estimated cost of finishing the route. The joker lies in the fact that they would be retired at the rate of $l,000,000 by an additional one- cent gasoline tax. That means that man who might not even drive over the Merritt Highway once in three years or even in his lifetime would be contributing as much to it's support as the man who used it two or three times daily. We can't quite see the logic in this nor in the scheme to divert one- third of ihree.eent gasoline tax revenue to special Merritt Highway fund.
 The remaining proposal would create special commission to construct the highway by issuing serial bonds to the amount of 20,000,000 to run not more than B years This commission would establish tolls along such a schedule as would pay interest and maintenance charges and also permit establishment of a sinking fund for bond retirement When the highway was cleared of debt it would revert to complete state ownership and it's maintenance devolvc upon the highway department alone. This is certainly preferable to permitting private corporation to operate the road, along the lines of the Bear Mountain toll bridge. It means that the road would be forced to pay for itself which isn't bad idea. How. ever if the state is not ripe yet for tol. roads on the assumption that they are a throw-baek to stage-eoaeh days then we presume that the proposed express route will be built by dribs and drabs, perhaps event. ually coming into reality.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-15
A Prizefghter Passes

It is hard to say just what effect the death of Ernie Sehaaf will have on the fight world. Of course for time it will st:fle the erys of fake that flooded Madi' son Square Garden when the Boston heavy weight remained on the floor after ponder ous Prima Carnera had floored him with what observers and ring experts declared was q light blow to the head. They may be right. The blow might not have done much damage under ordinary circumstances, but it is quite apparent now that 1t was more than enough to have caused Sehaafs defeat.
 The latest medical report states that Sehaaf was actually injured in some preyi' ous bout, perhaps that with Max Baer last fall. A blow to the head had produced blood elot, or something, that was causing pressure on the brain. During the fight last Friday night no doubt the repeated pounding of Carnera's fists against Sehaafs head caused a secondary hemonhage This in turn produced the paralysis quickly de' teeted when medical aid was summoned to work over the unconscious boxer. The operation may have been success from a medical standpoint. but the fighters strength had left him and he sueeumbed'
 It isa pity, too, for Sehaaff was every thing that one could ask for in boxer He may not have been of championship eal' ibrs. although his rise 10 the front ranks was attained with considerable success and much promise. Even his temporary Mt' backs of i032 seemed to be behind him. He was a perfect specimen of manhood, SO much SO that he was chosen to att as model for the Mouldoon- -Tunnsy trophy oi heavyweight boxing supremacy. He was six feet two inches tail and weighed 200 pounds. It seems sad commentary that in his last fight he may have carried with him into the great beyond only the jeep of fight mob. But that's the fight game When you're up you're hero; go down and you're just another bum
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-15
So They Say

Americans as they impress me nave no need 0f stimuiants. They really should have sedativss' , MJohn Masensld, Jsneiand,s poet ieuFeats, visiting the us Y,
 
 ono great trouble iH Europe is that each nation is SC busy beine Datfi0ti0 that ft tas not time C eet the othsr'g point Of view. s-Ceunt serge fisufy, French fofs s'sn eme@s
 I'm teo seed ( swimmer, ! a0uidn't stay down.
 -~iIaF0id Waehtei 30lIess New York aaieeman, after tfttng ''Hsaeesssfs!!y ' sfewn h'mss''.' Unless tss democratic peFty recognizes that neW economic eeHs ditiona exist in the world teday what diKeFent attitude O inc taFs if. we eFs needed fef di1IeuItleft @-U. q, eenafef Themes Js welsh tasme hsnshs
 Frem my experience SIS tesT AeesRT feste ike fnuehs However, theTo afe i6t Gf people Wh6 don't kHew fhe 1lHeSess9 between singer Vep aHd 1ynemife. s-Igsy BlnstsIH, feemss HeesN pfes hibitieN aeeHh
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-15

any part of lm natural resources and wild animals are surely paFs of that Up h Massachusetts an argument started last fall over the killing of an alleged wildcat that still fagss. And the bounty on it is siIl unpaid. The slayer contends he killed a wildcat. The game warden asssFts lt ls merely an overgrown domestic cat gone wild, What office would we have to create in Connecticut to identify positively all the creatures that might be brought in for bounty How about that lynx from up in Sharoni Would that be wildcat or wouldn't iti
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-15

Sherwood Island state park in Fairfield county just can't keep out of the limelight. Bills concerned with it's development are up for consideration this week One would appropriate SS00.000 for development of the park. Others are concerned with pur- chase of land adjoining the present state holdings to make the sport more accessible to the general public, All deserve some consideration. Doubtless the state won't be able to find $800,000 to develop Sher- wood Island this year, but certainly the oldest state park in Connecticut deserves more than the eursory attention 1t has re- eeived in the past. Supposing politics be eliminated in it's administration hsneeforth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-15
Aid For . Highway

Fairfield county is not leaving one stone untufnsd In its desperate effort to push the Merritt Highway through to completion The immediate safety Of the express route from Bridgeport to the New York state line now seems 10 rest on the outcome of three bills facing hearings before the legislative committee on roads, rivers and bridges. There is no doubt but what the road will eventually be built and supply a mueh' needed link in our state highway system, nol 10 mention providing | more convenient outlet for New York city, WestehsstI county. and way stations Inasmueh ss the road will be extensively tfavslsd by motor ists from other states, we think it only fair that they share in the expense of eonsuue' ton and maintenance.
 Keeping that in mind we certainly believe that f any of the three measures dealing with the Merritt Highway, gre te De given serious consideration it should De that msk' Ing k . teH highway. It might De ss a. venture with sad results but judging by tbs fssults that other states have had with toll
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-15
Citizens League Refused Use
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nditor of The Democrat;
 There seems to be somethins
 wrons in Denmark; the North End Cuxona and Taxpayers league mas
 Seen refused the use of the North IDnd YMCA, Myles Durr, secretary af % the North I1nd Y, said that there Ia . eity.wido organization pc'ns
 formed whose requests ior use ..,s 0s tho Y he will consider, put that VIZ In tho North End could not uso " for meetings. As chairman, hs
 formed Mir Durr that ! woula Mms up tho matter with the Cent,ai YMcA but Mr. Durr saia % %no
 thought we would not get any sat. isfaction there. l consider tnht '
 direct Insult. If the people or the North End wish to organize V league to protect their interests and to try and arrive at Q aennlto and sound plan 1 see no reason why we should Do refused the use of tho North End yMCA when other organizations with raaleel ldena are allowed that use. ! can,t una deFstand the motive behind an this, but I intend to hnd out, The people of our city should think of tho poor tax payers whoA are vn- employed and forget party amiias lions, our first interest .should bes the welfare 0f our people, ! pleaa for Q greater ff1easpre 0f symphtny and understanding for our people, | I do not lay the blanc f0F. the eons AitIdns we find ourselves in @ eny one man. These times gre nothing new. History has just fepehtea ".
 self. Tho only way f0 bring apeuE afi adjustment ig by sound thinks I ine, We in the North End nave z public spirited eitisens committee. | made ID of business man wh0 VIII | be expeeted to make reommendhr lions for the read djustment of our. selves. We must not only tax ei the savings of doiiars and eontl bsit we must talk of the savinga 0i htisnan misery of our eitisens. oui maln object 'is Co find ways and means of readjusting and hndlna [ real honest t0 goodness WY out q GUT difIieuities' This readjustfnenl can Do brought about only bY sound business principles whleh the North End oltIseHs aHl Taxs payers league adheFes tes We de not ask our city officials to cut their saiasies, but we de ask them l to compare iheiv safAEieg wltH those of the unemployed men aHd weuen whe aFs in need ef heIp.
 GEORGE T. MedIiATii,. . % Brswsiss 'ii aisssi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-15
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1888
First And Last Things

Devising new theories of creation is one of the best scientific sports. the latest the- ory is that of Abbe Georges Lsmaitrs, Bel. gian mathematician now in California, The universe began, he says with big explosion. There was in the beginning, as he figures nothing but one atom, dense and lifeless lump of matter floating in empty space. The compact mass burst, he says somewhat. after the manner of exploding radium atoms hurling it's contents outward in all directions There was nothing to stop them, so they kept on going, forming suns and systems
 The universe thus created has expanded until it is now at least 300, ,000 900 light. years in diameter, and is still spreading. He estimates the age of the Universe at TO- 900, 100000 years by calculating the time it would take it to fold up again if it began contracting at the same speed with which it is now expanding. What caused the pri- meval explosion he does not say.
 The theory sounds new. Lematre shas probably never read a philosophic work written by Edgar Allen Poe, and entitled Eureka" And Poe. anyway, was merely a poet. Poe held, as Lemaitre does, that all matter was at first dense, inert mass. He represents a Creator as endowing this mass of matter with two principles repulson and contraction, centrifugal and eentripetal force, one spreading out matter and the other hold ing it in balance when it had gone far enough as the earth is held by the sun and the moon by the earth. Poe didn't know about our modern atom theory, which makes the tiniest particles initiate solar systems. In due time, Poe suggested, the Creator would simply repeal the law of repulsion. and the whole Universe would sink back into it's original mass. Evolution would change to devolution. ................
 This theory seems more in harmony with Einsteins very modern view of alternate ex' pansion and contraction. Also with the very ancient theory of the Hindu pholoso' phers. who told of the "outbreathing" and 'inbreathing' of Brahma. vast days and nights in which the universe alternately awoke and went to sleep again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-15
Good Actors

It is reported that there is anxiety in Hollywood about future screen actors The supply is diminishing; that is, the supply of really good ones. A producer complains that the finest film acting of 1892 was done by stage actors more than 40 years old and actresses near 90. Hollywood young. sters, however good looking, were unable to compete with the seasoned troupeB.
 The stage folk who have been capturing the Academy awards the praise of the critics and the box office successes were quite large. ly developed in "the stiffea training school in the world - stock and burlesque." Those training schools have very nearly disap- peared. q fact which makes the outlook somewhat gloomy. There have been few similar cries of despair from stage producers. There are still plenty of young men and women who want to go on the stage, but too few of them have real talent, and those who have it lack the sound training they need. .
 Perhaps all this is true, but one may doubt, More likely it is merely another manifestation of the human habit of look. ing only 10 the past for greatness Screen and stage drama will continue. Each doubt less will have its share of good actors few great ones, and host of others of mediocre ability. Producers of later generations may look back 10 this period, recall the few excellent actors, consider them typical of our age, and deplov the fact that in their own day no real actors are either born or made,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-15
Make Europe Pay"

After a little spell of leniency toward our foreign debtors, it is reported that the senti- ment of Congress is hardening again. One correspondent says:, Such a natonalistic fervor has been worked up that no eoneel' lationist dares raise his head. Indeed, most have gone over to the other side. Public re- action to recent developments has been such that all politicians who desire to save their own skins are convinced that the only worth while policy for them is Make Europe Pay" ..e,-......
 All right. Make Europe pay. Those eongressmens constituents at home will ap- preciate it. and may re-elect them. if they succeed. But their chance of reelection on that ground is not very bright. Collect. ing every dollar from Europe isn't so good a slogan as it used to be.
 Most of the debtors have already defeaulted. The others have announced that they will pay no more unless there is drastic down. ward revision. It is the duty of Congress, as of the President. to salvage what they can, and to make no big concessions without seeking corresponding benefits from the deb' tors But congressman might as well face facts, as the public has begun to do, and realize that things being as they are, any. thing we can save. from the wreekage ot that financial adventure. is so much to the good. Also that reasonable revision will doubtless help American business by helping European business .,,...,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-15
Rest For The Weary Is Seen In Current Legislative Bill

the outlay ia budgeted from cur-
 rent tax funds, Tho report of tho
 census bureau shows that only ' cities out ot 800 having . popula. ton ovor S0,000 failed to moot operation, maintenanoe and inter- ost charges and i0e showed bal- anoo to apply on debt retirement. Tho trouble with munieipalitie les. as with individuals, is that fear of the unknown has destroyed thoir credit.
 One of the main causes Of the difiicuities of cities and towns ia the practice Of short term borrow. ing, necessary because of . lack of adjustment between tax collecting and tax spending periods. It is ea. timated that if this condition could be corrected it would moan c sav- ing of forty million dollars . year throughout tho country, TO erect
 this, 1t would be necessary In som 2
 states, whore the periods ore hxed
 by statute, to pass remedial lesis- iation. accomplish this in our own state
 have boen introduced Into tho pros-
 But this ia not enough; w0 may pass what legislation wo will but if tho taxes arc not paid it VIII not heip at all and if taxpayers are not working they have no money with which to pay. Fines. imprisonment, deprivlng them of theip homes aRgravates ana does nothing to help.
 For this reason, tt ts vel! to note that In the avalanche of bills prec. | ticaiiy aii ignore the necessity Tor providing productive work. They
 provide diroet reliof of curtailment of expenses, eommondable to .
 eertnin extont, hut quite possible
 of disastrous cxtension and appl''
 cation.
 cities and towns to Issue revenue bonds for self-iiquidntinE public
 works, gives promise of deereas-
 ing rather than ineerasing unem. ployment. Munieipalities have no reservos with which to construct
 public Improvements private m. dustry iB at q atandstill. Those
 bends provide . method for using public credit for public workh
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-15

The committee on fish and game of the General Assembly heard q series of bills yesterday pertaining to various matteri within it's pfovinea but nothing quite 50 in. tefested US as the proposal that the state pay bounty of S5 for every fox or wildcat killed, There was another bill that would have the town pay si0 for every wildcat killed within its limits Of course there were others but this particular measure re. sailed . few incidents that bear repeating. We aren't too enthusiastic over the bounty idea. It very often proves boomsfang. If the state was ovenun with certain animals snd needed to get rid Of them rapidly the bounty plan would certainly facilitate mat. tsG But we aren't being tofmsntsd by hofdss of wildcats or other snimals 60 far M we know, tbnsfom to pay | bounty for them would only result is their sxtinc- ten, which is what mustn't happen. No country, no man has ths right tc sxtsrminais
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-15
THE INTEREsT REDUCTION (New Britain Heraid)

Reduction of interest rhteH om first mortgage ioans from c to , i.2 per cent ia important to eiti. gems of New Britain because thls statewide movement = if not no: tionwide movement--has reached tho local field. It is in line wlth susgeatIons made more than . yeas ago by observers who believed such action would help e alleviate hara ships being suffered by owners of equities in realty,
 The reduction on c house valued at giO,000 ene having. ( first mort. gage of sb,060, would amount te Is!. On PggepsgCsy Pge nuC M Wish ssamntsen a,asEa, would De gsso: . on property ,ncnrissSe we'.m " Ss6,00O. the reduction would pc The recent reduction Of interest rates on deposits by some Of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-15
MURDIsIs IN THE
 f.IE(5fBIy yATpfsE <as n.s4.f. i4FA~asAA

It is gratifying to note that there ars some legislators whe ars liked by the dlfIideHee and inactivity of the General Assembly, Nothing matters fo the majority ef iegisia~ tors except faeti0nai disputes over patronage. They eaE be saId. te De HfddilnE while Rene burns" Rep. resentatlve oscar DaHnenbeFG. ef lSFidaep0St made . weiI.Esefdited criticism Of its worthless methods, while fhe mere partisan criticism Of Governor crOss aise was not without plth.
 Tine eovsFner saiA tie repubp- cen legislators iH the state "ean get away with anything except conn hitting fnurdeF,v .
 iIe put it mildly. One ef thslF long guitg-te use GOilaauiaf iaR~ susEe equalilHG inst used by ths E6VeFn0f-has been aSld stttt is tbe fnufder Of democratic biIIs,