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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16
Inexcusable Accidents

A narrowing but instructive summary of traffic accidents was given by the motor vehicle commissioner of New Jersey in q recent public address, He quoted statistics to show that street and highway accidents in that one state cause loss of $37.03 min ute. that there is a minor accident every nine minutes, one causing an injury every IS minutes. and every seven hours and 20 minutes a person is killed. He estimated that last year S25,ooo,00o was paid in claims for all kinds of street and highway accidents
 The commissioner does not consider these evils inevitable in motor age. He calls the prevalence of motor accidents "inexcusable. v With today's good roads and the improve n,ents in automotve construction, there should be ever fewer accidents in proportion to the number of ears in use. Accident totals and number of registered cars should not be allowed to keep upward pace with each other.
 There is sound reason for his belief that education for safety may be effective. Safety campaigns have lowered the percentage of accidents of truck. bus and cab drivers. The same sort of campaigns. pushed still further. ought to educate the private .motoEist to use zane caution in his driving. with a eonse. quent gain in traffic safety.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16
INSIDE INFORMATION ABOUT p1EuR1s1

Pleurisy is Inflammation of the pleura. The pleura Is the serous membrane that lines the sac on each sido is closed sac containing Q spoonful or two of serum. It serves to lubri. cate the surfaces so that there s no friction oi lungs against chest wall or of one lung sur. face against another surface.
 The classical sign of pleursy Is Q "stitch In the side" This often accompanies the onset or carly stage of lobar pneumonia, otherwise called pieuro- pneumonia and lung fever. Bu, In most eases pleurisy Is Iot accompanied with pneumonia.
 The first inside fact to be borne in mind when you have pleurisy is that you positively must not cough. Indeed, if you can do with. out breathing for day or two 1t Will bo great hep but if you feel you simply must sible. sH e." '''""'' '''"''' '''' "' '''' '' '''' That Is why the doctor puts you to bed for touch n of yGa he to lo on tho affected side. It is also tho reason why he puts m adhesive plaster girdle around your chest. Tho less you breathe for q while the better. You need to keep tho inhamed ploura as quiet as possible until the acute in. fammation subsidies. Also you hope to keer your pleurlsy dry. We don't want lot oi water, serum, accommodating In your pleura cavity. And wo don't want purulent pleursy- empyema.
 Empyema Is always q grave illness, the pa. tient suffering septic poisoning from the col lection of pus, which has no natural outlet or vent. The doctor Is always on the watch foi | any symptoms or signs of ths In cases Of ordi'
  pneumonia where convalescence IS unduly slow. Prompt recognition of the presence oi pus and immediate drainage by means of | | surgical opening of tho chost is tho remedy. Tho fact that simple dry pleurisy, one oi several successive attacks, so often occurs In tho earliest stage of pulmonary tuberculosis perhaps before tho tuberculosis is definitely diagnosed, makes the physician suspicious o' all mild peurises.
 Most pleurisies arc caused by infection oi tho pleura with the Pneumococcus. tho same germ that causes pneumonia and many case' of bronchitis, quinsy oven simple sore throat In empyema the >Pnoumococcus generally hai allies notably tho Staphylococcus (commor pus- producing germ) and the notorious Strcp. tococcus (which often causes acute blood poisng (septieemia) ].
 These remedial measures arc generally ad vlsable In any case of pleurisy:
 l. Avoid coughing talking, exertion. 2. Iie on tho affected side (to restrain move ment of that side).
 2. Relieve the stitch In the sde' by applying tight bandago or belt of adhesive plaB' ter around the lower part of the. chest. 4. Characterization of tho painful area say, q single painting of the skin with iodin or application of a home made mustard paste to bo removed when the skin under it becomes well reddened.
 {. Give patient benefit of the doubt by callinf the doctor if tho trouble does not subsid' within 36 hours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16
Expensive Mail

A congressman told the other day, in a House speech, about an American steamship line plying to Africa which has been paid $s7,s20 for carrying l33 pounds of mail and another line running to South America which received $363,0oo for carrying 75 pounds of mail. The latter job at regular ratcs he explained, would have cost $3256. This is one of the many ways in which Uncle Sam money dribbles away.
 There is something to be said, no doubt, for the common practice in this and other countries of subsdizins ships in the suise of mail contracts for the purpose of keeping the routes open. Such procedure usually implies belief that there is. or will be- value in maintaining such lines, either for business or military purposes. But it isa practice easily abused. If shipping or any other industry is to be subsidized, hadn't the pay. ments better be made as frank subsidies, without any dissuse'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16

Former Governor Alfred E. Smith has declined the ehairmanship of proposed commission to study state liquor regulation in New York owing to the pressure of duties. It is too bad that Governor Lehman could not persuade the democratic presden- tial candidate in 1928 to take this import. ant past The proposed commission is go- ing to perform great service. not merely for New York state, but for the entire nation. It's findings and recommendations may be- come universally accepted in the forty-esht states. With Smith at the head we certainly would look for an enlishtenng and ex- haustive report. Of course, that doesn't exhaust the list of possibilities for the ehairmanship. There are probably many others who will perform the task just as efficiently. We sincerely trust that Cover. nor Lehman succeeds in getting together a committee of able men and women The commission is to be named similarly to the the one sought in bill just presented in our Legislature. There will be seven members named by the governor and two by the General Assembly, one from the Senate and one from the House. The New York com. mission is to make report by February IS. At that rate speedy action on prohibition repeal, if it is forthcoming in Congress this year. is assured.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16
A SECOND MANSFIELD
(Hartford Courant)

For years 1t has been known that the State Training School at Mansfield was overcrowded and that many who needed It's protec- ton and care were at large in the community or living in institutions, such as tho county temporary homes, not fitted to take then. With the publication of the roconi- mendations of the commission on child welfare appointed in 1881 by the General Assembly, 1t now seems that another institution for the feeble minded is tho first need, or at least one of tho most urgent in the states program for child care.
 To-day, with HOO cases cared for at Mansfield, there are 800 names on the waiting list. Proba. biy moro than half of those who need the training offered at such m institution are not receiving 1t. The total number is not even known. To reotify this ignoranco of the problem, tho commission asks that Q travelling child guid. ance clinic be esta blishod. It would aid in the early diagnosis of many cases now long neglected. Tnis m. would save the money wasted in trying to carry these children n public school classes intended only for normal children. They need very different instruction, chiefly ID manual labor and in the formation of rood habits. If they receive this help. some of them may become gelf- su pporting. and many VII grow up harmless if not actually
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.


 Please explain the difference between butter. milk and acid0phiIus milk. I have tried both and they taste alike to me. Our druggist says you can prepare your own acld0philus milk by placing . tablet in a glass of milk. |. (R. c. WI
 Answer---In my opinion there is no difference 50 far as health or the treatment of disease is concerned. believe plain butterniik Is as wholesome, healthful and effective as Q remedy as Is any artificial milk beverage.
 Cosmetic Humbug.
 Kindly tell me through your columns if the following toilet preparations are harmful to the skin; double strength, and :. powder. (E. B.)
 Answer-The first two you mention are strong mixtures of ammoniated mercury, q caustIc poison. Tho last is ridiculous mixture of alum, and epson salts. about half and half.
 Ieavings.
 We are sending you q supply of our conee in the bean. It Is the best coffee, with the harm. ful drug, caffeine, removed. The caffeine is sold to and other pharmaceutical houses Answer-I do not agree that the caffeine in coffee is harmful drug. Coffee and tea ara beneGcient beverages to all except few in. vaIids ,and 1t is the caffeine Cor the theine) fn tho good cup or tea that makes the beverage ~ lcopyright John r. DiiIs c.,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16
So They Say

Were's going to demonstrate that bad luck Is nothing but imagina- ton. Whom everyone is convinced that 1888 Is going to be Q good luck year, business will pick up and the depression will be routed. . Sidney Strotz, president of the
 "Anti-Superstition Society"
 People have lost the art of lls- tening.
 England.
 There can be no national recov. cry 50 long as we have 10-cent corn, b-cent cotton and 30-cent wheat.
 Representative Marvin Jones (dem, Tex, chairman house agri-
 cultural committee. The desires to possess completely the person one loves makes much of the unhappiness in family roia. tionship.
 Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the president-eloct. We want whatever jobs are conn ing to us.
 -U. s. Senator Huey Long (dem, La.).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16
BLUE HEATHER AND BLUEBONNETs
(chr:stinl. science Monitorl

(Chr:stiaa. Science .Monitor)
 The Scots were aye 6 clannish folk. Maroon two of them on any uninhabited isle and, hoot, moni in no time at all they would be starting q St Andrews Club and, should another one wade ashore, they would certainly establish ( kirk.
 So tho news comes as no sur- prise at ali that the other day in Amarillo, up in the Texas "Pan- handle" members of the Scottish Society of that city presented the rtdoubtable Sir Harry Lauder with Q five-gailon cowboy hat which they desc ibe as "the headgear. of 0 race of strong men comparable to the Scots IIighlanders.v
 The picture is . pleasing one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16
Here, There And Everyvhere

productive members of society. TO give them specialized treatment not only protects them from neg iect and even persecution, but 1t also protects tho community rom the propagation of more childron of similar mental limitation, from accidents such as fro, from. over- burdening and breaking in health of mothers, and even from crimes of violence.
 How much the state can do this year toward expanding its service even whom the expenditure VIII work sure economy by preventing future costs, will depond upon mahy things besides the desirabil' ity of tho projects in and for them- selves. There will Do the question of rival needs, as, for example. providing direct relief for the des- titute, 6 and the question Of do: creased income. These things VIII have to be judged on . compara. five basis when all the recommei- dations and requests are m hana. but they should be judged with open mind and with full informa. ton. Tho case for greater care or the mentally handicapped childron' both from an economic and Q hu- maritarian point of view, VIII then bo recognized tobo very strong
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16

Washington-The ~theory that private business Is vastly more efii- cient than the government is not faring as well as it did in the days when large corporations were mak- ing money hand over fist.
 Argument as to that point is be- ginning all over again. The visit of President-elect Roosevelt and Senator Norris to Muscle Shoals, center of . long fight between ad- vocates of government ownership and those of private operation, draws renewed attention to it. So do such developments as the report of the committee on social trends with It's suggestion of so- cial-economic planning and the popula rization of technocracy with it's inevitable vision of 0 controlled economic structure.
 Several competent students have recently hurled spears at the notion that government Is not to be trust ed in any form of business, even to the point of insisting that the cost ment itself is relatively low.
 Even the berated farm board whose stabilization operations ap. pear to have cost two or three hun. dred millions, is defended by com. parison with private business in ar analysis by William F. Schilling l one of it's members.
 Schilling compares the young farm board with older, seasoned industrial groups, points out that the board ran head-on into the de. | precision almost as soon as estab- lished and says that although 1t if contended the boards capital true. ture has been reduced 63.4, Q list of 421 industrial stocks shows m average decline of 7S.6 from the 1926 index in reports of the Stan. dard Statistics company.
 Also, he says, the board wal forced by law to take c secondary position on all loans. So Schilline suggests 1t might be 0 good idea for the farm board to take over industries for operation.
 Then there's Judge George w Anderson of the federal bench, for mer interstate commerce commits sioner and U. s. district attorney who suggests 16 billion dollar government corporation. to tak' over tho railroads on the theor! ly that way.
 "In general, government business is managed on sounder and lesl wastful lines than private corpor' ation business," he has written 1T tho Atlantic Monthly. ",rhere is lesl fraud in government operation. Pri. vate corporations, however, art more successful in concealing botf their frauds and ineficiencies thar tho government bureaucracies IT general, our government functioni with less disregard of essential hu
 man rights and interests.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16

The incident adds color, if that DO nosaibie to e city whose bpanibn nsYnn connotes "coior of gold" and which to-day retains more than Q sniash of pioneer picturesqueneBs in m franc of purple sage. AS the ,Wrari6 W .beioyed entertainer doffed the tam. -shanter of his nativo braes for the wide and lofty som. brero of the Texan range, tne scent of bonny blue heather must have been waited to the nostri!s of those Scots of the western plains whore the lovely bluebonnet flower in springtime, transforms far.hung spaces into velvety carpets of az ure.
 times whom folks are hkeiy to pe "unco canny," Sir Harry opined' "This is 0 rare occasion. when one Scot receives . gift from afiother-. or an American, either. It must have required an .extensiye sub- scription. But it shows what my people can do when they amaisa-
 s. "A Cowboy in I.ilts,' is respect. fully suggesfed as q title for one more novel to tho celebrated au- thor of "Desert Gold" and "RIdera of fho Purple sage," with the Scot. tish Knight as hero, in tartan and sombrero, galIoping to tho succof of some bonny wee lassie whose ( .ttIo are being r9ided py COW rustlefg from the hills.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION
Doctor Hit In Epidemic

"TAe Last Adam" by James Cozzens, tells the story of . small town in Connecticut -- tells It so well that the day-by.day doings of the towns undistinguished peo" pie seem vastly important and sig nificant.
 MT Cozzens has drawn for us ' diverse group of imperfect and very human people; ordinary folk, ell of them, doing ordinary things in an ordinary way, put standing, somehow, for the eter" nal struggle and failure and tri" umph of the entire race.
 There Is q doctor - Q rathor siipshod, careless man, getting on | in years, drinking moro than is good for him, letting his patients die occasionally when another man might have saved them, but giving his best, on the whole, and lighting at least q fairly gooa fight.
 phoid fever epidemic. The people are frightened, and in thoir fright they turn on the doctor-who is also the local health officer. --- blaming him for the epidemic, try ing to take his job away from him. The doctor goes unemo- tionaiiy about his business, and his place is saved, at last, by the ma chinations of Q local political boss. On this slight thread MT Coz- gems has hung Q very moving story. The people in his book'- the tired little telephone operator, the rich mans rebellious daughter, the local bootiegger, the doctor and tho others = arc uncommonly real. Among them, they manage k to sum up the aspirations and disil- lusionments of all people every. where.
 Published by Harcourt- Brace, "The Last Adam" sells for S2.10. It is tho January choice of tho Book-of.the-Month Club.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16

You don't have to believe this. but it's true, nevertheless A prohibitive tariff may be placed on foreign midgets to prevent them cutting into the trade that the ones in the United States now hope to realize at the Worlds Fair in Chicago. American midgets are clamoring for protection, so that all will be asured of work without eompeti- ton from foreign ones. We should think that the immigration laws might take care of any such case as this.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16
IT STILL GAN WAIT.
(New Britain ITerald)

The newest pian to pipe sewage to the Connecticut river from this city--"60 per cent pure"--has been half q week old and the repercus- sions are scarcely noticeable. Tne claim 4g made that the state would permit 1t under the lawi but the atnte has also signihed that " looks with disfavor upon perpetual use of the Connecticut river as Q sewer, and public opinion seems to support this view.
 The plan proposed would De less costly than the disposal plant prcs feet. But when the city. finally does take action it ought to De or the right kind. If we wait long enough and times return to . sem. lance of prosperity we probaply will bo able to afford the disposal plant expenditure easily enough
 Of late we have been spending as much in c year for relief or tne uniucky as the disposal plant would cost, and doing. 90 virtually in cash payments rather than n HOnQUs WE HG F4HNNH. t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16
EVEN THTY AREN'T SAFE

Birmingham, AIa.--Even the
 guardians of the law aren't Inns
 fnune from burglary. The other night Q couple of bold bandits eus tered the police station ana saweo q five-inch hole in the liquor lock. er ana made off with . suitcase
 fiissd With iIduor. Police were sit- tiug in fhe next room. They be- |iieve that the bandits were some mon who knew that 2B salons of Ilquor had been seised . few days previous.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment, will De answered by Dr Brady. Address him, care of the Democrat, sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16

Some cynical persons want to know what New Yorks Radio City is going to be good for. We wouldn't be surprised if it operated the next national campaign.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16

The stock market was reported to be boiling" the other day. Good idea. What stocks need is to be boiled down.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 5:l9 o'clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16

Comes also pr Isador Lubin, Q widely-known economist of the Brookings institute, who contends that federal government would ap- pear far less expensive and treasury deficits almost existent if the treasury did not charge to current budgets investments of n perman- ent or longtime character.
 Lubin lists $1,227,000, 900 in, Re- construction Finance Corporation stock investment, federal land bank capital stock, farmers marketing and seed loans and the half billion investn. ..lt in public construction which he says no private business would charge up for immediate payment as the treasury charged 1t this year to the taxpayer.
 Public construction charges should be spread over the life of the projects, he says, and the loans charged on 0 separate investment account Further, there is the analysis oi David Lawrence, editor and writer, ] who proclaims that the real cost of 1 the civil government of the United States !s only S546,000,000 despite the 1033.34 federal budget of $3,. 500, 100000. The rest goes for the public debt, veterans, army and navy and the postal deficit which could be eliminated.
 The real point in that break down of expenses is that 1t shows that the actual cost of operating this government represents only about ono per cent of the national inoofna
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16

It is curious spectacle when the Water bury Republican attacks the manner in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16
We are merely drcamers,

We are merely urcnmeFb, In our common lands, Building Spanish castles, On the shifting sands. When they near completion, Crack on crack appears, Then they tumble to the ground, And we mourn through the
 ycarss
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 Keepers of the ZOO have discov-. cred that the gnu Is very fond oi music. So that's gnus for most or Us.
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 This concludes our opening pro. gram of the week. It came to you over DBD and was broadcast py the Waterbury Evening Democrat, pioneer in this type. of newspapeI work, We are signing off at thil time, to bo back on the air again tomorrow evening at the usual hour.
 Good night
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-16
Good evening.
 o-O-o A FEW GAGS
"A SMILES THE THING

A FEW GAGS Streamline cars are with us, Of swank they rate heap. Now when they hit pedestrians. They'll streamline 'em to sleep. 2. When co-eds learn dates must be
 kept.
 That sophs just cannot wait. When they hear travelling salesmen jokes.
 It's time to graduate. }. There's drama in life's every day. Behold, the dumb look wise, What little brains they hap to have. They surely dramatize.
 4. To keep your feet upon the ground And march on. unafraid. Is oftentimes life's cruelest test. To see how you are made.
 5. To put a grin in Day by Day. (The goal for which we strive.) Means putting on a mask at eight. And dropping it at five.
 o-O-o In the Congo they've discov. cred Q tribe of natives, able to jump seven. feet in the air. What great cheer leaders they'd make.
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 Barber shop blasts are. being laid to racketeers. But perhaps customers are merely drinking tho hair tonic and then mak- ing whoopee.
 o-O--o Senator Bingham attacked Hoover on the Philippine bill. ono lame duck to another, as 1t were.
 o-O-o
 Al Smith refused to head the New York state beer com- mission. As program seems to be, Give tho public what 1t wants and then keep away from what you give them."
 o-O-o A lot of people have ideas on how the depression can be helped, but few know how to end 1t.
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  Professor Piccard, so they say, VIII map the stratosphere' some And after all Is done, and said He'll find there's too much over- head$ o-O-o Germany Is experimenting with gas dugouts and gas cellars to pc used in event of war. And that's ghastly enough to suit anybody.
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 A prophet is without honor If his eleven snowstorms fail to click with interested read CTS of the paper.
 o-O--o A dollar bill lasts but eight months, according to treasury de- partment officials. You might write and tell them how long yours lasted.
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 Tho trouble with youth to. day Is due to the fact that It knows more than old age did a few years ago.
 o-O-o The new cars arc said to carry out the rain drop idea. l suppose next year they'll make e shift to the snow flake. UP AND AWAY If beer returns by summer, Twill help bring work, get wise' They'll have to make moro Tahgie- foot To catch the old bar files. o--O-o Japan will always silk worm its way into tho heart of America, no matter what happens. o-O--o People become candid when they find that elusiveness doesn't pay. o-O-o Cigar maker saves self from burning building.-News item. l suppose he tied the ropes together and slid to safety. o-O--o xnIgE XVNG