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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20
Beer Postponed

With all the activity in behalf of beer. and even final agreement on an alcoholic per- oentsge considered constitution proof. it IS not likely that there will be any lawful beer available this winter. If beer bill goes to President Hoover. he is expected to veto it. and the present Congress lacks strength to pass it over his head. Beer will come. no doubt, under the next administration. With a special session in the spring. there may be 3.05 per cent beer by summer, which is the big season for that beverage.
 When it comes. however, it will hardly be so exciting as a lot of enthusiasts have expected, or work the miracle of balancing the budget. For one thing. if Canadian experience is criterion, most of our beer drinkers won't care enough for it to indulge freely because they won't think it strong enough. For another thing, what with the taxes imposed, and incomes being what they are, most people who want it probably won't be able to buy it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20
So They Say

Modern civilization is q heritage worth keeping and tho only coun- tries which have a chance of re- taining 1t are American and Great Britain.
 --sinclair Lewis, American nov
 ist, in London.
 If we don't get m amendment (for prohibition revision) through at this session--cven though 1t is promptly passed at the extra ses- sion--two and maybe four years of delay will result. u. S. Senator John J. Blaine,
 (Rep., Wisc.)
 don't care much for the nov ies of today.
 William s. Hart, former star of
 western" movie thrillers.
 I'm the most misund erstood woman in the world right now. --Leonore Uric, acrtess, comment
 ing on the governments refusal
 to allow $11,000 reduction in her
 taxable income on explanation
 1t was spent for "entertainment."
 It is more difficult to search the heart of 6 dark continent than to search the depths of one's own soul.
 --Hobert Raynolds, novelist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20
Jim Corbett

The profession of fighting has had<many strange characters and many fine ones at that. But we doubt if there ever will be another Jim Corbett. To Corbett boxing was an art. It wasn't merely an expression of primitive passion as represented by two sluggers His passing removes one of the most colorful figures that the ring has ever produced It marks the end of d definite regime in boxing. Corbett was the acme of grace in the ring. In his heyday he was as much at home shuffling lightly over resined canvas as be was behind the foot lights.
 Corbett was always d good snowman Perhaps that's why he naturally turned to the footligbts after his ring career had been ended by Bob Fitzsimons' solar plexus punch. But it wasn't until 1903, six years after the Carson City debacIe that amazed the sport world. that Corbett defln- itely gave up all hopes of regalning the title And then began career that has had no equal. From champion of the ring Corbett turned 10 tbeatrieals with dash and fer vor that at one time made him the high est sslaned actor in the country. He even toured the world amid the greatest plaudlts
 It is few fighters who thirty years after they quit the ring are spoken of as Corbett has been. We can't think of any other fighter, not even Boston's strong boy John L. Sullivan, or Ruby Bob Fitz- smons, who remained in the public eye ss long as did Corbett. He lost bis title in 1897. He retired from the ring in 1905. He died in l933. But until he died Gentleman Jim" was an outstanding fig pre in any gathering. It certainly is tribute to his character. We can't find his equal We don't think it will ever be found.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20
Our Daily Washington Letter
The Congressional Pay-Cut
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

much for the good of the country and congress shouldn't set 8 fur thcr bad example.
 Congressmen lately have been put to additional personal ex- pcnse. such as clerical hire, by unprecedented demands from con stituents.
 The next congress will have 165 new mem bers. elected for the present salar1y, who should have 2 voice if the salary is to be changed.
 The congressman who doesn't think he is worthy of his hire should quit or return the excess to the treasury.
 Business men and lawyers must sacrifie their own interests to come to congress and usually have to finance their own cam paigns.
 The additional living costs and the necessary standards of living in Washington make 1t easier to live on $4,000 at home than $1O,- 900 in Washington.
 Most congressman must main tain homes both in their districts and in Washington. Moving fam- files back and forth is expensive and 50 is the cost of keeping children in school regardless of session dates.
 Congress has already reduced its salaries, mileage clerk and stationery allowance and multi piled income tax on it's salaries four or five times, besides passing the lame duck amendment which means two month less pay.
 Lunches, tickets, dinners, auto mobiles and other courtesics to visiting constituents are q tre- mendous expense, along with sub scriptions and donations in re- sponse to constant demands from back home.
 Most members lose money while in congress and depart in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20

The Ansonia Sentinel has picked up some information on the tax situation in Waterbury and finds it fit subject for sermon. Perhaps to an outlander Water bury does seem to be in ptiable plight We have heard so many people from other cities sympathzing with us on diverse oe- cssions that we are somewhat hardened to it now. But the Sentinel is somewhat in error. probably because it took the word of a critic. For example it commented recently, The Brass City which used to boast that it had something on everybody certainly has, when it comes to taxation with rate of 40 mills. =. " Waterbury still probably boasts high tax rate when compared to that in other cities of the state, but it isn't 40 mills and hasn't been for some years. One of the first things that Mayor Hayes did was to cut this rate He's stil diong it. too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20
A Book a Day
Pageant Of
 Human Life
by BRUCE CATION

For all it's cruelty and its dis appointments, life is pageant or splendor and vast beauty in- dividuals die, but the life stream flows on, and beyond death there are wild comets to ride, new lives to live, mighty adventures to un-
 This is the message implicit in Pageant" by c. B. Lancaster, q novel which spreads out over near Iy a century and clothes the life stories of many people in glamour and strange beauty.
 The scene Is an unfamiliar one, for an American audience; Tas- mania, that island province of Australia, where England once shipped thousands of convicts as well as a sizable number of gentle man adventures, and where the pioneering epic of our own land was rewritten with equal qualities of endurance, heroism and blood shed.
 Chiefly the book traces the for tunes of the family of Captain Comyn, who came out to Tasmania to become q gentleman farmer aft CT the Napoleonic wars. It follows the family down through the pioneer days almost to the present, and 1t is written with rich prodi- gality; half a dozen meaty roc mances are intertwined, any of them q novel by itself.
 It tells of Madam Comyn, who had great expectations and saw them foiled: of. Jenny. who had great love. lost 1t, and yet some- how kept 1t: of Snow, the convict. who wanted "a high death" and got it; of Julia, the firt, of Oliver, the gentleman sponger, and of reckless. bewildered Nab; and it becomes, as It's author intended, an imposing and colorful pageant.
 Published by the Century Co. at $2.50, 1t is the February choice of the Literary Guild.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20
A GENTLEMAN DISCOVERS THE
 DIAPHRAGM

For thirty five years the constipation habit made my life miserable gentleman tells me, though not in these exact words. insist 1t Is only a habit, but the gentleman has his own notion and with that slight modification I'll let him proceed under his own power:
 Three months ago heard of your E. E.
 and commenced the exercise as you de-
 scribe 1t, though not with much enthu-
 siasm. To my surprise good results were
 evident within q few days and in q short
 time results were marvellous. Today at G5
 the alimentary function IS az regular and
 as natural aS when l was a healthy young
 ster. 1 leave It to your imagination how
 pleased 1 am and how thankful l am to
 you.
 The E. E. exercise the gentleman refers to is Belly Breathing. After years of patient en. deaVor 1 have succeeded in getting this word past the ccnsora, in spots. But 1t required a fight to accomplish it. Had to teach the snobs the ctymoloey of the word After all. the vul- garlty is all on the side of the prude who says hbdomcn--accent on the dough--when he means belly. You cant get much light on this out of your dictionary, either Nor can any highbrow phiIOlogist help to clear up the ambiguity, unless the expert happens to have more liberal education than most saVantS have. Here ia where an elementary knowledge of anatomy and physiology proves essential in broad learning. The belly Is tho anterior wall of the abdomen. The abdomen is q cavity. The word belly is derived from the Anglo-Saxon term meaning bellows. So when l say Belly Breathing mean using your bellows.
 Now. before they throw us out let us give instructions for the Belly Breathing exercise:
 
 atcly. Rest hand on the belly aB an in- dicator Open your mouth and draw in q long. slow cvcn quiet breath, striving to infate the belly. but not atrainiDg. Then as slowly and evenly let the breath out, that iS, let the bel lows dcnate, and observe how your indicator hand slow sinks as the bellows cmpties itself Avoid forced strained efforts, either to ex- pand or to contract the chest; do not strive foi extreme Inspiration extreme expiration. Strive rather for free and smooth imitation and dcfiatlon of tho belly. Half dozen brcaths in fLiu Vfsin fne nnn the E. E. every night when composing yourself to sleep. and again every morning before you get out of bed
 The purposes for which 1 recommend Belly Breathing are:
 l. TO keep down excessive blood pressure.
 z. TO help the circulation. It warns up cold feet.
 5. TO help you to relax and go to sleep normally.
 1. To InassaGc the liver and bile apparatus.
 !, To relieve functional difficulties of wom- 
 G. TO relieve the distress of those who suf- asthma chronic bronchitis.
 Note do not suggest that this exercise will correct the bad habit the gentleman says it corrected. But 1t can do no harm in any case. Always remember the only muscular effort is inspiration, drawing in air, imitation of tho bellows. Expiration or deflation is m elastic recol and should be without any muscular ef- fort.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20
:. TO DEVELOP SHERWOOD
 ISLAND PARK
(IIartford courant)


 Only two years ago the general assembly voted $250,000 as an in- itial outlay for a shore park in Fairfield county to cost in total not more than $750,O00. To be sure, 1t recalled the bill from the cngross- ing clerk because of public pro- test, not that so much money should be spent, but that 1t should be given to q special commission empowered to select a site when 1t was known that the state park and forest commission desired to devel- op for this purpose the property which it had bought in 1914 at Sherwood Island in Westport.
 A hearing on this question was held on Wednesday without 6 word said against proceeding as the park com mission believes to be most ad- vantageous. That was indeed a yic- tory for the people who have every confidence in the commits sion and very little in the appoint ment of any special committee to spend q special appropriation at it's discretion, but on this occasion there was no talk of q general ap- propriation of the round sum of $250. .O00. This may be solely be- cause the depression, which began before the session of 1891, was not then causing any great pressure for reduction of the state budget. It should be borne in mind at the same time that the known demand for such c park was not so great then as now. In 1929, about one million people visited the state parks: in 1882 the number had more than doubled.
 Two million people have found recreation, fresh air and exercise in the parks, at low cost and with satisfactory return in health ana happincss.e Tn densely populated Fairfield county there is no shore park open to their convenient use. With it's development, the num- Der of park visitors is sure to take another tremendous jump. No ex- travagant proposals are being made. The several bills calling for purchase of specific lots are not being seriously urged. public sentiment favoring rather the sin- gle bill which calls for an appro- priation of $100,000. It is not q large sum, but 1t would be a bee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20
NEA Service Writer

Washington - The good old, ever-more-popular policy of "blame 1t on Congress!" has been given an especially arduous workout over the land since the house de- feated proposal to cut congress ional salaries to $7,50O a year and another proposal to cut them to $5,000 a year.
 Perhaps 1t would be difficult to find 435 employed persons among whom as large proportion would vote to reduce their own incomes as did in the house, but when other citizens start thinking up reasons why congressional sala- ries should be cut and congress- men start thinking up reasons why they shouldn't the American mind SC ems to be revealed at a high peak of fertile activity. l propose to summarize the argu- ments pro and con for whatever they may be worth:
 FOR
 Last years reduction from $10,- 900 to 5000 wasn't deep enough, being neither in line with the gem erai drop in salaries and wages or with the democratic promise to re- duce federal expenses 25 per cent.
 The country is going through q period of unrest and its people need "a tonic of self-sacrificing example"
 If congress cuts its own sala- rics it won't be so hesitant about cutting other. federal expenses. It avoids other economies because 1t doesn't want to hurt itslf.
 The last increase of congrcs- sional salaries -- in 1927 - was $2.500, 50 why not a $2,500 cut now, since $7,500 goes as far as $10,O00 in 1929.
 Actual savings if salaries were reduced to $7.500 would be about $800,000 year, but might lead to other federal salary cuts aggre- gating as much as $S0,000. 900.
 Living expenses in Washington would be lowered if salaries were lower, thereby eliminating the argument about the expense of living here.
 AGAINST
 Either proposed cut would make congress 6 "rich mans club" it's members subject to domination of and reward by special interests. A cut to $7,500 would reduce federal expenses only one ten thousandth of one per cent.
 Salaries have been cut too
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20

Good news from Bear Mountain in New York state is the announcement that the new highway to the summit of this eminence will be completed by carly summer. The route is to be dedicated as a memorial to George W. Perkins. chairman of the Palisades ln- terstate Park commission for twenty years. It starts on the south side of the mountain from what is known as Seven Lakes Drive. This is two miles from Bear Moyntain Inn. The road winds around the mountain emerging on the eastern side, this affordng magnificent view of the Hudson and the highlands. It is fitting accompaniment to the now renowned Storm King Highway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
 aHAa .a.sAa

1 have been eating from two to four ounces of peanuts, bIanchcd, every day. am perfectly healthy, but ] wonder whether salt on the peanuts Is good for me. (Mrs II. w. G.)
 Answer--Pcanuts are excellent food. having about twice the nutritive value of bread ana three times the nutrltive value of meat. The cxcess of salt is objectionable, and will tend to make you fabby and ioggy. Why not take your peanuts straight?
 Weeping Sinew
 Sister has Iump on right wrist Doctor called tt weeping siDew. It is painful af times. Sine bss lad it about six weeks. Please advise how to get rid Of I1 (Mrs. F. M.D
 Answer--cyst formation of tendon sheath or Of capsule (liningJ of joint. Also called gang lion. ,rhe sac contains clear thin fluid. Best trea sment is removal of sac. which may be done under local anesthetfc in doctors office, at any ''"s' Copyright. John F. Dnle Co,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20
STATE SALES TAX'NOT
 WANTED
lBrldgeport Telegraml

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 We want no general sales tax in Connecticut. The several bills in- troduced in the legislature for that purpose ought to be defeated.
 In the first place the general sales tax (which is very likely to be adopted by congress as q way of raising national revenue) Is a measure which, from It's nature, ought to be left to federal rather than state legislation. It should be applied on nationwide scale. otherwise 1t is bound to raise all sorts of smuggling problems and bring about all sorts of unfair re- tail competition along state bound- aries. That situation already ex- ists, where the differential between gasoline taxes of adjoining states is sufficiently high.
 In the second place, it Is highly probable that sales tax will be another duplicated tax, repeated by both federal and state govern ments, when every effort should be made to avoid such duplication.
 Finally, we believe it would be Q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20

The principle of nomination by the Governor and election by the General Assem-
 bly,. first adopted for the Supreme Court of Errors and the Superior Court with gen eral acceptance was extended to the Court of Common Pleas. In his inaugural message of 1913 Governor Baldwin said that this principle should be now further extended to all municipal courts. In giving this as his opinion he was only sharing the views previously expressed by Governors Roberts and Woodruff. From that time 10 this the Legislature has gone on making holy show of judicial appointments and generally going from bad to worse. At the preseh moment the situation is the worst it has ever been. This may be blessing in disguise. It may mark the turning point - the end of a miserable system that puts politics into the courts and judges into politics. :" Hart. ford Courant And thus it goes. From every direction criticism of our method of naming judges of the minor courts and of the constant wrangling over them. that sue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20
Here, There And Eueruvhere

ginning and 1t would incidentally provide work for some of the un- employed. It seems q highly reas. enable, even moderate request. and one that those who voted $250, 900 for a similar park in 1881, only to withdraw 1t. should now accept as advancing the chief purpose for which they were acting before the development of q Fairfield county shore park.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20

good idea to insist that there should be no new taxation at this session of the General Assembly. Every effort should be made to get along within the probable revenue provided by existing taxes rather than to add new ones in tax weasy commonwealth. This tax business has already reached the point where many established taxes are responding to the law of diminishing returns. As the rates grow higher the revenue grows less. Legislators should take this lesson to heart and ap- ply thcmcIves 10 the problem of getting along on what they have. Instead of seeking for more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20
WALCOTTs MORATORIUM
(New Britain Heraid)

(Ncw Britain Herald)
 Senator Walcott is correct in his thesis that small home owners are entitled to as much consideration in staving off foreclosure proceedings as the owners of farms in tho west The farmers have been receiving all the publicity. and we are not for n moment suggesting that their plight Is not hideous. But thous- ansd of small home owners have lost their homes in the cities and for the most part their financial tragedies. so bound up with sent- ment and tho home-loving instinct, have gone unrewardcd with na- tionwide public attention. Almost everyone knows of friends who have suffered in this manner; they are spread over the cities by hun dreds of thousands, probably being quite as numerous as the farmers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20

This certainly has been winter of con tradctions We bad cold Thanksgiving and early December. Then heavy snow storm. Then came thaws and warm Christmas. New Years was cold, the thermometer racing down five degrees at a jump. Then more warm weather with thunder and lightning. Then February blizzard More tbaws, plenty of fog. Another cold snap. Then spring weather. What next? Who knows3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20

cessive sessions of the Legislature produce. is heard. We don't see how those men and women who go up to Hartford to decide the questions of the state can we'll ignore the handwriting on the wall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20
Personal Health Service
 (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment, will bc answered by Dr Brady. Address him, care Of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20

Some stout-hearted. oldfashioned Amerl- cans are still demanding collection of those foreign war debts. and it would be only fair to let them try it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20

No, we don't want unsound money All we want is dollar that will stretch as ln- comes shrink.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 6:O2 o'clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20

Tn trying to save dog from death under q truck. ,ninety-five year old Alexander Crispin met death under the wheels in East bourne, England, but the canine escaped.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-20
UP AND AWAY

Winters passing speedily.
 To that one can't bc blind, With February rains at hand,
 Can spring be far behind? <.
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 One of the now books is en. titled, "Oniy Saps Work" And with spring at hand. when sap flows, it's more or les stlmely.
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 This concludes our opening pro- gram ofsttie week. It came to you over DBD and was broadcast by the Waterbury Evening Democrat. pioneer in tbls type of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time, to be back on the air again tomorrow evening at tho usual hour.
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 Good night.