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and good they were here at home and how wrong it was of her to trouble them as she had. Even Benny was trying to bring balm to her wounds. She should get back to work immediately, with out wasting more time. Her hands seemed strangely empty these days. Now that Benny was well there were no tempting trays to be prepared, no sick bed to be sheeted and aired, and no frail youngster to be bundled into a big chair and wheeled out into the sunshine.
 The house was kept so imfnac- ulate that it required little of her time to set it in daily order. And when she entered the kitchen her mother rebelled.
 "Get right out of this kitchen,' Mrs Waring would scold. Haven't I turned the rest of the house over to you. Joan? No, you can't help me. There's nothing for you to do here. Go on in the living room and sing some of your songs"
 When Joan and Benny reached the house they found their mother in the kitchen with the inevitable pan of potatoes before her. "Joan," she insisted, There's nothing for you to do here. Did you sing that pretty song for Benny-the one that sounds like water running over a fall?" Mrs Waring had never seen a waterfall except in the movies. Nevertheless, travel-starved and loving beauty with all the passion of a nature that had been denied 1t, she had imagined such scenes many times.
 "When my ship comes in' How many times as little girl
 ha d Joan heard that phrase! But
 it had been a long time now. with recurring disappointments
 and hardships, since the old. op- timistic tone had been in Mrs | Warnings voice.
 Joan looked at her mother, pa- | tiently pairing potatoes, and
 thought of Barbara Courtney on
 a beautiful yacht at sea. | Gro Be Continued)
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at least brought happiness to Pat and health to Benny.
 Waiting for their drinks to be served, they watched automobiles arriving and pulling away from the curb. Joan recognized sever- al of the young people. A green roadster pulled into position and suddenly Joan found herself staring into the eyes of Carol Sheridan. Carols gaze met loans coldly. Then suddenly she smiled. How are you, Joan?" she aked.
 "very well. thank you" "Have you heard the news about Barbara? Isn't it marve- leus?" have spoken just then if her life depended on it. The other girl missing nothing of loans agita- ton, went on easily. Perhaps you didn't know, but Bob Weston is giving yachting party. They're in Havana now. Barbar's in the crowd, naturally, and she wrote her mother that they're having the most thrilling time! Isn't Bar bara the luckiest girl you ever heard ef?" :,
 "Yes," said Joan slowly. ''she is."
 carol turned to her companion then. Joan drank the limeade quickly, scarcely conscious of what she was doing.
 So Barbara and Bob were cruising the West Indies! We'll. she had known that before Carol told her. Why should the news torture her SO? Why should she even be interested?
 Lets go home," Joan said suddenly. Her voice sounded strained and unnatural.
 "Okay," Benny agreed cheer fully.
 He was talking about what a pretty boulevard Belvedere was and about the yellow brick house on the hill. He would like, he said, to live in a house with gables. They looked interesting. Joan ans wered absently.
 After a while Benny said, "That girl was talking about MT Wes- ton, wasn't she?" "Yes"
 "Is Barbara Courtney the girl she meant?
 "Yes."
 "I shouldn't think he would care anything about her." why, Benny! You don't even know her!"
 "Oh, I've seen her picture lots of times"
 | Joan hesitated. Then she asked, "Why don't you think he would like herr"
 Because, answered Benny, The knows you." | She laughed but there were tears in her eyes. Benny, with his absurd loyalty! How dear
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we'll that has not been used for the last 12 years s.... (M. H.)
 Answer-Boil all the water you drink, at least until you have the assurance of the local health de- pertinent that the water is pure.
 Now Who Is Tight?
 Kindly send booklet "The Art of Easy Breathing Am inclosing stamped addressed envelope as I understand you are too tight and lazy to use your own. (P. F.)
 Answer--Tighter and lazier than all get out, friend. I had to use your stamped addressed envelope to carry special message to you, informing you that the booklet will set you back (a) one dime and (b) a stamped envelope bearing your address.
 (Copyright 1899, John F. Dille Col
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THIS BASAL METABOLISM
 THING.

I've been exercising admirable restraint over that impluse for a year or more and I can't be a gentleman any longer. It is high time to have a quiet chat with those among our readers who shall be or are now being subjected to basal metabolism tests. Those who have had the experience should charge it off as education or divers ion. If the medical brethern elect to listen in on this confabulation 1t is all right with us, provided they preserve decorum.
 One woman writes: 1T was very sick all last winter. Doctor thought it was my heart, but I was too weak to be taken to hospital for a basal test. fine physician was giving me heart medicine heart was too rapid, 125 or more to the minute. -" This correspondent goes on to say that she has made remarkable gains since she began taking the iron and ammonium citrate I suggested here for a simple anemia. Probably the medi- cine did her no harm, but 1t is much more reasonable to assume that the medicine, rest and other things her physician prescribed ac- tuali1 produced the result she cred its to the iron. know human na- ture. But the point I wish you to notice is that the woman had a rapid heart action and the doctor was uncertain whether there was some organic heart disease or whether the rapid heart (tachycar- dia is the medical term for it) was merely a feature of hyperthyroid- ism or masked exophthalmic goitre Graves or Basedow's disease. or, as some machine-made specialists call it, "toxic" goitre).
 Here is another woman who complains:
 CT am 27 years old and have
 been under physic1an's care TOT
 two years -. have had meta
 bolism tests and found to be
 huperthyroid. Also I have
 uaroxysm taxis cardia (she
 means the heart action is rapid
 by spells) .... headaches :....
 teeth K rays O. K. but head
 x-ray showed slight sinus
 which is now cleared up....
 but headaches continue. ... .Fi-
 nally doctor ordered all medi-
 cine stopped and nurse to give
 high colon irrigations. ...."
 Here, too. the heart action was rapid and the doctor wanted to de- termine whether organic heart disease or some general condition cause the tachycardia. Hence the basal metabolism tests.
 This test is too complicated to describe here. Suffice to say it gives a. fair index or guage. of the rate of combustion, of fuel and tissue go- ing on -- metabolism, tle vital chemical process. In fever, for in- stances. the metabolism is speeded LID. In other conditions 1t may be slowed down below the normal rate of health.
 The knowledge, skill and judg- ment of a well trained physician, in my opinion, is better than any basal metabolism measurement the most expert technician can make, in the diagnosis and treatment of sickness. At least, I'd prefer a good doctors judgment to the find- ings of such machine measure ments.
 I say this only after a prolonged effort to learn how and why this imposing machinery was wished on the medical profession. think the use of such gagdets increases in in- verse ratio with the decline of me- dicaI training and skill. may be dumb. If so, I invite any physician who knows better to tell me and our readers about It.
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noG s1,tICK To AtITo

Detroit (UP).-With an autpmo- bile. which parking lot attendants bought second hand, came an 1S- months-old shepherd dog which they had not bargained for. The dog refused to leave the car. His owner, who sold the car, could not
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24

You are about as likely to do harm as good by doing so. As I have said repeatedly some cousins can safely marry and some cannot. It depends on whether or not the cousins are healthy and whether they come from reasonably healthy parents and grandparents. All the members of both families should be studied for two and If possible, three generations back and 8 deci- sion reached by this method. Tn. stead of deciding on the basis of a general prejudice against cousin marriages, something which IS without scientific warrant. Cousins contemplating marriage should con suit the biological or psychological departments of the nearest college or university.
 2.-Certainly, because self-preser- vation is mt a matter of logical reasoning. We cling 70 fife amid every hardship not for any "rea-
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her eyes and turns blue :. (Mrs D. H.)
 Answer-X-ray picture of neck and upper chest might show en- larged thymus gland, and x-ray treatments would do good. Mean time see that child has daily ration of plain cod liver oil and plenty of exposure of naked skin to sunlight, or if no sunlight available, the light of an ultraviolet lamp.
 We'll Water.
 Like to know what to do to
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KANsAN OWNS TINY BOOK

Topeka, Kan. (UP).-Mrs Annie Steward of Topeka has one of the smallest books known. It was giv- en by her grandmother and is en- der Herb" It contains verses from the Bible and is one inch wide, i IA incehs long and 1 1-2 inches thick and Is bound in green leath- CT. The book is 110 years old and was brought from England in 1S44.
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Send your money and order to Pattern Department, Waterbury Democrat, Waterbury, Conn. Re sure to state size.
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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
 BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D.

pertaining health and hygien to dis is
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Scratching initials and dates on hotel windows by tourists has caused a heavy loss in Scotland this eoAAon.
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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS.
 Breath Holding.

Daughter aged 3 has spells of holding breath when she cries, and she becomes rigid and rolls back
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be found. Humane authorities took the dog away and found a new owner.
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son." but because of the very na- ture of life itself which is anta. gonism to death.
 3.--No. It is a sense of danger but with escape assured. Two psy- chologists at, the University of Kansas, Harvey c. Lehman and Paul A. Witty found the fascina- ton of the "funnies' lays in the fact that the children observe the comic characters steal absurd sums of money without getting caught; they say the most impudent things to teachers and parents. destroy large quantities of property. fall off high buildings, get run over by trains, yet with no harm. The little folks imagine they are them selves these characters and thus get the thrill of doing as they please, expressing the desires or unhaimpered activity--yet with no danger of being punished.
 (Copyright John F. Dille Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-24
HABITS

HABITS
 You can make or break any habiE Good habits are pow erful allies. Because of their great importance to every one, Dr Albert Edward Wig. gam. distinguished scientist, has written q splendid lit- tle 28-page booklet on this subject. It includes prin. cipies of habits, their forma- ton and control as written by the late great Harvafd professor, William James. Booklet sent upon request accompanied by self-ad- dressed. stamped. return envelope. Include 1Oc in coin OF stamps to cover actual costs. Just ask for HABITS. Address pr Albert Wig9aIn in cure of this newspaper.
Evening star., 1933-08-10
C|NTAS AND HULL
CONFER ON CUBA
Economic Matters Discussed
in ParIey at State .
Department.
Continued From First Page.)

the stabilization Of political and eco
nomic conditions in Cuba.
Remains Optimistic.
The administration continues to
maintain the optimistic point of view,
that there will be no need Of an armed
Intervention in Cuba, and that Machado
will, for the good Of his country. accept
the main principles Of the outlined
plan.
The news from Cuba indicates, how
ever that this is not the point OF
view Of the Cuban dictator. Still sup
ported by the army and the police
forces, he believes in the strong method
and intends to put down the wide
spread rebellion by the force OF arms.
Under these circumstances it appears
the economic rehabilitation Of Cuba
demanded by President Roosevelt Is
still far of, and that an Intervention
by the United States may be IN the
end necessary.
The crux Of the whole five-point
plan is that Machado get out. as soon
as possible This Machado does not
want to do. His determination has
been further strengthened In the last
"a hours by the arrival of his faithful
secretary of state. DR.. Oreste Ferrara.
Ferrara Also q Fighter.
Ferrara, like Machado. is fighter
He has Just returned from London,
where he headed the Cuban delegation
at the World Economic Conference. He
has been impressed by the widespread
antagonism which exists in Europe
against the United States and realizes
the reasons why the American Govern
ment shows such reluctance to inter-
yene with armed forces In Cuba. Fer
rara is advising Machado to hold en-
and maintain an unyielding attitude
toward the Cuban political parties and
the United States.
How long Machado will be able to
play the present political game Is q
matter Of guessing.
There is no doubt that the last thing
President Roosevelt wants to do is to
But on the other hand, the adminis-
tration is determined to stick to its
guns. and insist that law and order
should be re-established in Cuba at the
earliest possible moment. AS the situ-
alton appears today, there seems to be
no other way of having order in Cuba,
except by Machado surrendering the
presidency to somebody more accept
able to the Cuban people. The present
situation of ruling with the gun and
the bayonet cannot continue, it was
stated.
The population ct Cuba Is In a
desperate plight. The entire economic
system Of the islard has broken down,
not because Cuba is going through the
economic depression like the other
countries, but because Of the political
conditions which have developed during
the last 10 days It appears. conse-
quently, that the first step toward an
economic recovery would be change in
the political conditions 0f Cuba, and
that cannot be brought about unless
President Machado consents or is forced
to retire.
Evening star., 1933-08-10
ROOSEVELT WANTS
MACHADO TO QUIT
TO MAKE PEACE SURE
tress in Cuba cannot be prevented
long as Machado retains office.

CONTINUED From First Page)
Evening star., 1933-08-10
MACHADO'S PARTY
WEIGHS PROPOSAL
Liberals Take Up Formula
Calling for Resignation
of Cuban President.
fcontinued From First Page.)

(COQtlNueQ fIOIu FlISI dSCo
a bakeshop, whose owner had not joined
the strike.
The war declaration was attended by
a series of sWift-moving developments,
among which were:
Bertha Skirving. cable company
empleye. who said she is an American,
was arrested for allegedly speaking un-
favorably of Cuba. but was released,
after being warned against recur-
renee,
Spanish Ambassador Luciano Lopes
Ferrer, according to an authoritative
source, protested to the PreSloent
against treatment accorded Spaniards,
two of whom were killed Monday, When
guards fired on crowds near the presl-
Dental palace and killed 81 persons;
Ofhcials at the British legation de-
clined to confirm a report that Grant
Watson, the British Minister, had con.
ferred with Welles about treatment OF
British subjects and damage to BRUSH
property during disturbances.
Meanwhile, Senator Wilfredo Fer
nandez. a conservative. who has sup
ported the administration, announced
q commission of congressman would
call on Senor Machado today to assure
him of their support.
Party Lines to Be Broken.
I'm any moment of crisis solution
may be found among Cubans." he as
serted. Strong opposition will develop
against intermedding. This apparently
was in reference to Welles' peace ef-
forts with opposition and government
chieftainS.
Secretary Ferrara told the Associated
Press that Senator Pedro Goderich,
who was reported yesterday as having
assured Welles of cooperation in the
mediation efforts, had later asked Ma
chado for an interview today in order
to express his esteem for the president.
meeting of the Liberals. DR.. Fer
rara said, was called for today when 1t
vas expected they would vote to sup
port Machado.
Oscar B. Cintas, Cuban Ambassador
to the United States, who conferred
with President Roosevelt yesterday. was
expected to talk with American State
Department officials today, according
to Ferrara, and to inform the Secre-
tary of developments subsequently.
Extra Precautions Taken.
The state of war was declared in ef-
feet at pm. yesterday and military
units, withdrawn Monday after the dis
turbances, were recalled Congress
granted the president authority to sign
the decree on Monday when it voted
the suspension of constitutional guar
antees for 80 days.
The deere said: THE interest of the
public peace demands the adoption of
extraordinary means for the maintain
ing of order, for which the reconcilia-
ton procedure adopted by the govern
mont have mot heen sufficient. nor have
the means at the disposal of the civil
authorities sufficed to prevent such dis
turbances."
Military commanders will be appointed
to succeed civil authorities in all
provinces The Interior Department de-
clared that formation of groups or too
high SPEEDS of automobiles are absolutely
forbidden" Extra precautions were
taken by police.
Evening star., 1933-08-10
ANOTHER ARREST
IS MADE IN KILLING
Seventh CoIored Man Held in
River Death at Piney Point.
Hearing Postponed.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The star.
LEONARDTOWN. Md, August 10
With the arrest this morning of a
seventh suspect in the murder of Henry
E. Hawkins, 42-year- -old Sperryville
(Va) live stock dealer the preliminary
hearing scheduled for today to deter
mine the fate of the other men under
arrest was postponed until Saturday
morning at 10:30 o'clock.
Counsel for the six colored men
who were arrested a short time after
Hawkins was killed by blow from the
blade of an oar at Piney Point Sunday,
court attaches and Magistrate John r.
Drury we're ready to proceed with the
hearing when deputy sheriffs walked in
Rudolph johnson, colored, OF P1ney
Point.
Johnson, they said. had been arrested
at his home and had been charged
with manslaughter in Hawkins death.
Counsel hvrriedly employed by Johnson
Immediately appealed for a continu-
ance of the hearing to permit him to
confer with his client and the delay
was granted.
A crowd of 500 people thronged the
court house and corridors for the hear
ing this morning, including a party OF
40 prominent Virginians who came
here to witness the proceedings. Among
the latter was States Attorney William
F. Mofitt of Rappahannock County, Va.
who urged local authorities to hold a
Joint trial for the prisoners.
Those held on manslaughter charges
in connection with Hawkins death are
Vernon Maddox, Charles johnson.
Francis Maddox, Neddy Johnson, George
Robinson, "Puddin" Robinson and Ru-
dolph johnson.
Evening star., 1933-08-10

Editors Note-This Is the third OF a
series OF dispatches surveying the tense
situation in Cuba.
Evening star., 1933-08-10
MARINES GET ASHORE
UNDER "HEAvY FIRE"
Work of Landing Part Of fes.. ..ure
of First Maneuvers of
Brigade.
9pecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
QUANTICO, Va, August 10.-A
landing party came ashore successfully
while under fire in a sham battle here
today as a feature of the first maneu-
vers Of the 9Th Marine Reserve Bri-
gade.
The Sd battalion of the brigade was
the landing force, while the 1st and I'd
battaIons attempted to hold the beach.
The landing was screened by smoke
laid down by squadron of planes.
The entire brigade practiced erect
ing pup tents preparatory to throwing
up field bivouacs next week in South
ern Maryland when the 9Th Brigade
will engage in war" with Virginia
training troops
Evening star., 1933-08-10

tress in Cuba cannot be prevented 80
long as Machado retains office.
From an official source here 1t is
understood President Roosevelt ex-
pressed sentiments to that effect during
his conference late yesterday with
Oscar B. Cintas, Cuban Ambassador to
this country. 1t is understood that
President Roosevelt spoke with blunt
directness during this interview.
Ambassador Cintas who was in New
York yesterday asked for the audience
al the Summer White House. The
Cuban made the journey to Krum FL
bow by motor, arriving at the Presi-
dents home around O'Clock. He was
closeted with Mr. Roosevelt in the lat
ters study for more than an hour and
as he was taking his departure ne met
Secretary of the Treasury Wood1n, VINO,
with Mrs. Woodin, was arriving at
Krum Elbow to spend the night and
part of today.
Besides finding the American Presi-
dent with determined and fixed ideas
about the Cuban situation and the i'm
mediate course of the United States, he
found that Mr.. Roosevelt was especially
we'll acquainted with Cuban affairs.
Very happily too. he found that MI.
Roosevelts aim was to help Cuba In
her present crisis and not to throw
his aid and influence to any one faction
on the island
Mr.. Roosevelt has always been q close
student of Latin America, but within
the past few days. since the disorders
in the island broke out, ne has been
in frequent telephone communication
with State Department officials. He
has been kept advised Of every de-
velopment. Moreover, just IN advance
of Ambassador Cintas' visit, the Presi-
Dental messages from Sumner Welles
American Ambassador at Havana
which had been brought here by q
trusted messenger in an airplane. So
confidential were these messages that
it was thought safer to have them
brought to the President In this way
rather than to trust them to wire
transmission. 3
Mr.. Roosevelt evinced a hopefulness
that the Cuban problem would be solved
quickly. He is counting heavily upon
Cuba accepting the plan Of Ambassador
Welles of its good Offices and friendly
aid
Nevertheless the growing turmoil and
the turn of events during the past 46
hours have given him grave concern.
While he seems determined to avoid in
tervention, he Is understood to have
given thought to such step in the
event he is forced by circumstances to
do so.
1t is known that in this respect the
President has within the past "a hours
reread the provisions of the Platt
amendment, which Is a part Of the
Cuban constitution and has reread the
official Interpretation Of this amend
ment by Elihu Root, former Secretary
of State. Briefly, under this amend
ment, Cuba recognizes the right of the
United States to intervene to save the
Cuban Republic from armed attack or
when veritable state of anarchy
exists.
Therefore, those who have talked with
the President feel certain that he Is 60
ing to order troops to Cuba only as a
last resort and only when he Is satisfied
that anarchy or Q condition equally as
terrible exists.
Evening star., 1933-08-10

and a Governor from the United States
or Machado steps down.
The United States does not wish to
intervene President Roosevelt desires
only to be a friendly neighbor. Inter-
vention would be the worst thing pos
sible from the United States view-
point Hence the pressure on Machado.
A showdown is surely approaching.
(copyrisnt, 1888 by North American News
paper Alliance. 1nc)
Evening star., 1933-08-10
SWIMS TO CATCH FISH

COLUMBIA. Pa. August 10 P.-
William Farley tells how he caught q
3-pound bass. He monIentarily placed
his rod on the bank Of Kerbaugh's Lake
and the fish struck Of went the fish.
hook. line and rod.
Fully dressed. Farley outswam the
fish. with its drag, and towed the bass
back to shore.
Evening star., 1933-08-10

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