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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-07
For Christmas Take These Tips Or 7ables
Three Way Piece Ideal For Im-
 Formal Meals

Nests of coffce tables are new too. Heretofore, only high tables were made in nests. These little things come with three or four to a set and can be pulled apart to give several buffet supper or tea guests place to set cups and saucers.
 Some of the coffee table sets have a dropped panel on one side and it completely conceals the fact that there is more than one table. Others have a tiny drawer in which you can have your spoons or other silver ready for tea.
 Square tea tables, to go in front of the divan, have dropped edges -one on each side-so you can make the table larger If you have more than the expected number of guests.
 Tier tables are quite new and give you plenty of room for odds and ends that go on a table. The top shelf can hold a lamp and the bottom one may be used for mag azines and books. These are parti- cularly good for mothers room, since they hold her mending bas- ket, glasses and her favorite book.
 A tier table on wheels-spme- times known as a tea cart-1S the forte of the hostess who has no maid. It can be wheeled in, laden with food for the various courses of the dinner. and placed just be- side the hostess chair so she can serve from it instead of having to run back and forth to the kitchen. There are inniumerable new vari- cities of this type of utility table. Little low bookshelves have ta- ble tops too. Low enough to be just right for a reading lamp and the same time high enough to hold reading matter, they are ideal for both living and bedrooms. Every bed needs table beside it and one nice idea is to match piece of cloth which goes under the glass on a glass topped table to your bedspread or the drapeS. If you're getting a table with an eye to moderning your home, re- member that straight legs are bet ter than gate legs. Also remember that plenty of tables, no matter what the size and shape of their legs. are far better than an inade- uuate supply,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-07
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS When the Diabetic Travels

I have diabetes and must weigh my food and take insulin. While do so I get along very well. Can I travel? I am so situated that I might enjoy travelling, only won der if l can get weighed food on Pullman trains and in hotels. |. (Mrs H. E. J.)
 AnSwer-Learn to order things that you can weigh for yourself at table. Then pack your scales and your insulin outfit and hit the road and enjoy yourself.
 Early Research in Beauty Culture
 Daughter 10 1-2 years old took 8 notion to cut her eyelashes last night. Some one had told her cut ting them would make them grow long. cry every time I look at her. Can you tell me anything that will make them grow? (Mrs M. H.)
 Answer-They'll grow to their normal length in a few weeks. The superstition is just as. sound as the companion superstition that clipping or cutting hair makes the hair grow better.
 Cod Liver Oil
 Please advise the dose and tffe preparation of cod liver oil to take for chronic sinus trouble. (F. M. R.)
 Answer-For adults a table, spoonful daily, for children a tea spoonful daily, of plain crude cod liver oil which good druggists sell in bulk. believe such cod liver oil is preferable to any fancy brand.
 Copyright 1893, John F. Dille Co.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-07

t.-No. Psychologists now urge that we say, Girls are superior to boys in certain abilities; boys su- perior in others" Prof William F. Book and John L. Meadows, at Indiant University found from an extensive research that boys exceed girls in arithmetical ability and practical information, while girls do better than boys in logical me- mory and language. Psychologists say we should quit speaking of men or women are generally i'm ferior or superior to each other but get down to measuring the special abilities and qualities of person ality in which each is superior or inferior.
 2.-Referring again to that en- chanting book. Mind in the Making" James Harvey Robin son. the author. sayss "What we remember at any time Is only an infinitesimal part of what hasshap- pened to us. We could not remem-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-07

 YOURSELF GsBy Alicia Hart s,I
0i93ss7 NEE sER1icE iNc

Every head of hair, whether it be dry, oily or normal, should be given a daily brushing.
 Your hair should be given at least one hundred "icks'' with a good brush every night. Remember that you can't overdo brushing. The more you brush, the healthier your hair will be.
 Choosing good brush is an mi portant step in 8 beauty routine. Specialists agree that a brush with stiff, short bristles isn't good for the hair, particularly the little, fine new hairs that are just starting to grow in. So select brush which has rather long, flexible bristles and learn to care for it correctly.
 Your brush should be washed often with warm water and soap suds. If possible, let it dry in the sun. Naturally, it is more convent ent to have more than one brush. Then you'll always be sure of hav- ing clean one on hand.
 Never keep Q hair brush on top of your dressing table. It should be placed in a drawer, carefully wrapped in oil paper, or in little box of its own.
 Wipe your brush each time after you have pulled a section of your hair through it. In that way you will avoid putting dirt from one spot on your scalp back on another part of it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-07
PARIS STYLES
BY MARY KNIGHT

Paris. (UP)-'We Take Hus- bands Into Account" This is the novel bannerhead put out by the house of Helm, and in explaining just how this is done they say: "We are considering these weary busi- ness-getters in our mid-season col lection. Or, rather, their put-upon wives. We have included some semi-demi models for dinner and informal wear as concession to the masculine sack suit (sack cloth and ashes) but with sufficiently low cut backs to express defiance to great informality.
 "Then, as gesture to less tire some husbands Cor less tired, maybe) we areswilling to play up and put on their best bibs and fuckers we have designed accom- panying dresses for accompanying wives, really elegant creations in velvet or satin that will make any husband proud of the little wom- an.' One model, one-piece affair in silver lame, is cut just like a mans dinner-suit. All of these models are excellent for Christmas and New Year gaieties. With some of the ensembles there are evening coats and furs, and some have very lovely silver fox capes."
 Tristan Bernard recently con- scented to speak to Helm clients on the subject of Elegance in Men," He was fair enough to admit that there were times when the ele- gance of women was limited by tired business men husbands who just couldn't bother at night to change into white ties or even 'le smoking" (tucks to you), but that they were not always inexcusable.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-07
Bookcase SeyUeS As e Rest For LGmpAnd Vase
BY MARIAN YOUNG

Luxurious easy chairs and fine
 reading lamps are, of course, nec-
 essary and important, but you'll lose the point of your domestic , happiness plot if you don't include a table in each furniture group. No
 easy chair can fulfill It's purpose
 unless there is a little table along
 side of it to hold lamp for read ing, supply you with smokes or De
 handy for your spectacies ana | book.
 Sometime tables can be placed | between two chairs and furnish two reading hooks in one furniture group.
 End tables, thoroughly mod-> ern invention, are utility persofli- | fled. Every memer of your family and each guest who sinks into one | of your club chairs looks around for and expects to find an end ta- | ble on one side of the chair. Even divan that is backed up by long library table calls for little end ta- bles. It's entirely too uncomfort- able to have to turn all the way l around to flick ashes from a cig- aret.
 Three- Way Table Smart
 There is a new three-way table IIdI lS iutdludDic tO tAO hOoeCSc | who serves informal buffet suppers Raised to its full height. it suits
 anyone who sits on the divan or in
 a chair. Lowered to its second
 level, it will please the person who | adores sitting on low hassock.
 Besides these features, it can be | completely folded up to make an l adequate serving tray.
 The coffee table was invented originally for the hostess who
 served afternoon tea or after din-
 ner coffee in her living room. But
 the coffee table of today stays up
 all the time and has come to be
 known equally well as a table for cigaret boxes and matches. New lacquered coffee tables with
 collapsible legs can be folded up to rest in the closet until you need
 them again. These are splendid for the housewife who lives in small
 apartment and who still likes the gesture of five o'clock tea or after
 dinner coffee when friends drop in.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-07
EH YOUR 
 By Olive Roberts Barton
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Where are you going. Scott?"
 Bob whistled. "Pll be back in a minute.'
 You can't go," said scott's daddy. "Its dark and cold. You sit down and get your lessons"
 "Oh, Dave, don't be ordering him about. that way. He'll only be a minute, won't you dear?" Sure. He just wants me for something. I'll be right back" You're not going" Mother says can. Can't I, Nom? Just a weenty teeny min ute ?'
 ''Do let him, Dave. Don't be such a bear"
 David picked up his paper and did not answer, but when the door had slammed he remarked, That's the way you are. He gets crouI and then you're all in next day. All right-if he's sick tonight don't call me. I'm tired" Mothers Anxiety
 Scott did not come back so out went his mother. He was over in Bobs yard helping his friend to hunt his lost knife with a fash light.
 "scotty, come right home this minute. What do you mean by staying out so long?"
 All right. I'm comin'. But you said I could come and help. Yes, you did. too. All right. all right! G'night, Bob."
 His mother listened to his breathing all the rest of the eve- ming with anxious fear. If he got NIyt t1n yt1 lyrHr esl. tv1 e. ( not only nursing but her husband s T told-you-so's."
 But he was all right. Nothing happened and all was we'll.
 The next night it was sleeting. Boy" said his father, "Go down to the drug store and get me a pack of cigarets."
 "On night like this, of all things!" exclaimed his wife. You must be crazy. The weather's terri ble."
 'He goes to school in it, doesn't he? He'll only be gone few min- utes, You let him go out last night"
 Scotty looked at his mother and coughed.
 You see," she cried. Hell be sick all night. Here, give me the money and I'll go myself. For answer he got up, put on his own hat and coat and left.
 A whistle outside. Scott flew to the door. Say. it's great out, here" called Bob. Its like snow. Let's slide minute"
 The sleet was dry and the street was white.
 Nom, can't go, just a minute. I'll put on my coat. Just one slide? Two?" He held up a finger, two fingers, five fingers.
 "Very well, but hurry up. Your father will murder me, if he sees you"
 Mother and son peeped at each other from time to time enjoying their little secret. A conspiracy against "the old bear.'
 Not so good, I think. Just an- other. brick added to the wall those two were rearing between themselves and the boys other parent. Just Q little one but little things count And yet if the man had suspected perhaps he too would have been more consistent in authority.
 Cooperation between parents is best.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-07
What The Doctor Says BY DIR. s. ]. CRUMBINE, GENERAL EXECUTIVE
 AMERICAN CHILD HEALTH ASSOCIATION

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 sThen what are all these toys for?" I asked. "For the hospital,
 said Mary; flor the sick children's s Christmas tree. We couldn't afford to buy new toys so we're fixing up all the old ones we can get hold of Because, Doctor" broke in Claire solemnly, you couldn't give anybody a toy you wouldn't play with yourself, could your? l couldn't help smiling at Claire's s echo of her mother. but agreed that it wouldn't be very polite, and a few minutes later (Claire having passed my three blind mice as "pretty good") left them to their devices and went upstairs again.
 MT and Mrs Johnson were busy with Christmas too. With the chill dren safely out of the way they were discussing what would be the best gift for each of them. They told me they had decided that one gift each would be plenty, added t, those which always arrive from grandparents and other relatives.
 The difficulty was to find some thing which would give the most pleasure. I saw the list as far as it went: Bill-new dancing pumps; Mary--sketch block and pastel crayons: Claire-ice skates; Rob- ert-toy carpenter bench with hammer, nails and, saw. That was as far as MT and Mrs Johnson had gone, and I thought 1t an excellent selection. Each gift is chosen to fit each particular age and taste. The gifts will provide a great deal of pleasure because they are really constructive, being related to what each child is most interested in doing at the moment. There is nothing fiimsy or stupid or danger ous. And each calls for definite effort on the part of the child if he is to enjoy 1t properly.
 imagine that Baby John will get a ball. or some kind of floating
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-07
THE MYSTERY OF LIFE

THE MYSTERY OF LIFE Give me a good mystery yarn andIoh, a few simple adjuncts, and I'm happy. The general run of fiction, both classical and wood pulp, never troubles me much. I did follow through yarn of Knut Hansum's-Growth of Soil = for the charm of the writer's style, and I dipped into one of Arnold Ben- nett's tales of the Five Towns or was 1t Three Towns, held for few chapters by the authors intimate knowledge of the technical side of divers professions. But for real entertainment and forgetfulness of worries and troubles give me a | mystery story-none of your smart detective tales, but mystery with atmosphere and suspense and not too many errors in spelling and syntax.
 I like my mystery served as a side dish, and not mixed in with regular rations.
 When I was a boy IF or IS years old, in my first year in college, I worried great deal about what I learned only a year or two later was a normal condition. I used to read with great interest the book lets and the newspaper ads of the many quacks who boldly cried their wares in those days, and all that ever kept me out of the clutches of some such vulture was the fact that I didn't have the price. That is just one of many reasons why am glad was al- ways hard up, heavily in debt,' when I was a youth. It is one req son why feel sorry for the boy who begins his fast life driving his own car in his college days and even in his high school days. He doesn't get fair deal.
 Acne was another more or less normal condition that gave me many unhappy moments. It makes thousands of boys and girls need lessly unhappy. I wonder why it is that parents then and now pre- fer to keep up the mystery of life and either hold aloof or actually frown on efforts to teach the chill dren the truth about things from the beginning.
 suppose it is only natural for us old folk to look upon the fam ing youth of the day as frightfully sophisticated and all that. We'll, I see youth in the same light, as plain citizen. But let me tell you see youth in another light, in my capacity as health adviser. These wild-talking boys and. girls today are just acting. trying to be non- chalant. When it comes right down to the heart or soul they are just as dumb as ever. Their sophistication is merely an affection which they get from the movies and the wood- pulp magazines.
 have a general letter of in- struction and advice which I com posed originally for boys sixteen years or older, but I am glad to send this letter to any boy of any age who asks for it and incloses a stamped envelope bearing his ad- dress. And if the boy writing for this advice and instruction pertain- taining to sex has a particular question he would like answered privately, he may ask the question. All l insist on is sincerity, and no impersonal or hypothetical ques- tions.
 Sorry can't offer similar service to girls. Tried it out some years ago and the vote from mothers, perhaps a bit behind the time. but mothers of modern daughters, proved adverse and discontinued the letter for girls.
 Life is mystery enough, without any superstitious or meretrieious taboos to lead children astray.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-07
CHOOSING CHRISTMAS GIFTS
once more the Johnson base

once more the Johnson base ment has become a workshop. was down there last Saturday aft- ernoon. at the children's invitation, and you never saw such a hive or industry. To begin with, the room was almost full of toys. On one aide. piled up on clean newspaper was a heap of old toys-broken dolls. dyspeptic-looking teddy bears building blocks with pictures torn off. and so on. On the other side, arranged carefully on another newspaper, were several shiny, new toys. At least I thought they were new until Claire explained that they were just made over ones.
 The making-over process was in full swing. Bill was busy with glue pot and string, with hammer and nails and paintbrush, mendlng and remodeling. Mary had bor- rowed her mothers sewing machine and was turning ou tdolrs dresses and bed clothes and goodness knows what not. Claire had charge of the paste pot and shears. She was clipping bright colored pie tures from magazines. and pasting them either in scrap books or on the sides of building blocks. And Robert was running errands TOT the others, using his red wagon as delivery truck.
 They let me stay and watch them for a while on condition that I did something useful! So bor- rowed Claire's shears and cut out three blind mice and the farmers wife from a dilapidated nursery book while Claire went on with her pasting. As we worked Claire and the others told me that they had decided this year not to give Christmas presents to each other. .The boys are going to give some- thing to- Mother,r said Claire, "and Mary aKd mere goihg to give Dad snmethine. But it's a secret" she
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-07
STYLE CHATS
WITH ALMA ARCHER

Most of the Horse Show ponies hung up their saddles and quit work over the influx of muffs the opening night. These new muffs just about accommodate peck of apples and are definitely flat like the old rug" muffs, replacing the silly little barrel types. They're us- ually carried with these absurd and, little short capes or jackets of ermine, but some of the loveliest are in silver fox. The new CT ermine wraps are about knee length. and often have a detach. able ascot scarf of either matching or contrasting fur, as sable scarf against the white, ermine. The fur capes and packets are grand be- cause they may be worn over long velvet evening wraps if ones gown needs more protection than short doo-dad affords.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-07

Il can 1maglne, BannlSter said dryly. Mind showing me just how King was lying when you found him ?"
 The clerk agreed willingly but his description-even the demon stration he attempted was not very clear. Bannister decided that he would have to have a look at the police photographs.
 Suddenly the cat on the window ledge jumped down. Link saw it and said, "Oh, there's Rajah! I don't know what's to become of him! MT King thought the world of that cat. UsedNto bring people here especially to see him. I told the maid to see that Rajah got his meat this morning. MT King al- ways had it sent in regularly. It's a valuable cat, you know. Very valuable. Whats to become of 1t now I'm sure I don't know!"
 How about Kings relatives 2" Bannister asked. Haven't they lebeen notified?"
 eff they have nobody has told me about it." the clerk, said, rather aggrieved. T suppose someone will have to take care of all these With wave of his hand he in- dicated the personal possessions of the dead orchestra leader. Some body will have to attend to all this" he said. Until there are some sort of orders everything will be left here just as it is now"
  off the bedroom. Bannister in- spected it, then returned to the He crossed to the windows and looked down. "No fire escapes around here, are there?" he asked. They're at the rear." Bannister was poking about the papers on the desk. If it was the girl who shot him." he said sud- denly, "how do you figure that she got away?"
 There's 8 stairway" Link ex- plained. Its just back of the ele- vator. She could have gone down the stairway and into the laundry. Then she couuld have crossed the hall to the tradesmen's entrance" And gone out the rear way" Bannister nodded solemnly. "Oh. I seem
 'It must have been the girl," Link insisted. "She was the only one who came up here."
 "You saw her, did you?
 "Yes, and I'd know her any where again. Couldn't miss that green outfit"
 Suppose she wore something else ?"
 "I'd know her anyway the ho- tel clerk declared emphatically. "Pd know her the minute I saw her!"
 .Bannister explored the room for another 10 minutes. There was lit- tie to eb gained there, the thought, but he wanted to fix certain de- tails in his mind. Then he said, Well, I guess I'm through here." They rode down to the first floor. Bannister thanked the clerk and took his leave. But he was less than half way across the lobby when a. voice stopped him. It was a woman's voice. Just a minute, young man!" it called. Just a minute!" Bannister turned. He faced a short woman in a blue and gray sweater suit. hurrying toward him. The wonan's cheeks were quite pink; her hair was slightly i'faded titan, and her voice was de- termined.
 T want to see you!" the woman declared.
 l (To be Continued)