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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-11
Here, There And Eveyy10here
THE BOOTH ANNIVERSARY
(New York Herald-rribune)


 In celebrating the centenary of
 the birth of Edwin Booth, the
 Players, the Museum of the City
 of New York and the other organ
 izations associated in,ta common
 gesture of respect and admiration
 celebrate not only the anniversary
 of a truly epic figure but the en-
 tire tradition of the American
 speaking stage, of which he is so towering a symbol. And, happily
 enough, the occasion falls at a time when that theater is enjoying a
 very real and considerable renais-
 sance, economically, esthetically
 and popularly.
 The tradition of Edwin Booth has about it an individuality, a flavor. gusty and romantic some thing quite unassociated with the other great players of history. Mrs Siddons or Salvini, Barrett or even the Divine Sarah. He typified a spacious and glamorous time. The theater was no more "reaP then than it is at the instant moment or was in the day of Roscius. but it had about it a cachet of gran deur and somehow, in retrospect, more Homeric proportions. It seems now as if then truly giants
 roamed the boards and Booth was the archetype of the breed. The very misfortunes with which he
 became associated, financial re- verses, the madness of his brother, | the loss of his theater, all served as fining fires from which was sub limated his vast tragic genius. He moved in an atmosphere where the I gloom of Elsinore was but little re- moved from vital reality and if any thing, the magnificenee of his part | gained from an unkind fate. He not only dominated his own time: | he dominates the annals of the Am | erican stage through all It's cen- tury and a half of articulate being. The Booth material lent to the Players by the Museum of the City of New York and to be exhibited l there next week. the great Booth l dinner to be given at the same clubhouse on Sunday and the cere- monies at the Booth statue in Ora mercy Park are specifically the grateful memorials of a club which he founded and brought into being. Their implications, naturally, are | wider, Doubtless. however, the i spirit of the greatest trouper of them all haunts Gramercy Park this week in especially fond recol- lection even as i. Don Marquis visioned him in the sonnet. seeing
 Booth pause musing on the stair above"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-11
4 Book c Day. by BRUCE CATION
Alice Tells About That Social Feud"

Alice Roosevelt Longworth tells the story of her life in Crowded Hours; and since she is a vastly interesting person who had high ly interesting life, it follows that the book itself is an interesting af- fair.
 You'd probably like to know about the "feud" with Dolly Gam :? We'll, there wasn't much to it, says Alice. She and Dolly were, and are, good friends. How 1t happened was as follows:
 Nick Longworth and Alice were invited to a dinner at the home of Eugene Meyer, and Meyer sudden ly had begun to give dry" din- ners. Nick didn't want to go, and when he learned that Dolly was to have the place of honor at the ta- ble he seized on this as an excuse to stay away.
 The country pricked up its ears about the social war"-and that. says Alice, was all there was to it.
 Or perhaps you'd like to hear what she has to say about Presi- dent Harding? Harding, she says, twas not a, bad man; he was just a slob." Liquor was served repeat edly in the White House during his presidency. Incidentally, ever since prohibition, the cabinet member who didn't drink has been the exception and not the rule, Alice remarks.
 And Alice wasn't the one who in- vented the gag about President Coolidge looking as if he had been weaned on a pickle. She helped circulata if ht1t she always gave credit to the real originator. They just hung it on her.
 The only way to review this book adequately would be to go on for a column or so, giving similar excerpts. There isn't room here; all I.can do is report that it is just as entertaining and frank as you would expect: a book simply packed with interesting anecdotes and recollections.
 Scribner's is publishing 1t at $3.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-11

apples and cider from his own orchards.
 FRIENDS
 General Hugh Johnson and Edsel Ford are good friends de- spite the warning between the recovery administration and Edseps father. x It Is an open secret in the Ford organi- zation that if the son had his way the company would be un- der the Blue Eagles wings. |. The Johnson-Henry Ford fued goes back to war days, when the former was directing the administration of the selec- tive service act and Ford was re- sisting EdsePs induction into the army. President Roosevelt's latest economic authority Is youthful Winfield w. Riefler, federal reserve expert. F. D. R. calls him an Interpreting economist" When Richard Whitney, head of the New York Stock Exchange, had his recent conference with Roosevelt the two men addressed one another by their first names. But this did not prevent the presi- dent from expressing some very pointed and blunt criticisms about the management of the exchange. The president has definitely determined to seek authority to license all stock and commodity exchanges at the coming session of congress.
 GOLD MINING BOOM
 The administrations gold manipulating operations have been an enormous boon to min- ing concerns. During the past few weeks the daily state- ments of the federal trade com- mission listing new registrations under the securities act have unfailingly included several min- ing enterprises. The pro- motors seem to have trouble devising alluring names for their companies. One of the new concerns registered under the title of "Baran of Chicagof."
 ScnHIOT WIuld1u Cs DOTdh WILL return to the capital around the goth of November. He was all set to come on the first, but Idaho farm leaders insisted that he address the annual meeting of the State Grange on the 10th. So Borah unpacked his trunk, cancelled his railroad reservation, and stayed on n few weeks longer. Postmaster General Jim Farley is passing the word among democratic members of congress that all their patronage claims will be taken care of before the next session c0nveneS.
 Between winthrop w. Ald- rich, head of the Chase National bank, and Albert H. Wiggin. his predecessor, there is only the coolest relations in their contacts before the senate bank investi- gating committee. They sit widely apart, carefully avoid encountering one another. .. The emergency relief admins traitor plans to distribute S00,- 100000 pounds of cured hog products to the unemployed this winter, the equivalent of about 3,000,000 live hogs.
 Copyright, 1888. by United
 Eeafures Syndicate. InC.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-11

We'd like to believe this yarn. but we're too sceptieal about those nature stories that drift in over the telegraph wires every so often. This one comes from Rochester. N. H. A Maine hunter was out gunning for deer He found none, so curled up in the back seat of his auto for nap. Awaken ing he saw deer watching him from the opposite side of the road. He promptly shot it and carried it home strapped to the car. We'll it's a good story, anyway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-11
The Washington Merry Go-Round BY DREW PEARSON AND ROBERT s. ALLEN
(Continued from Page 1)
Authors of "Washington Merry-Go-R Round" and "More Merry Go Round"

United States as a whole would be $2,677 each Senate Inc vestigator Pecora has gone into the affairs of several directors of the Chase National. bank, but has glossed over Vincent Astor's connection.
 RESHUFFIING THE R. F. c.
 Administration insiders say that the R. F. c. is due for complete re-shuffling when its act expires next February The president has in mind only extensive rewriting of the law, but 1iberalizing its present pre- dominantly conservative execu- tive personnel. .. One of the directors whispered certain to go is Arkansas water power and railroad magnate, Harvey Couch, appointed to the body by Presi- dent Hoover. If some of the brain trusters have their way, Jesse Jones, ubiquitous chair man, will also be replaced. Secretary Ickes' sharp, public re- buke to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Chip" Roberts" for the latter's statement that federal funds would not be used to finance municipal power plants, is not the end of that in- cident.
 Ickes, a stuanch advocate of the development of publicly owned utilities, has taken the is- sue squarely to the president, been sassured of his full back ing. When Senator John G. Townsend, Delaware's republican member on the senate bank in- vestigating committee, heard that Dillon, Read and conn pany had summoned Washington reporters to "press-conference" and offered them liquid refresh- ments, he prOmtply gave a 'party" in his office, serving
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-11
So T'hey Soy

We human beings, old and young, enjoy tests, provided we are not going to be hanged if we do badly.
 university.
 The depression proved the utter incapacity of big business to con- trol itself.
 vania.
 You never can tell when I'll be sitting down here, trimming hats again.
 singer.
 A smart lawyer can shoot holes through any legislation congress can enact.
 -U. s. Senator James Couzens
 If labor does not act promptly, if it does not gain the support of working farmers, we virtually shall have surrendered America to a government of big business, by big business, and for big business. Norman Thomas.
 Three-fourths of the persons in England who lost one or both eyes in the last year were women.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-11
Copyright, 1888. by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
NEW CROP FOR CONNECTICUT
fMERIDEN JOURNAL)

JJnbeknown to most of us, Con- necticut has been engaging in a new line of agriculture, or possibly reviving an old oneN-have it your own way. Farmers in six towns in the Connecticut River valley ex- perimented this summer in grow ing sweet potatoes and, Judging from their reports, this production can be carried on successfully. :.
 First the agricultural experiment station made tests and decided that the product, which, heretofore had not been grown to any extent north of New Jersey, could be grown here. Farmers were encouraged to try it out on a practical scale, using land made idle by the government tobacco acreage reduction system. This was in the nature of practi- cal test as differentiated from ex- periments made in the alobratory and the outlook now Is that next year a considerable part of the for mer tobacco land will be planted in sweet potatoes.
 The farmers can feel that they are not contributing to any surplus in offering this product to the New England market and the consum- CTS will look forward to whole some sweets at moderate prices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-11
To-day:s Selected Poem
oUIETUDE AT TWILIGHT

(By Elizabeth Sanderson in The New York Sun) So now I know how Hawatha felt
 When weary of his hunting, and his strife He nosed his bark canoe where shadows melt Below the sunset calm, the end of life. The cool lake waters in his quiet veins,
 The glory of the sun splashed in his face The memory of woody trails, and rains,
 And soft-eyed deer in some green dapplet
 place.
 So I. with all complexities wiped clear,
 Have faced the sun and tasted of the calm That preludes quietude and laughs at fear Entering the sunset with a desperate zest. Gloryfn9 in twilight. glo-ying in rest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-11

A student of heredity might try figuring out why successful businessmen's children are always getting arrested for driving too fast
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-11
It's Hard To Believe

g We always thought that Governor Albert sC. Ritchie7 was an idol in his own state.
 Maryland. Judging by recent comments in
 the papers of the nation he is losing caste
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-11

Some of the doctors say what ails our economic system is hardening of the arteries and others say it's arthritis, but Socialist calls it profits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-11

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 5:08 o'clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-11
Personal Health Service
(By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr Brady. Address him, care of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-11

Three-fourths of the persons in England who lost one or both eyes in the last year were women.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-22

how, even before father and mother
sailed, had begun to take lessons.
Monsieur Mabeuse had q little studio
In his house. / never saw the man
work but he talked largely Of pictures
ne had exhibited abroad. l had been
asked If ! wanted private lessons,
which were more expensive, and Cousin
Garcia, who went with me to introduce
me, at once said that they would be
advisable. didn't want that. l want
ed to do as much work as / could un-
aided, and thought 1 could learn
something too from watching the other
pupils, SO said I would prefer to GO
into a class. Cousin Garcia didn't
like that at all Against her deter
mined opposition, I insisted on having
my own way. joined class. There
was one man, or boy rather, shabby
and unattractive Jew, but with talent
/ thought; two other girls besides me.
They didn't always come, except just
at first. His wife and the children
wandered in now and then, and it de-
veloped that the Oldest child, a boy,
named Eugene, was crazy about auto
mobiles. So, one particularly fine day,
suggested that Brennan should take
Madame Mabeuse and the children
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-22

dare to lay his hand on mel thought
Of coming to you, but something
warned me that l would be wise to be
at home on time. / had doubts Of
Cousin Garcia. And Sniff, she was
there waiting for me, which was most
unusual. Do you think my cousin
could be snake enough to frame up a
thing like thatY
Probably not" Sniff said with the
intention of soothing the girl. II pre-
sumo you gave her no satisfaction
Naturally not" Pam assured her.
ard had plenty Of time to cool OF on
the way home. Yet the whole affair
was so evidently planned that was
convinced I hadn't heard the end Of
1t, and l was right. This morning a
man called me on the phone, said he
represented Madame Mabeuse and that
she did not wish to embarrass me BY
publicity of suit for alienation Of
affection. She however had her chill
dren to consider. Loss Of their father
meant loss Of their sole support, and
there were three little ones to feed
and educate. In fine, she was pre-
pared to settle out Of court for two
hundred thousand dollars"
"And then what?'
II said l could not make out what
he was talking about, that the connec-
ton was bad, that 1 was leaving for
town on the instant and had no time
to bother with trifes and that they
had better see you. / knew IL anyone
could save me you could"
God bless you, darling" said Sniff.
Having unburdened herself and en-
listed help in her difficulty, Pamela
was decidedly cheered. "And now"
she said, as one who had shifted her
responsibility, "what are you going to
do about tit"
"The first move. my child, is for
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-22

you to move yourself away from here.
We don't want these crooks to find u
in anxious consultation"
Il can't 60 away!" cried Pam,
aghast. "Pd go crazy, not knowing
what has happened. And I don't want
you to call me at the Manor. There's
an extension in my room but anyone
can listen in all over the house"
Sniff pondered on this. If Mrs. Ma
son were really mixed up In the af-
fair 1t was doubly important to keep
PANS morale up, and she could SYM
pathize with the girls anxiety.
"As a matter Of fact nothing will
happen today" she said at length.
"These people, one or all Of them, will
come here and state their case.
don't know whether they will try to
buster. Probably they will. What
ever their tactics, I'm going to play
for time. And remember they're
more nervous than you are. This
attempt of theirs is outside the
law. / think it's called the badger
game and is usually put up on man.
with an outraged husband coming In
opportunity. Anyhow, go now.
After luncheon come on foot to
Madame Georgette's. If anything has
happened, I'll leave word for you and
you can come right up. If not. buy
a gown and loiter around till send
for you. Madame Georgette will be
glad of your patronage"
Somewhat mechanically, Sniff worked
through her appointments. wondering
the while why she heard nothing from
Madame Mabeuse and her cohorts. II
was a relief to her when Buttons at
last came to announce that "two men
and lady" were In the outer waiting
room and had given him the message
that Miss Phelps had sent them.
''Tell them that as they have no ap-
pointment, Madame Saitcu regrets that
her time will be fully engaged for at
least two hours. If they object to
waiting, tell them it would be safer to
count on three hours; but If they re-
turn in two, l will see them the first
moment it is possible"
Buttons returned bIAlthless from
his errand.
They've gone," he announced. "The
little lady made 'em go. Say. she's
awful pretty. Like kewpie doll.
sort Of"
When the enemy returned at the end
of two hours, she decided not to make
the men angry by further delay. The
two males strobe into the room side by
side, the woman following meekly in
the rear.
(To BE coNTINUED.l
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-22

for drive in the park instead of wait
ing idly for me. After that, they were
always standing about wistfully when
I arrived, and it seemed SO little to do
for them that 1t became regular Gus
tom. Let me think.-Did say Mon
sieur Mabeuse was handsome? Not
in way that had any appeal for me.
Now have told you everything? No,
committed one other sin. Madame
Mabeuse is German. Her husband
begged me to speak French with him,
since he so seldom heard the lam
guage that he was losing all facility
In speaking it. He said his Trude I'M
derstood 1t but dared not speak be-
cause of an atrocious accent.
@That was all, up to yesterday.
There were no other pupils in the
studio when I arrived. Madame Ma
beuse and the children went out as
usual in my car and for about half
an hour worked without speaking to
the man, who stood by the window
looking down into the street. Happen
ing to look up, caught him consulting
his wrist-watch, cheap thing that /
had bought for Brennan's son but
gave to him when he limited that he
had no way to tell when his classes
should end.
II think now that he and his wife
had everything carefully timed. At
all events, consulted my own watch
and found that I had at least half an
hour more, but decided that If for
any reason he was in hurry I had
better get my criticism over with.
II asked him to look at what 1 had
done. He delayed on one pretext or
another for about ten minutes. At last
he came over to me and put his hand
on the shoulder that was farthest from
him. That is, his arm was across the
back Of my neck. 1t made me furious,
Smif. He had never touched even my
fingers before. shook him off and
sprang to my feet. saying something
like: How dare you? Take your
hand away And then, just as the
door was opened and his wife and two
men appeared on the threshold. he
grabbed hold of me and began to sput-
ter out in English-which he had never
talked with mellow glad he was that
1 loved him, how proud and happy I
had made him!"
"And what did you do?" asked Smif.
~ slapped his face just as hard
as l could, picked up my miniatures,
the original and the unfinished copy.
and my paints, refused to listen to
word any of them said. dashed out and
drove home. / was simply burning up
with rage That dirty little rat to-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-22
Bootleg Kisse.

Residents of Bronxville, N. Y, were
ordered by police to refrain from
kissing in the local railroad station.
Reason: Kissing blocked traffic in
the morning, according to the Phila-
delphia Record.
A curious reporter visited the sta
ton the morning after the order
went into effect. He found that
commuters who hadn't kissed their
wives good-by in years had brought
them to the station for the express
purpose of violating the regulation.
The officer on guard, afraid to make
move, reported he had never seen
so much kissing. Bootleg oscula-
lions popped as American citizens
defended their liberties.
The little story reveals so much
about the democratic process that
comment is superfluous.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-22
HAPPY MAN WHO
HAS FOUND JOY
IN LIES WORK

Evicted from his cheap fiat for
non-payment Of rent, young inven-
tor stood guard over his tools for SO
hours without food or sleep. Not
until neighbor gave safe storage
to his precious implements would he
give thought to shelter or nourish-
ment.
''They are my jewels" he said Il
cannot work without them"
That man may be homeless, he may
be hungry, but he Is not one of ma
lures step-children. On the contrary.
he is one of fortunes favored.
So are any other men and women
who know that their tools are their
Jewels. For they have within them
selves the seeds of that usually exot-
ic plant, happiness.
A QUESTIONABLE distributed to peo-
pie who have tried most of the al
legged approaches to the source of
happiness would doubtless reveal the
conclusion that about the most relia-
BILE hope for it lies in love of ones
work.
Yet how many people know real
love of their work? How many are
fortunate enough to have work that
they do because they want to and
not because they have to? How
many are led in their youth-which
ia the important time-to choose or
find work that will be their interest
instead of their job? How many
workers regard their tools as "my
jewels" rather than as their signs Of
slavery?
Your work may be of the kind that
is quickly amenable to visible sue
cess. 1t may be rich in financial re-
ward. Then it may or may not bring
you more or less content and happi-
ness. On the other hand you may
have chosen a medium of expression
that is slow to show results, that is
meager in worldly return. You may
know only labor without reward,
may experience poverty, ridicule. And
yet you may be among fortunes IA
vored. the elite of the earth. You
may know real content and happi-
ness. That is, if you are man or
woman who can say from your heart
about your tools or the medium Of
your labers, "They are my jewels"
@. 1888, Bell Syndicate.-WNU Service.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-22
After we Years
Suffering and
Embarrassment
Cuticura Healed

"Eczema spread all over my ears
and finally into my hair. 1t was in
dry scales that would reappear as fast
as removedeand my hair fell out. My
ears were very red and 1 lost much
sleep from constant irritation. I
could hardly keep from scratching.
"After five years Of suffering and
embarrassment / read about Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment and sent
for free sample. After few APP
plications 1 began to feel greatly
relieved so bought more, and after
using three cakes of Soap and two
boxes of Ointment I was healed"
(Signed) Mrs. Bertha II. Whitaker,
Rt. /, Nevada, Iowa, Feb. 10, 1888.
Soap 25c. Ointment 25c and SOC.
Talcum 25c. Proprietors: Potter
Drug & Chemical Corp, Maiden,
Mass.-Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-12-22

her chest frightened around her heart
at the mere thought; but she shook
her head In the negative. Not yet was
she ready to go back to Virginia.
They walked on for some moments
In silence.
@Mercy'l be down on you bright and
early tomorrow" Stone warned her at
length. "She'd have been after you
tonight If she'd known where you live,
I've never told her your name isn't
Madame Saitou."
Don't" said Smif. "It's none Of her
business as long as I don't know her
socially"
"Smif, dear, I'm afraid you don't
really like my future wife,"
Smif halted as abruptly as If the
traffic signals were against her.
slave you tied yourself up with
that womanY she asked, tight-llpped
'Didn't you advise me tor Stone
adopted an injured air.
Il never advise anybody" Sniff
avered"
sWell, WELL" Stone looked at her
sidewise. Il evidently misunderstood
you"
'gt's because Of the dogs" smif went