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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-07
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 panies tend toward the opposite conclusion although they do not prove conclusively that environ ment may pot be the chief reason why long lived parents tend to have long-iived children. However. pr Raymond Pearl. eminent biel0E. is of Johns Hopkins. has recently analysed. in the journal "Humnn
 Biology" the history of q Chinese family In which practically every one Of tho more than two thou. mnd sons Is recorded from the year 1885 to 1919. After exhaustive technical annlynIs he concludes that environment accounts very little for the high relationship between tho ianath of IIfe nf warenis and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-07
MAKE YOUR OWN CAPPED DRESS
A Pretty Model for the More
 Matronly Figure
BY HELEN WILLIAMS Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Furnished with Every Pattern.

BH HELEN MtLlHaMS Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Furnished with Every Pattern.
 The cape is very becoming the way 1t crosses at the froEt. It does more. too. it covers the upper arms modishly. The dress is. sleeve less, and is so enticingly cool. The skirt wraps the figure in un- dreamed Of slimness.
 Printed sheer cottons as hand kerchief-lawns and wrinkle-re- eistant voiles are charming for 1t.
 It looks stunning in linen. tub pastel silks, sheer silk prints. etc.
 It's so easily made and at a worth while saving.
 Style No. 2763 is designed for sizes SC, 3s, 70, 42, 44, 4G and 4S inches bust.
 Size 36 requires { yards of 39- inch material with J-s yard of lS- inch or wider contrasting.
 Price Of Pattern I5 Cents
 Order your copy of the Vacation number today, it will enable you to plan the most attractive ward robe you have ever haH
 Your every need is carefully considered in this fascinating mag. azine of fashions, patterns and beauty. You'll be interested t0 know at what age Adrian, Holly woods foremost designer, eOnsid- CTS woman most fascinating. and you will also find "The Road tf Beauty via Bealth," as the screen stars follow it, very enlightening.
 Just think Of the things you ara going to need, among them eer' fainIy shorts, a breatb-taking or gandie evening dress. some simple little cool things that you can veal all hours of the day. sun suits fol the babies and perky Aeottons foi cottage. garden or back yard. Al you have to do is enclose 10 cent and address your order to FasbIoI Department of this newspaper.
 How to order: Address. New York Fashion Bureau, fWaferburl Democraf). 200 Fifth Avenue New York City.
 Be sure 10 flli in the size Of th' vaftern.
 Send stamps or coin 'eoin pre ferred).
 Price of Look 10 cents.
 Price of Fatterr iS cents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-07
OWNS LARGEST PINE NEEDLE

whitefish, Mont, (UP)-Clinton Stokes possesses what unoffielally has been described us "the longest pine needle In Montana" Stokes won . statewide contest whom he submitted needle which was 1e 6-S Inches long,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-07

den into vineyard, if you will. please. Take q deep breath--yes. there's . cluster of brownighs spur. pie grapes on the front of that large hat (rIght) Of brown taps cord. Instead of ribbon band, thin grape stems in blending col. OTIS are intertwIned ground the crown. It's name? Why, win. tage," of course.
 NToW for the flower garden. If " you've been harboring secret desire to Ego quaint" this is your year to try it. Likely enough, the result will bo too pleascant for
 words. For instance, that little medium .brimmed hat (center) in skln-toned, fashioned challls Is printed with pink Posebudg, ln an aii-ovcr pattern.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-07

Nothing else will work well.
 a.--No. Dr Olga Kn6pf. viennese psychologist. says. In her "Art of Being A Woman; "The imperfect tions of masculinity are supposed 70 De roughness, inconsIderatenesr. mck or nne perception. tReaiiy ohiy dinerent names for the sam. .mink.l women are supposed tO be ihoglchi. inconsequenilni. vains overmotlonal. without initiative. too sensitive to pain. reeeitful and cowaroiy. tEnch . separate weak. ness However. scleniillr usycb,. IoEy. after much experiment. Rnd the perfeetIonn and imprsfrrtiom os men and women about equal.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-07

diDhtherin from some of his slaves on one of his rounds and that this brought about his death in two or three days. His own reluctance to pay any attention to his illness, his resolve to "let ft go ns 1t cafhe," his asuurance that he never took anything for cold, would be quite In keeping with the early stage of diphthoria. In that stage the pa. tient doesn't feel very il.
 Other doctors opine it was pneu. mnla, some form of angina (chok- inE), edema (dropgicnl swelllng) Of larynx or lungs incident to chronic nephrltis. It doesn't matter to me. I'm going to let George Washing toms bones alone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-07

You should have q very friendly feeling Tor q hat qr else you shouldn't buy it--a smart sales woman's Job Is to sell you on the idea as well as to sell the hat. This year, she shouldn't have such a difficult job. If one kind of brim doesn't suit or one piece of trim. ming doesn't hatter, try something else. And keep trying until you
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-07
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D.

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-07

off Southend. England, had given uy without nlbIIle. they found n six pound fish lmpnied on fhe an. chOr.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-07

Ernest Brown. British minister for Mines, recently preached the anniversary sermon fin Hope Street Baptist church. Leith, Scotland
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-07

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-07

find a model that really iists you out of the so-so class into the heights Of fashion.
 {: ITO GET back to the amusing \ trimming. If you've never loved tho sight of raw carrots, radIBheA and even string beans, you will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-07
By MARIAN YOUNG

(NEA Service Stan Corrcspondcnt) NEW YORK.-The sizes of the brims and lN the amazingly mad fruit, feather, ribbon and vegetable fancies with which they are trimmed make the new summer hats crea- tions at which even an experienced hat-tryer- on will be bound to marvel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-07

bWNS V "EVtuuN
 Loye affairs and social actiyi- ties arc not to be recommended for the coming year, June t7 is an exception. f,c cautious of 8cci- dent on May "A. The public or partner is shown to be q help from December 23-3t, if you permit. You should have talent for music or rhythm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-07

An oatmeal straw hat natural color Is trimmed with miniature vegetable garden including car. rot. radishes pea pod an onion and . string bean
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-07
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-07

TODAY's FASHION TIP Modern alpaca is soft as silk mot hard and shiny as Of old.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-17
SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1884
Still Stands Firm

On the question of special legislative sessions Governor Wilbur l.. Cross is ada mant. He will not call one unless grave situation presents itself in the state. Of course, grave situation to Governor Cross and say to the hotel men or the package store owners of Connecticut is an entirely different thing. The latter re- gard the present situation as grave. The former some time back tried to get spc- cial session called. The latter have just recently preferred their claim. It has been refused as were the others.
 This much must be admitted. The package store dealers Wrung from Cover nor Cross the admission that he would not call session because he fears that It would not produce such practical results as are being demanded. He also admits of defects in the liquor control act. This is something. Heretofore, as we recall 1t, Governor Cross had not admitted that there was anything radically wrong with our liquor law. If he comedies some over sights in it's making, it is quite evident that his campaign for reelection this fall is already outlined.
 It has been openly stated that the gov ernor, if renominated by the democrats. would face hostility within his own party
  We're wondering if his present attitude is due to the resentment of the several classes of permittees or merely to the fact that the passage of time has revealed certain defects that were not apparent last year when the repeal of prohibition had not been secured. We're inclined to think the latter true.
 There is a parting thought that Gov ernor Cross leaves in his letter to the secretary of the Package Store Assocla- tion, Joseph A. McNamara. He says, "Any changes in the law must be made for the benefit of the state as whole. We sincerely hope that the various classes of liquor retailers and dispensers keep this in mind. The Connecticut law is not devised to allow heavy profits to be made in the liquor business. Primarily the return of liquor was hastened so that the additional revenue might be used to cut down mounting governmental costs. Sec ondarily it was to restore to an even bal ance our viewpoint towards law and order. Those factors outweigh any purely financial ones
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-17

itself is quite natural, for St Patrick has a universal appeal.
 There is something appealing in his life story. It has been told too many times for this writer to attempt to improve upon it. It has been our custom of recent years to reprint an editorial we fashioned about ten years back. It never occurred to the writer that it was anything out of the ordinary. As piece of literary work it is just commonplace. However, it did contain some little known facts on the life of St Patrick that made interesting read ing and provided readers with bit of comment.
 Tonight we only hope to leave with our readers the thought that in the bright world of saints St Patrick occupies an exalted position Any man who can bring the light of Christianity into a pagan nation deserves sainthood. It may be said that it was entirely through St Patrick's efforts, his zeal, and his noble unselfish character that Ireland was turned into the paths of righteousness. Just remember that today as we celebrate in the 20th century fashion the anniver- sary of saint who labored long, faith fully, and successfully in the vineyard of the Master
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-17
The Fall Of a Race

Give history plenty of time, and it can create some shifts in it's never-endlng pageant that will leave you gasplng. 1t may take thousands of years, but in the end - from the standpoint of ironic con- trast - the results are worth it.
 There are, for instance, those Assyrian refugees who are about to start on long migration from the land of their ances- tors to a colony along the upper reaches of the Amazon, in Brazil. These people, a mere handful have been living in what now is the country of Iraq. They are among the most luckless and put-upon of modern peoples. Last summer many Of them were massacred by neighborlng tribesmen, and only action by the League of Nations is saving them from complete ruin.
 Now, under league auspices spot has been found for them in Brazil, and they are to be moved there en masse as soon as arrangements can be finished. And all this surely is one of the strangest twists that the pageant of history ever has taken. For these people are the surviving de- scendants of the Assyrians of old - the Assyrians who made their name mighty in the east, who built great Nineveh, swept down like destroying angels on such folk as the Israelites, and stood for the power and glory of temporal greatness in all it's splendor.
 That was unimaginably long ago. The great city of Nineveh is heap of sand and clay, now; the canals with which the Assyrians turned the bare plains of Asia Minor into garden spots dried up and dls- appeared centuries ago; the very name Of what once was the most powerful nation in the world has become covered with dust, so that it sounds unreal and very far-off when we read about 1t In our Bibles or our history books.
 And here astoundingly, is fragment of that far-away time surviving III the twentieth century - pitiable, harrasset' fragment, saved from complete extinction only by the League of Nations, and exlled to far-off jungle to start life anew! Of all the strange tales of history, this one is surely among the strangest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-17
A Book a Day hy BRUCE CAPTION
A Splendid Novel Is Bloody Mary's"

One of the oldest things about modern literature is the fact that the books of Godfrey Dennis don't make more of a sensation than they do.
 Here is writer who is. head and shoulders above the vast ma iority of his contemporaries; a man who is writing books that seem as likely as anything no" being published to survive in the libraries of our children-and why a great hullabaloo isn't made about them I cannot imagine.
 His newest one is Bloody Mary's," and it is in every way fine, substantial, and powerful novel. .
 It tells about young English lad who, from his eighth to his thirteenth year, spends his time at a small school for boys in the north of Englapd; and don't tell me that you've read all you care to read about English schoolboys, because "Bloody Mary's" is some thing special.
 It's really simple enough, in it's outline. There's the school, which gets it's odd name because it was founded by ill-starred Mary Tudor; there are the masters, ec- centric but thoroughly educated teachers, given to ferocious fiog- gings-the time is 30 years ago and there are hundred boys, an average handful of young Brit ishers, like any other handful of schoolboys the world over. And the book simply presents sample five years of the schools life, with it's lessons. it's games, it's bullyings, it's fights. and its general atmosphere. It recreates | the schoolboy's soul perfectly with perfect understanding and fine sympathy.
 This reviewer, who grew up on From Browns Schooldays." and
 "Stalky & Co.," feels that 1t is the
 best schooiboy story he ever has read.
 Published by simon & Schus- iter. it is priced at $2.50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-17
Know Your Waterbury Its History, Facts and General Information
HISTORY

Historians find no record of a second mill in Waterbury for at least fifty years. In 1729 mention seems to have been made of a deeding of a piece of land for a second mill. At this time John Warner deeded to James Williams land near the mouth of Spruce brook which ran into Steele s brook somewhere near the old dam of the Oakville company. Another grist mill was built the next year about two miles below Thomaston, which was l ater a woolen mill and even later a knife factory.
 There was grist mill on Pulling brook several years later owned by Samuel Hikcox at Judd's Meadow. It passed through various owner ships for many years. Grist mills gradually became more common and were important in the history of the towns early industries. Full ling Mill brook enters the Nauga- tuck river at Union City. Spruce brook, also mentioned in the para graph above, not to be confused with two other brooks of that name, entered Steele's brook above the old Oakville station.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-17
Moscow Letter
By JOSEPH H. BAIRD Tinted Press Staff COresDOndenrt)

Moscow, UP) - The golden double-eagle standard of imperial Russia still keeps it's lofty perch above the palaces of the Kremlin.
 Walking along the banks of the Moscow river in late afternoon when the domes and spires of the Kremlin palaces, just across the stream, stand in bold relief against a red sky, the stranger is surprised to see two golden eagles atop almost every building.
 "What!" one exclaims in sur- prise. ''The symbol of the Tsarist autocracy Haunted over the Krem- lin, the very citadel of the revo- lution!"
 Reflect Sun
 Yet there they are, those proud gilded, metal birds, in all their ancient splendor, refiecting the last rays of the sun.
 The Soviet government, so far as this correspondent could learn, never has offered any official ex- planation of it's failure to remove the double-eagles from the Krem- lin. But 1t is understood that Ia aesthetics battled with politics and won.
 The gilded eagles do add trc- mendously to the impressiveness of the Kremlin palaces. So the communist chieftains apparently decided to ignore the symbolism of the birds and retain them as mere objects of beauty.
 Invisible at Night But just as the bolsheEik revo- lution swept autocracy from Rus sia and established communism SO the coming of night obscures the double-eagles and ushers the red flag into it's own. When all lis dark the Czarist symbols arc | invisible. But high above the central dome of the Kremlin bathed in . flood of illumination
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-17

We've been consoling with Connecticut basketball referees of recent weeks. Never have we heard such united protest as that which followed the annual scholastic tournament held at Yale University. To officiate at the games the tourney heads went not to the Central Board in Connec- ticut but outside the state That's hardly fair to those officials who are called upon to referee all the games during the bas- ketball season. Why should they be over- looked during a tournament? Surely the calibre of their officiating is sufficient to recommend them for use during the course of the tourney. We have heard criticism of this feature from sources other than those interested in the game or the State Central Board. It's logical to expect that the men who are familiar with the state style of play would be bet ter equipped to handle the contests. Al least that's the way we look at it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-17
We've Adopted It

Once upon time March IF was set aside for celebrations by various Irish organizations and people of Irish descent. The anniversary of St Patrick has always been gala day for the Irish. But like all holidays or celebrations in the United States in time they take on national complex. So today you'll find not merely the Irish and their descendants in Amer ica participating in festivities, but people of all other nationalities, too That in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-17

The rum industry in the Virgin Islands may eventually become public monopoly if plans now under discussion are accom- plished No doubt Mrs Franklin D.. Roosevelt's visit to the islands will be used to advantage by the President ill formulating some plan of action. We have long hoped that the islands might be permitted to regain their financial footing through manufacture of natural pro- duct, namely, rum. Let's hope it's in the works now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-17

Q. Name the Persian minister Lo the United States.
 A. Ghaffar Khan Djalal.
 a
 Q. Which is older, the flag of Denmark or the American flag? A.. The flag of Denmark is the oldest unaltered flag in the world. It ante-dates the present American flag by over five hundred years. Q. Does the motor or the pro- peiler of an airplane produce the noise? A. Experts say that the motor and the propeller each contribute about fifty per cent of the noise. @. When was Leo " the pope? A. 847 to 855.
 Q. What is the meaning of the proverb Life is not all beer and skittles?''
 A. The game of skittles was an early form of bowling, and the proverb means that life is not all feasting and pleasure.
 Q. What are the terms for i've fold, skiold, sevenfold, eightfold, ninefOld and tenroId? A. Quintuple, sextuple, septuple, octuple, nonuple, and decuple.
 Q. How is the pope chosen?
 A. He is elected for life by the College of Cardinals.
 0. Was the U. S. frigate "Consti- tuition" (Old Ironsides) exhibited at the Philadelphia susquicenten- nial in 1926?
 A. No. The "Constellation" took part in that celebration.
 Q. What was the name of the first steamer on the Great Lakes. and when, did it make it's first trip? A. ''Walk-in-the-W -Water," $40 ton vessel, was launched April 4. 1918, and her maiden trip from | -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-17

Some weeks ago an odd, but tragic. affair occurred on Grand street. A young man shot himself, the wound proving fatal, when he feared that his arrest might lead to the detection of the fact that he was wearing a revolver in con- ceaed armpit holster. As matter of fact when accosted by the patrolman there was no thought of arrest. The boy had be- come sick in nearby restaurant and went out into the street. However, the point that we would like to drive home is this It might easily have been one or both of the two policemen who approached the youth who were shot. Had the dead boy turned the weapon on them he could easily have killed or wounded both of them before they were able to draw their own service pistols. That's due simply to the fact that police regulations call for heavy overcoats during the winter months. The pistol must be carried in the right hip pocket, the blackjack in the left. To reach that pistol requires bit of an effort and waste of some minutes. How much better to permit the men on night duty to utilize waist holster that would always be within easy reach.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-17
THE EDITOR.

Buffalo to Detroit, Michigan was made October 10, 1918! On No- vember G. 1921, she dragged an- chor and ran into a sandy shore and capsized.
 c. When did the Panama Pacific. exposition at San Francisco open:
 A. February 20, 1915.
 Q. What is a tenement?
 A. In this country the name is generally applied to an apartment in an inferior class of dwellings.
 o. What is Eddie Cantor's weekly pay for broadcasting?
 A. It is reported to be $5,000.
 Q. Name the United States sena- tors and representatives from Ken- lucky.
 A. Alben w. Barkley and M. M. Logan are the senators, and the representative are, Fred M. Vim son, John Y. Brown, Andrew J. May, Brent Spence, Virgil Chap man, Glover H. Cary, William V. Gregory, Cap R. Garden and Finley Hamilton.
 Q. How is horsepower calcur lated?
 A. It is the standard theoreu T unit of the rate of work, equal 2. 33,00O pounds lifted one foot one minute, and was adopted At. James Watt after experiments VI drayhorses.
 If you want n copy of our bull Ietin Cheese and Cheese Dishes, write to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, enclosing five cents in postage stemps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-17

If child labor conditions are as bad in this city as they were described week or so ago by Bristol speaker, then it is high time that something was done about it. The particular cause of the complaint was an investigation which revealed shockingly low wages being paid children for performing certain piecework at their homes. Of course the times have pro- duced certain grim necessity in our midst that makes us accept conditions at which several years back we would have rebelled. But child labor should never be exploited in the way in which it was described as happening in our midst.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-17
DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-RO
. By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN

Roosevelt Sore at the Pos0er Rates Charged to S. Post Offices; New York Pays Out $25OOOO Year More Than Other Big Consumers; NeaO Braziian Ambassador Man Who NicknGrned Wrong Horse Harry"; Roa0 Betueen Peek and Hull Over Foreign Trode' Becomes More Serious:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-17

from many spot-lights. floats the red banner of the Soviets.
 The scene in the Red Square, below, especially in winter. is one of rare beauty. Here is
 vast. ,snow-covered plain, fianked
 on one side by the high Kremlin
 wall, built to keep nomadic tn- vaders from the palace of the
 Tsar. On two sides stand mas sive government buildings, one
 red, the other white. And on the fourth side is the Cathedral of St Basil, with it's vari-colored odd shaped towers, more Byzantine than Russian. not beautiful but arresting, like some weird object seen in a dream.
 And there, just under the krem- lin wall, is Lenin's tomb--a pyra-
 mid of polished, red marble with two soldiers in ankle-long coats and peaked caps standing as sen. tinels before the door.
 Scarlet feyera is epidemic in