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sighs, the sun smiles, perhaps, and the women with new spring hats look anx- iously at the meteorological emanations from the shrine on Olympus which the irreverant flippantly call the weather works.
 Enveloping and hallowing it all is the atmosphere that sends the soul journey ing beside still waters, through peaceful valleys, soft grasses, and awakening buds and soothing it with imaginary scents of flowers awaiting only warmth to spread their sweetness on newly aroused world. Besides its religious meaning that is the spirit and significance of Easter and it is older even than the Christian religion.
 The display of colors and raiment in unison with the earth throwing off it's old garments is as ancient as the race. Man always has wanted to sing as soon as the birds did and he has done so. Even the Bible has it's beautiful poetic allusions to spring and the vernal festivals of ancient days were public expression of the song that was in the hearts of the people as a whole
 We do not have anything we did not inherit, so it is not strange that a woman wants a pretty hat for Easter time As a matter of fact it would be strange if she did not And it is not to be expected that poets will quit caroling about spring as long as nature sends winters that inspire poets to say, "Oh, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?"
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So. They Say

If I come again in 10 years, I'll be annoyed by the expression wild Man of Borneo"; were tam ing him.
 The Rt Rev Msgr Augustus
 Wachter, prefect apostolic of
 North Borneo.
 The character of a country IS determined by the character Of US homes.
 -Dr Adelaide Steele Baylor, chief
 of the home economies service of
 the U. s. department of the in'
 terior.
 The Philippine Islands are not worth the life of one young American. --Dr Stanley High. famous editor. I give all honor to the Soviet government for what it has done as a government. But today every thing it touches turns into ma- chimes. You can't eat machines. Emma Goldman, famous an archist.
 If democracy is to be made safe for the world, 1t must be inter- preted in social and economic terms. as well as political. -Dr Edmund de $. Brunner oi Columbia university.
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Know Your Waterbury Its History, Facts and General Information

HISTORY
 In the old academy of Water bury. which was situated on the southern end of the Green, room was used by James Harrison who made clocks there. William Leav- enworth, Noah Shepard, Edward and Levi Porter and Mark Leav- enworth followed him in this bus mess. This Harrison was engaged in what Anderson the historian in what Anderson the historian shoe heels, reels. flyers, and spools for spinning wheels, window shades and chests of drawers. The first clock order that appeared on his books was to Major Morris on January l, 1791, Rev Mark Leav- enworth bought the second, and Captain Samuel Judd the third.
 Later, after 1900, MT Harrison made the first water-wheel for propelling manufacturing machin- cry here. The water was brought into his plant from Little Brook at North Main street near Cooke. Another firm that went in for clock making was that of Noah Shepard, Edward and Levi Porter. The movements of the clocks were made by outsiders but were fin- ished in Judge Hopkins shop. Eli Terry was among those who fur
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Public Health Protects

The National Tuberculosis Association and affiliated organizations usually con- duct an "early diagnosis" campaign in the spring. This year they are varying the program. Beginning April 1, they will campaign in behalf of public health work. Health departments all over the country were among the first official groups to have their funds cut. Today some have been dropped and many are operating on dangerously low funds.
 Yet public health work is of tremehd- ous importance. There is more need than ever for effective public health organiza- tion to cooperate with private agencies and individual physicians in fighting the bad after-effects of the depression. "Tu- berculosis Robs You, Public Health Pro- tects You," is the slogan of this drive. 'Illness" might be substituted for 'tuber- culosis." Happiness as we'll as efficiency and education are held back by sickness. There are extra health hazards for indi- viduals wherever there is public health work.
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A Book a Day hy BRUCE CATION
How A Co-Ed Shared A Coal Towns Life

CT went to Pit College" by Lauren Gilfillan, tells how a nervy
 young college girl laid away her
 diploma and went out into the
 world to complete her education by finding out what 1t is ike to have life sock you on the chin. l Her procedure was simple. She | went to a Pennsylvania coal min ing town and lived with the miners for a. few weeks. She found out
 exactly what extreme poverty, dirt, | saualor and Encouragement are | like.
 She ate at the relief stations with strikers, went out on the picket lines, sat in at communist meetings, went to Pittsburg With | a group of youngsters to beg on the streets for relief funds, put on mems clothing, and went down into
 a mine to take whirl at digging | coal.
 | And out of these experiences she has written an enlightening DOCK. In the main she has striven to | be simply a reporter. She teils | what she saw and lets the reader draw his own conclusions. But now and then the emotions which | ner cXDeTlclCcS CNohSN All ave "~-- over onto the page.
 A first-hand glimpse at the less fortunate coal towns is apt to make
 an unbiased observer pretty indig-
 nant. It worked that way with
 Miss Gilfllan.
 She shows you, too, why 1t is that the communist organizers
 make headway in such towns. And l ,o+ .ha barsa1f didn't get along with the communists.
 They resented her presence thought she was condescending
 highbrow, stirred up the miners
 against her; in the end. indeed.
 they practically ran her out of | town.
 Her book Is very fine sidelight
 or the coal mining industry.
 Printed by Viking, it is priced at
 S2.5O. Incidentally, it's the Liter
 ary Guild book for March.
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Washington, March 31.-The sudden palpitation of the public pulse over the spectre of Com munism in the Brain Trust, as dished up by Dr William A. Wlrt, is at one and the same time the most ludricious and serious thing that has hit the New Deal.
 It's ludicrous aspects are de- rived from the side-splitting cir cumstances under which the learned doctor accumulated his "evidence". Its serious aspect is that a large number of people seem willing to be stampeded into any phony belief that fits the fancy of Big Business.
 Just at present its fits the fancy of BE Business to raise the bogey of bolshevism against the Brain Trust-a tag applied to anyone having the ear of the president, who whispers in his ear ideas on Stock Market con- trol or business reform.
 HAMILTON FISH"
 Dr Wirt, the Hamilton Fish of the new Red Scare, has spent the last 27 years of his life in the one town in the United States controlled body and soul by the U. s. Steel Corporation. He is superintendent of schools In Gary, Indiana.
 No man could hold that job and not be amcnable to Big Business; though at one time Dr Wirt introduced educational reforms which, in the scholastic world, were considered as revo- lutionary as the machinations which he now lays at the door, step of the Brain Trust.
 For Dr Wirt is father of the "Gary" or Platoon" system in public schools. This Is method of alternating classes between regular and special teachers in order to increase the capacity of the school building forty per- cent. So great was pr Wirt's vogue at one time, that he was engaged at $10,000 a year to in- troduce the system in New York city-until Mayor Hylan consid- cred it too revolutionary and kicked him out.
 CAPITAL SUMMING
 Since Dr Wirt has stuck to his knitting at Gary, except for oc- casional visits to Washington when at different times he has advocated the cancellation of war debts, proposed to Herbert Hoover a plan for ending the depression and urged paper money on the New Deal.
 Last August the good doctor made one of his pilgrimages to the nations capital. This time he did not visit his usual haunts the rarified atmosphere of the Carnegie Foundation and the Ma tional Education Association. h. stead he went stunning.
 To a friend in the Bureau of Education he confided his de- sire to see some of these young radicals" in the flesh-the men who made the Roosevelt wheels go round, in fact the Brain Trust.
 BIG PARTY
 So a party was arranged In nearby Virginia. The juleps were made of new Maryland rye and carried 8 wallop. No real members of the Brain Trust were
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there, but no one noticed their , absence. The school teacher from Gary waxed eloquent. He held forth at length on imitation. He also continued his unsuitable curiosity regarding the Young Radicals, wanted to know all about them.
 At last he was initiated into the inner secrets.
 "The date is Feb IA, 1885," he was told very cOnfidentially. "At that time we expect to proclaim Roosevelt King"
 The doctors eyes were wide with wonder. He was really get ting to the bottom of things.
 "But after two years we shall force Roosevelt to abdicate. Prof Tugwell will take his place King TugwelI, the First"
 Yes" one of the Young Radi- calls whispered. "We want a young man on the throne of America. And also Tugwell's first name is Rex"
 MORE RESEARCH
 For several days Dr Wirt re- mained in the capital probing the possibilities of Revolution. Sev- eral parties were arranged for him, at all of which he listened avidly to tall tales of radical ism.
 The doctor is no dumbbell, but like Ham Fish and other Red Eaters, he has a blind spot. He saw, as the entire nation has seen, that Roosevelt actually has worked on economic revolution. The MIRA, the AAA are nothing less than economic revolution but brought about with the cons sent of Congress, consent of the majority of farmers and business men.
 Doubtless, the learned doctor, when and if he takes the wit ness stand, can make Q good case for himself. He is much smart CT than most of the congressman who will examine him, and 1t is q simple matter to twist this Revolution by Consent into dread danger for the nation.
 But whatever he may do in the future, the good doctor never can undo the joy he gave some people during hot August nights last summer.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 During one of his final con- ferences with the automobile union delegates, General Johnson tartly remarked that they were acting "like a bunch of blue nosed monkeys" To which one of the younger men, a husky six-footer, sidled up to Johnson and said: Listen, you may have served in the cavalry, but l did my hitch in the marines. If you want to start that sort of stuff, I'll take you on any time" The union men got a great thrill out of their meetings with the president 4. Several of them "pinched" Cigarette butts from his ash tray as souvenirs. Others asked him to sign his name on scraps of paper "to take home to the kids" ... After the week long conferences were conclud- ed, the entire group was unani- nous that Johnson never could have brought about an accord. Ae>SS AAelS SoAiO Lo oAoIk uSI It was only faith in the president that finally led to settlement '. A very high government post recently was offered hard hitting Ferdinand Pecora, coun- sel for the Senate bank investi- gating committee. He declined on the ground of financial re- sponsibilities Colleagues and friends of Representative Dick stein, author of the Nazi in- vestigation resolution, are trying to persuade him to employ an outstanding attorney to conduct the probe They fear that Dickstein, a blatant publicity seeker, will blotch the inquiry if he undertakes to handle it alone. Copyright, 1884, by United Fea-
 ture Syndicate, Incl
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London Letter
BY H. l.. PERCY United Press Stan Correspondent

ID AIs \ A11tS1
 Omitted Press Stan COrrespOndent) of Oxford street, London's fashion houses and saloons clsse at 10 p. m.
 Across the road, barely 50 feet away, it is possible to get a drink until II D. m.
 north to the south side of the street for an hours extra drink ing is a sight to behold.
 The Reason
 This anomaly of, the complex London licensing laws is due to the street being in different licens- ing districts.
 Recently efforts were made to conform the hours, preferably to II D. m., but the licensing justices refused to do 1t. It was revealed that in recent years 67 clubs have sprung up in Oxford street, of which 57 are on the south (longer drinking) side.
 Restaurants and hotels on the north side, representing about f4,000,00O worth in capital were handicapped badly by the difer- ent hours which, 1t was claimed 'has made Oxford street Q joke throughout the world" The new was estimated to lose 15,000 meals week because potential patrons crossed the road.
 Opponents to lengthening the north sides, hours chiefly were al t.h 70 den told the justices that he did not think it wrong to drink a glass of beer. but as an old parish priest he was opposed to any lengthen- ing of licensing hours.
 The Reverend T. G. B. Kay, of St ~Paul's Marylebone, the dis said, "I went to America, and was sense to say the devil is in a glass the people who went from the north to the south side of Oxford street after 10 D. m., had usually had quite enough.
 The pavement artists of London have discovered new "canvas." hS ASHo osA SeSh SA P0' between the top of Knightsbridge and Hyde Park corner has, since the completion of the new subway station, become a profitable pitch | for artists in crayon and chalk. One reason for the new pitch Is that the pavement around there is genuine stone and takes chalh wells Crayons, say the experts dc not bind well on the concrete side walks elsewhere.
 Another reason is that Knights. bridge is graced by one of tho earliest opening cOffee-stalls in tho city.
 There roughly are half a million people below the poverty line n London, according to the iates'
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No more pathetic story came out of the baseball training camps this spring than the news that Rabbit Maranville had broken his ankle sliding into home plate. We presume that this really spells the end of an astonishing career of a great baseball player. What Maranville may have lacked in stature, grace, and physi- cal prowess he more than made up in will and determination. He was one of the most useful players ever to graduate from the minor leagues into big time baseball. If many younger player had only dis played at times the ambition of Maran- vile he might still be up there. We think that was what made Maranville the val uable asset he was to the several clubs on which he performed. He would have played this season as regular, too. It's typical of Maranville that the first words he uttered when Hank" Gowdy reached his side were, "Well, had to stop some time and maybe this is the best way. They didn't stop me short of the home plate" Good old Rabbit! We're pulling for him in this new battle that's his. One of the immortals of baseball he deserves rest, but not the sort of rest he's now taking. Come on, Rabbit!
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Easter And Spring

One cannot dissociate Easter and spring, no matter how early or late the religious festival may come nor how un- seasonable the weather attending it's ad' vent. Easter is spring and life is reborn. The dead days are past and the requiem of winter is forgotten as the birds sing the resurrection of nature. The poet
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DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND

Serious Aspect of Wit Chargss Is That So Many People Beieue Them LwdcrOus Aspect Is Circumstance Under Which Evidence Was Obtained; School Snperintend- emt, the Young Radieals and Mint yulep Party the Merry Plot to Proclans Roosevelt Kg aud TmgsOeu His Successor
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and lose the heavyweight cham- pionship? s&e A. He won it from Jack John son, April 5, 1915, and lost. 1t to Jack Dempsey, July 4, 1919.
 Q. What was the origin of. the the "Rainbow Division" in the World war? +.
 A. It was organized in August. 1917, at Camp Mills, New York, and was called the Rainbow Di- vision" because 1t was composed of selected groups from all over the country.
 Q, Who composed the opera Faust?
 A. Richard Wagner, who based it on Goethe'se poem with the same title.
 If you want Q copy of our bullc- tine LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING DISHES, write to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau enclosing five cents in postage stamps. .t .s
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official figures, as issued for 1929. This is a percentage of 8.7 com pared with 30.7 in 1889.
 The poverty line, be is ex- plained,, is the amount of income necessary to provide a bare suf- fciency, by reasonable standards, of food, clothing, shelter, warmth, etc., etc. For man and wife with two children, aged. 10 to 4, the selected standards would allow IS shillings (roughly $4.S4) a week for food, 9s.4d (roughly $2.30) for rent, 4s2d (roughly $1.OO for clothing, 3s. lroughly 75 cents) for fuel, and 3s.6d (roughly S5 cents) for household sundries. insurance and traveling-total, 39s. (nearly $1O) a week.
 According to statistics if there
 had been no improvement in life and labor. during the 40 years be- tween 1889 and 1929, the number of persons living in poverty in London in the latter year would
 have been about 1,500,000 in- stead of 490,000.
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No ex-servicemen's organizations fought for the presidential veto of the independ ent offices appropriation bill more stren- uously than did the American Veterans Association. In between the overriding of the veto by the House and the Senate the President of the group, Charles M. Kinselving, sent telegram to Washing ton containing this message: ". =. Earn esly advocate upholding Presidents hon. est effort to eliminate undeserved benefits for selfish minorities and to remove men, ace of pension racketeering against which truly patriotic veterans, American people are in revolt" We know of few cases where the congressional dictate on this issue has met with newspaper approval. Democratic, independent, and republican newspapers alike have flayed the Senate and House for their respective actions in going against what has been hailed as one of the ablest vetoes on record.
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PONY EXPRESS BEAT SNowDRIFTs

Edinboro, Pa - (UP) ,-- Re- cent heavy snows forced c. A. Cas- sidy, veteran rural mail carrier here, to ride horseback to folloSy his routes. It was the, first time in his many years of service that he had to revert to the Pony Ex- press style of delivery. Riding horseback made Cassidy's muscles "so stiff they actually creaked," he said. .,sf.. t, ..
 Half of Austria's |. unemployed are now on the dole.
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years, and can only be extended by special act of congress. C.. What is metaphysics? A. The systematic study or sci- ence of the first principles, oftbeing and knowledge; the reasoned doc Urine of the essential nature and fundamental relations of all that is real.
 @. When was the progressive party organized? A. It was organized inI1912 as a result of the split in the repub- lican party, between the conserva- tives and the more liberal or pro- gressive members Their policies included direct primaries for the nomination of state and national officials, nation-wide preferential primaries for presidential candi- dates, direct election of United States senators by the people, re- duction in the tariff and the ap- plication of the, recall both; to off, Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram Johnson were nominated for pres- ident and vice president.
 c. Name the governor of Col orado.
 A. Ed c Johnson. Q. Can the president of the ! United States pardon a person con- victed in a state court? A. No, he can only pardon persons who have been convicted in the federal courts.
 e. Where is the University of Iowa? {
 A. Ames. Iowa.
 Q. In which geographical di- vision is Hawaii? A. Ocenia.
 0. Who raised the funds for the swimming pool at the White House that was presented to Pres- ident Roosevelt? . | A. A group of newspapers headed by the New York Daily News, through popular contribu- -tions.
 C.. When did William F. Cody die?
 A. January 10. 1917. q. When did Jess Willard wir
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BRASS CITY FACTS

Il
 The Waterbury hospital can &C., commodate 321 patients, and St Marys hospital 220, according to 1883 tabulation.
 The Green trolley line that ran between Waterbury and Milldale, distance of SA miles, was start ed in 1913 by group that or- ganized the Milldale Tramway company. John H. Cassidy was general manager or the line.
 St Thomas Roman Catholic par- ish of this city was organized Sep tember 25, 1898; and the recently deceased Rev Timothy Crowley it's first pastor.
 The First Church of Christ, Sci- enlist. was organized January 19. 1898.
 Half sessions started at the Crosby high school in 1909, and after 1910 the attendance was di- vided with part attending, morning and part afternoon sessions. nished the movements, and MT Terry, Seth Thomas and Silas Hoadley carried on separate bus- mess themselves in Plymouth.
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The craze for contract has done away with the art of conversation. --Octavus Roy Cohen. famous short story writer.
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There is great battle afoot in the New York Legislature over the erection of a memorial light on the summit of Mt Whiteface in the Adirondacks. The light would top 130-foot tower and would be visible 75 miles away in Montreal. We recall the opposition to motor road lead- ing to the top of Whiteface. The same arguments now prevail, namely, too much commercialization of purely scenic re- zion. That's good argument, but surely some type of memorial could be erected purely in keeping with the surroundings. As for the light, that's not needed, we'd say.
 All vehicles must be lighted not later
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There has been lot of discussion in New York about the mentality of Anieri- can teachers. Figures were produced to show that a great many of the teachers in the metropolitan area were mentally unfit to teach. This provoked from Dr Emil Altman, chief medical examiner of the New York city board of education, the statement that per cent of the teachers in the United States were mentally un- balanced. We don't know just what Dr Altman means by mentally unbalanced, but it is safe to say that this state of mind is not confined to the teaching pro fession. It includes every known one. All of us have our idiosyncracies and they may be classed as mental disorders, we presume.
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Q. Has the United States ever been a member of the League of Nations?
 A. No.
 o. When did the Jeffries-Sha key fight at Coney Island occur? A. November 8, 1899.
 Q. Who was the nominee of the farmer-labor party for governor of New York in 1920? >.
 A. Dudley Field Malone.
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All vehicles must be lighted not later than 6:45 o'clock tonight.
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The First Church of Christ, Sci- enlist. was organized January 19. 1898.
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0. How long is the term of 6 patent? Can it be extended? A. They are good for seventeen years, and can only be extended by special act of congress.
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When did Jess willafd wiE
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There roughly are half million people below the poverty line in London, according to the latest
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Q. In which geographical di- vision is Hawaii?
 A. Ocenia.
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c. When did William F. Cody