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Evening star., 1934-07-16
Uncle Ray
Animals of the Zoo.
For Public to See.

BECAUSE so many persons enjoy
looking at strange animals we
have the public zoo-where We may
see lions, tigers, elephants and other
animals from far places.
The story of the zoo goes far back
in history. There is a record of a
Chinese emperor who caused wild ami
mails to be captured placed in cages,
and kept in a park little more than
1900 years ago
Romans of ancient times did not
have ZOOS in the true sense of the
name, but they did capture strange
animals-and kept them in Rome.
Pompeii and other cities until fights
of the arena" we're held Among the
animals brought to Rome were bears,
leopards, lions, giraffeS and rhinos.
During the Middle Ages. kings and
mobiles of England and France had
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tor in a most unusual fashion. With
out any notice at all it will swing its
head about quickly and grasp the hand
that is holding it or In its way.
Then, having gotten a firm hold
with its tiny. recurved teeth, it be-
gins to chew The sharp minute
teeth break the skin and puncture it
as if with a pin point. The wounds
are slight, very superficial and heal
quickly.
This Summer try to be sure of
your snake before you stone it. Snakes
are really our friends. There are few
poisonous ones. Check up on your
scrapbook of Natures Children for
descriptions and habits. You are sure
to find the friend and foe listed there
Besides, your Scrapbook now will be
very valuable to you for identifying
so many of the outdoor folks you are
going TO meet
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begonias and fuchsias she used some
leaf mold in place of all the garden
loan. The roots were knotted in a
tight mass. She separated them with
large fork and then spread them
somewhat in the new pot.
The soil was tamped down and the
plant wstered and set away from the
hot sun for a day or two.
When Nancy put a potted plant,
still in its pot, into the garden. she set
the pot on a piece of crock, concave
side up. which had been fitted into a
hole dug into the garden soil
Nancy was always careful to wash
out any used pot before she put a
tranSplanted one into il.
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Mature S Children
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

ground color The abdomen is white,
marked in bold square spots of black,
There is narrow band, which extends
from behind the eye to the angle of
the mouth.
You can tell pretty well the age of
the snake by the brightness of its
colorS.
The milk snake ever seeks Seclusion
under fiat stones, old logs, buildings
and, in fact, any place to keep out
of your sight. At night, the time for
hunting, brings many of them from
their hiding places. Being fond OF
rats and mice. they naturally pitch
their tents among them. Therefore
milk snakes about your poultry yard
mean protection from the rodents that
prey upon chicks and eggs.
In captivity the snake pines so for
its freedom it seldom lives long. Al
though rather mild-mannered, the
milk snake resentS being treated with
lack of respect and turns upon its cap
Evening star., 1934-07-16
Conquering Contract
BY p. HAL SIMS.

South passed. West said two spades.
North bid three clubs even though
ne was positive that his partner had
nothing; and South once more passed.
II three aces isn't q sound bid third
hand. what iS7
This was the only East and West
pair playing what they claimed was
my system The other pairs in that
direction, playing a different system,
Jared Just as badly. BY counting the
K-Q-J OF clubs as one and a hall
primary tricks. the XII Of hearts ~
one trick. and the K-IO as one-hali
a primary trick, most of them man
aged to find sound opening bid in
the North hand When their part
ners responded with two clubs, they
were afraid to rebid. or II they did,
they managed TO sign off before game
WAS reached The folly OF opening in
first or secondhand position. when
YOU have no information about your
partners holding. and subsequently
passing his simple takeout, is appar-
ent
Learn to recognize your partners
sisn-odS. Don't say to yourself. He
surely can't .now that I've passed
thus and so" Avoid passing such a
! strong hand that your partner is
forced to protect" you. For example,
take the following hand
.S A5EE g kEE
Partner opens third hand with one
heart This is an almost perfect ex-
ample of the type of hand on which
the players / attacked at the begin
ming of this article would bid one no
trump and then three no trumps. The
correct response is one spade. Part
ner now signs off with two hearts. Re-
fuse to accept the sign of. Bid two no
trumps. Possibly your partner Is wait
ing for you to rebid your spade suit
and has no other constructive bid TO
make in the hand, Partner bids three
hearts. That is the pay-oh Give
your partner credit for some intelli-
gence. You have certainly shown
/ plenty Of strength by your bidding
/ II your partner cannot Jump to game
/ or do anything but sit there and bid
! his silly heart suit, there is no future
/ to the hand. Lay your two aces ano
the king of clubs on the altar Of the
three heart bid II your partner
makes five hearts, then you can make
/ few remarks.
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/ Mr.. Sims will answer all inauries on
! contract that are addressed 10 this news.
paper with seIf-addreSsed stamped snvel-
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Nancy Page
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.

COME of the house plants which
- Nancy had kept on the porch all
Summer were showing signs that told
her they needed repotting or trans
ferring to garden soil.
One cool morning she set about the
work. She ordered some sheep ma
nure, some sand and some small pieces
of charcoal. Then she took some fine
loan from a far corner of her garden
She MADE a potting stick from fiat
piece of shingle. broke up few unused
flower pots into small pieces.
The plant to be repotted was first
we'll Watered to loosen the soil about
the crock sides. Then she inverted it,
Evening star., 1934-07-16
Water as Aid to Beauty
BY LOIS LEEDS.

GREAT many people besides
n the business girl or home wom-
II an, whose beauty problems we
4 L discuss regularly, fail TO realize
that their bodies are comph-
Gated machines, designed to perform
certain functions. There are definite
rules for keeping ones physical self
in the pink of condition, just as there
are rules for playing scientific sports,
for business or for running man
made machines efficiently. Motorists
and electricians do not expect their
cars or machines to run properly un-
less supplied with the right amounts
of oil, water and fuel, but these same
people often claim that they have
not the time to give their bodies ina
chines) necessary care and attention.
While the human-body machine Is
adaptable and hardy, naturally 1t can
not do its best unless it has the right
care and fair treatment.
The body's fuel is food, and the
right kind and quantity of this fuel
naturally makes a difference in the
way the machine will run. 1t needs
regular exercise. also, not once in
while. but regularly every day. A
generous supply of pure drinking
water for internal needs and plenty
of water for keeping the skin clean
are essential The body'S need of
fresh air and sunshine is imperative,
especially during the growing period
but also in the later years.
- L,
reduce the machines efficiency, but
will be reflected in its appearance
1t is very poor economy to neglect
the essentials of health and beauty,
such as well-balanced meals. daily
exercise, sufficient sleep, and the
simple beauty rites that every woman
owes to herself to perform every day
Those beauty rites include the thor
ough cleansing Of the skin, scalp mas
sage, brushing the hair, care of the
hands and nails, care Of the feet and
the correct use OF makeup.
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holding the plant stem near the spot
where it emerged from the soil, with
her left hand. She tapped the pot
smartly few times to loosen the soil
and found herself with the almost un-
broken ball of dirt and root mass in
her hand.
But before she held the plant she
had prepared new and larger pot
Into the bottom she put few pieces
of broken pottery, small amount of
three quarters loan, one quarter sand,
to which she had added about one
tablespoonful of sheep manure. For
Evening star., 1934-07-16
Ice Cream Waters

Blend half a cupful of butter with
half a cupful Of sugar thoroughly.
Add one egg, well beaten until vel
vety. Then add three-fourths cupful
OF -four, sifted with half teaspoon
full Of salt. Beat vigorously. Add
half a teaspoonful Of vanilla and
drop on a CREASED cooky sheet like
small marbles, well apart. Put a nut
meat in the center of each cooky and
bake for 10 minutes in a moderate
oven. This makes a crisp, rich wafer
about the color of Kench ice cream.
Evening star., 1934-07-16

Two Sims" players. playing under
the never pass third hand" varia-
ton, got up to three clubs and made
six. Afterward. there was a big argu-
ment as to whose fault it was, South
opened third hand with one club, and
North properly bid diamond. East
overcalled with one spade. which
South passed. There is no reason why
he shouldn't bid two clubs. but his
subsequent procedure indicated even
more strongly that his opening was a
psychic. North reopened the bidding
with two clubs. after the one spade
WAS nasSed around. East passed. and
Evening star., 1934-07-16
MENU FOR A DAY.

BREAKFAST.
Melons,
Wheat Cereal With Cream
Creamed Eggs on Toast
Coffee.
LUNCHEON
Dropped Eggs on Nodded
Corned Beet Hash
Baking Powder Biscuits
Orange Gelatin. Drop Cookies
Tea.
DINNER.
Cream of Onion Soup
Pot Roast of Beef
Baked Potatoes. Green Peas
Raw Carrot Salad
French Dressing
Cracker RaiSin Pudding
Coffee
EGGS ON TOAST.
Boil 4 eggs 20 minutes. make
white sauce with l cup milk, l
tablespoon butter and table
spoon cornstarch. Lay slices
buttered toast on dish, cover with
sauce. add egg white chopped fine
and over all yolkS rubbed through
fine straineT.
DROP COOKIES.
Two and three-ouarters cups
-four. ;. teaspoon cinnamon eX-
tract, a teaspoon Glove, a tea
spoon nutmeg. . teaspoons bak-
ing powder. l. teaspoon salt, :.
cup corn Sirup. 5 tablespoons fat,
! egg. , tablespoons water Stir
dry ingredients, melt fat, add this
to sirup, water and well-beaten
egg. add liquid mixture 10 dry
drop from a teaspoon on creased
baking tins. Bake in moderate
oven.
CRACKER RAISIN PUDDING.
Six large crackers, split and
well buttered Place buttered side
up in dish; pour over. ] quart
warm milk and let stsnd over
night. In the morning take ,
eggs well beaten. y cup sugar.
y teaspoon each Of nutmeg. Gin
namon. sllSpice, I. teaspoon each
of cloves. mace. salt Mix sugar
and spice and salt together, then
add well beaten eggs. then p cup
crackers in pudding dish. layer OF
raiSinS. Spresd over mixture of
spice. sugar and eggs. Do this
until ingredients are used. then
add / cup more of milk Bake in
slow oven 2 hours. Keep covered
first then uncover and. II not
wet enough add more milk. and
when all has soaked in add more
scopyFiEht. 1884
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1t Started
BY JEAN NEWTON.
No Blot on His Name.

CHE HAS no blot on his name, "
we hear. with reference to some
one whose reputation Is unsullied.
And We use the expression again and
again without thought TO the fact that
blot on a persons name is a unique
way of expressing the idea.
The use of blot" in metaphore as
disgrace goes back to the blot on
the eScutcheon' of the dayS$ of her
aldry. and, indeed, 10 the If any blot
hath cleaved to mine hands" in the
Bible The popular phrase no blot
on his name" dates from a poem
called "Lochiers Warning" by
Thomas Campbell. who lived from
1T77 to 1874,
Shall victor exult, or in death be
laid low,
With his back TO the field and his
feet TO the foe.
And leaving in battle no blot on his
name.
Look proudly to heaven from the
death-bed of fame
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Ny Neighbor Says:

Chilled diced oranges. mixed
With pineapple and Sprinkled
with cocCanut. make a delicious
dessert.
Try ironing mems soft collars
on a Turkish towel doubled to
four thicknesses. The collars viii
iron much more easily. They
viii be smoother and shine like
new when finished.
Automobile grease. tar and
ordinary grease spots can be re-
moved by soaking the material
in gasoline and then washing
with soap in the usual way
When you want an unusual
garniSh for a salad boil two eggs
hard, shell and let them stand
IN vinegar that beetS have been
picked in. They will be a pretty
shade OF red. and when sliced
viii look nice among green let
tuce leaves.
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Iced Tea.

Freeze some tea in the freezing
tray of your refrigerator Serve two
or three cubes in your iced tea and
you will never serve it any other way
again. Also, If you sweeten tea while
it is hot no sugar viii be wasted.
Evening star., 1934-07-16

HETER ought to know. He has
- spent a good part OF his life
among them. He has found
Il them his best friends. The
same is true Of Mrs. Peter and
their children. 1t is simply because
the Rabbit family long ago learned
how to make use of the briars. Wig
glenose, young son of the Peter Rab-
bits, had not yet learned how to use
them. He knew that a good bramble-
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tangle was safe place to be in, be-
cause he had lived in them in the dear
Old Briar patch. but he had not had
experience enough even to think Of
using them for any other purpose. He
was soon TO learn.
You know, he was up in the Old
Pasture with his mother, Mrs. Peter.
and BowSer the Hound was chasing
Evening star., 1934-07-16
Beaufort

linas. Kentucky. Tennessee and other
Southern States.
One branch Of the Beaufort family
in America traces its ancestry to
Charlemagne
tCopyriEht 1894 :
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Dorothy Dix Says
Mothers Who Want Daughters to Marry for
Money Are Not So Much Sordid as Disil-
lusioned-Poverty Spoiled Happiness.

MOTHER wants to tell her how to keep her daughter from
n whom There
II the lad his
upright industrious the best he
will a tvobyfour fat and the work
anxieties economies that 60 Herewith.
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The Friendly Briars,

Not always briars scratch and tear;
They're friendly when you treat them fair
Peter Rabbit.
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NJ Sims Is universally acclaimed the
greatest liUiHo contract and GuctioR
plnver. He pdS captain OF the renowned
-Four RorsemeH" team. nOU diSbdnded,
and has ,rou - national champion
ships since 1924 These articles are
based on the Sims system, which
includes the one-oUeT -oHe principle,
,uhich the Sims group OF players waS
the frst TO employ and dsuelop.
Responding to Third Hand Bids,
w YHEN your partner bids no
a. tIump third hand, feal
Wv not Bid confidently. just
as you would had hC
opened with one no trumE
in any other position.
If he bids a msjor suit. you assume
OF course. that his bid is not shaded
below the requirements l have dis
cussed. Respond naturally. allowing
a little leeway for permissible shading
but do not withhold any information
in the fear that your partner has bid
psychic.
OINt4 tliaN titShi4 RAhNS
Spond with one no trump to an open
ing third d-hand bid, and after th'
partner has signed off with two In
his original suit, Jump to three nc
trumps This would infuriate me. II
indicates that the responder believe;
that the opener hasn't sense enough
to bid for a game itself and. more
over, that he must be carefully
watched because of a marked ten
dency towards psychlcs
If your partner is a fearful, timic
soul. however. reassure him, when yOJ
can do SO safely, as TO the strength
Of your opening bid. The two hands
shown below we're not bid to game by
any one in a recent duplicate. wher
they are almost laydown for a small
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Mr.. Sims will answer all inauirieS on
contract that are addressed 10 this news,
paper with Self-addreSsed stamped envel.
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Brief Little Play OveraIIs for the Children
Boysand Girls Both Are Given
Style Which Means Health
and Picturesque Touch.
Fetching and Frugal Feature Is
All-the-Year-Round Use
Over Dresses.
ny BARBARA BELL.

- RIEF little play overails arc me
garments 70 put on your small
girl or boy when the Their
mometer goes over the top
and their cries show that they
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(Copyright 1884
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-08
$2OO OOO Claim of Peoples Bank & Trust Disallowed
TAX COMMISSION
 VIEW ALLOTMENTS
Connecticut Unit Seek to Reduce Costs Borne
 By Taxpayers

Possible reallocation of func- tions between state, county and municipal branches of the govern ment, in order to reduce costs borne by the taxpayers. is being considered by the Connecticut Special Tax commission. This was made known in 6 statement issued for publication to-day re- viewing certain phases of the work now under way.
 It is seen, upon examination, that the state government derives only in small proportion of its revenues from general property taxation, but that 1t administers and derives the bulk of its funds from q number of business and special taxes. Local government units administer and rely largely upon general property tax rev. enues, supplemented by certain tax receipts from the state such as an 80 per cent share of the estate penalty tax; a portion of the motor bus tax; insurance company and bank stock taxes, and certain bev- crage permit fees. Counties ob- tain their revenues from property taxes levied upon the towns, sup plemented by fifty per cent share of the unincorporated business tax, and certain beverage permit fees.
 Additional substantial income is obtained by local municipalities, also, in various forms of state aid for education, public welfare. purposes, in which the state health and highways and for other shares funds with It's sub divisions. Records show that the state dis tributed to the 160 towns of Con- necticut more than $4,360,000 in 1892 in taxes and grants. exclusive of the dirt t<road appropriation of $2,990,750, in which all towns shared.
 Tn view of the fact that the act creating the commission delegated to 1t, among other things, the duty to devise q more equitable tax system and to investigate the pos- sibility of reducing the burden upon real estate, tho commission considers it imperative that it analyze with utmost care the ex- IBLluR IlnuUClhl pS~ tween the state and local govern ments. The questions involved in- clude q consideration of the ad- vantages to be gained by n pos sible shifting in whole or In part to the state of the costs of ele- mentary education, public welfare, highways or any other type e'of gov ernmental activity in which there Is now a division of responsibility and costs between the state. coun- ties and municipalities. Whether advantage may be gained by tho creation of equalization funds to be distributed to subdivisions Of the state is also a matter under examination.
 Emphasis is placed by tho com mission upon the fact that 1t Is still seeking information only. and that no conclusions have been for mulnted calling for such changes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-08
MILK SUPPLY OF
 CHICAGO HALTED BY PICKET MOBS
They Stopped Trains, Blocked Highways and
 Wrecked Milk Trucks

Chicago, Jan. 8.--(UP).--Chi- cago's milk supply was cut off to- day by farmer pickets who halted trains, blocked highways and wrecked trucks attempting to run the blockade set up to enforce q strike called by the Pure MIX as- sociation.
 All deliveries of milk, excepting to hospitals and babies. ceased. The supply on hand when the strike was called Saturday by 18,000 members of the association, was meted out in small quantities at emergency stations.
 Attempts to ship milk through the blockade resulted in sharp battle between deputy sheriffs and 300 pickets who halted q Chicago ,bound milk train at Sturtevant. Wis. The officers repulsed the pickets with tear gas bombs after a hand-to-hand skirmish.
 The wrecking of milk train near Kcnosha, Wis, was narrowly avorted by m alert train crew. A north bound freight crew saw an obstruction on the tracks in the path of the south bound milk train u IeW HiIDubco uSiOtV shS s"'sNa "ao due.
 Elsewhere within tho 100-mllc radius of Chicago pickets effective liy stopped all trucks. Deputies patroled highways attempting to avert violence. but making no ef- fort against overwhelming odds to clear. the way for shipments.
 Three trucks attempting 10 run milk in from Wisconsin slipped through the outer picket lines and were pursued by 40 automobiles loaded with strikers. The truck drivers sped to the Burlington county jail q few minutes ahead of their pursuers. The mob refused to disperse until threatened with tear gas bombs and machine guns.
 officials of the four principal distributing companies estimated more than G00.000 gallons of milk were either dumped or spoiled by having gasoline poured Into It by strikers yesterday as the strike be- came Db per cent effective. Tho Ave per cnt incoming was brought in on cars attachd to fast through trains.
 Hopes for m early settlement found encouragement in tho rcac- ton of officers Of the Puro Milk association to q plea for Secretary of Agriculture Wallace for q quick solution.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-08

Further efforts to have the CWA quota for Waterbury increased were being pushed today by the local administrator, William M Harris. He was out of the city this morning and afternoon and was understood to be in conference with the state and federal officials of the CWA in order to convince them that the figure given Water bury is entirely unfair and out of proportion.
 Arthur Maloney, manager of the local branch of the national re- employment service, stated when talked with today that he Is hope fully awaiting Administrator Har- ris' return to the city with good news. Waterbury's quota now is only 2,000. An additional several hundred is desired in order to put the city on q par with other com munities In the state.
 Business was slow at the local CWA headquarters today. Tho men were at work, as usual. As they have lost many hours work of late due to the indictment weather, they