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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-01
250,000 garment workers pre-. pairing to strike.
 Threat To Whole Nation

pairing to strike.
 Threat To Whole Nation
 Never before has there been such a htreat to the nations we'll being.
 Reports of violence and of com munistic activity were serious. Yet they paled into insignificance as the administration pondered the effects such a strike-if prolonged might have on the country.
 President Roosevelt was silent. So were his brain trusters. Their efforts to avert the strike had col lapsed but they labored on seek ing a formula whereby the walk out might be stopped before the very foundations of the New Deal were undermined.
 Lloyd K. Garrison, chairman of at national labor board, admitted formally that there was no chance of averting the strike. He said his only hope was to achieve an early settlement.
 Big business was jittery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-01
DEATH PREFERABLE TO
 STARVATION

Boise. Idaho (UP)--Rather than let antelope starve, the state game commission Is going to allow hunt CTS to kill some of them this fall. Between September 10 and 20, 15U hunters, residents of the state, who have paid SIC for the privilege, will be allowed to hunt them in Butte, Custer, Clark, Jefferson, and Lemhi counties. {.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-01
F. D. R. GIVEN INDIAN RELICS

Coulee Dam. Wash (UP)--A box Of Indian relics, including money, arrowheads, hide scrapers and drills, was presented to President Roosevelt during his visit to the site of the great dam across the Columbia. The presentation was made by the Young Mems Demo- cratic Club, which enclosed note pointing out that the relics repre- scented the most advanced mechari- ical methods at the dam site 100 years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-01

. Scientists have discovered, with high-speed camera, that light ming flashes "bounce back and forth" between the same points o fcloud and ground as many as 10 times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-01
. FUNERALS

The funeral of Mrs Margaret T. Truman was held this morning from her late home at 97 Idyl- wood avenue at 9.30 o'clock to the church of Sts Peter and Paul where a solemn high mass of re- qIliem was celebrated at 10 o'clock Burial was in the family plot at CaIvary cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-01

President Theodore Roosevelt preferred beer to other concoc. tions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-01

The funeral of Carl s. Gebhardt was held yesterday afternoon at o'clock at the Alderson funera, home, Central avenue, with Rev Lyman Lewis officiating. The bear ers were James and Joseph Tuck CT, Francis Crose, Albert Pietro, Edward French, and Olva Cool idge. Burial was in the new Pine Grove cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-01

Mir and Mrs Wynn Merrill of Co., lonial avenue have moved their household goods to Autumn street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-01

Kenneth Taylor of Danbury is visiting his aunt, Mrs Russell True love of Colonial avenue.
Evening star., 1934-05-17
Dealing With Psychic Bidders.

~ ONE pSychicS are negligible,
some amusing. some irritating
and some lnfuriating. One OF
~ the most outstanding examples
of the laSt-named class was
epitomized in a player who invariably
opened with one no trump-no matter
where he sat-no matter what his
holding was. 1t drove his opponents
to the brink of insanity When forced
by his partner, he would have to bid
three no trumps and would OCCASION
ally make one of his contracts dou-
bled by an eXasperated opponent.
That was enough for him. Those op-
ponents who took firm grip on their
minds and forced them back into the
channels Of reason simply ignored him
and tried to bid their hands normally.
Such player, outside of the extreme
Stiffness of his bidding procedure,
merely prevents the other players
from enjoying the game. The great
charm in contract lies in pitting your
wits against the other fellows. Habit
ual psychic bidders this. Doubling
loses its zest after short time.
Most players, however, use psychics
as a method of soaring the opponents
out of game. One of the most popu-
lar is bidding several suits, getting a
double on each one. until finally you
show your real suit. Be wary Of dOu-
bling overcalls unless you have length
in trumps. particularly when the
opener rescues himself one or more
times.
It's usually useless to double no
trump psychic overcalls. The op-
ponent rescues himself in his real
suit and a round of bidding has been
lost. Bid you hand normally, show
Evening star., 1934-05-17

ing what strength you have. For
example, held the following hand re-
Gently and made a minimum opening
bid of one heart:
a3: sP: 4 4 ~ ! joxx ci e. < ( Xxx
The opponent to my left bid two
no trumps. I never heard a bid that
smelt more strongly of psychic. The
only stopper he can have in my suit is
the king of hearts; it's also impossible
for him to have solid enough holdings
in either of the other three suits to
justify that bid. My partner bid three
spades. which I raised to four. Now
the two no-trumps bidder came to life
with five diamonds-h evident rescue
bid, had he been doubled at no
trumps. My partner properly passed,
leaving it up to me to take action on
the hand, and bid five spades.
My reasoning for SO doing was this:
In the first place, my opponent evi-
IDENTIFY has long diamond suit-seven
or eight cards. as he Is missing the
queen. Possibly he has the ace of
clubs outside. With no support from
his partner, he Is certainly not going
to take the chance of going down four
or five tricks simply to save game.
Therefore, my partner hasn't many
diamondS-one or two at the most.
My partners spades must be headed
by the king g-queen-ergo, we have no
spade losers. have only one losing
club. There might be losing heart,
but I more or less placed my partner
with a little outside strength from the
bidding the king Of hearts or
the ace of clubs. In other words, I
refused to be driven out of a vulner-
able game by vulnerable oppon-
ents. My reasoning proved correct.
This was my partners hand:
II. IT. < ( < < Xxx q. q Jxxx
The best way to handle a chronic
psychic bidder is to bid psychics your
self. He won't know how to handle
them. He has been so used to making
weird bids against conservative op-
ponents that your bidding will fool
him completely. A certain Mr.. A had
it all his own way in a local club
until Mr.. B came along. BY this
Evening star., 1934-05-17

but this time instead Of being nearer
it was farther away and it didn't
come up or down the Laughing Brook
but from of to one side. There It
was again from the same direction
but fainter now. What did 1t mean?
Billy was puzzled: He decided to be
patient and stay right where he was.
He didn't have to De patient long.
There was that rattle again way over
where he had last heard it. The next
time it was nearer and the next time
it seemed to come from up the
Laughing Brook. Then 1t came from
up toward the Smiling Pool. Either
Rattles or Mrs. Rattles had gone back
there to fish.
Billy waited long time. Then he
heard that rattle coming down the
Laughing Brook. only to grow fainter
off to one side. Billy grinned. 1t
was a grin Of satisfaction. He had a
clue A clue. you know, is hint.
They are not living along the
Laughing Brook or the Big River"
thought Billy. There is bank
somewhere over there"
Copyright. l03i)
Evening star., 1934-05-17
Uncle Ray
Little Trips Into Nature.
Flowers Of Spring.

- ONE wild flowers are so COM
mon that we give little favor
to them, and such is the dam
- delion. It is not welcomed on
lawns or in gardens, but there
is beauty In the rich, golden petals
Just the same. The name "dandelion"
came from the French, and means
tooth of the lion" 1t is explained
by the leaves, which have edges
enough like teeth to have made some
one far back suggest the name.
The sun has been called 1.-The eye
Of day." and the round, yellow disk
Of the common daisy caused Anglo
Saxon folk to call it days eye" 1t
appears that daisies were brought to
this continent from Europe two CEN
turies ago.
BY long and careful work, Luther
Burbank turned a rather small kind
of daisy into the famed Shasta daisy.
which measures four inches across
and which is grown in gardens.
Scotch folk call the daisy the
"bairnwort." meaning "child's plant"
Often the "black-eyed Susan" is
called a daisy, though it is not truly
member of the family.
Farmers do not shout for glee
when they find daisies growing
thickly in their pastures, but they
like plants with flowers Of another
sort-the clover. Many - farmers
plant clover, and thousands Of tons
Of clover seed have been imported
from Europe for the purpose.
Clover makes good food for live
stock, and adds richness to the soil,
but when I mention it today I am
thinking Of the fowers-which usual
ly are white, pink or red, though
some are purple and others yellow.
Many a child has gathered clover
blossoms in order to give a bouquet
with loving thoughts to an older per-
son.
During early years of my childhood
I liked to gather violets and Dutch
mans breeches. There was some
thing about the name "Dutchman's S
breeches" which appealed to me. They
Evening star., 1934-05-17
Arborvitae.
Thuya Occidentalis.

r TS Latin name means "tree Of
life," because 1t is even green. 1t
is a lovely tree that takes its time
i growing up; going quietly through
Life, living many years, and leav-
ing a record Of goodly report to its
credit.
Sometimes the arborvitae Is very
sociable and friendly. You see the trees
neighboring with the swamp spruce,
red and silver maple, balsam fir, canoe
birch, tamarack and others. Again.
group will appear very exclusive, and
you find them in a close group in the
dense forest, as II they were deter
mined mot to mix with their neigh
bors" Sometimes, the idea of having
a community all their own, and no
one permitted into the tree city but
a member of the family, seems to ap-
peal to them. This is the time you
see them on the side of a hill or
mountain, or along the edge of a
stream.
There are four distinct species of
this genus. Two are found in America
The other two are in China and
Japan. The Chinese one is the most
popular here. 1t is very decorative,
and there are several varieties. Since
the handsome Japanese variety has
been introduced into America, it, too,
has become favorite.
The arborvitae is a very handsome
tree. 1t reaches a height of Is feet
and sometimes rs. At the ripe age
of rs it is still slender and has a
trunk measurement of inches in
diameter. When it takes on the dig
nifty Of 160 years, it is we'll developed
and has a trunk that will measure
about II inches in diameter
The tree Is conical in shape, COM
pact in form, and is a resinous ever
green. The tWigs are large and fiat,
rather fan-shaped. The ascending
branches are frondlike sprays. Many
Of the trunks are f1uted and buttressed
at the base. The bark is light brown,
rather thin, and scales into ridges.
somewhat frayed and fuzzy looking.
The bark is rich in tannin.
The very fagrant, light brown wood
is brittle, soft and coarse. It splits
easily. 1t has very desirable quail
ity of being extremely durable in con-
tact with soil or water. Telegraph
poles, railroad ties, paving blocks and
canoes are made of the wood
Anglers find that imitation min
nows, made of the light wood. make
fishing more interesting, and fisher
men use floats made of it to buoy
their nets.
The arborvitae is a father-mother
tree. This means two types Of flowers
are borne on the same branch. The
male flowers are the staminate ones
and the female the pistillate ones.
Evening star., 1934-05-17
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

of the Smiling Pool. Billy whisked out
Of sight under some ferns. Again he
heard that harsh rattle, nearer this
time.
He Is coming down the Laughing
Brook" thought Billy.
A third time that harsh rattle
sounded, this time so near that Billy
expected that in a moment he would
see Rattles flying past where he was
hidden. His beady little eyes glowed
as he waited. But Rattles did not ap-
pear. Had he stopped in a tree to eat
a fish? That must be it, for there
was no bank along that part of the
Laughing Brook that was high enough
for Rattles to use for a nest.
Once more Billy heard that rattle,
Evening star., 1934-05-17

| Billy Mink.
~ LILY MINK was peeved. Yes.
- sir, he was peeved. He had
~ been so sure that he would
IL find the home Of Rattles
the Kingdsher in one of the
high banks along the Big River that
his failure to dc SO made. him peev-
ish It wasn't so much that he had
failed to find that home itself, but
| that he had seen and heard nothing
of Rattles or Mrs. Rattles to indicate
which bank their home was In. And
when Teeter the Sandpiper admitted
that he hadn't seen either Of them
Billy knew that he was mistaken in
thinking that they were living along
the Big River.
Now no one likes to admit even to
himself that he Is mistaken. Especially
is this true of those who are smart
and know they are smart. And Billy
Mink is smart. Any one in the Green
Forest or along the Laughing Brook
or or the Green Meadows will tell you
that. So finding that he had made a
| mistake put Billy in bad temper.
And as Is so often the case with people
who make mistakes he blamed some
one else. He blamed the Kingfishers.
They should be somewhere over
here" he snarled. They started this
way when they left the Smiling Pool
and they nested over here last year,
so they ought to be here now. They've
made me waste a lot Of time. I've
come way over here for nothing and
| l am no wiser thin ! was when /
started. But I'll find that nest yet.
I'll show them they can't fool me!'
Now Billy was wiser than when he
started, for he had learned something.
He had learned that Rattles and Mrs.
Rattles were not living along the Big
River. and that hunting for their
home there was useless. BY this time
he was hungry again, so he turned
| back to the Laughing Brook. He
caught a frog and a fish and when
he had eaten these he felt better. They
were not the eggs or young birds he
had counted on, but they were good
eating, Just the same, and he felt
lot better.
II suppose" said he to himself.
that III have to go back to the Smil-
ing Pool and start all over again. They
are sure to come there to fish and I
will watch them more carefully and
so make sure just which way they
do go. I'm going to find that nest or
my name isn't Billy Mink"
Billy started back up the Laughing
Brook but he took his time about it.
He hunted as he went. He investi-
gated everything. for that is Billy's
way. He was little more than half
way back to the Smiling Pool when
in the distance he heard the harsh
rafting voice of Rattles the King
fisher. 1t came from the direction
Evening star., 1934-05-17

$ SUMMER ADVANCES dIlu yOu
" get out Of Spring suits into
II seasonal ones of cotton. linen
4 4 and silk, it will be advisable
for you to increase your re-
serve supply of blouses with few
new models from the incoming sum-
mer collections.
Two lovely designs are sketched to-
day. The one at the top is OF glazed
organdy and comes in all the fruit
tones and a wide range of delicate
pastels. Its cut is one of triumphant
simplicity--the major parts being re-
duced to three pieces-a front, back
and a butterfly bow The last men
toned is but a superficial bit of adorn-
ment that may, at any time, be sub
stituted by a nifty scarf, a knotted
kerchief, or any momentarily popular
iabot The bow is made detachable
and can be pulled in or out at Will.
Tuck-in blouses are as much in favor
as those worn outside the skirt. AS
is the case with most of this seasons
designs, this blouse is finished to wear
as you choose.
The lower blouse, featuring the
pleated front and the becoming collar
has much to recommend it from the
standpoint of variability. 1t is made
of an excellent quality Of pink hand
kerchief linen, the sort that (believe
it or not) improves with each wash
ing. 1t is tailored with a certain in
dependence that makes it a possible
companion for separate Summer
sports skirts, worn with which it takes
on the appearance of a two-piece
frock 1t also may be worn inside or
outside the skirt. and with every sort
of wash suit known to Womanklnd.
Both models included in Barbara
Bell pattern 1929 are designed in
sizes IA to 20 and 80 to AZ. The
blouse with the butterfly bow requires
in size l6 or "a, 2 yards Of either
35 or 80 inch material.
The tailored blouse in size 16, or
"a, requires 134 yards Of either 35
OR SO inch material
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
en- Illustrated instruction guide that
is easy to follow.
Evening star., 1934-05-17
Cocoa Cream Roll.

Sift together half cupful Of sugar,
three tablespoonfuls of flour. three
fourths teaspoonful of baking powder
two and a half tablespoonfuls of cocoa
and a pinch Of salt. Beat three egg
yoks until light and thick, and grad
ually add the sifted, dry ingredients
Fold in the stifny beaten egg whites
Pour into a creased shallow pan and
spread thin. Bake in a moderate oven
for Is minutes. Remove quickly and
place on slightly damp cloth
sprinkled with powdered sugar. With
a sharp knife trim of all crusty edges
Spread with three-fourths cupful oi
sweetened whipped cream and roll ur
while still warm. Place in the re-
frigerator to set for about one hour.
Evening star., 1934-05-17
Special Rhubarb Pie

Wash some rhubarb and dry it
carefully; cut into half-inch pieces
without peeling enough to make two
cupfuls. Melt one tablespoonful of
butter in a saucepan, adding one
cupful of sugar and the rhubarb to
it. Cook until the rhubarb is softened
and the sugar is melted. stirring care
fully. Now add two egg yolks, slight
ly beaten, with one and one-fourth
cupfuls Of sugar mixed with one ia
blespoonful Of flour. Stir gradually
into the hot mixture and cook for a
few minutes until it is Of a jelly-like
consistency. Remove from the fire
and cool. Pour into a baked and
cool pastry shell and top With a
meringue made Of two egg whites
beaten with six tablespoonfuls Of
sugar and one-fourth teaspoonful Of
vanilla. Brown in slow oven. The
red rhubarb gives a delicate color to
this pie.
Evening star., 1934-05-17

are bright green in overlapping scales.
They grow in four rows on the two
edged branchlet or small twig. The
middle row is fiat with tiny warts"
on each scale. If you crush them,
they are very aromatic.
Low swampy ground, especially near
stream. is preferred by the arborvi-
taes. Along the Canadian border,
from Maine to Minnesota, you will
lind many handsome specimens.
Southwark the tree follows the noun
talns Of the Eastern United States to
North Carolina and Eastern Ten
nesSee.
The largest stands, also called
Northern white cedars, growing in
great numbers, are seen in Wisconsin.
Minnesota and Michigan, and East
ward across to Canada. The total
stand is now about 7o0,00oO0O cubic
feet.
Copyright, I034l
Evening star., 1934-05-17
The Old Gardener Says:

Garden makers are becoming
increasingly fond of the different
kinds of statice. because of their
usefulness in the garden and the
fact that the flowers can be dried
as everlasting for Winter bou-
quets. Statice sinuata, grown as
an annual, is one Of the best.
The usual color is bright rose.
but there are also lavender, blue
and white varieties. The Rus
sian "rat-tail statice," called
suworowi, is the kind with long
spikes sold by the florists, but
develops much more slowly.
Amateurs are often puzzled by
the curious seeds from which
statice is grown. These seeds are
buried in tufts Of chaff. They
must not be separated, chaf and
seeds being planted together.
(Copyright, 1934)
Evening star., 1934-05-17

really do look a good deal like the
bulging trousers which some fisher
men in Holland still wear.
Blue and purple violets are the
most common in most parts Of the
country, but there are white violets
and yellow violets, as well.
Every continent of the earth has
violets, and North America has at
least 10 kinds, including the early
blue violet, the arrow-leaved violet,
the prairie yellow violet. the pine
violet and the hearts ease and the
yellow pansy. Pansies in gardens
have ancestors among the wild yiolets.
For nature section of your scrap
book.
If you would like the new leafet.
"Fifty-five Riddles and Answers. 4"
send a stamped return envelope to
me in care of this newspaper.
UNCLE RAY.
(Copyright l934)
Evening star., 1934-05-17
Corned Beef Ha sh.

Put some cold corned beef through
a meat grinder. first removing all
gristle and some Of the fat. Add the
same quantity of cold boiled potatoes
finely chopped, but not put through a
grinder. Season with salt and pepper.
Moisten with brown stock or milk and
put in a well-greased skillet. Spread
out evenly, lower the heat, and let
brown very slowly. Turn and brown
on the other side, then fold over and
serve on a hot platter with parsley
sprigs. Any leftover meat may be
made into hash in the same way.
Evening star., 1934-05-17
Shepherd's s Pie.

Cut some leftover lamb in small
cubes and brown IN a little fat. Add
boiling water almost to cover. Add
half an onion. minced fine, and salt
and pepper to taste. Add any left
over gravy and simmer for 20 min
utes. Thicken with flour. mixed to a
smooth paste with a little cold water.
Pile creamy mashed potato on top.
Bake in a hot oven for 80 minutes.
Evening star., 1934-05-17
Strawberry Mousse.

To two cupfuls of heavy cream
whipped solid. adds gradually one
cupful of powdered sugar and few
grains Of salt. and fold in two cup
fuls OF mashed fresh Strawberries. Put
the mixture In a mold, cover the top
of the mold with a buttered paper
buttered side up; put the cover on
tight, pack IN ice and salt and let
stand for five hours.
Evening star., 1934-05-17
(Copyright, 1934O
Contract
BY P. HAL SIMS.

Mr.. Sims is universally acclaimed the
greatest luing contract and auction
player. He was captain OF the renowned
-Four Horsemen" team, not0 diSbanded,
and has 1Uon "a national champion
ships since 1924 These articles are
based on the Sims system, 1G7tc'l
includes the one-orer-one principle,
phich the Sims group OF players uas
the first to employ and deuelop.
Evening star., 1934-05-17

time Mr.. B had finished passing
strong hands and bidding weak ones,
bidding blank suits and making phony
jump no-trump takeouts, in combina-
ton with few, little tricky leads and
discards, Mr.. A had received such a
dent in his self-esteem that I doubt
that he'll ever be the same again.
(Copyright. 1934D
Evening star., 1934-05-17
Mature S Children
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

You find them on the tips of side
twigs. The tree fruits each year. You
know by the location that q female
flower bloomed In that spot the Spring
before. At first the cone Is pale
green. Gradually. as 1t ripens, it be-
comes a pale reddish brown, and when
the erect cone is ripe, it has 8 to u
thin pointless scales that open to the
base Of the cone.
The leaves are interesting, They
Evening star., 1934-05-17

Mr. Sims will answer all inquiries
on contract that are addressed to this
newspaper with self a d d dressed,
stamped envelope.
Evening star., 1934-05-17
Billy Mink Gets q Clue.

trifie sometimes gives q clue
40 what you should or shoulon do.
Billy Mink
Evening star., 1934-05-17
Smart Bouses for Coming Warm Season
Cut of Triumphant Simplicity
Shown, With Major Parts
in Three Pieces.
Second Type Displays Pleated
Front and Becoming Collar
With Wearable Details.
BY BARBARA BELL.

A S SUMMER advances and you
n get out of Spring suits into
II seasonal ones of cotton, linen
4 \ and silk, it will be advisable