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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07
So They Say

Soon we shall begin to look upon low wages as indecent, and upon prices which are higher than they need to be as treason to our social order. Edward A. Fiene: Boston merchant I am not opposed to work. think it is fine for other people. couldn't get along at all unless someone worked.
 IT. S. Stribling, Pulitzer prize novelist. Financial wild oats have been freely sowed. It will be unavoidable to reap the harvest. Prof H. Parker Willis of Columbia.
 
 When dollar may mean anything at all- or nothing-an egg is always egg.
 -Raque Torres movie star.
  I am not afraid of my record.
 Mrs Gloria Vanderbilt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07


 tion. Then if the firing became too hot the. conference was sud- denly terminated.
 Rising, Miss Perkins an- nounced:.
 ''I'm sorry,. you have 10 excuse me. I have another ap- pointmcnt."
 100000
 Miss Katherine F. 'Lenroot has conquered her hoodoo.
 For years she was the able, widely esteemed assistant chief of the. United States Children's Bureau. ' When the top, post be- z came vacant last spring through the voluntary retirement of Miss i Grace Abbott, social workers throughout the country urged Miss Lenrott's appointment.
 Miss 9Lenrott was privately skcptical Of her chance of being chosen by the New Deal regime. Although herself a liberal and in full sympathy with the Roose- yelt administration, her father. Irvine L. Lenroot, in his early years a lieutenant of the elder Bob La Toilette, later as United States senator, became an Old Guard Republican leader and close friend and adviser of Her bert Hoover.
 The latter, after his election, appointed Lenroot to the Court. of Customs Appeals, a post he still holds.
 ''I'm afraid fathers politics." Miss Ienroot told friends, wont help me any"
 They may not have helped, but they did not bar her path. Already the president has ap- pointed Miss I.enroot to the prized command of the bureau.
 NIERRY-GO-ROUND
 Despite Wall Streets conten- tion that the Stock Exchange Control Bill would seriously im- pair the issuance of new securi- ties, the month of October saw brisk business The Securities Exchange Commission approved offerings totalling $34,00g,0OO of which more than $26,000, ,000 were industrial and commercial issues Dr Leon Marshall, erudite MIRA board member, sprang new word on his col leagues the other day. 1t is "trinative," which he explained means the choice of three things Arizona's Senator Henry Ashurst, had a pet turtle for many years, but finally present ed it to a zoo. Ashurst says he gave up his pct reluctantly be- cause that turtle symbolized what I need most for my iife's worlS-a thick hide" :. Mrs Fillmore NJ. Herrick, director of the Regional Labor Board for New York city and vicinity, de- clares in the Forum that la- bor strikes and the. threat of them have been one of the most effective methods of forcing em- ployers to comply with MIRA codes.
 (COpyright, 1884, by United Fca-
 ture Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07
Press Comment
THE HOUSATONIC DELTA (New Britain Herald)

The lower reaches of the Housa- tonic river is an ideal site for a magnificent national park. So says the Milford News, adding a reason for the deduction:
 ''Situated as 1t is within reach of the most thiokly populated section of the East. right at the easterly end of what ultimately will be the completed Merit highway from New York's state line to the boun- dary of Fairfield county. the lower valley of the river flattcns out into q delta. fronting on Long Island Sound. making . natural site for the finest recreational area between New York and New London"
 And that Is one angle of the argument down in the southwest. ern portion of the state. This latest wrangie has to. do with q project to dredge the. HouEatenic Just up from It's mouth. The federal gov. ernment would pay for it. Of course. At theinst meeting of com mittoes and mayors from the vafi. ous towns affected and an army man from Washington. "yaehtsnen accused commercial reel estate owners of seeking government aid for solflsh reasons, while owners Of dajneoni rnni estate accused yaehtsmsn Of being aearssIghisa, 1"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07
Three Metals

N Steel is regarded as "heavy industry" But apparently it has just as much right to be considered light industry. Along with pig iron, 15-ton steel ingots, massive rails, castings and girders, it is responsi- ble for turning out countless millions cf nails, screws, hairpins, safety pins, fish hooks, hooks and eyes, bobby pins, and so on, down to the almost invisible wire springs used for wrist watches. The ton mage of steel which women carry around with them, in the form of sartorial access sories of one kind and another, would build lot of big bridges every year.
 According to "Steel Facts," there are 500 essentially different steel products in 100000 sizes, shapes and finishes. So many new uses have been found for steel, in spite of the growing utilization of alum mum and new alloys, that there is prob ably more justification than ever for call ing steel the universal metaP'. We may soon be living in steel houses, with our furniture and other equipment mainly steel.
 Nevertheless, the future may belong to aluminium, when methods are found to eX- tract it from ordinary clay as effectively as it is now extracted from bauxite. Then it may be the most widely available metal in the world. People have scarcely begun to realize the things that may be done with aluminium, alone and alloyed, for struct- ural use and in the form of utensils and paints. Beyond that, scientist suggests. looms magnesium, lighter than aluminium - silver-white, malleable, ductile metal that makes marvellously light and strong alloys for airplanes and other purposes. These will create great, new industries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07
A Book a Day
That Tough Lawyer Wins Another Case <
By BRUCE CAPTION

The mystery-story fan gets an- other break this week with the publication of a new story by Erie Stanley Gardner-"The Case of the Curious Bride' (Morrow: $2).
 Here, once more, we have the very tough lawyer, Perry Mason, retained in a murder case. A young married woman finds that her former husband, whom she had supposed dead, is still alive. He tries to blackmail her, and un- til Perry Mason, following his usual tactics of skating right to the edge of unethical practice-does son,e thim rigging with a door bell, an alarm clock, and a telephone, and gets her clear.
 These Perry. Mason stories are about the most refreshing detec- tive tales we get nowadays. They are solid action, from start to fin- ish> MT Gardner leaves out tEe frills and concentrates on excite ment. The result is first-rate en- tertainment. 4S.
 It isn't possible to say so much for "Fer-de-Lance" by Rex Stout (Farrar and Rinehart: $2). Here we have a university president murdered. by some ingenious soul who fixes up an internal machine in the shaft of the mans golf club, and the case Is handled by a corr pulent private detective who never goes out of his house, but studies clews in the privacy of his parlor.
 It's fairish reading, marred ny the fact that the sleuth's eccep- tricities oyershadow one's interest in the action.
 Eliery queen is fin again, this time with a book of short detec- two stories, "The Adventures of Eilery Queen" tBtokes. e2). If you liko iilery Queen and short detective stories. you'Ii like thIa book.
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beginning, Dear Pressedent RosebeiP'.
 About one in every fifteen write his name Theodore Roose- welt. sec =.
 One earnest correspondent mis- spelled the name, discovered it later, and wrote:
 ''I wrote you this morning. 1 see that I spelled your name wrong. l hope you'll take it good-natured." .
 OFF KEY
 No administration in years has taken more pains in polish 5 ing ups it's relations with the press than the Roosevelt regime. < And in general it has been ex- tremely successfuk @
 But in the harmony of the New Deal there has been one sour note. t .g.. ae . It@comes from the one alady member Of the cabinet. Miss Frances Perkins constantly Is singing off key. Y This is not new with the sec. retary of labor. F. As. a member of RooSeveltS cabinet in New York state, she successfully stunned the press. She hesi-' tated, to come to Washington for that reason. 5.a.@
 Here Gin New York) we have been building brick by brick,' she told q friend just before she accepted. the secretaryship of la Dor. But in Washington we shall be, expected to perform miracles overnight and with the full spotlight Of publicity play ing on Us. I hate the thought of it.'s S& ,54
 At the beginning of tbe New Deal, Miss Perkins probably got bctetr press than any other members of the cabinet. But it did not last, long. She was hOs- tile, dictatoriaL irregular with her press conferences and in- variably late.
 Almost every conference start ed with a little harangue by the Secretary, in which she adopted the attitude of q school marm explaining the ABC's. Finally, newsman broke in With a aues-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07
Selected Poem
FIRST SNOW

(Fred Lape in the New York sun) Fall gently, snow and without sound Cover the grass. the frozen clay. Hold fast on boughs, cling to the round Husks Of the buds. the hemlock spray. Quietly, quietly, In the dark
 Transform the trees to crystal plumes. Bury the tumbled fence and mark
 The tawny weeds with heavy blooms. Let every uglness be gone.
 Wrap it ln whiteness SO the knuried And crooked limb may lift nt dawn
 A clean arm over n pure world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07

vated in corn than any other crop. The area extends through wegteEn Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, ana well into Nebraslxa and Kaneas, ana includes northern, Missouri, eeAs- ern4 South Dakota, and southwegt- ern Minnesota.
 a.. How much differenc9 1s +bere between Eastern StAndarA Time Time and Pacific standard Timer
 A. Pacific time is three hours earlier.
 Ts vou want a copy of our bul. latin MEANINGS OF BIBllE NAMES, write to The WaSerDury Democrat, Washington ureau,, enclosing five cents in postage stamps. +'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07

Q. Who was Niagara?
 A. Wife of Hercules, the strong man of Greek mythology. < c. Please state the time and place of birth of Pope Plus XXI. the name of his parents and the place where he received his elementary edicatio1l.
 A. He is the son of Francis Rat ti and Teresa Cali of Desio, near Milan, Italy. Achille- Ratti, Plus XI, was born there May 31, 1857; fourth of five children Desio then had no public school and the children of the village went to the house of Father Joseph Volontieri for instructions. Achille was one of his pupils.
 @. Name the U. s. Secretaries of the Interior since 1920.
 A. John B. Payne, 1920: Albert B. Fall, 1921; Hubert Work, 1925; Roy O. West, 1928; Ray Lyman Wilbur, 1929; Harold L. Ickes, 1883.
 0. Name the Chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corpora tion.
 A. Jesse H. Jones.
 o. By what other names are cougars known?
 A. Puma, panther, catamount, mountain lion and American lion.
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 Q. Who composed the opera La Tosca"?
 A. Puccini.
 Q. What is the address of the Prince of Wales? - A. St James Palace, London.
 0. Is the honey locust the same as the thorn tree?
 A. Yes.
 Q. Are any seedless watermel- ons grown?
 A. Watermelons which are prac- tically seedless have been grown as a hobby by few horticulturlsts. They have no commercial possibiii- ties.
 o. Who offered the bill in the last congress to pay the soldier bonus by funds raised by national lottery?
 A. Representative Edward A. Kenny of New Jersey. | o. Can a person born in the Philippines of alien parents, who has resided 10 or more years m the United States automatically become an American citizen by reason of his long residence? A. No. He must comply witn the requirements of the naturallza- . ton law the same as all other aliens.
 O. Is rain water soft or hard What makes water hard? A. Rain water is soft. The hardness of water is caused by the presence of minerals which the water picks up while flowing through the earth. O. How many species of fieas are there, and which of them are most obnoxious to humans anu other animals? T.. A. There are approximateiy 800 species, but less than q dozen of these are. of special interest as pests to men and animals. Ihe human fiet, dog flea, cat hea, sticktight flea; and hen fieas, ana rat fieas, which carry the bubomc plague, are the principal species that annoy humans and domestic animals in the United States. O When was the Reconstruc- ton Finance Corporation created A. By Act of Congress approv- ed by President, Hoover January 22, 1932. During the Roosevelt Ad- ministration it's powers have been increased and the scope of It's oL- eratiohs enlarged by subsequent legislation. % O. Of what ancestry is Robert G. vignola. and what IS his an- dress? A. He is Italian by birth. and may be addressed in care or the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Hollywood, Calf. o. Where in the U. s. is the so- called corn belt? A. It Is an area in the central portion where more land is cuitl-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07

Says the New York Herald concerning repeal: "A year = on the whole re- markedly temperate one . has rolled by since then repeal has neither exagger- ated the horrors of prohibition years nor brought back the too much sentimentalized glories of the pre-war past; rather it has produced a new variation upon the chang ing theme of New York manners" What is true in New York applies elsewhere. Many changes have been noted this past year, and the difference between speak easy drinking and hotel lounge drinking is more or less in the approach or in the viewpoint. The devilishness of drinking, you might say, does not make itself so apparent when done in the open. And one good thing the first year of repeal did was to push into the background bathtub gin and homemade hooch of indifferent quality.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07
Chuckle Corner
AMONG THE BROKERS
 By Jack straiey

By Jack straiey A trader we would like to SOCK Is one who calls ten shares a
 block.
 Broker Bumpus says if things get any tougher his firm is going to put the margin cierks' on straight commission. A specalator we could crown Tips eWhat goes up must sure
 come down."
 And another good way to beat the stock market is to leave your money in a savings bank.
 And Wall Street Winnie, in choosing boy friend specnlators to step out with, says she never takes the lossr of two evils. "A diller. a dollar; a stock market
 scholar
 What makes you come so soon ?'' i've lost my roll, I'm on the dole,
 And don't get up till noon."
 That Hoboken theater where they let the customers in free and charge them to get out can't claim any credit for q new idea. Wall Street brokers have been doing the same thing for years.
 New Customer: What are my chances of making money with your firm 2"
 Broker: "one hundred percent You're my tenth customer, and they say that In Wall street one out of ten always wins" Little Buy-cheap was one Of the sheep t.t t.I That don't know how 10 find They come come to the Street but soor gre beat.
 Leaving their cash behind them
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07

With the football season over, high school and college boys can begin to think about getting some school work done as soon as the Christmas holidays are out or the way, that is unless an abundance or snow and ice with plenty of skiing and skating do not keep them too busy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07
Questions And Answers.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07
Horoscope
BY OCTAVINE

For persons who believe that human destiny is guided by the planets. the daily horoscope is outlined by q noted astrolOger. In addition to information of general interests. 1t outlines in- formation of special interest to persons born on the designated dates
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07
Daily Washington Merry Go Round
:. BY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT s. 4

 Rebellion Building Tod Union May tmpa ReOa o Heovy ndur A. r. Control U S. May
  Sings Oft Key a
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Monte Carlos Bait

A brief and not very important news item from Monte Carlo suggests few thoughts on gambling. That famous resort has lost customers during the depression. It is now trying to win them back. It announces that admission to the gaming room will be free and, for one-haf hour daily, the zero on the roulette wheel-on which the casino ordinarily takes all = will be suppressed.
 In other words, the authorities are will- ing to waive some profit in order to reap much more. Any patron who thinks he now stands fine chance to win lot of money for it's proprietors than all the lucky patrons combined ever win.
 Patrons may flock back cheerfully to be beaten in the effort to get something for nothing. If person wants to gamble he goes ahead and gambles, even when he knows the game is crooked and the long, run chances are against him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07

Figuring it every way the whole family will fare pretty well this Christmas, that is, excepting father, who in the position of dealerout of the dough, is automatically eliminated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07

remarked the News. And Rs one mayor accused the other and one committee the other the army mss Tor got hIs if nnd reglrneo so Washington, psFhnps Q eeglsass'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07
DECEMBER 8

DECEMBER &
 The prevailing condition at pres ent is not reliable, although the morning recommends itself for business expansion. There is so much trickery, deceit and under hand business going on that one cannot be too cautious. The even ing looks socially pleasant if you do not talk too much.
 Blrthdntc & Perhaps you are interested in met oteoroiogy. if not you should be. Be cautious of deceit. theft. trick cry or liquor from September 23 through December, 1885. Unex. pectedly favorable from December | 90. 1884 through January 1, 1885. socially favorable June si. 2e,
 Danger october 7.iO. 1885.
 Write letters December i6 and IgendeEs dcslFing additional in- formation regarding fheIP li0rO. scopes are invited Co communicate Wiflf Ociayinc ifi care Of ti1ls nowss nnpeP. Enclose a B.cent slnnll,ud self .nd1eosssd enyelope
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07

The race to 1885 will be swift from now on; and thirty-five years ago who'd 2 thunk it would come so soon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07

Although Thanksgiving is thing of the past we still have much to be thankful for in that there has been no snow to impede traffic or icy walks to sand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07
imIlv AiTanae

Moon sets 6ii4 Q. m,
 Run rises 7sOg C. mi set 4is4 Q. ni. All vehicles must Dc lighted thirty minutes after sunset
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07

{ e., What does the name Jonina mean? #
 A. It is a Polish feminine form of the Hebrew name, John" and means little John," or "grace of Gody.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-07

Q. Who was Niagara?
 A. Wife of Hercules, the strong man of Greek mythology.
Evening star., 1934-01-07
Miss Margaret Phillips,
Pittsburgh 'Debutante,
Will Wed Mr.. Succop
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Lieut.. Comdr. Priest. Medical Corps,
u. S. N.
The wedding will take place Thurs
day, February /.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith w. Purdum OF
HyattsviIle, Md, announce the engage
ment Of their daughter, Dorothy Lewis
to Mr.. Raymond Hunt of Wilmington
N. c. The marriage will take place
February 3, in the home of the brides
parents. After a trip to Florida, Mr.
and Mrs. Hunt will make their home in
Wilmington, N. C.
The engagement of Miss Katharine
Dewey to Mr.. Edward F. Dickinson of
Billerica, Mass, a suburb of Boston
was announced last evening at a bridge
party, which Miss Dewey gave in the
Kenesaw in honor of Mrs. l.. Ayres
Bryson of New York.
Mr. and Mrs. James H. johnson, jr
announce the engagement of their
daughter. Alma Maria johnson, to DR.
Raymond Charles Kirchner, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert w. Kirchner Of St
Louis and Washington
MlsS JollIlSOH graduated from george
town Visitation Convent and DR.. Kirch-
ner received his degree from George
town University Medical School.
Mrs. William Colman announces the
engagement OF her daughter Ethel tc
Mr.. Leroy S. Bendheim of Alexandria
No date is given for the wedding.
Miss Colman is the daughter of the
late William Colman, and Mr.. Bend
helm, the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Bendheim of Alexandria.
Evening star., 1934-01-07
"'Tidewater Virginia
Subject of Lecture

Acting as ushers at the lecture.
"Tidewater Virginia." by Mr.. Paul VIII
stach at the Shoreham, January "a,
will be Miss Mary Nelson Lee, Miss
Sara Harrison, Miss Janet Harrison.
Miss Eleanor Peirce, Miss Elizabeth
Peirce, Miss Lila La Garde, Miss Mar
garet Greenleaf Miss Ida Greenleaf,
Miss Dorothy Howe, Miss Ruth Howe,
Miss Peggy Reid and Miss Virginia
Carton.
The Washington branch of the As
sociation for the Preservation OF Vir-
ginia Antiquities, sponsoring this lee
ture, has accomplished much in the
preservation Of the historic ruins at
Abingdon, the birthplace OF Nellie
Custis, on the Mount Vernon Highway.
The cooperation of Col u. S. Grant,
Sd. former director Of public buildings
and public parks Of the National
Capital, has been greatly appreciated
by the Washington branch Of the as
sociation in the preservation OF these
ruins. Abingdon with its high eleya-
ton, its beautiful lay OF lanc slopiny
down to the river, and its lovely view
OF the Potomac, affords a delightfully."-
interesting spot to those motoring on
the highway.
Tickets may be obtained from Mrs.
Pearce Horne, 1880 Nineteenth street.
and Miss E. Bertha Chinn, the Con-
necticut.
Evening star., 1934-01-07

Capt. Colon Eloy Alfaro, is expected to
arrive in New York Tuesday aboard the
Santa Lucia from Panama, where he
spent a short time on duty as Min
lister. being accredited to both posts.
The Minister has been In his Ecuador
home, where he went the middle Of No.
vember. Sonora de Alfaro did not ac-
company him North and is expected to
Join him later in the Winter.
The Minister of Hungary and Nine.
Pelenyi will go to New York today to
remain until Wednesday and will be
among the guests at dinner Tuesday of
the president of Columbia University
and Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler.
The charge d'affaires of Japan and
Nine. Taketomi will entertain at din
ner Wednesday evening.
The naval attache Of the Italian en-
bassy and Signora Casardi will sail to-
morrow aboard the Conte di Savoie for
this country after spending some time
in Italy. They are expected to arrive
in New York January II and will come
to Washington a few days later.
Evening star., 1934-01-07
Nebraska State Society
At Confessional Club

The Nebraska State Society will have
a reception and dance at the Congress
sional Club. 200l New Hampshire ave-
nue.. Friday evening. January II.
The guests will be received by the
president OF the society. Miss Grace Nc
Gerr, and the members Of the Nebraska
delegation in Congress and their wives,
Senator and Mrs. George w. Norris,
Senator and Mrs. w. H. Thompson,
Representative and Mrs A. C. Shallen-
berger, Representative and Mrs. Edgar
Howard. Representative and Mrs. John
Morehead, Representative and Mrs.
Edward Burke and Representative and
Mrs. Terry Carpenter. Nebraskans
prominent in official life will be Spe-
cial guests.
Election of officers and a short en-
tertainment will be followed by dane
ing cards and refreshments.
All Nebraskans in Washington are
cordially invited. Nineteen hundred
and thirty-three membership cards will
admit members. Guest cards bay be
procured from the secretary, Mr. Lyle
ORourke, at the Roosevelt Hotel.