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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19

A pretty fall wedding of much local interest took place this morn ing in Windsor, Quebec, Canada when Miss Eva Marie O'Connor, daughter of MT and Mrs Arthur l.. O'Connor of Windsor, Quebec, be- came the bride of John D. Doran. son of Mrs Ma -garct Doran of S~.%', H,~.'-r ~-- -+ rT-'a oe-er, nny was followed by a nuptial mass. t5.~....j, a.. aI ,i~e OI pom poms decorated the airor and Miss Marie Delane was soioist for the musical program assisted by J. Hamel, violinist.
 The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, wore a gown of ivory satin, LeLong model princess style with fitted jacket of Alencon lace fashioned with Q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES :
ALun,nae Group
 Plans Card Party

The Waterbury Catholic High School Alumnae Association will sponsor a card party on Thursday evening, September 27th at the school auditorium. Miss Vivian Malia is chairman of the arrange ments committee with Miss Mary Iacovino as co-chairman and the assisting committee includes Mar garet w. Carroll, Catherine Say CTS, Mrs Truman B. Lewis, Rose Restivo, Helen Ga1iada, Helen Lynch, Margaret Fitzgerald, Ma talie Plangas, Ruth Bierersdorfer, Kathleen Maher, Catherine Mur- phy and Margaret Sullivan. Prizes will be in charge of Misses Mau- reen Cleary, Helen Lynch and Natalie Plangas. The members of the printing committee are: Mar garet w. Carroll, chairman, and Ruth Bierersdorfer and Margaret Fitzgerald.
 Mrs. William Meehan was ten- dered shower recently at the home of her sister, Mrs w. Kel- Ter of Railroad Hill street. The home was decorated in color scheme of peach and green. A varied program of entertainment was enjoyed and delicious sup per was served. The guest of honor was presented with many gifts. Those present were: Misses Addie Divigard, Rita Rassicot, Nellie Shea, Katherine Stack, Helen Jus zkiucz, Rose Davino, Johanna Doyle, Elise Meehan, Stasia Jusz- kuicz, Claire Charmut, Jeanette Dela, Anna O'Connor, Jane Fon- taine, Evelyn Bergin, Mollie Colan- gelo, Mathe Soden, Rita Drain- vile, Julia Sweedoc, Marge Lauria, Marion Anitone, Theresa Davino, Ada Ferguson, Kay Davino, Mrs. William Keller, Mrs. A. Klem, Mrs. R. Ross, Mrs. P. Mikus, Mrs. A. Banks, Mrs. A. Mercier, Mrs. J.. Dumpny, Mrs. J. Sasso, Mrs. s. Charmut, Mrs. Ralph Brennan, Mrs. Ernest Massicotte, Mrs. John Herman, Mrs. Joseph Walla, Mrs. Patrick Keegan, Mrs. Harry Ryan, Mrs. Josephine Blake, Mrs. John Rincavage, Mrs. George Rasicot, Mrs. Alice Greene, Mrs. William Mechaa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19

Queen Anne collar. She wore a small fitted turban of white satin with nose veil. Her bridal bou- quet was of yellow tea roses and white rosebuds showered with lilies of the valley. John Butler of Wind sor attended MT Doran as best man.
 A reception for about one hun dred guests was held at the home of the brides parents. The couple left on a motor trip through Can ada and the New England states, the bride wearing reindeer brown swagger suit trimmed with fox fur and matching accessories. Upon re- turning they will reside at 40 Lockhart avenue.
 Mrs Doran is 8 graduate of St Mary's hospital training school for nurses in the class of 1881 and MT Doran is graduate of Crosby high and is affiliated with the Merriman Dairy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19
Contract Bridge
ELTON CONTRACT CLUB

In last evenings session of The Elton Contract club top scorers were: MT and Mrs w. S. Smith, SSh; Thomas Byrnes and Leo Bat
 tie, 82h and MT and Mrs H. O. Newman, 7Sh and East and West Mrs F. A. Jackie and Mrs A. S. Jourdan. 90; Henry Minor and J, O. P. Manherz, 751s; Mrs Edmund Spicer and Mrs Henry Preusser. "A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19
Wo m en s Clubs Conduct NelD England Conference

been named delegates to the con- ference many of the local club members have been in attendance at the various sessions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19
Weddings
Personal

MT and Mrs F. B. Anderson of OakhilI avenue are spendinr a NoH days in Pittsfield, Mass.
 George McArthur of Mastwood avenue is spending several days lp New Work.
 Edward McGrath of Albion street has resumed his studies e Dartmouth College.
 MT and Mrs Joseph n. Nelly o1 Oakhill avenue are enjoying & three weeks visit in Noyia Scotia,
 Louis J. Thibault, son of Dr ana Mrs Louis J. Thibault of Willow street has resumed his studies at Tufts Dental School, where he e q member of the senior class.
 Miss Helen Hogan has returned to her home in Poughquag, N. Xss after spending several days a the guest of Mrsa David Galway q Beecher avenue.
 Miss Patricia Healey, daughteg of Mir and Mrs Patrick Healey 0N Chapman avenue, will leave on Monday to resume her studies &5 Smith College.
 Miss Alma Fitzpatrick of Delss ware avenue was the guest of Cae det Warfield at the fall hop held at the United States Military Acads emy at West Point over the week. end.
 MT and Mrs Lawrence Gillaum have returned from their weddtn0 trip and have taken up thetK ress idence on Waterville street. MS4 Gilland is the former, Mics LilisM Bell.
 John F. McGrath, son of Judgd and Mrs John McGrath Of Rose. land avenue left today to resumM his studies at Villanova College
 MT and Mrs M. J. McAllister 0A Altoona, N. r., have been spen0s ing several days as the guestq 09 MT and Mrs Gorge Maguiye M Beecher avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19

Myles A. Mccarthy, son of Mrs Margaret Mccarthy of Randolph avenue, left Sunday for Washing ton. ID. C., to enter Georgetown University Medical school. He is a graduate of Fordham University.
 Miss Charlotte Elton of Church street, is registered at the Vassar club at the Hotel New Weston in New York city.
 MT and Mrs Raymond Mullaney and son, Robert of Hartford, visit- ed Mrs Mullaney's father, Timothy Murphy of North Main street over the weekend.
 Thomas Grove of Sylvan avenue, left today to enter Syracuse Uni- versity.
 Miss ElmiEa Duesen of Walnut street, has returned after spend- ing a few days in New York city.
 Joseph Mccarthy of Baldwin street, is spending a few days as the guest of relatives in East Or- ange, N. J.
 Miss Elizabeth Dorgan of Thomaston Avenue, has returned New York.
 Mrs Constance Stokes of River- side street has returned after senpding a two weeks vacation at the Worlds Fair.
 Massicotte, Mrs E. P. Loranger, Mrs Arthur Peters, Mrs w. N. vallee, Mrs Ernest Cadotte, Mrs Eugene Arcand, Mrs A. Rochon, Mrs L. J. Thibault, Mrs William Boisvert, Mrs T. F. Meehan, Mrs F. w. Lawlor, ST, Mrs B. Heitz. Mrs A. Demenske, Mrs Frederick Sickmund, Mrs David Waugh, Mrs H. Frechette, Mrs E. J. Vanassee. Mrs G. K. Howe, Mrs Edward Hayes, Mrs Joseph Pare, Mrs Ed ward Lynch, Mrs N. Gauvin, Mrs F. w. Lawlor, Jr, Mrs Alton Norton, Mrs H. Laurencelle, Mrs Ovid Ro- chon, Mrs E. L. Peters of Florida, Mrs Peter Martell of New Haven, Mrs D. Greenwood of Boston and Mrs Margaret Carlin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19

Edward McGrath of Albion street has resumed his studies e Dartmouth College.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19

George McArthur of Eastwood avenue is spending several days Iu New Work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19
CONTRACT BRIDGE
 BY VIM. E. MCKINNEY Secrefarx of fhs. American Bridge LRague

Good Defense Sets HandDecarer Could Make Five in Game Which Teamwork By Clever Opponents
 Holds Down To Three
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19

MT and Mrs F. B. Anderson of Oakhill avenue are spending a NpH days in Piftsfeld, Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19

Mir and Mrs Joseph D. Nelly o1 Oakhill avenue are enjoying q three weeks visit in Noyia Scotia
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19

Louis J. Thibault, son of pr and Mrs Louis J. Thibault of Willow street has resumed his studies at Tufts Dental School, where he as q member of the senior class.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19

Mir and Mrs Raymond Mullaney and son, Robert of Hartford, visit- ed Mrs Mullaney's father, Timothy Murphy of North Main street over the weekend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19

Mrs Constance Stokes of River- side street has returned after senpding 8 two weeks vacation at the Worlds Fair.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19

Thomas Grove of Sylvan avenue, left today to enter Syracuse Uni- versity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19

Joseph Mccarthy of Baldwin street, is spending few days as the guest of relatives in East Or ange. N. J.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19

Miss ElmiEa Duesen of Walnut street, has returned after spend ing a few days in New York city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19

Miss Elizabeth Dorgan of Thomaston Avenue, has returned New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19

Miss Helen Hogan has returned to her home in Poughquag, N. Xss after spending several days a the guest of Mrsa David Galway n1 Beecher avenue,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19

Miss Charlotte Elton of Church street, is registered at the Vassar club at the Hotel New Weston in New York city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-12
No Apology Needed

The Meriden Journal is quite chastened by our editorial blast of several days ago in which we took our esteemed contem- porary from over on the other side of the mountain to task for accepting at face value the mumblings of the American and Republican on the Waterville sewer con- tract. The American and Republican is still reciting plus litany on this same subject hoping against hope, for indul- gences. May we trust that other state papers will not fall into the trap and be beguiled into "my-mying" those poor citi- zens in Waterbury at the grasp of merci- less and chuckling politicians led by Mayor Hayes, ct alia.
 The American and Republican now re- fers to City Engineer Cairns explanation of the difficulties of the Waterville job as compared to the West Hartford job as just "weak-explanation." We sincerely hope that the press of the state won't copy this for edifcation of readers in various communities. We know the Meriden Journal won't without certain reserva- tions. It comments in it's edition of last Friday that a reprint of it's former com ment, which so drew our ire, should go like this: At this distance it is difficult to guage the Waterbury situation but one thing certain is that there could have been no criticism (from outside sources) if the proper policy of free and unrestricted bid ding had been followed ." The three words in parenthesis have been add ed.
 Would that others might accept things as they are, not as they would like them to be. It is an extremely sore point with the Republican and American that 1t can not fill it's news columns daily with incl dents that reflect little credit upon the ad- ministration of Mayor Hayes. It matters little whether or not they have any news interest to the average citizen of Water bury. So long as they allow bit of spleen to be vented upon the democratic officials Republicans, too, if they offend the august powers over on LeavenWorth Street) a good edition has been put to presss. The Journal says".... the Meri- den commentator hastens to go way back and sit down.. =" No need at all. That place is we'll filled now. Need we explain by whom.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-12

cial idea, but logical economic process. For the great need of business is buying power, and buying power must come mainly from wages. Savings and salaries are a minor factor.
 But what of profits? They can afford, in most cases, to wait little. At least they can afford it better than wages can. The big depression came, as much as any thing, from putting profits first and wages last. The process has to be re- versed until business volume is restored. Then profits should have their inning. But not even then at the expense of wages, because with low wages the profits them selves would peter out again. It has talk en us long to learn this. Some employers, who strangely call themselves realists and fact-facers, do not seem to have learned it yet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-12
Straying Child Needs Guidance

The $8OO,OOO fire which destroyed the Illinois state arsenal at Springfield, the state capital few weeks ago, was all the work of a 10-year-old boy who liked to see the flames. It was the governor of Illinois himself who verified this amazing fact. The youngster readily confessed every thing. He told how he had set the blaze, had scampered home to read school text book entitled - of all things - "Good Citizenship" and then had returned to watch the disastrous conflagration he had caused. As soon as he had made this bizarre confession, the lad was lodged ill a detention home to await the arrival ot learned psychiatrists, who were to ques- tion him in an effort to find out what on earth possessed him.
 In case like this, we bumped against one of the most tragic and puzzling riddles that life can offer. An old-time theologian probably would explain it on the basis Of original sin or demoniac possession, and modern psychiatrist probably will have something equally pat to say about con- plexes, inhibitions, and whatnot. But, in either case, we face one of those queer, incomprehensible quirks that crop out every now and then to bewilder and dis may us.
 0uCu CHlHSS IcIIllIlI ClioI we uo AA"o know nearly as much about the main springs of human behavior as we think we do. Why should an intelligent, pleas ant-faced child give way to an insane inn pulse like this, anyway? How could the adults who have charge of his training have foreseen such thing?
 What can be done, now that the catas- trophe has taken place, to keep the lads life from being wrecked, and make it pos sible for him to develop into happy and useful member of society? We know the answers to none of those questions. But out of the general bewilderment we can, perhaps, draw new understanding of the obligation that lies upon all adults in respect to children; the obligation to try to understand, to sympathize, to be as wise and helpful as our limitations permit. The world of childhood is a strange place, and it can be peopled by queer, grlsly shadows. We cannot know all that goes on in it, nor can we understand all that we do know. But we at least can be for" ever alert to help, to advise, to comfort and to warn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-12
Know Your Waterbury It's History, Facts and General Information
HISTORY

Burton's Tavern was the only one in the borough of Waterbury for a considerable time. Later, however, a hotel was opened at the corner of Exchange Place and East Main street by Horace Porter. This was called the Tontine, the building erected about 1880. There was an adjoining stable which extended south somewhere in the vicinity of the Miller and Peck store. Little ly, just below here. and slightly above, nearer the corner, there was considerable low ground. The cor ner as we view it to-day presents slightly different appearance. The "Tontine" later became known as the Franklin house, and pro- prietors following Horace Porter were Philip Cowles, Burr Perkins, Samuel Thompson (after it became the Franklin House) and Benjamin Fuller.
 This corner, known down to pre- sent days as the Brown block cor ner, and one of the city's most con- spicuous central points, was bought in 184S by Augustus Brown, who started right in to plan a new hotel just little south. Browns hotel, as it was subsequently, named, had it's opening in May, 1850. It was hotel of great size for those days, capab of housing about eighty guests, and A.. B.. Curtiss was the proprietor. Succeeding proprietors were Charles A. Warner and Charles Partree. It is thought that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-12
Selected Poem
SEED CATALOGUE

Books are a boon on Winter
 nights; Full many are the rare delights I've had from tales whose pages
 weave
 A smell that one is loath to leave. Now is the season to acquire Wisdom before a cracking fire, Learning again that gracious mood Which suits hearthside quietude. So have I found contentment here When winds blew loud and skies
 hung drear.
 But yesterday the postman came And things are somehow not the
 same. Banished my standard sets; my And sober classics have been laid Aside for more alluring, spoil I've sniffed that tang of spaded
 soil! After the February thaw Comes March, and sunshine that A crocus from it's dark retreat; Earth will be glistening and sweet. We'll, here's my text! Perhaps you,
 too,
 Have some important plans in Delphinium or hollyhocks To grace the vernal equinox. Take my advice-you'H soon be
 needing
 A more constructive course of
 reading! Leslie N. Jennings in the New York Sun. A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-12
Berlin Letter
BY EDWARD BEATTIE United Press Stan Correspondent

Berlin-The fabled "Wirklicher Geheimer' Oberregierungsrat Pro- lessor Doktor-" is making his re-appearance on the German scene.
 It is all the fault of a new order issued by the Hitler government "for revision of the regulations for that psychologically' so important question, the honorary title"
 In pre-war Germany the ice of most first conversations might be said to be broken beyond repair by the time one had threaded through the maze of awesome Scoffers charged that the effort left
 Republican Germany changed all that. The Gehiimrats, the Jdsti- zrats and even the Sanitaetsrats dwindled in numbers almost to the vanishing point. But now President Hindenburg and other designated officials may again bestow the COW eted monickers.
 To achieve the dizzy eminence of Wirklicher-Gehei Oberreg- ierungsrat Professor Doktor- dom IS no qu1ck process. AS m reading German sentences, the student must begin at the end and gradually scramble back to the take-off.
 The "Doktor' Signifies merely a university doctorate, without which a German is pretty insignificant sort of fellow. The Professor" is self explanatory.
 An energetic, faithful chap eventually may get his Rat" or councillor. He gets off the scrub team when continued valuable ser | vice entities him to call himself "Regierungsrat," or government {, councillor. and definitely emerges | as varsity regular with the ad- dition of "Ober," or upper. | "Geheimer" means secret-just why, is also secret-and repre- sents a further climb for the now
 aging luminary. With the final ad:
 dition of "Wirklicher"-- and | truly'' is about the best transla-
 tion-one is in a position to give
 any new acquaintance a few bad moments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-12

Q. When are the court presen- tations to the British sovereigns made and how do American women get included on the lists?
 A. The presentations are in May and June. All preliminary de- tails are settled by the Lord Cham berlain and his assistants and the names of American women to be included in the list are submitted by the American ambassador.
 Q. What is the difference be- tween weather and climate?
 A. Climate is the sum total of the atmospheric conditions of a To- cality, especially affecting health and comfort: the average weather of a place or region, as regards temperature. moisture, and prevail ing winds. Weather is the general condition of the atmosphere of a place at given time. as regards it's temperature. moisture, winds, clouds. etc.. espe cially. the state of the sky as regards clouds and rain.
 Q. When was the first child of Czar Nicholas the second, of Rus sia, born?
 A. The Grand Duchess Olga was born November 3, 1895.
 o. Is 1t necessary to have law yer draft a codicil to a will? | =
 A. No. It is only necessary that it shall be witnessed by two credible persons. :
 Q. Are turnips and beets both classed as roots?
 A. Yes.
 Q. When was the battleship Maine" commissioned, and when was she sunk?
 A. Commissioned in 1895 and blown up on the night of February 15. 1898.
 O. When was Grover Cleveland the president of the United States A. From 1885 to 1889 and from 1898 to 1897. ~ Q. What is the population O! Montreal, Canada?
 A. The 1891 dominion census enumerated S1S,577. o. Who were the leading wom. en in ".The Sheik" and HThe Sor of the Sheik," in which the latt Rudolph Valentino was starred? A. Agnes Ayres in "The Sheik' and Wilma BaAky in "The Son oi the Sheik." | 0. Will a solid iron ball fioa,
 at any depth in the ocean? | A.. It will sink to the bottom nc
 matter what the depth. .Water !
 not very compressible and at {,
 depth of two miles the density o | ordinary sAa watar is onlv 1,01.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-12
A Book a Day hy BRUCE CATION
A Suited Romance About A War Hero

Warwick Deeping's newest novel is "Valour," and it caused this re- viewer to wonder fitfully just how and where MT Deeping ever got that lofty and lucrative reputation of his, anyway.
 It tells about well-bbrn young Englishman who defies high so- ciety, just as the World War be- gins, by getting engaged to a young lady whose father is doing time in the pen as a swindler. Having defied society, he goes off to the War-and gets into a lot of trouble.
 Sent to the Dardanelles, he re- bells against the filth, the stupidity, the brutality and the general brainlessness and all-round cussed- ness of war. and at last bluntly refuses to obey orders - for which sin he is cashiered and sent home in disgrace.
 His girl thereupon rallies around and succeeds in selling him on the notion that it was a great and holy crusade. Her clinching argument seems to be the assertion that the Germans have no sense Of humor.
 So finally his better nature, or something, asserts itself; he en- lists as a private, goes out to France, loses a foot, wins the Vic toria Cross, and emerges as shin ing hero.
 Aside from the fact that the characters are incredibly unreal and stilted-the girl calls her lover man thing" and he ad- dresses her as ''you piece of most dear splendor"-the book is not able in that it twice contrives to give you an impression opposite to the one the author intended to give.
 When the hero quits cold at the Dardanelles, MT Deeping uninten- tionally makes you feel that he did the right thing - though for the wrong reason; when he re-enlists. you feel that he did the wrong thing. And MT Deeping didn't mean it that way. at all. Published by Mcbride, the book sells at $2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-12

Washington, March The most vigorous criticism so far launched against the New Deal is now banging at every door along Pennsylvania avenue.
 It comes chiefly from Wall street, but it is so cleverly diff fused that it appears to come from the entire country. Cause of the barrage is the controver- sial Fletcher Rayburn bill for the regulation of the Stock Ex- change.
 On lower Manhattan, this bill has caused a large cloud of blue funk. That area lives on the stock market. For years it has been the barometer of business throughout the country. Now with the bears and the bulls about to be chained by two congressman from Florida and Texas, Wall street is panic- stricken.
 Beware of this guy Roose- velt," the word is being passed out. Hes all right personally, but he's surrounded by long haired professors. They're always dropping in to see him-telling him what to do. Their motto is to take all you've got. They're dangerous"
 ORGANIZED FRONT
 Equally important, the stock exchange has organized commit tees in every state in the union. A prominent democrat and a prominent republican from most states have been picked to come to Washington.
 The net result has been bad not so much for the stock mar ket bill, but for business in gen. eral. For in their eagerness to tators have spread reports of @ general business slump. The New Deal. they say, is on the down. grade.
 The amusing thing is their att titude toward CWA. When it was first announced last November, Wall street held up it's hands in horror. "Too much money being spent" it moaned. Now that the CWA has pulled the country through the winter, these same horror-mongers are equally horror-stricken at closing down CWA. They fear the after effects. GENERAL PICKUP
 Treasury figures, however, are most satisfying. They show a slow, general pickup in business. There have been no violent spurts. either up or down. The business chart continues up- grade.
 Treasury officials admit that when CWA stops there may be n hiatus. They think that agricul- turc and PWA projects, now gathering momentum, will he sufficient to pick up the slack, but they can't be sure.
 But regarding Wall streets cries of present depression, they are all hooey.
 ROOSEVELT BACKING
 As a matter of fact, the reason Roosevelt wants the stock mar