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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-01

doctor. You see, 10 far as we know,
the condition called "acidosis"
(Which means n lowering Of the
alkali reserve In the body below the
normal level, but of course not an
actual formation or accumulation
OF acids In the blood or tissues, for
that would be incompatible with
life)--so far as our knowledge
goes, "acIdosis" occurs ONLY as q
consequence of certain disease con-
ditions and In starvation or depri-
walton of food. Any respiratory in.
lection serious enough to produce
a state Of acidosis would be too
serious for the patient to treat him
self. IL medical aid Is available.
IL I had cri and didn't know as
yet what IL was to be, I'd rather
take my chances without treatment
than disturb my metabolism with
large doses of soda or other aIkaIi.
Another common ''cold cure" IL
aspirin.or similar coaltar derivative
which kills pain or other distress,
deadens sensation, lowers fever. II
I were In considerable distress from
pain I'D take nip or two OF as
pirin. But 80 far as treatment of
cri In concerned, ! think 1t Is a
grave mistake to ply the system
with any such dope, at time when
all ones natural defensive re-
sources may be needed to conquer
the invading enemy. Another
common and sometimes disastrous
mistake In the popular habit Of re-
sorting to such dope to dull the
natural sensations enough to en-
able one to keep up and at work
A.. -. III .s.I -
able rules one should be at home
and In bed conserving strength and
vitality instead OF wasting Il.
In many instances In practice !
have observed the sad effects OF
foolish attempts to "break up" the
cri with some cold cure nostrum,
at the cost of serious impairment
of the heart or blood or general
yIgor when the victim happened
to be coming down with influenza
or pneumonia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-01

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II has red button trim. An ex-
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the side buttoned closing OF the
bodice. A similar button treatment
OF the skirt, Sims the figure.
II you want this dress definitely
for spectator sportswear, carry II
out IN striped or plalded seersuck-
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silks, pique, etc.
style No. 1859 Is designed for
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Size is requires TX yards Of ss-
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Price of Pattern ~ Cents
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-01

Alt cannot be explained In any
ether way. DR. Charles ". Davsn-
port. Carnegie Institute, 10 our
leading authority on THE hercdity
Of stature and he has shown that
we do net inherit our stature 49,
n enc piece, but In "seGmentn,'
lie shows that = person may ~
herit = long neck, o. head, and 4
short body. and perhaps long loss
or vice versa. and these tend 20
be inherited separately. Tall pnr-
ents Of course have more tnil clii'
dfen than short ones, bu1 " the
parenls. themselves. have had short
pnrent4 Or other near ancsstgFu.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-01
FUTURE PROVISION
DUTY OF PARENTS
Will or Life Insurance
Trust as Safeguard for
Future Of Youngsters

Every parent of minor children
has the problem and duty, not
only of providing for their present
needs, but of providing against
that dire contingency of death. IT
is not pleasant thing to con-
template what would happen 70
one's children II you should die
leaving them as orphans. but no
parent will avoid considering ana
providing for this possibility.
There have been 80 many SAD
and unnecessary cases OF minor
orphan children unprovided for or
not properly provided for by viii
protection or insurance protection
and all because of neglect on the
part of the parents to consider
these important problems, that one
cannot too strongly urge every fond
parent to be fair % his or her
children by attending at. once to
these important matters.
There are two methods by which
persons may provide for the future
OF children, via;
a. BY a viii which will conserve
and distribute their estate In the
exact manner they desire 10 have
II distributed, and
| b. by life insurance trust,
With reference 10 this iiI$i
method. every person who has not
done 30 should consult his or he's
attorney for advice an 10 what would
happen to their estate IL they
should die without a Will and they
should also arrange with their
own attorney to have a Will pre-.
pared which will carry out theif
desires. In doing this they should
discuss the subject Of a trust fund
established under their will for the
benefit Of their minor children and
others and they should also dis,
cuss the many great advantages al
having d bank act ns executor and
trustee under their will hecnuse of
Its permit ency. liz financial ~,
ssansibIliiy. IT, accuracy ana W.
iexperIence n handling these mat
TIERS.
The second method II life
insurance trust fund which 10 the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-01

materials are pust rs assorted and
include straw, silk, cotton. wool
fiber, leather, felt. organdie, velvet
feathers, paper that has been wa
terproofed and lace: Likewise have
impartial glance at the rainbow
Would Il seem therefore. not high
ly probable that the situation this
season should make every woman
happy?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-01

No matter how fiattering finger
wave might have been, some OF It's
glory was dimmed for the woman
who had 70 Sit under q hot dryer
Tor i..s, from % % 20 minutes. But But,
on the market and with
Il on your hair, only ten-minute
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-01

modern method of creating an es-
tate and protecting ones family.
Life insurance In one OF the great
advantages OF our modern ciyili-
zatien and every father OF children
should be insured for as large n
sum as he can afford. II is not
only important however to have
the insurance, but II IN equally Inn
portant that II should be protected
by a life insurance trust.
EnglaDd's school enrolment in
expected 10 decrease 1880. 900 In
the next few years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-01
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE


brief wris
I'm t0
In
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-01

nucleus for a daytime town ward
robe--they are n complete ward
robe In themselves.
The three outfits sketched here
are smart enough for any girl
In any town. And, as far al the
day light hours are concerned,
she'll have little need for much
OF anything else In the way OF
wearing appeared until the air
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-01

TODAY's FASHION TIP.
All nations have contributed 90
the Paris haf-bag surprises for
1884 with the sky the limit for
shape, color and material.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-01

The redingote (right) includes
two-thirds length black coat of
lightweight wooden and q bright
printed frock with ruffies that 70
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-01

around the neckllne and down ths
front OF the dress to the hem. Tho
dress can be worn with or without
the coat.
Evening star., 1934-08-05
BY EMILY C.. DAVIS.

- HEY had nudistS in MerTie England
long ago. And so, you might ex-
pect, they had nudist problem. The
nudists of Merrie England went fur
ther than the later American variety.
They did not stay modestly behind
hedges and high board fences on their own
strictly private Fairgrounds. They danced boldly
in public and without any fans. The Puritans
of Queen Elizabeths day were shocked, and they
spoke their minds about it plainly.
What the Puritans had to say about unclad
persons skipping nonchalantly in public is writ
ten down in black and white, and vividly told,
too. Stin, it has never been clear what the
Puritans were protesting about. Customs and
dances having changed so much in 400 years,
1t is difhcult to get mental picture of those
Elizabethan social problems.
Nets for instance, were somehow important
and Objectionable. Dancing naked in nets!"
exclaimed the Puritan writer's horrifed.
Probably historians a few centuries hence
win be asking the same way: What was a fan
dancer? And could fan be costume?"
nudists has been found in the form of
picture carved in wood. The picture. an
oak panel about IA inches long, was once
decoration in one of Englands most famous
old castles.
The wood carver has caught row of dane
ers in the midst Of a spirited bit of skipping.
They are, without much doubt. doing a figure
In one of the quaint old morris dances that en-
hvened outdoor festivals in England from me
dieval days on. Six of the seven are wearing
picturesque costumes such as morris dancers
tradihonally wore.
But the little figure third from the left is
wearing nothing to speak Of Here, evidently.
is snapshot in wood that catches the very
dance horrifying to the Paritans.
The panel comes from Lancaster Castle,
whence it was removed in the dismantling Of
some rooms 1t is now in private hands.
Evening star., 1934-08-05

Lancaster Castle has been restored many
times since it was founded by the Normans,
and the piece Of carving has been pronounced,
from the style and costumes, to date from near
1900 AID, the reign of Henry VII.
The rare carving is attracting attention of
experts on the curious customs Of our human
race. The English Folk Dance and Song So
ciety has published picture Of the oak panel
in its ofhcial journal, together with opinions
about the meaning of the scene. The journal
has also invited further comment, for the critics
so far have found good deal to puzzle them
particularly that little naked dancer carved
in brown wood which brings up a practically
lost page of Merrie England's follies.
The picture sends the experts delving into
Puritan writings. They bring up Fetherstons
'Dialog against light, lewd and lascivious dane
ing," composed In 1884, Fetherston reached the
height of his denunciation in describing the
greatest abuse of all which he called dancers
dancing naked in nets"
These net dancers and the rest of the morris
crew invaded the churchyard in church time.
You can scarcely wonder that the sober Puri-
tans grew shrill in their protests. Here they
were, trying to live up to rather difficult, mar
row standards in gay age, and the widest sort
of gayety forced itself right up on their church
doorsteps
4 AODEF7N researchers find a long and bit
iTi terly vivid description of these scenes in
the book OF abuses that Puritan Philip Stubbes
wrote.
The morris dancers shame not, declared
Stubbes, to come and dance round the church
during divine service. Led by a lord of mis-
rule, the band of dancers, most of them decked
in hveries of green or yellow and with jinglng
bells tied around their legs and bright hand
kerchiefs futtering in their hands, would come
wildly dancing round the church again and
again." and then would settle down to lively
feasting right in the churchyard.
Modern nudist tactics seem tame beside this
street scene Of Elizabethan England.
Were they merely trying to tease the Puri-
tans-those wild merrymakers?
The Puritans took life so seriously that they
were fair game for humorists. But In this case
it seems that there was a traditional reason for
what looks like perverse mischievous behavior
revelng in churchyard with q service going
on inside a4Issll ent-st 4zes.4s.-
Evening star., 1934-08-05

clue is given by Miss Anne G. Gilchrist,
who has summed up what she and other
English critics think about the situation in the
folk dance journal She finds in the accounts
Of English church wardens of 1903 and on
ward, in several parishes. that the churches
spent money on morris dancers clothes for
parish festivals and pageants.
so" concludes Miss Gilchrist, "the inya-
sion OF the church on Sunday by troop of
revelers which was denounced by the Puritans
in later times may at first have been counte-
nanced; especially as, from what Baxter re-
calls of the custom In his boyhood, the dancers
in their 'antic' dresses and jingling bells seem
to have remained during the reading Of common
prayer before fastening back to their play"
But would players airily dressed in nets, and
practically nothing else, have been welcome
at church? Even those, Miss Gilchrist believes.
1T seems possible she writes, that these
practically nude performers may originally have
been anegorical figures in a pageant, and thus
the abuse of the Puritans might once have had
a moral use whose serious significance had
been lost by time"
Sir Edmund Chambers, authority on Eliza
farH ffw y sgffrgrr bwRd nSfti1E et9
Evening star., 1934-08-05


from Lancaster Castle. He says that the nets
that shocked the Puritans may have been semi
transparent, and somewhat like the skin tight
hesh-colored suits known as f1eshings in mod
ern theatricals.
COMETHING of the sort can be seen in wood
carvings in churches that date back to the
fourteenth. fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
These carvings show nude men and women
riding on goats, stays or geese and some are
attired, or rather adorned, in nets, one with
wide meshes plainly carved. The figures are
explained as symbolic. representing sins to be
avoided
These nets may be similar to the nets that
veiled or failed to VEIL the morris dancers.
Doubtless such figures those carved in the
churches paraded in the flesh when moral les
sons were illustrated by morality dramas
In the old oak panel with nude dancer on
1t Sir Edmund sees hint of the mysterious old
story Of Lady Godiva Perhaps in the early
dyaS OF the morris dancing there was process
sional or folk dance featuring a lady dressed
only in hair-a lady who was expunged, to use
Sir Edmund's word-before the written records
Of the morris dances began. Some such bit Of
medieval pageantry, he says, was undoubtedly
back of the Lady Godiva story. 1t came to be
embroidered into history of a noble woman
who sacrificed her pride by riding unclad
through the streets of Coventry to save her
ClCy from oppression.
The little nude dancer carved in brown oak
seems long way from the Lady Godivas that
you may see In art and pageantry today. She
hasn't even flowing mantle Of bright hair
only short curly shock on boyish head.
That short hair means that the nude dancer
was a boy, masquerading as girl, in the opin-
ion of most critics. The morris dancers, like
play actors, were generally men, in those days.
Just as the roles of Juliet Cleopatra and Ophelia
in the Shakespearean plays were acted by young
boys, so the Maid Marian character in the
morris dance-doubtless Lady God4va. too-was
considered a mans job.
1t Is a man dressed up as Maid Marian in
the extreme left of the of dancers in the
oak panel He is dancing the part grotesquely,
mincing out to take up a collection with ladle,
from the people looking on
Because men usually took the feminine roles
In such productions, it is thought that naked
nets may have been costumes to give dancing
boys the appearance of girls.
Whether Englands nudist dancers were men
cnly or whether there women who took
such roles also remains to be explained It
is strange that so little was written about them.
Only the Puritans grew sufficiently agitated to
go on record about the situation, and that was
rather late in the day. The wood carving from
Lancaster Castle much older than the Puritan
writings shows that nudist dancing was no brief
lash but lasted nearly a century.
t4e A. sSSBn S9Di9sS wv Ea+a
Evening star., 1934-08-05

Here is the oak panel from
Lancaster Castle, sI,OaOing
the dancing that horrifed
the PuritGns.
Evening star., 1934-08-05

These net dancers and
the rest Of the Morris
cre.c invaded the
churchyards in church
time. One cannot tU0ndeT that the
sober Puritans gres0 shriH in their pro-
tests.
Evening star., 1934-08-05

And tie offenders did not stay
modestly behind hedges but danced
boldly in public, without any FANS
much to the disgust Of the good
1Puritans of Elizabeth S time!
Evening star., 1934-08-05

bethan drama, has commented on the oak panel
from Lancaster Castle. He says that the nets
that shocked the Puritans may have been semi
transparent, and somewhat like the skn-tight,
fesh-colored suits known as neshings in mod
ern theatricaIs.
The Washington times., 1934-08-13
c, N. EMPLOYE
FUND LOWER

Employees of General Motors
participating in the corporations
savings and investment fund plan
had total of $39,768,O19 held for
them on December 81, 1888. This
was disclosed in booklet issued
by the company, reviewing the
work of the fund since its incep-
ton in 1919.
At the close of the previous
year, employees had reserves OF
$60,000,000. This compares with
the peak reserves of $90,000,000
at the end of 1929. Heavy with
drawals, which during one year,
1882, reduced the fund $4,000
900, have proven the worthiness
of the plan, the company points
out. More than $4,000 employees
are participating.
The booklet also explains how
the plan operates. Employees who
participate have an amount they
specify taken off their wages or
salaries. To the total amount put
into the savings funds, on which
the corporation pays 5 per cent
interest, is added an investment
fund of 35 per cent. This money
is invested by the corporation in
common stock of General Motors,
and accrues to the benefit OF the
employees.
During the period between 1919
and 1898, inclusive, a total OF
$3.50, 1872 1868 had been distributed
to employees, who paid into the
savings fund a total of $137.O74,-
985. There therefore remains the
sum of $39,768,O19 now in the
fund.
The investment fund during the
35-year period totaled $72,673,-
933. Interest was $20,201, 1854, max
ing the corporations share dur
ing the entire period $92,875 ,297.
The fund, according to Alfred
P. Sloan, jr., president of General
Motors, has been "of inestimable
value, particularly during these
last few critical years"
The Washington times., 1934-08-13
FOREIGN TRADE
GAINS SEEN

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-Despite
the fact that foreign trade mer-
chants continued to be hampered
by extremely burdensome govern
mental rules, quota restrictions,
tariff walls and exchange control
measures, there are distinct
signs of encouragement in the
foreign trade field, according to
the annual report Of the foreign
trade bureau of the Merchants
Association.
This tendency is indicated, the
report states, by the increasing
number of trade opportunities
which are coming to the asSocia-
ton from foreign sources, by an
increase in certificate of origin
work, and by great volume OF
Recommendation of shipments to
Brazil.
The report states that during
the last fiscal year, ended April
30, the association gave service
in connection with 1923 trade
opportunities, the total being
larger than that for either Of
the two preceding fiscal years.
In connection with these trade
opportunities the names of over
50 900 American firms were sup
piled to foreign business men
seeking to buy or sell goods in
the United States.
A steady increase in certificate
Of origin work, which covers ex-
port shipments to many different
countries, was manifest through
out the year, the association
certifying Bliss such certificates
as compared with approximately
$4,000 a year ago and 10000 two
years ago. In addition, the ASSo-
citation certified as to price 18,948
invoices covering shipments to
Brazil, thus providing shippers
with the certification necessary
in order for them to obtain pay
ment through the Bank Of Brazil.
The Washington times., 1934-08-13
DEBTS DECLINE.
IS PER CENT

Debts to individual accounts,
as reported to the Federal Reserve
Board by banks in leading cities
for the week ended August 8,
aggregated $5,877, 100000, or Is
per cent below the total reported
for the preceding week and 10
per cent above the total for the
corresponding week Of last year.
Aggregate debts for the 141
cities for which a separate total
has been maintained since Janu-
airy, 1919, amounted to $5,428,-
100000, compared with $6,548,-
100000 the preceding week and
$4,972,o00,O00 the week ended
August 9 Of last year.
The 18 Philadelphia banks re-
ported debts of $287 $4,000 as
compared with $346, 100000 for
the week ending August l and
1852, 946,000 for the week ending
August 9, 1888. --...I..-.
The Washington times., 1934-08-13
SILVER POLICY
To AID CANADA

Canadian financial experts are
again in sharp disagreement as to
the degree of initiation involved
in President Roosevelt's silver
policy, but there is no doubt
about the benefit that will &C
crue to the countries producing
and selling silver, including Can
ada.
They are now assured a mini
mum price of so cents for some
time to come, with the added
possibility of much higher
price, depending on world for
eign stocks of metal.
Naturalization of silver will
bring into the United States
Treasury 100 to $50 million
ounces, it is estimated, and this
amount, added to stocks already
held. will leave the Treasury
about a billion ounces short of
the quantity needed to give sill
yer a one-to-three ratio with gold
in the country's metal reserves,
as prescribed by Congress. Pur-
chases in foreign markets-China,
India. London, Mexico or Wher-
ever the metal is available-Will
be made until the shortage is
made up, or until the price rises
to $1.29 an ounce.
The Washington times., 1934-08-13
PRICES
RISE SLIGHTLY

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 GN.SO.
Conflictingi Influences were at
work in the cotton market to-
day, but the list maintained a
firm tone at levels above last
Saturdays cloSingS.
Futures opened l to 8 points
higher on Liverpool cables that
were more than Is American
points above due prices, and then
marked time at the higher levels
as the advance was checked by
a lower opening in grains and
marked irregularity in stocks.
The active trading pace of
last week, when cotton scored
gains of 81 a bale only to drop
half in the closing sessions, was
not in evidence today, although
there was a fair turnover OF
futures during the early dealings.
Domestic mills and continental
trade sources were the chief buy
ers during the forenoon, with
Wall Street taking on new long
lines in a modest way. Offer
ingS were contributed by local
traders and the South.
Noon quotations were up to
z points, with october up 6 at
13.49, December up 6 at 1854,
January up at 1859, March
up at 1881, and May up 5
at 1884.
The Washington times., 1934-08-13
CHICAGO GRAINS
DROP LOWER

CHICAGO, Aug. 10 G.N.SD.
Grains we're easy here today as
Saturdays selling movement con-
tinued.
Values opened as much as &c
lower for wheat, then recovered
somewhat when scattered buying
orders came into the market.
Near mid-SesSion wheat was 20
1910 down, corn A@1c off, oats
d2@114c down.
May wheat sold as low as $108
at the opening, &c below the previ-
Gus close, before recovering to
$1.O91s. down 7sc as compared
with Saturday.
May corn sold down to 8234c at
the opening for a loss of about
cent, and near mid7session it held
at that level.
The Washington times., 1934-08-13
Power Rates Cut
By Ontario Plants

Financial conditions Of the n.y.
dro-electric systems of the Ontario
municipalities for the year 1884
are. with very few exceptions,
highly satisfactory, in spite of the
drop in revenue in many munich
palities, says a statement by T.
Stewart Lyon, chairman of the On
tario HydroElectric Power Com
mission.
Out of total of 1886 urban
municipalities served, decreases in
rates have been authorized in
90 municipalities, while it has
been necessary to recommend
small increases in rates in only 80
municipalities. the statement con-
tinues. -..-.--.-.x.-...........-.