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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-05
BABY JOHN is TWO YEARS
OLD .....

There's no keeping up with
these johnson youngsters! 1t
seems no time at all since John
was a helpless baby, yet | have just
come back from his second birth
day party. Mrs Johnson wisely de-
cided that John was too young for
an elaborate party, SO outside or
the family l was the only guest.
Afterwards, when John had glee-
fully blown out his two candles and
had gone with Robert and Claire to
play in the sunshine, Mrs johnson
and l reminisced over his baby
hood and the rate at which he Is
growing up.
Mrs Johnson naturally thinks he
is an unusual child but as matter
of fact he is an excellent example
of the normal, healthy two-year-
old. OF course no-two children de-
velop at exactly the same rate or In
exactly the same way, SO the term
normal" is apt to be misleading.
But in spite of individual differ
ences there are certain things a
parent may look for at various
stages of a child's development, so
it may be helpful to describe some
VI youhb Oohh
now he is two.
Johns vocabulary is not large.
but what he does say he says
plainly. His mothes has never en-
couraged baby talk" with any of
her children, so John has learned
to initiate correct sounds instead
of incorrect ones. He can repeat
his own name clearly, and uses
few complete phrases such as
John go out" or Daddy come
home" And he Is always surpris-
ing his family with new word. OF
course he is lucky in that he has
five-year-old Robert and eight
year-old Claire to play with him
and read to him. There is moth
ing he likes better than to listen to
Claire read aloud from his book
of nursery rhymes 80 that he can
Join in with familiar words and
phrases. He can also recognize
and name a great many of the pic
lures in his nursery books and can
turn the pages by himself. Mrs
johnson. however, does not let him
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-05

dence in his voice than he felt.
It is not easy for men in hiding
to apply openly for work, he real
lied. And there would be Noyes,
too, now of course waiting for
him at the hotel in Havana.
Noyes would have to be fed and
housed. The problem was too big
and he tried to dismiss it but
found that he could not. 1t re-
fused to be cast aside, as prob
lens will refuse to be forgotten
when flesh Is aching from weari-
ness and the mind is whirling
from lack of sleep.
go Slow" Beau warned the
others as the food arrived. "The
audience outside is likely to sus-
pect something funny IL you don't.
See?"
Lottie and Pablito did see and
they ate with a slowness that was
proof of commendable and I'M
usual will power. Beau drank to
success" Pablito lifted his
glass but it was with a heavy
hand.
"Now call in one of those
dusky rubber-necks and ask him
where we can get some clothes
and whether we can rent flivver
to take us to Havana" Beau or
dered when they had finished their
meal.
Pablito turned to single out a
keen faced boy wearing a perpet-
ual smile in his chocolate brown
eyes. Senior" Pablito began in
Spanish, twill you be SO kind as
to draw close? / wish to ask the
questions"
The boy entered the cafe with
the 1.-the, graceful stride of the
Latin. He accepted a tiny glass
of wine of which he drank but a
small part and he gave Pablito
such information as they needed.
"Are you scouting the country
of the new government" the boy
questioned, his eyes suddenly be-
coming even brighter.
II will let you judge that,
Senor." Pablito replied.
"Ah, yes! The wise man is
SILENT" the boy said, nothing.
1.-The wise and the good man cam
not always tell what he Is doing.
But, Senior, we here have been
oppressed by the regime, the
taxes. May your hopes prosper
to deliver us from oppression!
And peace TO you anu MAY you
walk with God"
Then he stood up. He himself,
he said, making a ceremony
ia courtesy as do most Latins,
he himself would escort them to
the shop of Sancho who sold the
apparel of value both for the
seniors and the senoras. He him
self would awaken Sancho who
slept early, and then he himself
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-05
BY RosEITE HARGROvE


NEA Service STAFF Correspondent.
Paris.-The newest styles have
acquired an altogether new COM
plex-they have become profile
conscious. AS a matter of fact,
."profile" promises to become a very
hackneyed word in terms of dress
making ere long! Whereas, before
a dress had its arresting points GEN.
tered at the front, the back, the
skirt cut, the waistline or the neck
line, to-day it has to be seen and
judged zen profile" II, therefore,
your spring outgt is generally snub-
nosed, SO to speak, and without
torially speaking.
Lelong finds a certain simili-
tude in profile between the old
romantic figures that adorned
the bows of ships and his new
silhouette. It is true that his
new models give one the impress
sion of movement floating
ahead of the wearer in place of
the old clinging lines. This is
even more apparent, of course,
in his evening gowns, day clothes
showing this effect in a more
restrained manner.
While basically the silhouette
has undergone no drastic change,
there are changes in details that as
usual make last years styles look
completely wrong. The top Of the
figure, for example, is as soft and
feminine as the square-shouldered,
militaristic styles of last year were
hard to look at and to wear.
The courturiers seem to have come
to a tacit accord to defy the pro-
moters of stuffed, square shoulders
and have gone to the other extreme
with their sloping Jokes and almost
universal adoption of the raglan
sleeve.
Bodices, while as soft and
feminine as you please, UNDER
line the natural curves. This
gives them a quaint late Victorian
look, which is emphasized by sleeve
fullness massed Just above or just
believe the elbow.
The waist, too, is clearly de-
fined. Some couturiers adopt
higher-in-front movement;
others drop the belt below the nor
NAL line at the back. Combined
with fullness concentrated at the
front or back, this also contri-
butes to the new profile of the
mode.
Capes have definitely established
themselves and will be almost as |
popular, If not more so, than the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-05

1.--No. The popular view u that
the more brains q boy has the
more likely he is to succeed in iaws
medicine, writing, engineering or
any branch OF science, but that the
average or even slow boy has the
better chance In business. This
assumption Is disproved BY large
research made first by Walter ..
clifford, head Of the Bell Te!e-
phone System and continued by
Or Donald Bridgman. They nnd
for the first fiye years after gra-
duation the brilliant scholar does
NOT show great advance over the
average but after that he moves
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-05
PUPILS STUDY FISHING

Duluth, Minn-(UPl-The Du-
luth Central high school now offers
a course in fishing technique. Prin-
ciples of the marine art are exc
planned, demonstrated and prac-
ticed in the schools gymnasium
during the winter months. Field
trips are planned for spring, with
a grand tournament to wind UP the
course. -
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-05

resort to any radical measures.
sit ID quite slnscientific to as
sumo that there Il any such thing
as q broad general trait Of "eelfs
fishness'' or 'sunselfishness.v An
men and women are selfish about
some things and unselfish about
others. Probably more women
than men exhibit self-regardtde
conduct about matters Of daily
life because more women than
men are introyerted, self-centereds
respects, such as social welfare,
women are probably less selfish
than men, I think, therefore. the
honors are about even.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-05
steadily ahead Of his less brain,

steadily ahead Of his less brairy
companions.
2.--science knows Of none. This
does not mean that scientists are
needed to select the parents. II
means. in the main, providing so
cial and economic conditions that
viii snccurass healthy: X. i latsnr p
produce four or ave children in
stead of only about two as they
do now. And, BY wise education,
Inducing parents who cannot give
their children good educational adj
vantages to produce q 1es5 number.
The race could be substantially
improved azz1fe r4DidIy without
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-05
Ne.t week: Robert,s piaymate.
THREE IN BED TOO MUCH

Omaha, Neb-(UP)--Joe Miller.
baker, protested when his bride In
sisted her sister live with them, but
he blew up entirely when che wife
insisted ali three sleep in the same
bed, he said In divorce petition
filed here. Married August "a, his
wife left him September . last and
now lives IN CHICAGO. he said.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-05

Boric Acid Is q Good Household
Remedy
Every family medicine cupboard
should include a carton or tin OF
from an ounce to a pound Of boric
acid powder.
A solution Of a heaping teaspoon
full of boric acid in pint of boiled
water makes an excellent mouth
wash, gargle, nasal spray or eye
wash wherever a mild, non-irritat-
ing on poisonous antiseptic is
required.
Since boric acid is quite cheap,
any such solution used as medicine
should be freshly prepared at fire.
quent intervals. The reason for
boiling the water for five minutes
or more to make such an antiseptic
solution, is of course to sterilize the
water, that is, to kill any germs,
amebas or microscopic I eggs of
parasites the water might contain.
In surgery 1t Is considered neces-
sary to boil or steam steriltze
things on three successive days in
order to be certain to kill any re-
sistant spore forms Of such germs
as the tetanus bacillus that might
possibly be in the material. But
ordinarily boiling fluid for five
minutes insures the destruction Of
any germs in 1t.
The same boric acid solution is
commonly used to keep nursing
bottle nipples and similar imple-
ments in.
1t Isl also commonly used for
cleansing the nipples each time
before nursing the baby, IN the
first three months OF lactation, as
a precaution against abscess OF the
breast.
It is also the solution usually
employed for cleansing the baby's
nose Of mouth.
In cases where irrigation or
washing out Of any wound or ulcer
or other raw sore Is necessary. Q
physician can use nothing that is
superior to this same boric acid
solution.
For application to any wound or
beginning septic infection where q
wet surgical dressing Is indicated,
boric acid solution Is ideal Tor
keeping the dressing wet.
Physicians often prescribe boric
acid solution for the vaginal douche
where antiseptic douches are In
dictated, because 1t Is mild, suffi-
GENTLY antiseptic. non-poisonous.
Only in the presence of certain dis
ease conditions Is douching advis-
able. Normally no such "cleans-
ing is necessary.
Ten grains of boric acid In, once
ounce OF pure grain alcohol, drop
in the ear each night and morning
for few months, has apparently
brought about lasting healing OF
chronic running ear in many cases.
Stand the vial in warm water to
warm the solution before putting
the drop in the ear.
For canker sores rinse the mouth
gently many times daily especially
after food with q warm boric acid
solution. Once day touch each
|canker sore with mixture of equal
parts glycerin and tincture Of iodin.
This smarts like the deuce for
moment, but seems to relieve the
tenderness and soreness presently
A powder composed Of four
ounces OF boric acid mixed thor
oughly with one ounce Of, sodium
hyposulphite photographers "hy-
po') Is good preventive and g
good remedy for athletes foot
(ringworm Of the feet). Sprinkle II
| in shoes or stockings daily.
Borated talcum powder IL 9 good
remedy for excessive sweating Of
the feet, especially for children.
A fine lotion to prevent and re.
lieve redness, chapping and irrita'
| ton Of hands or face Gas after
shaving) made by boiling till dis
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-05
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Thumb Sucking StOpped

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Thumb Sucking Stopped
Thankful for the suggestion you
gave me to stop thumb-sucking !.
You instructed me to steep one
ounce of quassia chips in pint Of
boiling water, and battle the thumb
or fingers in it, also soak the bed
sheet or other cloth things the
child sucks in the quassia water.
I tried 1t, and in week my g.
year old daughter stopped sucking
her thumb. (Mrs J. g.
Answer-Thank you. Quassia Is
a wood which imparts a bitter taste
to water in which 1t is stepped or
boiled. It is harmless. 1t Is an old
and effective remedy for pinworms
or seatworms, daily enema Tin
jection) of quassia water being
used for relief.
Medical Trust Take Notice
Some one sends in a clipping
from q paper called 1.-THE Truth
Teller" which quotes something
said about vaccination. 1--WE won
der IL Doc, as columnist, is not
just a spokesman for various in
dustries controlled or Endorsed by
that mystic circle called the A. M.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-05

A. We wonder II the big boys said
Yes would Doc say mo-"
Answer-Give my column quick
once over now and then and you
will not wonder about that.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-05

TODAY'S FASHION TIP
Light wool ensembles with ex-
ira capes and coats for emer-
gency.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-05
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D.

personal health and hsisne not to as
in
OF the Waterbury
neuan
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-05

And q hidden worry will show IT.
self In all sorts of defenses.
TO prepare for school by the
silent or absent Treatment seems
sensible and kind, and not to re-
peat to one's frlends IN the chiids
hearing. sYes, he'll be going 70
school sooy now"
II mae do no harm, but again
|it ray do much. How can we
It<sl7 They are 10 silent.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-05
HR YOUR
CHILDREN
By Olive Roberts Barton
61s5s b va sfaWcz: ne

The best way to prepare q
child for school, according
to Olive Roberts BartnO, is
to be silent about 1t. She tells
why i'm this article in her SER
les ON modern Child Training.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-05

| ter. Apply a few drops to thu
skin two or three times daily.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-27
County Kew Bankers

Describing the activities of the Agri
cultural Commission of the American
Bankers Association, the Director, D
H. Otis, says: With $500 agricultural,
ly minded bankers. designated as
county key bankers. there is enlisted
tremendous force for the Improvement
Of agriculture. These key bankers
bring organized assistance to progress
sive bankers, who are led to see the
possibility of agricultural work in
their communities. Banker farmer
tours are emphasized as a means of
acquainting bankers. farmers and other
business men with first-hand knowl-
edge of how agricultural improvement
methods are working out in practice
These give an opportunity for the key
bankers to contact country bankers
and work out new IDEAS"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-27
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

The proposal to levy s per cent
federal tax on the employers pay
rolls to create an unemployment in
surance fund. as provided in the
Wagner-Lewis Bill, promises to be a
much-discussed q u 8 tt o n The
friends of the bill claim that It aims
to create uniformity in the cost of
unemployment insurance. They adj
NIT that the state governments are
the logical legislative units to un-
dertake such insurance, but states
are slow to do so for the reason that
levies on employers payrolls within
a given state would place business in
that state at competitive disadvan-
tage with business in states which
did not levy for unemployment in
surance purposes, they say. The
Wagner-Lewis measure, by estab-
fishing uniform federal tax, over
comes this difficulty. In states
where unemployment insurance laws
are established the employers would
be compensated by proportionate re-
missions from the Federal Govern
ment so as to make the load fall
equally on all.
The proponents of the bill contend
that unemployment insurance is now
recognized by the leading economists
and many of the large industrialists
as a necessity, and the only way to
correct the longtime unemployment
problems. Further, that as an in
strument of social justice 1t will also
stabilize industry and lessen the Sc
verify of panics by maintaining a
constant buying power, and the
time to start it is now.
Those who express doubts about
the efficacy of unemployment insur-
ance point out that industry is al
ready overburdened and that any adj
ditional loads at this time will not
only tend to break it's back, but seem
inconsistent with the purpose of the
administration to revive Industry
and business so that wages can be
raised and hours shortened.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-27
VOCATIONAL FIELD DAY AT
COLLEGE PARK

More than two hundred vocational
agricultural students from all parts
of Maryland are expected to attend
the eighth annual Vocational! Field
Day which will be held on the cam
pus of the University of Maryland,
April 20. Features of the day will
include poultry Judging and public
speaking contests, an inspection of
the college campus, and luncheon in
the dining hall
The public speaking and poultry
judging contests will begin prompt
ly at $50 a. m, at the horticulture
building and poultry plant, respec-
lively. Prizes Of SO, SIS, and $3.50
will be offered for first, second, and
third places in both contests. Any
subject in the field of agriculture
may be used for the public speaking
contest, the winner of which will be
eligible to compete in the North At
lantic Regional Contest.
DR.. Raymond A. Pearson, Presi-
dent of the University of Maryland,
will welcome .he vocational students
at the luncheon, which will be pre-
sided over by Calvin Skinner, Presi-
dent of the Maryland Association of
Future Farmers of America.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-27

Last spring good many Ameri-
can communities inaugurated reno
walton campaigns, during which To-
cal citizens were urged to have their
property inspected, and made neces-
sary and valuable additions. altera-
tions and repairs.
The campaign provided thousands
of jobs. 1t sent money through a
hundred major industries. Essen
tial improvements were obtained at
a fraction of what they would have
cost few years earlier.
This spring and summer should
see additional campaigns of the
same order. The need for employ
ment is almost as great as it, was a
year ago. The construction indus
try is still tagging behind business
in general.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-27
FARMERS RECEIVE RENTAL
AND BENEFIT PAYMENTS

More than 1,S62,500 farmers OF
the United States had received a
.otal of $179,702,6S7 in rental and
benefit payments for their participa-
zion in the wheat, cotton and to-
bacco adjustment programs of the
AAA up to April /, a comptroller's
cumulative report submitted to
Chester c.. Davis, AAA administra-
tor, shows.
Besides the rental and benefit pay
ments, the report also revealed ex-
penditures of S52,346,622 fer sur
plus removal operations involving
wheat, hogs and dairy products, anc
$11,696,15O for administrative ex-
penses.
Maryland farmers participated
only in the wheat program, and for
this they collected S555, 496.51, the
payments having been made to
farmers in every one of the twenty
three counties of the State. Freder-
ick county took the lead with $101,-
431.77. Queen Anne's was next,
with $50, 769.sS, and Kent third,
with $5s,607.66. Cecil county
farmers received S27.27s.os.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-27
PEACE HOPES CRUMBLE

Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of
Stale in the Cabinet of President
Hoover, sees "hopes crumbled to
ashes in our hands," Is years after
our men returned victorious from
the Great War.
Stimson. delivering the first of a
series of lectures at Princeton. N. j.,
on Democracy and NationaIism in
Europe" outlined political growth of
the world and said, Fifteen years
ago we were flushed with tie en-
thusiasm of success. We had been
called out to save the world.
after the great victory" he con-
tinued, at seemed as if it would be
a comparatively easy matter to make
secure these objects for which we
had fought. Now, 10 years after
wards. these hopes seem to have
crumbled into ashes in our hands
The miseries of an unparalleled eco
nomic depression have enveloped
the earth. Instead of peace we see
violence all around u.s. Instead of
law and stability, revolution and
change have swept over most Of the
1atiouas''
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-27
FIRE SAFETY TAUGHT IN
SCHOOLS

A newspaper editorial comments
ON "Firemanship," a book being
used by $4,000 Boy Scouts in pre-
pairing for Merit Badge e,amina-
tions. The book is devoted to fire
prevention, and material for it was
supplied by the National Board of
Fire Underwriters.
The editorial said that in recent
years accident prevention work has
been almost universally included i'll
school programs, the idea being to
instruct children in order that they
may avoid accidents on the stl eet, in
the home and at play-wherever
carelessness or ignorance might
cause tragedy. 1t then suggested
that national campaign of this
kind be instituted to instruct child
rem as to how fires may be pre-
vented.
Evidently the writer was not
aware that such a program initiated
by the National Board of Fire I'm
derwriters in Schools several years
ago, in connection with Fire Proven
ton Week, has been continued ever
since. Firemen gave talks in
schools and children engaged in es-
say and poster contests. Iii order
to supply information in regard to
fire dangers and how to correct
them, the National Board prepared
and distributed the booklet entitled
Safeguarding the Home Against
Fire." which was intended for child
rem of lower grades. Later, it pre-
pared and distributed high school
manual, entitled Safeguarding the
Nation Against Fire. AT the same
time, numerous pamphlets were dis
tributed and then playlets were per-
pared and sent to schools, in order
that the pupils might take part in
dramatizing fire dangers. Suitable
posters were distributed.
Many schools now include fire
prevention in their regular course of
study. AS a result children grow
up with more serious conscious
ness of the danger of fire ard this
reduces the terrific toll of life and
property taken by fire annually.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-27
SPONGE LAYER CAKE
GOOD BRAKES IMPORTANT

Importance of good brakes is en-
phasized by the Keystone Automo-
bile Club of Maryland, which is urg-
ing all motorists to look to their
braking equipment before the start
of the touring season.
Brakes" said Albert f.. Buckley,
Manager of the Club in Maryland,
ARE the most important part of an
automobile. Without motor, of
course, the car would be useless;
but without brakes it is worse than
useless. 1t then becomes de-
structive force, dangerous alike to
life and property.
'The old adage, Don't start any
thing you can't finish,' should be
changed in the lexicon of the motor
ist to, Don't start a car you can't
STOP. No matter how smoothly
your motor runs, your car is a posi-
tive menace if the braking equip
ment is defective.
Every car set IN mollon must
stop. The tens of thousands of ia
talities and hundreds of thousands
Of accidents every year attest to the
fact that cars have not stopped in
time.
BRAKES should be maintained in
repair always. If they are not
right have them inspected by
man who knows his business. If
they need adjustment, have the
work done Immediately. Don't take
chance today with the mental res
ervation of having the adjustment
made tomorrow. Regardless of cost,
make sure the brakes are in proper
working order Money spent on
brakes is money wisely invested"