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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-01


 emitting opwer C is equal to about twoniy-six suns Nike ours. We know that it's distanoe is nearly nine llkht-year1. Sirius is q binary star which is composed really of two stars that revolve about each other, or more accurately, about their common conter of gravity. To the eye only one object is vigl- ble, but we know that there is c small companion star, white In color and only of the eighth mag particularly remarkable for the ex- traordfnary density of the material of which 1t is composed. Accord ing to our present knowledge, a quantity sufficient to fill an ordi- nary water glass would weigh on the cart has much as ten tons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-01

clasu went to Carroll n. Nye. whose exhibit consisted of Q dwarf gour- ami display. The zebra denios of Harold Rogers took the second prize in the amateur claas while the tank of blue tetfas shown by Harold Powles took the third award.
 Ed Karbon took the prize in the dealerg class for the best aguari- um. His display consisted of Platy- poecilla hybrid. Honorable mention in the dealers class went to An- geline Wooster for her display of bloodfing. The judges were Dan Horton and Philip O. Weston of New Haven, members of the Con- neeticut Aquarium society. The exhibition will continue at the library until Sunday afternoon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-01

our homes with livable furniture. Yes, can buy with confidence inits good tast
 at Hadley's! Prove to yourself the adva England's greatest Home Furnishing ir
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-01
PRIZES AWARDED
 AT FISH EXHIBIT
Display Object of Much In. | terest at the Silas Bronson Library

Four prizes for the best fish specimens were awarded last night at the exhibit held at the silas Bronson library under the auspices of the Waterbury Aquarium soci- ety. The first prize in the amateur
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-01
SESSIONS OF FIRE
 AND POLICE BOARDS
Not Much Business Trans acted at Meetings Held
 Yesterday Afternoon

Mrs Mary Luddy. mother of the late Patrolman Edward Luddy. filed a request yesterday afternoon wit hthe members of the board of police commissioners for pen-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-01
Mercury Favorably Set For February
Great Opportunity This Month to Observe Small Planet
 -Sifims Remarkable Double Star

nitude of minus 1.e'. It Is a ''hy. drogen" star; in it's spectrum the It's color is bIuish-white. Tn light lines of this element are the pre-
 dominating features. To the eye
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-01
FIREMEN FOUND
 SMOKE BUT NO FIRE

The WflIow street 1fe eoMDaN< answered a call at 10s34 p'HI4eN last evening for a euapectcd NEe " the residence of A. c. Smith ak 19N Willow street. The ilremou f1uu1 evidence of smoke. but no Ire. A4N property is owned by w. H. Hn11s ceived ct the brief session Of the fire board. The applicant ie Ben~ jamin J. LaVallee.
 Two Archbishops and 24 BishopH are now members of the BFifisN House of Lords.
The Washington times., 1934-11-29
Exit Turkish Music
By Robert Benchley

1t is a distinct disappointment
to me, as we'll as to my radio
audiences in Turkey, tn a t
Mustapha Kemal Pasha has de-
creed that there is to be no more
"plaintive Oriental music" sung
or played in the land of the
ViScouS Coffee. I shall have to
cut Turkey out of my next con-
cert tour, I guess.
This fellow MuStapha Kemal
Pasha seems to have taken
quite lot on himself in the
past few years, what with free
ing Turkish women from the
yoke of wearing trousers Gust
as our girls were getting the
hang of it, and making Turkish
school children write the alpha
bet like children in the Bronx
or Miss Spence's School for
Girls. A, b, ca, b, c-what is
this, a fetish or something?
So, now, Mustapha Kemal
Pasha (and why doesn't he
change his own name to Marvin
K. Pringle, if he is so crazy
about Western ways?) has de-
creed, in his mad rush for dull
ness, that there shall be no more
"plaintive Oriental music" in
Turkey.
"Our music" he says, hitch
ing up his morning coat in the
back, "does not do us honor. It
is necessary for Turkish COM
posers to compose beautiful
melodies written on modern
lines. Only thus can Turkey
make a name for herself in the
musical world"
Does the Ghazi (they call
him "the Ghazi" in Turkey,
and I don't blame them) know
that his despised "plaintive
Oriental music" has been one
of the fountain-heads for our
Western music that he wants
his composers to emulate?
Does he know that, if it were
not for that Il can't do it on
paper, but I could on a drum
business that he Scorns, a great
many of our composers would
still be writing when You and
I Were Young, Maggie? Does
he know anything except to
wear long pants?
Possibly Herr Kemal never
heard "Dardanella," one of the
most haunting numbers which
ever haunted inhabitants of
this country right out of their
homes and into the cyclone
cellars. I have scars on my
memory to this day, put there
by "Dardanella." We complain
a lot about the radio in 1884,
The Washington times., 1934-11-29

QueSted that Homer s. Cummings
Congress grant $1,900,000 to the
Bureau of Investigation for en-
ployment of additional agents
and the purchase of up-to-date
equipment.
The request was made in the
deficiency appropriation bill
and Congress reduced the
amount to a grant of $1,500,O00.
The reduction of 100000
seriously impeded the plans Of
the department to secure neces"
sary equipment and men.
Cummings, hoDeUer, deter
mined to 90 ahead Dith the
curtdiled appropriation and use
it to the best advantage to Sc
cure as many men and as much
equipment as possible.
Certain items, however, were
not purchased because OF the
curtailment.
In view of the growing public
demand to stamp out crime, it
is likely that the Attorney Gen.
eral will renew his request for
additional funds at the next
session of Congress.
In view of the lesson taught
by the murder of Federal agents
in the last year, it is more than
likely that Congress will con-
slider the necessity of protecting
the lives of it's agents and cap
turing criminals rather than
the small monetary saving
which might be accomplished
by reducing appropriations.
Preparations for 1885 are
under way among young Demo
Gratis.
There is an intense drive to
bring various young Democratic
organizations under one leader
ship.
Robert Burton, president Of
the Young Democrats Club OF
Washington, is planning to have
his organization and the Capitol
Hill Democrats merge about
January /.
The purpose of the driUe is
to act the Democratic youth
The Washington times., 1934-11-29
Saving A Few Nails
And Running a Building

is poor economy to let expensive building 60 to ruin
Just money that would be necessary carry out
few minor repairs.
No home would permit his house to fall apart for lack
of little paint and few nails
Yet that what being done to Wangtons tremendously
expensive school plant.
In order to few thousand dollars the budget item
for repairs and maintenance Congress forcing many Of
FROM WHICH THEY CANNOT BE RECOVERED WITH
OUT ALMOST PROHIBITIVE EXPENDITURES.
Congress may get satisfaction of the immediate
ducon in this small item but in the end going to COST
THE TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY HEAVILY.
First Assistant superintendent of Schools Jere Crane
the proposition concreey in recent interview with The
Washington Times when he says:
cit is inevitable that when buildings do haUe the
proper repairs they deteriorate rapidly Many of the
major repairs Whch should haUe been made haUe had
to be deferred because of the lack of funds"
The funds for maintenance repair been sashed
from $90O0 in 1882 $685. 900 for the year This
latter figure the smallest in decades for upkeep of the school
buildings
And this SLICE of than 100000 the repair has
been made at time when the school buildings being sub
0ected to extraordinarily heavy usage
With children in the schools been inevitable that
the need for repairs should be greater.
Crowded and the utilization of every inch of
space IN the schools likewise contributing factors
ing need for additional repairs
we can't prevail upon the Bureau of the Budget and the
Congress to build schools should the interest of
economy persuade them appropriate enough
to keep up the existing plant.
The Washington times., 1934-11-29

you're an electrician you
haven't the slightest idea-and
even then you can't tell what
electricity really is.
But you don't need to know.
Just shove in the plug, and the
unseen power will do the rest.
But now Suppose you
want things which are far more
precious than good coffee or a
smooth shirt-happiness, con-
fidence, success, peace of
mind? How can you get these
things?
I'm EXACTLY THE SAME
WAY. BY PLUGGING IN"
cries Mary Pickford. II KNOW
FOR I'VE DONE 1T MY
SELF"
A tall statement? Yes-but
"our Mary" has put it into the
Sanest, Simplist, most comfort
ing little book on the market to-
day. WHY NOT TRY GOD?"
; (H. C. Kinsay & Co., New York,
publisher.
No matter who you are, you're
going to like that book. It's
Mary's own story.
Behind the plain words you
can hear her brave laugh-see
her own tearS-touch her
friendly hand. Perhaps that's
why she makes God seem as
practical and possible as any
household fixture.
THOUGHTS
Who is God? Mary doesn't
try to answer that. She doesn't
even care whether you call that
mysterious Power who has all
the makings God.
That Power, says she, will
work no matter what you call
it. Just as the power behind the
percolator works. All you need
is-PLUG IN!
But how? With what?
WITH YOUR THOUGHTS.
All your life you've been
plugging in" your thoughts.
Thoughts is your only connec-
ton with life. Things have no
meaning until you think about
them. You put their meaning
into them by thinking. Things
ARE, FOR YOU, what you
think they are.
Life is as you take it. Life
The Washington times., 1934-11-29

} but we owe it great debt OF
thanks that it held off coming
along until "Dardanena" was
over with.
Ever since then our song
writer's have had a soft spot in
their hearts for the Oriental
rhythms. There have been
such songs as "Dardanello,"
"Dardanelly," 'Dardanelloo,"
"A Cup of Dardanella and
YOU" Button Up Your Darda-
neua" and "Dardanella'S Rag
time Band" "Dardanella" has
even been set to music.
So if Monsieur Kennel wants
his composers to write like the
big boys in the West Cor, if he
is facing the other way, it is
the East) he will have to look
out that they don't come home
with a lot of numbers which
turn out to be just that old
"plaintive Oriental music"
again.
And, even if he does succeed
in getting them to try their
hand at limitations of Moon
The Washington times., 1934-11-29

organized under able leader.
ship and 1Oith the GdUtce OF
older politicians so that in
1886 they 1DiH haze an orgGnt-
cation built up that tDill mean
something in the presidential
campaign.
1t is one Of the first steps
taken by the Democrats to show
that they are not going to sit
back and wait until just before
the next presidential campaign
to prepare.
It was over in the Treasury
Department the other day that
a group of Scribes were discuss
ing the possible resignation of
an important official.
One young newspaper man
Uho UdS somewhat disturbed
as to 1OhGt he should say
about the expected resignation
asked of one of his colleagues:
what lead should 1 put on
this stOry?"
His colleague responded:
"If you will write the lead
I give you, will tell you what
to say"
It was agreed.
Said the older man:
"Say that the boil on the
back of the neck Of the Ameri-
can banking industry today was
lanced.'"
It was not written.
Huey P. "Kingfish" Longs
theory of "Everyman a King"
apparently fails to apply to
newspaper men and students OF
journalism.
Twenty-Sir StuGentS haze
been suspended because they
declined to accept the order
that the "ReUielle," Louisiana
State University publication,
should not print anything detri-
mental to the "KingtiSh."
Since his arrival in Wash
ingtOn the first time, Huey has
been in constant conflict with
newspaper men.
He soon discovered that they
would not hesitate to print
truths about him as well as.
propaganda.
He had no influence over
them as he did over papers
and men in his native State.
As soon as he made this dis
covery he changed his policy
toWard them and at times be-
came not only eUdSiUe IN
ANSWERS but entirely eUdded
them When he feared the keen
edge of their reportorial ability.
He has found it possible to
have papers censored in Louisi"
ana where "Everyman's a
King' with the exception Of
those persons who are not
named Huey p. Long.
Copyright, 1884 The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1934-11-29
Nothing That Has Been Said Is
Completely Forgotten
By Nelson Harding

from his childhood days, when
nobody ever got so excited
about anything (what was there
to get really excited about?)
as to forget his good manners
or his sense of humor, and
when almost any problem or
difficulty could be ironed out
over a pleasant glass of wine.
It is a long cry from the
first half of the Sixteenth to
the first half of the Twentieth
Century, but a few things have
not changed.
And, if we were perfectly
honest with ourselves, would
not most of US agree with o'd
Erasmus that we like many
of the new ideas, but that on
the whole we prefer the old
way of living?
If we are at all honest with
ourselves we must realize that
many of these new ideas have
come to stay, for the simple
reason that they were un'
avoidable.
We know that the world just
simply could not go on the way
it has been going on these last
hundred years, because our
social conscience would no
longer allow us to enjoy the
good things of this earth while
so many of our nelghoors
seemed forever doomed to go
without them.
And we actually do not be.
grudge the others their share OF
those good things which we hao
always taken for granted as part
of the necessities Of q civilized
existnce.
BETTER WORLD
But at the same time we do
feel quite at home in this new
world, which seems to have
thrown everything overheard 10
which we ourselves had been &C.
customed from early childhood,
which rides roughshod over all
our pet prejudices, and which
talks of results when We our
selves are often more interested
in the methods by which those
ends could ultimately be accom-
plished.
I am not taking sides.
realize that life means change.
1 am fully convinced that when
the smoke of battle clears, this
will be a better and more reason
able world to live in for the vast
majority of my fellow-men.
But in the meantime, am
just as much creature OF habit
as anybody who ever was born.
And while I am loudly &C
claiming the ideas of life Of the
year 1884, I sometimes quietly
deplore the disappearance Of the
gentler ways of living Of the year
1908.
1t may be that I am really
growing old.
Suppose that we let 1t 60 at
that.
Copyright 1894, by King Features
Syndicate. Ine.)
The Washington times., 1934-11-29

Glow" and Trees" what are
they going to do with all those
drums and one-note flutes that
will be left lying around idle?
You can't have a room full OF
toms toms without somebody
siding up to one on the sly
and starting a little quiet tap
ping.
And once someone starts
beating on one of those things,
even in fun, it won't be three
minutes before they'll all be
Swaying and going "nya-a-nya-
a-a-a," and, before MuStapha
Kemal Pasha knows it, Turkey
will be full of plaintive Oriental
music again. You can't regulate
a thing like that. We found
that out over here in America.
Articles by Robert Benchley
appear each Monday, WedneS-
day and Thursday.
Copyright. 1894. by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1934-11-29
Listen, w WOrld!
Bv Elsie Robinson

is what you make IT. YOU MAKE
it by your THOUGHTS. What
do you get out of life? You get
what you THINK. . AND YOU
CAN THINK WHATEVER YOU
WANT TO THINK.
You've seen that proven a mil
lion times. Half a dozen people
will be talking about some other
person. Each of those people
will see something different in
that person. One will see sweet
ness. another loneliness, one
stupidity, another shrewdness,
another malice, or another pride.
And each judgment will be the
truth. All of these attributes
are in that person-BUT EACH
CRITIC FINDS WHAT HE
WISHES TO FIND.
We think what we wish to
think, and our life is whatever
we think. We have no life save
what we think, for we live in our
own thoughts. OU r
THOUGHTS ARE OUR LIFE
THEY'RE ALL WE GET
OUT OF LIFE THEY'R THE
ONLY LIFE WE HAVE.
Nobody else's thoughts can
help us, and nobody else's
thoughts can harm us. Splendid
things-or dreadful thingS-may
happen to us. But they can't
happen IN us-they can't be-
come part of our lives-unless
we let them.
That's why some of the rich.
est people are the most miserable
and some of the poorest and
most afflicted are the happiest.
1t isn't what happens to you
that counts-it's the way you
take it. AND YOU CAN TAKE
1T ANY WAY YOU WISH.
GREAT IDEA
And So-Says Mary Piekford
you can make your REAL
life anything you wish it to
be by your own thinking. AND
IF YOU WISH GOD-PLUG
IN GOD BY THINKING
GOOD.
GOD IS A TWENTY-FOUR-
HOUR STATION. ALL YOU
NEED TO DO IS PLUG IN
WITH YOUR THINKING.
TR UTHF Full THINKING.
GOOD THINKING. KIND
THINKING. UN S E LFIS H
THINKING. AND THEN YOU
CAN HAVE AND USE ALL
THELOVE, ALL THE POWER,
ALL THE COURAGE, ALL
THE ENERGY, ALL THE
CHEERFULNESS, ALL THE
ACTIVITY, AND ALL THE
KINDNESS OF GOD"
A great idea-an unlimited
idea. And you've been using it
all your life-on the reverse.
Plugging in on peevishness-
thinking fear, thinking hate,
thinking disaster and getting
them back a hundred fold.
Why not, just for a change,
try plugging in on good?
A GREAT BOOK, MARY,
THANKS.
The Washington times., 1934-11-29
Why, Ladies!
You Can't Mean 1t

The put sympathy for women back where they
found tin the dictionary Mrs Mary Murray the
National Womens Party
Justice-not sympathy-is what the want
And they're not getting because the really
Jealous and scared to death.
We hope the get the justice they deserve and desire
After ali, shouldn't blame for being afraid of
them.
That's been the situation since the first
home late night his wife bounced dinoSaur bone
his head in lieu of rolling pin.
The Washington times., 1934-11-29
1nfantile Paralysis Beaten?
All Parents Hope So

The public and the medical profession will want further
proof that vaccine which prevents nfane paralysis has
last been discovered
So many sure cures turn out to be the of
But every parent and every doctor will nevertheless
deeply interested in the of Dr. William Park
OF the New York City Health Department. that such vaccine
has been found in his laboratories has used
fully in the last few weeks twenty-five children
the result of the experiments confirmed by further
perience of the greatest advances medical
been made and of the mosteared diseases
conquered
The Washington times., 1934-11-29

indulge in poetry. But neither
do those who spend their time
accumulating riches feel any
serious inclination toward what
We sometimes call the fine arts.
Rotterdam therefore was al
most completely barren of the
sort of citizens whom little boys
would love to claim as their
compatriotS.
With one exception-old Eras-
mus, whom I have mentioned
before. Not in a spirit OF
Dragging or patriotic flag-wav-
ing. I believe in setting-up ex-
ercises but not with a flag in
my hand. But because the old
fellow played and continues to
play such a very important role
in the lives of all of us.
WISE AND FOOLISH
Nothing that has once been
said is ever completely for
gotten. It may seem so for
the moment, but sooner or
later every idea and every
thought ever uttered comes
back once more to the surface
of human consciousness.
This holds true for the wise
words that have been spoken.
but also for the foolish ones.
But an idea once uttered
stands engraved forever upon
the mind of man.
And Erasmus the Apostle OF
Tolerance is very much alive
these days. You may realize the
fact that he plays a role in your
own everyday existence. But
he does. And I shall have to let
it go at that.
And now, I would like to tell
you one of those witty little say
ings which Erasmus so carefully
hid in one of the footnoteS of
his learned tones from fear (and
a very well-grounded fear) that
they might get him burned at
the stake if they were discovered
in the text itself.
Or it may occur in one of his
letters, which read as if they
had been written yesterday. I
forget, and it really does not
matter.
The main thing is that he said
what he is supposed to have said,
and here it is: II like" so he
wrote to a friend. I like the
The Washington times., 1934-11-29

nection. Ban
go! back
c o m es the
"juice" a n d
in a jiffy the
waters boil
i n g, t h e
irons h o t,
yo ur friend
is answering.
w h a t is
that mysteri-
Gus Juice?
w h a t hap
pened when
y ou m a d e
that connec-
ton? Unless
The Washington times., 1934-11-29
Hendrix Willem van Loon

terly denounced as towards and
people without the courage of
their convictions. But the old
fox could not be caught.
He liked the new spirit of the
times, but he preferred the
good manners and the ordered
scheme of life of the ancient
times which he remembered
The Washington times., 1934-11-29

Popish way of living but the
Lutheran way of thinking"
That sentence dates back to
the early days of the Reforma-
tion when everybody was sup
posed to take violent sides in the
quarrel between the Pope and
Luther, and when those who re-
manned on the fence were bit
The Washington times., 1934-11-29

pa We d the
way for the
vOtin ng by
Congress of
additional ap-
pro priatiOnS
to stamp out
criminals.
K n o W ! ng
that q drive
against crime
was to b e
m a d e ! a S t
: year, Attor-
ney General
H o m er S
Cummings re-
The Washington times., 1934-11-29

7 wanted to
find out how
many famous
people I could
count among
my fellow cit
liens. T h e
number W a 5
not large.
R o tterdam
UdS SNS1 UCCA
as busy as J
bee hive. 1t
may be true
t h a t people
W h o d ig
bitches for a
lSTYiN~ I@ mt
The Washington times., 1934-11-29

I was born in the city Of
Rotterdam. Like every other
normal child, when I grew up
The Washington times., 1934-11-29
Plugging In On God

S'pose you want some perco-
lator coffee-what do you do?
You plug in on the electric con-
The Washington times., 1934-11-29
Thanksgiving Day
Not lust a Bromide

In accordance with tradition dating back to the roots OF our
history the American people observe today of Thanks
giving.
There have been times in history when it seemed
though had anything for which to give thanks For
some of us today may to be of those times.
There is trouble galore in the United States and in most
other countries.
People are undergoing suffering and privation
Many years ago enjoyed abundance today are
getting along almost nothing.
Others who years ago had almost nothing today have
lost that
And those things might make many of feel that to set
aside day for giving thanks is mockery.
Nevertheless it is more than bromide to say that all Of
have cause for Thanksgiving today. It is fact
If you doubt back to last year and the year before
and the year before that.
In those years seemed be making progress out of
the conditions which thanks despair We still
on the down grade then
But the convinced pessms doesn't believe that today
we aren't ON OUR WAY OUT.
Of course aren't coming back rapidly all of wish
might No miracle has been worked to restore abundance
to ALL
None should be expected
signs the horizon that will have things fixed
up that they take of themselves which is what
they want to do.
We certainly should be thankful for that both individuals
and community.
The Washington times., 1934-11-29
The Greatest Show
On Earth
By John Snure, T.

Gangsters, shooting down
two Federal agents near Chi
cagO, may have unwittingly
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1934-11-30
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