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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-18

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-18
BETTER TIMES
 AT THE CAPITAL

Washington, August IS (UP) - One better times indicator IS the tourist trade here. Capitol guides report they are far busier this summer than last. escorting visitors around the senate and house corridors. The Capitol is torn up by painters and decorators. Surplus furniture has been piled in the senate chamber. Huey Long'c seat and table are not hid- den, however. Guides always point to it as That's Huey Longs place." No other senator gets that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-18

William J. Derwin, recreation di rector.
 Besides the regular programs carried on at the plagrounds there will be series of playground events in which the competition will be open to children of all the playgrounds and in which prizes for the winners of various events will be given.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-18
WATCH KIDNAPERS

St. Louis, Mo-. Aug. 1S.-(UP) St. Louis police were requested by Cairo, H., police today to be on the lookout for three men who Kidnapped a Cairo physician and fled northward in his automo oblle after he managed to escape them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-18
College Expands Faculty

ASHLAND, o. (UP)-Ashland College, which failed recently of annual approval by the North Gen. tral Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges, has adder seven new members to it's faculty, Dr. E. E. Jacobs, president, an- nounced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-18

One the parade will be the sight or Mayor Frank the old red of volunteer freman identity
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-18
Supervisor

Supervisor
 will perhaps set a date for another performance soon. Costumes were designed by Mrs May O'Brien. Piano accompaniment was pro- vided by Midgie Hench, and danc- ing followed the stage presenta- ton. Patrolman Bernard O'Lough- lin was on duty in the gymnasium.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-18

The visiting have not lacked for souvenirs or Waterbury manufacurlng concerns samples their to the delegates and marci
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
Buying Government
Extravagant Prices


Vgnias legislature convening within few days. is faced
with the task of trying raise taxes from already
overburdened people of dealing nteigenty with
intelligent governmental system.
Which alternative will the representatives of the people
choose?
holder they will elect to dive deeply into the pubc
purse thus nsung the politician Of increasing power and
the job-holder Of additional lucrative jobs.
they heed the whrlwind of public sentiment which is
rapidly developing in the nearby State they will eliminate
Of the waste and extravaganza which abundant
Democrats and Republicans alike who believe in
nomca government responsible to the people, joining in
the public demand which has been aroused by the exposure
needless expense by The Washington Times
The oldlne politician of course does see the hand
writing the wall.
that the wise for him acquesce
in the demand and sacrifice his hopes for immediate pundr
to the will of the people.
Millions of dollars being wasted annually by the useless
and archaic system which precbe 100 county
within the State.
Those millions aren't buying the people good government
They buying government of the worst possible kind
Fully half of these county governments could be should
be oblterated.
By system of consolidation of functions millions of dol
lars could be saved and the tax burden of the people
duced instead Of being increased it proposed to do
the coming session.
With less money Virginia buy better government.
It to the legislature to decide whether that will be
Eone
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Restore Promotions
Federal Workers Deserve Reward

FeQefal workers deserve Reward
One of the many problems affecting personnel in
enment service with which Congress will have to deal
OF restoring to employees the right expect reasonable pro-
motions and increases in the service.
At present normal promotions and increases forbidden
under the economy legislation
Regardless of merit service the Government worker
under the present provisions is in blind alley He simply
ism t going anywhere.
There be merit system long as this condition
continues.
Man is selfish creature. When he performs task well
he expects reasonable reward for that
able to take that reward out Of the satisfaction of Job we'll
done Others quite naturally look for something sub
stantial
That is only just and does in any measure deract
from the service rendered
Through the years the Government well private en-
poyer has recognized that long and faithful service should
have its reward.
It has built up a system under which man who had
mastered his job who had shown unusual application and
attention duty could look forward promotion greater
responsibilities with an increase in salary
All of this was wiped out under the economy rule.
Men and told that regardless Of how hard they
might work. regardless of what initiative they might display
they could not look for promotion and salary increases
Some of them have had to take the added responsibilities
Of higher positions but the increased salary which should
with those responsibilities has been denied them
Regardless of the loyalty of Government workers. and
deny that loyalty this condition has tended to stfle
initiative
Congress should delay in returning the Government
worker the nducemen which from the prospect Of
increased income and promotion.
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Dry Dominance
The District Liquor Bill

The furry demand the part Of members of Con-
re f the creation of dspensay system for
Che vending liquor in the District should be taken too
seriously
This demand largely from those who have been poit
Of their backbone constituencies those whom they sup
posed to govern locally.
There no widespread demand either nationally locally
that the Federal Government into the liquor business
would be doing Government dspensaries instituted
here.
Several communities experimenting with the dispenary
system but they doing it under the supervision Of local
governments That would not be the here because Of
the impossbty of dvorcg the District government from
the Federal Government.
There why the vending of liquor should not be
handled private business and still handled in such
way to encourage temperance and eliminate the evils which
formerly dogged the traffic.
Private business is Just capable of handling liquor ceany
and sensby would be the employees of the Government
Under the licensing system proposed by the District Com
missioners after thorough study of local conditions and
local sentiment rigid safeguards thrown around the
granting of licenses.
Those licenses would be restricted persons and firms of
good repute and good record
It is foohardy to say that person firm would sacr
hcing would be willing sacrifice its goodstanding
community by handling and LIQUOR unsatisfactory
or scandalous
We obtain clean handling of the liquor business by
trusting it to clean business interests.
The proposal for joint hearings on the District LIQUOR bill
by the Senate and House District Committees if adopted
would tend to eliminate delay and would clarity the situation
The two committees could well cooperate in fostering this
legislation and getting it through Congress with minimum
Of delay and useless discussion.
The drys it is to be expected will make strong effort to
write the District law from their point of view
They should not be allowed to dominate consideration
either in committee when the reaches the floor
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the sacrifice and drudgery
weren't sufficiently appreciated.
And in these hard days we're
all being Santa Claus to some
body. AS a consequence of
which, nine-tenths of us are
packing a crouch because the
Other Fellow is ungrateful.
F'rinStance, those no-account
Joneses, living in that terrible
shack with all those kids. Re-
member all we did for the
Joneses? Dug down and gave
them money we really needed
for our own families. Went
without that new party dress
gave up that weekend vacation
contributed one of our best
blankets-so the Joneses could
sleep warm, eat plenty.
And what thanks did we get?
Not a thank? Dad Jones pro-
ceeded to get pie-eyed. Ma
Jones went out and bought her
self a permanent. The whole
family went on a movie bust,
then ordered a radio, on the in
stallment plan! And when we
made them send it back they
were sore! Actually sore. Never
stopped to think how wonderful
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Few personalities on the hu-
man side of the news are more
arresting and admirable than
Miss Helen Keller. whose spirit
is so vital that she freed her
self from silence and the dark.
No one has more keenly and
justly analyzed tn al genius
and mountebank, Bernard Shaw,
than Miss Keller. For he lacks,
she tells us, that quality which
goes to the making of a Friend
of Man. He has sacrificed emo
ton to intellect, intuition to
reason. There are no mellow
ing shadows in his mind. Every
inch of it is relentlessly glar-
ing. No sense of mystery or Of
dreams abides there.
Great Person
A great person, this Helen
Keller. Three year. ago the
philosopher, Walter Pitkin, list
ing the living Americans who
had achieved most, named only
four in the first group. And in
his second group Of ten he
named the woman who made
Helen Keller what she is today,
who freed the spirit Of a child.
She is Anne Sullivan Macy, who
lives in Forest Hills, N. Y. She
is nearly 70 now and only dim
flicker of sight is left to her.
But as Nella Brady so beautl-
fully tells her story in her book,
"Anne Sullivan Macy" she still
likes the rich, warm tide OF life
where it strikes the rapids, not
where it rU:-"s smooth.
Herself a child of squalor and
desperate misfortune, fighting
blindness for many years, she
took charge of Helen Keller
when Helen was a little child,
irrevocably blind, deaf and
dumb. Slipping farther and
farther into the darkness, yet a
strong, tireless, quick-tempered
child.
Miss Brady gives us an un-
forgettable picture of little
Helen sitting on the floor in her
nightgown, the image OF stub
bornness and despair. And then
the miracle began to unfold un-
der the teachers patient. loving
hand. By touching object and
by finger movements into
Helen's hand, Anne began teach
ing the child to spell. She gave
her q mug and held her hand
under a pump as the cold water
gushed forth. BY finger move
ments she spelled the word
WATER" several times.
That was the first step out OF
the darkness and the silence,
out Of loneliness and despair.
within . few hours Helen had
Addad a. naW words Aa-@~
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ONCE OVERS

form entirely to your partners
tastes?
Too often young married folk
are selfish that way.
IF they are not willing to give
and take equally there are riffs.
The happy combination is that
in which each finding that the
other cannot relish to the same
extent certain lines Of sport or
amusement enjoyed by himself,
follows the Golden Rule cheer
fully and does as he or she
would be done by.
This solves many of the dis
turbing situations that arise.
An unselfish, sympathetic at
titude adopted by both make a
compromise easy and brings an
harmonious balance in the fam
lily life.
Copyright, 1888, King EeatuEOa
wndt0aAaT T@1AAA
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The Human Side of the News
Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy
Bu EdWin C.. Hill

cabulary. The mind that could
not see, that could not hear
that could not speak, fairly
leaped to swift understanding,
Booth Harrington
For 40 years, thereafter
Anne and Helen labored in
cessantly with Helen'S voice,
with results that the world
knows. Anne never let pity
blind her common sense. She
demanded of Helen what She
would have demanded of 81
seeing and hearing girl. More.
in fact, for it took Helen twice
as long to prepare her lessons.
To this Helen owes the fact
that she has been accepted on
equal terms by the seeing and
hearing, and this is the great
est pride of her life.
That admirable gentleman
and gifted writer, Booth Tark-
ington, passes through New
York on his leisurely progress
from Kennebunkport to his
Indiana home. Coming to the
time Of life when even the
wisest of men indulge in
prophecy, he predicts that the
time will come, and at a date
not so distant, when very few
books will be written and no
plays.
Radio is the reason, says Mon
sieur Beaucaire of Indianapolis.
He quotes the saying that all
progress is due to lazinesS, and
that man, being too lazy to
harness a horse, invented the
automobile. "I am sure," says
Harrington, "that when televis-
ion arrives and other magic
which will follow television,
when entertainment comes to
the armchair and the fireside,
that few will use the energy to
read novels or go to plays"
With the light almost gone
from the eyes that have gazed
SO humanity and understanding
ly upon this world, Booth Tar
kington CALAMITY laughs that
near-blindness Is not as bad as
one might think it to be.
And so today, writing his
clean and arresting tales, he
no longer has use for his IA
nous dozen Of newly-sharpened
yellow pencils and the yellow
pads of paper which gave US
"The Gentleman From Indiana"
Monsieur Beaucaire," "Cher.
ry," the "Penrod" books, and so
many more which have given
pleasure and something even
deeper to millions of readers.
He dictates now, some 2.000
words a day, and finds comfort
In the new method Of work.
tcOpyriEht, 1884. BY King TGakRaas
SyD6ieat& xAA&
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
Many Members of Congress
To Sing Swan Songs
By James T. Williams, Jr.

Regardless of the politics
they play, the promises they
make, the flights Of oratory
they attempt,' a number OF
Senators and a larger number
Of Representatives in Congress
will sing their "swan song" at
the session Of Congress just
beginning.
For these the current session
will be their last, because they
will fail either Of denomination
at the coming primaries and
conventions or they will be
defeated at the Congressional
elections to be held next No
vember.
The terms Of all Representa-
tives in Congress will expire
before the next regular session
begins on January 3, 1885. So
will the terms of one-third Of
the members of the Senate.
OF the IS Senators in this
group, IA are Democrats, II
are Republicans and one is a
member Of the FarmrLabor
party.
Seek Reelection
The IA Democratic Senators
who are up for reelection this
year will not find it easy to
oppose the Roosevelt admins
tration on any major policy.
They will soon be seeking re-
nomination in the primaries or
before conventions pledged to
the support Of the President.
The II Republicans and the
Farm-Labor Senator must de-
termine during the session
which of the Roosevelt policies
they should support and which
oppose in the light of their
approaching candidates. for re-
nomination and rejection.
On this accoun one-third Of
the Senate every two years is
deeply concerned with the ef-
feet Of legislative measures on
political future of the 80
senators whose terms are expir-
ing. And the same is true every
two years of the entire member
ship of the House. In conse-
quence, the present session Of
Congress is bound to be "politi-
cal' from its beginning to its
end.
For those Senators and Rep
resentatives in Congress who
owe their elections to the conf
dence 1eposed by their constitu-
ents in their character and gen.
eral qualifications for service as
national legislators, the political
problems of the present session
will be less perplexing than for
those who depend for votes
upon their record on this or
that leg ::slative proposal. The
number of the latter is unfor-
tunateIy larger than it should
be. In fact. considerably less
than a majority Of Senators
and Representatives in Congress
today have a strong enough hold
upon their constituents to be
permitted much freedom Of
opinion in regard to legislation.
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Most of the thirty.two Sena-
tors and large majority of the
entire membership of the House
will probably face opposition
within their own parties for re-
nomination. This means two
political contests for each of
these national legislators-one
within their own party and one
against the opposing party. 1t
will be difficult for the Presi-
dent to give much support to
Senators and Representatives in
Congress in their coming politi.
cal contests, because he owes
his election not only to the
Democrats who voted for him
kut to millions of Republicans
who were dissatisfied with the
record of their own party in
power.
National Angle
Furthermore, at the last ses-
sion Of Congress, most Of the
national recovery measures in
the Roosevelt program were
supported in both Houses by
Senators and Representatives
on both sides of the aisle. And
the President will seek non.
partisan support during the
present session for such amend
ments to his recovery program
as he recommends, as we'll as in
his effort to straighten out the
finances of the Federal Govern
ment.
The mistake made by Presi-
dent Wilson in the autumn Of
1918 when, while the country
was at war, he appealed for the
reelection of a Democratic Con
gress, will not be repeated by
President Roosevelt. That mis-
take was in part responsible for
Mr.. Wilson's loss of Congress
midway of his second term and
forecast the defeat Of his party
in the Presidential election OF
1920.
President Roosevelt will not
jeopardize his legislative lead
ership by a partisan appeal on
the eve Of the Congressional elec-
tions this year. He knows that
his Administration must again
have the support of millions Of
progressive Republicans if he is
to be reelected for a second
term.
On this account Senators and
Representatives in Congress up
for reelection this year must
face q stern judgment at the
hands of their constituents. This
judgment will be based more
upon their general capacity as
legislators with a national point
of view than upon the way they
vote on any particular measure
or group of measures. A Con-
gress thus elected is always
stronger than one in which an
overwhelming majority is made
up of Senators and Representa-
tives who vote with both ears to
the ground.
fConvrieht. 1894, The Washington TimeR)
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LISTEN, WORLD
By Elsie Robinson

everybody had been. Never en-
tered their minds to be grateful.
Just got sore because we
wouldn't do more!
Yes, the Joneses were Ger
tainly a life-sized example OF
Ingratitude. And we all can
produce other Exhibits A,
equally outrageous, concerning
which we naturally feel plenty
sorry for ourselves.
BUT HAVE WE ANY RIGHT
TO FEEL SORRY FOR OUR
SELVES?
HAVE WE ANY RIGHT TO
EXPECT GRATITUDE?
No we haven't!
IF WE'RE REALLY CIVIL
lied, A GOOD DEED
SHOULD BE IT'S OWN RE-
WARD.
For a good deed is fun. The
best fun there is. And if you
give as you should, joyously,
eagerly, there's plenty of kick
in it, whether the other fellow
appreciates it or not. If he's
grateful, that's pleasant. But
it's his bad luck, not yours, if
he isn't. For you've already
had your fun!
Giving is also a lucky break.
Few are fortunate enough to
be able to give lavishly. Giving
at all is a luxury. And the one
who can give should be CRATE
full for the good luck which en-
ables him to do so.
So this indignant demand
for gratitude-this grieVous la
ment over ingratitude-is nei-
ther reasonable nor righteous.
It's plain piggy.
Somerset Vaughan puts it
perfectly in his new book,
"Ah. King:
zone mustn't expect graft
tude. It's a thing that no
one has a right to. After all,
you do good because it's a
pleasure. It's the purest form
of happiness there is. To ex-
pect thanks for it is really
asking too much. If you get
it-well, it's like a bonus on
shares on which you've al
ready received a dividend. It's
grand, but you mustn't look
upon it as your due"
That, I'm thinking, is Good
Medicine for what ails d lot
of us these days. For giving
is one of the most things we
have to do. And, nine times
out of ten, it isn't appreciated.
So to the irksomeneSS of sac
rifice we add the bitterness Of
a crouch at their ingratitude.
(And don't be fooled because
I'm doing this preaching. I
get just as mad as you do
when the Bread Line doesn't
treat me as if I were Mrs.
GodD But we're all wrong.
It's swell to give! It's the
best Of fun and the best of
luck. And we who can do it
should be everlastingly thank
full. Then why demand medals
for having q picnic?
copyright 1894. King Features .sgn-
dicatss 1neA
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WISE WORDS

That they may be considered
wise they rail at heaven.
-Phaedrus.
Women and music should
never be Goldsmith.
BY agreement small things
grow; by discord great things
go to pieces.-Sallust.
We are never but by ourselves
betrayed.-Congrove
Notes are often necessary, but
they are necessary evils.-John-
son.
To look back 70 antiquity is
one thing. to go back to it is
another-C. C. Cotton.
Nothing Is so good as it seems
beforehand-Gsorga Eliot.
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Pleasures VS.. Golden Rule

Pleasures VS.. Golden Rule
Yes, it is unfortunate if you
and your life partner do not
enjoy the same sort Of amuse-
ment and recreation, but this
should not give you license to
spend most of your time at
leisure engaged in the sport
you favor.
You should have chosen a
partner with similar tastes and
desires or be willing and cheer
full over fifty-fifty arrange
ment.
It is unfair to resolve that
nothing shall interfere with the
hours you choose to spend in
your particular sport.
It is not a square deal to in
siSt that your partner adopt
your plans and favorite ways
Of spending time.
How would Xov NkA -tQ con
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MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Helen Rowland

man, falling in love Is like
taking an anaesthetic; he
doesn't know that anything is
happening to him, until he
wakes up to hear the clergy
man pronouncing the blessing.
Nearly everyb body envieS
somebody else; but you never
heard a blonde wishing that
she had been born a brunette
or a man wishing that he had
been born a girl.
Nothing, not even the dollar,
has been so deflated in value
as a girls kisses; and the de-
flation will continue just as
long as an attractive man
continues to find the world
full of "yes-women."
When a gentleman discovers
that he has made love D the
wrong woman, he doesn't snap
her off like a telephone re-
ceiver: he eases her down
gently with flowers, regrets
and a few sweet alibis. That's
his requiem.
To a man, getting married
is like having a tooth out; he
can face it so much more
e. - 1iQ9'
A{sas~ ~ p
~ .;
bravely and calmly If it hap
pens to him suddenly and he's
given no time to think about
it.
Copyright. 1894, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1934-01-03
You've No Right To Expect
Gratitude

Are you always doing nice
things for other people and then
getting mad because they aren't
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grateful?
OF course,
y o u a r e.
We're all that
way.
Parents, for
e x a m pl e.
S in ce time
/ mmemorial,
parents have
been making
sacrifices for
children-en-
during incred-
ible drudgery
for children
then growing
bitter because
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as a nice plump turkey strut
ting about just before the
holidays.
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The sensation of falling in
love is a thrill that no woman
would want to miss. But, to a
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holidays.
The Christmas cravat, even
when it happens to be a mans
favorite style and color, some
how always gives him a childish,
self-conscious feeling, like that
of a schoolboy caught mailing
a valentine.
When a woman falls out of
love it is always with grand
splash and a lot of shattered
illusions-but a man just sort
Of eases out Of it and into
another love, as painlessly as
he changes from one golf.stick
to another.
If every young man and
woman had to prove himself
and herself qualified to get a
marriage license. as they do to
get a license to run. a motor.
car, perhaps they wouldn't re-
gard it as "just a scrap Of
paper" and there would be
fewer matrimonial wrecks.
The sensation Of falling in
love is a thrill that no woman
would want to miss. But, to a