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Evening star., 1934-11-13

mime designs and is famous for its
wearing and washing qualities. Any
color you are partial to is apt to be
modish this season, for the Winter
color charts for cottons are all in
elusive, and it is practically impos-
sible to go far wrong on a choice.
Pastel shades remain the preference
Of dainty women, while the dark un-
soilables are frankly the favorites Of
women with sturdy tastes.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 15O4-B is
designed in sizes SO, 38, 40, AZ, A and
46. Size SO requires 3% yards of So
inch material
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
an illustrated instruction guide which
is easy to follow.
Evening star., 1934-11-13
Chicken With OYSTERS.

Split down the back and remove
the breast bone from a broiler or
frying size chicken. Lay out fiat skin
side up in a roasting pan. Dredge
with melted butter, salt and pepper
Cover closely and cook in a hot oven
cupful Of cream and two cupfuls of
small oysters which have been drained
and cleaned. Cover again and cook
in moderate oven until the oysters
have frilly edges, or for about IS min
utes. Serve sizzling hot with minced
parsley or paprika sprinkled over the
top.
Evening star., 1934-11-13
Conquering Contract
BY p. HAL SIMS.

diamonds before the opponents get
together on the heart suit. By going
up with the ace Of spades he Is as
sured Of five diamonds, two clubs and
either heart or a spade. The only
possible card combination that will set
him is for West to hold the ace, king,
ten Of hearts and for East to show
up with the ace of diamonds and the
king of spades. II the cards are dis
tributed that way. however, South
might as well fold up. He can't make
the contract anyway.
Having opened an aggressive minor
suited hand, lacking tops-such as
the North handsome players would
pass South's bid Of two no trumps.
The fact that South can make game
on the hand, although he does not
hold an opening bid, is enough to
prove that superabundance of cau-
ton does not pay.
Evening star., 1934-11-13
Ant.Lion and Doodle Bug.

:" VEN ants have lions. You have
l. no doubt passed by the won
derful dens time and again,
- but have not seen them. They
look like tiny tunnels. If you
look into them, you will see exposed
to view, two black, sickle-like pincers.
These are the sharp pointed, hollow
tube jaws of the lion.
The best place to look for the ia
nous trap-setters is close to an ant
hill and in sandy places. From June
until August you can see the winged
ant lion mothers skimming above the
sand. They are looking for a place
to lay their eggs. Usually these moth
ers wait until dusk to come out into
Evening star., 1934-11-13
BY BARBARA BELL.


r TERE is dress that is most be-
- coming to the larger woman.
Every line has been thought
Il Il out so that 1t will be eco
nomical to make and easy to
launder. The sizes range from SO
to 46.
This simple and dignified frock is
attractive enough to meet the demands
Of general usefulness in the average
housewives wardrobe. The model is
designed with enough cleverness and
restraint to appear as f1attering on
large women as on those of medium
size. Shaped yokes reduce the appar-
ent size of the actual body measure
ments through the bust and hips. The
suggestion of q surplice closing makes
for decorative detail at the throat
And darts on the shoulders provide
Just the right amount Of ease over the
bust line.
The general effect of this dress is
20 correctly sedate, it could easily look
right in materials other than the
customary house-dress favorites, for
the model comes with long, as well as
short sleeves, shown in the sketch.
Percale-plain or patterned-is the
popular choice for house dresses this
season. Another favorite is cotton
foulard which comes in pretty, fem
Evening star., 1934-11-13
Yorkshire Puddine.

Pour a popover mixture into q
small dripping pan which has been
creased with plenty of beef fat, bake
in very hot oven until puffed and
brown, then at medium heat until
cooked through; altogether for about
20 minutes, basting every five min
utes with the fat from the roast beef
pan.
Evening star., 1934-11-13
Date-Nut Pudding.

Cream five tablespoonfus OF short
ening with half cupful of sugar.
Add one well-beaten egg. then alter
nately one cupful of milk and two
and one-fourth cupfuls of flour, three
and one-half teaspoonfuls Of baking
powder and one-fourth teaspoonful or
salt sifted together. Add 20 dates
finely chopped and half a cupful Of
a creased pudding dish, or in indi-
vidual molds, for two hours, protect
ing the pudding with waxed paper.
Serve warm with lemon or vanilla
sauce, as preferred.
Evening star., 1934-11-13

Mr.. Sims is uniuersdlly acclaimed the
greatest living contract and auction
player. He uas captain Of the renowned
-Four Horsemen" team, 1o,D disbonded,
and has won ~ national champion
ships since 1924. These articles are
based on the Sims system, which
includes the one-oDeT-one principle,
Which the Sims group OF players iDls
the first to employ and develop.
Evening star., 1934-11-13
Timing Factor Again.

IN BOTH rubber bridge and dupl-
cate, a player may fail to make
/ q safety play without any serious
i damage resulting from his lapse.
Unfortunately, the tenth time in
evitably comes along and sure con-
tract is set. For example, take to-
days hand:
Evening star., 1934-11-13
Nancy Page
Can Sugar Crystals Be Called
Cross and Crown2
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.

Ok ELOhLANNH AzA 012ANkkIs
ID EALLY I should have called this
~ block sugar crystals for it came
from the sweetest town in Texas.
Mrs. z. Mahan Of Honey Grove, Tex,
is the generous donor. She tells me
that she has just finished making a
quilt with this pattern. In the old
time books 1t is known as 'Cress and
Crown think you can see why. As
I have developed it for you I am sug-
gesting that the crowns be made OF
prints. the background Of white with
the cross made of plain color. 1t
is possible to make each crown Of
Evening star., 1934-11-13
For Quick Cough
Relief, Mix This
Remedy at Home
No Cookingi No Work. Real Savingi

| NoNookingI NO Worki keal S0vingt |
You'll never know how quickly q
stubborn cough can be conquered, un-
til you try this famous recipe. It is
used in more homes than any other
cough remedy, because it gives more
prompt, positive relief. It's no trouble
at all to mix and costs but a trihe.
Into a pint bottle, pour 21a ounces
Of Pinex; then add granulated sugar
syrup to make a full pint. Syrup is
easily made with 2 cups of sugar and
one cup of water, stirred a few mo-
ments until dissolved. No cooking
needed. This gives you four times as
much cough medicine for your money,
and it's purer, better remedy. 1t
never spoils, and tastes fine.
Instantly you feel its penetrating ef.
feet. It loosens the germ-laden phlegm,
clears the air passages, and soothes
and heals the infamed membranes. This
three-fold action explains why IL brings
such quick relief in severe coughs.
Pinex is q highly concentrated com.
pound Of Norway Pine, used for ren.
erations for its healing effect on a
throat membranes. It is guar
anteed to give prompt relief -.
0r money refs1ndad
Evening star., 1934-11-13

different print. Or those opposite each
other in the block may be made alike.
Or all the crowns and the cross may
be made of one plain color or one
print.
1T seems to me 1t is wise to set
this together with a lighter color
material than is used In the cross.
And in setting the blocks together
I would break the strips at each
corner Of the block. Use q square Of
white"
The Nancy Page Quilt Club mem
bers clipped the picture and directions
and sent for the cutting leaflet. This
pattern gives the pieces full size, but
makes no allowance for seams. These
may be added when cutting the pieces.
Nancy suggested that the various
patches be transferred to lightweight
cardboard. Then the cardboard pat
terms are laid on the material. A pen
Gil mark Is made around the outline
of each block. In cutting, the scis-
sors 60 one quarter inch beyond the
pencil mark. The space between the
pencil mark and the cut edge is taken
up in the seams. BY sewing on the
pencil marks you are sure that the
pieces will all be Of uniform size, even
if some one else helps you to piece the
blocks.
Start the seams in one-quarter inch
from the edges and from the ends
Of the pieces. In this way you are
able to press the seams open and fiat
after the work Is finished.
Be sure the thread has a firm knot
at the end and take three or four
firm back stitches to finish the seam.
For full-size bed make q top
80 by 96 or 106 inches long. For q
three-quarter size bed, decrease width
to 80. For single bed have top "a
inches wide.
The. actual fpattern for "Cross and
Grown" Quilt design may be obtained by
-xR4@fEyU 2-ARpntr
Evening star., 1934-11-13

This hand was played in a recent
duplicate tournament, and only one
pair reached the lay-down grand
slam In spades. Why was that?
Mr.. Sims will answer all inquiries on
contract that are addressed 10 this news
paper with self-addressed. stamped en-
Copyright. 1934l
Evening star., 1934-11-13

M. D.-"Blue blood, as well as silk
stockings, runs in our best families"
is the correct form. Notice that the
singular verb runs" agrees with the
singular subjeck ''blue blood" We
may also say Ink stockings, as well
as blue blood. run In our best fami-.
lies" In this case the plural verb
run agrees with the plural subject
Evening star., 1934-11-13
4 AK
= K-Q-x-x-x-x
4 J-X-X
4 10-x-x-x- 4 XXX
Xxx n vA-x-x-x
vK-l0.x-x WE <A-x-x
<x s 3 Q-10-X-X
= Xxx
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= J-10-x
d A-K-x-x

The bidding:
South West North East
Pass Pass ! Dia. Pass
2 N. T. Pass N. 7. Pass
Pass Pass
North gambled slightly on his hold
ings, but If he signs of by bidding
three diamonds, South will bid three
no trumps anyway. The opening lead
was a small spade. South noted that
If the spade finesse worked, four no
trumps was cold. Therefore, he
ducked the trick in dummy and as
a result went down at three no
trumps. East naturally returned a
small heart; West won South's queen
with the king and played back q
small heart. BY this method Of play
ing the hand the defense took three
heart tricks, spade and a diamond.
South must drive out the ace of
Evening star., 1934-11-13
@eltam

THIS family is traced to Hertford-
l. shire, England. where there are
three parishes so named, Pelham
Brent, Pelham-Stocking and Pelham
Furneaux. In one Of these localities
the old and honorable family Of Pei
Evening star., 1934-11-13

The actual fpattern for "Cross and
Grown" Guilt desisn may be Obtained BY
stamped envelope to Nancy Page in care
Of this paper. Back patterns may be
Evening star., 1934-11-13
Tomorrow's Hand.

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None
= None
d A-K-Q-x-x-x
q xxx a None
Vk-x-x n vJ-10-9-8. (
K-J-10- WE xxx
Xxx = A-Q-x
81 d xxx
4 A-10-x
vA-Q-x
xxx
D xxx
Evening star., 1934-11-13
Mrs. Quack's Story.

The troubles OF our own grow small
When others tell what them befall.
Peter Rabbit.
Evening star., 1934-11-13
The Debunker

BY JOHN HARVEY FURBAY, Ph. d.
Evening star., 1934-11-13
Jolly Polly

A Little Chat on English.
BY JOS. J. FRISCH.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-21
GIRL TAKES THE
 JAIL SENTENCE
Man Had Been Punished Many Times But Claims
 His Innocence
Ry LEE WILSON

United Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 Maidstone, Kent, Feb 21.-(UP) Fifteen times during the last two years John James Smith has been sent to prison. a being the father of young girls baby and refusing to pay toward it's upkeep. Each time he protested his innocence Vehemently and stub- bornly refused to pay. .
 Today the stigma,-was removed from his name, and bis accuser, Sophie Batchelor 21. was sen tenced to prison for six weeks. She was found guilty of falsely testify ing that she had not been with Q married man., Stanley Wakeley on various dates, thus obtaining the paternity order against Smith.
 The latter tainted and was re- moved from court when the jury brought in it's verdict.
 In 1890, Smith, young carpen- ter, and Miss Batchelor were .'waiking out" together. He pro- posed marriage in 1881, and tho banns were put up. Later, Smith cancelled the hanns.
 The girl and her parents haled Smith to court z and he was ad- judged father of the child, despite his denials. He was ordered to pay ten shillings tabout $2.50 a week) until the child was 14. Although
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-21
Youth Kills Father In Fight Over. Radio
Young High School Student Said It Was Done in Fit of Temperament- Hammer and Knife
 to Finish Victim

Oil City, Pa., Feb. 21--(UP)- Russell A. Graham, 17-year-old high school student was arrested by police here today after allegedly killing his' father with hammer and butcher knife during an argu- ment about playing radio. . The father, Alonzo A. Graham, ca, was dead when police reached the home bkThe .youthsa- aister-in- law, Mrs Stanley Graham, 20, was struck on the head when, she in- .tervened.
 The youth in a statement to police blamed Q "fit of tempera- ment'' for his act, they said.
 q was not feeling we'll this morning, so I stayed home from school" he said.
 The altercation with his father ensucd when the elder Graham, seated in Q chair dozing, objected to the son playing the radio. When the youth insisted on turning on the instrument, the father turned 1t off.
 Then, police said. Russell ob- tained a hammer in the kitchen and struck his father on the head. knocking him to the floor. After Mrs Graham tried futilely to inter- fere, the youth obtained a butcher knife, stabbed his father. three times and dragged the body to the cellar. police claimed.
 Mrs Graham was taken to the Oil City hospital with scalp wound. Her condition was not ser ious.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-21
LONG STRETCH OF
 SKATING WAS HIT BY GREAT STORM
For Thirty-eight Days tile Skating Lasted-Now.
 It Is Halted

The longest stretch of continu- ous skating in the city's parks in history. 3S days, was ended with the blizzard which swept the city yesterday and Monday and which covered the park skating surfaces with snow drifts eight and ten feet high. Up to the time of the bliz- gard there had been skating at Hamilton and Fulton parks every day since December goth, with the exception of two days in mid-Jan- uary on which Hamilton park was closed to skaters. William J. Der win, assistant supervisor of recre- ation, said that the 3S days of con- secutive skating outstripped the marks of any previous winter in the departments records.
 With February drawing to a close it is probable that the park department will not endeavor to clear off both skating surfaces to any large degree but will be con- tent with clearing off small portions of the two ponds. The clearing of even small parts of the ice will be task requiring many days and the
 
 work of scores of department em- ployes, for the wind has caused the snow to drift into piles many feet high.
 The extreme cold. weather of the present winter allowed so many days of skating that figures of other recent years are feeble in com parison. Last year with one of the mildest winters the city has ever had, there was official skating for exactly four hours. The previous year there vase skating for four days, none of them successive.
 During the skating season this year the city skating ponds were scraped and cleaned every single day. The only city in New England to give such attention to skaters, Waterbury had a large corps of workers on the ice every day to keep the surface in excellent shape for the. outdoor sport
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-21
VETERANS NOT
 FOR THE BONUS
Oppose Cash Payments at
 This Time-They Give ; Good Reasons

New York, Feb. 2l-(UP)-The American Veterans, association Is opposed to cash payment of ad- justed service certificates at this time. Charles M. Kinsolving, ma : tional commander, said today. Kihsloving added he did net be- lieve the bill had any chance of passing congress over the presi- dents veto. te+
 Tn principle. we are opposed to this measure because we see no reason for the distribution of bil- lions in greenbacks to able-bodfed ex-service men simply because they wore a uniform for a short inter- val during The war;" he said.
 If the government is in fi- nancial position to spend money on veterans relief, why don't the members of congress introduce legisiation to increase benefits to the widows whose mainstays of support were killed ln coR,bat or died ns the direct result Of war service, and to those eN-service men who are still suffering from disabilities actually incurred in wur service."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-21
One Death From Storm and Two Others Had.
 Narrow Escapes
TROLLEYS AND BUS
 LINES STILL OUT
Principal Streets in the Center Will Be Open
 This Afternoon

Waterbury today began to pull itself out from under ab- normal covering to which it was subjected as a result of the blizzard which ragged in the city Monday evening and yesterday. All agencies were engaged today in getting all transportation, public utility and food facilities back to normal. One death as a re- suit of the blizzard, the worst since 1888. was chalked up against the storm here today.
 All public departments and di- visions joined this morning in the herculean effort of cleaning the streets. Trolley and bus traffic was still held up to-day except on a few short runs. The railroad was running behind schedule this morning but was expected to have all it's trains on time before late this afternoon. As for its busses. there was doubt that some of the line would not be restored for u day or two.
 One Death In Storm
 The death attributed to the storm was that of oJhn Toresello, 52, of Pond street, who collapsed last night after returning from work. Over-exhaustion in getting home from his work was believed the cause of his death.
 TT, nf the storm were narrowly averted last night when street department employees succeeded in rescuing two linen from a small, isolated shack on the west side of the NaugatucS river below South Leonard street, They were employed t O watch a sandpit and were employed by the Mutual Aid.
 The men were taken to St Mary's hospital after the heroic efforts made to save them but they were expected to be discharged today. 25OO Men at Work Approximately 2,5O0 men were working today removing the snow from the city streets. They were city, Mutual Aid and CWA serll- ployes. At noon today 45 trucks were on the joh. Before tonight 100 were expected to be in action. Telephone service was pratci- cally normal in Waterbury today. The same was the case for the Connecticut Light and Power Go. The Connecticut company was still battling under very difficult con- ditions early this afternoon.
 Early this afternoon the trolley company had broken a way through the ice and snow cover. ing its tracks on East Main street so as to reach Mad river. Another crew was breaking through from the Notch, this side of Cheshire. 1t was expected that by tonight the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-21
FinnI NezQs Flashes
BODY OF SINISTER FOUND

Medford, Mass Feb 21.-(UP)-The body of Alice G. Porter, Medford spinster and plain tiff in $7OO,0OO law suit six years ago, was dis covered in her Allston-street home here last night, it became known today. Medical Exam iner John Paul Reardon of Somerville performed an autopsy. It was stated at the doctors office this afternoon that no report on the autopsy was yet available The womans body was found by a lodger, Samuel Capino. In 1928 Miss Porter, a Radcliffe college graduate, filed $7OO,O suit against the estate of her cousin, Allan A. Booker, who had died soon after marrying his secretary, Margaret Maloney
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-21

The house passed the bill, by a vote of 3SS to :.
 Before the final vote republi- can effort to recommit the bill to committed. for restoration of two- cent postage rates wasN defeated, 272 to 132.
 The bill as passed continues the three-cent rate for another year unless the president desires to low CT it.
 All the republican present voted for the two cent postage joined by 16 democrats and four farmer laborites.
 The measure is said by experts TO constitute the most comprehen- sive change in the income tax laws ever made and had it's origin in senate disclosures of tax evasions. It was brought up in the house a week ago under rule which pro- hibited all but committee amend ments. The Is hours of general de- bate was marked by sharp wrangles over merits of the sales tax and the question of income tax returns.
 The bills 12 major points:
 1. A normal four per cent in- come tax rate with surtax adjust ments to benefit persons with earned income.
 2. Ten per cent reduction al- lowance on earned incomes of $S,- 900 or less before tax is figured.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-21
NEW ENGLAND IS SMILING TO-DAY
 FOR FIRST TIME
Bright Sun Cheers WOrk= CTS Who Are Digging
 Out-Eleven Victims

Boston. Feb 21.-(UP)-Blue skies and bright sun beating over the deeply drifted snow bathed New England in scenic splendor today, putting cheer in the hearts of the thousands whose task it was to restore order to the highways. the railways, and the seaways after one of the severest blizzards In his- tory.
 A toll of 1T dead in scattered parts of the six states was counted. But though gales of 50 to 60 miles ragged during the binding storm that deposited 1 5 inches of snow in Boston in a 24-hour period, there was no major tragedy.
 Off the rockbound coast, where ice-littered seas swelled under the sway of the nor easter, no less than eight craft, most of them fishing vessels, tapped out distress signals, but not a single life was lost. There were two train wrecks in Massa- chusetts, but in these, too, there was no less of life.
 Most of the storm dead were victims, of heart attacks, suffered while shoveling snow or trudging through the heavy drifts. These included Charles A. Baker, 56, of Providence, R. l., Joseph I. Loiselle, S2, of Fitchburg. Alfred w. Willoughby, 52. of Portland. Conn. William Bingley, 66, of New Haven, Conn, Thomas Thompson, 57, of Newton. Thomas A. Mellor, 66, of Newton, David F. Settle. 63, of Springfield, and George Kimball, 63, also of Springfield.
 Other storm victims included Vincenzo Lila, 72. of Providence, R. l., a track walker, struck by a train outside Union Station in Providence: Jacob Knecht, 66, of Boston, killed by Monoxide poison- ing from a heater while keeping
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-21
34,OOO MEN IN ;. ;. NEW YORK GANG
They Tackled Snow Piles This Morning to Open
 Up the Roads
fBy United Press)

An army of 34,OOO snow shovel CTS began to-day to dig Metropoli- tan New York out from beneath the heaviest blanket of snow that has fallen in this area in IS years.
 Thirty-three deaths, directly or indirectly attributable oathe storm. were reported in easterestates, in- cluding those of 10 aged women who died in a fire at Brookville, Pa II persons in New England, and 12 more in New York state.
 Rising temperatures gave hope that another "A hours would see transportation. both land and ship ping, crawling out from the par alysis that gripped railroads and coastal vessels from Maine to Vir- ginian Capes.
 All trains In the east were either delayed or completely halted. The New York, New Haven and Hart- ford Railroad made its first at- tempt to send through trains be- tween New York and Boston, after eight of it's regular trains had been isolated between those two cities. The New York Central was rolling once more, after conditions which were reflected in its crack Gen. tury's delay of two hours in reach ing the Grand Central station from Chicago.
 Eight ocean liners, scheduled to arrive or depart from the port of New York, were either held in port or forced to remain outside the harbor.
 Smaller shipping suffered heavily and the coast guard worked an eX- hausting 36 hours rescuing and sal vaging distressed vessels. A 6O-mile gale and mountainous seas brought $. o. $. signals from eight ships, all of which eventually were re- ported safe.
 New York's subway traffic re- turned to normal, but its suburban lines, notably in Long Island and Westchester, were still disrupted. More than 500,000 commuters were marooned In smaller cities outside