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So They Say

ANY man who condones the MIRA, the AAA, and
other things going in this country is radical.
Governor Talmadge of Georgia.
no longer doubt. know that there Is nothing
after death--nothing to look forward to in joy or
fear I going 20 die In a little while and that
will be the enthusiastically the end.
Clarence Darrow.
If can't beat clown like Baer, I'll never ad-
NIT was a fighter.
jess willard. after challenging the champion.
The CCC camps are becoming hotbeds OF rad
icalism and If these young men are not soon abs
sorbed into legitimate industry, they will become
a revolutionary army.
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It may be that spring is here or the
depression is over but the boom in wild
animals has started. 800 have just arrived
in New York. And all kinds OF animals
were included in the consignment. They
will be distributed at various ZOOS around
the nation. Perhaps the animal that at
tracted the most attention was the aard-
bark of crossword puzzle fame. It's sup
posed to be cross between kangaroo
and an ant-eater. Heinz Ruhe brought the
animals to this country and places val
nation of $4,000 on them. He said when
interviewed, "For the first time since the
depression all my men are employed
Searching the jungles for unusual crea-
lures. Few zoos were able to keep up their
restocking programs during the depres-
sion, but relief schemes and public works
have enabled increase in existence and the
building of new ones"
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wealthy and intelligent -. :.
A diplomat ranking in the lat
ter class is Leo Sack, minister to
Costa Rica. Sack has achieved
a new high water-mark for WIN
ming popularity for the United
States in Central America
Having been a Sunday school
teacher for 80 years before COM
ing to Washington tas United
States senator, Kentucky's Mer-
vel Logan has kept up the good
work. He teaches class In the
Bethany Baptist church on
Rhode Island avenue. Logan was
one of three pinch-hitters ready
to offer a prayer TO open the
senate recently, when the Chap
lain, Re Barney T. Phillips could
not be reached on a hurry call.
The others were Phillips assist
ant. the Reverend Doll, OF Utah's
Mormon Senator King
The number of requests that
come to Secretary Of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace make pub
lie addresses averages eight a
day. On his last trip to the
midle west he gave six talks In
one day, all in the vicinity OF
Wooster, Ohio.
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Selected Poem


paul Raison in the New York SUM
Soft words and sentiment had never spoiled
Her fun appreciation of the hold
One has on things by being plain hard-boed
And keeping situations well controlled.
1t wasn't long before took the cue
And over cocktails earnestly went In
For what she called the Modern Point OF View
Some victories aren't worth lighting for to win.
Yet candor, which must call a spade spade,
Becomes ut last game without much zest.
And clever conversation, I'm afraid,
Leaves nothing but paltry second best.
The compliment we paid her was sincere,
II hardly woman wants to hear
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Waterbury, Conn.,.
May 20. 1885.

waterbury, Conn.s
May 20, 1885.
Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
feel that the Democrat Ii en-
titled to a tribute for the manner
in which 1t has cultivated the
pleasure of the mind for almost
six decades. Since none of US Is
alone on this planet and since all
of us are Influenced by the ideas of
our neighbors, 1t is--read or per-
ish. We must keep up with the
march OF events. In order to face
tomorrow we must gather wisdom
to- day. And the Democrat has been
a veritable guide to this modern
life OF ours, through which we
would perhaps be drifting blindly
but for some such aid as the DEM
ocrat renders.
The Democrat gives a true and
comprehensive picture OF Water
bury and defends its good name as
II has for more than a half CEN
fury. It is broadminded. It is a
daily index to modern knowledge.
an encyclopedia of current inform-
alton. 1t gives broad and clear
knowledge Of local, American and
international problems. It gives all
the political, important and SEN
sational events. 1t tells US what the
thinkers are thinking and what the
doors are doing. Your paper, with
it's remarkable selection OF articles
Is refreshingly clean. vigorous. In
teresting and enlightening.
The Democrat Is part OF our
daily life. 1t isn't highbrOw. nor
does 1t attempt to belittle or dictate.
1t brings mental relief after the
days work Is done and also brings
mental satisfaction. 1t solves the
problem Of keeping conversant
each day with happenings not
only here but all over the world
and our mental horizons are Wild
ened by regularly reading 1t.
Nowadays countless distractions
absorb our attention. We have the
movies. the radio and the family
car. Little leisure for reading. you
may be sure. But with the Demo-
crat one will never grow rusty. II
/ Is regularly the source OF stimuiat-
/ ing conversation within the FAM
lily circle.
This quickly moving world with
the wealth OF information It affords
eonfronts us with challenge We
cannot evade. We have got 70
know more than formerly was
necessary 10 live richly and CONF
pete successfully; We must be ever
alert to innumerabie eddles IN the
tide Of knowledge that beats about
rs. And that - where your yqln,
liable paper plays iie star role. Ma
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New Deal will be diagnosed I'm
a subsequent column.
Believing Joe
Huey Long was telling the
senate that the march" of
farmers on Washington was not
spontaneous, that it had been
drummed up by the Administra-
ton.
'sSomebody says" shouted Hucy
s'they brought 400 of them from
louisiana"
Senator Joe Robinson, admin
istration defender, bristied. Ad-
vancing upon Long with
clenched fists, he beloved: ITO
whom does the senator refer
when he says they brought
them from louisiana"
Long grinned from car to ear.
"The railroads" he replied.
Merry-Go- Round
Norman Armour, American
minister to Haiti, will no become
minister to Canada, filling the
vacancy caused by the death of
Warren Robbins, the presidents
cousin. Armour is one OF the
few career diplomats both
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known during the last years OF his serv-
ice in the armed forces of His Majesty the
King. According to dispatches death was
preferable to life, Tor had he lived ne
would not have been the keen-witted, TAR
seeing, dominating Lawrence OF the world
War, but an invalid, mental one.
Lawrence will always live by his ex-
ploits in the World War and by his mas
terful seizure of Arabia. He was supreme
strategist. The pity it is he was not among
those pitting their brains against the best
in the German army when it was hammer
ing at the gates of Paris. The war might
have been even shortened had Lawrence
been there. But he was chosen to play his
part in PARKWAY theater of the war, the
hinterlands. He played it so well, though,
that history has written his name clearly
and brightly in its pages.
He must have been an oddly resolute
and determined man. We read that after
writing the details of his warfare in
Arabia, the fiercest kind of warfare under
the most adverse conditions for an Eng
lishman, he lost the only copy of his man
uscript. Just as painstakingly as had been
his campaigns years before he rewrote the
story, "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom,
called Revolt in the Desert" in the
abridged version. 1t is as striking as was
the life of this man who, rejected for reg
ular service in the British army, rose TO
greater heights than almost any one man
engaged in the World War. AS inscrutable
as the sands of the desert we came to know
SO we'll was this man Lawrence.
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BERVITY, TITS oFTTIMEs
SAID, is THE SOUL
OF WIT
Waterbury, Conn.,,
May, 20, 1895.

Editor, The Democrat
I noticed in an article in your
paper last night that Editor Will
liam ]. Pape said at some confab
or other that he Is not going to be
a candidate for mayor this year
at the coming city election. Great!
Now ! am not going to take up
much of your space or time with
any long winded reasons why
think he shouldn't be. But In
the first place, who wants him :
In the second, who cares? And
finally, thank God, We have been
spared such an ordeal II his ac-
lions out OF office are a sample OF
what the people would have to put
up with II by any misfortune he
was elected.
Thanking you for the space,
which hope won't be much AZ
the question isn't worth any more
1 merely wish 10 close BY saying,
thcm's my sentiments.
Yours sincerely,
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Governor Cross gave convincing need OF
more care on the highways last week In
an address before the Eastern Conference
of Motor Vehicle Administrators when ne
said ''While we build monuments along
the roadsides to early settlers who were
killed or carried off by the Indians there
are no monuments to those killed ny auto
mobiles. If, we were to erect monuments
to these latter, the roadsides from the
Sound to the Massachusetts line would re-
semble one continuous graveyard" he
certainly is right A glance at the accl-
dent map maintained by the Motor We
hicle Department shows the state roads
plentifully studded with pins indicating
fatalities.
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Your Questions Answered

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make use Of this free sepvtre ~
o TRE EUlTUls.
O. Is the whale a fish,
A. No; 1t is mammal.
O. When did dragons inhabit
the earth?
A. They are mythical. and new
er actually existed.
@. What isfa regicide
A. The murderer Of a king.
@. what Is the married name
of Helen Wills, the famous tennis
player?
A. Mrs. Frederick s. Moody, Jr.
Q. What is vellum?
A. A fine-grained lamb, kid or
calf skin. specially prepared for
use as parchment, as for writing
upon, binding books, etc.
@. How old is Franklin d.
Roosevelt, Jr.?
A. He was born August IA,
1914.
@. Where is the famous Lean
Ing Tower Of Pisa?
A. In the city of Pisa, capital
Of the province Of Pisa, Italy.
Q. What is the sport Of
Kings?"
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WdSiiiiis ,oi,, MAY eosn.
oeluses OF printer > 'hNroses .le
supposed satanic success Ok the
HooseVen administrator IN
swaylns the press, are iafseiy .
tempest In a teapot
Press relations under the New
Deal nave been ABOUT the same
as those under any tner recent
administrator, with two eXcep-
tons:
~. Roosevelt, has been a little
more skillful in doing what
every other president has
striven to DOWN the favor
of the White House correspon-
dents.
2. The New Deal has hired
an unusual number of news
papermen. but for the most
part, they have been efficient,
faithful government servants,
serving as finders rather
than propaganda distributors.
Press Honevmoon
,,..,..,.,..
49, ~. ~, ,,...,o ,,,axt,ad
bv honswn,oon nstwsen nress
ana nresident To certain
acknowledgements n tyas narticn-
Inr,v true of Rooseveit because
news was hreakinp fnster than ~
anv TINA since the world war.
..,... - !. ~. -.
ueiuse VI news 70 'ne Des'
way 70 heep Tug pless napps'
~ 20 aiso sn I've. way ~ p
ven. s.a W., srohi oe III
e.neu' .vu
Iusneu ~ uean WIN ,.s
nien.ous evens .ne o.su
states soins Oil .he so'u SIAM
gu, Nny w ~
ler.ee ou. ay'nlns eisc. anu
, L .,sn as us q. o 49, ne -
nave .ne Spaoe " aSe ~ wv" =
'hey oio'
That was why the CCC KIT.
me me- s rep sc Too much
else was happening In the
Spring or 1888.
However. those HONEYMOON
days are now over.
Retween Roosevelt and the
nress az n whole there is a new
atmosnhere press conferences
are No longer the love- flea ats
thew once were. Barbed uues-
tions are shot AZ the presIdent---
usually skiifully parted. Back
Ground Information no longer is
extent this q true Of every new
given so freely. some renorters.
tired OF the good-natured persi.
flage which is the chief material
exuded from the conferences. no
longer attend. There was a
time when they could not afford
to be absent.
This attitude. II should be en-
phasized. Is that of the press as
whole. II is not true of the
little rroun Of reporters closest
to the White House.
u. r..:l..
haPPy rdHny
This group has become almost
a part of the Presidents entour-
age. It's motto Is 1.-THE President
Can Do No Wrong"
Naturally this ;s n great boom
to anv President. The reporters
who cover the white House write
for several million people where
as the average newspa herman
writes for thousands. They are
the machine gunners Of Journal.
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b &
\ /. who wrote the Ingoldsby
Legends?
2. Who composed the music
for the musical comedy. "Rose
Marie?"
8. What was the pen name OF
Thomas w. Hanshew?
4. In which state Is the city of
Tombstone?
S. Who was Catiline?
6. On what river is the city OF
Fairbanks, Alaska?
z. What does the Latin phrase
In hoe signo vinces mean?
8. In which ocean are the New
Hebrides Islands?
O.. What noted American states.
man was nicknamed "The Mil Boy
OF the Slashes?''
10. To what general family Of
birds do the falcons belong7
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-21
Horoscope
BY oCTAvINE

For persons who believe that
human destiny Is guided BY the
planets, the daily horoscope ~
outlined by a noted astrologer.
In addition TO information OF
general interests, It outlines IN.
formation OF special interest 20
persons born ON the designed
dates.
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Daily Washington Merry Go Round


o. My
President Since Ended Now his Con-
Parted Questions But White House CORE
Happy Family Reporters Close To Him Think
No Wrong.
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MAY 81.

MAY 20.
Most favored ones today were
born from Jan. 81 through Feb.
10.
General Indications For
Everybody
Morning-Neutral.
Afternoon--Good.
Evening-Fair.
The late afternoon is the best
period. The evening may incline
toward too much llberaiity and
optimism.
Birthdate.
You may have sudden oppor-
tunities TO make changes during
April. May and December, 1895.
and during January and February.
1886. Do not spend too much
money during November. 1896.
Your partner may attract more
beneficial opportunities than yoiI.
but you may gain through 1t x
you Will cooperate.
\ Danger Sept. Is through 81
1885. AZ
Readers desiring additional il'-
formation regarding their hOrO'
scopes are invited % communicate
with OctnvIue Ia care of thfs news.
paper. Enclose h 1~srnf stamped
aH2f-H09Er.se& tnqeluaIe.
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If all the people who Intend to make
Nevada their permanent residence" really
do SO, what rapid growth the state
would experience and what harvest II
would reap in taxes and other ways!
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If those Alaska mosquitoes are as Dig
as the Matanuska pioneers say, they. can
protect their faces with baseball masks.
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~. what was the Cost OF Tue
dirigibles, Akron and Macon?
A. $7.s25.ooo each.
O. What Is the aggregate. net
paid circulation of English Ian
guage daily and Sunday newspa.
pers In the United States and Cam
ada?
A. Ayers Directory for 1888
gives the estimated figure $780,.
900 for dailies and 26,075,0oo for
Sunday newspapers.
@. Has the old Russian paper
currency any intrinsic value?
A. No.
@. Has the proposed Child La
Dor amendment to the Constitution
been ratified?
A. 1t has been ratified by "a
states, and lacks IL of the neces-
sary SO to include IT In the Consti-
tuition.
@. Has the new French liner
"Normandie" a greater passenger
capacity than the British liner
"Queen Mary?"
A. The "Normandie" accommo-
dates 2,132; and the "Queen Mary
will accommodate 1000.
@. To what church did Richard
B. Harrison, the Negro who played
the role OF ode iawd" In Green
Pastures" belong??
A. The Protestant Episcopal
Church. His funeral services were
held in st. Edmund's Episcopal
Church, New York City.
Q. What is the home address oil
Admiral Byrd?
A. . Brimmer street, Boston
Mass.
n son want u copy Of our new
booklet MARRIAGE. write 10 The
Waterbury Democrats Washing.
ton Bureau. enclosing 10 cents Ia
postage stamps.
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fatalities.

The six-day week for the Legislature
isn't going to start until next Monday, al
though wire stories reported to the con-
trary last week. There was no session
yesterday, but there will be one Saturday,
SO this will be five-day week, quite a
strenuous period in the average legls-
lator's existence. The final week will be SIX
full days and no picnics for Memorial Day
included. Then the let-down for the three
days of the last week of the session, end
ing in one great big blow-off.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-21

If Great Brook isn't corraled into a
concrete bed pretty soon the motorists OF
Waterbury are going to rise in protest.
That gaping hole has been a bugbear on
East Main street too long now. The nrst
thing, you know, some motorist VIII drive
an old car into the opening and I'LL 1t up.
let's see it must have been last January
the sewer was uncovered first, wasn't 1T!
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-21

@. What was the cost Of the
dirigibles, Akron and Macon?
A. $7,S25,000 each.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-21

A. The term rs synonymous
with horse racing.
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A Thought for Today

He that speakcth hattery TO his friends,
even the eyes of his children shall fall
Job 1876.
or all wild beasts preserve me from
tyrant; and of all tame, from fatterer
Ben Johnson.
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Q. What isfa regicide
A. The murderer Of a king.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-21

@. Where is the famous Lean
ing Tower Of Pisa?
A. In the city of Pisa, capital
Of the province Of Pisa, Italy.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-21

O. When did dragons inhabit
the earth?
A. They are mythical, and new
er actually existed.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-21

O. What Is the aggregate. net
paid circulation of English Ian
guage daily and Sunday newspa.
pers In the United States and Can,
ada ?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-21

O. what Is the married name
of Helen Wills, the famous tennis
player?
A. Mrs. Frederick s.. Moody, Jr.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-21

@. What is the "sport Of
Kings?" !.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-21

@. Has the old Russian paper
currency any intrinsic value?
A. No.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-21

O. Is the whale a fish,
A. No; 1t is q mammal.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-21

A. Ayers Directory for 1895
gives the estimated figure 36,540..
900 for dailies and 26,075,000 for
Sunday newspapers.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-21

Q. What is the home address OF
Admiral Byrd?
A. Brimmer street, Boston.
Mass.
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n son want copy Of our new
booklet MARRIAGE. write 10 The
Waterbury Democrats Washing.
ton Bureau. enclosing 10 cents In
hostage stamps.
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O. How old is Franklin d.
Roosevelt, Jr.?
A. He was born August "a,
1914.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-09
RUBINSTEIN CLUB
IN FINAL RECITAL
Closes Season With Program at
the Willard Ball Room Tues
day Evening.

The Rubinstein Club closed its sea-
son Tuesday evening when the chorus
Of women, conducted by Claude Robe
son, gave an interesting program in
the ball room of the Willard Hotel.
The club was assisted by Alma Kit
chell, contralto. and Elsie Schulze.
soprano, an active member Of the club
and Herman Fakler, baritone, who
sang the incidental solos in the
cantata. The large audience, which
almost filled the large ball room. was
enthusiastic and several Of the num-
bers were repeated, gaining in effec-
tiveness rather than losing by the
repetition. The chorus sang with
good tone. the quality being much
richer than last season. Several
numbers had to do with dreams" and
there was ample opportunity for
pianissimo singing, which was beau-
tiful in tone and shading. These
characteristics Of the work were most
pronounced in the Dream Hours, +"
by Mrs. M. n. Gulesian and dedicated
to the Newton Center woman's Club
Chorus Of Boston, and its conductor,
Mrs. Appoline M. Blair, first con-
ductor Of the Rubinstein Club, who
made 1t famous. She was also its
second president. The music is tune
ful and graceful and the club repeated
the number as it did Debussy's
famous "Mandoline," arranged by
Charles Gilbert Spross.
The high spots Of the clubs work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-09
CUE AND CURTAIN IN
CAPEK PLAY, "R. U. r."
Well Presented Under Difficulties
at Wardman Park Last
Evening.

The world is going to be very
exciting and extremely fantastic place
in which to live a few generations
hence If it turns out to be anything
like the world prophesied by Karel
Capek in his "R. U. r." staged last
night at the Wardman Park Theater
by the Cue and Curtain Club Of
George Washington University.
The Cue and Curtain production
of this highly interesting drama Is
not its best effort of the season, but
the group last night wa. laboring
under difficulties. It was discovered
too late that the stage of the theater
would not be available until o'clock
Tuesday evening instead of the nee
essary three days ahead Of time,
which left the technical crew in what
is known as q predicament.
The consequent nervousness brought
about by this and other harassements
made for occasional fumbling with
lines and occasional technical diff
culties, which certainly will not be
present tonight.
But, in spite of the troubles staring
them in the face, the players, almost
unanimously, play their parts and
mirably. John Rappolt Is very &C.
ceptable as q member of the robot
construction firm, especially in his big
scene in the epilogue.
Adele Gusack does nobly with the
leading feminine role, getting in great
screech in that bombastic third act.
Edward Stevlingson, Leon Gerson,
Margaret Long. Ben Candland, Sue
Slater and Robert Cox are some of
the others who contribute, the latter
two playing the two robots who were
so near human that they saved the
race. Harold Weinberger directs
with the sure Weinberger hand. The
two settings, simple in line and
highly effective, were designed by
Katherine Cutler and executed by
Karl Gay.
The play will be repeated at the
Wardman Park Theater tonight at
$3.50. H. M.