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The Washington times., 1935-06-20
Lefty" Is Tanned

My associate critic reports that
Waiting For Lefty" at Pierce
Hall last night was about as excit-
ing as watching a soft ball game
at Griffith Stadium played by the
Girl Scouts.
They cut Clifford Odets' one act
play so that all of its vigor and
vitality were gone. For with the
profanity and the unblushing
frankness removed waiting For
Lefty" is as dry as a statistical
report, as harmless as a labor
union debate.
The actors were warned to lay
off the obscene and the swearing
They did. Assistant District At
torneys Dave Hart and Kindel-
berger were there to see that the
Universalist Church and the Dis.
trict government would not be en-
barassed. They haven't served as
censors since 1.-THE Girl In the
Goldfish Bowl" was ordered to put
on a bathing suit. Police were
lowering about awaiting orders
from D. A. men. But no orders
The Washington times., 1935-06-20

has made tremendous strides the first garsh pictures
in violent pigments and with blurred effects made their appeal
for optical attention.
If you watch closely you may how the application
of color improves Becky Sharp along For
of the first especially the long Shots have the same
tendency to blur that marred earlier features
The Washington times., 1935-06-20
BECKY SHARP OPENS
Miriam Hopkins Is Thackeray
Heroine Of Story Filmed
In Gorgeous Color
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

Cheeky Sharp in all the gorgeous coors of Josephs
is than magnificent experiment. 1t brings to Il
screen exquisite hue and breahessy beautiful pictures
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05
'NAUCATUCK HIGH TO LOSE WAITE
 ON AGE LIMIT
Basketball Captain Will Be 20 Years of Age on
 March l9

Naugatuck, March 5-Had the state tournament for ClassB, high high schools, in which Naugatuck high basketball team is participat- ing tonight, been held two weeks later, the locals would have re- ceived another blow, the loss of their captain, George Waite, who heads the basketball five now, will be 20 years of age Tuesday, March 19, just two weeks from today, and like Frank Edmonds will be forced to retire from high school ath- letics.
 However he will just get under the wire" so far as eligibility goes for the state tourney, and is ex- pected to be an asset to the Garnet team tonight. A number, of Naug- atuck fans, knowing the local fight ing spirit which has carried the team to victory in tournaments in many years in the past, are plan ming to go to Middletown tonight where they will fatch the Garnet meet the strong Branford high five in a game to be played at p. m.
 Tough Task
 Because of losses and sickness the Naugatuck team will be the underdog. Branford has trimmed many Class A teams this year and has a good rating in the state. However if the locals can get by Branford, they will probably win their second game and get into the semi finals of the A tourney which isbeing played in New Haven, as Branford and Naugy seem to be the class of the B list.
 The loss of Waite who has ap- peared in several fields of sports, such as football, baseball, basket ball and track during his scholas- tic years, will hurt the baseball team mainly.
 He is a veteran baseball player and could be the key man of the nine this year were he eligible. Although not as much of a star as Frank Edmonds, who ranked high among state school athletics, Waite has been help to the many teams on which he has played.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05
BABE GETS GREAT
 WELCOME AT ST PETEBALL CAMP
McKechnie Assured No Friction Will Come
 From Ruth

St Petersburg, Fla, March 5.-- (UP)-Babe Ruth is not 8 New York Yankee castoff to those who have known him through a decade of spring training.
 The new vice president and gem eral manager of the Boston Braves got his first workout as a Na- tional leaguer to-day, with the cheers of more than 5000 ringing in his ears.
 Upon his arrival late yesterday he was accorded a reception un- matched in the past for any indi- vidual or team at St Petersburg. A squad of policemen did their best for him, but he did not escape all the enthusiastic handshakes and cheerful mauling.
 Manager Bill McKechnie of the Braves accompanied the Babe to the home he has rented here, posed for photographers with te slugger and was assured there will be no friction. The Babe laughed at tho idea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05

Seventeen of these Yale men will swim 100 yards and one will close the race with the 60 yard sprint, completing the mile.
 The swimmers will be Cooke, Rogers, Wilson, Livingston, Howl and, Corroon, Stiles Kitchel, Paul Wilcox, Colgate, Hendree, Fergu- son, Vanderpool,, Field, MacGregob Boyd and Hoyt. This race will be over in plenty of time for the fac ulty sons to perform at 8:15. These boys are all excellent swimmers and will be in the formation swim ming, spelling the word Eli in the water, a jockey race, an older boys relay, the 50 yard flutter board competition, and 50 yard surf board race. Then will come the 200 yard Connecticut State Inter- scholastic relays. Several of the high schools of Connecticut have entered in these events which will bring together the more prominent young swimmers from all quarters. Hillhouse and Commercial High of New Haven have entered teams as well as Crosby, of Waterbury, Gen. tral and Harding of Bridgeport, Meriden High, Bulkeley High of New London, Manchester High, Bristol High, West Haven High and Hartford High schools.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05
TOWN PLOTTERS
 EASY VICTIMS OF
 REYMOND SQUAD
Indies Lose By 34-2O Count = Falcons Sur-
 prised By Tri=Squares

With Freddy Sullivan and Pete Pomponio Wilby High school stars back in the lineup. the Raymond Hillies chalked up their sixth straight in the Brooklyn Y League last night by trimming the Town Plot Indies 34-20 in the first game of a twin bill. In the other game the second place Falcons took an 18-177 win from the Fri Squares.
 The Hillies got off to an early start sand were never in danger, rolling up an early lead and in- erased 1t as the game progressed. Armond Cunha, Sullivan and Pete Pomponio did most of the scoring wit hthe former tossing in six field goals to carry off scoring honors for the night. George Stankevich and Al Zacks were missing from the winners lineup and with these two men in uniform the doughboys hmgiht of ran up larger score. Last nights summary:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05

It is all over but the shuoting and from now on we'll hear that little word 'if' for the reasons why all the near champs just didn't make the grade.
 Beardlee's Golden Fleas are now the champs but what narrow squeak they had. They came III under the wire by the slim margin of that one point we have been calling your attention to all last month. And were they gald when that match with Martel was over. They said after the battle that 1t was first cold shivers then fever ish sweats that came over them as the league secretary's cohorts moved down the pins and took three out of four points.
 Another very interesting contest going on during the evening was the one for top place In the indi- yiduaI averages. Before the match es we found four in the running and very closely bunched-Mori- arty. O'Neil, Lewis and Calabrese. Moriarty and Lewis fell by the wayside while O'Neil and Gala brese piled up beautiful scores for their three games. Ray had 363 and Nick 58O. After the official statistics had been released it was found that O'Ncil's average for the season was 1O9.45 while Calabrese had 1O9.42. Very close don't you think so?
 MartePs bunch rolled as they never rolled before and after los ing the first game by a very small margin left the champs far behind in the running. But it was that first game that meant so much to Beardslee.
 Next Saturday evening at p. m. sharp, the boys will sit down to their banquet which is an annual affair at the close of the season at the Lift-the-Latch Inn on the Middlebury road where, as In past years, an excellent meal and fine program of entertainment will be of the Power League abounds with talent, there will be no end of the fun. Such sterling performers as Jack Moriarty, Benneh Goldstein, Tom Dodds, Ed Mclean, Jim Kiely, Ray Beardslee and a host of others with Tom Flanagan, di- rector of the league, as master Of ceremonies will put across their acts. Rf Y
 Following is the final standing of teams, the individual averages and winners of the seasons high scores:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05
Detroit Icemen
 Prove Able Scorers

Montreal, March 5.-(UP)-De- troit's chances of getting out of the National Hockey league American Division cellar are remote, but ;n scoring the Wings are picking up as the season hears the finish.
 Three of the Wings arc among the first four in the division point making race today. Aurie, 3S; Howe 37; and Lewis S5; are within striking distance of Frank Bouch- CT of the New York Rangers, who leadrs with 39.
 Charlie Conacher of Toronto in the International Division remains in front for the whole league with AZ points. Boucher is second and Aurie's 38 ties him with Har- vey Jackson, Toronto for third place.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05
WRESTLING

At Portland, Me Jean Baptiste Larcoche, Canada, threw Dropkick Murphy, Boston; Arthur Flynn Lawrence, Mass, defeated Count Won Zuppe, Germany = disquali- fication; George Myerson, Boston drew with Duke Wellington. New York: Paul Adams, Georgia threw Jim Spencer. Boston; Yan- kee Hall, Canada. drew with Cleve Welch. Boston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05
DIR M..H. BEERE DOUBLE
 TRAPSHOOT WINNER

The Country Club of Waterbury hedl its regular weekly trapshoot- ing events Sunday. Twelve gum ners participated and had some lively shooting due othe high wind prevailing.
 High over all gun honors was captured by Dr. M. H. Beere.
 In the handicap event Dr. M. H.. Beere won first prize in Class A. and R. Munger won first prize in Class B.
 The next shoot is scheduled for Sunday, March 10th.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05
SPLENDID SWIM PROGRAM BILLED | AT YALE POOL
Plan Special Mile Event; Crosby Entered in State
 Competition

New Haven, March 5-As a pre- liminary to the spectacular third annual Yale swimming carnival to be held in the exhibition pool of the Payne Whitney gymnasium to- night, eighteen of the best varsity swimmers will start a mile relay at TAO in an effort to break the rec ord set by Michigan in 193O for the mile. Michigan's time being 16 minutes AZ 3-5 seconds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05
SACRED HEARTS LEAD
 PAROCHIAL LEAGUE

An easily won 20 to game gave the Sacred Heart parochial hoop team undisnuted lead of the second round in that league yesterday, St Thomas team being the victims of the Heart attack, at Webster school gym. After a game to be played with St Margarets later this week, to have it out with St Joseph's for the championship. In yesterdays game, Ray, Nolan and McNamara stood out in the winners play with Joyce and Rose going we'll for St Thomas. Summary:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05
3raDes SouU Happy Ruth Gets Royal Welcome
Watching the Wheels Go Round
By DAN PARKER

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05
Last Nights Fights

Boston, March 5 - (UP) - Ex- ceiling in the lighter classes, team of Boston amateur boxers defeated a team of Jersey City golden glove champions, five bouts to three, in an inter-city tournament at Bos- ton arena last night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05
Yale SuUi,,1 Team
 Sets World Mark

New Haven, Conn, March @(UP)-The Yale relay swimming team today holds a new world record of S:32 2-5 for 800 yards. Swimming against the freshmen yester- day the quartet composed of Captain David Livingston and Rich Cook of Honolulu, Richard Wilson of Daven porte Iowa. and Norris HOyt of New Haven, clipped 6 2-S seconds off it's own mark. Two new American marks were set in tine 600 and 4OO- yard races.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05

fault from Mrs Dorothy Andrus, Stamford, Conn.,, who sprained her ankle Sand could not play.
 Mixed doubles went to Mrs John Van Ryn, Philadelphia and J. Me- Diarmid, Canada, over Mme Hen rotin and Dr Eugene McCauliff, New York, 6-S, 6-3, 9-7.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05
THOMASTON
(special to The Democrat)

Thomaston, March 5 The Rangers. by taking three games from the Trailers in a Women's Bowling League match at the Re- creation alleys last night, are again tied with the Royers for first place in the league. The Town Hall team took two out of three from Seth Thomas and the Rovers won two from the ABC's. The landing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05
Raymond Hillies.
Thriller

The Falcons were almost handed a surprise setback at the hands of the fighting Tri-Squares but bas- ket by Til Mistura with a minute remaining to play gave them an 18-17 victory in a well-played game. Benny Labutis featured for the winners while the all around playing of Rice stood out for the losers. The score:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05
SPECIAL MATCH

In a Special Matcn Game at the Genlot Alley last night the Genlot Girls won the threegame and also the total pinfall by 12S pin. Helen Leary copped the high single by 124 and Kay Bouley took the high three with 324.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05

Hamilton, Bermuda, March D.
 UP)-Bryan (Bitsy) Grant, At lanta, to-day holds the Bermuda singles tennis championship by an easy 60, 60, GA victory over J. Gilbert Hall, Orange, N. J.
 Mme Sylvia Henrotin, France, won the womenh's singles by de-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05
rcd Hearts.

IOIalS Score at half time: Sacred Heart: II, St Thomas 4. Referee: Berardi Time: Four 5-minute periods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05

loldlS Score at half time: Falcons II Tri-Squares 8. Referee: Berardi Time: Four S-minute periods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05
Pozver Co. Boz0ling Notes

It is. all over but the shuoting and from now on we'll hear that little word ''if' for the reasons why all the near champs just didn't make the grade.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-05
Individual Averages.

High Team Single-Stock-R Room soc
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Evening star., 1935-11-24

in Japan-in Osaka-with the girls
on their knees beyond the door, bow
ing deeply and saying welcome" in
Japanese, and after taking off your
shoes (after a few days in Japan an
American regards taking off his shoes
with about the same amount of en-
thusiasm as he does going to the
dentist) you are led through long
corridors to the room set aside for
the entertainment. A diSpensation to
foreigners is a cushion, which is a
little softer than the floor, placed at
the table. The party opens with
warm saki-weak Japanese wine
poured by the faithful geisha girl,
who sits behind and little to one
side of the guest. There may be
something light, like raw fish-not
unlike a raw oyster and a great del
icacy-and bean cakes and cold,
boiled fish to go along with the saki,
and more geisha girls keep coming in
until there may be a dozen or Is OF
them, taking turns pouring the saki
and lighting cigarettes. They enter
the room on their knees, bow low and
make graceful sort of crawl toward
the table. They laugh and talk with
the men and act the part of charm
ing hostesSeS for the tired japanese
business man, who responds quickly
to saki and demands more lively en-
tertainment.
This is provided by music and dane
ing. All the girls, except a mere corr
porals guard left to handle the Saki,
retire from the room. One Of them
then crawfs back in with samisen
and begins to tune up. Another girl
enters, bows, and crawls to her place
beside the samisen player. Two or
more other girls crawl in, bow deeply,
and get ready to dance. The samiSen
player strikes faint note or chord
and the singer begins to sing in a
high, quavering and uncertain key,
continuing so to sing while the
dancers dance, some dances consisting
of manipulating paraSol or a fan
and peering out from behind both
with a startled expression as If they
had just seen the customers. Other
dances take other forms, such as walk
ing in a circle. clapping the hands,
and they are all stepped in tradition
and symbolism, performed with great
skill and grace, and obviously require
much practice. But Western bar
barians don't catch on, and if geisha
dance were put on in America as en-
tertainment the bald-head row would
boo
The performance is enthusiastically
applauded, however, and the girls bow
and retire, returning to set up another
table or go into another room where
more food is consumed. Sometimes
Evening star., 1935-11-24

the meal lasts for hours, with enter
show usually breaks up by 1890 or
(which is late in Japan. And at
one party, where American ladies were
guests of the japanese hosts along
with the men, the entertainment be-
gan, after about an hour of food,
with a game known in America as
musical chairs" or "going to Jeru-
salem," pillows being substituted in
Japan for chairs, and the japanese
men and their putting guests racing
around the room with the geisha girls
and Scrambling for the pillows when
the music stopped. Great fun. One
of the Americans taught the geisha
girls. to do the Virginia reel and it
will doubtless be the rage in Toxic
geisha houses before the year is out.
They may have it identified in their
minds with some barbaric ritual in
America, though, for the only way
the American instructor could explain
the meaning of the word "reer' was
to indicate by motions how one acts
after many, many cups of saki.
Geishas are good, clean fun, re-
spected members of japanese society
and many of them are faithful wives
and mothers, but how long the jap
anese wife is going to put up with
staying home and washing the dishes
while her husband takes the boys to
a geisha house on his night out this
correspondent does not pretend to
know.
Evening star., 1935-11-24

Visit to Geisha House
Is Inevita BILE.

No japanese host is happy until he
has taken his American guest to a
geisha house and no American visitor
is happy until he has seen one, SO the
exploration is inevitable. The ap-
praisal of the geisha institution de-
pends wholly upon the point of view
Probably the average well-to-do
Japanese who can afford it-for it is
expensive northumberland it
as 1ourishing and something that will
last another 800 years at least. But
some of the members of the still small
and weak feminist movement III Japan
have their eyes on the geisha girl and
the expression in their eyes indicates
that trouble is ahead.
The geisha girl has an ancient and
honorable ancestry, for 800 years hav-
ing entertained the man guests of the
japanese male, forbidden by tradi-
ton to entertain such guests in his
home. They are trained from child
hood to sing, dance, play the samisen
possibly an ancestor of the mandolin,
with long neck and three strings
serve food and make themselves at
tractive.
You enter the largest geisha house
Evening star., 1935-11-24
Little Girl at Shrine
Announces She Is American.

1t was in the haiden, or the oratory,
of the great Toshogu Shrine at Nikko
and all afternoon thousands of jap
anese school children, some of them
in native dress, but most of the girls
in plain, dark blue MILDLY blouses
and skirts, we're coming into the
oratory in groups to kneel before the
heiden, or the holy of holies, while
a priest in white silken robes blessed
them and they threw copper pennies
on a mat. The shrine was built the
year that Shakespeare died to COM
memorate the first Shotgun, and the
children were kneeling in reverence
as their ancestors for generations have
knelt before them. We stood to the
rear and on the fringe of the crowd
and a little girl looked up at us
while the priest chanted and said:
II was born in San Francisco. ] am
an American too"
Evening star., 1935-11-24
Rare Fish.

For the first time in SO years Med
iterranean fish. the bogue, was landed
recently in Coverack, England.
Evening star., 1935-11-24
AS Journalist Sees Japan

mune with him with no barriers be-
tween U.S."
Nor is such communion strictly re-
served to ancestors and those whom
they have left on the earth.
why" our host explained. "if my
father had a sweetheart many years
ago in New York. her spirit, too,
would come"
Leading American Sports
Everywhere in Evidence.
1t was holiday in Osaka and crowds
of people were visiting the nearby
mountain places for a view of the
maple leaves-which, unfortunately,
were still green. But the maple leaf
festival was in full swing, with scores
of hucksters selling fried maple leaves
"a maple leaf covered with batter
and fried like doughnut. 1t is not
bad, but, like all Japanese food, a lit
tie goes long way.
In Osaka, though. every vacant lot
contained base ball game. They
use American terms for base ball,
home rum" hit" "out," and so on.
And American foot ball is becoming
steadily popular, with the quarterback
shouting his signals in a clear, high
voice: "Eighteen-twenty y-two-sixteen
-ready-please!" Golf is popular,
especially among the japanese army
and navy officers in Toxic. but the
suggestion has been made by some
Jealous nationalists that the golf
terms should be in japanese. ''Sekkin-
uchi," for instance, would mean ap-
proach-shot, being literally translated
as strike close" 'Kinseiritsu'
would mean handicap, the literal
translation being percentage of bal
ance." But the patriots haven't yet
thought up Japanese name for golf.
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"GMen" Most Popular
Movie to Come to Japan.
The most popular movie ever to
come to Japan was "G-Men" and
people gathered before dawn to stand
in line all day to see it. with a busy
street in Toxic closed to traffic be-
cause of the crowds. A text in
japanese runs along one side of the
picture, the talkies and sound effects
remaining unchanged. The most popu-
lar movie actor in Japan is supposed
to be Wallace Beery. But no japanese
theater dares show a picture without
a Mickey Mouse. There would prob
ably be riot. Washington's old
friend, 'One Night of Love-" was
showing in Toxic in November, but
the title was changed to Love Me
Forever" because of erro-
neous impressions that might result
from translating the original into
japanese, So popular are the Ameri-
can movies that the Japanese govern
ment is considering a law requiring
all programs to contain Japanese
produced movie, no matter what others
might be shown.