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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26
MIR. REIDY SEES ENGLAND AGAIN PLAYING BOTH ENDS
 AGAINST MIDDLE

Waterbury, Conn.
 Oct. 25, 1895. Editor of The Democrat: ',
 It has been apparent for some time to even the most casual observ- CT that England is again up to her old game of playing two ends against the middle. With that high sense of moral rectitude and su- preme complacency which, as 8 na- tion, only England can assume, she has almost succeeded in convincing a perturbed world that Britain, and Britain only, is possessed of that real altruism which is the only savior of the world today. She has unanswered the World Court into invoking sanctions against Italy.
 She yet has not the courage to start. Stanley Baldwin is the latest mouthpiece to tell us that we cannot help but become involved. Now if another U. s. senator will follow up Sen. Pope of Idaho, (How did Tory ever get that far west?l 1t will make an almost unanimous minority.
 While on the subject I wonder if it ever occurred to the foremost apostle of peace and fair dealing to lift the boycott which she has been maintaining against Irish imports into England. No, Shylock still wants his pound of flesh.
 But as a nation I believe:
 Sanctions, define them as broad- ly as you will, are in effect a boy e A boycott of Italian Imports and exports, a boycott of Italian enterprise and ingenuity, boycott of the laudable ambition for ex- pansion which if we study the growth of the British Empire and 1 the means by which that growth was attained, seems, coming from England, in the nature of an anti. climax.
 Cust a few years ago when Japar started her peaceful CD penetra. tion of Manchuria we heard noth. ing of sanctions being evoked against Tokio, no contiguous Brit. ish territory involved--no adjacen British possessions menaced. Tht self-appointed arbiter of Nationa rights had no immediate interest 1T the Orient sufficient to arouse hel to a sense of her duty. No sane. tioi.s invoked in that case. But Eas Africa and China, though by thu laws of right and justice stanl equal in their contention, are { different matter from British viewpoint.
 Britain will not even now go t,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26
War Machines a Necessity

The World War made pacifists or a oood many sincere patriots. It was so much more terrible than any previous war and it displayed human killing power raised to such frightful new pitch that if shocked many honest folk into feeling that any disaster, any defeat, would pc easier to endure than a repetition of moo- ern battle.
 During the years since 1918 that emo +iona1 reaction has had time to wear OH. But it is worth nothing that the military exnerts have not been inactive during those years. If you are following the Democrats present series of articles, en- titled. Engines of Death,' you will be convinced that war machines are now produced enmasse on scientific basis.
 The inventiveness that made the World War SO dreadful has been buster than ever before - and, as a result, the IoolS that will be used in the next war will have a grim efficiency in the matter o1 taking life that will make the ingenious devices of 1914 look archaic.
 Think of some of the things that are being prepared for helpless flesh ana bone: field artillery that puts the mar yelous "75" of World War deadliness on the scrap-heap; tanks that whir across the country at slightly less than mile minute: mobile machine gun nests equipped to spray the landscape with steel-jacketed death at the rate of three or four bullets second; bombing planes fleet enough to leave far behind the fast est pursuit planes of the last war; cavalry troops that have discarded the horse for the motor truck, and so have quadrupled their striking range; anti-air-craft guns that can throw shells into the air at the rate of 100 a minute and that have an effective range of something like nine miles; and tiny torpedo boats that can dart up to battle fleets at 60 miles an hour.
 These are the products of human ir1- ventiveness, described for readers of thls newspaper by Stanley A. Tullsen, which are waiting to be put to use the next time the great powers of the earth nave falling-out.
 Thinking about them, you get the feel ing that the human race today is in much the same situation as two small boys who have innocently equipped themselves with loaded shotguns while they play Indian
 If both aren't careful and lucky, they will blow each other out of existence = and the nations of the world may do pre- cisely the same thing.
 We have not learned how to distribute the fruits of the earth so that every man can have his share; we have not learned how to use our marvellous productive ma chinery so that it can abolish poverty and hunger; we have not learned how to re- duce crime or insanity or to eliminate disease. But we have learned how to kill each other - have learned how to do it with callous efficiency that makes the tiger and the shark look amateurish
 There can be no weightier argument for peace than the mere existence of our WondrouS new machines of death.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26

Connecticuts new frozen desserts" law makes it more or less impossible for inferior goods to be sold to you as ice cream when it has not the proper pure ingredients that should go in the making of this dessert. Under the new law the various types must have the proper i1- gredients such as eggs, milk and cream and "any frozen product which fails to meet these definitions in the law is 'imi- tation ice-cream' and it's sale is prohib- tied by the state"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26

war without a promise of French aiC. Good old English fair play! She even has the effrontery to tell the United States that we cannot keep out of 8 war while we are in safe hands. It will take more than suave Capt Eden to convince the Lresent occupants of the White House that we have any interests in European entanglements.
 The Monroe Doctrine has steered this Continent clear of serious trouble. Europe might study it with advantage.
 T. J. REIDY.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26
Q loss NEA
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

New York, oct. 26.-When seven- teen dramatic critics, including George Jean Nathan, get together socially in clubroorn, Broadway says her prayers. Well, seventeen of the men who with. the twist of a pen, may make or break New York's shows, got together in cor ner of the Algonquin this week, swapped yarns and organized the Drama Critics Circle in the inter- ests of good fellowship. Also to award medal to the play they decide is the best of the year. The Rialto understands this to be direct opposition to the annual Pulitzer Prize, and the reviewers haven't agreed much with the Pulitzer play decisions, lately. A steak and mutton chop man has asked Babe Ruth to do a Dempsey and glad-hand custom CTS at a new Broadway chop house. The Bam said no .. The most daredevil adagio act I've ever seen around the vaudeville circuits is the one in which Peggy Taylor risks her neck For night-lifers who can either take 1t or leave 1t at the Stork club, the management provides "hot seat" The electricity shock will sober them up After dark, most out-of-towners in quest of daring cabaret entertainment, flock to the French Casino :. Among the nearly bald-headed orchestra maestros, Isham Jones claims the sparsest thatch on his pate.
 Tall Tales
 Anybody courageous enough to rise at 2 a. m. will still find Charles Schwab, when he's in town, taking his matutinal stroll on Riverside Drive 4. :. Chilling sight on an October night: Two lonely looking wayfarers slipping sherry at the sidewalk cafe tables Dave's Blue Room has forgotten to store away |. hear Wendy Barrie of Hol- lywood will be Ophelia to Leslie Towards Hamlet on Broadway sometime this fall. Someone mentioned Dode Tompkins, assessor in Putnam county, yesterday. Seventy six years old, he hasn't visited New York in 25 years because he's afraid of traffic.
 Someone also mentioned Louise Sachen, "the girl from Alaska who created some rumpus here back in 1917. Louise is the maid who stepped up to 8 hotel desk and in the register, gave her home as Nome, Alaska. An en-
 terprising press agent dashed to
 the phones and informed the press of his find, an Alaskan miss
 who had never been to New York
 before. The papers adopted | Louise, the Chamber of Com
 merce feted her, Until one skep-
 tic investigated and discovered
 that Louise was fresh from Chi
 cago where, according to her father,
 "she shot biscuits in g bean-
 cry and not caribou in Alaska. '
 Then Louise told ali; she didn't
 want to hoodwink anyone; she
 had really been in Alaska with a friend she met in Chicago. But
 why spoil her fun when for u
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26
A Book a Day
U. s. Is in Business to Stay, He Holds
BY BRUCE CATION

If you are hopefully anticipating the day when the government will be taken out of business, accord ing to the good old formula of the boom days, don't go to Stuart Chase for comfort. This talented writer predicts that day will never return; on the contrary, he says, Uncle Sam will get more and more deeply into business in the jmme- diate future, and business will have to like it.
 MT. Chase advances this notion in a new book, Government in Business" which is an admirable forecast of the way government and business relationships may work themselves out under an economy of abundance.
 He suggests that the government might very properly draw up na- tional budget, to guarantee the pro- duction Of enough essential goods and services for every citizen.
 Let the government, then, he says see to it that production of such things is constantly maintained, in good times and bad, either through outright government ownership ol through complete federal control; let all other forms of business re- main on basis of rugged indiv- idualism; and then let's see if that wouldn't solve our problem.
 To meet the budget, he says ownership or control of the produc. tion of food, clothing, housing transportation, fuel, and power would be necessary. Let these in. dustries, he says, be run to meet z demand, and not to make a profit. Let private initiative do everything else-and watch the wheels hum.
 It is his point that the era o collectivism is on us, whether VI like it or not. Only by some sucf scheme as this, he says, can sucf an era be made tolerable -unles' you go whole hog and adopt Com, munism. And his discussion of thu case makes a highly stimulating book. 4 Published by Macmillan. it sell | for $2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26
Test Your Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn Co lass page for the answers.
 1. What Is the minimum age for Representatives in Congress? 9. Who was D. n. Harrimans 8. Was George Washington Inar- ried more than once7
 {. In what river are Museis Shoals?
 6. What Is Q silhouette7 c. Who was Peter Cooper2 z. What is the pliirals0f menuY @. Name tho capital of Pennsyi- vania.
 Q. Who was Virginia pare7 10. Tn which state is the city oE Auskcgon2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26

The Pulitzer prize critics will have com petitors this season in the matter of se- lecting the best American play on the boards. New York professional critics have decided to pick play themselves, having so often experienced disappoint- ment and shown disapproval over the choice of play by the Pulitzer prize board.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26

first time in her life, everybody was fussing over her? I won- der if Louise ever went back to the Eskimo sleighs ...
 Old-timers tell me they had press agents with imagination in those days. Like 8 Captain J. F. J. Archibald who functioned for what was at the time. the largest hotel in the United States. Ac- bald, one of the girders used in cording to a bulletin from Archi- erecting the building was so deli- cately balanced in the maze of ironwork, that when a flock of pigeons alighted upon 1t, 1t took 12 workmen three hours to re- ,place itl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26

Another proof of better times is said to be an increase in the number of honey moon couples at Niagara Falls. Hotels in the famous honeymoon area have re- ported more spending of money than has been noted for the past five years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2e. 1885
A Thought for Today

For I also am man set under au.norny' ,,.,;r~ under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Co. and he goeth, and to another come an" l no cometh; and to my servant do this' anu ne doeth it-St Luke 7:S
 We are born subjects and to obey Goo S nerfect liberty. He that does this shall pc Hee' safe and happy.-Seneca.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26
Horoscope
BY OCTAvINE

For persons who believe that human destiny is guided by the planets, the daily horoscope is outlined by 8 noted astr0loger. In addition to information of gen. eral interest, it outlines infOrma- ton of special interest to per- sons born on the designated dates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26

The New York drama seems to have gone criminal this season. One notes featured on the Broadway stage such titles as "A Slight Case of Murder" Substitute for Murder" and "Crime Marches On"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26

The Singing Boys of America, choir from Steubenville, Ohio, comprised of tWenty-eight trebles and altos are in New York for professional appearance. Their choirmaster is fair-minded instructor but says if one of his group becomes crooner he'll break his neck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26
Selected Poem
PLEA FOR A LOST ILLUSION

FEEA FOW A EObI HbHUDhVN (By Joan Lascelles-R -Ranson in The New Y0rl
 Times) Give me my smiling Idols back My pleasant images of stone. You, who have all. what can you lack? will you not as Q splendid deed, Release my gods. locked in the dust, Waiting my care and piteous need? You have the universe to touch Spare my clipped and placid gods. To you they cannot matter much.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26
IN TO-DAY'S MAIL

responsible for facts opinions from unless accompanied with writer's and address will not be accepted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26
Daily Morrv.C ROvtl1d Washington === - ARMY-NAVY TO LAUNCH
 PREPAREDNESS DRIVE
: By DREW PEARsoN and ROBERT s. ALLEN

Washington, october 26 = War and Navy Depart. ment chiefs planning to take advantage or the wa threatening situation in Europe to launch preparedness drives at the coming session of congress Bills providing for an expended army and navy are now being qu1ety {o%0
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26

You can't fool all of the people all of the time, so therefore next week day is set aside known as Halloween.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26
Current Comments

I think that in speeds of more than AS miles an hour you are safer than on the ground. ~
 Amelia Earhart Putnam.
 =
 To proclaim by words of deter mination to end conflicts is folly. The true policy is to suppress the causes of conflicts.
 Baron Pompeo Alaisi of Italy. The curse of modern women is dieting. Look at the beauties of the Victorian Age. They were all plump, buxom. And they were beautiful. Helen Hayes. One set of tgovernment) execu- tives is busy creating scarcity and high prices, while another is airl- ing at abundance and cheapnuess. Robert Moses, New York park commissioner.
 Our patriotism, prosperity, and love of justice are 6 sure sign ol our virility and greatness. but they are also emotions and elements that lead easily to war in time of war. --Ex-0 Governor Alfred E. smith.
 
 There have been made on younl lives marks that are going to lasl until these young people have be' come old, as c result Of their ox' pefiences in this depression. --NeWton p. Baker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26

Q.when does cotton flower in southern Texas?
 A. Cotton planted in February and March begins to flower in April. Usually 1t is towering in May and June, and is harvested in July.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26

o. By whom are American anl- bassadors to foreign countries ap- pointed?
 A. By the president of the United States, with the advice and consent of the United States senate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26

Readers desiring additional in- formation regarding their h0F0- scopes are invited Co communicate with Ociavlne ln care of this news paper. Enclose . 3 cent stamped, sell-addFessed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26
OCTOBER 2s

OCTOBER 28
 Most favored ones to-day are those who were born from Oct. A through Nov. q.
 General Indications of the Day For Everybody
 Morning-Good.
 Afternoon-Very good.
 Evening-Good.
 The early afternoon is a very good time for social activity or to buy clothes.
 T0-day's Birthdate
 You should have the sense of touch well developed.
 Be prepared for sudden changes which may come upon you during March and April, 1936. You may be called upon to adjust yourself tc new conditions. The months from October through December. 1885, may be filled with creative. constructive activity. You may fall in love with one older, or an old acquaintance Danger April c through Q. ie3e. Socially favorable March ia through 22, t036.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26

if you want . copy of our new booklet BEAUTY AIDS, write to the WWaterbury Democrat Washing ton Bureau, enclosing ten cents (l0c) for postage and handling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26
TO-DAYs COMMON ERROR Never say, Having come this
 say, "thus far" or "as far as
 this." s

tions. From 1925 to 1884, inclusive. the total number of quota immi- grants was 990,923, and non-quotA immigrants 1,835,2l0. 3 o. How long was the film of the motion picture Wings" and what was it's running time?
 A. It contained 12,267 feet, and ran about two hours and fifteen minutes.
 e. Is the game Ping Pong regis tered?
 A. Ping Pong is the registered trade name of Parker Brothers. Inc, Salem, Mass, for table tennis equip ment manufactured by them.
Evening star., 1935-11-22
Washington Wayside
Random Observations of Interesting
Events and Things.

picked up the cup and walked TO the
cashier to pay the nickel. When he
had paid, he walked out, leaving the
coffee.
Two hours later he went back for
Evening star., 1935-11-22
APPROPRIATE BOOKS
HELD TRUANCY FOE
Juvenile Court Social Work Di.
rector Asks Volumes for
Character Work.

Declaring books can become ths
most effective foes Of delinquency IL
the District, Miss Louise MCGUIRE
director Of social work for the Juvenile
Court, today made o plea for old and
lew volumes which can be used by
probation officers in their character
building efforts with youth.
Contributing to the literary equip
ment of the Juvenile Court, she said,
would be a most appropriate form of
celebrating Childreo's Book week this
week.
The social work director and her
staff cited many cases of delinquency
involving children sadly in need of
good books to read" OF the IT'S boys
and girls on the probation lists. an
overwhelming majority come from
homes containing no books besides the
Bible, and in many cases the Bible
itself is used by them in no better way
than to provide record for births
and deaths in the family. Miss Nc
Guire said.
The District Library provides a good
supply of childrens books, she added,
but so many of our children cannot
even present the guarantee which the
library requires before books can be
loaned. and few are even vaguely
familiar with the process Of drawing
books from the library.
Evening star., 1935-11-22
HUTTON RETRACTS
"GANG-UP" VIEWS
Utilities Magazine Article
Held Unfair to Roosevelt
Administration.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 22.-Ed-
ward r. Hutton. whose recent maga-
zine article urging business to gang
up" to protect its rights drew wide
attention, said last night he had
changed his attitude toward the
Roosevelt administration since 1t was
written.
The chairman Of the General Foods
Corp. at the same time termed "a
mistaken action" the refusal of utility
holding companies to register with
the Securities and Exchange Com
mission under the utility act.
Hutton Is Ill at his home in South
Carolina. He telegraphed a state
ment to his secretary here.
My attention has been called to
the misunderstanding that has arisen
out of the publication this week Of
an article in the Public Utilities Fort
nightly Magazine" Hutton said.
Cooperation Declared Intent.
He explained that in using the ex-
preston "let's gang up" in reference
to business organizing to protect its
legal rights, he had in mind only
lets get together"
Hutton said the article was written
last Summer when he was aroused
at the threat of "confiscatory legis-
lation." but "since that time, how
ever, I have noted with pleasure that
the Roosevelt administration has
taken steps in the right direc-
ton. . ."
He said Secretary Roper's address
to grocery manufacturers had par
ticularly pleased him, and he would
have withdrawn the article had it
not gone to press while he was i'll,
because my feelings about the atti-
tude Of the administration toward
business have been changed entirely
by the recent pronouncements made
by Secretary Roper.
Urges Frank Expression.
II have always said that If business
men would get together and assume
their obligations as citizens to express
themselves frankly and fully to the
nOAAAA4iIotA dIAOlI AL w WdSIullStOIl dIlQ IL
the administration would give con-
sideration to their point of view In
common with other groups we could
solve all our problems in q democratic
way.
With respect to the utilities I fell
they were right in organizing fol
action to fight hostile legislation, but
7 wholly disapprove Of some of tn,
methods they used and T also fee
that their latest action in refusing t,
register and comply with the law is
mistaken action and while they ma,
have legal advice that such a cours,
is sound I think they should hav,
accepted the Governments offer stipu
lating that registration did not meaY
in any sense waiver Of their con
stitutional right to test the validit,
of the law"
Hutton emphasized that all hi
statements were made as an individua
and not In speaking for Genera
Foods.
Evening star., 1935-11-22

another cup. You forgot your coffee
the last time you were in" the cashier
told him rs that SOP" he replied,
very surprised. We'll, I'll pay for
both of them this time"
So saying he laid down a dime and
walked out. leaving the second cup
on the cashiers counter.
WORRIED WHALE.
DID you ever wonder what would
happen II whale and torpedo
should meet?
The Navy didn't either, but 1t found
out just the same.
One Of its dummy torpedoes. fired
for observation purposes by a group Of
Evening star., 1935-11-22
May and November
Marriages Curbed
During Depression
Surrey DiscI0ses Trend
to Wed IL, OaU,t So
3 ciaI Class.
py the Associated prsss.

6y tno AS3oclat6o FfesSs
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, November "a.
Business depressions aren't q bit of
help to secretaries with an eye to
marrying their bosses, a survey by
Harvard University sociologists shows.
DR.. Arnold G. Anderson said the
results Of the survey showed that
persons tend to marry more strictly
within their own social class during
depression years than in normal times.
Working under an z. n. A. grant,
Dr.. Anderson studied oil marriages
In Cambridge from 1928 to April this
year. Q total Of about 10000.
There has been marked decrease
during the depression Ct May and Mo-
vember marriages" DR.. Anderson said,
with . corresponding increase in the
proportion Of marriages between msn
and women Of equal or near equal
ages.
an general, marriages during the
depression were within the social class
limits, but there are exceptions, partly
because 20 many women are not en-
ployed."
Evening star., 1935-11-22
ANOTHER WHITE HOUSE.

Maybe you didn't kno,D there is
a White House IL miles from
Washington Uhere O man NTH the
initials r. d. r. hres. 1t ts the
home OF Mr.. F. d. Richardson and
it is called the White House, at
Fatrfdr Court House. Va.
Evening star., 1935-11-22
FLEMING TO BE FETED

800 Board of Trade Members ia
Attend Dinner Tonight.
More than 800 members of the
Washington Board of Trade are ex-
pected to attend dinner at 8 O'Clock
tonight at tbs Willard Hotel to cele-
brate the election Of Robert v. Flem-
ing as president of the American
Bankers Association.
Fleming, immediate past president
Of the trade body, will be the principal
speaker.