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The Washington times., 1935-04-16
New HANDBAG

It's in the bag when the
handbag comes fitted with all
sorts of matching accessories
A new bag is of navy blue call
with silver trim in the form
of bands at the flap. It con,
tains comb, change purse, com,
pact and a cigarette case with
match case similarly made and
trimmed.
The Washington times., 1935-04-16

INVITA- MN to come up dur
ing cherry-blossom time and
hoped that would settle things
one way or the other.
It rained, and he was chiefly
concerned with the fear of tax
ing cold. and said nothing more
to me than he has, during the
five years, I have known. Il
mean, in regard to marriageO
Shall I drop him or write and
ask him about his intentions?
UPSET
Don't you think it would be
a mistake to ask a man about
his intentions, when, for five
years, he has never said word
that suggested he had any.
Adroit young ladies some
times succeed in having stalling
lovers declare themselves, but
the men are not of this gentle.
mans type.
Wouldn't it be wiser to leave
him with his preoccupationS,
concerning his cold, and try to
make some new friends who do
not belong to what might be
called The Bachelors Protec-
tive Association"
He Is Married
Dear Miss Fairfax:
He is six years older than !
am and Is married. knew
him before his marriage, loved
The Washington times., 1935-04-16
Smart Ensemble

The hardy traveller chooses
carefully. And so one con-
slant voyageur has just bought
a smart ensemble that should
be of great service. The dress
is of natural color rabbits wool
and is on two-piece lines. It
has a handmade brown rope
belt with loose ends and brown
wood buttons. The SWagSer
coat, plaided in brown, is in
natural color wooden.
The Washington times., 1935-04-16
Warm Easter Wiz CaU for q Suit or Redi
Baby;s SpecialEquipnent
Can Be MexpensiVely
Made at Home
Silk
By DIR. ALLAN ROY DAFOE

Physician to the Famous Dionne QnlntupIetS
crib baby carriage and play pen complete the list
of special equipment for making babys life comfortable
and happy No of these three articles need be bought
before just after the babys BIRTH if money has to be
considered and parents feel that other expenses inevitable
at this period all that they meet easily.
The basketbed or a homemade box-crib of about the
size and similarly equipped-this crib also be
fathers handiwork-prObably will accommodate the baby
comfortably until he is four months old.
The Washington times., 1935-04-16
Dress and Jacket

A glance at the new modes
will reveal the popularity of
the dress and jacket ensemble.
A charming model is in azure
blue rough silk. Fox. dyed to
match, trims the cuffs of the
short sleeves of the jacket,
which has blue clips fastening
the diagonal closing.
The Washington times., 1935-04-16
New Cape

A new cape Just being shown
is so useful that 1t is sure to be
used every day. 1t is a waist
length cape of navy-blue dyed
mole with a fitted Basque
bodice and capelet sleeves that
fall just below the elbow.
The Washington times., 1935-04-16

When he has grown so big
that a crib has to be purchased
for him, his parents can buy
one of standard size, about 80
in. wide by 81 in. long, and com.
fort themselves by realizing that
the baby's sleeping accommoda.
tions are provided for until he
is at least 6 years old. The crib
also, Of course, can be used 70,
other children
The Washington times., 1935-04-16

can wear IN
der a coat in
case it is cool
or cold. And
t b a t some
thing will be
super smart
If it is a
jacket frock.
Jackets h ave
lost none Of
their popular
ity, in fact
have gained
a great deal,
q n d t h / S
8 r i n G and
summer will
The Washington times., 1935-04-16
Even Cherry Blossoms
Fail to Inspire Him
By Beatrice Fairfax

Written ErcIMslveIy for The Washington Times
Dear Miss Fairfax:
For the past five years, certain man. who lives in
adjacent Virginia city, has been coming regularly
Everyone thinks engaged but he has
toned word of marriage to I'm % years old, and
feel have wasted enough time on him.
The Washington times., 1935-04-16
Jacket FrOcks Continue
FaVOrites For
Spring
Spring
By WILMA LAVILLE

What Easter Sunday should be warm? It has BEEN in
years gone by and surely we've had enough cold and rain
for springtime Suppose coat wooden suit is too
much for you wear? What then? Have you something
ready for mild, bamy day?
The Washington times., 1935-04-16

The something you get ready
may very we'll be something you
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-01
Cotton Pavements

The use of cotton as highway con- struction material is expected to help in the future orderly distribution of large quantities of raw cotton, thus benefitting growers, textile workers and distributors. The first experimental cotton road was laid nine years ago in South Carolina. Others have been tried in Georgia, Texas and New Jersey. The latest was built re- gently near Greenville, Miss.
 The cotton used is sort of sandwich filling between two layers of ordinary road-building material. The bottom lay CT is base of mixed clay and gravel cov- cred with coat of tar. Then comes the blanket" of cotton, consisting of cotton fabric membrane known as "Osnaberg" On top of that are put two applications of asphalt mixed with fine screen gravel. Six to eight bales of cotton are consumed in a mile of pavement. The Cotton Textile h. stitute, sponsor of the new road, predicts that within year $100000,000 will be expended in highways of this type, in spite of the extra cost of $750 a mile.
 The cotton road is both flexible and dur able and is supposed to be free from stretching and splitting Reduction in maintenance is expected to wipe out the extra construction costs. This sort of ex- pertinent may show one of the ways out of agriculture's difficulties-the discov- cry of new uses for agricultural products.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-01
Back To Royalty

Greece, oldest of democracies, after a brief return to it's ancient faith, swings toward monarchy again. President Zaimis agrees to popular referendum and says he will resign if the royalists win. King George, who has been in exile, will then return to the throne. Eleutherios Veni- zelos, the elderly statesman and democrat who guided Greece for many years, is out of the picture since his recent futile re- volt against the present regime.
 Great Britain, which may have an un- seen hand in the game, will welcome the peaceful revolution now indicated. With her big stakes in the eastern end of the Mediterranean she can cooperate better with monarchy. It will not be forgot ten, either, that King George of England and Ex-King George of Greece are linked by the marriage of their children, Prince George and Princess Marina. Both family relations and political relations would be more satisfactory.
 Thus royalty is looking up. After all the popular revolt following the big war, there may develop another European swing back to kings Some of the present Relationships in the name of the people are not working out so well as was expected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-01
Mayor Hayes Nails Pape

Mayor Frank Hayes, in his opening campaign address over the radio last evening in no uncertain language, for once and for all leveled the finger of accusation for all the distortion of facts, vilification of character and misinterpre- tation at the doorstep from whence it eml- mates and is inspired, Publisher Pape and his abusive LeavenWorth street papers.
 Without mincing words in cold state n1ent of facts Mayor Hayes flung his chal- lenge to the Leavenworth street publisher, whose personal and forcible injection into the local republican party has been fol- lowed by an all-summer campaign, of per sonal abuse and vituperation heretofore unknown in city politics. If he accom- plished nothing else, Mayor Hayes stripped bare the motive for such tactics under the cloak of reputable republican politics.
 We sincerely doubt if the rank and file of the republican party in Waterbury sub scribe to such tactics as the publisher of the Leavenworth street combination papers has resorted to in this campaign, much less discerning democrats, who should not be hoodwinked by his cagey attempt to whip-saw the democratic party in an on-the-surface-onlyt toleratlon of the so-called independents.
 The ruse is too apparent. MT. Pape knows and in his heart hopes the inde- pendents won't win. He is using them for dupes in the hope that he can steal a republican victory, then rule the roost This has been his ambition for years. He got nowhere with his own party, tried the city-manager idea several times, and finally adopted the methods of his original country-England- 'em fighting
 A hppn spiked, or should be among the level headed voters. With the calling of the turn by Mayor Hayes last night the voter should now realize it's not any single ones battle, but everyone's. The Demo- crat has maintained this all along. If the better element of citizens, republicans and democrats alike, would prevent the Pape grab of Waterbury's city government, they should unite next Tuesday at the polls in re-eecting Mayor Hayes by bigger majority than ever, both as safeguard and also as direct slap to such high handed, brazen effrontery
 Were there not sufficient evidence on the credit side, too lengthy to mention here but being taken care of elsewhere, on the radio and in the news columns, in favor of Mayor Hayes and his administration, we would hesitate in asking everyone to con- tribute to his reelection. But the evil dence is only too plain. There is no con- trast with it to what MT. Pape has to offer either in the way of candidates or issues Don't be misled by any campaign of mis- interpretation and vilification on the part of MT. Pape and his papers - if you ever read them. He, MT. Pape, as Mayor Hayes pointed out, is the one and only vital issue as far as the so-caled republican (and American) campaign is concerned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-01
Chirping

One of the most appealing inventions reported lately is mechanical cricket. It can be especially appreciated in this sea- son of the year, when unspoiled country sides and public parks and normal back yards are full of chirping crickets. The sound is cheerful and pleasing.
 The inventor overreached himself, though, when he asked sidewalk cafe proprietor in New York to buy his arti- ficial cricket and thereby bring sweetness and light into the place. So eloquent was he in urging the merits of cricket music that the cafe man decided to get the real thing, and proceeded to advertise for live crickets. Suburbanites brought in thou sands, which he faithfully bought at 2 cents apiece and then proceeded to adver- tise and exploit. As the vogue spread, he was able to sell them two for quarter.
 Now cafes, restaurants and barrooms all over the country may be developing a passion for crickets, and people may be bringing them into homes to sing on the hearth-where there is hearth-in the good old-fashioned way.
 One little thing about crickets, though, is worth remembering by sentimental city folk They eat things up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-01
Current Comments

Could it be possible that the administration subscribes to the hackneyed and conventional lie that poets may experience priva- tions and hardships to produce masterpieces?
 -E. A. Cuevas, after his leagues
 poet relief project failed to win
 official approval.
 They (veter2ns yho died in the Florida hurricane) were in Wash ington, lobbying or pleading under their constitutional rights, when they were sent down to the sand pits. There are other lobbyists in Washington. Why not deport them, too ?--Gen. Smedley Butler.
 The writing is on the wall. The small villages are deteiorating, and the cities are growing. Mayor Adam Kornig of Spencer,
 Neb.
 If the league must die, then let 1t do reputable death. Let 1t be remembered at worst for harm less ineptitude, but don't let 1t be 6sed for an act of turpitude. David Lloyd George.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-01

are due to carelessness. Something can be done about that, but probably not much. Another big cause is poor light- ing, which is more remediable.
 Here is a fertile field for the electric light people. They put more lights in sairways and basements, and sometimes set tiny lights in baseboards where they will guide the feet without being obtru- sive. Electric engineers. too, are urging circuits of lights placed = strategic points around the house, all controlled instantly by one master switch, for turning on in case of sudden emergency or danger.
 Builders are learning new tricks, too, in making halls, stairs and corners more visible and stumble-proof Even so, there may not be any more safety attained in homes than in cars, and for the same req son-people keep moving faster all the time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-01

The Supreme Court at Washington will soon convene in new headquarters, white marble building that is said to be one of the finest architectural specimens in the country. To see it, photographically reproduced, is to believe it. The site, so we read, was chosen by the late Chief Justice Taft, and it faces the Senate building. Likewise it faces the capitol and it is on the site of the old Brick Capitol" where Congress met during the 1815-1819 per- iod. It is triumph in it's beautiful aspect as one looks at it for beauty and form, and likewise in it's interior arrangement which evidently shows great thought and care. A mere 1O8,000 volumes covering every angle of law will be housed there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-01
Selected Poem
HEADLIGHTS

George B. c. Rugg in The Christian Science
 Montor) The winding highway swiftly opens up Before us meath our searchil lights, fanked by <. TWO solid walls of darkness grim and just As swiftly slides away beneath our wheels. Each tiny ridge across the road, nelarged By it's shadow, looms before us deep And wide; below us it is hardly felt. White posts suddenly at touch of our Far-reaching rays like giant fingers raised. To warn against some unexpected turn And see! A little creature of the woods, Dazed and bewildered by the headlights' glare. Is crouched fair in the middle of the way. Our quick brakes screech-tires crunch the road. Lights off, in mercy. When again we turn Them on, the way is free; but in the brush Beside the road there is rustic, clear, Then faint, then gone.
 Our lusty engine huns its lullaby, The miles slip by through the night we drive
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-01

different story every time they are used, I am submitting . prob- lem in city management for their consideration. am q property owner who has . house not on . city street. The house is q thous- and feet from the nearest water main and I am anxious to set water service. am the only householder on the street and I am the only one who will be benefited by the extension. The city will pay for the labor of lay- ing the service pipe but ! must buy the material. The cost of the pipe will be two hundred dol. lars and I will pay the city ten dollars a year as water rent. Who gets the worst of the baFgain7
 As a business proposition should the city pay for the pipe and lay 1t, and then walt twenty years to get its money back ' What would the owner Of the Pape papers do if he was hand. ling the city's financesf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-01

run for congress again, and came home.
 On his arrival, 126,000 people 'snarled their cars into a terrific jam and in some cases walked three miles to welcome him and to hear Dr. Townsend speak.
 There is one great ray of cheer in all this for the presi- dent and Jim Farley. John McGOarty is a democrat, and he is the man expected to keep the TOwnsendites with ROOse- welt in 1036.
 Internecine Warfare
 Meanwhile Farley and the / President have enough to worry about as a result of then inter necine warfare between Sin claire's EPICs and the "regu- lar" democrats. The latter, who threw their strength to help elect a republican governor last year, now have the pleasure of sitting on the sidelines and watching that governor admin ister a federal relief machine which otherwise would have netted them untold power and patronage. x,
 None of these can be reck- Oned among the Blessings of democracy, but despite them all, Roosevelt to-day has B
 decided lead in California.
 His strength lies in the de- ', votion of workers, farmers, those on relief. Among many of these there is an almost fanatical be lief in the sincerity of the presi- dent. Mistakes in judgment, false stars, reversals in policy they admit. But they stand by, his sincerity. fl Worker Enthusiasm According to an elevator op. orator in a San Diego office building: He got me my job back. Ididn't vote for him last time but next time I will" 5$
 According to a hitch-hlker on the road to Los, Angeles: When the NhA WeuC SIHdSu lOSI lily job as g butcher in chain store. The guys they kept had their hours heightened. As long as the New Deal helps big business with REC loans, nobody yells unconstitutional. But when 1t helps the little fellow they try to make you believe Roose- veIf is Redo t
 According to a cable-weaver on the San Francisco Oakland bridge: Listen, Buddy, this job is going to last for two years thanks to the PWA loan. >- The gang is strong for FD."
 According to an San Francisco lOngshoremanS we just demon- strated by voting overwhelming ly to keep Harry Bridges out of power that our outfit is not com munist and that we play ball with the President. Ninety-five per cent of the union vote is with Roosevelt any time he wants it-as long as he con- tinues to give us a break"
 These are typical opinions
 from one group. Opinions from
 the employer white collar
 group are just the opposite.
 But to date the worker group
 definitely predOmlnates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-01
Never Mind Courtesy

The fact that the incoming visitor is a member. of the cabinet of the President of the United States did not matter. Plain courtesy goes out the Pape- lican window when a scurvy po- litical advantage is in sight. MT. Farley came. made fine impress sion, and an excellent speech. The Pape-lican press condescend- ed to print ft-after a fashion. But 1t neglected to include the Postmaster Generals opening words because they gave the lie direct to the insinuations which the Pape-lican office boy editor had made.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-01

HlCHt VI IHS visit of { Post master General Farley to Set tlers' Village
 last Sunday afternoon. Be- fore his arrival the American announced that his visit was prompted by a desire on the part or the l0- cal Democratic administrati o n to capitalize the event political a. nAal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-01

Autumn's colors dazzle the eye up north of Winsted where the early frosts have got in bit of work at coloring the trees. Follow the Pennington river up state as it meanders along, now turbulent, now quiet, through lovely woodland, first on one side of the river, then the other, and you will find Autumn at it's best.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-01

Moon sets 7:16 D. m. Sun rises 5:47 a. m.; sets 5:36 p. m. All vehicles must be lighted thirty min- utes after sunset.
 Moon phases--First quarter, October $. $40 d. m; full moon, Oct. II, 11:39 p. m.; last quarter. Oct. 19, 12:36 a. m.; new mooE Oct 27, 5:15 a. m.
 Morning stars-Mercury, Venus; evening Mercury. Mars, Jupiter, Saturn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-01

The Rogers humOr, the war ner movieland pyrotechnics and the weather attracted more than 100000 people to the Los An geles Coliseum. There they felt the magic of Franklin Roose- velt's voice, and nfrom that time on there was no need for fur ther effort by democratic work CTS in Southern California.
 Roosevelt, to use Hollywood language, had "gone to town" with the average voter.
 During his second visit to the Golden State, Roosevelt faces a situation in which class pre- judice is congealing into two hostile, sometimes bitter groups.
 Over the largest of these, the working people of the state, Roosevelt still can command un- questioned allegiance.
 From the other group, which includes not oly the wealthier but those who, for want of bet ter description, might be tagged white collarites, there is pas- sionate animosity.
 Powerful T0wnsendites
 Rallying behind Herbert Hoover in 1882, this group boiled 800,000 votes. Democratic lead CTS in their franker moments admit that without Will Rogers, without Jack Warmers fire works, and regardless of the weather, the probable republi- can minimum in 1936 will be 100000 votes, out of the D., 50O,000 which will be cast.
 This leaves one relatively small group of voters in a posi- ton almost to dictate the way California will swing, one year and one month from the pres ent. It also produces situa- ton whereby 8 serious split within democratic ranks can throw the election to the enemy.
 The latter explains why "Jim" Farley recently has been so sOIicitOus about ap- peasing Upton Sinclafr's EPTCs. The former explains why the President will have to show genuine benefits from his old age pension plan if he wants to be sure of carrying California.
 For, holding the balance of power to-day, perhaps more than the. followers of Sinclair. are the followers of the gaunt and impassioned promiser of $2OO a month to every oldster in the United States, Dr. Frank B. Townsend.
 Congressman McGrOarty
 In a state where thousands have come to baslz in the Cali fornia sunshine and enjoy life until they die, Townsendism Is tremendous factor. If the kindly-eyed. physician, who has become almost a divine leader to California's retired citizens, suddenly should throw his weight behind the republicans, the New Deal probably would be finished in this vital poli- tical arena.
 This explains why Congress- man John s. McGrOarty, at first something of joke in Washington, has become such pivotal person in California.
 Congressman McGroarty, ac- cording to his boast in the Con- gress Directory. was made Post Laureate of California by an act of the state legislature. In Washington he was known as leader of the Townsend force and for the fact that his tomb- stone was to bear the inscrip- tion: "He was newspapermen."
 Before Congress adjourned, McGroarty got tired of run ming errands for his constitu- ents, was honest enough to tell them so, declared he would not
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-01
Dangerous Homes

Maybe it is time to get alarmed about homes, An engineer reports that there are almost as many fatal accidents in homes as in automobiles. The figures are 34,50O a year for the former and 36,OO0 for the latter. Falls and burns account for most of the domestic tragedies. Many of them
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-01
It Couldn't Be

The Pape-lican press has either ignored or thrown cold water on Settlers Village from the moment it was started. The omission of part of the Postmaster Generals address may be in keeping with a !. policy of indifference It could not possibly be that because the event was an Irish celebration and because a distinguished descendant of Irish forbears was the chief orator. of the occasion, that the Republican and Amer ican did not print his words in toto. It is notorious fact, that products of Liverpool love the Irish and everything connected with the Irish race.
 The limitations of space last Friday compelled me to post pone until to-day further ac- count of what the Democratic administration has done during its regime in the way of public Improvements The figures taken are from the official department tai records which are open to the public.
 In 1892 the paving done to- tailed 6109 square yards.
 In 1882 the curbing laid amounted to 3474 lineal feet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-01

nothing but the cheapest social instincts the Pape-lican office boy editor naturally attributed to Mayor Hayes the self same pur- pose he would have in a similar circumstance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-01
T st Q ur Knowledge
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

1. Who was Thomas Moore? 2. What common English word Is contraction for the phrase God Be with You?'' 'ss'
 3. Name the largest Gothic, cathedral in northern Europe.
 4. Whose portrait is on the Heligoland postage stamps?
 $. What is gyroscope7
 6. What is the name for the science of morality?
 2. Where is the city of Moose. jaw?
 6. Do United States stamps ever bear the portraits of living per-
 9. Name the capital Of Ceylon.
 10. What is ethnolosy7