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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-14

 SOCIAL PROGRAM

The opening event on the social program adopted by the Irish-Am- eican Social club and its auxiliary will be staged next Saturday eve- ming at Speedwell hall, East Main street. The activity will take the form of a social and dance and there is every indication of the initial effort of 1895 developing into an outstanding success. Represen- tatives of the club and the auxil- iary will meet during the present week to complete arrangements.
 During the past year the various social functions sponsored by the club proved popular events with the public. With a greatly in- creased membership and with con- siderable enthusiasm stimulated the varied program for the year is looked forward to with marked in- terest by the members of both the club and its splendid auxiliary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-14

Aside to Joe. Your letter of last Week seems to be ansvered NeaOs o the day informs s that the State HghaOay Department hds also acquired troa the Gree Lipe its bridae across tue Mad River Ohere h posses der Melden road This pv undoubtedly mean the elin iaton Of this boteneck i the road Whem the wde'amg job acts under evay WeU have fine broad erpanse of roudavay a the ay from MU Pla then out to the top of Southington Mountai Knev this couldn't last tor eUer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-14

All sorts of coincidences Burning of the parochal school of St. Marys Star of the Sea Church in New London last week attracted lots of local interest The pastor of St. Marys Church is the Rev E. Brennan former pastor of St. Margare in this city, One of the curates is the Rev James Butler assistant pastor at St. Francis Xavier in this city, Another curae is the Rev Raymond OCa lagan who is principal of the school Father Buckingham native of Hartford and graduate of Holy Cross College in the class of 1920 He cassmate of Dr Christopher Dwyer Professor James Doran both of this city, Frank De York the Rev Vincent Finn of South Norwa and the Rev Joseph Kinney Hartford. Father OCaaghan also played Neil Maoney and Francis Pyne residing in Detroit were members.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-14

Gossip Lou Kelly sends along one-center from Washington D. G. telling us it won't be long now before ne rearranges his wardrobe in Florida Congratulations to Ben Pia foreman of press room who completes thirty years of faithful service Monday Billy Grover, Bunker Hill pigsnner of noe has deved deep into the theory of the Continental and at recent dance he and Jack Neage had the neighborhood agog with their novel inter- pretation of the difficult hop Nal O'Leary, Catholic u. grad and of popular sheriff. is following the florist business in Saranac, N. r.. Congratulations to Harold Beebe and Helen Cantor who middleased recently Miss Cantor is one of Naugatucks charming blondes. Julie Truelove Micky Rochon, Ruth Qunn Evelyn Clifford Don West Johnny Brophy Jimmy Morton and John Bates disappointed in Crosbys showing against Warren Harding Thursday night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-14

The Argyll and Sutherland High flanders of Scotland have presented to a railway two plaques, bearing the regimental crest, which will be placed on an engine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-14

Hearsay ... Attorney Milton Meyers Charey Greenblat and Meyer Epstein left yesterday morning ot 6 o'clock for sir weeks Uacation in Miami Fla Mike OConneu, genial manager of Lake Quassa- paug is under treatment Ggain Gt St MGrys Hospital is confimed to his bed soith intluenza KathLeen Croley probatiom officer, sustained sprained cmke recently June Phelam has been mGmsed director Of the Albertus MdgnMs College Gnnua apet0dransa, "The Mamiac Wife" a0hich q0iU be presented in New Houen Januory g Irene Duly a0iu portray the role of the romdntic heroine Adolph BGrker- berger has offered prize for the best erbit at the NeV Havem County Poultry clubs 21st Gnniversary erhibt in the Elm City January S4th. |. Our profuse thomks to little trienGs Bertha and LGa0rence Therour, aOh0 nude ,another Visi to the rower sapctum Saturday and konored Ms wth on- other huge batch of tinfol
 Good Night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-14
Tall Tower Topics

| &444a33Ni IT. BY THE MAN THE TOWER
Evening star., 1935-10-26

politics whatsoever, municipal or other
WISE" And no more of this Broadway
playboy" business. That role Is out for
good. 1t will be the law for Jimmy. the
practice of the law. in which he once
shone with q somewhat reflected light
cast by the sun Of TammaAy.
This is wise choice of career. There
is nothing in politics for a scrupulously
honest man in such place as New York.
and there is nothing whatever in the
playboy business. The former leads into
temptation and the latter into bank
ruptcy. It would veritably seem as
though the former mayor had awakened
to a new sense of responsibility and to
have gained new strength Of character.
He is a clever man, smart and shrewd,
AMI there Is no reason why he should
not prosper under the new order Of things,
especially as the menace of complica-
tions over those somewhat irregular in
come tax returns of the halcyon days Of
rich largess from admirers and favor
seekers has passed with special dispen-
sation from the all-highest.
Evening star., 1935-10-26
Pronunciation of
Helena and St. Helena
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Since the earthquakes in Montana we
have had our attention drawn to the
correct pronunciation of the city Of
Helena The correct way to pronounce it
is to place the accent on the first syllable.
understood q radio announcer recently
to say that we should give the same
accent to the place of NapOleon's place
of exile. That Is not correct. The
accent there is on the second syllable,
or, in other words, the may the majority
of persons have always pronounced it.
The word is thought to have been derived
from the name of the mother Of Con-
stantine the Great. Her name was Saint
Helena, the latter part being pronounced
as is the city called Helena and not as in
the name Of Napoleon's prison, strange
to say.
w. H. p. Phyfe says in his $4,000
Words Often Mispronounced": Though
it Is probable that the island derived
its appellation originally from her-the
mother of Constantine the Great-not
only is the present pronunciation Of its
name SO thoroughly established that it
would be idle to attempt to change it,
but this very pronunciation is supported
by the analogy of the original Greek
itself" Therefore when we say Hell
ena" we accent the first syllable, but
when we say est. Helena" In connection
with Napoleon we say "St. He-lee-na."
IRVING w. KETCHUM.
Evening star., 1935-10-26
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Haunted Porch.

The Haunted Porch.
The rocking chairs keep rocking
AS the breeze comes wandering by,
Though empty is the Summertime hotel
The little birds are nocking
From the chilly Autumn sky
Quite undisturbed around the porch to
to dwell.
And an influence all ghostly
Seems to gather round the spot
AS YOU recollect the gossip and the game
That were mild and harmless, mostly.
They are faded and forgot.
But the rocking chairs keep rocking. just
the same.
There's a trace Of youthful signing
In the tremor of the breeze
As it hovers, now unwelcomed. through
the place.
There are voices harsh and trying;
There are murmurs i'll at ease,
Though of human presence there is not
trace.
With the flowers they have vanished,
With the flowers they'll return,
Those Summer throngs that met with
glad acclaim.
The music has been banished,
And the lights no longer burn,
But the rocking chairs keep rocking, just
the same.
Evening star., 1935-10-26
Headed for Home.

Jlmmie'S coming back! Yes the play
boy of Broadway, once mayor of Greater
New York, blithe jester and grateful
recipient of the bounty of generous
friends, is on the high seas, headed for
Manhattan. Everything is arranged so
that he will not be pestered about his
income tax delinquencies, If any. There
is nothing to cause him alarm, unless
it be the prospect of a rousing ticker
tape welcome upon his arrival. On sail
ing from Southampton yesterday he de-
clared that the prospect of such a re-
ception terrified him. Maybe his friends
and one-time political cohorts who have
been talking about tying down the tug
whistles and making whoopee generally
when his ship comes up the bay will
have mercy upon him and let this modest
violet of former mayor slip back to
the big town without embarrassing
clamor of rejoicing.
Politics? Nothing doing! Absolutely
nothing! True, he has been approached"
about returning to political life, but he
has rejected active participation lin any
Evening star., 1935-10-26
Not the Time for Guidance
By OutwOrn Mythology

To the Editor OF The Star
In our present civilized state ~ 1t is
amusing to find so often serious at
tempt to combine science with myth,
truth with superstition. So, I suppose
1t is in keeping with one aspect of our
time that M. A. Stottlemeyer urges air
ways and not subways for the Capital
because 1t is folly to suggest subway Just
as we are entering Aquarius, an air sign.
to be there the next seven years." I
suppose that if we were to enter what
ever zodiacal sign there may be favor
able to ditch digging We should devote
our energies to subways and beware of
airwaysi
Certainly this is an air age, but it is
not necessary that We put an air screw
on every machine just to make sure
we're living up to the symbol of the age!
Airways in city are not near as prac-
tical-and as uSeful-as airways for a
State or country. And, it seems to me.
one advocating such form of intraurban
transportation should study carefully
every angle of the matter and should
try to present Sounder arguments than
such statements laden with pseudo
science as, 'in building in the air you
have the coSmic forces working with
you"
Subways have proved rather successful
in many large cities. WaShingtonianS
will not object to spending few minutes
underground if by so doing they are
carried speedily and safely to their desti-
nation. After all, Streamlining Of ter
restrial vehicles is an ample indication
of our universal r-mindedness-we
don't have to put wings on everything
that transports.
Mr. Stottlemeyer is to be commended
for his taking real interest in WASH
ington's traffic problem, but his sugges-
ton can only be amusing-rather than
constructive-when he declares that
everything would move along much easier
IF We humans worked with the move
ments Of the planets In our solar sys-
tenn"
Perhaps am only bringing down on
my head the wrath of those who bow
to astrology. But it seems to me that If
we humans worked more comparatively
toward a practical application of the
wonderful forces and products which the
scientist gives us as a result of his sin
cere work in the realm of pure science,
we would accomplish much more than
we ever can by conducting ourselves
according to the ascendancy of fav0r-
able stars!
When We shall put away superstition
and an outworn mythology and open our
minds to accepting the truth and apply
ing that truth to our needs we shall then
be working with supreme energy! Pure
science unlocks many secrets and applied
science builds civilization. Put firmly
even If eluctantly-Taurus Pisces, Cap
ricornus, ETC., back to their proper age
when man was young. Come forth
unto the light of things. Let Nature be
your teacher!" C.. BRAWNER, JR.
University Of Virginia.
Evening star., 1935-10-26
Crime-PreventiOn Work
Through the Boys Clubs
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
In q recent issue of the National Re-
public there Is an article entitled
Building Future citizenship" which
enunciates q thesis concerning the. e.re-
duction of crime with which have long
been in agreement. If our criminal pop
ulation is to be reduced, we must COM
mence with the children. It would be
far better, ! think, to apportion some
of our energies In the apprehension Of
the matured criminals to the sources
from which criminality originates-the
faulty environment Of the adolescentS.
Crime-prevention work will be largely
futile if the conditions that make for
progressive crime in the youngster are
not corrected. Criminals are made; they
are not born. A healthy youngster, with
zest and enthusiasm, whose energies
cannot be directed in constructive cham
nels will take the path of least resistance.
There is a relationship between the boy
who will steal an apple from the fruit
vender and the criminal who will hold
up an individual at night. The apple
incident will lead to other more serious
forms of anti-Social conduct that cannot
be treated with levity or laughed of as
being smart. In nine cases out OF 10
the child in faulty environment will
wind up as a matured criminal by the
time he is 20 or 81.
have been interested in juvenile de-
linquency for number of years now and
I am firmly convinced that all the boys
need to correct their attitude is the
proper environment, physical surround
1ngs and parents; but since in most cases
OF child delinquentS these are absent,
outside agencies, such as the Boys Clubs.
perform valuable services. Even the
child who comes from a good home and
good environment will find the Boys
Club an inspiration and preventive
against lapsing into anti-Social acts. I
hope that these comments will help, if
ever so little, the promotion of the good
work that the Boys Clubs are doing for
the adoleScent of the land.
1t is encouraging to note that through
out the country the rehabilatory work
among boys is constantly advancing and
many citizens prominent in their respec-
tive communities are stressing the value
OF prevention rather than apprehension.
Our jailS do not conform, and the amount
OF prevention they bring about is
negligible. The growing boy can be a
good citizen or a dreaded criminal. 1t is
up TO society to lead the boy. Once he
becomes a criminal there is very little
hope Of saving him and reclaiming him
Tor society. Crime-prevention work
among children is the only intelligent
method Of making a real attack against
crime. If VIC increase this work we will
not need to build more and more prisons
nor will the taxpayers have to support
thpSa tons nf fhnllSonl nf
JOHN j. STUPKA,
Managing Editor, Police Journal of the
Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago. Ill.
Evening star., 1935-10-26

the greatest and the best without refer.
ence to conditions of production. No
one bothers about the struggles of
Michelangelo and Raphael. All that
matters is their work. If it be notable,
it will survive. Otherwise, oblivion will
be its fate.
And such a destiny is forecast for the
vast majority of contemporary efforts.
The school of esthetic panic which Ce-
zanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse, Pi-
casso, Epstein and the rest have estab~
lished is built upon sand. It's theory
was treason to nature; its popularity was
q mushroom growth, sadly ephemeral.
The ateliers and the saleSrooms Of the
world are cluttered with its wreckage.
But 1t has no future. A new generation
already is flying from it.
For proof, consider what has occurred
in Europe during the past Summer.
At the International Exposition in Brus-
sells there were two galleries Of equal size
one for new" art and one for odd"
The latter was crowded with visitors day
after day: the former was as empty as a
drum. People preferred permanent to
temporary values. Meanwhile, in Paris
an exhibition of "old" Italian pictures
was packing them in" The Royal
Academy show in London was the most
conservative in many years and attracted
swarms of the kind of men and women
who never saw purple cow. and never
hope to see one"
Evening star., 1935-10-26
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES z. TRACEWELL.

The story of Chick. a cat, and how he
broke his leg. and healed it all by him.
self, is told in recent letter to this
column.
Dear Sir: Having read number of
interesting articles in The Star which
you have written about animals, would
like to tell you about cat we once had.
People do not believe it when tell
1t but it Is true. The cat was just an
ordinary cat, no pedigree, just gray
and black striped cat, but great pet in
our family, and had been taught many
little tricks.
1--WE had chickens and when the
chickens were called he would come, so
We called him Chick.
"One day he came into the house with
one Of his back legs broken, and said,
oh, Chick has broken his leg, guess
he will have to be put to Sleep and we
were all so distressed at the thought.
He climbed on the couch and lay
down, wouldn't eat anything. I carried
milk. to him and he Tapped little of it.
He lay there for three days just lap
ping little milk. then he got up and
went on three legs out into the yard.
told my mother I thought he had gone
of to die. She watched him, and said
he had put his leg on the cold ground
to keep the fever out.
II went down and carried milk to him.
After a few days I noticed he would
stretch out the Broken leg at intervals
and We watched him. and my mother said
he is trying to set his leg. And he kept
that up until he set it and although
he set it little crooked he could climb
fences and run and jump and do all
the little tricks he had learned and
he lived six or seven years afterward
M. F. P"
The general interest in this cat story
lies in the attention 1t calls to the
necessity for giving Nature a chance
The healing power OF Nature, famous
since antiquity, is as powerful today as
ever it was, only the average person
doesn't quite trust 1t for human beings.
With our animal friends, however, we
can give it a chance to work, and often
the results are surprising, to say the
least.
No doubt many an Ill and suffering
animal has been killed. when if it had
been let alone for time. and kept from
further harm. Nature might have healed
it of its injuries.
1t must never be forgotten that dogs
and cats live much closer to the uni
versal mother than man.
Many centuries of quasi civilization
have stretched a slight veil between
Nature and mankind. Just how thick
this covering is We do not know. but that
1t is there any doctor can tell you.
The mental side of man. alone, tends
to interfere between the healing power
OF Nature and the specimen of Nature,
man, on which the power operates.
1t is well known in every ones expert
ence that the mind colors health and
illness, particularly the latter. Who is
there who has not walked in the night
with what seemed to be a very sore
throat, only TO find it disappear of itself
with advancing light?
Animal friends of man inStinctively
do what is right in regard to their ILL
nesseS and physical misfortunes.
If a cat wants to lie on the cold
earth, let him do 1t.
If he seems to crave liver. and moth
Evening star., 1935-10-26

in every brain-mediated act OF an organ
ism. From one side Of the balance was
drawn the energy to initiate the be-
havior. From the other was drawn the
energy TO restrain it and keep it within
proper bounds. If too much was taken
from either Side-in either dogs or men
there resulted disbalance which might
amount to a nervous breakdown or TO
definite insanity
Natural inequalities in this balance,
Pavlov held. were responsible for the
different temperaments. The active, en-
on the inhibition side The quiet. Sc
cluded, introverted fellow had too little
on the activity side. 1t did not require
to send the one into a manic Oppressive
pSychoSis or the other into something
like dementia precox. He produced mild
cases of both in his dogs.
But, says Anderson and Liddell, the
behavior of their sheep gives little sup
port to this theory. Why didn't the
nervous breakdown come when the ami
NAL was trying so unsuccessfully to solve
the maze? Here it showed no personality
change, although as eventually in the
electric shock experiments, the condition
ing sought required too fine discrimina-
tion for the brain to make.
The only essential difference between
the two, they say, was that in the electric
shock experiment the sheep was re-
strained on the platform, whereas in
the maze experiment it had freedom of
movement. In the one case it couldn't
run away from the problem confronting
it. 1t had to stand on the platform and
face it. In the other, where it was under
no restraint, it could ignore the problem
or forget all about it. 1t wasn't "on the
spot"
Hence, they conclude, the real cause Of
the nervous breakdown was not some
hypothetical balance of activating and
inhibiting forces in the brain. 1t was
the closing of avenues of escape. The
behavior of the sheep is characterized
as like that of nervous child forced
to obey too many commands"
Evening star., 1935-10-26

ing else, let him eat II, despite the
admonitions of the books.
No matter how many say cat should
not be permitted to drink water while
Ill, Nature says let him drink, If he can
find it, and wants is. His desire is, in
effect, Natures desire.
That there should be failures in this
method OF treating sick animals need
occasion no surprise. There are many
failures In all sorts Of treatment
Nature nor man guarantees, when 1t
comes to life. and health and i'll health.
Up to certain point, there is always
hope; beyond that. none.
But who is to know that point?
There is the c.ux of the matter, and
as long as it cannot be settled definitely,
except in few cases, the animal had
better be given his chance.
What seems to be broken leg may be
nothing more than a sprained leg.
Often fit. which appears very terrible
to casual inspection, is really only
Salutary effort of Nature to throw of
certain inimical conditions.
After the seizure, the animal may
never have another one.
Kittens and small cats for instance,
fed too many vegetables. often will
throw fits, due to such bulky matter in
stomachs untitled for it.
Such fits are quite temporary, but to
the person unacquainted with them
seem very terrible, indeed.
There can be little question that many
a poor kitten. thus afflicted, through the
ignorance of its owner has been hustled
of to an untimely grave, when little
patience, and permitting old Doc Nature
to take a hand in the case, would have
pulled it through in no time at all.
The average pet owner is not capable
of diagnosis, but he will do a great deal
if ne heSitates, rather than act precipi-
lately. While he may make mistakes,
that Is no more than doctors do, at times,
being human, after all.
While too much trust may be placed
in Nature, it is probable that most per-
sons err in the other direction. They
should remember that an animal Is, by
that very fact, closer to the power that
made 1t. Its responses for good or evil
are quicker. and probably a great deal
more sure. Certainly it has no mind,
in the human sense, to stand between
it and the great sources.
The animal life that flows along as
Nature intended itAshould, goes quietly in
we'll determined directions. 1t would
seem evident that when these directions
are changed, the reflections tend to get
back in the old directions again as soon
as possible. This is true Of humanity,
too, but not as much so. We know too
much-and too little
The animal, as such. knows nothing.
The mysterious power of instinct, call
it what one will. stands the brute crea-
ture instead Of intelligence. Oftener
than not it serves him better. In the
long roll of creation. the brute has no
need to be ashamed of his instinct
knowledge. 1t has been his for too long
for him to go back on it. Perhaps if
man could get that steadfast faith more
firmly for his own, he would be a great
deal better of than he is, and more surely
the eternal heir of the ages. Nothing
unites us to all that is more than these
things We sometimes tend to be ashamed
of. these precious instincts. There is no
dog or cat, however pedigreed or hum
BILE, which cannot teach us a great deal,
il only we would listen.