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and evening, and they can all pad dle around now in the water and practically stand on their heads ,n the tub without the slightest fear. Cecile is the prize swimmer.
 After they are fed and dressed for the day, their nurses take them spick and span house. They "re- view their bodyguard-the two handsome Provincial policeman who are on duty day and night to see that. no harm comss to the five. Then they are put into their prams and allowed to sleep on the .veranda until time for their lunch.l con. 4
 The quins now drink out of glasses and eat from spoons. wish you could have seen Marie's s face Sunday after a spinach and p1pne feast. Yes, they eat spinacil aud like 1t and in fact everything that is good for them. Though, ac -l cording to Nurse De Kiriline, theyI have ways of pretending to be a| little sick when something ii served that they are not partia to. Madame De Kiriline claims that her charges all have a grea sense of humor. They play trick on her, watching out of the corX ners of their eyes to see if she i& noticing, then laughing heartily when she catches them up.
 So we'll trained are the babicA that their laundry has been res duced from 150 pieces a day t& about 75, greatly to the gratifica@ ton of their housekeeper whd through the winter has pretty well kept the yards of clothes lin1A filled. The only disappointment the quins have brought to theii nurses Is that their hair just won't curl, do what you will with it.
 The babies have just discovered one another and Yvonne and An1 nette particularly are pals. They lie in the play pen and talk i'd each other by the hour.
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Tonight cast my bread the waters in grateful effort bestow garland of praises where praise due To the average ayman the family medico is looked as purveyor certain services for which he well paid In the
 light recent experiences prompt to acknowledge Tn this humble way token of gratitude and respect which IS but rfe in comparison with the soace and comfort derived from an unsesh and unceasng effort to comfort hs afflicted and to the loved ones that all VIII be we'll What source of consolation the Family Doctor Is in the hour of need the eetng moments of eergency On hectic daily rush for existence seldom pause to consider dangers they expose themselves tthe 24hour vigil for the unsolicited and unknown phone cathe unto
 hours of worry for the arrival of the crisis and what it will bring-the unsung and ephemera praise for the vctory-the bayhoo and eternal damnaton that fol- lows the loss To yougenemen of the Green Cross be- speak these words of praise Yea they close to love So seldom the orchids delivered to while senses are still functionng that trust they help to make your days happier May they be just enough to drive that physical stamina hour more to alleviate an achy body to resusctate tired mind with blessed idea to uuer mysterious baceria-to resurrec dying spirit duled by the and tear of ungratefu humanity Carry on fair Somewhere always and unheard grateful soul is singing any to the great Man above In the long such humble petitions will receive
 much grateful consideration in the eternal awards than the accoade of blazing publicity and material wealth. May Gods blessing be always with you in your noble work Horato Dooley
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Between us. |. Florence Mulhern made her debut as
 songster suspicious in her fifteen minute program via WATR Saturday. Harry Feisher, sponsor of the Princeton A. A. boys and girls basketball tea will be host the of both combines at banquet this evening at Waverly Inn We most indebted to Harry for his kind invitation to be among those present. Walter l.. Angle assistant cashier of the Citizens and Manufacturers National Bank made the March issue of the American Bank er New York publication In brief the article read He stated that the emergency banking act of 1883 the major accomplishments of the Administration and with the FDIC was largely responsible for the return of
 dence the banks He praised the securities act stating that though will hardshps to bankers and others in the present and immediate future it will be considered good thing later. John A. Cluney sports ed, cpient autographed picture of cute Joan Hannah Dempsey eight months old daughter of the former heavy weight champion of the world whom he interviewed over WATR last summer when the Manassa Mauler appeared here as referee on an boxing show The baby is the the Dempsey fame and fortune and in the pho- ograph pictured the artist caught her between maps and feelings.
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Conqressio,,al Directory gleonin9

Congressional Directory gleanings. Rep. Schuy- ter Merritt republican, of Stamtord is the oldest of tue Connecticut legislators at Washington. He a0 be 8@ yeays old ie December. Rep. J Joseph Smith of our oaOn city is the youngest His birth year a0as 19o4
 Rep. James A. Shamley democrdt, of Ne,o Haven has the longest biography o the Connecticut group It took ome aUord over eighteen lines to print it Senator Framcis T Maloney of Meridem has the shortest one just one qOord over seve,,. lines But he ony beat Senator Augustine Lonergan out by ten Jess words. The tUo o. D. representatives, Higgins and Merritt, a0ere the only ones born outside the state.
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STRAND

The Warner Strand theater will be, turned over to the Catholic Actors Guild today far matinee and evening presentation of their play And There Was Darkness. There will be no picture presenta- ton today.
 Tomorrow darling little Shirley Temple returns to the strand screen for the final presentations of her latest picture "The Little CononeI," in which she so-stars with Lionel Barrymore. s
 "The Little Colonel" is the story fo a Kentucky belle who marries q Yankee, against her fathers wish- es. and is promptly disowned by the proud old aristocrat. who is still liy1ig in the days of the Civtl War. Barrymore is the abdurate Southern aristocrat. Shirley plays the cameo colonel whose dancing feet, smiling yees, and lioney-col-
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ored curls make a whitening att tack on the heart of the stern re- bel.
 of this picture. Technicolor graces part @of this De Sylva production. The real shirley as she really looks is seen for, the first time by her following of movie fans.
 N Critics in other cities where .'The Little Ccloner'' is playing, hail 1t, as Shirley's. most superb vehicle. There Is blept drama and comedy, in the plafitation. from tier, and army scenes. Attention is being called everywhere to- Shir- ley's dancing with Bnl Robinson In his original stair dance. ela- borately staged in one sequence of the picture,
 The companion feature is "The Whole Towns Talking" starring Edward c. Robinson with Jean Ar thur. Wallace Ford and Walter Byron. 4s
 Thursday to Saturday the Strand will present ..Living On Velvet with Kay Francis, Warren William, and George Brent also While The Patient Slept" a mystery-comedy with Aline MacMahon and Guy Kibbee in the featured roles.
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M I'he Local Theaters
STATE

Held over until Friday night! The news is forthcoming from the managers office at Warner Bro- thers' State theater that "Ruggles of Red Gap, the four star com edy hit that's the talk of the town will be held over until Friday night in order to accommodate the crowds who are attending the State. Many folks are returning to see 1t twice. It's that kind of a picture, with laughs coming so fast and furious that 1t Is almost impossible to enjoy them all with out seeing 1t twice.
 The comedy stars that emminent English actor, Charles Laughton, with an all-star comedy cast, in- cluding Mary Roland, Charlie Rug. gles, Roland Young and ZaSu Pitts, in the ludicrous tale of the perfect butler, won in a poker game and brought back to Red Gap, U. $. A., to create furore In the provinces.
 The film opens in London where "Ruggles" changes masters as the result of an all-night poker ses- sion. On his first day with his new and democratic = master, "Ruggles' starts out to show him the picture galleries and winds up on drunken spree. 4 I
 Brought to the United States, he is introduced to Red Gap So- ciety as Colonel Ruggles of the English Army. The butler be- comes so infused with the demo- cratic spirit himself that he loses his old feeling of servility and starts out on a career of his own.
 The comic effects on Red Gap society when Ruggles begins court ing the towns leading widow and setting himself in business as a restaurateur are brought to a happy; conclusion when he achieves both ambitions. g
 Laughton round, joyial and plump, renders an inspired per. formance in the comic role of this favorite of all buffers, and the balance of the cast match him laugh for laugh in the incredibly comic sequences. . s
 The companion feature is the successor to "Broadway Bilr', and a picture that merits its place on this superb program, 'The Unwel- come Stranger" starring Jack Holt. Mona Barrie and Jackie Searle.
 Saturday next brings Al Jolson and Ruby Keelers together With giant supporting cast of favorites in '"Go Into Your Dance," War; ner Brothers mighty new musical spectacle Watch the newsapers for further announcements con cerning this great show opening at the state on Saturday next.
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VIEW. TO WELCOME .st.p VANZANT APRIL 29

Wheeler-Yo Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars at it's meeting last night voted to send a large delega- ton to Ansonia on April ,29th to participate in the welcome to be extended the national commander of the v. F. w., James E. vanzant. It will mark his only speaking en- gagement while on tour of the state. A dinner will be served at 6 D. m. and the veterans will assem- ble at the Ansonia Opera House for the meeting. Phillip A. Kelly, adju- tant Of the local post is taking re- servations for the trip.
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POLI'S

The current program at Polls will come to the end of its en- gagement tonight. On this pro- gram are two great pictures "Rumba" with George Raft and Carole Lombard, end The Man Who Reclaimed His Head" with Claude Rains, the star of "The In- visible Man., and Joan Bennett.
 Tomorrow at Polls will usher in a triple feature program that will have the other thetaters of this part of the country scratch ing their heads as to how it can be presented, and at no advance in prices.
 First and foremost of the stage of the theater there will be the biggest little star of radio" Baby Rose Marie in person, and this diminutive juvenile, who has headlined the stage shows of thea ters from coast to coast is nov doing the same thing Cn the radio. She is now starred alone on the Tastyeast program on a national hook-up on Sunday and Mondas of each week. This prcc!udes her appearing at many theaters and tt is only that the Poli theatcr booked her for the middle of the week that they were able to secure her services. She will be seen three times daily in the type of songs that have made her famous and from the requests that have been pouring in the theater for her to sing this song or that song she will be kept pretty busy during her stay in town.
 On the screen double feature program will be presented that alone is well worth more than the popular prices of this theater. The first feature is The Casino Murder Case' with Paul Lukas cs Van Dyne the master detective, and then in the leading female role is none other than our own local girl, who is forging to the front in a fast manner, 'ROsalind Rus- sell. This is the first ,ole she has had that allows her a good chance to display her talents and on the strength of 1t she has heen signed to long term contract. '
 The second feature on the same program is MT and Mrs Martin Johnson's latest picture of wild animal life in Africa. "Baboona" is the title of this picture and 1t stars where all others have left off in thrills and genuine entertain- ment. This Is an aerial picturiza- tion of this great space of un- known sights and the plane has caught animals and other sights that never before have been able to have been photographed,
 Wednesday night as usual the regular Amateur Contest will be on tap, bigger and better than ever and with Harry Shaw as the genial master r-of-cereYnonies Make your plans now to see this triple attrac-, tion program on either of the days and you will be well repaid. ss
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Get m evefM Work on the Settlers VillGge tat aD be port of Waterburys tercentendry progrdn is progressing rapdly Motorists oho pass op and doac the Chase Park boulevard hGve been 0atcang the aDor as the iob Of aying out the es for the sever youo daceigs that soU comprise the settlement start ed some ten days ago. We've heard thts section ot the citg referred to the old lots but as qute eviden from hat the carly hstOrans say that thts & qChere those first eOhite from FGrmington td'd down their packs aud rested their aoeory bod'es =. There they trew rough structures to protect then selyes from the qveuther And tt eUas up there they houled heir cood ond such other prousions as then iqht forage in acter tme The brook they hdued eas up it tinle became Sled Haul Brook, sonaetanes spelled Sled Hall brook.
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Marie

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 The babies parents are free to visit the hospital. Mrs, Dionne is free to play with them, and to assist in bathing them and dress ing them.
 The babies house, by the way, was built by the government. not from their. own funds, and though they have now earned 8 neat little sum, many, of their expenses have been borne by the government and the Red Cross up to the pres ent time. r, Y
 Although the babies seem now SO. happily healthy, Dr. Dafoe explains that, as in the case of all premature babies. special, care must still be taken of t h e m for some time to come. ,rt
 Everybody immediately asks: Are the quins as cute, as their pictures?" The answer is yes, and cutter. They are picture babies, long dashed, dimpled, rose-petal skinned. You could watch their antics for hours and never get over the fascination of there be- ing five of them, 50 alike that as  soon as you think you have one spotted, you immediately mix her up with some other ones. Marie, being smaller than her sisters, comes nearest to being identifia- ble, but she is gaining so rapidly now that soon even that small ad- vantage will be lost to the observ- CT.
 
 Marie, by the way, is the fam lily alarm clock. She wakes up every morning at 4:15 and lies in her bed, singing to herself, and playing with her fingers, or mak- ing a little noise in her throat that means she wants Nurse Yvonne Lerous to hurry and unpln her so she can kick. The babies are rubbed twice day, morning
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ANneHe '.'.'
 By Mary Margaret Mcbride
 NEA Service Staff Correspondent Copyright, 1885, NEA Service, Incl
 TALLANDER, Ont, April 16 O -The, famous Dionne quintuplets, though rapidly approaching the great, age of one year, are still too young to be aware that the most important officials of their native Ontario spend anxious hours in conference about their welfare. And they are, of course, blissfully uncon- scious of the fact that there has been considerable argu- ment from time to time about the disposition of their per- sons.
 Such discussion raging about their innocent, downy heads means less than nothing now to Yvonne, Annette, Cecile, Emelie and Marie, though it's outcome has vitally affected their future lives.
 The Quins are completely ab-. sorbed at the moment in the i'm nnPfhnf htIoinna0 nf unffioov nI CT, healthier and more grown-up every day. They have three brand-new teeth among them and another is expected any minute, probably in the pink mouth of Cecile, though there are. some bets laid on Yvonne to repeat her earlier triumph. .U. itha
 Yvonne can pat-a-cake. She also makes abortive efforts to wave her hand. Annette can raise herself on her head and heels without touching her body to floor or bed. Cecile's and Emelie's new trick is rather drowned upon by the community. They have taken to sucking their thumbs and have to wear little pink knitted gloves every night, much to their dis gust. Marie has just discovered that she can make enchanting conversation with herself and she bab- -bab-babs vivaciously all day long.
 To see the fortunate five sprawl ' ing contentedly .n their play pens or sleeping whole -souledly tsnt hat T suppose that hurt feelings, worry and unhappiness were more re- mote from these chubby human miracles than from any babies in the world. Except for time out for maps, they literally coo and kick and laugh from the time they wake up at five in the morning until they fall asleep exhausted at seven every night.
 Their health is superb now. They have devoted attendants, perfect care and what seems an ideal existence in their own little house, built with special reference to their own convenience. They even adore their baths and don't mind being washed behind. the ears. t.s
 
 But across the road in the home of their parents, a different at- mosphere prevails. Unrest is there and bewilderment. The parental pride of Elzire and Oliva Dionne has been stirred by suggestions of certain advisors that the control of their unique off, spring has been unfairly taken from them through the establish mont of the guardianship. They forget that but for the genius of Dr. A. k. DaFoe not only the chill dren but the mother would prob ably have perished at the birth and that only the expert care the babies have received could have pulled them through their first uncertain months.
 "Why shouldn't Dionne and his wife have the sole say so about their own children?" in- dignantly inquires Leo KirVen,
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one of Dionne's two managers, each of whom would collect % per cent commission from money earned by the quintuplets if they were returned to the custody of their parents.
 "Why should the government step in here?" Kirven continued. 'If you find gold mine, the gov- ernment doesn't take it away from you, does it? No, you are allowed to work it and make what you can out of it!'
 : Probably the best explanation of the governments attitude to- ward the guardianship is to be found in that very sentence of Kirven's. Ontario's Minister of Public Welfare, David Croll, and his associates are irrevocably op- posed to the gold mine idea.
 Canada is proud of the fact that it has in the quintuplets Q phenomenon until now unknown to scientific history. The Govern ment regards the five as a sacred trust, of world importance. to be protected against harmful exploi- tation of every kind.
 Officials and others who have interested themselves in the chil- dren. believe that all personal considerations must be unselfish- ly shelved where the babies in- terests are involved. The quin- tuplets' protectors are determined that the youngsters shall not be taken away from the health -giV. ing air of their birthplace to be exhibited as curiosities to the public.
 In difference to the affec- tionate interest felt in them by their own community, the quins for several Sundays received" between the hours of ? and }. That is, visitors were allowed to look at them through a window. But even those levees have been
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Good Evening.
GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS

We are the gentlemen of the press, We walk, we talk, we write, we guess; If you think reporters lot is pretty Get out yourself and SCOUT a city. We are the gentlemen of the press, We take the gaff more or less; We get kicked out of many places But watch us come up with smiling faces. We are the gentlemen of the press, Those tough hombres, but have to confess When you get to know us well We're ordinary souls truth to tell We are the gentlemen of the press, Suppose to know baseball as well as chess; We may not always achieve great glory, But like the Canadian mounted get our story
 -Em Elm
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Merry-go-rounders. Shirley French one of the nicest htte youngsters knOc, stopped us yesterday and contributed huge bag of nfou achch se hos been collecting for aoeeks Shirley student tt Notre Dae Academy. Many thanr, little one. Freddie Gardner dercent the ether recently at St Marys Hospital aud parted aOh his appendr. Joseph Sieg,is om of the famous Segrist faty orgindtors of the flying rapeze net u be the Koanians speaker at theeekly noonday meeting tonorrow at the Eom Joe is here aoith the Grotto circus aud Oi give the service club members the lOaOdoscn circus e. Frank Dillon $ 'eoc dsh- GAd doing nice job of tt. Dr EdsoGrd Post, former South Manchester and Bridgeport surgeon c0ntena- pldtes opening an office here Central foo,O- ing hS marriage to Miss Marion McKierman of New HaUen mert9 t9Moaday.
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called off now.
 can understand why. On the last of these visiting days, l watched four hundred sightseers file across the quintuplets' private veranda and peer eagerly through a window at the babies, arrayed in their best white dresses, amus- ing themselves with rubber dolls in their play pens.
 The children have now reached the noticing stage. And feeling strangers eyes upon them, they dropped their toys and stared with ten big hazel eyes at the guests. That night they had a nervous reaction from too m c company and immediately Dr. AL Ian Roy Dafoe, their doctor and one of their legal guardians. or- dered that there are to be no more Sunday visitors for the present. In the same way, the protectors promise everything that interferes in the slightest degree with the quintuplets' welfare will be prohib- ited. 4et,'.,~s- ., ss.a.t,
Evening star., 1935-11-24
Major Features
and Notes

7 UCREZIA BORI, Metropolitan
Opera. prima donna, will be the
guest soloist with Emo Rapee's Sym
phony Orchestra on WRC at TO- She
will sing arias from MoZart's MAR
riage of Figaro" Puccini's Madame
Butterfly" and La Boheme," "Clave-
litos" and Adritfs I'll Bacio." The
orchestra contributions include the
overture to Smetana's "Bartered
Bride" and the waltz and finale from
Gounod's Faust" and three numbers
from Grieg's Peer Gynt" suite.
Kristen Flagstad, Norwegian So
prano, will make one of her infre-
quent radio appearances with Victor
Kolar's Symphony Orchestra during
the Sunday evening hour on WJSV
at g. Her program includes the aria
"Du Bist Lenz." from Die Valkyries ~;
Franz Schubert's "Erlkonig," SOL
veig's Song" from Grieg's Peer Gynt"
suite; when I Have Sung My Songs"
and Midsummer" Among the Or
chestra selections will be the overture
to Mozart's Don Giovanni" LISTS
Hungarian Rhapsody, No. q" and the
"Danse Macabre'' of Saint-Saens.
Helen Chandler, stage, screen and
radio star. who is now playing in the
Broadway production of Jane Austens
Pride and Prejudice" will present
a scene from that play during the
Magic Key" program on wMAL at 2
Lotte Lehman, Austrian soprano, and
Xavier Cugat and his orchestra also
will contribute to the program.
George McManus, famous cartoon
ist, will be interviewed during the
Penthouse Party" on wJSv at 1o:45.
Venuta Benay, singing star of the
program, will sing group including
THE Birth of the Blues" and "And
Then 1t Isn't Love-"
Four deans of four schools at
Catholic University will take part in
the Church of the Air broadcast on
WJSV at 12:45. They are Right Rev,
John O'Grady, Very Rev. James M
Campbell, DR.. Roy j. Deferrari and
E. A. Valade. The university choir
of 100 voices will furnish the music.
Joseph Iturbi, noted Spanish pianist
and conductor, will be the guest solo,
ist with the New York Philharmonic
Symphony Orchestra on WJSv at 8
He will play Mozart's Concerto in E
Flat for Piano and Orchestra" The
orchestra. under the direction of Hans
Lange, will play Handel's Concerto
Crosse, Opus 3, No. q" and group
of Bach compositions.
Flotow's opera, Martha" will be
sung in English during the Music
Hall on the Air" program on WMAL
at 1890. Viola P!ilo, soprano, will
head the cast.