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Evening star., 1935-08-18

the make for me, either, if that's what you're
driving at" She was bending down, taking
off her pumps.
II wonder what could have happened to
your ring?" he mused,
"Oh, I'll find it tomorrow"
You didn't lose it. did you?"
mo It that is. / don't think so. Maybe
did, though. It's kind of loose She pushed
him from the bureau and took out clean
nghtgown. Sometimes it comes off in nv
glove.
'Or when you wash your hands. ="
What d you say?"
Il said when you wash YOUR hands some
times you take it off. don't you? Maybe you
left it somewhere on a sink Remember the
time you turned the house upside down, and
it was on the sink?'
'4eh, thought someone had swiped it."
you don't seem SO upset this time
What do you want me to do - song and
dance? I'll find it Tomorrow
How can you be sue?'
Say, why are you so interested in my opal?
You're aWtully funny tonight"
Me? You're crazy -Four hundred miles ina
day - that's driving
She drew the covers up under her chin. II
don't know why you did it. You always
break it up"
Il told you, | was anxious to get home"
He took a pair of pajamas from the dresser
drawer. "Opals are supposed to be hard luck,
aren't they?"
Not if they're your birthstone. Mine
always brought me luck"
CONTINUED on page 49,
Evening star., 1935-08-18
August rs, 1885

liIdl llSlllS 10 make
trouble. "
Il didn t pay any atten-
ton to it.
I'm glad you got some
sense. Remember the time
you got so jealous of
Bobby Saunders you tried
TO stab him with the ice
pick ,"
"Oh, forget it. wouldn't
have touched him."
You better quit drink
ing. Your hand is shaking
like anything"
Think | caught cold
driving home. ;"
Better take an as
pirin.
"Ieh - and maybe |
better sleep on the couch.
Well, guess I'll call Stacey.
What s his new number"
How should | know?
It's somewhere in Har-
lem. isn't it? Cathedral,
University or something?"
viii you call him for
me, while | take off my
clotheS?"
She dialed the number,
while he went into the
bedroom. A moment later
She stood in the doorway.
What are you doing at
my bureau?" she asked.
Il was looking for your
opal ring"
What for?"
Il want to see if it's
bigger than the one the
guy wanted to sell me.
Where is it,"
In there - somewhere.
Stacey didn't answer his
phone.
Guess he's off chas-
ing She moved to the
closet, unbuttoning her
gray skirt. Hes a great
hand with the ladies,
isn't he?"
rs he?" she asked from
the closet.
He laid his keys and
silver on the bureau.
People tell me he's got a
way -"
You ought to know.
You're his partner
But I'm no lady. He
never went on the make
for me"
We'll, he never went on
either, if that's what you're
vas bending down. taking
could have happened to
Sed.
omorrow.'
, it. did you?'
l don't think so. Maybe |
lind of loose She pushed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-06
Of On The Right Foot

There was much ado during the recent legislative session about the high rates of automobile insurance in the Waterbury, Naugatuck area. There were valiant ef- forts made to have the Legislature do something about the local situation. We are afraid, though, that all such efforts met about the same fate as some of few years back when again the situation brought forth caustic remarks but no cor rection of an obvious fault in the system.
 It should be clear by this time that the system of levying insurance rates on au- tomobile liability is not one that changes according to the locality. It is not the system that changes but the rate of charges. And that is due simply to condi- tions existing within certain defined linn its to which the casualty companies and insurance underwriters have given titles of districts. It is particularly unfortu- nate that for many years Waterbury has maintained high insurance cost-loss.
 Now we propose to do something about this by creation of a Citizens Traffic Safety committee. It looks as if finally those who are really concerned about the high rates have determined to strike at the root of all the trouble, namely, the motorists themselves. Reduction of acci-
 
 district will be the primary aim of this committee Its plans and hopes, we pre- sume will be announced in the immediate future. There are many ways in which motorists could cooperate in such cam- raign.
 Until a majority of those operating ve- hicles on out streets and public highways realize that their careless operation en- dangers not merely the lives of occupants of their own car, but those of every other car that is passed on the roadways little can be done. We must bring home to all the lesson of caution which can be exer- cised at low or high rates of speed. The individual operation must be efficient. The car itself must be in such condition that control can be exercised at even the most critical moment. Then and only then can we hope for results.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-06
ir-Conditioned d Hospitals

Hospitals are now equipping their oper- ating rooms with air-conditioning devices. This is one of the most beneficial uses to which the new humidity and tempera- ture controls have been put. Doctors point out that air-conditioning keeps im- purities out of the air in the surgical room and so helps to prevent infection. It in- creases the comfort of both patient and surgeon. By maintaining the proper hu- midity it lessens the danger of static elec- tricity igniting ether fumes.
 The next step should be to equip the entire hospital for air-conditioning. The rooms in which patients must spend long and often painful hours ought to be as comfortable as possible. The closed win dows of the air-conditioned room will keep out erve-wracking street noises, too. Persons in good health, though experienc- ing discomfort, can adapt themselves to hot weather conditions and go about their normal occupations as usual. Sick per- sons, whose suffering is increased and recovery imperilled by the same condi- tions, need the new system.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-06
National Caricatures

The Prince of Wales performs useful service for truth and international amity when he informs the world that "all Britons do not have prominent teeth, nor do they wear knickerbockers. This hap pens to be the way Englishmen are always caricatured on the continent and else where. Tn America, for some reason or other, our cartoonists nearly always use the "John Bull" type. Anyone who has been in England, and used his eyes, knows that this stout, florid, clustering fellow is as rare, except perhaps in Yorkshire, as is the angular, "buck-toothed" sort any where in the British Isles.
 And now having done justice to the British nation in this respect, we may ns we'll remind the world that there is even less justification for the Uncle Sam" caracature used to typify Americans af home and abroad. Search throuEh all |he states, including New England Where f|4s synthetic Yankee figure Is supposed ke have originated, and you will not find
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-06
Settlers Village

From now until October Settlers Vil- lage, Waterburys contribution to the Connecticut tercentenary observance, will be open to the general public during most of the daytime hours. A small admis- sion charge is being levied, we under stand. This is not for purpose of exploit ing this historical setting up in Chase Park, but to pay for the materials and the vast amount of work that went into the fashioning of this magnificent exposition of early Americana.
 We don't doubt but what in the days to come Waterbury's tercentenary exhibition will attract visitors from far and near. It should, for it is undoubtedly the best contribution to the state anniversary that we have seen to date. Other towns may have their historic houses dating back to the early days of the respective communi- ties, but it remained for the Waterbury tercentenary committee to offer to all who care to step and see what is inside that stockade bit of old New England
 Every citizen of Waterbury, every man, woman, and child should make at least one visit to the Settlers Village dur ing the. season. And we are hopeful that when the season proper ends in October, efforts will be made to keep this exhibi- tion for many more years. It is some thing that should not be allowed to perish even though the 300th birthday of the state does come to an end. Here is a real museum of which the entire state should be proud and its permanency should be in- sured in some nanneror another.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-06
THE NEW WELFARE COMMISSIONER
(Hartford Courant)

The governors appointment, yet to be confirmed of, former United States Senator Frederic c. Walcott of Norfolk to be commissioner of public welfare under the bill which merges the department now so named with the department of state agencies and institutions is wholly admirable. No better choice could be made: an dit is needless to say that 1t was not dictated by political considerations.
 MT. Waicott is minded and a first-class administrator. During the war period he was en- gagged in Belgian and Polish releif work. subsequently, serving as a member of the United State food administration He is now on the advisory committed Of the Human Welfare group of Yale university. All his instincts are distinctly hue manitarian, but not to the extent of warping his business judgment.
 The new public welfare depart ment. which some social workers regard as a fabulous experiment. would receive from him intelligent and disinterested oversight. The fear expressed that under the con- nolidatien mo adequate protectoin" 10 given the commissioner "agaInEt the inevitable political pressure 70 dismiss competent workers Co mako playes for otheEa" certainly need not be entertained if Mr. Wal. colt i1 made e0FaUIseiuNsE Ne
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-06

It was good to note that efforts of Waterburians to levy claims of all sorts upon the Hagenback- Wallace Forepaugh- Sells circus, which played here on We'd nesday afternoon and evening were met with just as rough treatment as planned. The visit of circus is always the signal for a "shake-down' All sorts of con- plaints are "trumped up" to make the cir GUS pay. Usually they are successful as the shows prefer to settle rather than go through tedious court litigation. But of recent years so bare-faced have become the efforts to victimize the shows that most of them are we'll prepared with legal advice and talent to shunt aside any such efforts. Publicity scared away most of those threatening the Hagenback people. We hope those same holdup tactics didn't scare away the Biggest Show on Earth this summer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-06
Press Comment
THE HAYES CROSS SPLIT
 (Meriden3 Journal)

The closing days of the General assembly session showed marked split between the Democratic mem- bers under divided leadership of Governor Cross and Lieutenant Governor and Mayor Hayes of Wa terbury. That breach extends to the party throughout the state and threatens toYcontinue into 1886, with lively convention happenings.
 The, complaint of the purely po- litical Hayes group is that Cross has not done right by the party. He did not adhere to the old policy of "to the victors belong the spoils," and actually gave more choice jobs to republicans than to democrats. f
 There were disturbing murmurs when the governor renominated Commissioner Macdonald and Com missioner Hall although some democrats realized that it was me- cessary to make, concessions to the G.. O.sP. in view of the political division of the Assembly. There was open rebellion, however, when the governor turned over the Well fare department with old-age pen sion dispensing, along with milk administration, to the enemy. That was something that many demo- crats will not forget nor forgive.
 Perhaps the governor. who has proved himself smarter than demo- tic leaders in general, was getting even for ebing ignored in judge ship matters and at the same time appealing to independent voters by disregarding political lines an im- portant appointments, thus killing two birds with one stone. In any events, he thoroughly. antagonized those who believe the party should benefit by it's victory at the polls and this situation explains the de- feat of his plan to balance the budget by more economy and additional revenue, and to raise money through a sales tax to aid cities in unemployment relief.
 Mayor Hayes, incidentally, is be- ing boomed for the gubernatorial nomination.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-06

Washington, July s.-Most important question discussed around the State Departmnt these days is the prospect of war. It is not talked about openly. But in the hushed halls of diplomacy, behind the swinging doors which shelter code cablegrams from Europe, 1t is whispered as coming soon. This war apprehension has a marked effect on State De- partment activity. Many plans and policies which might be pushed, are suspended in mid air Best guess Is that the Ethiopian situation may cause war with Italy in Septem- Der, and that it drags be- yond three months, Jugoslavia first, then the rest of Europe will be in 1t too One thing at least which the state depart ment's war fear did not stop was preparation to attend the Brus- sels Congress on Design and Applied Arts, the Lisbon Con- ference and the Geneva Confer ence to facilitate the customs treatment of samples and adyer- tising matter.
 Real WallOp
 Senate Progressives plan to- make the most of the arrange ment under which the Presi- dents tax-upping recommenda- tions will get leisurely consid- eration. They are drafting series of rate schedules which would increase the revenue intake from inheritances, gifts, corpor- ations and high-bracket in comes more than $600,000,OOO annually. This is three times the amount to have been pro- duced under the schedule which Chairman Pat Harrison, of the Senate Finance committee, pro- posed bolting through congress. The senate. has taken to giving Kingfish Huey the "ab- sent treatment" when he occupies the floor with one of his long distance harangues. During five-hour speech on the Port or New Orleans, not more than ten senators were in the chamber not one of whom was paving any attention to Huey Those flowing black robes worn by the justices of the supreme court are no trivial affairs. They are. custom made of fine silk cloth
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-06
A Book a Day
Fashions Wistful Tale of Childhood
 nv RRIrcE CATTnN

To tell a story of, childhood must be in some ways one Of the hardest of all literary tasks. For childhood is strange. en- chanted time, in which what actually happens blends so queerly with what is imagined, or hoped for, or dreamed of, that fact and imagination become blended and almost indistinguishable.
 Robert Francis seeas to have a sympathetic understanding of this fact: and his long novel, The Wolf at the Door," is a dreamy, mystic chronicle in which the narrator seems to drift through the years in the strange, transfiguring light of early youth.
 It tells about three little girls who grew up in the home of a French peasant some 50 years ago; and if you long for an abundance of straightford ac- ton in your novels, you might we'll leave 1t alone. for 1t Is a story of moods and emotions rather than of incidents.
 The three girls grow up amid scenes of extreme poverty. and they dream the dreams that child hood is heir to, and one of them grows up to an acid old-maidhood. another marries a rowing vaga- bond. and the third goes to school and brings her story to an end without a elimmax or conclusion.
 Somehow all of 1t makes a richly interesting tale, peopled by q series of characters that Dick ems himself might not have been ashamed to create, and reflecting authentlcally the melancholy and wlstfui mood with which one looks back at the never-never land of childhood.
 pubilnhed by Inc houEhton Mlfflin Co. it aeilp fof tz,bo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-06

Second cousins have long been cause for dispute whether it be in legal or fam fly circles. And now the Supreme Court of Connecticut has issued a ruling on the subject. The court finds that ''The chil- dren of first cousins are second cousins to each other; the children of ones first cousins are sometimes popularly called his second cousins, but are, more properly, his first cousins once removed" The court quoted from Webster's dictionary. So now you know just who your first and second cousins are.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-06
Rome Letter

Rome (UP)-Italy is counting on it's sugar beet industry to pro- duce a substitute for 20 per cent of gasoline now used.
 Present domestic consumption is approximately 500.000 metric tons, of $50, 100000 liters, annually. AL most all of this must be imported since Italy produces only small quantities from fields in Parma, Abrui and Silicy and from conces- sions in Albania. Gasoline is ob- tained in Abruzi and Sicily by dis tlling asphalt.
 There is possibility that pe- troleum supplies may be developed in the italian colony of Eritera. Indications of oil are prominent in and around Massaua.
 Production of even 20 per cent of the gasoline used will make Italy less dependent on outside supplies, especially in event of wra. Military circles are agreed generally, however, that it Is un- likely that all sources of supply could be cut off unless shipping was bottled up.
 The Beet and Sugar Guild has been experimenting with the dis tillation of alcohol from sugar beets. These studies have resulted in the Guild deciding to increase materially the sugar beet crop from It's present total of 212,000 acres An additional 10000 acres are expected to be planted within the next three years.
 The new province of Littoria will play an important part in develop, ing q substitute for gasoline since reclaimed marsh lands are admir- ably suited to the culture of sugar beets. Much of the reclaimed Pon. tine marshes will be used for growing beets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-06

JULY Most favored today those born from Sept. 23 through Oct 22. General Indications of the Day for Everybody
 Morning-Bad.
 Afternoon-Bad.
 Evening-Improving. This is very poor day for any enterprise.
 Todays Birthdate You should be easy going person and fond of your home You should also have good sense of regulation. You may have opportunity through travel during October, 1885, and again in Farch, 1886. You may study some subject very thoroughly or you may journey to some place of past attach ment during April, 1936 Danger Nov. 15-21, 1885. Socially favorable Dec. 20-23, 1885.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-06

alleged secret lobbying by the railroads against rail labor legis- lation. The Railroad Brother hoods have submitted evidence to Wheeler claiming that al- though the carriers are in dire financial straits, they have ex-. pended thousands of dollars to war against reform measures. 1aborites claim that head of this undercover lobby is J. J. Policy, president of the Association of American Railroads. He is paid $500 ca month.
 Copyright, 1885, by United Fca.
 ture Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-06

|, A. There Ire 5s0 mammals, l. ,031 birds, 549 reptiles, 101 amphib- ians, k7 fishes, 4 arashnids, crustaceans and 27 mollusks.
 O. At what age do German po- lice puppies begin to hold their ears erect?
 {. A. As rule not until they are six months old; and some dogs never do.
 O. Name the governors of Tex as and Delaware.
 A. James V. Alfred, Texas, and Clayton Douglas Buck, Delaware.
 o. How long has the father of President Roosevelt been dead?
 A. He died on December s, 1900.
 o. Who wrote the novels, Laughing Boy" and "The Bridge of San Luis Rey?"
 A. Oliver La Farge and Thorn ton Wilder, respectively.
 o. Please quote the verse on the tombstone of Susie Clemens, daughter of Mark Twain. A. The verse by Richardson, and altered by Mark Twain is: Warm summer sun shine kindly here;
 Warm summer wind blow softly here;
 Green sod above. lie light, lie light
 Good night. dear heart. good night, good night
 o. How much wheat was inn ported into the United States in 1892, 1893 and 1884?
 A. In 1892 imports were 10,- 026,S20 bushels; in 1888 they were 10,317,G19 bushels; and in 1894 they were 1s.542,395 bushels.
 0. Is "Sfim" Summervill. the movie actor, living? .
 A. He is living and recently ap- peared in Life Begins at 40," star ring Will Rogers. He is now work ing in Curly Top" which will star Shirley Temple.
 Q. What has become of the fourth member of the Marx broth- CTS team? tt
 A. Zeppo deserted the vaude- vile act to become an actors agent. He will, however, continue in pie lures in small roles with his brothers.
 o. What is the, composition of the Head" in lead pencils? A. 1t is mixture of graphite and selected clays that are mixed with water and ground in heavy mills. After grinding the mass IS transferred to a specially prepared filter press ard subjected to intense pressure to squeeze out surplus moisture and obtain close texture. The mass which has firm con- sistency and is just plastic, is in- serted into heavy power-driven presses and forced through an aperture of the desired diameter and shape, whence it exudes in a thin, still plastic, string like strip. This is laid on boards to dry, and after drying the leads are sealed in crucible boxes and fired in kilns
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-06
Selected Poem
FULL SUMMER (COnuning a Lesson Before Winter)

ICOhuhlhg Lesson BeIOfe Winter) (Martha Banning Thomas in the Christian
 Science Montor). Under the noontime sky I'll pass,
 Across the hill where daisies stare, I'll look intently at the grass And, lingering it's thick, bright hair, Down to the cool, unyielding earth,
 I'll pull it hard, remembering With what a glad and childish mirth I used to tug at it, and fling My body headlont through its grene
 Too tired for contesting strength With root-grown vigor. dark, unseen,- Lying my full and happy length. I'll look intently at the grass,
 And. lingering its thick, bright hair, Down to the scalp of earth. I'll pass My hands along it's tresses there
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-06

Talk about bicycles coming back into their own, just take look at Amsterdam. It has a population of 8O0,0O0 people and there are just 250,000 bicycles to take care of these hardy individuals. What now worries Amsterdam more than any thing else is the bicycle parking problem. Why they'll have the automobiles crowded off the streets over there before long.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-06

N
 i. What name was given in the Middle Ages to a small self-con-. tained forstress?
 2. Name the, captain of the ghost ship "The Flying Dutch man."
 3. Will body weigh the same at the equator as at the poles?
 4. Which state is nicknamed "Old Line State?"
 5. For whom was the America. continents named?
 6. Name the actress who sang the Carioca in Flying Down to Rio"
 2. What are game laws?
 8. In electricity, what is the practical unit of electrical resist ance?
 g. Under which department of the federal government is the U. s. patent office?
 10. In Greek and Roman my thology, who were Castor and Pollux?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-06

needs no protection beyond that supplied by his own conception Of what is the right thing to do. The state may consider itself fortunate in being able 10 command hsi serv- ices, and the governor ir open to congratuIations on having made q selection SO eElinently appropriate. For the geHeraf assembly not 70 support this nomination would be . sorry reflection en its lnialii. Ronce.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-06

one man in 10000 who looks anything like the cartoons. The same thing is prob ably true of the highly specialized faces and figures by which our cartoonists typi- fly the Japanese, Russians, Germans, and so on.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-06
Daily Washington Merry Go Round
BY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT s. ALIEN

BYDR
 Authors of wahingon yGo- -Round" nc or Diplomatic Plans Restrained by Real Prospect of War in Europe Guess Ethiopian Mess Will Start and Drag Ohe Pogresses Draft Tbng Taxes Liaison Man Charles West Slated to Head Social Security Board
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-06
Daily Almanac

Moon sets 1i;is D. m. (daylisht time). Sun rises b;2O a. m; sets sag p. m., (daylight tIme).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty min- utea after sunset.
 High tide at New Iseven sunday. July [, tioa D, n.: low tide. l0:as ?. niD tday- light slme).