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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-17
Rhubarb Shortcake

One pound rhubarb, 1 cup su- gar, 1h cups flour, 2 table spoons butter, 1k cuu milk (about), teaspoons, baking pow der, A teaspoon salt.
 Stew rhubarb in water to cover and when tender add 3-4 cup su- gar and remove from fire. Mix and sift flour. salt, baking powder and remaining sugar. Rub in but ter and cut in milk to make a soft dough. Knead lightly on a floured sm olding board. Divide in halves. Roll one-half in a sheet to fit a small pie pan not more thaneseven inches in diameter. Spread with softened butter and cover with remaining half inch which has been rolled in sheet to fit. Bake twenty minutes in a hot oven (4OO degrees F.). When ready to serve. split mad fill with half the rhubarb sauce. Cover with re- main;ng sauce.
 For the cress and apple salad choose crisp tart apple and cut in slices across the fruit. Peel and remove core and drop into lemon juice. When ready to serve arr range on bed of cress and sprin- kle with grated cheese. Serve with French dressing.
 Mnk Is Essential
 Milk is the one food that. you c. never economize on. A quart for every child and a pint for every adult means safety. So don't skimp there.
 Foods that give rich yields of more than one food element are especially economical. Milk is the l. cheapest source of calcium and furnishes a fairly economical SUD- ply of fuel, protein and phosphor- us. Eggs not only supply proteins b'.. are rich in calcium. phosphor- us and iron as well as three valu- able vitamins, A, B and c.
 When eggs are cheap they make an excellent meat substitute. Cl.eese also may be used instead of meat. The combination oi dried beans and milk isi as ade- quate a source of protein as beet steak and costs about one-fourth
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by lighting a cigarette since he was unable to achieve distinction other wise. Social drinking is the ear- mark of constitutional inferiority. The business of preparing and serving the drink relieves the bore dom of dull, brainless company and when the asinine toast hal been given and the drinking start ed each drinker soon becomes less concerned about his own short- comings and less observant of oth- ers'. That is alcoholic sociability and good cheer. A long step down. ward. Modesty, reserve, dignity, solved away. By the time the party has reached that stage it takes lit- tie to push the more primitive members over into maudlin drunk enness.
 In a normal person an interval of one fifth of a second elapses from the instant an impression is re- ceived on the retina to the instant the muscles of arm, hand or foot respond, as in turning steering wheel or applying brake to avoid danger. Let the same person take a pint of beer, a glass of wine, 8 cocktail or highball and this inter- val, known as reaction time, in var iably lengthens to two-fifth, three- fifths. in some instances four-fifths of a second. An automobile trav- cling 35 miles an hour will move 20 feet in two-fifths of a second. That physiologically demonstrable fact explains why we have such scandalous death rate from auto mobile accidents.
 But drink, fool, drink. Every body does nowadays, or 50 it seems to such as you. If while your re- action time is lowered by alcohol you unintentionally kill or maim somebody, don't let 1t trouble you too much. There are millions of other fools in the country who will contrive to get you out of the jam one way or another. Even if you have to go into court, chances arc the judge likes his and you can get your own sort on the jury. Then if worst comes to worst they'll think, each to himself: But for the grace of God, this defendant might have been myself, so l must do what I can to save him." Alcohol works that way. If your conscience hurts, soothe it with another drink. If your common sense or judgment deters you, dull it with another cognac. This is free country. Don't let anything get you down except booze.
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SYNOPSIS
 DflLLICENT GRAVES, sec. ''.Iary Co GEORGE DRlMGOLD, Ends her employer fin his office HtAl. JARVIS HAPP, stranger, I4egs to help her. He sends her lr beauty shop where she is 11ousgorsned into . brunei, then takes her home, introducing her 4e his secretary. She meets 8app's son. NORMAN: his step son. ROBERT cAISE: MRS NAPP: and VERA. DUCHENE, Mrs Hnpp's maid.
 That night note under her door informs Milliccnt, "Thc wO- man in black crnline Is here" AEiIIicent goes to the chauffeur's quarters. The chauffeur is dead from Q bullet wound.
 Next morning SERGEANT 11AHONEY takes charge Of the case. Fingcrprints are found on wkiskey bottle in the chauf. feur's room. By means of trick Sergeant Mahoncy secures Milli- cenf's fingerpFints.
 Mflliccnf goes into the bath room to wash the ink from her fingers. Returning. she faces a 11nnslxed man who advances threafeningly.
 CHAPTER XxVII
 Miliicent recoiled from those inenacing fingers. The man fol- lowed slowly. matching her re- treat by advancing step for step his Dyes giittering, his lips twisted back from his teeth.
 Suddenly Millicent's eyes fast ened on the gun which Sergeant Mahoney had handed her and which still lay on the table by her bed. She jumped toward it.. grabbed it in her hand and screamed, "Get back or I'll shoot!"
 The masked man froze into im- mobility, staring at the gun.
 Millicent held it, not by the butt, but with her fingers clasped around the barrel, but she was careful to keep the muzzle pointed at the masked intruder.
 Slowly the masked man con- tinued his advance.
 T mean it!" Millicent screamed ssI'1l shoot!"
 His hands were almost touching her. Millicent jabbed the gun toward him, screamed. "Stop I sayi I'll shoot"
 Abruptly the closet door opened. Sergeant Mahoney's cheery voice said, ''Well, I guess that's about all. Buchanan"
 The masked man dropped his attitude. Before Mill licen't startled eyes, he raised his hands. removed his mask and showed her Detective Buchanan's rather crestfallen countenance.
 T felt certain che didn't know how to use gun when I handed her this one," Sergeant Mahoney said. =--.-..4 ..
 .'She might have been stalling," remarked.
 'sNot with that expression on her face" Mahoney told him.
 Millicent felt her knees growing weak. She sat down on the side of the bed, staring dazedly from Sergeant Mahoney to Detective Buchanan. .s.......
 Sergeant Mahoney put kindly hand on her shoulders. His left hand took the gun from her cold fingers.
 "I'm sorry," he said, "that we had to make such test, but I felt certain you didn't know how to use a gun. The person who filled Harry Fielding was an ex-
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GLORIFYING
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'I'm round-shouldered," writes 8 woman in a small New England town. 'I dread to try on Easter suits because know how awful I'll look in them. Aren't there exer- cises I can do to correct this hor- rible condition rather quickly?"
 Of course there are. And judg- ing from the number of readers who seem interested in this sub ject I'll give some right now aI- though they won't work their magic in time for this years style parade.
 First of all stand with feet back about one foot away from a wall. Lean backward and make shoulder blades touch the flat surface. Hold the position a few seconds and then force your spinal column from the space be- tween shoulders to the center of your back right against the wall. You won't succeed at first but keep on trying until you do. Re- peat the exercise several times a day. Then do the same type of exercise while lying on the floor.
 Lie on your back with arms at your sides and knees bent so that weight of the legs rests on the feet. Press shoulders flat against the floor and see that every inch of the backbone except the last four vertebrae touches. Relax for a few seconds and repeat. This should be done for ten minutes night and morning.
 In addition remember to keep your chin up and your shoulders back when you are walking down the street. And don't slump for ward when you sit down. Exer- cises can't possibly help great deal if you persist in undoing the good they've done whenever you sit in chair.
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TEETH,
 a|sd HEALTH
BY DIR. J. M. WISAN
 Chairman, Council on Mouth Hygiene New Jersey State Dental Society

THE PORCELAIN" FILLING
 Last week the gold foil filling was spoken of as one of the best filings for teeth. Yet we find the public insists on the insertion of synthetic porcelain" filings wher- ever possible. The reason for this is quite obvious. Without doubt the synthetic porcelain" filling is the least noticeable of all filling materials.
 However, the so-called "porce- lain" filling has it's limitations. It is not what one can term a strong filling, that it, it will not usually stand up under heavy biting. If inserted on the biting edge of a tooth it will as rule either break off or wear down. Also in most mouths this filling shows a tendency to discolor and develop leaky margins.
 Certainly one who has had a porcelain" filling inserted should not fail to have 1t examined fre- quentlyfi, and if found defective, have 1t replaced.
 When they are placed in the front teeth, they should be under constant surveillance for an un- slightly filling in the front of the mouth is certainly disfiguring.
 "An X-ray dialogue" is the in- teresting title of Dr. Wisan's next article.
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1. They certainly think they are. but as Helen Rowland, bril- liant satirist, points out that many Q woman's heart goes down in her shoes when her husband says with a grand gesture, "Oh, just drop in any time. No trouble at all. We have to have dinner anyhow" She knows that means a lot of work for her. It gives the man grand and glorious feeling for the mo- ment-but wait until the wife gets him alone--we draw the curtain on the sanguinary scene.
 2. "Health," as Franklin F. Adams, the humorist, has said, lis the feeling that now is the best day of your life and the thing you are doing is the most important thing in the world" Certainly this kind of health--mental, physical and spiritual--shOuld be an iE- alienable right, without which one can have neither liberty nor hap piness. This is the ideal at least Of a truly scientific social system
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The wholesale slaughter of a score of high school children at Rockville, Md, near Washing ton. turned the country sick with horror.
 It was night. The bus driver says he did not know the express was near until he heard the whis- tie. An official says 1t was an open stretch with the view unob- scured.
 Now I am going to speak my piece about something that has long been on my mind concerning railroad trains.
 I have had several friends killed at crossings at night. And each time we drive out to see relatives in the country in the evening, necessitating our cross- ing two unprotected sets of tracks. I pray little prayer that we won't be next to meet like fate.
 Why?
 Because the searchlights in front of the new engines are so the average driver cannot see them ndII IHe elIIHG.
 Too Easily Obscurcd
 If there is a curve in the track, 1t is well-nigh impossible to dis tinguish the small star that pro- ceeds the rushing black death. If 1t is bit foggy or stormy 1t can not be identified at all.
 Trains always whistle at grade crossings. and the average driver can hear 1t, all other things being favorable. But there may be noises outside the car, or in 1t, that distract attention.
 In the old days everyone knew when a train was coming because the headlight was as big as dishpan and we'll down over the engines bowels. Now the light is somewhere up at the top. It takes a smart driver indeed to be able to see such light at all times under all conditions.
 One time car full of young people we know. returning home at night from dance. ran head on into the side of a, fast moving fregiht. All were killed.
 Unlighted Trains Are Menace
 At another time a friend ran his car into the side of a dead" freight. He was not killed. He lived to say that there was no sign of that train in the dark as he made the quick turn in the road right onto the track. His lights discovered it only as he hit. Yet the train, a long one, would have been in full view in daylight az he coasted down the crooked hill. He had not see it because there were no lights, and the engine lay far around a bend.
 Big lights on engines, big lights along the sides of freights, will save further disaster. I do not know how this last bitter tragedy happened, but it carries it's warn- ings. The whole driving and rid ing population should demand the right to see a train. We cannot, as things are now. Not at night. To stop, look and listen" is use less if we cannot see - and may not always be able to hear.
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Millicent felt as though her heart had become a chunk of lead. She knew this very capable detective wouldn't be fooled by any casual falsehoods which MT Happ might think up in order to give her a fictitious background to account for her past history. She knew 2 this detective would make a miscroscopic investigation and that, within a day or two, at the most, he would be able to she tried to smil at him bravely and said, T will give you my word of honor, Sergeant, that I never saw, heard from. or knew Harry Fielding until the afternoon of the day prior to his murder"
 But you went to his room for something" Sergeant Mahoney said.
 She clamped her lips together and said, I'm sorry I made that statement. I had resolved that I wouldn't tell you anything. How ever, I wanted to save you a lot of work"
 Don't bother about saving me work" he said. "I like it." His eyes surveyed her in ana lytical appraisal. Abruptly he got to his feet.
 i've got some trumps in my hand" he told her, "but you've got just enough cards of your own so that I can't take all the tricks T ,iva ivl q you that I'm going out and get some more trumps."
 "Go ahead" she told him de- f1antly.
 Sergeant Mahoney nodded to Detective Buchanan. Together. the two men started for the door. With his hand on the door | knob. Sergeant Mahoney paused l drowned at her, and asked quickly "If you went in there after he had been murdered and weren't a party to the murder, why didn't you give the alarm?"
 She smiled. but said nothing. | Sergeant Mahoney jerked the door open.
 | Come on, Buchanan" he said. l As the door closed behind them Millicent felt almost hysterical. Sht wished that she had a drink oi that whiskey.
 Thinking of the whiskey made her think of the manner in whicf Buchanan had written down the name of the brand on a piece ol paper and passed it across to Ma honey. She remembered Sergean Mahoney had placed that piece ol paper down beside the gun. Sh' looked across to the table or which the gun had reposed ant saw that the paper was still there She picked 1t up, unfolded it anc observed that Buchanan had done just as he had been ordered. He had written only the name of the prank of whiskey.
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All glitter and sparkle, this par ty table offers a novel suggestion for entertaining. the little folk. at Easter. Pompom bunnies and chicks made from Cellophane take the place of the usual cotton anil mals. The eggs are wound with transparent ribbons instead of be- ing dyed. The decorations are not difficult to make and the supplies are inexpensive.
 A roll of yellow transparent wrapping is enough for the large chicken; 8 roll and a quarter in pink makes the center rabbit, and two more rolls give six bunny place cards and eight chicken napkins rings. The green nest and center piece border are made of shredded celluIose film which comes in pack ages. Colorful straws of Cello phane decorate the drinking cups and the tablecloth is covered with yellow transparent wrapping.
 The figures are fashioned from gathered strips, of the shiny stuff,
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me based on eugenics.

-one based on eugenics.
 3. Many years ago Dr Horace Bushnell wrote an essay entitled, "The Out-populating Power of the Christian Stock" He argued that religious-minded people would tend to have more children than non- religious people and that they would be of higher moral charac- ter. He did not have adequate facts to prove this, but Prof Ells- worth Huntington of Yale and Leon Whitney have shown by the records of college graduates, ss- pecially those who become minis- ters and missionaries that Dr Bushnell was correct. As these authors say in their fine book, "Builders of America" "the facts before us make it hard to avoid the conclusion thath in the long, long run the highest type of re- ligion, watever it may ke, will sur vive and overrun the world, be- cause 1t will have the maximuca power of survival"
 Copyright John r. Dille Co.l
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as much. Most of us might prefer the steak under ordinary condi- tions, but when the budget is lean, Ne can be well nourished by the milk and beans.
 For copy of Sister Mary's new valume, $50 Desserts" send ten cents to
 Special Service Bureau
 Room 3O5, 461 Eighth Ave.
 New York, N, Y.
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using three pompoms for each bunny and two for each chicken. Gaaher tiny strips for the eyes, give Mir Bunny Puff shiny pink ears and wispy paper whiskers, and finish Mrs Chicken Puff with a perky bill. The place cards and napkins rings are exact that the body of the little chicken has a hole left in the center to hold the napkins.
 Before winding the ribbon a. round the eggs, moisten it to make 1t pliable. Stretch 1t slightly as you wind, and press. flat to remove air bubbles. The ends of the ribbon may be tied in bow, or simply knotted and decorated with loops of contrasting color. Squares of the colored wrapping also look attrac- tive when molded over the eggs, twisted at the tips, and decorated with bow at each end. Lengths of ribbon radiating from the nest to each plate may be tied to the eggs and the children allowed to pull out after the meal is over.
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TOMORROW'S MENU

BREAKFAST: Pineapple juice, cereal cooked with raj sins, cream, crisp toast, milk, coffee.
 LUNCHEON: Rice and ham loaf with creamed peppers, hearts of celery, waffles with fresh maple syrup, milk, tea. DINNER: Broiled baby founder, lemon butter, Long Branch potatoes, butter string beans, cress and apple salad, rhubarb shortcake. milk, cof- fee.
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By MARY F. DAGUE NEA Service Staff Writer

Contrast in color, texture and taste is the keynote of a successful dinner.
 Here's a dinner that, properly done, is as good to look at as it is to eat. It is composed of broiled baby founder with lemon butter, buttered string beans and Long Branch potatoes, cress and apple salad, rhubarb shortcake. .%
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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
 BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D.

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ToDAY's FASHION HINT

Practical blouses Of washable materials are made for every occasion.
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Beware Arch Props

What is the best arch support for weak ankles? My great toe joint is swollen and causes a burn ing sensation (F. A. VanH.)
 Answer-You should consult Q physician for treatment. It is un- wise to apply an arch prop of any kind except under direction of your physician. Send stamped en- velope bearing your address for monograph on Care of the Feet. Copyright 1885, John F. Dille Col
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
6IleanIiness and Asensis

What is the difference between the popular sense of esthetic clean illness. and the aseptic idea? (H. R.)
 Answer-A white enamel surface or garment or skin that looks immaculate and shows no visible soiling or grime or dust is esthet- ically clean, but 1t may have dis ease germs or the common pus- producing germs on 1t so 1t Is not aseptic, not surgically clean, not clean in the sanitary sense. An instrument or dressing or even salve or other remedial agent may be esthetically clean yet not sterile.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-10

cooked will lend itself easily to chafing dish treatment, and can be prepared at table as easily as over the kitchen stove. A good gen. eral recipe is this one, which may be varied as to seasoning to suit the individual taste:
 Barbecued Fish or Meat
 Make a marinade consisting of tablespoon vinegar, tablespoon olive oil, 1 slice onion, pepper and salt and in it lay large pieces Of any cold boiled white fish, or you may use thin slices of cold cooked beef, veal or ham. They should re- main in the marinade for an hour or more, and be turned often. In the chafing dish melt tablespoons of butter, add tablespoons tomato catsup and tablespoons sherry, Blend and in this lay the pieces of fish or meat. Baste continually with the liquor until the meat is thoroughly heated. Serve at once while very hot.
 The best dishes for chafing dish
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BARBECUED FISH OR MEAT
 A CHAFINC DISH RECIPE
Cooking It At the Table Makes Interesting Service
 For Mid-Week Family Meals
By EsTELLE MARIE BARKER
 Lecturer and Dietitian

cooking are modified stews, egg idshes, or recipes made with cheese. Canned chicken, tongue, salmon, crab and shrimps make good chafing dish recipes that are easily prepared. As for example, curried shrimp; crabmeat Newburg or chicken a Ia king. Creamed tongue served with waffles, or Fcreamed chicken with corn frit- ters are very light and appetizing for a,spring dinner or supper dish. With them we need only a gener- ous green salad and q nice dessert to make the meal complete.
 There are just few more weeks in which to enjoy oysters which are especially suitable for cflafing dish cookery. Try banning the oysters in this way Sunday night supper dishs For two dozen oysters, melt tablespoon of butter in the chafing dish, add the juice of 1-2 lemon and teaspoon of chopped parsley. Then add the oysters, which have been well drained. Cook, stirring carefully until they are plump and frilied; season with saltSand pepper and serve at once on hot buttered toast.
 Scrambled eggs and chicken liv- CTS make a combination that is easily handled in the chafing dish. Cook the. flyers in hot butter. di- rectly over the flame, and while they are cooking, dredge them with a tablespoon of flour. They will be finished in five to seven minutes. Remove to a serving dish, add more butter 0 the pan and scram- ble the eggs. Place the eggs in the center of the dish with chick en flyers around them; garnish with sprigs of parsley. Serve with this a tomato and lettuce salad, fresh buttered toast and perhaps a lovely strawberry shortcake with coffee for dessert.