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be sent away. The others when
they Understood their cases were
willing to go away for treatment
and training.
In addition to the humane and
understanding attitude of the
judges Of our city and juvenile
court we have three wideawake
honorable gentlemen, Niver Bea.
man, Ray Fitzpatrick, and Jerry
Monahan, who cover the police
news and to whom no doors are
closed. While 1t is the job OF these
young men to get the news, the
way they have reported the cases
Of children and women has earned
the respect and liking Of all ths
workers In our city court. If any,
thing unjust were to happen they
would be the first to know and
write about 1t because they do not
lack courage.
THE National Board of Review
and the National Better Films
Council Of which have been u
the picture School for Girls, but
tney very uennltely uSIeu II AZ AOr
adult audiences only.
We receive weekly at the Girls
Club advance information about
all pictures that. are to be shown
In Waterbury. These pictures are
listed as suitable for schools, H.
braries, family audiences, children
or adults only. If the parents OF
Waterbury are genuinely interest
ed In having their children see pic
lures that are suitable and would
make their wishes known / should
be glad to furpfsh these lists to
our local papers. We cannot an
swer telephone calls. The news
papers, / feel sure, would be glad
to render this service II the people
want 1t.
Yours--opposed to censorship OF
any kind but for safeguarding chill
dren at all times.
KATHLEEN CROWLEY
Director OF Waterbury Girls'
Club, Juvenile Probation Officer,
Children's Court.
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on the glories and marveig Of
the Administration Social See
curity Bill. Concluding his
speech, the dapper slrovich said:
Sooner or later the curtain
OF life will fall on our earthly
career. A little shaft will COM
nnemorate our humble memories.
Let me sincerity hope and trust
that In the far distant future
when that time comes, some-
where In Allegheny County, N.
c., on such a modest shaft will
be inscribed the sentiment: Here
lies Robert Doughton, chairman
Of the House Ways and Means
Committee, father and sponsor
Of old-age pensions, unemploy-
ment security, child welfare and
health and maternity protection
for the people Of the United
States
At this point Dougliton's gaveI.,
fell. "The gentleman's time has
expired" he snapped.
''Mr Chairman, may havesan
additional five Minutes asked
Sirovich confidently.
Certainly not" barled Dough.
ton, and then in loud under.
tone: mo one is going to tell me
what's going to be put on My
tombstone"
Stabilizer Hull
Few people knew it, but be-
hind Henry Morgenthau's bid for
international sterilization of cur
rency was the unseen hand Of
Cordell Hull.
Ever since Roosevelt's deva1ua.
ton of the dollar upset Hull's
Sterilization plans at the London
Economic Conference, he has
been cropping, sometimes fcebly,
but always consistently, for q
chance to bring back the stabi-
lization of the dollar and all
other currency.
Economic reconstruction, the
secretary of state believes, must
come before political reconstruc-
ton il the world is to be saved
from both war and depression.
This has become Hull's chief
creed. He has talked 1t to am
bassadors. He has talked it at
cabinet meetings. He has
talked it to the president. But
it was not until about ten days
ago that he finally persuaded
Roosevelt that the time was
ripe for the United States to
! issue a stabilizatoin feeler to
other nations.
Senate Prayers
In. the opinion of senators, "a
republican prayer is as good as a
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SCHOOL FOR GIRLS UNFAIR
PICTURE, SAYS MISS 4
KATHLEEN CROWLEY
Waterbury, Conn.
May 20, 1895.
Editor of the Democrat:

Iullor Va 'Ae 11ea'oes'
The picture, school Tor Girls
Is unfair as Lett Protest stated IN
his letter OF May 18TH. IN my
opinion It never should nave peen
produced. since the powers tnat
be in HOLLYWOOD ala make ", man-
ayers VINO showed tne picture
should nave warned the pubic
that IT was not TO De accepted mt
orally but y merely e Dr RAJ
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democratic prayer.
The senate's chaplain, Re Bar
ney 7. Phillips, Is q republican
hoid-over, appointed under Cool
idge In 1927.
Phillips owes his New Deal
office TO two things.
One Is that he renders disc
tinguished service. The pray
ers with which he opens senate
deliberations, recorded in Short
hand by the official reporters,
were collected and published two
ears ago as an official document
Of the senate--a distinction never
before achieved by q senate chap.
lain.
The other Is his friendship
for Joe Robinson, democratic
floor leader. The. two frequent
ly go hunting together. When
the republican housekeeping
came in 1898, Joe saw to it that
the office Of chaplain was not
among those reshuffled.
The Reverend Doctor Phillips
is also rector Of Washington's
Church of the Epiphany. 1t Is
his duty to offer the prayer to-
convene the senate after ad-
journment--not after recessing.
This occurs on the average Of
once week. The stipend paid
to the chaplain is $4,000.
Merry. Go.Round
A number of MIRA officials are
threatening to quit as q protest
against congress- clipping OF
the Blue Eagles wings. Chief
among them are William Averell
Hartman, multi-millionaire adj.
ministrative officer, and James L.
O'Neill, control officer !. :.
Because improvements now UNI
der way in the capital will elm.
mate Missouri avenue, Repre-
sentative Clarence Cannon has
introduced a bill calling for the
designation of another street by
that name. His measure pros
vides that ''the new avenue shall
be of location and importance
in keeping with the dignity and
prominence of that state
Connecticut with six members,
Delaware with one, and Mary
land with six have the same
number of representatives In the
House to-day rs was allotted
them under the first constitu-
tional apportionment.
Copyright, 1885, by United Fea.
ture Syndicate, Incl
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provides that man can express
his opinion IL he wishes as long as
he doesn't start q riot or hinder
the ordinary run Of traffic or tn-
dividuals.4.
As for letting the great minds
run things or to say that the man
with a few degrees tackled on the
end of his name, tell you as an
individual how you should live or
work without any protest on your
part is out Of order in this gener-
alton and in future ones. II
has now got to the joint where II
is not always what do you know
to get a job, but whom do you
know. There are just as many
keen minds outside of colleges as
ever came out of them, and among
the working class you will find
many who could go in and run
things a whole lot better and
much simpler than the "old grads
could.
Hoping I will not take up any
more Of your valuable space In the
future, Mr.. Editor, leaving 1t open
for better writer's than / am, III
close,
yours truly,
Member N. u. S. J.
w. w. s.
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Where Wa. the Slip?

Legislative circles in Hartford are
Cumming with all sorts of stories these
days over the recent attempt of republi-
.cans to force through bill which would
have automatically included in its provis-
LONG the name of the head of the state
commission that the measure authorized.
The bill called for combining the state de-
apartments of state agencies and institu-
.tions and public welfare to be admins
tered by a commissioner of public wei
fare. The commissioner named in the bill
was Robbins B. Stoeckel, former Com
missioner of Motor Vehicles.
The bill was prepared by the judiciary
.committee and was ready to be favorably
reported. Someone, and Senator. j. Ken
meth Bradley seems to be getting the
blame. removed Mr. Stoeckels name from
the BIN and under the provisions as 1t
now reads the governor will name the
commissioners, which certainly Is as It
should be. AT Of which makes number
q INFORMED observers In Capitol circles
innuirc Il perhaps che members Of the
IudicIary committee didn't let something
<1fD Iha} WINS planned IS coup.
The story IS 11Inz the rounds that Mr.
WAC actually TO be named the
@'1.#'s,'4s11 s. HN1|'s Welfare but not
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washington, May 24.-Recent
White House callers say they
have found a new man site
ting behind the presidents desk,
Roosevelt, they explain, has
adopted a new fighting spirit.
Also new enthusiasm, new
freshness, and new vigor for
the fray.
This change they attribute 10
two things. One Is the show
down with Big Business. The
other is the showdown with cer-
tain members of his own party in
congress.
In regard to both, his friends
maintain, Roosevelt has come to
the conclusion that his previous
policy of compromise was a
mistake.
For months he endeavored to
win at least some goodwill from
Big Business, hoped that there
might be a certain degree Of CO.
operation between business and
the administrator. One of his
chief statesmen on the policy was
Raymond Moley. The professor
felt that he was making head
way in bringing the business
moguls around to the New Deal.
But the ringing denunciation
OF the United States Chamber
of Commerce opened Roosevelt's
eyes. He decided that the previ-
GUS promise Of cooperation was
chiefly bunk.
A somewhat similar condition
existed between the White House
and the group of democratic
senators who have been such
bitter critics of the New Deal on
Capitol Hill. Their motto is:
Thomas Jefferson made the
democratic party; Franklin
Roosevelt will wreck It."
But because they were demo-
Gratis, Roosevelt hoped to win
them over, went out of his way
to cooperate. Now, his friends
say, he has about concluded it
is useless.
The American public, he has
decided, has greatest respect for
a straightforward IS boulder,
hard-hitting fighter. This was
the motive behind the vigorously
worded bonus veto. And this
strategy may be expected in the
future.
D0ughton's Tombstone
Representative Bob Doughton
is very sensitive about his tomb
stone.
The veteran North Carolinian
was presiding over the House
during gushing defamation by
carnation- wearing Bill -Sirovich
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So They Say

The New Deal has attempted much that is good,
hut il has tried to do too much In too short a
time :, :, ,,,.,.. -
Commerce.
War between the United States and Japan would
utterly ruin both countries 1t could only play into
the hands of others.
--Hirosi Saito, Japanese ambassador to U. s.
The shirt of the consciousness the principle
of God is the OF all supply and Will satisfy
every desire have the keys to the pleasures OF
the earth. have all the money need.
Father Divine.
Businessmen are tired of hearing promises TO
do constructive things which turn out to be only
attempts TO Sovietze America. We are tired OF
dawdling and boondoggling.
-sias strawn.
There are a bunch Of admlrais who ought TO be
court -martiaed for their continual war talk.
-Reprcsentative Maury Maverick OF Texas.
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that the workers OF one of these
shops should go on strike against
the miserable conditions under
which they work and live, against
the starvation wages and against
the terrible speed-up and stretch
out systems. The company off,
Gals would not want the workers
to win. They would not want the
shop closed down for any length
of time because of the fear of lost
orders and customers. They would
instruct Mr.. Harris to send his
Mutual Aid workers In as strike
breakers! And feel sure that Mr.
Harris, being the willing tool that
he is, would Immediately consent.
He would tell the workers to go
in as scabs and that II they refused
they would be taken off the Mutual
Aid. The workers would have the
choice OF scabbing or starving, and
many of them would, thinking OF
their families, their wives, children
and babies, probably go to work,
The workers of Waterbury are
supporting this organization that
Is used to worsen their conditions
and that can be used as a strike
breaking weapon against them. Let
Mr.. Harris answer these charges
II he can. ! wager that he viii
not, because he cannot.
Last, but not least, Is the fac,
that Mutual Aid workers, are not
considered as being on relief by
the State and Federal relief au-
thorities and no funds are allotted
to Waterbury to take care of those
on Mutual Aid. This Is why the
officials in Washington think the
Mutual Aid System is all right. II
saves them money. But the work
ers, instead of earning $12 or more
per week on. a Federal project
must work on the Mutual Aid al
from So to So per week (and 1t ID
very few that make $50 and a bag
of third grade food.
The Communist party pledges t.
the workers Of waterbury that II
will bend every effort to abolish
this vicious system of relief for
ever from Waterbury, and to ex-
pose the men who are in control
for what they are, tools OF the EN-.
ployers, enemies Of the working
class.
CHARLES w. CAMPBELL.
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The dandy old aardvark that the Bronx
Zoo now offers for daily public inspec-
ton is proving quite an attraction. Ac-
cording to all reports he or she is die
tante when it comes to. eating. No table
leavings for him or her. No, sir. The
daily diet runs like this - late break
fast, one can unsweetened milk, diluted
one-third with water; early dinner, five
eggs from which whites have been re-
moved, are mixed with can of milk and
water. Then three large rolls are soaked
in the mixture Then they are crumbled.
It seems the result resembles flock OF
termites and nothing catches an aard-
vark's eye quicker than bunch OF
termites. No, not even the swish OF
pretty chorine's skit.
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MUTUAL AID TERMED
VICIOUS FORM OF
RELIEF
Waterbury, Conn.

Waterbury, Conn.
May 22nd., p. o. Box $50
Editor of the Democrat:
/ notice that Mr.. William Har-
ris is suggesting to the State Legis-
lature that 1t adopt the Water
bury Mutual Aid Plan for the en-
tire state. After seeing the Mutual
Aid System work for a year, l am
convinced that Mr.. Harris is con-
sciously selling himself to the
Manufacturers Association in try
ing to foist upon the workers of
Connecticut this vicious anti-labor,
anti-working class, degrading sys-
tenn of relief. / have visited scores
of homes of workers who are on
the Mutual Aid and the picture 81
restitution which these homes
present is not pretty one. Houses
that are not fit for humans to live
in. Food that Is not only insuffi-
cient, but not of the best quality.
(Anything is good enough for the
unemployed). Insufficient cloth
ing, children with worn-out shoes,
stockings full of holes, torn shirts,
etc., is only part of the picture.)
And in the winter the whole fam.
lily huddled in one room because
the Mutual Aid does not provide
enough fuel. j am not exaggerat-
ing. If there is anyone who does
not believe me, let them only say
so, and I can take them to a dozen
such homes in an hour. Let Mr..
Harris deny all he pleases, facts
are facts and one must believe
what one sees with ones own eyes.
But this is not the worst part OF
the Mutual Aid. The low wages
paid on the Mutual Aid have a
tendency to lower wages through
out the city. When a man only
makes rs cents per hour on the
Mutual Aid and then is offered n
job In the factories for 80 cents
or IS cents per hour, one cannot
blame him for taking It. Wages on
the Mutual Aid should be equal 70
those paid m the shops, land that
Is certainly low enouEh.) One OF
these days am going to write an
article on the low wages that are
paid In the Waterbury shops and
that are making Waterbury ne
torlous throughout the East, and
we will see II our newspapers will
print Il.
The most vicious possibility OF
the Mutual Aid System (and I
have a gnenslng suspicion that this
Is the real reason why it was ore
gnulHadl a that Il could be used
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IN New York
By PAUL HARRISON

New York--M eanderings: Have
you, practically all Broadway
wants to know, heard about the
waggish prisoner who asked:
Judge, can You use the word LEM
iency in a sentence 2" Akss
The fact that Al Jolson's pass
ing out the cigars (he's pappy
by adoption) recalls that many
showfolk are fairy .godparents to
orphans, among them the Jack
Bennys, George Burns and Oracle
Allen, and Miriam Hopkins !.
Romance has come to Lita Grey
Chaplin Myrna 10y was Just
too, too thrilled" by her first trip
to New York---so thrilled that she
didn't tarry long but went right
on to Europe 80. Charles LeMairc,
the Broadway Hollywood costume
designer, got raggedy haircut in
a night club the other morning.
His long locks vexed Duncan Nc
Martin, q wealthy Canadian who
occupied a nearby table. McMar-
tin sent out for q pair OF shears,
and turned barber. Didn't get, a
tip.
There'll be fewer starving ac-
tors along the Lean Stem this
summer. Relief jobs will go to
twice as many as last year, and
repertory companies will play the
CCC camps ~. Prettiest French
girl at the French Casino Is an
American girl named Evelyn Por-
ges. The establishments lowell
est ballet dancer Is q Russian, q
Cossock princess, no less. named
Paleolog, as nearly as can spell
it. Very uppity, and calls herself
Nina Antarova.
Namesake
Among the names I've heard
and cherish is that of Soliy
Violinsky. He plays the pianosky
!. No wonder 20 many taxi driv-
ers sing to their fares, and crack
Jokes with q vaudeville flavor.
Abe Lyman, Paul Whiteman and
Harry Richman all, were cabmen
during brief periods Of their ca
reers Josephine Baker will
break her ten-year voluntary ex-
lie to appear In the next version
Of the ziegfeld Follies ...
Pen Name
Jack Dempsey. in his restau-
rant. is called on to auto
graph thes oldest things-from
white shirtfronts to the backs Of
ladies' ittie-bittie hands. Signs
hundreds Of menu cards, too, and
lot OF those long, hard rolls. &.
don't know thing about It,
really, but It will be funny IL the
rumors are true about Mrs. Jesse
Woolworth Donahue planning to
marry. For she has spent the
last two years keeping her young
err playboy son, Jimmy, away from
affairs and justices Of the peace,
And worrying about the affairs OF
the elder son, Woolworth.
Speaking of weddings, New
Workers. must me tickle folk. Ev-
cry year at least 5000 Of the mar
rage licenses issued are never
used No film in history ever
drew SO many blue-jowled. shifty-
eyed, flashily-clad customers AS
has g Men. They're racketeers.
come to watch the Qualification OF
their nemises 49,. Everythings
organized these days; there's
even a National Endurance
Amusement Association. COM
posed of promoters who put on
the silly, barbaric valuations and
dance niarathons.
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IT'S ALL IN A DAYS WORK
GLAD WRITER APPRECl-
ATEs OUR EFFORTS
Waterbury, Conn.
May %, 1895.

moJ go AosV'
Editor Of the Democrat:
You say in a caption over a let
ter in Tuesdays Democrat that It
is ub to the readers to decide II
your paper is deserving of the or
child presented by one, Raymond
8. Walker. If you could hear the
verbal compliments being showered
upon your valuable newspaper
each and every day, you'd know
that the Democrat stands lace
high" In the opinion of the ma
jority of the reading public. 1t Is
too bad you don't put out morn
ing edition.
/, for one, believe 1t far out
classes any other local paper. It Is
so friendly-lilse, so alive, so newsy
and up-to-date, that one IL never
depressed or dissatisfied after read
ing 1t. AS Mr.. Walker said: your
paper is refreshing, interesting and
enlightening." He hit the nail right
on the head. Waterbury would
sure be seriously handicapped
without II.
noticed too that the Democrat
didn't raise its lorgnette and
'pooh-pooh" at burlesque and
then run pictures Of nude slave
dancers, semi-nude sketches OF the
well-shaped girls Of Mesopotamial
or Adam and Eve, or naked bur-
lesque queens. hope the reform
microbo stays eisewhere and
spares such q spleenleas, complai'
SAINT ana popular paper as tbs
Democrat.
lIurrah for the Democrat, Wa.
terbury's highly priced newspaper
Il ccrialniy deserves the blue rib
bon and q place Of honor IN Wa
lorbufy's history.
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MAY rs

MAY rs
Most favored ones to-day are
those born from February 20
through March e..
General Indications Of the Day
For Everybody
Morning-Fairly good.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Evening-Meddling
The day is very favorable In q
social way, except for small bick-
ering things or meddiesome
people.
To-day's Birthdate
You may have sudden oppor-
tunities 70 make changes during
April, May and December, 1895,
ands during January and February,
1896. DO not spend too much
money during November, 1895.
Your partner may attract more
beneficial opportunities than YOU
but you may gain through It Y
you win cooperate.
1895.
Be careful Of business ventures
and health during November, 1882
Readers Desiring additional in'
formation regarding their horg-
scopes are invited - conInunr
cate with octayine n care q tnH
nNwnnal,eT. N;nx}ore 4-cpH
s@aNs<szII n={4.MI'==zI&IHA |UFE}0II+-
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Unconstitutional Hounds

Racing, whether of horses or dogs, is a
great game, but the ancient and curious
game of law is greater. So Charles D.
Lyman, young attorney in New Jersey,
has proved. Hyman represented g. group
of business men in Atlantic City who OBJ.
jected to the greyhound racing there.
There were laws in New Jersey authorize
ing the state racing commission to license
such tracks.
But Hyman started looking up the law,
and then filed suits in his own name The
result is that the state court of appeals
and errors has declared the racing laws
unconstitutional, and furthermore, under
law enacted in 1877, Hyman's right as a
common informer" to collect $4,000 a
day for every day the dogs were raced in
Atlantic City last summer. Other suits
filed by Hyman might bring his receipts
up to $360,OOO, if the defendants could
pay the fines. So dog racing gets black
eye in Jersey, at least. But probably not
for long. People get what they want, and
there may be some new racing laws that
dovetail better into the Constitution. Or
else they'll change the Constitution.
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The Hartford Courant continues its bat
tie for diversion of funds from the High
way Department to others SO that it may
not be necessary for our state solons to
impose new and diverse taxes upon us In
an effort to balance the budget. The
Courant in recent editorial pointed out
that this state is the only one to levy motor
vehicles taxes computed on piston dis
placement and that the returns here are
consequently considerably higher than in
surrounding states. Fortunately the gas
tax has remained low. But an increase
has been proposed and doubtless will be
put into effect if the registration fees are
dropped, for the difference in revenue
must be made up, say our state officials.
And if diversion of highway funds like
wise is proposed and endorsed we can see
the gasoline tax rising higher and higher
as more and more demands are made OF
the motorist to foot bills contracted in
other lines of government service.
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A. Unless rich in minerals tht
food value Of water Is negligible.
Q. Who was TIetty Green?
A. An American woman finan.
cier. born at New Bedford, Mass
Her father, Edward M. Robinson
left her o large fortune when hi
died In 1855. Mrs. Green was
called the richest woman In Amer
lea, and the greatest woman
financier. She died July 3. 1915.
@. Where Is Lake Athabasca?
A. In the Province of Alberta,
Canada.
Q. In what language was the
original Magma carta?
"A. Medieval Latin.
20. What is the maximum
weight OF hogs?
A. There have been reports ir
the last few years Of hogs weigh
ing from 1850 to 1900 pounds
which are unusual. 1t 10 not un-
common for mature animals &C
weigh 1000 to 1900 pounds.
Q. What proportion Of the area
OF the earth ia water?
A. Out of a total superficial
area of 1s6,950.000 square miles