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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-27
CHAPTER TX

ft was late afternoon when Ca- uaillA's telephone rang again.
 Good news" Phil's voice said. @Ks Marcia with you?"
 "She is. Under paddock. Come on up. We're bursting to hear" Turning, she threw off the violet negligee and slipped her arms in- Co Q velvet chiffon afternoon dress gathered swiftly from the closet. "You're saved, Marcia. So are the B0,OO0 francs. Oh, I'm so glad for youl"
 Marcia gave a long, shuddering sigh. 'fCamilla, I'd have paid it."
 T know you would. And, once they had that, they would have badgered you for life. There's the door,"
 Phil entered alone. Bob will De along pretty soon. He laid out that four-husher and got a nice sock of his own. He's having 1t dressed = a swelling that isn't beautifying under the eye"
 "And what about this?" Camilla swung him around until a cut on his cheek was in plain sight.
 "The chap was wearing a dia- mcnd ring and 1t scratched. Noth- ing much"
 "You're sure Bob will be all Sight2" Marcia was saying.
 Strange that he should be dis tiirbed because this girl with the red hair was asking 50 concern- Udly about another man, Phil re- minded himself. Well, if she felt that way about him - and of course she did-hadn't he known it oil along? Well, since she did, llo might as well hang the laurelS sjn him once and for all. He would do 1t swiftly, before Bob got there.
 "Tfow did you find the evil- uoers?" Camilla asked, one eye, on the door through which the other man would come any minute.
 sMoney. It talks. Somebody who should have kept still gave lin an address and somebody there thought we were friends and gave IS another and pretty soon we landed at his room and we went tip."
 aThen what happened?" Marcia was standing in front of him, hands crossed like e child's, gray eyes wide and eager and a little Frightened.
 we asked for the negatives, Q nice exchange of names took place among us, and in the scrimmage two against one, which wasn't fair to the gigolo we found the negatives and two sets of pictures which we tore into 1000 pieces. We couldn't risk his getting them away from us. Then he yelled for help after all, we were rifiing his homeland help come. That was where the fun began. I held the gigolo and Bob knocked out a cou- pie of people and tore the pictures and then helped me get clear Of the guy named Pierre we left him with bump on his head, but he's all right. And here we are."
 When Bob came, with Q bandaged eye, 1t was decided to go somewhere and celebrate Marcia's delivery.
 Tn the end, they chose Rheims. q want to see the cathedral by night" Marcia said.
 up to 1t, Phil?" Bob asked. sAfter the way you trounced three people and those swift gestures of picture tearing l should think you would be tired. I carried away the ppoils on my face and Phil did The work"
 Marcia's eyes met Phil's. A 'Mift, warm current of gladness
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began to spread through her body. Phil had tried to make Bob a hero for herl Then he must want her to be pleasedl Or perhaps he didn't care what she thought of him, anyway, and that was why he gave the credit to another. The warm current went away very slowly.
 Camilla's eyes, too, sought Phil's. For Q different reason. If he cared enough for Marcia's happiness to give credit to a man who rnattered in her life, he must care for her. It might be a relief - that is, if Mar cia cared for him. Which of course Marcia didn't, she decided.
 Marcia sat in front of her mir TOT 6 little later, watching the tones of her makeup. Thinking. She had loved Bob for Q long time--she had been hurt when he had danced, too often, smiled too often, at somebody else. She had felt that spring was sweet just be- cause of him. Suddenly, she knew that she had been wrong. Bob didn't matter much now. She could nos understand why he had ceased to be important when for SO long he had been the pivot of every plan. She had almost mar ried himl Maybe he would err always a little be mentally un- faithful in an unimportant way. Maybe he wouldn't. She did not care.
 If love can be turned off just like pressing 8 button and putting out Q lamp, or wiggling a spigot and making the hot water stop -- # that is love, then what's the use of it?" she asked her reflection. How does anyone know that love lasts? That she isn't buying an all-wool product? How can I know if I can love someone forever?"
 Therefore, she came down to the lobby, to meet the others, @ little late. The slim white frock, whose waist was bound with Q ridiculously wide blue satin band which term. mated in huge bow, made her look very young. She wore silver buckles on her blue slippers, blue earrings and bracelets and 6 blue cape.
 They went to Rheims in an au- tomobile, long and swift, which Phil had rented somewhere. He drove, and Camilla sat with him. From the rear seat, Marcia watched his shoulders and the profile that she glimpsed when he turned to speak to the girl at his side or to toss @ remark to her and Bob. They passed the Amer ican cemetery, where dim crosses faded away into the night and the place where the drawing room car had stood in which the Armistice was signed. They went through Compeigne and Soissons, and came at last to Rheims.
 Marcia became aware, during the simple dinner in the Rheims hotel, that Camilla was gazing at Bob with the adoration that girls had given him always. Camilla Marcia caught her breath. Why, Camilla had Phil, who was every thing a girl could want! Phil who built bridges and tramped the hills at night and never let people down. Golf and dancing at the country club were not important to him. They mattered to Bob. Still, if Camilla looked at Bob with such affection in her tired eyes-they were tired, Marcia ad- mitted Camilla might not care for a shack on @ hill and a radio.
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CITY SAVES ON FIRWORKs

Oroville, CAl. (UP).-There will be no official fireworks at the Fourth of July celebration here. The coun- cil decided to use the ordinary $200 appropriation instead for relief work projects that would entitle the city to match an appropriation of $500 of federal funds. IA
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A two-hundred-year old milestone on the Postdam road in Germany the circular part of which forms a sun-dial, has been moved to a Ber- lin museum and 8 replica set up in its place.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-27

A USTRIA was fighting Q losing 4 n war against Prussia ard Italy, in 1866. Of the island of Lissa, in the Adriatic, Vice Admiral VII. helm von Tegetthof led his small, ancient fleet toward an Italian are mada three times the size of his. The proud, ironclad "Re d'Italia" stood out from all ltaly's ships, when Austria's wooden vessel, the Ferdinand Rex" rammed head- on into her. The "Rc d'ltalia" sank, and so did many of her sis. ter ships, while the rest fled for safety. ...
 That night, Admiral Tegetthof gave a victory dinner to his offi- cers. He praised his men for their success, despite "scanty prepara. tions begun too late" The Naval Office in Vienna heard of this and took 1t as an affront. When the admiral's voucher came in, the cost of his victory feast was de. ducted. He was removed from command and given a prolonged leave of absence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-06
NeiehborIy Americas

South American countries are said to be losing their distrtBt of the United States and even turning toward this country for friendship and cooperation. An example of the changing. attitude is found in Argentina, where thousands of citizens, youngsters and adults alike, are studying the English language, reading American books and 7 magazines, and learning all they can about our ways and customs. In Buenos Aires the children learn American songs and act simple plays about this cc~ltry. Their eldews take up special studies. There is an English course for doctors and another in Aneri- can music for all who are interested.
 Citiens of the United States show signs of returning the friendly advances. There is more interest in the Spanish language up here than there used to be. That really started after the World War when Ger man was still barred from public schools because of war animosities. But Ameri- cans are showing their interest in other practical ways. They are travelling to South American countries in larger num- bers every year, studying South American art and getting acquainted with South American people. It is an encouraging trend Much good could come with greater understanding and cooperation between the two Americas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-06
Lessons of Experience

One of the things that keep life from flowing along gaily like babbling brook in a mountain meadow is the unfortu- nate fact that most of us can't seem to learn anything without first taking good smack on the jaw. We do learn, m time, but usually not until somebody has wiped up the floor with us It is not for nothing that our language contains an old saying about "sadder and wiser"
 Consider, for instance, the famous Gran Chaco War in South America, final obsequies for which are now being per- formed by diplomats around a council table. Here, we were assured, was a war which flowed directly out of the ineradi- cable springs of pugnacity in the human breast The people of Bolivia and the people of Paraguay wanted the war, in- sisted on it, refused to consider any compromise that might have avoided it. Or SO, at least, we all were given to understand.
 This fight finally ended in more or less of draw, when the spectators climbed into the ring and stopped it. Negotia- tionS for the return of prisoners recently were concluded, and long lines of ena-- ciated, war-weary veterans tramped through the streets of the Bolivian and Paraguayan capitals. And here IS the surprising thing. The populace of the two capitals received their returning heroes in stony silence.
 The war, in other words, was not popu- lar with the man in the street, after all. He had no cheers for his army when 1t came back home. He had cheered him. self out in advance; now, apparently, all he wants is to forget the whole business and go ahead with the ordinary routine of peace-time life. How come, then, that there was so much popular clamor TOT the war in the first place?
 A recent news dispatch from Buenos Aires explains it. The politicians in the governments of Paraguay and Bollvla had used the Gran Chaco dispute as stalking horse for years. Whenever the electorate in either country got restless, this dispute would be trotted out, the voter would be assured that only by war would his country's ills be settled - and so, at last, an utterly synthetic passion for war was created.
 The people of Paraguay and Bolivia know better, now. They know that the Chaco problem can be settled far better across the council table than on the field of battle. They know that the idea of war was a gold brick from the start; fed up with military glory, they want peace. So, at last, they have learned something. But how tragic it is that men can learn only from hard experience! If the Bo- livians and Paraguayans could have known four years ago what they know now, 100000 young men of the two coun- tries would still be alive.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-06
Helpful Suggestions

Bridgeport will soon inaugurate new service by it's police department. picked squad of 19 men is to be assigned to investigate fatal or serious automobile accidents. This squad will be equipped with the customary weapons of an en- forcement agent, but in addition there will be cameras The purpose will be to establish absolute proof of responsibility. The Bridgeport police heads believe that with the aid of cameras nothing will be left to guesSwork when it comes time to reconstruct the story of the accident.
 The squad will also be used in check ing up on murders, raids, suicides, etc. Two cars are to be assigned to such work. We don't know if this comes as an after math of the discussions and lectures given in Bridgeport by Lieutenant Frank Kreml of Evanston, Illinois, who also spoke in this city in the interest of prevention of highway accidents, but if it is it seems like logic- al step forward. The prevention of crime depends to great extent on law enforce ment and law enforcers.
 We have always believed that a po- lice department, properly manned and equipped, although perhaps small in number, can accomplish far more than a large department with little or no con- trol and nothing in the way of modern equipment for coping with the advanced means that modern-day criminals adopt in pursuing their unlawful careers. Mo- torized patrols was step forward in crime prevention and detection. Finger printing revolutionized police work all over the world. There will be more and Bridgeport seems to be anxious to keep pace. Waterbury, we hope, will follow along.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-06
A Book a Day
When Mutiny Seized Two British Fleets

If you saw or read "Mutiny on the Bounty" and wondered why British sailors of @ century and Q half ago didn't. rise tip ag'in 'eIn more. often: If Captain Bligh was Q fair sample of quarterdeck man. ners, you'll find the answer in "The Floating Republic" by c. E. Man. waring and Bonaniy Dobree.
 The answer, as set forth in this book Is: They did,. % %e 7
 For this book describes the two most famous mutinies in the Brit ish navy-those which paralyzed the fleets at Spithead and the More, in 1797, and made the flair on the Bounty look like Q boat drill.
 The causes were much like the causes of the Balinty's mutiny: low pay, iinendurably severe discipline, cruel and capricious officers, lack of shore leave, and unbelievably bad fodo. a~
 The sailors at spithead mutinied first%-a whole fieetfuf of them. The affair was Q strike rather than Q mutiny, as a matter of fact: the sailors simply sat on their hands and announced that they would keep on sitting until the abuses oi which they complained were sci right. ,tf<
 To this day, no one knows just who organized them, but he was ( wonder: he helds them firm unti Parliament had granted their de. mands and the king had issued { blanket pardon to all the mutineers
 The inutiny at the More was les well organized and less lucky. I dragged along for weeks, was final ly put down by force, and It's ring leaders were hanged or imprisoned
 But the effect of the two was [. make the lot of the British sailol infinitely better, from that naomen on. M. .Fs
 Published by Harcourt. Brace { Co., the book sells for s.
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Drunken Pedestrians

After all the talk about offending drivers, it is well that, in the many drives and campaigns and educational move ments undertaken this year to reduce traffic fatalities, attention is being paid also to trouble-making pedestrians. In Rhode Island, for example, state police are trying to clear the highways of drunken pedestrians.
 One night recently four men were ar- rested on charges of intoxication and disorderly conduct and placed on proba- tion. One of them had been found lying at the side of the road, where the police regarded him as menace to traffic An other was staggering along the highway, a menace to motorists and himself. There is no safe place for drunken persons on highways, either as drivers or pedestrians ---erect or'recumbent.
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While Catholics were observing the Feast of St. Blaize on Monday and New England natives were looking for the groundhog on Sunday, we wonder how many people in the nation also realized that Monday, February 3, was the anni- versary of the death of Woodrow Wilson. He died on that day in 1924, almost three years to the day after leaving the White House. Remember the Wilson who went into the White House in 1913? Eight years after it he left bitter, disillu- stoned, and broken in health and spirit old man. His was really tragic public career, for he not only reached the heights, but in his own mind plurnbed the depths, too. A historic f1gure-Wil- son.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-06

It may be bit premature to ascribe the deaths of two college youths in New England to suicide pact, but 1t seems like probable conclusion. These strange deaths recall a similar series among col- lege youth of several years ago. Whether or not it is our modern existence or lack of proper training in bringing up chill dren we can't say. In good many cases it has been found that the college youth who has tired of this life and decides to end it has been not sub-normal, but super-normal. Over-development of cer- tain faculties has led to a beyond-the- earth existence which often leads to an unsuitable desire to find out the why and wherefore of the great beyond. But that isn't true in all cases. There are many that must be ascribed to the age in which we live and the failure of parents to meet the problems of the growing boy and girl Squarely.
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Wilderness Fire Trails Roads Through Forests Called Menace to Wild Character Proponents Point Good
 Points of Paths
Points of Paths.
NEW YORK TIMES

Commissioner Osborne and those conservationists, not lacking in infiu- ence and authority, who have been supporting him. The famous clause in the Constitution did not say that the lands constituting the preserve should be forever left as wild forest lands" but that they should be for ever kept as wild forest lands" This phraseology, according to the com mission, imposes on the Conserva- ton Department a duty so to admin ister the preserve as to protect 1t from 3 llhazard, of which fire Is per- haps the chief. As times goes on better facilities for controlling fires are continually being devised. The latest improvement is the fire truck with its hundreds of feet of hose and It's powerful pump. But without truck trails the fire truck is useless Consequently, the commission feels that 1t must endorse 6 the depart. inent's truck-trail construction policy save in cases where "a more efficient and less destructive means is found and is available"
 It recommends that the trails al- ready built should be used for tlre- prevention work and that those pai% tially complete shall be completed for the same purpose, with old-fash- toned corduroy" construction Sub- stituted for rock ballast wherever practical. It does not recommend the construction of any new roads, being convinced that the special neds of these particular areas can best be met by the establishment ot additional ranger stations equipped with portable e-flghting equip- ment, as is done in the more remote parts of the National Forest.
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If accepted by Governor Lehman and Commissioner Osborne, as they probably will be, .the recorI1menda- a- tons of the Governors committee on truck trails" in the Adiron- dacks will bring to Q close sail issue which has stirred sharp controversy in conservation circles. About thirty of these "trails", really substantial roads, although barred to the public, have already been built or are now under construction, ranging from one-half mile to fifteen miles in length and totaling about ninety five miles. They are being built by eco labor along the course of old logging roads in some of the more remote parts of the forest preserve, in the interest of fire protection. The Conservation Department has under contemplation the possible construction of fourteen additional truck roads, .totaling forty-severi miles, but many of these 1t admits may prove to be "inadvisable': they are submitted as composing "the maximum truck-trail program 1, we will eyer want to consider" <
 This program has been attacked by a number of prominent conserv- ationists as a menace to the wild forest character of the forest pre- serve" guaranteed by the State Constitution. Fear has been 'ex- pressed lest they should ultimately be opened to the use of motorists generally, giving rise to new thors oughfares through the woods with out the formal sanction of the peo- pie in accordance with the provi- sions of Section z, Article. VII. Defending the program in arecent issue of American Forests, Commits sioner Osborne pointed out that they were planned ito reach various areas which are to-day totally inac- cessible except on foot, where a fire could burn unchecked for hours be- fore any one could reach 1t" He insisted that they were designed solely as protective measures, and produced an opinion by the Attorney General of the State to convince doubters that they were strictly con- stitutional. He added that they must and could be kept closed to public vehicular traffic" as they are to-day. .', t... .r . .s~
 The report of the commission headed by Augustus Houghton rep resents a substantial victory TOT
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No matter how crowded his calendar, the President always takes time out for his chore. Pen- Gil in hand, he carefully scru- tinizes each project and, as he reads, jots down his comment.
 In the margin opposite some proposals he notes, Not now" Occasionally, he pencils "Ok". But in most cases there is a cryptic x and the notation, "Out".
 By this system, the President keeps himself informed of meas ures that the government agencies want to submit to Congress and maintains an effective check-rein on the bills to be known as "Ad- ministration proposals"
 Appearing before congress siOnaI committee and boosting q pet scheme under the guiSe that 1t is an Administration meas ure" Is an old strategy of bu- reau chiefs. It happens under all regimes. To spike this prac- tice the President issued an Or- der requiring all agencies to submit their legislative prOpOs- als to the NEG, which in turn lays them before him.
 The Presidents rejection of a plan does not necessarily mean its end. Sometimes, after . per- sofial talk with the President, an agency head is able to convince him of the need for his particu- lar fneasuree.
 In other cases the President will permit the advocacy of 8 proposal, but with the explicit un- derstanding that the interested official make 1t clear to Congress that he is pressing 1t solely on his own responsibility and not as an administrative measure.
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Selected Poem
SKIN DEEP

Paul Rayson, in the New York Sum- That hale and hearty look which one Acquires from basking in the sun Needn't be lost by those who can Afford winter coat of tan. Come February, I shall be The color of mahogany Acquaintances, with proper awe, will ask me how liked Nassau, Mention Havana or Key West And count me singularly blessed. Manhattan winters? Well, we're stuck Some people do have all the luck! shan't confirm, I shan't deny Such obvious evidence of my Good fortune hiding what know Beneath healthy surface glow. My little hoax may lend a bit Of glamor. while 1t keeps me fit. That half an hour or so day Under the ultra violet ray Is more than just simple summing, It puts me in the social runningi
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o. When was "The Coming Struggle for Power" by John Strachey published?
 A. In 1892, in England. o. Name the American consult general at Warsaw. Poland.
 A. Thomas H. Bevan.
 e. Where is radio station XEAWP A. Reynosa, Tampico, Mexicp. @. How much does 1t cost to send a letter to Mexico? A. Postage to Mexico is the same as in the United States; 3 cents an ounce or fraction thereof.
 e. Is the college paper, "The Arkansas Traveller" still being pulp lished? &
 A. Yes; at Fayetteville, Ark. F If you want copy of our book let A DICTIONARY OF GIVEN NAMES, write to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau. 1913 Thirteenth st., Northwest. Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents for postage and handling.