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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22
(NEA Service Staff Writer)

(NEA Service Staff Writer)
 It's smart to look natural these days. The most famous beauties in the country have denounced shaved eyebrows, over-painted lips and layers of rouge and powder in favor of natural effects that make their skins look fresher and younger. The vogue for corkscrew curls and theatrical makeup on the street has disappeared along with the idea that beauty is substitute for brains.
 Our standard or beauty really has changed a good deal. Nowadays, even beauty contest entrants are judged according to their person. ality, intelligence and charm as well as physical pulchritude. Everyone seems to agree that beauty is a fine thing, indeed. but that no girl should attempt to get by on looks alone.
 Rose Veronica Coyle, the Phila- delphia girl who won the title of Miss America" this year at Att lantic City, is a shining example of the kind of beauty that is most highly prized these days. Black haired, brown-eyed Miss Coyle uses makeup with discretion and the artif1ces she does employ are put on artistically. Also, her inter esting manner and sparkling per- sonality contributed as much to- ward winning the contest for her as did her perfect figure and pretty face. She is the natural looking, typically American type.
 ''I never diet and seldom do setting-up exercises" Miss Coyle says. You see, practice tap danc- ing about two hours every day and these, plus the number of hours per week spend golfing, swimming and riding keep me physically fit. do not eat between meals, but at meal time, I have anything want"
 Rose Coyle is 5 feet 6; weighs IA pounds, wears 4B shoe and a size 12 dress. She has pearly white teeth, curly hair, an olive skin and freckleS. Incidentally,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22

COLIC IS A QUAINT CONCEPT
 Maybe you old timers should re- nounce your faith in my teachings, if any. don't believe cutting teeth ever makes a baby i'll; I don't be- lieve growing pains" are due to growing; and don't believe in "colic."
 Just for fun I took my copy of Holt out of the museum and looked up Holt's concept of collie. Holt ascribed collie to irritation" due to the presence of some undigested food in the intestine" That may not seem funny to you old fossils who take "colic" seriously, but please excuse my rude chuckle; physiology teaches that there is always undi- gested food in {, the. intestine. By Holt's reckoning, then, every one of us should be constantly bowling or squirming with the bellyache. Hur- riedly I sent Holt back to the mu- scum and withdrew another exhibit, namely, Griffit's Care of the Baby" (Saunders, Philadelphia, 1924. Griffith solemnly assures us that collie is usually due to "disten- sion by gas." Oh, well, we can't quibble. I'll just give my view of the subject, and then go on to the real troubles of infancy.
 believe infantile "colic" is wholly inaginary-on the part of parent, nurse or doctor. It is signi- ficant that alleged "colic" prevails most frequently where ignorance, neglect and maltreatment of the baby is the rule. In the home of intelligence, cleanliness and love there is no "colicl"
 A young baby naturally draws up his legs, gets red in the face and hard in the belly when he cries vigorously about anything. The actual trouble in cases of alleged "colic" may be mere discomford from a wet napkin, itching of the skin, too much clothing, irritation by tobacco smoke in the air, scratch or pricking by a pin, irritation by some dope you have thrust upon the luckless infant, hunger from too di- luted or too weak food or from too long an interval between feedings, demand of the body for vitamins c, B or D, or some actual illness. It is surely both futile and wicked to fall back on the dumb diagnosis of collie" just because you are not intelligent enough to understand what the baby is trying to tell you. am convinced that babies suffer far more from mischief perpetrated under the "colic" obsession than they would from actual neglect. The old time baby specialists had a favorite trick of reducing the strength of the food when they i1n- agined the baby had "colic." That was consistent with their funy mo- tion that the trouble was due to "undigested food in the intestine" !" But submit that too strong or too much food never causes any other disturbance than vomiting or re- gurgitating the excess and perhaps more frequent and more copious bowel movements. Alleged ''colic," 1 therefore, is never a sufficient ex- cuse for reducing or weakening the baby,s food. Rather the strength or amount of food should be increased !, Young parents must comprehend that baby is bound to have at least one vigorous crying spell daily indeed. spanking is advisable ii l the baby does not do so. The first
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22

| AlC4A UOAC GA4CA children with certain assurance that the word worse" in the mar riage ceremony had little signif1- canoe. While marriage was an in- stitution authorized to endure through better or worse, it couldn't be very bad. In today's world of economic instability and threats of war many people hesitate to have children.
 Uniform Laws Would Help
 It is important to woman's so- cial status that she insist on uni- form marriage and divorce laws in the 48 states. Reno, the modern Mecca for the misnated, sewers bonds politely, but the divorces are not accepted in many of the states. Many Reno divorces, investigation reveals, get by merely because they are not contested. A woman, marry ing 8 man, whose former marriage may be recognized at some future time still valid, is in 8 quandry as to the status of the children she may bear.
 Imperative as 1t is that we take immediate measures to correct the divorce rate, we need not view with too great alarm the contention of those commentators who insist that the fairly high divorce rate is due to the failure of marriage as an institution.
 The marriage turmoil of the mo- ment is reflection of the social turmoil. Women are doing more independent thinking on politics. morality and education than they ever have done before. They used to echo the opinions of their hus- bands, and their husbands echoed the viewpoint of their fathers and grandfathers. Today both men and women are thinking more critically and demanding more of marriage, especially in personal companion ship.
 Marriage Standards Higher
 So far from feeling that marriage has failed, the present dissatisfac- tion on part of many young people shows that the standards are be- coming higher, a girl is demanding more of her husband and he in turn asks greater mental and artistic at- tainments, as well as the boon of companionship from her. He still likes to have his slippers brought to him-but he wants his wife to be able to sit down and discuss the sit- uation in Germany with him with a show of intelligence.
 The question then arises as to how women may enter into this state of marriage, avoiding the treachery which may result when emotions get too violent play and two people marry only to end in a divorce court.
 Marriage laws should be tight ened. They should be uniform. Two people who love each other, are so suited to each other that they pass l tests of compatibility, and measure
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22
THE TABLE

Hot pineapple mullins under Etand the amenities of early morn ing breafast. To make 12 of these specialties, sift flour, then measure 2 cups. To 1t. add 2 teaspoons com- bination baking powder or 2 1-2 teaspoons tartrate baking powder, 8-4 cup sugar and IA teaspoon salt. Sift all together into mixing bowl Beat together until fluffy egg, cup milk and 4 tablespoons melted butter. If you want to keep the high cost of butter worry out of your budget, use a good quality of Oleomargarine instead. Or better, use l tablespoon of butter for flavor, and 3 tablespoons of the substitute for fat and economy. Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture, beating only enough to Gampen all the flour. Now fold Nh 1-2 cup canned crushed pine- apple. Grease 12 muffin pans, fill three-quarters full with the dough and bake in quite a hot oven for about 25 minutes.
 These and the morning papers will make the man of the house forget that he must slave for his daily bread during the rest of the day.
 l Coffee Cake
 Coffee cake never lets a man down either. Try this novelty. Eift cake flour, then measure l cup. Add 1 IA teaspoons baking powder, IA teaspoon salt, and Eift again. Cream tablespoon butter or other shortening, then cream again with 2 tablespoon sugar added. Beat 1 egg and add fo butter mixture. To this butter
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22
By Helen WeIShimer

Most vital of the problems confronting women is the one which pertains to her atti- tude in regard to divorce and children. They are so closely entwined that it is difficult to discuss one without the other.
 Today divorce is six to eight times as frequent as it was 50 years
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22
Household Hints
Vows Make Work
 For Courts

Marriage is very woman's prOblem-and divorce 3 growing threat to marital permanence. In the fourth of her series of six heart-tO-heart talks with the readers of The Waterbury Dem- Ocrat, Helen Welshimer, brilliant NEA Service editOrialist, dis Cusses this most important of 'Today'S Problems of TOday's Women"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22

ago. Tn e n a child had a fair chance of being reared in a home in which a fath- CT and mother shared m u t u al interests. When the child reach ed adulthood the odds were in fa- vor of lucrative e m pl oy m en t. War was a pos Sibility, rather a remote one for long periods, not a probability.
 Therefore, wo- voar hora fhoir
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22

bright scarves and other accessories. Shoes and gloves in bright color are shown at one house. While colored scarves, hats and purses are used with other somber black costumes. Often a bright quill will trim a small black felt hat while the same bright shade will be repeated in the buttons or belt buckle of a black dress.
 Many winter dresses are made with squared necks in front and are filled in with stock scarves that are tied high under the chin with the ends of the scarf tucked inside the dress. These scarves. an actual part of the dress, are usually in 2 con- trasting color or contrasting ma terial to the dress itself.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22

children (nobody daughters their parents the privileges their establishments They will handed nivted meXpeced raid complain there nothing in to tickle their pae sit table crse the food without saying thanks  supposed wouldn't liberties with waits invitation with groceries plain and fancy help with whatever to be crcse anything Sometimes
 
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 CAROLINE CHATFIELD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22
Glor1tyimg Yourself
By ALICIA HART

she does not like freckles, but she doesn't worry about them or spend hours fussing with freckle-remover preparations. Instead she covers the tiny brown spots as much as possible by 8 normal use of foun- dation cream and powder then for gets about them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22
HATES HER HAIR

Tiny Virginia Weidler is causing no end of disturbance because hel role in Maid of Salem" requires that she wear her hair in what she thinks is an unbecoming fashion Her pigtails have been combed out to allow her hair to fall in typical Puitan style.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22
VETERAN ACTOR

Richard Carle. member of the cast of Paramount's Arizona Ma honey" the Joe Cook comedy, was starred in the show that opened the New Amsterdam theater in New York, the theater which was made world-famous by the late Florenz:s ziegteld. 2. ~ ss s's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22
BUYS STORIES

With Randolph Scott in mind for the stellar role, Paramount today, after long negotiation, completed purchase of a collection of Owen Wister's ''Lin Mclean" stories, in- cluding short stories, novels, screen treatments and collections of stor- ies-rline properties in all.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22

sacrificing mother seldom daughters while she they will without realizing contemptiby selfish spoiled dangs can't be making weekly convenience of their parents without much hauling of children, grandchildren, steps and Jaws.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22
ANSWER:
DRUDGE.

to the assembled at the table that would be for the whole family rotate first home everybody contributing lending helping the suggestion daughters thinking
  sponbe getting grub serving people will realize what they have put against.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22
DEAR MISS GARFIELD:

handle this problem "Use judgment but afraid of judgment asking children 8
 married children Sunday o'clock they a roll for anything lend helping to work all Saturday get ready for them and have either of this big crowd We with help from them
 sickness trouble house. Sometimes when have afternoon every the refrigerator all the food started fix What should a mother in a like this?
 DRUDGE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22
MARY MAKES MERRY

Mary Carlisle, who has been spending the summer months in Europe, writes friends in Hollywood saying that she has just completed motor trip through Italy. Switz- erland and Germany. She plans to return to resume her Paramount contract in the late fall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22
ToDAY's FASHION TIP

Evening gowns can be either tightly moulded to the body or full skirted this season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22
Hoze, To Keeb WeU
By DR. WILLIAM BRADY, MD.

tsgnsd letters personal henih aygiene 'o enclosed  .
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22

Gertrude Michael's seasonable dress zips lp the front In a new and approved style. and Is beltel at the waist with one of the popular shoe string belts. The material is grey wool. in a big weave, fiecked with white. the white picked up in the pique yestee. Miss Michael's hat and shoes are grey, her bag and gloves black. The actress b cur rently playing the romantic lead with Herbert Marshall and Anne Shirley in Make Way for . Lady"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22

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  All held In confidence Write Miss Chathed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22
Caroline Chatfield
Says Today
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t Is Classic Tale: Daughters Barge in Unvited to
 Meals at Mama's House, Trailing Large Fam k3 flies. Mama Wouldn't Think of Going to Daugh- ters; Without Specific Invitation.
The Washington times., 1936-01-09
MORE WOES

The AAA decision has not in
creased the peace Of mind Of mem
berS Of Congress insofar as it has
caused their offices to be flooded
with calls from frantic employees.
Job,Seekers had already forced
a large majority Of members Of
the Senate to limit the hours when
visitors would be received in Of.
fices. They had caused Secreta-
rieS who once were affable to al.
most any constituent to become
hardened at least as far as answer
ing the thousands Of queries con-
corning employment.
The AAA decision had been an.
nounced only a few minutes when
the phones at the Capitol began
to ring as employees demanded to
know what was to become Of them
and ask that other places for them
be found.
Representatives who breathed
signs of relief when constituents
were placed in the AAA are now
having to go through the same
nerve-racking trials with them
again.
The Washington times., 1936-01-09
Red. Pink and Yellow?

President Roosevelt has fit appoint Dr. Charles A.
Beard radical writer speaker to the commission which
will arrange celebration of the Constitutions 15Oth
niversary in 1887.
Dr. Beard if not Red Yellow is decided Pink His
latest public utterance the Supreme Court
United States which he charges with violating the spirit
Of the Constitution by presuming to decide the CONSTITUTIONAL
iy of acts of Congress
1t would be interesting what the doctor would do if
Congress should pass act to ship hma native Amer
citizen-off to Russia.
is conceivable that he might take his the Supreme
Court the grounds that such act unconstitutional
However, that is beside the point.
The point is that the American people may well be amazed
to find sapper of this the committee which
direct the observance Of the Constitutions anniversary
If DR.. Beard, why not Mr. Browder?
Or is that appointment to follow in due course too?
The Washington times., 1936-01-09
Our National Defense
By James T. Williams, Jr.

emajor military lessons Of that con-
flict for the United States.
But again appropriations must
be made at the present and sub
sequent sessions for number Of
years to come If Congress is to
overcome the damage to "the com.
mon defense" inflicted by the
years Of neglect which the mill.
tary establishment suffered under
previous Republican Administra-
tons.
Under the definition of Congress
IAN adequate Navy" means a Navy
equal to the strongest in every
combatant ship.
Under the definition of Congress
IAN adequate Army" means an
Army Of not less than 165, 900
soldiers Of the regular Army and
not less than $4,000 regular Of
ficerS.
UP TO CONGRESS
A smaller force cannot perform
the training and national police
missions which are the major
tasks of the Army in peace time.
A smaller force will not only
cripple the Army but it will also
cripple the National Guard and
the organized reserves, which de-
pend upon the regular Army for
their training.
And the present Congress will
fail in its duty to "the common
defense" if it does not appropriate
for the recruiting Of the Army to
the strength voted at the last ses.
Sion-165, 900; provide the add.
J tional 1000 officers urgently
needed and the modern planes for
the Air Corps and the mechanic.
ton and motorization essential to
make the Army effective.
Among the Armies of the world
the United States Army, even
when recruited up to the strength
authorized, even when the two
thousand additional officers are
provided, will still rank seven.
tenth in strength.
That is to say there will be six
teen nations in the world main.
tanning larger Regular Armies
than Congress has authorized for
the United States.
In the light Of these facts the
Senator or Representative in Con-
gress, who opposes, as unneces-
sary, the building UP of our little
Army to the strength fixed by Con-
gress, as the minimum necessary
for the Army's share of 1.-The com
mon defense" is guilty of trying
to deceive the American people
concerning their national security.
Providing for "the common de-
Tense" is not only the obligation
Of Congress under the Constitu-
ton but Congress has no more i'm.
portant duty to perform under
the American system of govern
ment.
Senators and Representatives
who think otherwise have no place
in a Congress calling itself Amer
lean.
The Washington times., 1936-01-09
1--WE Cut Out the Frills''

Like Governor Landon of Kansas Governor Tamadge Of
Georgia has demonstrated in rather shocking Ito spend
thrift poltcans) that government can be run efficiently
AT COST TREMENDOUSLY Low by comparison with the
graft destructive spending Of the current Federal Adminra
ton
In three years Tamadge got his State out Of debt
and saved close to $5O,000,000
In the SAME THREE years the Federal Government in
creased the national debt to THIRTY BILLION DOLLARS
How Governor Tamadge do it? Three short sentences
interview printed in the New York American tell the
story:
owe CUT OUT THE FRILLS.
CONVENIENT IS NINE.TENTHS BLUFF.
CONVENIENT IS MADE UP OF RED TAPE AND
JOBS. AND JOBSw
before have the JOBS OF POLITICIANS cost the
people as much as they do RIGHT NOW!
What is good the people Of Georgia and Kansas and
few other economical States is good for the people Of the
United States
Political jobs fris should be out in Washington and
EVERYWHERE.
The Washington times., 1936-01-09

Interior Department were a source
of hazard. Reports were that
doors to rooms containing films
were left open and that a care
lessly tossed cigarette might cause
serious consequences.
NOW comes the report that the
storing of films around the De-
partment of Interior continues
despite warnings Of the dangers.
Mr.. Charles A. Peters, jr:, oil
rector of the public buildings
branch of the National Park Serv-
ice. recently conducted an expert
ment with a 100-watt electric
light bulb to determine whether
its proximity to paper and wooo
would cause conflagration.
The experiment indicated that
fire would not occur from the
bulb. Proximity of the bulb TO
some of the thousands Of feet OF
film stored in Ickes' own Office
might produce a different result.
Yet the films are there, despite
the fact that some Of the Interior
Departments own men have rec
commended that they be removed
as a constant hazard to life and
property
The Washington times., 1936-01-09

Under the American system Of
government the condition Of "the
common defense" is a RESPONSE
bility which rests chiefly upon
the Congress.
Voters should remember this
salient fact when they come later
in the year to the nomination and
election Of candidates for the Sen
ate and House Of Representatives.
No man is qualified for service
in either house of Congress who
does not take a sympathetic in
tereSt in the condition Of the
armed forces Of the United States.
No member Of Congress who,
after one term has failed to in
form himself on this vital ques-
ticn, is fit for further service in
the legislative branch of the Fed
eral Government.
Under the leadership Of Presi.
dent Roosevelt the Congress re.
Sumed in 1888 an interest in the
building up of the common de.
fense"' which had waned in the
10 years preceding.
First, the Congress began to build
UP the Navy to equality with the
strongest" in every class Of com.
Blatant ship.
ESTABLISHED POLICY
Under preceding Administra.
tons since the Great War ended
the Navy had been allowed to
sink below the British Navy in
strength. It had become a poor
second among the navies of the
world.
This neglect by the Congress
was all the more reprehensible
because the established naval pol.
icy Of this country-established
by CongreSs-called for a Navy
second to none as being an ade.
quate Navy. That is to say, a
navy competent to perform its
share Of the mission of defense.
Authority has now been granted
to build up the Navy to the ade.
quate status fixed by Congress.
Appropriations must be made at
each session, If this authority is
to be exercised and this grave re-
SponSibility discharged.
At the last session of Congress.
again under the leadership of
President Roosevelt, strongly sup
ported by his far-Sighted Secretary
Of War, and the able Chief of
Staff Of the Army General Doug
las Macarthur, the restoration of
the Army was started by the
adoption Of a modest program.
Again the Congress, in resum.
ing this needed work of rehabilita-
ton of our military establishment,
was only carrying out the estab-
lished military policy of the
United stat established by
Congress in the National Defense
Act.
This StateSman-like enactment,
passed by Congress just after the
Great War ended, embodied the