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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-04
BY PAUL HARRISON (NEA Service Staff COrrespondent)

(NEA Service Stan COrreSpOnuentl
 Hollywood-Harry c. Bradley you automatically call him the "Rev."-has performed screen mar riages for practically all the stars in Hollywood. Even more ceremon- les than the Rev. Neal Dodd, who has played countless preacher roles since he came here from Iowa in 1918. ',,t
 It happens, though, that the Rev. MT. Dodd is really 8 min ister, and MT. Bradley isn't. The latter hasn't been inside 8 church in 30 years, since he himself was married-to Lorena Atwood, an actress.
 He says he doesn't even feel ministerial, nor does he enjoy the role. But studios are constantly casting him as 8 man of the cloth, for he is pink, prim, and spec- tacled.
 Offhand he can scarcely think of a star whom he hasn't married to some other star. But he never has kissed bride.
 Once, when he was officiating at the flicker wedding of Nancy Carroll and Edmund Lowe, she halted the proceedings right in the middle of the. shot. Miss Gar roll suspected @ publicity stunt and had to be convinced that 1t wasn't A legal ceremony.
 Long on Stage
 Bradley was on the Broadway stage g years, and there became 8 play-acting Reverend" when they cast him as the priest in "Abie's Irish Rose" In six years there were more than 2800 performances, and he didn't miss one of them. To.
 Members of the Catholic clergy used to come backstage to see him, sure that he had studied for the priesthood. They'd always laugh when Bradley would tell them that he was, if anything, a Pres byterian.
 A real minister who doesn't play clerical roles is Gordon Hart. He always wanted to be an actor, but for 20 years he was pastor of the First Congregational church in Walla Walla, Wash.
 A few months ago his wife died. Hart gave up his pulpit and came to Hollywood. Extra parts led to character roles, and now he has contract. He plays mayors and statesmen mostly. Is..s .
 Weather Is A Problem
 The flicker business could save fortune every day if 1t were possible to know accurately, in ad- vance, all about the weather. More and more outdoor sequences are be- ing filmed, and location trips cost lot of money.
 Of course, California weather is less treacherous than most when it's merely 8 question of sunshine or rain. But in these days of Representative film and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-04
PRIZES FROM THE DESERT

Members of the Pickford-Lasky company which spent ten torrid days in the Arizona desert near Tucson, filming exteriors for "The Gay Desperado', are back in Holly wood with unique souvenirs of the trip. Director Reuben Mamouliar has the hide and rattles of g snake shot on locatoin; Leo Carrillo, an ancient cactus tree said to be 1,- 700 years old, presented by Cover nor B. B. Moeur. But the most coveted prize went to Robert Lee. assistant director. He has the bull let-proof vest taken from John Dil- finger when he was captured by Tucson officers two years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-04
ROMMELPOT, SERPENTS, BAG
 PIPES

A distinct feature of Alexander Kordas production of "Rembrandt", with Charles Laughton in the title role, will be the musical background, arranged from old Dutch airs, and played with instruments now obso" lete. Muir Mathieson, the musical director, has assembled genuine in- struments of the period, including the Rommelpots, serpents and bag pipes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-04
BEES ATTEND MOVIES

Colchester, Conn. (UP) Specta- tors at matinee here watched for the appearance of airplanes on the silver screen when the apparent hum of motors was heard in the theater. They watched in vain as John Kutis, bee expert. quietly re- moved two swarms of humble bees from the playhouse.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-04
ITCH EPIDEMIC

Toronto, Ont. (UP)-Ontario gov- ernmental authorities have appeal ed to Michigan experts in an effort to stop a fisherman's itch epidemic which has spread along the eastern shore of Lake Simooe. The Itch, similar to a former disease in Mich igan is believed to be caused by invisible parasites from snails.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-04

In Tibet, kissing is taboo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-04

Doll" also Barbara Stanwyck in "The Bride Walks Out"
 Coming to the Strand real soon are such outstanding attractions as "The Green Pastures" ITO Mary With Love-" "His Brothers Wife" Rhythm On The Range" and The Road to Glory.
 See all the hits, you missed at the other downtown theaters, at the Strand presented on deluxe double feature programs, and at the Strands little admission prices.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
More One-Man Cars.

The Capital Traction Companyis an
nounced program for purchase Of new
equipment In 1887 follows insistent pub
lie demand. joined by the Public Utilities
Commission. for the retirement OF many
OF the antiquated street cars still In
service. That. 1t is TO be hoped. will be
one result. An issue that Is never al
lowed to lie dormant for long In WASH
ington, however, may be expected to be
revived by the company's proposal to
confine its new street car purchases to
cars of the one-man operation type.
Last July, testifying in support Of one
man street cars at the Public Utilities
Commission hearing, w. B. Bennett, as
sistsnt to the president Of the traction
company. said he favored 100 per cent
operation OF one-man cars In Washing
ton. qualifying his statement only by
explaining that this was his personal
point Of view. not necessarily that OF the
company. The fact that all forty five
new street cars TO be bought In 1887
will be one-man cars indicates that the
company Is prepared to battle the one
man car critics to finish. And II the
company is successful. there is every
prospect that new cars bought in the
future will all be one-ilan cars.
The suit recently filed by the Fedora
ton Of Citizens Associations and the
Evening star., 1936-12-26
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

After . Drought.
At Christmas we did not make claim to
SO much,
Though banquets brought perfume SO
rare;
And jewels are flashing in pride as they
touch
A lady surprisingly fair.
But now to new resolution we turn
AS the New Year sets hope all aglow.
We don't ask q great deal, all the world
may discern.
Ali we want is some rain and some
A New Resolution our earth must make
plain.
II the grass and the blossoms come
back;
80 we're asking no gems, midst a merry
refrain,
But plain gifts that so seldom we lack.
The jewels 10 bright in the stream run
ming clear
And the fiow'rs where the kline softly
For these we will hope as we greet the
New Year;
All we want Is some rain and some
snow!
Evening star., 1936-12-26
Real Answer to Wages and
Dividends Distribution

From the New York Herald Tribune.
Large and recurring wage increases
constitute one OF the major objectives of
the American Federation of Labor. ac-
cording to the monthly survey of busi-
ness just issued by that organization. In
urging this program the federation calls
attention to the heavy corporate divi-
dend distributions in the last two OF
three weeks. Wage increases reported
in November. it finds are "a step in the
right direction" but are "far less in total
amount than the dividends declared in
November"
The best estimates we have on 1886
wage and dividend prospects appeared
about 10 days ago and were attributed
In Washington dispatches to Officials of
the Department Of Commerce" These
placed wages and salaries for the cur
rent year at $4,000. 900 600, or about $4,-
600 100000 more than the 1885 total.
Dividend payments, it was estimated,
would probably run about $4,000, 900, 900,
rise Of 81 200, 100000.
The real answer to the question of
November wage and dividend distribu-
tions posed by the A. F. of L., however,
is not to be found in the figures them
genuine compatibility. In the first place,
wages are a first charge against the
operating income Of company, while
dividends constitute what is left to the
proprietors or stockholders-if any
thiIg-after wages and other fixed
charges have been paid. In the second
place. 1t Is AN optical illusion to think
that because dividend disbursements
have been paid out 30 lavishly in the
last fortnight American corporations
have attained . new level Of prosperity.
The plain fact Is that the 1896 tax law,
penalizing the retention Of profits for
reserves and surplus, calls for new
type of dividend policy. From now on
the bulk of all corporation dividends will
undoubtedly be paid in the last quarter
Of the year This being so. any compare
son between wage payments and divi-
dend payments based on this fourth
o'arter tell. at best but part Of the story.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY

The male soon learned his way about"
in the glass jar in which he was confined
and was able to fly around without hit
ting the sides or falling into the water
dish at the bottom. The females for the
first two days frequently bumped into
the sides and frequently fell into the
water dish. One OF them always could
extricate herself without difficulty, but
the other had to be lifted from the water
several times before they learned to take
care OF themselves.
Wasps, Mr.. Clark found, sleep soundly
In the dark and are sluggish on a cloudy
day. Unlike other insects, when they
are awake they breath by a noticeable
"telescoping" on the abdomen back and
forth. When they are asleep they breathe
like other insects. by a slow, molecular
diffusion of air already in the tracheae
The first activity of wasp after waking
Is to resume the telescope type of
breathing.
This led Mr.. Clark to test the efficacy
Of different wave lengths OF light in
sputting activity. The animals were kept
In the dark for Is hours and then irradi-
ated. He found that violet and invisible
ultra violet light were by far the best
"awakeners," that yellow and green light
gave only real stimulus, and that the
response to ordinary white light was
much quicker than to colored light.
Evening star., 1936-12-26

immortality and would not be disap-
pointed were 1t denied to him. But he
was concerned about power and there
can be little, If any, question about the
authority which he achieved and exer-
cised up to the moment of his passing.
It pleased him to tell people what to
think, and he wanted the largest au-
dience possible. The success of both
ambitions is incontrovertible. Mr.. Bris-
bane was possessed of q genius for the
realization of his dreams, regardless OF
what they might be. Thus, he repeatedly
brought about reforms of public policy
and then, disappointed with their effect.
repealed them by the power Of pen
which frankly disdained consistency.
His style of composition was admit
tedly primitive. 1t amused him to take
the literature out Of literature" and he
was proud of his contempt for art that
needed Interpretation. He wrote for the
masses--men and women allegedly juve-
nile in taste and Northumberland
sprinkled his text with numerous anec-
dotes obvious enough to appeal to the
childish mind. Probably, his talent for
dramatization Of any subject under the
sun accounts in large part for the vogue
which he enjoyed. II accuracy were
sacrificed. the loss went unmourned by
the ajority of his followers.
But Mr. Brisbanes instinct was sound
and sane. He loved his country, he
strove for its progress and, especially at
times of crisis, he served the national
cause. Also, he deserves credit for
democratizing knowledge in the journals
he owned or edited. He considered news
papers as schools with patriotic obli-
cation to educate humanity in the in
terest of a pattern Of solidarity and mu-
tuality. And that ideal was-proyidenti-
ally still is-worthy Of great hearts
loyalty.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
Arthur Brisbane.

News of the sudden death OF Arthur
Brisbane will come with q sense Of
shock to millions OF Americans who
have known his name for many years.
Personally, he was not widely acquainted
perhaps for the very good reason that
he never aspired TO that kind OF popu-
larity. But his name and his legend
were universally famous. He had helped
to make the national mind OF his gen.
Grafton. His influence was felt. either
directly through his own writings or
indirectly through the writings OF others,
In every home in the United States.
OF course, 1t Is much too early to de-
eide his claim upon the remembrance
Of his countrynen. He did not expect
Evening star., 1936-12-26
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.

They do not realize. Of course. that they
are endangering the sight Of those who
watch them from behind the windows.
The watcher should keep in mind that
the strain on his eyesight Ia Of an entirely
different sort than encountered else
where. There is no counterpart. 1t Is
far different than just idly looking out
into the yard.
Not only is the constant movement Of
the birds difficult to watch, but the at
tempt to pick out one species from an
other Is even more so.
A much wider sweep Of the eyes is de-
manded by the flight across the yard.
every now and then, of one or more
feeders.
This is augmented II more than one
station is in operation.
1t is practically impossible for the
watcher to refrain from following these
motions, and in doing so he brings in a
sort or type of vision which would do
credit to the famous wide-angle lens OF
photography.
Perhaps this impossibility of refraining
from looking is what makes the thing
difficult. For If one is interested-and he
will find himself becoming so, even II he
is not at first-he will discover that there
is temptation to override, here as else
where.
OVERRIDING!
1t is the great American vice. We over
do our sports. our recreations, our read
ing, our automobiling.
There is scarcely a thing which inter-
ests the American populace which is not
gone at hammer and tongs. with the re-
suit that our national character is a
thing of sudden and flaming enthusi-
asms. and as quick droppines away.
Just about the time the country. many
years ago, had taken the music box to
it's collective hearts, the phonograph came
along.
Then, one day, up popped the radio
and we dropped the phonograph like a
hot cake. just when 1t was getting good
New the pendulum is swinging back
again. The record makers and sellers
have just finished banner year. II you
have not purchased q disc in years, you
will be surprised. Every booth will be
occupied. Some Of the records you want
probably will be sold out. More will be
in within q few days, sir.
The OVERRIDING of bird watching con-
sists'of following the feet motions Of the
feeders for minutes at time, rather
than just by glimpses, now and then.
Prolonged observation will tire even the
strongest eyes, whereas glimpse, just
every now and then. will be enough, and
still will not be strain.
Let the newcomer observer keep this
thought in mind, particularly, because he
will be using his eyes in way perhaps he
never has before.
Against the drab Winter landscape OF
dormant shrubbery and brcwnish grass,
he must try to spot small, restless OBJ
ject, whose mixtures of colors tax even
the ingenuity Of the artist.
With the exception Of the cardinal. and
the bluejay, most Of the birds he will be
called up to watch at this season are be-
decked with browns and grays, with a
little white, or red, or bit Of orange.
Camouf1age. in other words.
A little of this good looking will 60 q
long way. The newcomer to an excellent
Winter sport ought to 60 easy, at first
until he finds out how his eyes are stand
!. ing the strain.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
''Doll Family of Many
Lands Inspires Class

To the Editsr Of The star:
It was with q great deal Of interest that
my children and read the article. doll
Family OF Many Lands" by Jessie FAINT
Evans, In The Sunday Star as Of Decem-
Der Is, 1885.
The parents to whom suggested the
article were quite as enthusiastic. The
article has great educational value for
parent and child alike.
Frequently post Mrs. Evans articles
on the parents bulletin board.
We have been inspired to begin q doll
collection here in our class room.
N. z. BRENT.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
A Critical Week End.

Week ends are Chancellor Hitlers IA
vorite periods for revelations Of major
German moves at home and abroad. At
his hideout in the Bavarian highlands
he Is accustomed Oh such occasions to
commune with his advisers and then
spring upon the world some momentolls
stroke of Nazi policy. At this holiday
week end Europe awaits the outcome Of
deliberations at Berchtesgsden with
breathless interest because on it may de-
pend the fateful question of peace or
war. It is the situation in Spain that
gives anxious point to Der Fuehrer's
current confabulation.
Christmas eve In Old World capitals
was overshadowed by the fear that
Germany is on the verge Of action that
would inevitably lead to conflict. France
shuddered in alarm over reports that
Hitler is considering the dispatch Of
10000 troops to Spain, TO bolster the
cause Of the rebel forces still battling
desperately for Madrid. So seriously do
the French view that possibility that
Foreign Minister Delbos notified the
German Ambassador that If the Reich
should 60 to Frances aid on such a
scale q French Army might forthwith
be sent to support the Madrid govern
ment. 1t goes without saying that thus
would be precipitated, almost auto
matically. European conflagration, into
which, because of interlocking diplomatic
engagements or mutual sympathies,
Great Britain, Italy and Russia, as well
as smaller states, would be irresistibly
swept.
What Hitler and his counselors must
now determine is whether the Spanish
game is worth the candle. Undoubtedly
there are Nazi hotheads who favor the
gamble. The Reich is undergoing an
economic crisis growing out of food short
age, which may well suggest that for
eign diversion" Is the best way Of TAX
ing a hungry nations mind of of its
empty stomach. Nazi leaders, too, may
argue that the Spanish situation pre-
sents an ideal opportunity to bulldoze
the Western powers into granting Ger
many a foothold in the Mediterranean
and North Africa, or even into far
reaching concessions In the shape OF
restored colonies. The Rio Tinto copper
mines Of Spain, now under rebel control,
may seem TO serve as q basis for a de-
sirable trade with Franco In barter for
German military help.
Perhaps the principal factor designed
to deter Hitler from rash action Is the
Anglo-Italian Mediterranean entente
and general strengthening Of Anglo
Franco-Italian friendliness linked by q
common hostility to German expansion
and agsressiveness. AS matters are shap-
ing, Hitler faces the peril of holding the
bag in Spain. with Franco as his only
ally. That prospect, plus the danger Of a
general war, for which Germany Is by
no means adequately prepared may turn
this week end at Berchtesgaden into a
peace conference instead of q war coun-
Gil. Until Hitler decides, the interna-
tional horizon remains clouded in blood
red.
Evening star., 1936-12-26

Central Labor Union. seeking to compel
the Public Utilities Commission to grant
. rehearing on its recent order author
izing forty additional one-man cars was
actuated, Of course, by the long standing
prejudice In Washington against this
type Of equipment. But the suit was
based, in part, on the specific authoriza-
ton by the commission for the use of
what the plaintiffs termed obsolete"
one-man equipment, purchased second
hand from Providence. r. I.
The new street cars to be bought In
1887. however, are Of the latest design,
conforming to the Presidents confer
ence type" which has received commis-
sion approval. Any objection TO the
use of such cars will have to be based
OH the contention OF lack Of safety and
speed, which the company's and COM
missions experts were able to show, TO
the satisfaction OF the commission, is
unfounded The statistical evidence al
ready presented indicates that one-man
cars are safer than two-lnan cars, with
the question of relative speed left in
some doubt by testimony. The COM
pany Is apparently determined to show,
by the efficiency and comfort OF its new
cars, what Mr.. Bennett testified last
Summer was the case elsewhere in
combating public sentiment against
one-man cars: Public opposition else
where has been found to be without real
foundation, and I don't think 1t is neces-
sary TO consider IL here"
Evening star., 1936-12-26

Newcomers to the pleasant sport of
bird feeding in the home garden must
keep in mind one important considera-
ton, IL they are to get as much happiness
out of the recreation as they expect.
They should understand fully from the
beginning that watching the birds Is an
eye task Of the first magnitude.
Reading Is mot in 1t" when it comes to
eye strain. with the happy. fitting feath-
cred creatures which flock to feeding
station.
The human eye has more or less got
used to reading.
Some persons even 60 SO far as to say
that reading Is really easy on the eyes,
because OF the fact that the muscles
thereof are in constant motion!
While one may not accept this simple
theory, at the same time it is possible to
understand that moderate reading, even
when ones eyes have begun. to weaken.
may not prove harmful.
Those who must handle their eyes with
maximum care soon become accustomed
TO various ways in which they may be
rested. even while reading. One method,
as most people know. is the very naive
one OF refusing 10 read any more than one
musti
Or cutting down the amount Of reading.
even OF long books, TO chapter day.
It Is amazing how many large volumes
can be got through in year in this way.
1t has h good physiological side. too, IN
that 1t concentrates the attention on one
book at q time.
1t is not always realized that one OF the
small slipping backwards in later years
Is simply that OF scattering the attention
over too many books at time. Life Is
short and art Is long. as the old saying
has It, To the book lover this always
seems q particularly true maxim, one to
cherish and keep in mind. So many
books to read and SO few years! And
|. then when ones eyes begin to fail. even so
little. the duty to read as much as pos
sible becomes more imperative.
The temptation, then. is to start a
book put 1t aside for another. begin a
third maybe have five or six volumes
going at once. But frank appraisal OF
the situation may show the anxious
reader that his mind as well as his eye Is
slipping. that In scattering his mind
over so many books at once he In
reality is succumbing to wanderlust OF
the intelligence, which takes him first
one way. then another, mostly because
he lacks the old mental will power.
There Is a quieting something to bird
watching which is scarcely equalled by a
good book.
This is the highest compliment we
know.
1t may be experienced easily by any
one who harbors any love whatsoever
| for Nature and her true. children.
But the danger comes to the eyes. They
find new target In swiftly flying song
sters, those favotites which Winter with
us. and come tp our yards If we feed
| them.
Nowhere Is there better example Of
| the fine old saying, that If one thinks
| Of others, they will think OF us.
II we think OF the birds. TO appeal to
them In the only way they can get in
touch with us, they will think OF us. in
return, by visiting our gardens at time
| Of the year when other people have none
| except in a cage. perhaps.
The bird feeder may have scores OF
| feathered guests every day.
They will come early, and stay late, be-
cause they must have food, to resist the
| cold, the rain and the snow.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
Music and Fires.

"Some men are as careless and indif-
ferent as Nero, who fiddled while Rome
burned" said the neighbor.
Well" replied Mrs. Corntossel, IT
dunnos I've got anything against Nero.
My trouble has been with men folks
that sit playin' the accordion an let
the fire 60 out"
Evening star., 1936-12-26
A Thought From Which
Mankind Should Profit
TO tn. Editor of The Star.

IIt bEhI
A little Bethlehem inn once muneo
It's chance. 1t had the opportunity OF
going down In history as the birthplace
Of the Savior of the world. Instead
that great honor was bestowed ON
stable
The miracle at Bethlehem 20 centuries
ago is still being repeated by the rebirth
of Christ in the hearts of men. May 1t
not be said of you or me, as OF the little
Bethlehem inn of long ago, He muffed
his chance" For. though Christ a
thousand times in Bethlehem be born, IL
He's not born in thee, thy soul is still
forlorn." j. d. NOLPH.