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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-04
A Book a Day
Tells of Palestine
 in Children's Book
BY BRUCE CAPTION

If you are looking for c book to give Q child for . present, you could do 6 great deal worse than inc vest in "Adventuring in Palestine" by Marion Rubinstein.
 This book, telling how three Ger man children travel to Palestine and become established there, gives . full rich picture of the "new Palestine" of to-day-the Palestine which has drawn Jewish settlers from all over the globe.
 1t does full justice to the his- toric, religious and picturesque as- poets of the country. and tells in way to hold Q child's interest just what is being done there now, who is doing it. anu why it is hap pening.
 It is. incidentally, illustrated with excellent photographs. Puh- lished by Knopf 1t sells for a. A fine book for boys is "Back to Treasure Island", by F. A. Callahan (Vanguard: e2). Mfr. Callahan has done the impossible by writing c sequel to etevsnson's great classic and making 6 swell book of it. Hong John Silver is in 1t again, along with Jim Hawkins. the iiauti- neers riarooned on Treasure Is- land, and other favorites and have the word of . o-year-old Treasure Island" fan that thil book Is as fascinating as the orig inal.
 Then there's "A ChiId's staty ol the Animal World" by Edward c Huey, which adapts Q scholarly l presentation Of natural history tc the juvenile mind. It is well iilus- trated by II. B. paiigherty and olive Earle, and the akove-lzieia- toned D-yeaF-old hes found it hIstl- ly absorbing. ReynaI and EzItch- ] cock arc ealling < ak A3kQ.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-04

which is Liberty; below, "le50." The reverse side had "ONE-C GENT" within an olive wreath.
 o. What Is the Jewish population of the world, the United States. New York state, and New York city2
 A. The latest data available shows 4,22e,029 Jews in the United States in 1927; New York state had 1908, ,8eO and New York city had l,766,0OO. In 1883 the American Jew ish committee estimated the Jewish population of the world as follows: Europe. S.Ao4,36s; Africa, 6S0,oop; Asia, Be2, ,0O0; Australia, 30,40l; North and South Americas, 4,B77,2i7.
 If you want . copy of our boolk- let on SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGES, write to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth st., Northwest, Washington, D. Q. Enclose 10 cents for postage and handling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-04
DeeSS SEA

Although 1t is still too soon for exact measurement of the effects, the earlier public display of the new automobiles has already had @ marked influence on sales. Two months have passed since the an- nual motor exhibition at the begin- ming of what in the past has al- ways been the slack period in car production. According to the Bu- reau of Foreign and Domestic Com
 merce, the week ended December 14 saw more than 98,500 motor cars come from the plants. The same
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-04
Selected Poem
ODE TO URBANITY

ODE TO URBANITY (Arthur Guiterman in the New York Times) Urbanity. Urbanity.
 The oil of social sanity, Ameliorates the stormy sea of strife; Urbanity, Urbanity,
 Indulging harmless vanity, Lays velvet cushions on the chairs of life. Urbanity, Urbanity.
 A boon to sad humanity. Brings balm to soothe the wound or heal
 the feud.
 Urbanity, Urbanity,
 Discourages profanity; And yet, in sheer 6atanity, we're rudei
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-04
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, Jan. 4- Harlem dis. avowed the "Black Eagle" Hubert Fauntelroy Julian, who just return ed with a $5ooo wardrobe, from the battlefronts of Ethiopia. As . mat ter of fact. Harlem wants very It, tie of the natty flyer who bid Em- peror Halle Selassie farewell in order to come back to Lenox ave- nue. So the "Black Eagle" is packing of with his 100 1nade-to- order shirts, 100 neckties, twelve busi- ness suits, two tuxedos, twenty hats, genuine beaver coat (valued at $7b0), ivory-topped walking stick and is retiring to the country. Har- lem doesn't care much for the flashy Colonel Julian because tho ''Black Eagle" doesn't care much for Ethiopia's chances in the pres- ent hostilities. He plans Q lecture tour on this subject.
 The 'Black Eagle" has also Inen- toned to newspaperrner that ho is seeking a fast, sleek airplane for c goodwill flight around the world He's made no specifications about whom he will represent in the ex- petition. But he emphatically de- nies that Italy Is his sponsor il, such Q plan.
 The last time Hubert Fauntleroy Julian set out on . sensational airs plane junket, he landed, ingloyiously enough, somewhere in the East rive CT, which is Q taxi.ride's distance sway from Times Square.
 All Sorts of Emergencies
 The emergency squad of New York city's police department stand by to respond to some pretty queer assignments. Last week, the hurly members of "Our Finest" were call- ed out in . hurry to restore on eloping peacock to the Central Park ZOO and there was Q lively chase across some adjoining hcusetopE before the feathered fugitive gave himself up to the lew.
 At other times. the emergency squad hes rescued bull, overheard in the Hudson river, from drcwn- ing, retrieved cats from tall tree branches, freed imprisoned citizenl from apartment dwellings when thu doorlock caught, routed q swarm oi bees Invading . taxpayers home one thing the emergency squad will not do, however, ig to now the lawtl when Pop feels lazy.
 Midnight Doings
 New Years Eve was celebrated with great ceremony at New York'i | musical shows but nowhere with ai much poinp as at Jumbo" prortt at midnight, Paul Whiteinafi inter- rupted the continuity to lead hil band through "Auld Lang Syne' and the large audience rose to sing 1t.
 Even Big Rosie" the tremendous elephant, joined in the festivities and reached over. with her trunk for Jimmy Durante's party hat. |
 I'm Tune With Times
 Prosperity Note: For the first tint in three years. Q New Years cele' bration was held on the floor of thu Stock Exchange before the closinf of trading time. Confetti was hurl' ed down ct the brokers from thu balconies and 6 jazz band split tn marginal ether with "The Musi' Goes Around and Around"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-04
A Thought for Today

Let the day perish wherein ! was born, and Che night in which it was said, There iS man child cOnceiveds-JOb 3:3
 Remember that life is neither pain nor pleas ure; 1t is serious business, to be entered upon with courage and in a spirit of self-sacrifce- De Tocqueville.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-04
Daily NFo,~v- Round Washington s...~.1 z .-s-~ @-- ---..-. NO COMPROMISE ON FULL
 FACE VALUE BONUS
= By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT 8. ALLEN

Washington, June - Bonus leaders have vetoed secret compromise proposal to exclude from the Bonus Bill the provision canceling interest charges on loans This would put the interest charge each veteran Dor rowing his certificate Vet leaders informed congress sional spokesmen that they standing pat on the certificates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-04
Question Box

Enclose . three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any Ques- ton of fact OF information to the Waterbury Democrats Home Service Bureau. Legal and medi" cal advice cannot Dc given, nor can extended research be under taken. Be sure all mall is ad- dressed to the Waterbury Demo- crat's Home Service Bureau, lOlS Thirteenth street, NW., Washing. ton. D. 0. THE EDyTOR.
 e. Did more persons attend the worlds fair ia Chicago in l93A than attended in 1883
 A. The attendance in 1888 was 22,32O, ,456, Q daily average of lSl,- 2D7; and in 1884 1t was l6,S14.4S0, . daily average of 102,606.
 e. What is bootleg coal?
 A. Coal that is taken fro.n In- licensed mines and carried to the consumers in trucks.
 @. When were Indian head one- cent pieces first issued. and of what design were they?
 A.. They were first issued in 1859 and were nickel-bronae. The oh- verse side had on 1t United States of America" An Indian head to left with feather bonnet, on band of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-04

1. what is the derivation of the name dandelion?
 2. Tn what year did Marie Dress Ter die?
 3. What was the name of the eighth month of the old Roman year?
 {. who was Anton chel<hov7
 5. Name the most northerly ol chinas great rivers.
 6. Is Lower California a part of the United stetes7
 T. Who was Georges Jacques Dhntgn2
 9. On which river is the shoshdns DAmf
 .. Name the founder of the state of Georgia.
 10 Tn Iaw, what < "adysrss pos geesipn7"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-04

Talk about Protestant churches join ing with Roman Catholic ones, listen to this. The Catholic Book of the Month Club of Danbury has just bought the en- tire first edition of "The Ark and the Dove" written by Judge J. Moss Ives, 8 deacon of the First Congregational church of Danbury. The book deals with the first Catholic settlement in America, that in Maryland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-04
Horoscope
BY OCTAVINE

For persons who believe that human destiny is guided by the planets, the daily horoscope Is outlined by . noted astrologer. I'm addition to information of gen. eral interest 1t outlines informa. ton of special interest to persons born on the designated dates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-04

The pacifists seems to be winning, in a sort of way. Instead of military Christ mas toys our children get gangster weapons
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-04

In politics speech is silver and silence is golden, but brass also has its value.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-04

TO-DAYs COMMON ERROR Never say, 'He was able to analyse correctly agricultural conditions"; say, ito cOrreCt- tly analyse."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-04
Test Y Q U ' Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test auestiOnsf Turn to last page fot the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-04

Daily Almanac Moon sets 3:le a. m. 6iin rises 7:22 .. m; sets 4:3i D. m. All vehicles must be lighted thirty niin- utes after sunset
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-04
I'm Tune With Times

Prosperity Note: For the first time in three years, Q New Years cele- bration was held on the floor of the Stock Exchange before the closing of trading time. Confetti was hurl- ed down ct the brokers from the balconies and 6 jazz band split the marginal ether with "The Music Goes Around and Around"
Evening star., 1936-01-14
Supreme Court Ruling and
Constitutional Amendment
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
It has been predicted that the Supreme
Court decision invalidating the A. A. A.
will incline the American people to ap-
prove an amendment to the Constitution
curtailing the power of the Supreme
Court. / doubt whether the American
people will approve any such amendment
to the Constitution.
Most people will say Thank God for
the Supreme Court" This is not because
they are Tories. 1t is not because they
are selfishly Indifferent to the welfare of
the masses. It is because they have been
disguised with the frequent surrender OF
Congress to vociferous minorities.
They feel that as long as Congressman
are willing to take the life savings OF one
group and hand them over to another
group to safeguard their own political
hides there should be some tribunal
which can say whether Congress has
taken the property Of man without
compensation and without due process OF
law. r. G. CAMPBELL.
Evening star., 1936-01-14
Proper Observance of the
Day of Rest Recommended
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Please let me express to you my very
great appreciation of your Sunday edi-
torial entitled THE Day of Rest" In
q generation in which the entire trend
of life seems to be toward the complete
secularization of life such a viewpoint
as you expressed is badly needed. And
it will impress itself upon certain class
of people who would be prejudiced if it
came from churchmen.
It seems strange, indeed, to me that
in time like this, when democracy
is under such heavy fire throughout the
world, thoughtful people cannot see
what the bulwarkS of our democracy
are. Why cannot we see that democracy
is bound to fail among people poorly
informed and improperly disciplined in
the essentials of high character? Free
schools and a free press are necessary
to an intelligent electorate. Strong and
unhampered churches are essential to
the development of that integrity of
character which can withstand the moral
stress of these times. And yet while we
are doing much to subserve the inter-
ests of popular education our people
permit, if they do not actually assist, IN
the progressive Secularization OF the
Lords day. Any one can see how this
adds to the task of the churches.
Can we not bring even non-rellgious
folk to see that they have large and
important stake in preserving SUNDAY
from the evil effects of growing COM
mercialism? EDWIN S. SHEPPE, Jr.
Evening star., 1936-01-14
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

Will the world ever again see such
unreStrained enthusiasm Tor writer OF
books as was accorded Charles Dickens
during his lifetime?
It is extremely doubtful, and one rea-
son for it is that there are too many
books nowadays and too many competing
types Of entertainment.
When Dickens was the uncrowned
king of England, as some one called him.
he appealed to race whose members
spent more time in their homes, eSpe-
cially in the evenings.
Today there is too much Of everything.
That is the basic reason. perhaps, why
no writer ever commands the personal
enthusiasm which Dickens had. if we
can believe the chronicles of his time.
It is no longer possible for any one to
keep up with the world of books.
All sense of proportion has been lost,
seemingly, in regard to what is great,
what Is good, what is fair, what is medi-
ocre, what is poor.
This is especially true in regard to
novels.
The helpless reader is fairly deluged by
imposing volumes, each one declared to
be the sensation of the age.
1t must have been different in Dickens
day.
While there were several competitors
and many lesser writers of fiction in the
England of his time, just as there were
in America. he stood head and shoulders
over them all in popular estimation.
1t was not so much that he was
best seller" before that term had been
invented, but that the plain people and
the educated, the man in the street"
and the man in the school room, were
one in accepting what he wrote for what
he wrote, nor asked 1t to be something
other than it was.
1t is not so nowadays. Today we have
opinions. very decided opinions, as to
what we want. and demand Of our writer's
that they write to specifications.
Hence no one reader takes" to all
writers, but each writer of fiction. in par
ticular, has his own set of readers and
seldom goes outside them.
No doubt this is one way Of attempting
to overcome the terrible confusion in
which the world finds itself.
It is impossible today to be an honest
admirer of any writer, either of the past
or present, without finding that he is
loathsome to some intellectual.
Only the other day We read a brief
review of the latest posthumus work of
Galsworthy in which the reviewer COM
pletely demolished-at least to her own
satisfaction-the writing reputation of
that honest craftsman.
Could We and many others be so far
| fooled as all that? Was this man we had
read and enjoyed not worth the reading?
And if so. how had we, too, managed to
escape noting the fact that he was worth
less?
Our only answer could be that the ad-
mirers of John Galsworthy cannot be as
entirely wrong as all that.
There is and must be something in his
work worth reading and liking. The
opinion OF one biased person counted for
nothing.
Evening star., 1936-01-14

We can recall about Is years ago. when
under the leadership of the self-pro-
claimed "intelligentsia" of the day it be-
came very smart to damn Dickens and
many other "Victorians," who simply
were what they were without pretence
and without throwing out sops to such
critics of the future.
Perhaps 1t was the evident fact that
those great Victorians never bowed the
knee to the future, but remained stolidlv
and determinedly themselves, products
Of their time, that 81 nonplussed the
smart-alec boys and girls who somehow
fancied past ages had made too many
mistakes.
We are all in danger of losing our
sense of values today, because there is
too much of everything and everything
is played up as If it were the greatest
Of the ages. This effort is the product
of ballyhoo and propaganda.
In volumes as imposing as good paper
and binding and large prices can make
them we have thrown at our unsuspect-
ing heads the spawn of thousands Of
steam-heated minds, bent on compelling
us to assert, whether we want to or not,
This is colossal"
Sometimes we do, but afterward we
have a sneaking suspicion that our judg-
ment is pretty punk, that all we have to
do is take down any novel of Dickens. or
Trollope, even, to have a much better
story.
The difficulty Of evaluating MASTER
pieces when first born is notorious. 1--WE
say first born" because an undoubted
cta ic
in the minds of readers, in all time there
afterO We cannot forget the work of a
noted New York critic who once picked
such a fine work from the mob of books
that he tried it again, stating that his
second selection was as good as his first.
1t wasn't but his vocabulary of laudation
was strained trying to keep up with his
past.
The gist of it all is to like what you
like and let the critics go hang
You. as reader, will come out better in
the long run, which is the reading life
II you are true to your own likes and
dislikes, rather than to those OF others,
you will come to the full joy of reading.
You, as reader, will have the open mind
which responds to the thing itself, not
to a secondhand reading.
Go to a concert and listen to the tenor
scream on the final note.
Hear the hand" he gets from the
audience. All he has to do is yell on that
final note-it always means wild ap-
plause.
If you think he has punk voice, keep
on thinking so to yourself, at any rate.
Do not be browbeaten by strong muscles
of your neighbors' forearms and hands.
What has muscle to do with music,
after all?
If you like Dickens, like him, no mat
ter how much Green Light" may have
Illuminated February Hill"
Recall the plain fact that there is too
much of lack of proportion in the
modern atmosphere for any one to rem
der such precise judgments as we some
times see.
Evening star., 1936-01-14
Shooting Stars.
A nOwnward Re
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

A Downward Revision.
He started out in lofty pride
This mighty world of ours to guide
From discomfort.
The task was truly something great.
'Twould be enough to regulate
One continent.
A continent proved rather tough,
One country would be quite enough
To claim his skill.
And then a single State to rule
He planned, endeavoring to keep cool
And hopeful still.
His task seems smaller yet to grow.
At last he faced a single foe.
And then we heard
His voice sound vigorous and plain
In just an effort to obtain
The final word.
Evening star., 1936-01-14

difhcult city in respect to its geography,
but the development Of the urban area
has brought changes and additions to
the street system, with the use OF
names instead of the original letters
and numbers, and while these names
are broadly grouped, in alphabetical
order, in series, they require to be more
conspicuously set forth so that they may
be quickly identified. This is especially
true in these days Of motor transporta-
ton, which is rapid even when the driv-
ing rules are strictly obeyed.
In the original city area, likewise,
there are complications in the addition
of named minor streets which are con-
fusing to the stranger and even, to
some extent, to the longtime resident,
and the diagonals, with State names,
especially at their intersections with let
tered and numbered streets, tend to
disturb the sense of location.
All these factors make it desirable
indeed, necessary-that the fullest pos
sible display of the street designations
should be effected. This new device
that is about to be established will
greatly aid both the residents and the
strangers. 1t may be that experience
will prove that the names and numbers
and letters that denote the streets and
avenues should be larger than is indi-
Gated by the illustration that has been
given. If so, no delay should occur in
changing them to larger proportions.
Washingtons streets must not only be
made safe, but must be readily identi-
fed, both day and night.
Evening star., 1936-01-14
Championship of the Hard
OF Hearing Goes to Farley
70 the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
The champion hard of hearing sufferer,
of all ages and of all climes, has just
been discovered. And, astounding as it
may seem, it is none other than our
own Jim Farley, official cheer leader for
the New Deal hodge -podge.
This is the same Farley who has been
running around the country claiming a
surplus of over sl2,000,000 in the Post
Office Department for the first fiscal
year it was under his control, although
his own official report shows there was
an actual deficit of over S44,00000O.
The press quotes Mr.. Farley as fol-
lows in a recent radio address:
They talk Of the President having
repudiated his promises. but ! have yet
to hear them mention any promise that
has not been carried out or is not in
process of being carried out"
Poor, Hard O. Hearing" Farley!
Evidently he never heard of the
repeated 1882 promises of Candidate
Roosevelt to reduce governmental ex-
penSes not less than Is per cent, only to
increase such expenses more than 70 per
cent after obtaining office; never heard
of Candidate Roosevelts promise to
balance the Federal budget, only to
unbalance it to the highest peace time
figure known in our history; never heard
of Candidate Roosevelt'S promise to stop
public debt increases, only to increase
such debt to the highest figure known
in our history, doing it, too, at the rate of
over S6,400 a minute for every minute
Roosevelt has been President, day and
night; never heard of Candidate Roose-
velts promise to reduce governmental
bureaus and employees. only to increase
both so enormously that Washington
cannot house them and it is now pro-
posed to establish several sub-capitols
over the country to take care of the
overflow; never heard of Candidate
RooSevelt's promise not to reduce tariffs
on agricultural products, only to reduce
them at every opportunity under the
reciprocal tariff act; never heard of Cam
didate Roosevelt's promise to take the
Government out of private business. only
to put 1t into every possible avenue Of
private industry.
But why continue the unbroken roll Of
broken promises on the part of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, with which ali are ia
miliar except Hard O. Hearing" Farley?
Or is the Farley statement being mis-
interpreted and does the Democratic
leader mean it to be taken literally and
is contending that Mr.. Roosevelt has
actually carried out all his campaign
promises-and dumped them on the
political scrap heap?
r. c. SCHROEDER.