davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02
Football Trouble

The Carnegie Foundation for the Ad-
vancement of Teaching is disposed to get
after football again. It's officials say the
college athletic situation is more repre-
hensible than ever before" So it may
proceed with a new exposure of profess
sionalism and other evils that our institu-
tons of higher learning are heir to-.
The college president, says Frank A..
Vanderlip, treasurer of the board, say the
problem is too big for them to handle. One
president tells of $500,000 being wagered
at single football game. Where there
are such stakes, along with the less ma
terial stakes involving prestige, personal
ambition and so on, it is absurd to fancy
that the sport can be kept clean and
amateur standards maintained.
All of which is probably true. But the
argument usually comes around to some
thing like this: Football is great sport.
Though it has little or nothing to do with
education, good team give a college
prestige. And besides, without football
what good would all the stadiums be?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02
Necessary Data

Officials of the Commerce Department
are said to be drafting plans for COM
plete unemployment census of the Uni
ted States. Congress, it is reported, will
be asked to vote from SIS, 100000 to $780,
100000 for the job.
The work as outlined would take four
months or more-but when it was fin
ished we would know exactly how many
men were out of work, what their for
mer occupations were, what industries
were over-supplied with workers, and
what ones were not.
One hardly needs to say that this is an
excellent plan; one can only wonder that
it was not undertaken long ago. For
some six years now, unemployment has
been our greatest problem; yet in all that
time we have not made one move toward
finding out what its exact extent may be.
That record is hardly believable. The
very least Congress can do is to pass
bill along these lines as rapidly as pos
sible. We cannot go on any longer with
out getting all the facts.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02
A Kings Duty

In the old days, king was something
more than the ruler of a country. He
was supposed also to stand in a position
of friend and protector for the down.
trodden masses who, but for him, would
be completely at the mercy Of the power
full mobiles.
It is hard to read about King Edwards
recent tour of the "black areas" in Wales
without sensing that the victims OF Eng
lands industrial shakeup still have that
old feeling toward their king.
Edward visited many poverty-stricken
villages, talked with hundreds Of men
who have not worked for many years,
listened to complaints, and entered hum
BILE homes; and, through the accounts
of his visit, one can see that old feeling
rising-the feeling that here was a man
who was above class and party, a man
who could be the common mans de-
fender against industrial injustice.
AS long as the average Briton looks on
his sovereign in that light, the kingship
is not fifth wheel, but an essential part
of British democracy.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02
Answers To
Questions
By Frederick M. Kerby

@. Should goldfish and guppies
be kept in the same tank?
A. No. Guppies are so small
that they are apt to be eaten by
the goldfish. Besides, tropical fish,
such as guppies, require warmer
water than goldfish.
@. Do stones grow?
A. Some of the elements In
stones are also contained in living
things, but stones are not alive and
therefore they cannot grow.
@. When were the first levees
constructed along the Mississippi
River?
A. The work began about 1920
Originally, individual planters along
the river had rude bikes erected
to protect their lands. Later the
work was extended to neighbor-
hoods by voluntary action, and af-
forwards the function was delega-
ted to counties and states. Finally,
In 1882, the Mississippi River Com
mission began its work under the
federal government.
@. Who introduced Irish pota-
toes into England? How did the.
get the name?
A. White potatoes were intro
duced into England by Sir Francis
Drake, in 1886, although 1t is said
that Sir Walter Raleigh brought
some to England the previous year
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02
American Achievement

The round-the-world trip of Reporter
H. r. Ekins gives the American eagle a
chance to do little well-justified scream
ing. Mr.. Ekins went all the way by air;
and except for the trip from New York
to Frankfort, Germany, he was carried
every inch Of the way by American-made
airplanes.
He went from New York to Germany
by dirigible - German, Of course. From
Germany to Manila he Travelled In Doug
las airliners, made In California. From
Manila to San Francisco, he was carried
by Martin seaplanes, made In Baltimore.
From San Francisco TO Los Angeles he
rode In Boeing, made In Seattle. The
rest OF the trip - from Los Angeles TO
f!ew York - was made In Douglas.
A striking example, this, TO the skiii
with which American airplane designers
and builders do their work.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02
IA Book a Day
Fascinating Book Penned by
Dancer as He Went Insane
BY BRUCE CATION

A terrible and fascinating book
Is 1.-THE Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky."
In 1t the great Polish Russian
dancer confided his Utmost thoughts
to paper at a time when he was
going insane. He was full to BURST
ing of q wild message" which he
wanted to give to humanity; he
wrote it down frantically while his
mind was dissolving, and what he
vivid picture Of what it Is like to
60 mad.
Nijinsky wrote 1t in 1918. He was
lodged In an asylum shortly there
after; for years his manuscript lay
in the bottom Of trunk. His wife,
Romola Nijinsky, found 1t recently
and edited 1t; now 1t has been pub
lished by Simon and Schuster at
$3.50.
Most readers are familiar with
the. outlines of Nijinsky's tragedy;
how this superlatively great dancer
came up from poverty in pre-war
st. Petersburg, how he fell under
the influence Of the sinister dag
hilefY, how the war interrupted his
career and left him interned in
Hungary, and how he finally lost his
reason and entered the asylum IN
which he lives to this day.
What this pathetic diary does Is
show how the madness came and
what 1t felt like.
Nijinsky reveals himself as a sim
pie soul, In the best sense OF the
word. The wars horror struck his
simple, friendly soul with deadly
force. He had to suffer for all the
other people who were suffering,
and 1t destroyed him.
He cared nothing for money, but
he had to scheme for money to keep
alive. He wanted to dance and
make people happy, and he could
not.
His book Is a poignant and har-
rowing insight into his tragedy.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02
Precarious Banks

Americans as rule haven't money to
burn-but, according to the U. s. treas
ury, you'd never think it.
Every year, about this time, walls OF
woe come floating from throughout the
United States. The burden of most OF
these laments is that Mother or Father
had cached money in stove, furnace, or
hearth, and absentmindedly had started
a fire. And could Mr.. Uncle Sam please
redeem their charred savings?
Just the other day, in Ottumwa, Ia, a
waitress lighted fire in stove, to heat
some food, and cremated $1,000 which the
tavern owner had saved to purchase an
automobile.
While treasury officials have been able
to salvage a lot from the ashes, they
probably wish citizens would use little
more forethought in their method OF
saving for rainy day.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02

One Of Great Sages of Other Days Recalled by
4O0th Anniversary Of His Death
HARTFORD TIMES

Today the world celebrated the
4OOth anniversary Of the death Of
Desiderius Erasmus, the great Dutch
humanist and scholar, who during
the papacy of Leo x interpreted for
northern Europe the spirit Of the
Renaissance which had been born
In Italy longe before him.
His mission was to fight the battle
of sound learning and plain common
sense against the powers Of ignor-
ance and superstition. He did 1t so
successfully, with SO much good ma
ture and wit, so much industry, such
literary gift and love for his fellow
men that posterity looks back upon
him as q prime founder Of modern
culture.
Speaking Of the Syndic Of the
Sorbonne, Erasmus said, I'm a single
Beda are 5000 monks" In the liter
airy remains of the one Erasmus are
300 letters sent to and received and
from more than 800 personages OF
his age, high and low, whether a
King Henry VIII, o Cardinal Wool
sey, prince Of Bohemia, or some
one of whose existence I had not
known" These letters have thrown
more light upon the life of Erasmus
times, and held more human In
terest, than volumes of treatises.
They supply still living evidence
of what Erasmus meant to his con-
temporaries as a fountain of john
sonian wisdom, educational inspira-
ton and sympathetic understand
ing. He was to them also a leader
in the domain of letters. 1t was he
who gave impulse to the reforma-
ton in religion through the first
adequate If imperfect translation OF
the Greek new Testament into Lat
in. He published critical editions OF
the Latin classics. He wrote in his
Adagia a thousand apothegms after
the manner of Epictetus. He satiz-
ed kings, popes and the frailties in
mighty places, N his Encomium
Moriae. He tore to pieces the vices,
follies and shams Of priests, monks
philosophers, miracle and relic mon
gers. And while he lived he had all
educated Europe at his feet in ad-
miration for the genius of his pen
unless we count Martin Luther
who hated him.
In the fierce controversies which
Luther provoked, and which Leo X
slightingly referred to as "only a
monkish squabble." Erasmus took
considerable forensic part, but not as
an earnest partisan either for OF
against the Lutheran schismatics
He was too easy-going, too full OF
scholarly tolerance to become a par
tisan Of anything but free search
for tho truth. Some thought him
timid. He himself said:
1.-THE same man that runneth awaie
Male again fight an other dale"
And. again, my Heart is Catholic
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02


Ferdinend0 (orandson of fine
Kaiser who is Ia the u. 8. work.
inc Of the Ford nlant). and the
other signed "Tug" (Undersecre-
tarv Rex TIIpwell' whose resipna-
nation was announced several
DAYS after the President de.
narted1
c1,cL
opectacuidr 0hUW
There never was an induction
INTO oiiice IN the state Depart-
menu ike tnat staged ny Joe
dawes.
Ihe swanky new ambassador
10 soviet Russia, husband OF
the former MRS. Marjorie foSt
Hutton' Dreakfast food nearess'
put on . snow tnat mas tine
staid Departments still gasping.
ordinarily, tne swearing In OF
new oi2lomatic appoinsee Is q
drons into the office Of the CLERK
who handles such matters. takes
the oath and that is ali there
is to II.
Rut that WAS mt enough for
Joe. Several score telegraphic
Invitations were DISPATCHED to
New Deal big-guns. Senators and
congressmen. Photographic SER
vices and newsmen were notified
and anneared in large numbers
Mrs Davies wearing a double
string of exquisite matched pearls.
was on hand ACCOMPANIED by q
eroun If friends.
Joe. attjred in the latest for
NAL morning dress, took the
Jail W s E" pUp ~, !" 49, III
.'. .Ds' 80 ~ ia.ns .hr"rr 80
sules y. sne .@s ~ .U.
.% sss.s snu sO $780, Ao' ~
Xs.a. . ne 80. .,wor, g., nrrs
r. 49,. n M"0 '" -. ,,,,.honS
DavieI 81, ." III, $50 and re
save .,; mn o's aug ga"
oos ''
In Passing
A laborite friend encountered
massive-browed John L. Lewis
shortly after he had rocked the
A. F. of l.. President Bill Green
with summons to appear be-
fore the United Mine Work.
ers and stand trial for dis
loyalty.
"WelI. john" remarked the
friend, chat was some coup
you pulled on Green this morn
ing. 1t certainly left him gasp
ing"
Lewis observed solemnly:
NTorrv-Co.Rourd
SoN
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02
Price Barometer

There is more In chow mein than meets
the eye or the palate. This delectable
Chinese version OF what In our crude
American way we would call hash seems
to be the Price Index the worlds eco
nomists have been seeking. At least,
according TO John w. Love, business
writer for the Cleveland Press, 1t Is a
strong contender for that honor.
Mr.. Love, not content with the elabor-
ate mathematics OF commodity index
number systems worked out by Professor
irving Fisher and other hlghbrows,
started looking for something which In
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02

but my stomach is Lutheran" He
could not bear the smell of fish.
Small in stature, of blonde complex
ion, graceful, genial appearance
made familiar to us through the
portraitures Of Holbein, Erasmus
Travelled throughout the principal
Europena countries Of his day, in
Guiding Great Britain, enjoying
prestige the tradition of which has
ranked him among the sages of all
time. His career was romantic, DEM
onstrating above all an integrity Of
intellect and soul which rarely has
been eQualled.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02
DECEMBER Z

DECEMBER 3
Affected by the vibrations today
are those born from July q through
Aug. az, and all others In more or
less degree.
General Indications
Morning-very active.
Afternoon--Good.
Evening-Clerical
The day Is very favorable for
work which requires energy and ac-
tivity.
Birthdate
II Dec. 3 Is your birthday, you
should be honorable, courageous
and fearless.
Guard your health. employment
and relations with interiors during
May and June, 1887. Changes may
occur.
Plan financial advancement FOR
yourself during January, 1887.
Danger-August 40 through Sep
tember ., 1887.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02

tuCSC tCbt 4uNoslVAhos n oAn W.
last page for the answers.
1. What was the date Of adoption
of the stars and stripes by the Con-
tinental Congress?
2. Did Congress fix the term OF
six years for United States Sen
ators?
3. Does an alien man become an
American citizen by marrying a wo-
man citizen Of the U. g.?
A. In Greek legend, who wa PEN
elope?
S. What is the period Of CESSATION
of the elephant?
6. What sort Of fur is dyed coney?
Z. From which country was the
Picking duck introduced into the
U. s.?
8. Who was Mary de la Riviere
Manley?
9. What is a flume?
TO- Where was Edgar Allen Poe
born?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02
Horoscope
BY OCTAVINE

BY OCTAVINE
For persons who believe that
human destiny Is guided by the
planets, the daily horoscope Is out
lined by a~noted astrologer. In adj
dition to information Of general in
terest, 1t outlines information OF
special interest to persons born on
the designated dates.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02

Q. What Is the Leblanc process
Of making soda and potash?
A. Heating a mixture Of sodium
or potassium sulphate. calcium car.
Donate. and carbon. 1t was nance
after Nicholas Leblanc, a French
chemist.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02

@. What was the population and
size OF Italy in 1881?
A. Area, 110.623 square miles;
| population. 28.459,628.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02
A Thought for Today

The way Of the just is uprightness: thou, most
upright dOst weigh the path Of the just'-isaiah
26.7.
Never, with the Bible in our hands, can we
deny rights to another, which, under the same cir
cumstances, we would claim for ourselves'-d'
Spring.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02

WASHINGTON, December 2. "A committee OF
leading mayors of the country has hocoa up it's sleeve
for New Deal relief chiefs. Their surprise will be
descent on the Works Progress Administration in their
official capacity, to demand showdown on the now
you-seeitnow-yo policy the White House has
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02

@. What rule in baseball applies
TO the following situation: Runner
on third, pitcher throws to batter.
Runner starts for home. Batter
steps out Of batter's box. Catcher
steps ahead Of home plate. Who Is
out on this play?
A. Rule Al. Section 10:-In the
event O base-runner Is trying to
score from third base on O pitched
ball or the squeeze" play. "balk"
and also an interference" shall be
called II the catcher runs out In
front Of the plate TO catch the ball;
and the runner shall be allowed TO
score and the batsman be entitled
10 first base. In such event the same
penalties must be imposed In case
the catcher pushes the batsman out
OF the way. or tbs his bat.
II you want copy Of our beck
lei on Blbie Facts write Tire Water.
bury Democrats Washington Bureau
1919 Thirteenth o., Northwest,
Washington, ID. O. Enclose Z cents
lE postage.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02
Daily MNe~-~- RO..v,<4
Mayors To Ask Showdown
On Wholesale WPA Layoff
Z DREW PEARSON and ROBERT 3. ALLEr

LABOR BEATwhen the A. F. Of L. convention IN Tampa closed
O. unions another outstanding
beat was chaked Merry Round The column had
would not be expelled pointing
1.-two weeks before the convention Closed ana
two before It OpenedD
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02
Current Comments

Cheer leading gives girls q chance
to express themselves and trains
them In leadership. It Is ladylike
and modern. I can see no reason
why some Of the mid-western edu-
Gators are frowning on 1t.
w. A. Cox. health education d.
rector. Albany, N. Y, public
schools.
Personally I feel that every boy
of high school age should live one
day and one night in one Of our
penal institutions. He would more
fully realize the folly Of wrong-do-
ing.
THE Rev. r. M. Paine, Stating
ton, Pa.
When people are hungry, they
don't consider constitutions, liber-
ties, or freedom. They are willing
TO sacrifice their liberty for q mess
Of pottage.
Frank dannett. Rochester, N. Y,
newspaper publisher. explaining
European dictatorships.
There has been n lot OF surprises
this year. ! guess I'll surprise
the folks and not 20 10 bed.
Arthur r. turkey 0ehrke. Wa
teFtown. Wis. who usually hiber-
mates for the winter.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02

@. Has any country other
than Japan recognized the indepen-
dence Of Manchukuo7
A. Only Guatemala.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Never say, "The burglar
jumped In back of the barn;
say, behind the barn."

The first published record of pota-
toes is in Ciecas Chronicles of
Peru" which was published In
1858. The Irish were the first Eur
opeans to recognize the potato as
a staple food, and that Is how /
acquired the misnomer Irish po-
tato.
@. What is the full name Of the
King Of Great Britain?
A. Edward, Albert, Christian,
George. Andrew. Patrick, David
Windsor.
@. How do London and New
York compare in population.
A. Greater London has 8,401 900
and New York has 7,60l,575.
@. What is the life span Of cats?
Nos..vA a lJ1y 10 IN 16 yaopQ
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02

@. When did Anna Held die?,
A. 1918.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02
Test Y o ur
knowledge

Can you answer seven OF
these test questions? Turn to
last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-12-02

@. What is the life span Of cats?
A. Normally IL to Is years.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-02

The story is quite easy to believe
and to understand. He was dread
fully poor. and even among the we'll
TODD in wartime Germany food was
scarce and Of poor quality. AS soon
as this patient was in funds he was
able to eat again. and as his disease
was due to famine. he got well.
The condition. which began to be
observed frequently in 1918 in Ger
many and Austria, was called hun
ger-osteomalacia". Essentially it
consisted in an absorption of the
bones. This Is what the body always
does when there is a scarcity Of cal
cium In the diet. It must have CAL
cium so it attacks the calcium stores
In the bones and teeth.
The outstanding symptoms are
pains In the joints. The first thing
most Of the patients noticed was diff
flculty tn walking. due to pain in
the ankles and toes: Dropsy of the
feet and legs usually followed. The
back was next affected, and STOPPING
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-02
a z s 8
y A K G 8 8 s
q A K 8
81

Let North make an opening lead
Of a diamond. The ]. middle card or
lowest card Of the suit will yield the
same final result. South will win
the opening lead. Have him lead
trump. to cut down cross ruffing.
Let dummy win the trick. Lead
low diamond. Declarer will ruff.
Have dummy use its last trump to
ruff heart. Lead third diamond.
Declarer will ruff. leaving three dia-
monds established in dummy. West
will pull trumps. Dummy win be
put in lead with its Ace of clubs.
Declarer will discard his last heart
and two clubs on the three diamonds.
giving West Q small slam. instead of
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-05-02
CONTRACT BRIDGE

5-odd. Should South lead back either
heart or a diamond, when he wins
with his Ace Of diamonds, decarer
will be able to make one trick over
his contract, by establishing Ola.
monds. The same will be true II
South's return lead Is club. instead
Of a trump. An opening lead
diamonds will not be as efficient as an
opening lead Of hearts.
Instead Of making an opening lead
OF a diamond, have North lead any
one Of his three clubs. If the or
Q Is led. win with declarers K leav.
ing dummy's A-10 as a tenace over
the honor and held by North. In.
surfing picking up a total Of five club
tricks later on. In case North leads
a low club. instead Of one of his
honors. the final result will be the
same. Declarer will win the low
lead with his of clubs Later on
the K and the Ace will pick up both
of North's honors. yielding the de.
claring side five club tricks.
Having won the first club led In
his own hand. declarer will have
dummy ruff one of his two hearts.
To make certain that we are not &C.
cused Of double-dummy play. pro.
coed as follows: Lead the 10 OF
spades from dummy. and overtake
with the ]. Pull all opposing trumps.
Discard dummy's lowest diamonds on
the two added leads Of trumps re-
quired to pull the three trumps held
by South. Having pulled all OPP
posing spades, have declarer run OH
four added club tricks. On the last
one of these have declarer discard
his last heart. Give defenders
single diamond trick. which cannot
be avoided. making small slam.
Evidently North's opening heart LEAD
was next best TO an opening lead OF
trumps, which could not in advance
be recognized as the best lead.