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gate the favorite airs Of his King
and patron. Finally he hit the right
castle, and was rewarded by tht
sound of Richards voice taking ur
the song. Returning to England
Blondel aroused the English people
and the money was collected for the
Kings ransom.
In those days the wandering min
strel was held in high regard. Every
castle was his home. The very court
of a King welcomed him. His music
and gossip of other lands were all
the excitement many of the high
born lords and ladies enjoyed during
the dull days when there were no
wars.
AS civilization advanced, however
the prestige Of the minstrels dim
inished, until we find. in the middle
of the last century. the English Par
lament in an uproar over the street
music nuisance" If we are to be-
1ieve the tales handed down. these
despised members of the sweetest pro-
fession" kept London in such an up
roar, that work and even sleep were
impossible. We read of one Mr..
John Leech of Punch celebrity (his
reputation for humor is somewhat
dimmed by this episode who, after
moving to various quarters of London
and its suburbs in search of freedom
from bands and organ grinders, fin
ally fled to Hamburg in search of
quiet. One wonders at this point how
Mr.. Lech would have Jared in our
present cities with their street cars,
motor horns, etc.
BUSINESS men of London at this
period complained of suffering
from that thrice cursed droning noise
that abomination of London which
makes one ILL.," The hour of prayer
we are told. in Lady IS family
was constantly being shifted to order
to avoid confusing the devotion with
strains at one and the same time and
with equal loudneSs of Annie Laurie" :"
"The Last Rose of Summer" and The
Prison Song" from "Trovatore."
At this time, 1868, deliverer arose,
one Michael T. Bass, M. p, who took
up the cause of the sufferers and Sue
ceeded (not without some opposition
by one Lord Fermoy and Mr.. Sher-
idan, who says he likes organ grind
ders") in passing law restricting the
operations of the street musicians. 1t
is to Mr.. Bass. who collected letters
Endorsing his bill into a book. Street
Music in the Metropolis that we owe
the sad picture of the times here CIV
en-; also the information that Lord
Fermoy and Mr.. Sheridan didn't
agree.
Nor were Lord Fermoy and Mr..
Sheridan alone in their championing
Of the street players. Haweis. in his
delightful little book, Music and
Morals" (l872), makes a bold plea for
the lowly organ man. OF him he says:
His sphere is large; he conquers more
worlds than ours; his popularity Is not
only wide, but varied"
HAWEIS pictures typical scene in
the London slums, with ragged,
ill-fed children dancing to the hurdy-
gurdy tunes, while their slatternly
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not much confidence in himself. When
he first came to me I took him around
to few parties so that he might meet
people and noticed that the minute he
got anywhere he shut up like a clam.
Naturally when I asked my hosts how
they liked my new find they said,
What find?'
WHY don't you talk when we're
out. Bob?' I asked him.
I've never been abroad-I've never
even been to New York he replied.
and all those other people have been
everywhere. They have such a lot to
say, they wouldn't be interested
Il said to him. Maybe you haven't
been to New York, but you've lived on
farm. Why don't you talk about the
farm? After all, very few of these
Evening star., 1936-04-26
stat. of Coast Guard marshak and

commissioners.
American justice was received by
Alaska as a welcome change from Rus
sian justice as practiced under the
brutal Russian explorer. Baranof,
chief of the Russian American Com
pany which colonized Alaska more than
a century ago. The Russians dealt
most harshly and unjustly with the
Alaskan natives, whom they found to
pe q meek and peaceful people. TAX
ing advantage Of these friendly tribes,
the Russians drove them from their
settlements or reduced them to state
of serfdom-ineanwhile acquiring a
profitable fur trade.
A FTER the United States purchased
u the territory from Russia the laws
Of Oregon we're applied and district
courts were set up under this State
system. Penal codes were enacted in
1900. Alaska has been remarkably
free from murder and other serious
crimes. and the enforcement of crimi-
nal laws has been an easy task.
Arrangements are being made be-
tween the Department of Justice and
the Treasury Department for assign
ment of the trim Coast Guard cutter
Haida, now stationed in Dutch Harbor.
to floating court" duty as soon as the
Spring thaws arrive. AS in past years,
the crew Of this vessel will be sworn
in as special officers of the courts.
The commander, in his judicial role,
will be able to relieve the Judge Of
Evening star., 1936-04-26

come all the way out to Culver City
for his lesson and for books and stun
to help his longed-for career along.
That boy deserved to succeed. When
he got his break, several studios were
after him at once and he can pretty
we'll pick and choose now"
Turning to the men who have made
. success of pictures, Mr.. Hinsdell
pointed out that stability had great
part in each mans career.
Take Ronald Colman." he indi-
Gated a photograph Of the English
actor with one of his swift gestures.
He has lasted long time because
he never took himself seriously He
never went out too much and he
never at any time made too many
pictures.
Richard Barthelmess is also a
Evening star., 1936-04-26

Upper ett Cesar Romero says takes bit OF bluff eu
hard uork to get ahead Aboue Oluer Hnsde dramatic
Coach of Hoypood talks the script of coming picture
Uith Robert Taylor hard orng young actor ho
the front rapidly Upper right Clark Gable
dopn in Hollywood went the road Dh "hit" shou
then ,Uorld -utde fame In pictures.
Evening star., 1936-04-26
By Alice L. THdeSley.
HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD.
w WHEREVER you go, in this
\N| city Of stars, the cry goes
Y Y up, Give us young men!"
Evening star., 1936-04-26
Photoplays in Washington Theaters This Week
Thursday

Roger Pryor. Return
of Jimmy Valentine. "
Also The Case OF the
Missing Man"
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Odd Tribunal Carries Justice
to Remote Fringes
of Territory.
Bv Ret Collier.

USTICE Is about to sail the
seas preparatory to holding
court in dance halls and school
- houses in Alaska
Evening star., 1936-04-26

Clark Gable. Myrna
Low and Jean Harlow
Wife VS.. Secretary
Little Jack Little.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-25
Why Drag in Democrats?

If, as Mayor Alfred N. Phillips, Jr., of Stamford, claims, the affairs of Fairfield county demand an investigation, cer- tainIy 1t should originate and be carried on in the county. The efforts of the democratic mayor to force Governor Will bur L. Cross to take an active part in initiating such probe don't seem to us to ring as clear and true as they should. In short we wonder if the Stamford ex- ecutive was as desirous of having Cover nor Cross do something about the situa- ton or simply make public utterance that would give him (Mayor Phillips) a chance to come back at him.
 Governor Cross upon receipt of the complaining of the mayor of Stamford pointed out that such matters should lawfully be turned over to the States Attorney, in whose province would come any prosecution of county officials for misdemeanors, etc. But Mayor Phillips evidently doesn't think that recourse to the States Attorney will be a solution to the ills of which he speaks. At that it would be no difficult matter for him to bring to the attention of the public more specific details than the general charges he has made.
 As we view the incident from high up in New Haven county the Merritt Park way is at the bottom of. the matter. It seems to be the bone of contention for most of the squabbles in Fairfield County of recent years. Not only democrats argue and fight about it, but republicans fell out and fell in again while they were trying to make the project purely g.o.p. one and at the same time have the democrats side in with them, so that it would seem as if it was just one big happy family gathered around this great parkway run ming diagonally across the county. If there is fire behind the smoke now ob- scuring the proposed memorial to Con- gressman Schuyler Merritt, let's have it now before election time
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-25
Life and Death

Every so often the world is caught up by some tale of tragedy and heroism. Thus it was with the rescue of the en- tombed men from the abandoned mine in remote Moose River, Nova Scotia. Ten days of torture and solitude were those of the two men brought up from their living tomb late Wednesday night. They sat in the presence of death for their companion, Herman Magill, had died some days previous, but not until he also knew that reScuers were endeavoring to bore their way into the underground grave.
 Too much praise cannot be given the heroic miners and other rescue workers who labored hour after hour to make their way to the underground mine shaft. At any moment their excavations might have brought down tons of earth and rock on themselves. But they Wormed their slow way forward, undaunted by any barrier of rock or steel encountered Slowly their tools crumbled away the barrier; slowly their bare hands passed back up human chain of debris brought down.
 And far below them in a wet and cold cave of stygian gloom two men huddled close together, alternately hoping and despairing of rescue. The very silence of the vault in which they were enclosed, punctuated only occasionally by their own voices, might easily have driven both of them insane. The tedious hours that dragged so slowly, while they waited for the first clink of the pick that was to break into their cave, must have seemed like centuries. They were face to face with their God. At that moment they did not curse their fate; they accepted it, even as they received their ultimate res cue quite simply and calmly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-25
Solomon's Stables

King Solomon is coming closer to us. Some time ago excavations in Palestine revealed pottery of his time More recently stables built in his reign have been unearthed at Megiddo, on a scale to bear out the Biblical statement that Solomon had stalls for 10000 horses
 Copper mines too, have been found near by, perhaps the famous mines that the novelist Rider Haggard tried to locate in South Africa. Even if the half of his glory, in the old phrase, has not been told, more and more is being disclosed.
 What archeologists would like to do is to uncover Solomon's famous temple. Unfortunately it lies directly under the Mosque of Omar, one of the most sacred of all Mohammedan buildings The touch of a pickax on this hallowed spot would bring down the wrath of 20O,000,000 Mohammedans the world over, and in particular would probably mean a com plete massacre of the Zionists in Pales- tine. So archeologists refrain, and let our knowledge of Solomon come to us from other places. But enough is already down to support the truth of the Bible
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-25
A Thought for Today
Selhshness to Blame

If you listen carefully these days, you can hear our friends beyond the Atlantic chanting the first bars of that old, familiar song about how the League of Nations is being crippled because the selfish, thoughtless Americans aren't pitching in and doing their part to make it work. Europe has sung that song, off and on, ever since the 1920 presidential election. Right now the chorus is being raised with renewed vigor, and many honest Americans thereby are being made to feel sorrowful.
 Admittedly the league is in bad way. Admittedly, also, the United States has never climbed on the league bandwagon. Is the second of these two facts respon- sible for the first? It was our own Sec- retary of State Stimson who called on the league for action some four or five years ago, when Japan was marching into Manchukuo in defiance of the whole armful of treaties. Here was an ideal case for league action; here, too, the United States was not only willing, but anxious, to cooperate. So what happened?
 The French and the English, those I1igh-souled believers in the sanctity of treaties and the beauties of collective action against aggressor states, simply couldn't be bothered. They looked the other way so pointedly that our MT. Stim- son was left way out on limb, to his vast embarrassment. The Japanese went ahead with their program as unhampered by collective action as if the league had never been invented.
 A few years passed and Mussolini sent his troops into Ethiopia. This time Eng land suddenly awoke to the need for col l0ctive action - Ethiopia being in the backyard of a private English preserve - and demanded action. The French couldn't see it. They might need Musso- lini, later on; so they approached the council table with all the reluctance of a country bridegroom at shotgun we'd ding, and the upshot was that MuSsolin1 had his way.
 More recently, German troops marched into the Rhineland. This time it was France which suddenly discovered the sanctity of treaties and the need for international action, and the British who displayed coy shyness in the matter. While the argument went on, the Ger mans kept on marching AS before, the result was complete lack of action
 It is against this background that Flu ropean statesmen and publicists are be- ginning once more to accuse the United States of wrecking the league by refusing to play it's proper part. It would be tragic if any American were fooled by this kind of talk. The league has failed in it's great opportunities because the English and the French have sought to use it, not as an instrument for keeping the peace, but as means of advancing their own national policies. If the league is not what it might have been, they can blame their own selfishnesS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-25

We are glad to see that Settlers Village will be opened to the public again in May. We feel sure that this interesting and historic exhibit will attract fully as much attention and patronage this year as it did in 1885 when the state was observing it's tercentenary. With the full cooper ation of those individuals, groups, and concerns who assured the success of last years venture there should be no worry about 1886. There is still field of op- portunity for public exhibit of this nature. We have only tapped the roots of the source. We are confident that with Frank Green of the Chamber of Commerce acting as major-domo for the Village it will continue to flourish and draw to Waterbury thousands of persons anxious to visit it. And while on this subject something new in the way of sou venirs of the city, such as we recom- mended editorially the other night would certainly not be amiss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-25
Question Box

@. When did Japan declare war on Germany during the World war? What did Japan receive under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?
 A. Japan declared war against Germany on August g, 1914. As her share of the spells of war, she was granted the German territory of Kiaochow, and the province of Shan tung in China. The League of Na- tions also gave to Japan a mandate over the island of Yap in the Pacific ocean, and other former German North Pacific island possessions.
 e. Can large rug be success fully resiZed at home?
 A. To resize a rug, stretch it tight and true and tack it at frequent in- tervals face down on a floor or some other flat surface where 1t can re- main undisturbed. It should then be sprinkled generously with so- lution made by soaking and dissolv- ing 4 pound of flake glue in # gall lon of water in double boiler or in 8 container surrounded by hot water. The rug should be allowed to dry for at least 24 hours. If it is light weight, care must be taken not to put on so much glue that it will pen- citrate to the right side.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-25

Brush fires still continue to occupy most of the time spent by our local fire men in fighting fires these days. If you ever check up on the number of calls an swered by the various companies in the course of 24-hour period, you'll find that it's usually brush or bonfire that is to blame. And most of these blazes are pure carelessness. The person or persons re- sponsible for them failed to take proper precautions or else he started fire when the wind was blowing too strongly Under the right circumstances brush fire may be easily controlled. Be always sure they're right, though.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-25
A Book a Day
G. B. Stern Writes Fine Autobiography
 nv nnWTE,VS HATTnN

Committing a murder seems to be one of the easiest of all tricks. It's getting along with yourself after the murder is committed that takes do- ing.
 This great thought comes to me after reading Joanna Cannan's ex- cellent novel, "Frightened Angels" (Harpers: $20
 Miss Cannan tells about a little mouse of an English schoolmaster, who is hazed by his pupils, bullied by his fellow-masters, ground down by poverty and, in general, pushed around by the fates until his pent- up resentment boils over and he batters out the brains of his pet enemy with cricket bat.
 The deed done, the little man sems in fair way to enjoy life for time. He gets one or two other breaks; his financial problems are frightened, and it seems that he can at last realize his dream of becom- ing botanist. Happiness appears to be just around the corner.
 But his spirit is uneasy. At first he is haunted by fear that the mur- der will be traced to him. Then, when that passes, he begins to be afraid that it won't. His fellows still despise him as a weakling, an in- effectual creature who couldn't say boo to goose; if they could only know-l
 So, at last, he confesses: and no one will believe him; Everybody takes it for granted that he is just suffering from a nervous break down; the mere idea of hi5 commit ting a murder is too absui ed to be taken seriously.
 And in the end the author seemingly unable to think of any. thing better--kills him by having him fall off a cliff, thus putting z rather weak ending on an intelli gent and constantly interesting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-25

The dossier contains a number of telegrams received by Harry Hopkins from Kansas mayors, pleading for federal relief funds because they were unable to secure state aid from Landon Two important addresses recently de- livered by high administration legal officials were not made available to the press-one by Solocitor General Stanley Reed in Kentucky and the other by As- sistant Attorney General John Dickinson in Pennsylvania, the native states of each. The speeches contained sharply worded criti- cism of the supreme court . |. The Interstate Commerce Com mission has launched a secret 1n- vestigation of the number of free passes given out by the rail- roads. Unofficial data in the hands of the ICC indicate that this free transportation is of startling extent, may run between two and three million passes. . Doorkeepers of the Senate and House galleries report the largest Easter week tourist crowd since 1929.
 Superstitious
 Superstitious democrats on Capitol Hill now want to keep the session going until after the na- tional convention. Someone dug up the interesting fact that no democrat has ever been elected President in a year when con- gress adjourned before the nomin- tions were made. Grover Cleve- lands two elections, Wilson's suc- cessive victories, and F. D. Roose- velt's triumph in 1882 all oc- cured in years when congress continued work during the con- vention month .. A short time before Rep. Robert L. Bacon as- sailed the Bureau of Labor Sta tistics as wasteful expenditure of federal funds, the socialite New York republican asked for and ob- tained from the agency extensive data on foreign wage scales for a campaign speech he was prepar- ing. This information could not
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-25

l. Who said, "In peace prepare for war?"
 3. What was the real name of Buffalo Bill?"
 3. Where is Mammoth Cave, larg- est known cavern in the world? 4. Name the Presidents who were assassinated while in office.
 5. Where is Bali Island.
 6. Who were the Picts?
 7. What popular seaside resort is on an island on the east coast of New Jersey?
 8. In what country did the Sung, Dynasty reign?
 g. Who was Felix Kleinf
 10. Who composed The Blue Da- nube Waltz2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-25

Not so much enthusiasm for daylight saving seems to be going the rounds this year, nor opposition for that matter. Peo- pie perhaps think they can have better time at night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-25
Selected Poem
FIGUGRE AT SUNSET

FIGUGhE Al SUNSET Virginia Grilley in the Christian Science Monitor) Figure-the, silent figure on the hills green
 shoulder
 You are moving bas-relief of twilight tone; Hailing the winds with face upraised to heaven As though some ancient sculptor claimed his own. You-a are alone-but what a charmed aloneness Tree bush or bird breaks not the clarity: Forward your steps, pressing the earth unhampered Modelled against a gold mmensity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-25

If you want copy of our book let, "P PERENNIAL PIONEERING PLANTS" write to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau u, 1913 Thirteenth St., Northwest. Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents, for postage and handling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-25

ians also c1aiTn them. What will be done about it, beyond Bri- tain's formal protest, remains to be seen.
 Perhaps this is Argentina's re- venge for two stamps issued by the Falkland islanders them selves in 1888, commemorating the centenary of British occnpa- ton. One showed @ map of the islands. Another bore a portrait of King George. Argentina re- fused to recognize the issue.
 In 1896 Venezuela and Great Britain gt into a postage stamp argument because of a too-in- elusive map on a Venezuelan stamp. President Cleveland took a hand in that dispute by in- forming Great Britain that the United States would not toler- ate any attempt on Great Bri- tain's part to enforce her ver- sion of the boundary line upon Venezuela. The Chaoc question was once put on 8 Paraguayan stamp, greatly increasing the friction between Bolivia and Paraguay. In the same way, the Irish Free State annoys citizens of Northern Ireland and Great Britain by putting a map of all Ireland on certain stamps, with no boundary separating the upper and lower parts.
 Well, if all international dis- putes could be confined to pos- tage stamps, 1t wouldn't be 50 bad.
 One of the most unusual f0r- cign visitors to the Internation- al Stamp Show, to be held in Grand Central Palace May 9-17, will be Gordon B. Enders, repre- senting the Grand Lama of Tibet.
 MT. Enders is an American, who was appointed four years ago to the post of foreign ad- visor to the Grand Lama. He has lived most of his life in Asia, and is primarily inter ested, during his present Amer ican visit, in arrangements for establishing system of airplane transportation between the Tib- etan capital and the outside world. This is part of a modern postal system which the Grand Lama expects to install in the Forbidden Kingdom during the next year.
 The only postal system now existing in Tibet is a courier network, which connects Lhassa with the Chinese border on the east and India on the south. Surcharged Chinese and Indian stamps are customariIy used on these routes. although Tibetan authorities printed tentative is- sues of their own stamps in 1912 and 1883.
 The new and modern postal system, which is now being planned, will be directed by Denpen Tsen, minister of cOm- municatiOns, in collaboration with Mir. Enders, who has cab inet rank under the Grand Lama and who is the first for eigner in the history of Tibet to b0 appointed a member of the Upper House of the Tibetan parliament. He is the author of a recent bok on Tibet. published in England and America under the title Nowhere Else in the World"
 The 1912 and 1883 Tibetan stamp isues bore the religious symbol of a White Lion. The new stamps will carry the equaI- ly sacred symbol of the golden bell and thunderboIt which are symbols of the priestly office in every Tibetan temple and Iam- asery.
 MT. Enders will lecture, dur ing the exhibition, on Tibetan posts and communication old and new.