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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27

alcohol formerly cherishedby physi- clans and still current amount lay- men who like excuses for drinking, is that alcohol aids digestion. By every actual test, in test tube or in the stomach, alcohol retards or prevents digestion. But a person under the effects of 8 moderate dose imagines he can do anything better, even digest his food better, and that's all there is to support the notion that alcohol aids diges- tion. Gn
 QUESTIONS and ANSWERS Bathes To Itch
 am one of the unhappy wretch es who "bathe to itch," as you put it. I have tried blcarbonate of soda baths, also - advertised over the radio and several other things but still suffer intensely =. (M. IT.
 Answer - Some people itch to bathe; others bathe to itch. I don't 90 to either extreme. But then, I'm queer that way; l, don't rccog-, nize any particular relation of wet washing to health or hygiene. How, ever, if you must do your Saturday night stun just because the neigh. bors do, send a stamped envelope bearing your address, for mono-. graph on Pruritus (medicalese for itching without apparent cause)
 Let Yourself Down Easy
 In one of your excellent talks on, "Vitality and Immunity" you men,, tiOned a treatment for overweight that does not also reduce One's' strength and ability to cafry on . busy professional life ... (K. H. S.)i
 Answer-The physiological adjust ment of diet is described in the new Design for Dwindling," copy of which will be mailed on receipt of ten cents and stamped envelope, bearing your address. The main points are, first, to remember that you acquired the excess insidiously not all in month or two, and sec-. ond, that the ordinary diet is rath- CT DOT in vitamins and reduction diets are generally seriously de- ficient in vitamins. No reason why a well balanced reduction diet should not supply all the vitamins the nutritional deficiency indicates. Any one whose vitamin ration is4 short NEVER feels quite right. On the other hand, even an overweiRhs individual who viatmin intake is liberal-well he can take it and re- duce at fair rate without a whim- per. Copyright 1886, John F. Dille Co.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27
THEY THINK THEY EAT
 BETTER

BETTER
 Many fine old medical traditions have been discarded since you and I were young, Maggie. Medical science has brought more accurate knowledge of the effects of alcohol on the body. through the develop ment of methods of precision, which enable the investigator to determine by actual measurement such things as rate of Tiow of the blood, force of heart beat, capillary flow, reflex action, surface temperature, rate of metabolism, amount of heat and amount of muscular energy produc- ed by combustion of food or fuel. This scientific knowledge has com- pelled us to lay aside traditional medical beliefs concerning the ef- fleets of alcohol on the body and accept the newer revelations. Such revision of principles and practice is difficult for the old timer.
 For instance. a distinguished au- thor and teacher of therapeutics gave the physiological action of alcohol correctly and scientifically, in his textbook, explaining that its dominant influence is depressant, that If the dose is large enough to cause any appreciable change in the circulation, 1t is in the nature of depression rather than stimula- tion. Then with the inconsistency for which medicine is famous the professor recommended alcohol for fainting, snake-bite, surgical shock and heart failure. He might have been writing 8 novel for the wood- pubs! I brooded over the matter for long time and finally took 1t up with the professor. With admir- able patience The pointed out that 1t is conceivable that alcohol acts as stimulant on functions of which we know litle, for example the ability of the body to resist infec-
 I filed the professors letter in the chapter on alcohol in his textbook, and transcript of the whole affair in the Haw-Haw section of my scrapbook. The Haw-Haw is no personal affront to the professor. still think he is fine teacher-I still regard his textbook as the best on the subject. The joke is the Inconsistency of Medicine.
 Sometimes think it is a bit over- worked and in danger of becoming stale, as 8 joke. Yet when one stands off and views the thing im- personally, is still seems funny.
 For instance. the recent masterly performance of the American Medi- cal Association. An expert selected by this body told the dumb eggs in the A. M. A. that physicians should avoid diathermy extirpation of ton- sils as one would a mad dog--and in the next sentence admitted that this modern bloodless method is a boon for the patient handicapped by. say, Q heart lesion which would make the standard surgicval tonsil- lectomy too risky. When doctors talk about mad dogs they are ilsual- ly a bit arratic. The present rec gime of the A.M.A. is haTd-holled about t. Altogether . comlcai situation.
 one of the false conceptions of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27
The \ Truth About Dief
Bread Far From Being Staff Of Life,
 Unless Eaten With Other Foods
TODAYs HEALTH QUESTION

Q.-What causes white spots on fingernails? I have been told several times that they are a result of stomach trouble, but when I have stomach trouble, the spots appear, and when they do appear, my stomach is not bothering me.
 A. White spots on the nails are caused by any in- jury or disorder that inter feres with the nutrition of the root of the nail. They sometimes also follow any illness that weakens a per- son. q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27
By DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association, and of
 Hygeia, the Health Magazine


 The standard American diet of many years ago was bread, meat, sugar, and potatoes. Such a diet is by no means efficient, since it fails to include many of the eSsen- tials about which I have written 50 much in this series of articles. Although bread has been called the staff of life, 1t is far from be- ing an ideal food. Indeed, some bread is g. poor food except when eaten in conjunction with other foods. Very few people subsist on bread alone.
 White bread contains too few or too poor proteins. Whole grain bread contains roughage and more vitamins than white bread, but still is short of being complete food.
 
 Addition of milk to bread serves to raise the latters content of cal cium and of important vitamins. Remember that bread means dif- ferent things in different places. There are the scenes of Scotland, the long loaf of France, the twist of Poland, and the American bread,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27

to shop for a street dress she ought to look at tunics, bolero jackets and redingote dresses and cape models. Tunics are kind to large hips. Capes makes a large, tall woman look Junoesque instead of overweight. Bolero jackets, as Mary Laird, New York expert on what adult figures should wear, points out, break the line of the bust, but do not conceal the normal waistline.
 The good-taste- in- dressing rules which a large figure should follow are the same as the ones for slen-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27
TESTED RECIPES
Potato Omelet

One cup leftover mashed pota- toes, 4 eggs, ? tablespoons milk, 1-2 teaspoon salt. 1-8 teaspoon pepper, tablespoon minced parsley.
 Beat whites and yolks of eggs separately. Beat yolks until thick, beating in mashed potato. Season with salt. pepper and parsley and fold in whites of eggs beaten until stiff. Turn into a hot frying pan well coated with butter and cook over low fire until well puffed and delicately brown on the bottom. Finish cooking in the oven. When firm to the touch. the omelet is done. Fold onto a hot platter and garnish with sprigs of parsley to serve.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27
Caroline Chatfield
Mothers, When Your Children Are Young They Are At Your Mercy. When You Are Old You Are r At the Mercy of Your Children.
Saps Today
DEAR MISS CHATFIELD:

My quite young far back I working mother children. worked the daytime went to night school with the Mother didn't allow friends girls, until married though husband made small helped mother and most of what her child work but children My husband works like husband loa what mother gives Mother take sitting with night husband enough and he to strong and am often myself tell m I ought
 CINDERELLA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27

most no waste in white bread, as it is 96 per cent digested.
 8. Bread often is incorrectly called a fattening food The fact that bread is high in food energy does not mean that it in itself will produce overweight. Control of weight depends solely on the food energy content of the diet as a whole, not on any specific food in the diet. Bread can be eaten even by those who are reducing under their physicians instructions.
 A. Bread is 8 completely whole some food"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27

a printed gown with high reckline ruffle which draws attention to your chin. However, with a fairly low neckline, decolletage no lower than 13 inches and some kind of covered shoulder theme, there's no reason why you can't pick any print that strikes your fancy. And in any color.
 Outstanding example of these features is a printed gown with matching bolero> jacket fashioned from suave silk crepe in multi-col- ored floral motif. Violet, fashions
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27

jackets (Chinese Art Exhibition in London), redingotes and long scarf 'Directorie inf1uence)-all of these spring style notes are especially ap- propriate Easter touches for ma ture figures.
 Whether you are IA or 42, the new fashions are interesting. How ever, it just 50 happens that practi- cally all of them are perfect for the woman who has gone far beyond the size IA category.
 Favorites Are Not Flattering
 First of all, when she starts out
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27
untouched by human hands.

untouched by human hands.
 Modern American bread is made by machine. It has an established composition. It is a sensible food. It is rich in carbohydrates and proteins. It provides mineral salts, fats, and some vitamins.
 The committee on foods of the American Medical Association has approved the following statement on bread:
 l. Bread is our outstanding source of the largest single need in the balanced diet--food energy.
 "2. Bread is most economical source of food energy-(there is al-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27
GIRL ROOKIE GOES BROKE

Plymouth. England = (UP) - The amazing career of a 19-year- old girl who started as a tobacconist and within 18 months had two shops and ran a bookmaking busi- ness, was described in court. She thought she was in for Q rich tlsne. but the book" broke her.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27

Edited by LAURA I. BALDT, A. M. For many years Assistant Profess sOr of Household Arts. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, N. Y.
 The neckline, high in scarf effect, is one of the most effective features of this smart day dress. Amusing pockets add interest to the slim skirt.
 This charming dress is especially simple to sew because of the cape- like kimona sleeves.
 Style No. 2676 is designed for sig es IA, 16, IS years, 36. 38 and 40 inches bust. Size IS requires 3 1-8 yards of 39-inch material with 2 IA yards of 4-inch ribbon for tie belt.
 Send FIFTEEN CENTS Q5c), (coin is preferred), for PATTERN. Write plainly YOUR NAME, AD- DRESS AND STYLE NUMBER. BE SURE TO STATE SIZE YOU WISH.
 New Spring Fashion Book Costs TEN CENTS. Send for Your Copy Today. BOOK and PATTERN to- gether TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.
 Address order to the WATER BURY DEMOCRAT PATTERN DE- APARTMENT. leo Fifth Ave. New York, N. Y.
 Send your money and order Co maf6nen nAamaefn,aanN eNafana..sa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27
DEAR MISS CHATFIELD:

twenyeght and deeply love with lady the though she doesn't look than twentyone She real She has three kids whom will gladly take 1ather interest though won't have to support them She has night
 
 younger any drunkad mreaed her deprived her of all believe she make and know make her comfortable will another month judgment but want advice whether not should marry her. J.A.A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27
EASTER STYLES PLATTER MATURE FIGURES
PRINTS FREED
 OF OLD .TABU

For clothes that "bigger-than- IA" can wear gracefully, consider these fine modes. Below is sketch ed a navy wOOIen coat with sable dyed n1arten scarf attached to ripple revers that give fulIness over bustIine. The shoulders are padded in the man. tailored mode.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27
HOME QUESTION BOX

e. The water in the hot water pipes cOOls off very quickly, and have to run off a lot of water before fhe hot water comes. Can I cure this?
 A. The hot-water pipes probably run close to an outside wall or in some partition where they are not protected. Have them covered with one inch of hair felt insulation or some other pipe insulation and they should hold their heat much lcnger.
 Q.--The sill under our front door Is worn down so 1t lets in air and even snow. What is the best way t0 fix this?
 A.--The best way would be to put in a new sill. or saddle, as they are called. of heavy cast brass and have weathcrstripping put on the bottom of the door. it would be even bet Ger to extend the weatherstripping Ail around the door. The extra cost would not be graet. but the added protection would be-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27

der young things, Get whatever makes you feel comfortable and happy when you are with others. Don't make up your mind that you can't be smart and large at the same time or that every mode of the moment is anathema to you.
 Watch DecOllete
 For instance, the idea that a large figure shouldn't wear prints is ridi- culous. Naturally, you don't want a printed evening gown with halter bodice that shows every inch of your back, shoulders and arms. Or
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27
LIBRARY BOOK KEPT SO YEARS

New Westminster. B. C., (UPD A book lent 90 years ago has been returned to the municipal library here. The bIll. a 2 cents per day, amounted to 92i0- it was not paid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27
ANSWER:

don't q talk matrmony And other advice: imagine that with three children obligations will bread drinking and perhaps clothes When take the kids you pretty definitely start out dividing the into hours that belong them. will devote evenings to her husbands children likely to be phony Not that she makes them but that the of the judgment whether not lady but isn't hasty judgment and that includes the lem: meaning the children.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27
LOOT FILLS TRUCK s TIMES

Woodburn. ore, '(uP)---A small truck had to make five trips Co the home of a klcptomanlac Co remove all articles the man had collected in four years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27
PRACTICALLY f
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Matelasse daisy print on a navy background makes the most hatter.r ing street dress below. The center pIeat creates a redingote line that is particularly interesting. The real val lace collar has spiraIs of lace hanging down to form . jabot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27
H0zc To Keeb WeU
By DR. WILLIAM BRADY, MD.

health nna nyEisn: not o d  enclo.ed should brief wstsn conform-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27
TODAY's FASHION TIP

A frill Of flutcd tullc can be put under the skirt Of last years eve- ming dress to make it look like one of the new pcttlcoat evening gowns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27
ANSWER:

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27

pet of the spring colors, is the pre- dominating shade. The velvet shoulder straps are of violet, too.
 Another fiattering creation has a printed silk crepe slip in turquoise, violet and white. It's yelled with redingote- effect coat of violet silks marquisite. Flowers of the slips print are used for trimming.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27
By MARIAN YOUNG (NEA Service Staff C0rresp0ndent)

New York--Peplums and exquisite lingerie touches dnspired by the French play, "Margot), pagoda points in sleeves and short, loose
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27

Send your money and order t0 Pattern Department. Waterbury Democrat. Waterbury, Conn. sc alfFe G0 state sixe.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
CHANGES SHOWN
BY F. H. A. SYSTEM
Survey Reveals Costs Of
Building Homes Have
Been Cut.

A study Of interest rates and mort
gage refinancing costs based on a sur
vey Of four representative cities before
the insured single mortgage system Of
the Federal Housing Administration
brought about a radical change in this
field discloses some vital facts of i'm
portance to home owners or pros
pective buyers.
In making the survey the statistics
department of the Housing Admins
tration used figures which are believed
to be average and typical Of the entire
country. Seven per cent was found to
be the fair average interest rate on
first mortgages; 10 per cent somewhat
less than average for second mort
cages; S per cent Of outstanding prin-
cipal was found to be typical Of the
charge made for refinancing a first
mortgage, and second mortgages were
usually amortized completely during
their life and therefore were not re-
financed.
First mortgages, 1t was found, usual
ly ran from three to five years, second
from three to four. First mortgages
usually covered from so to go per cent
of the appraised value of the property.
while second mortgages covered from
20 to IS per cent. On this basis the
statistics department selected a three
year trust mortgage, four-year second
mortgage. with 55 per cent of the ap-
praised value covered by a first mort
gage and 80 per cent on the second.
Therefore, on this basis, a house
which cost $4,000 would have a first
mortgage for $4,000, and a second
mortgage for $4,000. The first would
carry per cent interest, with a total
life Of ~ years, amounting to s8,316.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
Realty Foreclosures in 1885
Lowest IN -Four Previous Years

Real estate foreclosures during the
last three month of 1885 showed
decline of more than 18 per cent
from the corresponding period Of
1884, and total real estate fore
closures during 1885 we're. by a small
margin, the lowest in any of the
past four full years, according to an
analysis made by the Federal Home
Loan Bank Board, embracing 800
identical communities throughout the
48 States. The trend is considered
an indication of the housing shortage
now developing in nearly all sec
tions of the United States.
For the full year of 1885, there
were 1878 foreclosures in these 800
communities, embracing all types Of
properties, including farm and COM
mercial real estate. as we'll as urban
homes. In 1884, the number Of such
foreclosures was 1882; in 1888 it
was 201 1903, and in 1882 there were
201 ,149 foreclosures recorded in these
communities, contrasted with 81 ,4S5
foreclosures in 1926.
In the last quarter of 1895, there
were 1888 foreclosures in the $50
Evening star., 1936-04-04
PAINT SALES SHOW
15.9 PCT. INCREASE
$500 Wage Farmers Employed
in Industry During January,
Is Estimate.

The sale of paint, varnish and lac
quer products. according TO data re-
ported to the Bureau of the Census,
showed an increase of 15.9 per cent for
January, 1886, over the same month q
year ago.
A classified report of 344 establish
ments shows the total industrial sales
in this group increased 159 per cent
for the same period. representing a
gain Of l5.1 per cent in the paint and
varnish industry and IT. per cent
increase In lacquer sales.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics es-
Inmates that 28.700 wage earners were
employed in this industry during jan
uary. The pay roll for one week was
estimated by the bureau at s653, 300.
Employment for the month showed a
gain of S.5 per cent over January, 1885.
while the pay roll showed gain Of
1876 per cent.
Total sales reported for the month
by 66l establishments amounted to
s25,416.87S. This included S10,861 ,804
in trade sales, S6,501 ,480 in paint and
varnish industrial sales, $3,14s,4S7 in
lacquer industrial sales and 81 1905. LOT
in unclassified reports from 161 estab-
lishnents.
Evening star., 1936-04-04
MORE POWER ON FARMS
Increase of 5000 Is Cited in Rural
Maryland.

The number of farms in Maryland
using electricity has increased during
the last decade and half from 900
TO 1000 farms. according to Albert V.
Krewatch, specialist in agricultural
engineering for the University of
Maryland Extension Service, who has
Just completed new bulletin on "Elec-
trio Equipment in the Home-Its Care
and Repair" 1t is stated further that
If rural non-farm residents are includ-
ed, the number of the rural populat ton
now receiving electric service in the
State is more than so per cent.
According to Krewatch, rural elec-
trification is making rapid strides In
Maryland. He points out that as a
result Of lowered rates and the intro
duction of more liberal and uniform
line extension policies. there is an in
creasing demand for the modern con-
Veniences and labor-saving devices pro-
vided through electricity.
Evening star., 1936-04-04

localities, as against 4S,5l7 in the
final quarter of 1884. During the
first half of 1885, foreclosures were
at a higher rate than in the first
half Of 1884, due mainly, 1t is believed,
to the rise in property values which
began late in 1884, prompting q
considerable number of lending insti-
tutions to foreclose under mortgages
which had been past due for q con-
siderable period. The last half OF
1885, however, showed a decline OF
more than II percent in foreclosures,
compared with the last six months
of 1884.
Evening star., 1936-04-04

poisoned tentacles from their foes.
How they happen to be unmolested is
another interesting little quirk Of this
strange armored one.
This colony Is known by biologists
as polymorphic (nany forms) be-
cause it consists of group made
UP of several types of individuals.
You may sight the innocent-looking
battleship, filled to the gunwales with
gas and guns, floating about at the
surface in tropical seas or in the
Gulf Stream. Do not think 1t is a
beautiful. harmless creature. You are
forewarned-therefore forearmed.
tCopyright, 1850
Evening star., 1936-04-04
FARM NEAR WARRENTON
SOLD TO H. LINTHICUM

WARRENTON, Va, April P).-
Rowland Linthicum of Baltimore and
Washington has purchased Mountain
View, 70-acre farm 4 miles south
Of Warenton on the Remington road,
known as the old Shumate place.
Mr.. Linthicum plans to complete
improvements on the handsome old
home begun by Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.
Coleman, 1t Is understood.
The property lies opposite the Mey-
ers farm, which recently was purchased
by Cliff p. Zeigler for use as an air.
port. The sale was made by ]. Green
Carter Of Warrenton.
Mr.. Linthicum is special representa-
tive of the Seaboard Securities Co. Of
New York.