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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23
Safety in a Canoe

Canoeing looks so simple and easy when done by experts, but it's dangerous sport for the fellow who doesn't understand It. And there are many such fellows now adays. Consider the problem of an over turned canoe. It is simple enough when you know what to do, but to many citi- fled novice it means tragedy. With the season beginning again, and with canoes more popular than ever, tip may be useful.
 Newspapers told the other day of two young men who padded out half mile into rough lake, then got tipped over by wave hitting the canoe broadslde while they were changing seats. They got back home by the unusual procedure of hanging onto opposite sides of the water-filled craft, and slowly padding to shore with all their clothes on, including their hats They were lucky.
 But in the first place, they shouldn't change seats in a canoe without crouch ing low Tn the second place, they shouldn't let wave hit them broadside while doing it. And in the third place, they should learn how to climb back into canoe when spilled out. It's neat trick.
 First you empty nearly all the water out of the canoe by slowly pressing down one side. Then you climb in over the end. That is done by hanging onto the tip of the bow or stern, letting yourself low down in the water, then suddenly pulling hard with your arms and kicking with your legs - and up and over you go, falling in head first. It must be done quickly. It is easier when there is some body to hold the other end down.
 Once in, you can bail out the rest of the water. And with what? Oh, that's your problem.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23
Buy Elm or Weep

Motorists are just becoming aware of the fact that the Legislature of recent memory passed measure which means an additional outlay on their motor bills this year. On or before July they must have affixed to the rear of their motor vehicle, unless it is farm machine or used for farm work, reflector of type that has been approved by the Motor Vehicle Commissioner. When this edi- torial was written Governor Cross had not yet signed the bill making it a law, but he was expected to-.
 Tn the meantime auto repairmen are busy informing their customers of the new law and no doubt thanking thelr lucky stars that we have group of leg islators who have been so considerate of them during the last two sessions. You may recall that 1885 gave us the motor tests with the almost consequent need of having the car primed up by proper mechanic before sending it through the line Now the 1887 assembly obliges with rear of all cars.
 No doubt this was brought about by the fact that for some few years trucks have been compelled to be equipped with such reflectors. Now it is being passed along to passenger vehicles. Incidentally if you happen to own wagon and drive it on the public highways it must be likewise equipped. And the same goes for bi- cycle, even if it is not operated after night fall The law is quite specific on the point and, says, "All vehicles. Be pre- pared and don't Haunt the new law or it may be just too bad
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23

too, have been transplanted to the mother country and now flourish in English gardens, making specimens of them easily available for the present exhibition.
 News of. this flower show, added to news of many spring flower shows in the United States mostly in the lovely gardens and handsome yards of private homes . leads a thoughtful observer to remark that in the world of flowers there are no aliens. Horticulturists have learned how to transplant and acclimat- ize flowers from almost any part of the earth in almost any other part. Tropical plants are taught to live hardly far north of their native area, and northern vege- tation is enabled to endure the hot sun of southern regions. There is an interna- tionalism of vegetation which yields such enjoyment and satisfaction that one wishes it's example might spread to social and political fields.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23
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OKAY FINE! (NeW York Herald-Tribune)

"okay," terrific" "lousy," "con- tact" definitely" "gal," racket" swell" impact" and "honey," the ten most overworked words accord ing to MT. Wilfred J. Funk, the leXi- cographer, might well be made round dozen by adding those dowdy and down. n-at-heel favorites of copy writers and announcers, "colorful' and outstanding" The other nine will wear themselves out in time, but one begins to wonder about "okay." Succeeding to long line of slang affirmatives and expressions of assent and approval, from merely forma Ito enthusiastic. such as, years ago, "sure thing" apd, more recently, I'll say so," You tell 'em, Buddy and What I mean, mis- ter" and And how. baby" there is something about "okay" that prom ises longer life, if not immortality in the English language and pidgin English and, perhaps, even in Dr. c. K. Ogden's basic English.
 "Yes," whether pronounced as one syllable or two, or even three (ya-a-as, in parts of the Deep South), is not nearly so expressive of ready assent as "okay." It is deliberate, even hesitant, somewhat sly and tentative compared to the crack of the whip delivered by "okay." "Okay" drews itself up clicks its heels and salutes in a split second; especially in "okay, chief! It has a splendid alacrity, is terse, jaunty, streamlined, the very soul of swift agreement. "Okay, finel" is gliding good functionalism and "okeedokee" should be frowned upon as overdoing the sufficient breeziness inherent in "okay" plain and unadorned. A word on the way up and eligible for the higher places should be prompt, useful and as cheerful and as nearly indispensable as "okay" now is. But let it take care not to be merely or cheap, or worst of all, dowdy, like the other nine words on Dr. Funk's black list or, emphatically, the two additions we have suggested.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23
Floral Internationalism

While Prime Minister Neville Cham- berlain was presiding over the conference of premiers of the British Empire, the Royal Horticultural Society was holding different and more successful Empire Congress. This was show of the flowers of the Empire. It has been the most popular of the events accompanying the coronation.
 Visitors have delighted in viewing the scarlet feather and Towering gum of Australia, the parrots bill of New Zea- and, the dogwood and laurel of Canada, he blue daisy and aloeS of South Africa, md even the poppywort and bamboo of Burma. All these varieties and others,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23
Senate Opportunity Billboard Legislation Among Last to Get Con- sideration-New Proposal Among Most
 Moderate Ever Proposed.
NEW HAVEN REGISTER

First to be introduced but last to be considered is almost the thumb nail record of billboard legislation in the general assembly. The bill- board bill which yesterday was passed by the house of representa- tives may not be quite the last measure on the docket, but 1t has come up near the close, and this time as last a pleasant fate for 1t is not assured. The senate is yet to act upon it, and two years ago the senate delivered a coup de grace.
 The bill is a moderate measure. It does not essay the abolition of billboards. Its purpose is not to destroy, but to limit the destructive effects of undue advertisingn on the landscape. It leaves open what cer- tainly is large and what reason ably seems adequate opportunity for advertising to passersby on the highways.
 It would restrict billboards to a maximum size of 600 square feet. It would keep them away from rail- road grade crossings, playgrounds, cemeteries, public parks and state forests. Any reasonable measure for minimizing distraction, for improv- ngi the degree of safety in driving on the highways, is commendable.
 It would force letting the land- scape alone by restrictin the erec- ton of blllborads to certain permit ted areas along trunk lines or state- aid highways, oil the country roads where exits the scenery which we advertise 50 highly and widely as g Connecticut offering of incalculable value. Where the roadsides are built up, where the scenery is screened anyway, the state would not inter- fere. But apart from such built-ur communities, along the open road 1t would say "No."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23
In Today's Mail
 Anonymous letters will not be accepted unless accom- panied with writer's name.
N U S J STUDY CLUB URGES FOCUSED ATTENTION ON
 PRORLEMS
tor Waterbury Democrat:

Editor Waterbury Democrat:
 The Citizens Study club of the National Union for Social Justice composed of former members Of the National union invite all citizens to attend its monthly meeting to be held in Mechanics hall, Il East Main street. Thursday evening, June 24 at 6 o'clock.
 Never in the history of the United States has there been greater need for nationwide survey of govern mental policies, as there IS today. Problem is piling upon problem in our national life. As Americans we must know what is going on, or what should be going on.
 The year of 1887 will be the most important in the industrial his- tory of America. Capital and labor are at each others threats. Com munisri1 and facism are engaged in a titanic tug-of-war for control of our liberties as Americans.
 Wake up and watch can well be our slogan during the coming mOnCnH. DO cast Ablue your letIlhIBy! Reform your battalions independent of the press, the politician, and the de-nothing pussy-footer.
 With your eyes fixed firmly on the future of your children, and your country appeal to you in the name of Christianity and patriotism to weke up from your apathy and in- teFest yourselves in our democratic form of government.
 Your liberties are in danger. Re- solve to make this country a better place to live in. America is still the land of the free and the home of the brave. Let us through our uni- ted efforts keep 1t that way, by fos- tering a system of education that will teach the citizen his rights un- der the constitution of the United States. There can be no understand ing without knowledge.
 GEORGE L. AYOTTE,
 President Citizens Study club.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23

Down in New Haven they are going to be tough about taxes on automobiles. The tax collector is prepared to call in 1000 sets of automobile markers unless the owners see him and settle their tax bill. The names of the 1000 relinquents has been forwarded to the police depart ment and it is expected to cooperate with the tax collector in enforcing the law. There will be additional warnings from the police, then confiscation with the consequent loss of the use of the car un- til the tax bill is paid and the markers are restored. Cracking down like this is usually effective.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23

Well, it's democratic mayor in Dan- bury after all. The electors of the city designated Judge Martin Cunningham at a special election Monday He defeated the incumbent, Mayor Adam Roth by some 800 votes. Danbury, it may be recalled, lost it's mayor-elect a few months ago only few days after he had been elected to office. He was democrat and the question of his successor was a per- picking one. The ordinances read that the mayor should hold office until his successor had been named, so Mayor Roth continued in office even after his term had expired. It was necessary for the Legislature to authorize special mayor alty election in Danbury and it's result this week was practically the same as the voters showed earlier in the year when they elected the late Byron w. Austin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23
Selected Poem
MIRACLE OF GRASS

Barbara Young in the New York Times) have made grass to spring where no grass was. I, with these human hands, have flung to earth To the dark, secret and nscrutahle soil, The infinite small seed the dry-as-dust, The tiny magical momentous life. Bound in it's bit of husk.
 Below me, now, Proud with this wondrous miracle of grass, This veil of misty green these million spears Lifting like emerald flame to warm the day And the long Winter that has held my heart. look and am bewdered at the sight am caught up in lightl breathe an air Of other worlds than this. I feast my eyes On vast far fields of young ethereal green That yet is not more fair, not more eternal Than this new miracle about my feet, Late sprung from scant nhnitesmal seed My human hands have sown upon the soil. have made grass to spring where no grass was.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23
Current Comment

People are for me because they know really busy myself regard garding their needs and problems, and because their souls interest me.
 Adolf Hitler. People ought to be encouraged to make profits: they cannot ern- ploy people if they don't make profits. Harry |. Hopkins. No nation needs bombing air planes, big tanks and heavy artillery unless 1t intends to plumber It's ileighbors.
 --U. s. Ambassador to England
 Robert w. Bingham
 The show (coronation) had been provided for Edward, but you threw Edward out and put George in. William Gallacher, Communist
 member of Parliament.
 The Christian gospel has some- thing to say to both employer and employee.
 --The Rev. Edgar D. Jones of
 Detroit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23
Bachelor McReynOIds

Bachelor McReynoIds
 This is the season of the year when Justice James Clark Me- Reynolds, bitterts foe of Roose- welt on the Supreme Court, be- comes a mots pathetic figure.
 All of the ether justices pack their bags the day court a4- jOurns. Some of them have everything packed beforehand and get cut of WashingtOa an hour of 90 after the Court receSses.
 But Justice McReypclds, . bachelor, fingers on. He hes no place to go. Sometimes he goes out to visit . sister in California, sometimes he gees down to his old stamping ground in Kentucky or Tennessee.
 No one has eyer entirely fathomed the reason for Justice McReynolds' lonely life, or the bitterness that comes to the sue face 50 frequently in his conduct on the Court.
 Here, however, is 6 little known incident, which may account for part of 1t:
 When McReynOlds was q stu- dent at Vanderbilt university in Tennessee, he met . girl named Lucia Pearson, who was attend ing the Ward- Belmont school. They fell in love, and after Me- Reynolds had completed his law course at Vanderbilt their eEl- gagement was announced.
 But Luclla Pearson retufnea to her home at Louisiana, Mis- s0uri, for g visit, and shortly afterward, was taken sick and died. Her death waS said tA have been . tremendous shock to McReyn0lds, and each year for some time he came t4 Louisiana, Missouri, to visit the Riverviey cemetery where she is buried.
 Merry Co., Round
 Is this 8 hint to U. 8. military officers that they are becoming bald? WaShingtoii's swanky Army and Navy club has sent a notice to its members announcing that 1t has installed hair erow- ing machine . Frederic De- lano. uncle of the President and chairman of the National Re- sources Committee, is also head of Brookings Institution, which has taken some lusty slaps at the Presidents ambitious govern ment reorganization plan
 Copyright, 1897, United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23
A Book a Day
Some Shopping Tips for Health Seekers
 By BRUCE CATION

The typical American drug store carries le40 different packaged medicines and 1851 different toilet preparttions--5s brands of tooth paste, for instance. 8l2 laxatives, i'll cold creams, 132 antisepics and 71 cough syrups. How is the innocent customer ever to know which or these preparations will really be good for him and which will not9
 He can go to the state university, of course, and enroll for the full course in the College of Pharmacy. Failing that--wllich takes 3 lot of time and n1oney-lic can Invest in Jerome w. Ephraifr1s new book, "Take Care of Yourself" (Siffon and Schuster: $2).
 Mir. Ephraitn takes the point that If you know how your body flnc- tions, what the various symptoms Of ill-health mean what drugs and cosmetics can and cannot do for you, you can shop much more irl- telligently. So he sets out to provide that information.
 First of all, he says, understand the limits of standardization, Select competent and honest doctor, see him once a year, and confine your use of home remedies to the siri- plest ailments. Tn case of doubt, see your doctor.
 The bulk of his book consists of description of the parts Of the body for which we usually attempt home treatment--the hair, the teeth, the skin, and 50 on. He dis- cusses indigestion, constipation, re- ducing diets, antiseDties and the like, and tells you what you can and cannot do about the common cold.
 Mr. Ephraiin is not . debunker and he doesn't try to "expose" any, one. He is siprlly handing out . large dose of common sense, and his book strikes mo as sensible and highly valuable.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23

Perhaps 1t is fortunate that the billboard measure should approach its critical test just at this time, when the scenery is at it's best and admired by all. Committing to and from the state capitol, the gentle men of the senate ought now to be getting daily impressions of coun- tryside that is well worth preserv- ing. No artist could well improve it if he would; but the members of the senate can save it from dis figurement. They can win friends who will remember this good turn long after the countryside has many a time turned from winter gray to June grandeur.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23
Test Y Q UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these
 test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
 1. What Is the name for a weasel that holds the wine used in the holy sacrament?
 ?. How many centimeters are ip two inches?
 3. In what country was John Paul Jones, famous naval ofticer in the American Revolution, born? {. What is a r1oratoriurn7
 5. Who was Anne Hathaway
 6. What is the name for the cere- mony of crowning the sovereign of a monarchical country?
 '. Where is the geographic cen- ter of the United States?
 8. In law, what Is an heir?
 9. When did the 20th century be- gin?
 10. TO what country do the Bal eariC islands belongf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23

The good old Graf Zeppelin is about to end it's lengthy air service It has just completed eight years of flying and in that time made 590 voyages, 143 of them across the Atlantic ocean, principally to South America. The airship is to be de- Hated since it uses hydrogen and the German government plans to use only helium in the future in all it's airships. It is one dirigible that has withstood the assaults of time and tempests.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 8:1s D. m. daylight time,. Sun rises 5:20 6. m; sets 8:27 D. m. (day- light time)
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 High tide at Milford Thursday, June A, 12:0l p. m.; low tide, 613 p. m. (daylight tme).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23
A Thought for Today

And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for will there make of thee a great natiOn.-Genesis 46:3.
 The demand of the human understanding for causation requires but the one old and only answer, God-DeXter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23
OF UNDERCOVER SNIPTNG

WASHINGTON, June g. - The Presidents good willing with democratic members of Congress this week. end at Jefferson Island is important but not omenous
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23

If you want a copy of our book let, THE DOG AND CAT BOOK, write the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1912 Thir- teenth Street, Northwest, Wash ingtOn, D. c. Enclose 1 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23
Answers To Questions
AEaeu.s
By Frederick M KeFby

e. Please give the populations of Los Angeles and San Francisco for the years 1910 and 1880.
 A. Los Angeles in 1910 had Q population of 319,198 and San Fran cisco's population was 4l8,912. In 193O the population of Los Angeles had increased to 1,238,048 and that of San Francisco increased to 634,394.
 o. Who was the husband of Cleopatra, the beautiful queen of Egypt?
 A. Her brother Ptolemy XIV.
 e. Please give brief biography of the film actor, Fred Astaire.
 A. He made his screen debut as a dancing comedian in Plying Down to Rio," and played next with Joan Crawford in Dancing Lady,; after which he was co-starred with Ginger Rogers in 8 succession of musical productions. He was born in Omaha, Nebr., is 5 feet 9 inches tall, and has dark brown hair and eyes. He and his sister, Adele, had gained considerable success on the stage as dancers before he went into pictures.
 Q. Are there any pure races of mankind?
 A. pr. Stewart of the division of physical anthropology of the U. S. National Museum says that the pur- ity of a race is determined chiefly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23

Candid photography is hard on stuffed shirts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23

o. How much money has the United States paid to farmers who participated in the 1936 agricultural conservation program?
 A. $206,O1D,848.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
 Never say, T must SO and lay down.; say, "lle down."

by analysis of the physical measure ments and observations on large sample of the population in ques- ton. Relative racial purity corre- spends to the relative homogeneity of the physical characters. At the present time so much race mixture is taking place that 1t is almost iln- possible to name the purest race. Among the purest, however, might be mentioned the Eskimo and the Australian aborigine. These two groups have probably retained a fair degree of racial purity through iso- lation.
 o. Does widow continue to use her husbands name on her calling cards?
 A. Yes.
 o. Are there two Wheaton Col leges" in the United States?
 A. Wheaton college, women's -sectarian college established in 1884 IS located at Norton, Mass. There is also Wheaton co-educa- tional college established in 1860, located at Wheaton, Ill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-23

Copyright, 1897, United Feature Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1937-01-17
Harriet Hooters Role.

HARRIET HOCTOR, one of the
worlds leading ballet dancers,
who has been signed by R-K-O Radio
Pictures to appear in prominent role
in the new Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers
musical. Stepping Toes" now before
the cameras. left for Hollywood Thurs
day. January IA, aboard the Twen-
tieth Century.
The premiere danseuse, who is in
ternationally famous. is to appear with
Mr.. Astaire in a spectacular terpsicho-
rean speciality devised for Stepping
Toes" by Astaire and his dance assist
ant. Hermes Pan.
Miss Hoctor. who started her career
at the age Of IL. studying with Chalif,
scored an overnight Broadway hit
with her excellent dancing perform
ance In the Duncan sisters "Topsy
and Eva" Winning the attention Of
the late Flo ziegfeld. he signed her for
his Three Musketeers." Subsequently
she appeared in ziegfelds Show
Girl" and Simple Simon"
In the motion picture life Of the
famous Snowman, The Great Zieg-
feld," Miss Hoctor played prominent
role. Last year she appeared in the
Broadway presentation Of the ''Zieg-
field Follies."
Her role in stepping Toes" marks
Miss Hooters second film appear
ance. 1t Is being produced by Pandro
S. Berman and directed by Mark
Sandrich. The musical score has been