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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-18
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Foreign Girl Scouts WEI
 Be In Hartford Monday

Tho Hartford Council of Girl Scouts will entertain girl scouts and guides from % foreign countries at . luncheon Monday, August g, at Camp Alice Merritt in East Hart ford. The visitors will be enroute that day for Camp Pine Tree, Ply- mouth, Mass. They will have police escort through the state. Mrs. Clif- forf D. Perkins, state chairman of the Connecticut Girl Scouts and member of the international com- nittee, has been assisting in the plans. Girl Scout camps from all over the state will present gifts to the foreign scouts, among them Camp Wequapauset Girl Scout camp of this city.
 The foreign guests will be: Rozille Mcdonald, Australia; Yvonne Le- Begue, Belgium; Gloria DaSilva Porto, Brazil; Frances Cox, Canada;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-18
Local Men Sail ForSpdnish Main

William H. Boden of li6 Nathan street, and Theodore Miller of 66 Arden road, sailed today from New York on the Colombian line steamer Pastores for an 1S-day cruise to the Spanish Main. They will spend one to two dayssat the more inter- esting ports, including Port au Prince, Haiti; Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies; Puerto Colom- bia, Barranquilla and Cartagena, South America; Cristobal and Pan- anna City, Panama Canal Zone. Be- fore returning they vii lalso visit Cap- -Haitien, Haiti. From here they will motor to Milot to see the ruins of Sans Souci palace, then continue by horseback over a slender moun- tain path through tropical jungle to the highest peak of the Antilles to see the Citadel Ia Ferriere, the colossal mountain fortress and pal- ace built by the glamorous black Emperor Henri Christophe more than 200 years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-18
Paris Styles
By ARARY EKNTREss

Paris - (UP)-Two-piece dresses for every occasion from morning until night feature in the new col- lection of Alex Maguy in which rich broadcloths, fine wools and fur trimmings are outstanding.
 Skirt treatments are varied with flares, straight slit skirts and pleats of several types being shown. Tea dresses are designed with either very high or extremely low-cut necklines, draped bodices are free quent> on afternoon and evening frocks, and fur Is used for trim on dresses, suit sand coats.
 Coats in the Maguy collection are of many distinct types. There are bright sports plaids belted in front and let to ny free in large box pleats in back. Beaver trims tailored coats in. neutral colors, usually shown in c fiecked wool to give Q touch of color contrast, and un- trimmed coats are designed with novelty stand-up collars and straight, short skirts.
 The Russian influence Is seen in Q black winter coat with e fiared skirtline and zipper fastening at the back. The. high collar hugs closely to the neckline opening at the back. and sleeves, narrow at the shoulder come tp bell-like fullness at the wrists. A, ilnuff of foxtaiis is shown with the coat, and high beret with patent leather band around the head gives . military aspect to the costume.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-18

not now afford to draw trumps without establishing some side suits. The finesse of the club jack held, and low diamond was led from dummy. East played the 10, and South won with the queen.
 South now made the play which gave him his contract. He returned the diamond five, and although West played the nine, he played the four from dummy and East's ace fell. This is known as the obliga- tory finesse, a term describing Q play to drop a high card without sacrificing an honor. Now East re- turned a trump, but South made his overambitious contract doubled, losing only one diamond, one heart and one trump.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-18
CONTRACT BRIDGE
 By VIM. E. MCKINNEY
 Secretary of the American Bridge League
Useless Sacrifice Overbd Partners Shoulder Almost In possible Contract When Penalty Would Have
 Paid 500 Points.

Sometimes bridge players, not knowing their own strength, rush in to take sacrifices when the op- ponents were out beyond their depth. This is the situation in to- days hand, taken from the collec- ton of that fine card player, Frank K. Perkins, of Boston.
 North and South had no need lo overbid, because against the four heart contract they could have won three clubs, one diamond and one
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-18

shoes, and carried an arm bouquet of gladioli. A reception was held at The Hotel Elton where floral deco rations consisted of gladioli. About 50 were present, with out of town guests from Bridgeport, Fairfield, Danbury, Hartford, Wallingford and Bethel. The couple left on an un- announced wedding trip, Mrs. Cox wearing a jungle green ensemble with matching accessories. On re- turning they will be at home l05 West Elm street, New Haven. The bride attended Crosby high school and Teachers college, Danbury, and was teacher in Fairfield schools. MT. Cox attended Central high in Bridgeport, Rensselaer, college and l Clarkson university.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-18

spade for a penalty of 500 points. Instead, South, as soon as the dunn my vas spread, realized that he had embarked on an almost unmakable contract.
 The opening lead of the heart king held the trick and a heart con- tinued, which South ruffed. He led a trump and the flnesse of the 10 forced East,s ace.
 East returned a heart and South had to trump, and with only two trumps in each hand. South could
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-18
Engagements

Announcement is made of the en- gagement of Miss Mildred Margaret McLane, daughter of MT. and Mrs. James J. McLane of Pilgrim avenue to George Francis Walsh, son of Michael Walsh of Cole street. The wedding will take place Monday, August 30 at St. Thomas church church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-18
SANTA MARIA CIRCLE MEETING

A meeting of Santa Maria Circle, Daughters of Isabella, will be held this evening at 8 o'clock in Hi- bernian hall,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-18
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES :
Personal

Dr. and Mrs. Charles F. Egan of Cheshire are leaving today for a short stay at Manornet Point, Cape Cod.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-18
Weddings
Weddings
KIERsTED-MELEsKY

Miss Helen MelesIxy, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Saturn Melesky of Cold Spring Road, Beacon Falls, and Robert Courtland Kiersted, son of Mrs. Robert Kiersted of Chestnut avenue. were married Monday morn- ing at St. Michael's rectory in Bea- con Falls. Miss Elizabeth Melesky, sister of the bride, and Harold Had- ley of this city were the attending couple. Rev. Francis Higgins, pas- tor, officiated. The bride wore a Princess gown of white sharkskin, 8 small turban and corsage of white roses and lilies of the valley. Her attendant wore a beige crepe gown with brown turban, and a corsage of yellow tea roses. The couple left on wedding trip to Boston following the ceremony. Upon returning they will reside at Chestnut avenue, this city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-18
Contract Problem (SolutiOn in next issue)
Thomas Studio.

South's powerhouse makes impossible any but a bust response, if he opens his hand with forcing bid of two. A bid of three or four no trump might easily be passed. Even a bid of one is not sure to re. ceive a response. What bid should South make as an open ing?
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-18

High tension steel has been de- veloped to meet the demand for greater and greater hrldgs spans,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17
Add Paprika to Corn.

Corn on the cob, fresh from the
garden or even off the hucksters truck
or the distant city vegetable stand, is
one Of Summers choicest treats
Dripping with butter. seasoned with
salt and pepper, it would seem that it
had reached the heights of gustatory
perfection.
The gourmets, however, ever alert
for improvements. have found new
way to make corn on the cob and
many other corn dishes even more de-
licious. When the corn has been sea-
soned and buttered as usual, they add
generous quantities of sweet paprika
The result is not only pictorially color
full, but Hastily different.
A new way of serving this vege-
table is also finding many pleased
recruits. Each person at the table
is given an individual portion Of butter
sauce made by melting one pat OF
butter and stirring in salt, pepper and
paprika to taste. The sauce is served
in a miniature gravy boat or any small
dish and is poured over small sec
ton of the ear Of corn with a spoon as
needed.
Paprika also gives added flavor to
corn cut from the cob and served
either with plain melted butter or
with a thin cream sauce. A light
sprinklne is good. too, on corn fritters
and cream of corn soup.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17

Now, at last, I could gain peace and
forgetfulness But no. The maid in
quired promptly what the dentist had
said. (UnWisely I had announced
my intention OF visiting him on my
way home from the offlce.) When
I muttered "One out-two out" she
settled herself in the doorway before
me, blocking my path, and proceeded
to tell me the horrible story OF her
sister, who had had her jaw broken
when her lower right wisdom tooth
was extracted She left no gruesome
detail Notwithstanding the silver wire
that still held Queenie's face together.
THROUGH dinner the nan Of the
house told me all about the time
he lost his wisdom teeth. Gle didn't
have to tell mel remembered every
trying moment just as well as he did.
He had. to judge from his behavior,
suffered the tortures of job Now, as
he told the story, all was sweetness
and light, and what little unpleasant
ness there had been he had borne with
noble fortitude and courage. Although
I did remember the actual facts, this
little day dream cheered me some
what.
At the Office the next morning word
of my impending doom had, appar-
emily, spread. That is another funny
thing l have discovered about having
your wisdom teeth out, everybody
seems to know it as soon as you do,
or before, like Walter WinchelD One
after another they came tip-toeing in,
with that dreadful expression that is
so peculiar to sick rooms on their
faces-it seems to be compounded of
one part sympathy, two parts curios-
ity and one part triumph-and one
by one they told me Of the awful
fate in store for me. I beheld myself
dying of gas I'm not going to have
gas, only novocaine), permanently
paralyzed by novocaine II wish I were
going to have gas, suffering months
of agony from infected jaWbones, hay-
ing a disfgured face from shattered
bones or paralyzed nerves, looking
like chipmunk with cheeks full of
nuts for weeks, going through nervous
prostration from shock-everything
any one can think Of, except that l
might have two troublesome teeth
nicely out. feel the better for it. with
only a day or so Of soreness to re-
member tho ocra sion byr
There is something about ones wis
dom teeth that makes them anybodys
property As long as they were "a
poor thing, but mine own" I was
pretty sensible and brave about them.
Now that they have become the talk
OF the town, and the instrument OF nv
destruction. I'm scared to death of
them. I think I'll make will. Be-
cause I'm sure III never live through
losing them!
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Dorothy Dix Says
Nobody Likes a Cry Baby Woman, So
Shed Your Tears in Private.

can but congratulate your fiance
though on his farsightedness in put
ting damper on your tears instead
of encouraging them. 1t is the only
way he can save himself from a life
time of slavery to woman who can
never be treated like rational human
being and who will always have to be
petted and said there, there. don't
cry to when she is in the wrong, and
coddled and spoiled in every way to
keep her from dissolving in tears.
And that gets pretty tiresome as the
years 60 by. for the weeping woman,
as Mr.. Mantilini in Dickens story used
to say. is "a demmed moiY. unpleasant
body" AS your boy friend appears to
be of this some opinion you are wise
to decide to do your crying in private
Only that will take all the pep out Of
it, because weepers weep to be seen
and made much of.
DEAR DOROTHY DIX: How can
DjN dCQulIc biIC al vi kPSplIS
a conversation going with a girl who
has almost no conversation when he
is not so laxative himself? Is talking
a gift, or is there way to learn such
thing? Should one prepare a con-
versation before going out? If so, how?
And if not, what do you suggest9
NJ E. G.
Answer: The gift Of CAB is something
that comes by nature and I doubt II il
can be acquired. There are people
who seem to be born with a die
tionary in their mouths, so to speak
and others out OF whom every word
has to be drawn with a corkscrew. II
you belong to the great silent class
you can no more turn yourself into
a babbler than you can into an opera
singer if you have no voice, or a
cinema beauty if you have pug nose
1t is impossible to prepare CONVEX
sation in advance because you cannot
possibly know what trend the talk is
going to take, and the charm of al
conversation lies in its spontaneity anc
freshness. No people are greater bores
than those who memorize jokes that
they muf when they tell, or who study
up on some subject upon which they
discourse and which they drag in BY
the head or the heels.
The only thing for you to do is te
pick your company and associate with
people who like to do all the talking
and who would be perfectly fascinated
with you as a listener. Especially
never go with dumb girl. Get q
chatterer who will keep the converse
ton going and all that you will have
to contribute will be an occasional,
exclamation of surprise or interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17

THESE -your-oUn elevators are
terribly hard on a man with
chivalry in his soul. We met one
such the other day. He seemed to
come with the elevator. As we stepped
in at the ground floor. there he was.
We asked him if he wasn't getting out,
and he said YEARLY, I'm trying to
get to the sixth, but people keep CALL
ing the car back down here" And
them gentleman to the bitter end
he asked us which floor We wanted,
and punched for us first.
He was, we thought, the perfect
elevator rider. We wouldn't have
blamed him at all if he had refused
us admission, or guarded the sixth
floor button with his life.
OF course, as it was, he won our
help. We held the door open until
he had the button under control, and
We both reached both our floors.
We vowed. in fact, that the next
time we found ourselves riding up
and down between the first and sec
ond floors in vain effort to get to
the fourth, We would mimic his be-
havior. It's much more effective than
freezing the other person out with a
scowl. JEAN.
Wopy11ght, 1870
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Of the roof, with gable windows. A
great chimney runs up the north and
the south side of the building, with
fireplace on every floor.
The structure is built OF gray stone
a mixture of gray-blue granite, with
occasional stretches of sandstone of a
reddish color Though it is generally
supposed that the stone was quarried
locally, it does not match anything
in the vicinity now. 1t was necessary
to close up door in the house and
after searching all the local quarries,
We finally excavated the foundation of
an old outbuilding to get stone to
match the main house. The bricks
used in the house came from a local
kiln and are four times as large as
modern bricks.
1t is an interesting building, because
it shows its growth from simple, al
most primitive, little house to a man.
sion, with all the elegance which came
after the Civil War.
Plastered up in the great chimney
breast in the old kitchen we found q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17

was staggered by the exquisite work
manship and the time and material
that had gone into the construction
Of the house, and, consequently. felt
very humble in my efforts to restore
it to its original condition!
The house is built on the crest of
hill, The ground slopes off sharply
at the rear, leaving the basement
with full-height doors and windows
all above ground. The kitchen and
dining room are on this floor, and l
am of the impression that this was
built and used several years before
| the rest of the house was constructed.
The house has a center hall. One
enters the front door on the living
room floor. On either side OF the
hall is a large room, 18 by "a feet.
Each has four windows and fire.
place. On the second floor are two
large bed rooms. and on the third
two small ones, built under the slope
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-08-17
Manners
Must Be
Taught
They Are Passports to
Pleasant Places the
World Over.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

THE living room was bright and In
viting. Father sighed bllssfully
and sank into his chair by the fire
side, opening his paper with every
appearance of satisfaction with things
as they were. Mother took her place
bv the little table and prepared to
knit. There was a noise on the stairs
and two boys and dog splashed into
the quiet and shattered 1t completely.
Mother. can L
Now, mother, don't let him. He
had the radio all last night. He never
gives me a chance"
"One at a time, Roger. 1t seems
to me that your brother is entitled
to his choice of program once IN a
WHILE"
He can listen too can't he?'
II don't want that program. I
want"
What about your lessons?'
They're all done. Did them In
school. Well, all right I'll play the
piano. I haven't practiced yet, any
way" and Roger. the older, began to
pound out his piece" Harley lay
down on the floor to play with the
police dog. He rolled over, calling
Catch me- Watson; catch me- and
Watson obliged, jumping over chairs
and squeezing behind or under any
obstacle.
Get him good. boy" urged Roger
between thumps.
"You leave him alone, can't you3'
shouted Harley He isn't playing
With you, is he?"
Father jumped out OF his chair
PUT that dog out. I've told you
thousand times not to bring him into
the living room. You, Roger, go up
stairs to your own place and stay
there. I'm not obliged to live In q
boiler factory Just yet. I don't care
about your practice. Practice when
I'm not home. AS long as you have
no living room manners stay out OF
here That's my last word on it, too.
After quiet and order had been re-
stored mother said: But they vii
have to be trained to behave properly
In the living room. Banishing then
isn't enough. We have to make some
sort of scheme that will work.
why not?" asked father. why
cannot they be taught that there are
manners for the playground, Other
manners for the parlor. still others fol
the kennels and all the other places
they will discover by and by? All
ask Of them is that they behave Il
suit the occasion.
And that reminds me- I have tt
Gee Roger again about his church be.
havior I spoke to him about 1t las
Sunday. He kept turning and twist.
ing about to see who came in and al
about them. I have to go over tina
with him again. He just didn't think
Now We have to teach him to think
you attend to the living room
manners: I'll take over church. Mayb'
between us we can make some impress
sion on them both. They will neve,
know If they don't learn now"
Manners must be taught There Ii
manner suitable for the occasion
every time and as fast as the occa
sions come the children ought to b.
trained to meet them. Good manner!
are passports to pleasant places the
wide world over. Home Is no excep.
tim
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shaken would be putting it mildly.
Here" I said to myself, go you,
come next day after tomorrow" The
lady moaned louder every time the
elevator jerked to landing and large
tears squeezed out Of her eyes and
ran down her puffy cheeks. I began
to feel trapped and prayed that the
street floor would be reached before
she fell in a faint or started bleeding
at the mouth, or something. How
ever, the elevator was playing local
that day and proceeded to make the
most of 1t all the way down When
escape came I sprinted for the pave
ment as fast as my trembling legs
would carry me.
X X
HAILING taxi, I sank gratefully
upon the cushions Hot air
famed my face, and the driver cut
through traffic with hair-raising dash
But didn't care I could forget about
wisdom teeth for moment and think
OF something pleasant instead
The driver turned his head and
spoke
That was a dentists Office build
ing you come out of, wasn't it. lady?"
I said yes, it was, with a feeling Of
foreboding.
My" he continued brightly, spit
ting out into the wide world, Them S
terrible fellers, Charge like all get
out, and tear you to pieces something
awful My wife went to one of EN-
to get tooth filled and the first thing
she knew he'd give her gas and she
woke up with all of her front teeth out
and sittin' on the table in front OF
her!"
"Goodness! I said. feebly.
"Oh yes" he continued avoiding
dog by going straight at it, She
had terrible time Her jaw got in
fected, and she had to have the bone
scraped for two months. Cost me
plenty, you bet!"
I thought, privately. that it must
have cost her plenty and then some
but, to my relief. home was in sight,
and the conversation was happily
abandoned.
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out just how difficult 1t is to cook a
dinner in a real Dutch oven
The main floor has a living room
and drawing room. The paneling
around the doors and windows is very
fine. The windows are flush with the
outside Of the house. which makes a
deep window sill the depth of the
walls. The many layers of varicolored
paint had to be removed before the
new paint could be applied. The fire.
places had all been closed, but when
they were opened up and cleaned
worked as well as when they were
constructed. The floors were covered
with layers of black paint. This was
removed and the old boards sanded,
then finished with a coat of shellac to
harden the surface, sanded again and
waxed. They now have the deep
golden tone that pine achieves with
years and care. The living room has
very fine marble fireplace, blue gray