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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
FINE ARTS

Ansel Adams: Making photo graph; an introduction to photog- raphy.
 Bert, Ruby and Harry Kalmar: The Kalmar- Ruby song book.
 w. w. Kent: Th hooked rug.
 Charles D. Maginnis: Pen draw ing.
 0. B. Noblette: Photography.
 SeikWa Nishizaka, ed.: Represen. tative flower arrangements of pres- ent-day Japan.
 Fred Reinfeld:. The elements of combination play in chess.
 Paul Stoeving: The story of the violin.
 Arthur Young: The best of Art Young.
 Vanity Fair: Portfolio of modern French art.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01

Leopold StoIEoWslEi recently visited the Cotton club in New York, singly and Inannounced. He watched the floor show from a box, then re- quested Duke Ellington to join him there.
 T have always wanted to meet you-and to hear you conduct your own compositions" he told Filing ton.
 The next half hour of music, ale though it simultaneously provided dance tempos for the patrons on the floor, practically was g private concert for the great conductor, with the boys in the band playing Dukes compositions as they never had played them before.
 Stokowski said he was delighted, and in a spirit of reciprocation ir1- vited Ellington to be his personal guest at Carnegie hall the follow ing evening.
 There Duke occupied Q box and listened to a concert conducted by Stokowski, contemporary maestro with whom he had discovered a common musical bond, though their respective talents ate not popularly supposed to lie in the same direc- ton.
 Later, at supper in the Stokowski apartment, the host learned that FL lington makes most of his own ar- arrangements.
 "That seems a good idea" unused the white maestro, T believe I'll have to start doing that myself!" Ford Bond spends ten minutes
 daily, six days per week, broad
 casting sports results over WEAF
 from 6:35 to 6:45 ?. m., and it
 takes him an average of five hours
 each day to prepare the program. The weekly ratio is 30 hours of planning to one of broadcasting. He does the only broadcast in Greater New York that gives the
 complete, dramatized results of
 the scoring innings of all three
 local teams.
 Ralph Kirbery, almost fully re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
FICTION

s. w. Bassett: Hidden shoals. Mary Borden: Action for islander. Frederick de Laguna: The arrow points to murder.
 J. G. Edwards: Murder in the surgery.
 Esther Forbes: Paradise.
 Zona Gale: Light woman.
 Jackson Gregory: Sudden Bill Dorn.
 James Hilton: We are not alone. Mirko Jelnsich: Caesar; tr. Dy Bernard Miell.
 F. H. Lea: The four Marys.
 Gregorio Lopez y Fuentes: Fl h. dio; tr. by Anita Brenner.
 w. s. Maugham: Theater.
 T. w. Metcalfe: Port of Heaven. Martha Ostenso: The Stone Field. Norma Patterson: Try and Hold Me.
 E. M. Raine: Bucky follows a cold trail.
 E. M. Raine: Saturday Evening Post. Post stories of 1885.
 Siegfried Sassoon: The memoirs of George Sharston.
 D. l.. Savers: Busman's honey moon.
 Dorothy Speare: The road to Needles.
 H. K. Webster and others: The ale legged great-aunt.
 Patricia Wentworth: The case ls closed.
 Catherine Whitcomb: The grown ups.
 Virginia Woolf: The years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-01
5OO--WICC--Bridgeport-.60

Ralph Kirbery, almost fully re.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-15

An effort is now being made to put the normal schools of Connecticut back on the same basis that existed prior to the establishment of the Teachers College at New Britain. In short there is very de- termined move afoot to have the three year normal school courses reestabliShed. The State Board of Education had to campaign quite few years before it put the reform across and made four-year courses compulsory. As it stands now prospective teachers may enroll at the several normal schools and attend them for three years, but their fourth year of instruction must be taken at New Bri- tain. Proponents of the old method want all the institutions on the same basis with just three-year courses. You can lay 8 bet that the State Board will be up in arms to prevent the return to the old. As matter of fact we are quite surprised that the board hasn't renewed it's efforts to get rid of the normal schools as it originally planned and make New Britain the only college for teachers in Connec- ticut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-15
W0odcock:S Courtship Poets Sing of Many Birds, but Few Ever Rhapsodized on Beautiful Mating
 Song of Woodcock.
Song of Woodcock.
HARTFORD CoURANT

ful tWitter that he woodcock gives when it flies at any season of the year. Eut instead of leveling out and whisking off into the darkness it continues upward in ever widen ing circles until it is but soaring dot against the dark blue sky ot the evening.
 Then the familiar twitter ends High above the dark earth, 1t pours out miraculous song to its mate below. It trills so rapidly that the clumsy human ear can hardly dis tinguish one note from the other But one soon gives up the attempt to identify the notes and is content merely to listen and marvel at its sweetness. Then the song ends. Ir series of swift, breathless sWoops the bird returns to the earth, sing ing still a fourth song, a series ot sweet, short notes, not unlike the sound of those Japanese strings O. glass chips that used to be hunl in windows for the wind to jingle In one last, straight dive, it reaches the spot whence it took off, to re- sume for time its ground call But the earth cannot hold it long. Again and again it repeats its rapturous flight, pouring out its soul in ecsta- Sy.
 The poets have not sung of the Woodcock as they have of the sky lark, perhaps because not many of them have been fortunate enough to hear it. But it needs no praise; in the short time when it is court ing its mate, it makes its own poetry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-15

Those who have heard the skylark of the old world say it is the most rapturous of songbirds. Certainly it is the most celebrated. The nightingale has its followers, but the poets have preferred the sky lark, which rises at dawn "and wakes the morning, from whose sil- yer breast the sun ariseth in majes- ty." But, if we have no skylark, we can take our lack with good grace as long as we have, for few brief weeks in the spring, the woodcock's s counting song.
 When the sun has gone down and the last robin has finished it's dis cussion of the days affairs, the woodcock begins its courtship. 1t starts with a low call, much like that of the nighthawk, but with a shade more rasp in it, suspicion, indeed, of the grating song of the cricket. Ornithologists claim that this call is repeated about every five seconds, but to one who is waiting impatiently for the next stage in the performance, the ground calls follow each other at weary intervals. At last, without warning, the bird takes to the air, with that cheer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-15
We Can't See It

How many times have we pointed out the fact that the most obvious and yet overWorked means of raising income for any political subdivision, whether it be national government, state or town, is to tax the motorist. The government usu- ally meets him by leaving the property taxpayer at one end of the block, walking all the way around it and then quietly Sneaking up on the unsuspecting property owner, now motoriSt, and asking for his taxes. The desirability of motor taxes, particularly those on gasoline, has long appealed to lawmakers.
 We have steadily resisted all efforts of the Connecticut Legislature to keep raiS- ing the ante, but despite this and despite the fact that each raise makes it more hazardous, the price goes up. This year we face another raise if Governor Wilbur l.. Crosss present revenue-raising pro- gram goes through as planned. The gasoline tax will be raised one more cent in accordance with it. That would mean four-cent state tax on gasoline; add to this the federal tax of one cent and we will be paying five cents in taxes alone for every gallon of gasoline consumed.
 To be sure the Connecticut tax is not as high as that charged in some states, but it isn't as low as it was and by jump ing it one cent the state won't remain at the bottom of the list as she had for many year. We are hopeful that the public hearing next Tuesday afternoon in Hart ford will produce enough opposition to this proposal so that the legislators will be forced to turn away from increased gasoline taxation as a source of addi- tional revenue. It is an easy tax to inl- pose, prolific in returns, but it's results won't be to the best advantages of Connecticut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-15
An Old Friend Returns

We haven't heard much about the plan to fJild footpaths along various state highways in quite some time, but this week legislation to this effect was un- earthed at Hartford. In fact, the new legislative committee on highway safety has reported favorably in the House on a bill authorizing the State Highway Com mission to construct and maintain foot paths along the roads that are deemed dangerous for pedestrian traffic. We add the last few words ourselves, for we do not presume that the state will endeavor to bound each and every highway with footpath. That would be impossible and the height of extravaganza.
 We gave up eSpousal of this reform some time ago in the face of more imper- ative needs in institutional care and expansion. We can only say now that we are glad that the fight for highway paths has not disappeared entirely, for after all the safety of the pedestrian is worth some consideration and where so many people are obliged to use roads, used extensively by automobiles passing in both directions some means of protection must be afford ed the man or woman who walks to work, to the store or merely to a neighbor's.
 Another section of the bill which we regard as highly advanced and necessary is that making it advisable for roadside stand proprietors to secure permission for building their structures and also for locating drives and passageways to them There is too little regard often for good taste, as well as traffic needs, in roadside enterprises. Without infringing on property rights some attempts at regu- lation must be made or highways may become jumbled mass of cut-outs and side alleys.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-15
PressCon1nnent
JOSEPH R. CARROLL (Hartford TimeS)

Joseph R. Carroll whose death oc- cured yesterday, was more than merely a man of some prominence who had reached the advanced age of 76. He was one of those found in every community who recall the past and help to keep alive its tra- ditions.
 Not every person of advanced years is able to reconstruct the pie ture of life as it was decades ago. MT. Carroll was of the type who thus remember and are able to paint the picture of the past. Not historians, such persons assist in preserving history through the facts which they themselves write and which they contribute to others who are writing.
 MT. Carroll belonged to 8 well known family, which occupied a po- sition of leadership in East Hart ford for decades. His father, Ed ward J. Carroll, veteran of the Civil War, was highly respected and af- fectionately regarded. Other mem bers of the family also occupied places of responsibility.
 MT. Carroll probably was fanil- jar figure to many who did not have the remotest idea as to who he was. His apearance set him aaprt in a group and he would be remember ed by anyone who saw him once.
 It was matter of pride with him that his family was connected with Charles Carroll of Carrolton, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and leader in the Free State of Maryland. He was loyal American, a loyal citizen of Connecticut and of the general Hartford community. Many will miss him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-15
Politics Over Limit

If anything ought to be obvious in Washington these days, it is the fact that we have got far beyond the point where we can safely let party politics have a hand in the naming of government serv- ants. That worked fairly well during our early history, when the federal govern ment's machine was relatively small and affected only few people, But to go on with it in an era when the govern ment is doing things which affect every individual in the country is sheer madness.
 An Illuminating case in point is the trouble which is now besetting the Social Security Board Rodney Butcher pointed out the other day that the Senate voted into an appropriation bill harmless looking little rider requiring that all of the Social Security Boards appointees who receive more than $5, 1000 year must be confirmed by the Senate.
 Now the Social Security Board is going to have to administer the most tremend- ouS insurance scheme ever conjured into being Upwards of 26,000,000 Americans are contributing to the funds which it is to care for and dispense. It will need considerable corps of lawyers, econom- ists, insurance experts and executives, and it is to the interest of the entire coun- try that these people be chosen on basis of pure merit. Practically all of these experts will fall in the more-than-$5, ,00O- a-year class. And what the Senate is trying to do is remove them from the merit system and make political patron age out of their appointment.
 It would be hard to think of more completely indefensible bit of political chicanery than this. To the credit of the House of Representatives, it has voted to put all Social Security Board appointees experts, lawyers and all = under straight civil service rules. The dis puted bill is now in conference; and Butcher reports that the Senate con- ferees, who are resisting this effort to establish the merit system, include such eminent statesmen as Senators Glass of Virginia, Byrnes of South Carolina, Rus sell of Georgia, Adams of Colorado and Steiwer of Oregon.
 How is stand like that to be defended on any rational basis? The answer is clear: it isn't. We could endure that sort of thing 50 years ago, when govern ment employees were comparatively few; we can't possibly endure it now, when they are many and have responsibilities which affect the lives of all of us.
 We have heard a good deal of loose talk lately about the destruction of the Ameri- can form of government. It ough to be pointed out that in the long run no surer way of destroying it could be devised than to give it ever-increasing duties - and compel it to meet them with staffs of experts" chosen by party hacks for political advantage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-15

DEuCc CdttOIlS 5 EDUUA-d-Ddy CUl umn periodically Is turned over to Olive Roberts Barton, noted child training authority. Her latest article reviewing books suitable for children is presented here.
 BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON
 To be attacked within few hours by a grizzly bear, a mountain lion, three buffaloes and a rattlesnake was just another day to young Merri- weather Lewis when he and his friend, Bill Clark, were leading 30 men across the continent on the famous Lewis and Clark expedition. In "No Other White Men" Out ton: $2), Julia Davis writes a grip ping account of this journey that took the gallant group for two years through country no other white man had ever crossed.
 They win friendship with the h. dians by doctoring them. They find food for starving tribes, and take a captured Indian girl back to her own people. The trail-blazers cross fertile prarieS rich in game, with grass taller than man, and ranges where there is no food or foliage at all. They conquer the land and, finally reaching the Pacific, are al- most drowned in it.
 It is a book of the highest cali Der, as humorous as 1t is thrilling the kind of book today's boys and girls need to fix a sound apprecla- tion of America.
 Another book to show the young sters of what stuff their forefathers were made, is wilderness Road, by Richard Stevenson and Rather inc Clugston (Blue Ribbon Books ($D.
 The volume just released, is an outgrowth of radio series that was awarded the title by the Amer ican Federation of Women's clubs of the best juvenile broadcast.
 The Weston family, pioneers, are led by Daniel Boone across the Cumberland mountains into, Ken lucky while Boone instructs the children in wilderness -wisdow. A -blooded book, with suspense and drama enough to hold any child over eight.
 
 Kings Pardon" by Gertrude Crowenfeld Gippincott: $D, is g junior historical novel of Colonial New-C Castle -on-the he-eDelaware.
 How Penelope Hoods father is captured by pirates and freed only to be accused of complicity with them, an how Penelope and Roger Owen rout the charges and save the town from pirate attack, make g grand adventure story for girls.
 The author has studied the de- tail of the period, and the town, to give the book valuable accu- 'racy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-15

Charles Nicholson can afford to be expansive and hand out free advice these days. As press agent deluxe for the den- ocratic national committee for the past seven years he has done pretty fair sort of a job. Now he proffers republicans the bit of information that by 1944 their party may have become factor in na tional politics once more. He says the party should find "a boss with iron in his soul = one who will command instead of exhorting'. He noninates Ogden L. Mills for the job, which can be regarded as compliment or vice-versa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-15
Answers To Questions
Copyright lsa7. NEA
By Frederick M. Kerby

o. Has air ever been used as the propulsive force in cannon?
 A. Inventions for using com pressed air to discharge large shot from pieces of ordnance have been patented by Bessemer (186O and others. In 1886, Captain E. L. zalin- ski, U. s. A., invented large pneu- matic gun for throwing shells con- taining dynamite. Air at 1000 pounds pressure, supplied from eight reservoirs, each 20 feet long by 12 inches in diameter, was admitted through one of the trunnions to a chamber in the gun just behind the projectile. An automatic valve per- mitted a volume of the compressed air to escape into this chamber. A shell containing 100 pounds of ex- plosives was thrown 5000 yards.
 O. If write a letter to 8 post master of distant city to ask him about a parcel held for me, should I enclose postage for his reply?
 A. No.
 @. On what day of the week did the United States declare war against Germany?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-15

The mandatory jail sentence for drunken drivers seems to have run it's course. The Senate did not follow the House example and pass it. As result it will probably die an ignominious death. Opinion was divided on the subject of the mandatory jail sentences, but public opinion is not divided on drunken driv- ing It must be busted and if not by law, certainly by example and teaching, as the good book says.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-15

was born on a small farm near Spring Creek, Pa, just across the New York border. He attended public schools in western Penn- sylYania and in Jamestown, N. F., where his family moved when he was a boy. He received his law degree from the Albany, N. Y, law school. Before coming to Wash ington he had never held public office.
 In Jamestown, Jackson prac- ticedr general law, and among his clients were some of the local corporations and utilities. He was also a director of one of the banks and the telephone com pany.
 During the Mellon tax trial, Frank Hogan, the Pittsburgher's attorney, wanted to get into the record the fact that Jackson had once been counsel for the Ni- agra Hudson Power company, a oMrga incorporation. Since he could not question Jackson direct ly, he resorted to fnesse. He referred to the fact that his client had exclusive utility holdings and then, pretending to forget the name of the Niagara Hudson firm, turned to Jackson and ir1- Quired innocently:
 Perhaps you can help me out. As recall you represent ed this company for several years"
 "Yes, indeed, MT. Hogan," Jackson shot right back, land you also will doubtless recall that MT. Mellon was on the Morgan preferred list when they distributed the stock of this company at less than market price,"
 Jackson's Explanation
 During a recess in one of the court battles over the Holding Company Act, a utility lawyer remarked to Jackson: eff you don't mind my asking 8 personal question, in the light of your con- ventional background and corpora ton practice how did you ever come by your radical views?"
 "There is no mystery about it." Jackson replied. "The ex- planation is very simple. I have represented corporations, banks and utilities, but I never was a corporation, bank or utility lawyer.
 "As attorney for banks I saw how the small country banks were wrecked and footed by the bonds and securities unloaded on them by the big banks. As counsel for the relatively small business firms and utiliteis of Jamestown I had a chance to see how big business and mon Op0ly went hand-in- hand. I saw the progressive cOncentra- ti0n of wealth as local indus tries were pushed to the wall and taken over by the trusts and giant combines.
 q saw the destructive social effects of such monopoly on small communities. saw the small business man, the small banker, the worker regi- naented and impoverished. I would say that my experience as a lawyer accounts for a sub- stantial part of my liberalism.
 These are strange words from a lawyer, but they explain Jack sons statement in a recent speech before the New York Bar asse- ciation:
 "It seems to me that the American Bar Association has pretty thoroughly identified it. self with Maine and Vermont. Some people think we need 3 bar association to represent the rest of the country"
 Copyright, 1887, by United
 Feature Syndicate. Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-15
1so ACRES OF LAND LOST

Gold Beach, Oregon (UP)-A half section of land purchased by Charles G. Johnson, Milaca, Minn., in 1902 and on which he has paid yearly taxes of $35, is missing. Johnson decided to take a trip west and look at his land, supposedly rich in timber. Arriving here, he made trip up the Rogue River, but returned without finding his property.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-15
Selected Poem
THIS PERMANENCE

(Miriarh Whitney White in the New York Times) A robin roofs her home with her warm wing Crcuitousy in the sheltered earth mole Creeps down. the willy wasp needs but his sting To nail his sanctuary; each may patrol The walls, yet even so one adverse night Betrays it all Who can interpret this? Would one control winding satellite; Or stay the zenith of chrysalis? Man scores the farthest reaches of this earth Impermanence mocks with an easy jest; The lily grows again though crushed at birth, Aberrant rivers cap the oceans crest. There is permanence in change alone Security is not in bond nor bone. (NGriam Whitney White in the New York Times)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-15
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, 'He begun to feel i'll at easel; say, began"
A. Friday, April 6, 1917.

A. Friday, April 6, 1917.
 Q. Who was the original discov- erer of gold in the Yukon country?
 A. Robert Douglas Henderson was recognized as the discoverer by the Canadian government. He died in 1883, at the age of 76.
 0. Do house plants require Spe- cial care during summer?
 A. They can be materially inn proved by setting them outdoors in the ground about the last of May until just before frost in the climate of Baltimore, Cincinnati, and St. Louis. If, however, plants are kept indoors all the year, adequate water ing and plenty of fresh air are re- quisites that must not be over looked.
 o. How many persons graduated from medical schools in the United States in 1885?
 A. Five thousand one hundred and eighty three.
 Q. What are some of President Roosevelt's favorite songs?
 A. Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes," Home on the Range" "Yel- low Rose of Texas" Anchors Aweigh," Loves Old Sweet Song" My Old Kentucky Home," "Juani- ta," Last Roundup"
 o. Is there a river in Wales, 80 miles long,, that empties into the Irish sea?
 A. The river DEE in Merioneth- shire, North Wales, is 80 miles long and empties into the Irish sea.
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