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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11
THE DESERT IN THE LIVING
 ROOM

Woodhouse, cellar, pantry, parlor gone with the wind. And now, un- less we can do something to restrict new models to decennial issue, the living room seems fated to go with the gas and oil. r.
 The atmosphere of the parlor was pretty rigorous and we gave only a perfunctory sigh at the passing of the parlor when times grew 50 brisk that the pastor could no longer make personal calls on every one. The atmosphere Of the living room is quite different matter. On 1t to a considerable degree depends the preservation of American family life. It has 8 direct influence upon the health and happiness of mothers and children, to say nothing of grandmothers, maiden aunts and mothers in-law, whose contributions to family welfare actually rival those of husbands and fathers.
 Artificial heating, whether by stove, hot air furnace, hot water or steam radiator, dries out the air. OuOuOOl OH HI WAlVCA ut h tCAiPCA d- ture of zero, having a relative hu- midity of 50 per cent, when heated to 70 degrees Fahrenheit will have a relative humidity of only per cent. This is drier than the air of the driest climate known, which is seldom less than g per cent. Tn Yuma, Arizona, in the driest month of the year the relative humidity is 35 per cent. Tn Death Valley, Cali fornia, 1t is 23 per cent. The lowest ever recorded was 9 per cent in the heart of the Libyan desert.
 More than half the weight of the human body is water t58,5 per cenD When the air is warm and too dry there is excessive loss of moisture from skin and mucous membranes in contact with the air. We haven't room here to describe in detail the harm this does the skin and mucous membranes.
 Warmed and dried air in over- heated houses gives sense of chilli ness, due to excessive evaporation. On the other hand air heated not adove 68 degrees F. and kept at 50 per cent relative humidity gives & sense of comfort. Why not. since this is the temperature and htim- idity of an ideal autumn day? 3.
 Increasing the humidity of the heated atmosphere in the winter, by the evaporation of water in the air. decreases dustiness. prevents de- of growing plants and furniture, and improves the health and temper of every member of the family.
 Overheated and excessively dried air is wasteful, for 1t increases con sumption of fuel. Indirectly 1t is still more wasteful, for 1t aggra- yates chronic respiratory diseases such as bronchitis, sinusitis. chronic rhfnitis, and increases the demand for remedies or treatment for these common ailments.
 A well ventilated Broom house heated nearly or quite to 70 degrees F.. requires evaporation of fifteen gallons of water day to maintain 4 even 70 per cent humidity.
 Water pans provided with hot air furnaces are of no practical value, for they cannot evaporate xbpBe ! than . gallon Or two of water atday. ! Modern houses are equipped with | built In humidifyipg systen,s, and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11
Latest Styles
GIOrifNng YON1self {
By Alicia Hart

If your snnais daughter doesn't grow up to be . beauty, it's youl own fault. You are the one wEe must brush her hair every night unI IstlIsfe iss old enough to do 1t herself. who must teach her simple health and grooming habits and look after her akin, nails, weight and posture. Your family doctor--llot the child | herself is the one to consult about her diet, He undoubtedly will tell you that she needs vegetables and milk, and you ought to see that she eats them. Health is the foundation lOf true beauty. Begin building this Foundation the day she is born. Correct your daughters posture defects before they become deep- seated. She must stand straight with her little stomach drawn in grace fully. She must learn to breathe deeply and to walk; gracefully. Let her chin herself on horizontal bars to straighten her backbone. and strengthen her arms and hands.
 CARE OF INFANT
 TEETH HELPS LATER
 Take care of her baby teeth and she'll have less trouble with the permanent ones. She should be sent to dentist three times year. Her teeth ought to be brushed carefully twice a day. If they are crooked, by all means have straightening braces put on them. & z ls
 Resist the temptation to buy your child,s shoes a half size too large, 80 she can "grow into them" Make sure. too, that her stockings arc exactly the proper size. Too short shoes and stockings cause crooked toes. corns, bunions and such. Too long ones encourage blisters and weaken delicate arches.
 See that there is a fine reading light on the desk where your young offspring does her homework. If you notice any squinting or 4eye-twitch- ing, make an appointment with an eye doctor. If he advises glasses, see that the child wears them.
 Tolerate no finger nail biting. It ruins the shape of tiny fingers as we'll as nails and cuticle. To dis courage any such habit. keep her nails filed short and clip of ragged pieces of cuticle the minute you notice them. Teach her to push cu- ticle back whenever she dries her hands and to use an orange stick, to remove dirt underneath her nails. USE CREAM ON FACE e DURING WINTER
 During the winter months at least, use 8 pure oil or cream on your daughters little cheeks, arm and hands. If, during her adoles- cent years, she develops skin blen1- ishes, take her to a doctor imnne- diately. Adolescent blemishes often cause scars which last 2 lifetime.
 You ought to brush her hair every night before she goes to bed. Sham- poo it once a week, using liquid soap and rinsing at least three times.
 To develop her poise and charm teach her to do at least one sport. and to do 1t expertly. Dancing les. sons give her self confidence and q certain ease with strangers, tCo. Al- ways introduce her to your own friends n the same easy way and with the same words that you intro- duce them to. each other.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11
Make It Yourself Needlework
 Pattern Tea Cloth With. Napkin Corners

For daintiest effect, use all white or cream embroidery with solid dots or eyelets. Solid leaves and roses with satin stitch petals would make & charming tea cloth. There is a decidedly new effect in the corner, made of the basket. that lifts the design from the plane of the ordin- ary. No. C8270 contains napkin cor ners as well, and scarf design that may be repeated all around. There is wreath that might be used on a tea a-cosy-these useful little warm CTS of great-grandmother's day are staging a revival and may well grace any tea table.
 To order ask for No. C8270, or tear out illustration and send with 10 cents stamps or coin. (Any three 10 cent Make It Yourself" patterns only 25 cents) Address your order to WATERBURY DEMOCRAT MAKE TT YOURSELF PATTERN BUREAU, BOX 166, KANSAS CITY, MO. Be sure to give name and complete address.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11
YOMY.
 Children
By Olive Robsrta Barton

It is almost irnpoasible to re- frain from saying "don:tv to cttl- dren.- In order to impress upon the parent the futility of over-nsing the word, many have gotten the idea that 1t is criminal. to say 1t at all.
 But when Mary Is reaching for the ice-pick to jab through the screen, what else iS there to say? Nothing, that I can see. z
 Substitution is all right, and has its place, but suppose there is nothing handy to give Mary, to divert her thoughts. or any thing else that Mary wishes to do at the time. She has to be told to desist. And don't touch that seems to be as good as anything. Explanation may be added and reasons advanced to three-year- old Mary about danger and de- structiveness. But she is not irll- pressed with reasons. much. All she wants to know Is whether she can have the pick, or whether she can't. think that parents are leaning too far backwards today about this little forbidden word of the psychologists.
 Prohibitions Teach Young
 True, children should be trained as far as possible in the knowledge of what is permitted and what is not, but this takes time, and in the experimental stage direct pro- hibition is part of the lesson.
 It is the same with other mat ters concerning the conditioning of children. "You mustn't say Don't advise the psychologists; and you must set perfect example. Very wei, let us examine this, too.
 Mother takes a short cut over the snowy lawn to get some sugar from Mrs. Smith. Mary sees her and half an hour later out she trudges in the deep snow. Her mother feels that she cannot remind her about the forbidden drifts that wet her clothes, because she her. self has done that very thing and her child saw her.
 Mary,s mother had to cut across, because she needed the sugar at once, 50 quickly indeed, that she could not go round by the walk. It was either that or ruined food.
 Can she turn about and tell Mary that she is not allowed to play in the deep snow? Why, cer- tainly. And she can also say, "Yes, Msmnny can 90, but you can't. See, am big lady. Little girls cannot do things that ladies car1."
 Exceptions to Right Example
 I believe in example as the strongest factor of conditioning the child to correct behavior, right values, politeness and all the rest. But the family must be made to understand also that ex- captions are permissible in the case of parents, when 1t is the best thing to do. in their fjjudg- ment.. s' v
 Hard and fase rules of child trafning must not become too pedantic. s Moreover they were never intended to discourage. We must have a standard to work from, and toward, and psycho- logical tenets are 8 guide. But when applied too strictly by let ter instead tof spirit, they become wooden and :. inelastic. Nothing can replace good sound Judgment. We should not say Don't" until 1t becomes a monotonous sing song. We must try also to live 50 that our children, who uncon-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11
CHOCOLATE PIE

A square unsweetened chocolate 2h cups milk M
 ] cup sugar
 6 tablespoons cornstarch~
 # teaspoon salt
 3 egg yolks gr7s '";S F..
 2 tablespoons butter @ t
 l teaspoon vanilla
 1 baked 9-incfl pie shell a
 Add chocolate to milk and heat in double boiler. When chocolate is melted, beat with rotary egg beater until blended. Combine sugar, cornstarch and salt; add gradually to chocolate mixture and cook until thickened, stirring con- stantly; then continue cooking 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour g !, small amount over egg yolks, stirring vigorously; return to the double boiler and cook two minutes longer. Add butter and vanilla
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11
CHOCOLATE TARTLETS

3 squares unsweetened chocolate
 2 cups milk
 1 cup sugar
 4 tablespoon cornStarch
 4 teaspoon salt
 2 egg yolks, well beaten
 1 tablespoon butter
 1a cup seedless raisins
 h cup chopped cashew or walnut
 meats
 teaspoon vanilla
 8 baked tart shells Add chocolate to milk and heat in double boiler. When chocolate is melted, beat with rotary egg beater until blended. Combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt; add gradually to chocolate mixture and cook until thickened, stirring con- stantly; then continue cooking 10 stirring occasionally. Pour small amount of mixture over egg yolks, stirring vigorously; return to double boiler and cook two minutes longer. Add butter. raisins, nuts and vanill aa nd cool slightly and cream. Makes eight tartiets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11
ANSWER:


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 What has the heart girl willing force her fiance into that position? If they boiled It. they heart they ng hoping for break marriage with the possibility in-l in their hair CAROLINE CHATFIELD.
 Problems in
 
  Al held in confidence Write Miss Chntaeld
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS From the Eyes In

QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 From the Eyes Up
 According to your rule" have been dead for several years. My waist measure is four inches larger than my chest measure. You said a person can live only two years for every inch his waist measure ex- ceeds his chest measure. But I'm still pretty lively for ripe corpse. CT. M)
 Answer I said nothing of the sort. I said that for every inch 8 mans waist measure exceeds his chest measure subtract two years from his life expectation, which means he may expect to live a shorter life than the average for normal men of his age.
 Bad Breath
 What is the chlorine solution you recommend to correct bad breath after one has eaten onions or garlic? l GA. O.
 Answer-Dissolve q chlorarnine tablet in quarter of glassful oi water and use the solution to rinse the mouth and gargle thoroughly several times.
 Copyright 1037, John F. Dille Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11
MINERS WANTED IN OHIO

Martins Ferry, o. -- CUP) - For the first time in seven year, Ohio coal mines are looking for miners. A newspaper here carried an ad- vertisemen for 250 leaders for the Powahatan Mine, the states largest colliery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11
Ho1o To Keep Well
 By DIR. WILLIAM BRADY. MD. "

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11
The Family Doctor
Blood Of Woman Contains Fewer
 Red Cells Than Does That Of Man

of red blood cells, white blood cells, and blood platelets. He also will spread some of the blood on slide; the blood is then stained so that he may determine the different va rieties of white blood cells and the relative number of each variety.
 He also may mix very small amount of blood with other fluids to determine the total amount of hemoglobin or red coloring mat ter. The amount of hemoglobin is estimated by comparing the color of the patients blood, when mixed with acid, with that of various standard solutions or with the color of piece of paper or glass, which also is standard. There also are elec- trical devices with which it is pos- sible to estimate much more accu- rately the exact amount of hemoblo- bin by weight in a certain quantity of blood.
 Whenever any of these methods is used, the doctor is able to say that the blood is 80 per cent normal, or 60. or whatever the case may be-. Very small differences-for ex- ample, from 70 to 75 per cent or from 80 to 90--are not significant.
 The red coloring matter in the blood of normal man varies from l3.9 to 18.7 grams for every 100 cubic centimeters of blood. That in the blood of q woman varies from 12 grams to 16.s grams per 100 cubic centimeters. Thus, 16 grams of hemoglobin for 100 cubic centimeters of blood is the equivalent of what used to be called 100 per cent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11
CANDIDATE SPENDS 3 CENTS

Fall River, Mass.f, (UP)-Cam- paign expenses for Arthur Sunder- land, unsuccessful candidate for rere8entative. totaled cents. He explained that the sum represented the postage stamp used to mail his expenditures to the secretary of state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11

sciously emulate us, will benefit. Otherwise we must do the hest we can.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11

Genoa, Italy, greatly expanded port facilities in 1896. Mas
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11

there are available several makes of fairly efficient humidifiers for use in any home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11

A $27,750,000 reservoir has been opened at Albany. Australia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11

Nowadays examination of the blood is considered a vital part of any complete physical examination
 The doctor punctures the ear or finger top and withdraws a very small amount of blood. Usually he will take little more than drop for each of several pipettes, or tiny calibrated tubes, which are used for measuring and counting the number
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11
Caroline Chatfield
Two Women Living Under One Roof With Man They Both Adore Are Likely to Be as Two Dogs With One Bone, Each Trying to Get It From the Other, and Wearing Out the Bone in the Tussle.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-11
By DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

Editor, Journal of the American
 Medical Association, and of
 Hygeia, the Health Magazine
 The blood of man normally con- tains from 4,900,00O to 6,050,O0O red blood cells in each cubic millimeter. The blood of woman contains 4,44O,- 900 to 5,350,000 in each cubic milli- meter. The body of a woman is smaller and obviously demands fewer red cells in the circulation than does the body of man.
 Each red blood cell is only O.0003 inch in diameter. These cells grow in the bone marrow, especially in the ribs, the back -bones, and the hat bones. In babies, however, the marrow of all the bones takes part in building blood.
 After the blood cells have been developed they go from the bone marrow into the blood stream, be- ing picked upsby the veins, and then carried to the lungs, where they take up oxygen. The oxygen is car ried by the red coloring matter of the cells, called hemoglobin.
 Hemoglobin is complex sub stance which contains some iron. If the number of rcd blood cor puscles falls below normal, or if the amount Of hcmoglobin in the blood corpusclcs Is deficient, the per- son has anemia.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-23
FLORIDA DELEGATES
14O-MILE WATERWAY

STUART. Fla. Mar. %. (UP).
Federal and state officials joined
yesterday in dedicating the new
waterway across Florida, connect
ing the Atlantic ocean and the
Gulf of Mexico.
Secretary of Commerce Daniel
Roper, in a brief address at st.
Lucie Lock, described the canal
as contributing much to progress
in Florida.
The 140-mile waterway be-
tween Stuart and Fl. Myers, which
makes it possible for small craft
to avoid the dangerous Florida
Straits in going between the At
lantic and the Gulf, was complet-
ed in seven years as part of an
$1S,O00,000 food control project
in the Lake Okeechobee region.
The waterway runs west from
Stuart to Lake Okeechobee, then
down the Caloosahatchee river to
Fl. Myers. It's depth is six feet.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-23
Carter Is Bound
Over ToCourt In
Two Auto Deaths

ASHEYILLE. March 23.-John
Carter, rs, of Asheville. driver of
a car that collided with another
machine near here Friday night
fatally injuring two persons, was
held responsible for the accident
by a coroner's jury yesterday AZ
ternoon.
Carter was the driver of car
that collided with a machine driv-
en- by Houston r. Bramlet. az,
prominent Asheville Mason. Bram-
let and Henry Wade Carter, 40.
half-brother Of John Carter, died
from their injuries. II. w. Carter
was a passenger in his half-broth-
er's car. Bramlet died yesterday
morning and H. w. Carter died
Saturday morning. John Carter
was injured in the accident but
is expected to recover.
John Carter will be placed I'M
der bond when he is able to leave
the hospital. The coroner's jury
found that the accident was caused
by the fast driving of John Carter.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-23
Ashevine Man Is
Held After Lady
Dies From Wreck

ASHEVILLE. Mar. ga cor
oner's jury yesterday afternoon
recommended that F. C. Mitchell,
SO, of Asheville, be held for the
Buncombe county grand jury in
connection with the death of Mrs.
]. Bruce Gordon, 81, of Hickory,
who was fatally injured Thursday
night in an automobile accident
here.
Mrs. Gordon was injured when
the car in which she was riding
with her husband, a Hickory lum-
herman. collided with the Mitchell
automobile as Mitchell was turn
ing his car off the Black Mountain
highway and into side road. Mrs.
Gordon died Sunday of head in
juries without regaining con-
seriousness.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-23
Recorder Holds
Session Monday
Man Ordered Not to Drive
Car for Two Years

The county recorders court
held a brief session yesterday,
The docket yesterday was as fol-
lows:
Duffie Cornwcll was convicted
of reckless drivir" and prayer for
Judgment was continued to May
10.
Paul Duncan was acquitted or
a charge of failing to stop after
an accident.
Joe McMinn was convicted of
assault with deadly weapon and
larceny and sentenced to serve
six months on each charge. He APP
pealed to the superior court and
bond was set at $500 in each case.
c. &. Oliphant was convicted Of
reckless driving and fined $25 and
costs. On a charge of carrying 4
concealed weapon prayer for
Judgment was continued to April
10.
Avery Hcnslcy was convicted
of reckless driving and sentenced
to serve % days. lie was ordered
not TO drive a car for two years.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-23
]. H. CLARKE
DEFENDS R.
COURT PLAN
Only Living Elk Supreme
Court Jurist Breaks
Long Silence

SAN DIEGO. Cal, March 23.-
(UP)-ohn HeSsin Clarke, the
only living former justice Of the
United States supreme court
broke his long silence in public
affairs last night to defend the
constitutionality of President
Roosevelt's judiciary program:
The 79-year-old retired justice,
in a speech delivered over ma
tion-wide radio network. descrlo-
ed as "plainly constitutional" the
presidents proposal TO have con-
yrcss increase the number OF JUS
tees on the court he served for
six years. 800.
Clarke. carefully avoiding ex-
pressing a personal opinion on
the plan itself, discussing only the
naked legal question" of the
controversy.
.The wise men who framed
our, constitution" he said, may
have had more confidence in the
wisdom and patriotism of the con-
crosses and the presidents which
were. to come after them. and less
confidence in courts than some
seem TO have today. Whether or
not they were wise in entrusting
TO the congress and TO the presi-
dent such extensive powers over
the court as we have found they
possess and have long exercised
are not questions which are now
before US. The single question l
am considering is, would a con-
ditionai increase of the number
of Judges of the supreme court,
by act of congress, as recommend
cd by the president be constitu-
tional or not?
al think that the answer to that
question should be-and must be
that such an act would plainly
be within the powers granted to
tho congress and therefore clearly
constitutional"
In rcfraining from taking IA
partisan stand in the dispute.
clarke explained that obvious
prophecies of his position made
II inadvisable for him to public
ly criticize either the contempora-
~ decisions of that court or the
political principles or policies Of
the president of the United
States"
On the constitutional issue, he
emphasized that congress had am
pie precedent and authority from
the constitution to enlarge the
court. At some length. he traced
the history of the courts relation
ship with congress, pointing out
that congress had frequently re-
duced or increased the courts
personnel. the last time in 1869
when President Grant approved
an act increasing the number from
seven 70 nine. its present strength.