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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21
WOMAN,S REALM !
PARENTS
Your Children
By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

Please get me my blue sweater, Betty. It's upstairs"
 But Betty calls down Q couple of minutes later: Tt isn't here, mother"
 "oh yes, it is. It's either hang ing in my closet or lying on a chair"
 Betty comes down with the sweater.
 "Where did you find it?"
 "on a chair, with a lot of stuff over it."
 wouldn't 1t have been better, my dear, to look about little in- stead of calling2"
 I did lock-" Betty insisted.
 Her mother let 1t 90 at that, but to Grandma she mentioned that Betty would be @ good one to send for trouble. She'd never find 1t.
 Difference in Interest
 Betty came home from the movies some time later. She told the plot of the play to the last detail, named the "bit" actors as well as the stars. and described each scene carefully. She was more than observant when 1t came to shows, even to remem- bering the producer, director and author.
 Yet she was notably remiss fin observation when 1t came to un- dramatic things such as finding sweaters or remembering where
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Silver and Smoking

Silver and Smoking
 Years ago you told me of paint ing the throat with c silver solu- ton as an aid in breaking the smok. ing habit. c. L.)
 Answer-Send stamped envelope bearing your address, for instruc. tions for breaking the tobacco habit. Daily use of c very weak silver nitrate solution helps in some cases. Why be Q sissy in the first place?
 Thirst
 Please give your advice about drinking water in very hot weather whether ice water or warmer water is better, how much one may drink when very thirsty. whether 1t is wise to drink near c meal time, and whether other beverages are better than water. w. F)
 Answer-Water cool enough to be agreeable is best, and that Is gen. erally around 50 degrees or Q little less. Drink as much as you want when you are thirsty. Water s gen. erally better than any other bey. craze to relieve thirst. If you are sweating much. it b advisable to take . good pinch of salt with every drink Of water-you will find this more refreshing than water alone. Copyright, 1887. John r. Diiie Col
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she had put her hat, all of which, shows that mere mental laziness possessed Betty when her interest was not engaged.
 Take a bean hunt, for instance, or game of hare and hounds. How cagey youngsters get when there Is something to be won. Interest again. Every nerve alert to pos imagination at the jump.
 Concentration is always keen where there is interest. The slow est child begins to stir up depths of mental power that no one knew was there.
 Learning to Snap Out of It
 On the other hand, the smartest children get foggy and cobwebby, about the simplest matters, unless some outside impetus jacks up thought and energy.
 Youngsters who never can find things, have lots of company in their elders. There are grown men and women without number who couldn't find pair of glasses right on their noses, yet these same wool-gatherers could spot a strange road in the dark If some pleasureable promise lay at the end of the trail.
 How can we trairi children to keep alive, to take pains, use their wits and see what's to be seen? It is not too difficult. The secret lies in getting their atten- ton off one thing before they go incoming about another, and verse them in the gentle art of snapping out of 1t, and then quickly snap ping into something else.
 A great thing, this, to be able to swing the mind instantly to an order, and focus on brand new idea and get behind that idea with all ones might.
 T can't find it," more than half the time means, T don't want to find 1t, My mind is too busy to bother"
 tCopyrieht, 1887, NEA Service, Incl
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 One grand time after another for you-if you make Q lovely picture as you waltz.
 How can you7 Here are tips from q famous teacher easy to follow in home practice.
 Skim slowly around your room to your favorite waltz tune. Take a long step on the first beat of the ONE-to-three rhythm to get the subtle undulating movement that makes the waltz SO delightful.
 But no matter how dreamy you feel, don't Slump-or you'll look tired and heavy. Keep light and poiSed-your arms up-So your part ner can lead you easily with light pressure of his right arm or turn of his shoulder.
 Then, 50 you'll whirl smoothly into the new variations-the Wave Waltz and the Canter--use simple dia- grams for a guide.
 From our 32-page booklet learn how to do all the popular dances fox trot, tango, rumba, waltz-this easy way. Basic steps. variations. How to keep perfect time.
 Send loc for your copy of HOME COURSE IN NEW BALLROOM DANCES to The Waterbury Demo- crat, Home Service, 635 Sixth Ave, New York, N. Y. Be sure to write plainly your NAME, ADDRESS, and the NAME of booklet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21
BEAUTY
'@BEAUTYs-'' - Glorfying
 Yourself
By Alicia Hart
NEA Service Staff Writer

An ideal hot weather pick-nle- up Is e cooling, mint green sum mer mask which seems to do the skin much good in an unusually brief length of time. It has a creamy texture, is to be smoothed on clean skin, left on for only Ave minutes, then rinsed of with tepid water.
 Naturally, this is the time of year when cooling masks Of all types make the weather bit easier to bear. If you do not have a com- mercially prepared variety and do not want to bother to fix one from egg or oatmeal, try this kind of home facial:
 Scrub face and neck with soap and water, rinse, dry, then slap on quantities of your richest night emolient. Massage 1t into cheeks and throat with upward and out ward strokes. Using fingertips, gent ly pat around eyes, across forehead and in front of ears. When the cream has been on for at least ten minutes, remove with 0 clean rough towel, digging deeply across chin around nose and wherever pores seem to be filled with dust and grime. Rinse with very cold water
 Now dip 6 piece of cotton the size of your face and throat il cold water, wiring as dry as pos- sible, fiatten 1t against 6 large piece of ice and saturate with skin tonic. Lift up the wet cotton and place 1t over your face and throat, making holes for nose and mouth as you do SO. Press the mask firmly against skin, go over the outside of 1t with 0 bit of ice. Ice never should be rubbed directly on the skin, or left standing on the cotton mask. Rest for five or ten minutes, remove wet cotton and apply makeup. If your skin is dry, be sure to use 6 rather oily foundation before putting or, rouge and powder. Even the mild- est skin tonic is slightly drying.
 NEXT: That clean, neat look.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21
WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE
 (name your color) EYES?

WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE
 (name your color) EYES?
 It used to perplex me to hear people say person had blue, gray, brown or black eyes, before I learned that all eyes are brown. l am not color blind. I know now that when you look into certain eyes you loose consciousness Tor . moment and before you come to you may lose almost anything people call them blue eyes. I know, too, that when you look into other eyes you begin multiplying 2l meals a week by 52 weeks Q year, etc.--these are what the auto license bureau calls brown eyes. And so 1t goes; with @ little observation and ap- plication one can learn in time to recognize three or four different "colors" of eyes, although actually all eyes are brown unless they are colorless-albino. VI
 Take my eyes for example. have brown eyes, like everybody else whose eyes are any color ct all. But I go all to pieces when I am re- quired to state under oath what color my eyes are. It was even worse when I had to testify about the color of my hair, but that isn't of much moment now. Just to show how little alleged eye color means, I have described my eyes from year to year as brown, blue, gray, black. green, hazel-and I believe I might get by if I called them red. orange, yellow indigo, or violet. You pays
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your license fee and takes your choice. lEs M
 The so-called "color" of eyes de- bends upon the amount and distri- button of the brown pigment In the iris. I say brown pigment because 1t is invariably and essentially brown and no other shade or color. If there happens to be but little pigment, the iris appears blue like Q clear deep lake. If there is more pigment 1t looks gray; if still more 1t looks brown, like Q river at flood. If the iris is heavily pigmented the eyes are "black," actually dark. brown,
 In various shades of so-called "blue" eyes the pigment in the iris is confined to the deep or rear slir- face, and light is reflected from the pigment cells through the translu- cent tissue of the cornea and sclero- tic coverings of eyeball. In "gray" or "hazer or brown" eyes the pig ment is more thickly distributed through the front of the iris.
 The iris is the colored ring sur- EUukfuluS ttlS UlaCh CSLltEHt uOt VT disk called the pupil of the eye. The iris is chiefly muscle, some of the muscle flores being circular and contracting or narrowing the pupil when they contract: other flores being radial, like the spokes of Q wheel, and when these contract the pupil is widened or dilated.
 The iris responds to various stiin- uli, contracts and makes the pupil smaller in bright light; relaxes or dllates and makes the pupil larger in dim light or darkness; relaxes and makes the pupil larger tto ad- init more lighO when the eye rec gards anything at a distance: con- tracts when the eye regards any thing few inches away. Various emotions affect the size of the pu- pils-fear dilates them, for instance. Various drugs may dilate or contract the pupils. Finally, the general state of health or nutrition deter. mines the size of the pupils.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21
Paris Styles
By MARY FENTRESS

United Press Stan Correspondent)
 Paris (UP) Beach coats are fashioned in the grand manner this season and resemble evening wraps in everything but material.
 Long, full skirts, fitted waists and perfect tailoring characterize these beach coats which have either long sleeves with elevated shoulders or short, puffed sleeves. Printed linens and piques are numerous although two contrasting shades in solid colors are equally smart.
 These coats are usually matched by brief sun suits consisting of fiared shorts worn with a separate brassiere top, usually made like a twisted bandeau or a triangular scarf knotted about the neck and at the waist leaving the whole back bare. When the coats are of two contrasting colors, the border Is us- ually made of the lighter tone and frequently is applied to the hem and front opening in scallops. The sun suit to match combines the two  colors.
 Big capes that can be transform ed into skirts are popular this summer. Wild prints are used for these colorful wraps which can be tied by streamers about the neck as a protection from the sun or can be wound about the hips with the streamers tied about the waist.
 White linen makes other sun dresses which are cut very much like a slip with a low-cut front and back decollete supported by narrow straps. These white linen dresses are usually printed or stamped with an amusing figure of crab or lob- ster. Wrap-around dresses and those with split skirts are being | shoWn A iot in cotton f1rinta
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21

ceStershire sauce, wholewheat toast.
 Slice kidneys very thin and cut 0 fall white part. Boil gently in salted water 3-4 hour. Drain, rinse in cold water. Dry carefully.
 Melt 2 tablespoons butter in Sauce- pan. Add kidneys. Fry gently for 4 minutes. stirring gently. Remove kidneys from butter, add 1 table, spoon more and stir in flour, mix well, then slowly stir in hot water. Blend thoroughly. Add onion, par- sley, lemon juice and seasoning. Re- turn kidneys to saucepan and sim- mer until hot. Add Worcestershire at last. Serve on thin, well-buttered slices of wholewheat toast--very hot
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21
WATERBURY BOYS
 ATC CAMP PALMER

Several Waterbury bosy are en- toying a two weeks vacation with the present contingent of youths at Camp Palmer, the Catholic Boys Camp on the Housatonic. The lo- cal youngsters include Vincent Ma loney, John Shell, James Shell, John Barrett, John Bobbin, Paul Bobbin, Ray Tierney, Joseph O'Brien, Mark Tierney, Henry Tierney, Francis derardi, Edward Flaherty and John Lane.
 The camp this year is enjoying the most successful season In it's history. As usual Waterbury holds the distinction of sending one of the states largest units.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21

squirm, especially if you're the kind of person who- s heds synthetic glamor, your mar ital episode may make the head lines.
 Look at Mae West. Twenty-six years ago she and Frank Wallace got a marriage license and promised to love each other. If they could, so long as life would last. Well, they couldn't, so they stopped tryin n g. Miss West thought
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21
By Helen WeLShimey

A marriage is one of those things you can't cover up. Sooner or later and 1t makes you look a lot more ridiculous when It's later--somebody will find out that you have led @ double life. Since it's part of hu- man nature to make other natures
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21
Modern Menus
By MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX
NEA Service StaK Writer
 Here's a good eating without kite chen slavery. For the simple meal shese recipes are the answer.


 chen slavery. For the simple meal shese recipes are the answer.
 scallpped Ham On Toast
 (4 servings)
 One and one-quarter tablespoons butter, Ia tablespoons flour, 1 1-2 cunps milk, 2 cups chopped cooked ham, i-3 cup chopped green pepper, Ia cup fine bread crumbs, salt and peper, 6 pieces toast.
 Melt butter in saucepan, stir in four. Slowly add milk and stir un- til it thickens. Add chopped ham and minced peppers. Season to taste, adding suspicion of dry mustard if you like 1t flavor. Mix all Ingredients well and simmer un- til creamy and smooth. Toast 6 S)iCes bread. Cover each slice with ham mixture. Dust with bread crumbs and dot with butter. Run under broiler long enough to brown crumbs. Garnish each slice with eprig of crisp watercress. Serve very hot.
 Kidney saute On Toast
 (4 servings)
 Two beef kidneys, 3 tablespoons snoons butter, 2 1-2 tablespoons dour, 2 cups hot water, 1 teaspoon minced onion, 1 teaspoon chopped narsley, tablespoon lemon juice, lalt and pepper, 1-2 teaspoon Wor-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21
MIND Your MANNERS

Test your knowledge of cor- rect social usage on answering the following questions, then checking against the authori- tative answers below: 1. Is 1t good manners to honk an auto horn to show appreciation for an outdoor concert7 9. Is 1t permissible to talk to friends while attending Q band concert? 3. Is "necking" in good taste on public beaches2
 1. When e woman meets c man of her acquaintance which should be the first to speak2
 s. Is 1t good manners to leave ones seat in a theater between acts?
 What would you do if- You are a woman who has accidentally met a man ac- quaintance as you get on a bus? He makes e move to pay your fare. Would you then (a) Make no effort to pay 1t yourSeif2 (b) Say. Thank you, I have 1t ready myself?
 Co Insist on paying 1t rec
 gardless? Answers
 l. No.
 2. No. Even the volume of music does not prevent its annoying ones neighborS.
 3. No. Nor in any public | placel {. Woman. If they are old friends, he need not walt for her.
 6. Yes, If one gets back be- fore the curtain rises for the next act
 Best What Would You Do" solution (b). but don't make yourself conspicious by argu- Ing if he insists.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21

Arthur Lake, who plays the com- edy lead in RKO's Annapolis Salute" featuring Harry Carey, James Ellison and Marsha Hunt, is the son of a stage actress and a trapeze performer in a circus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21

A gang of mugs masquerade as socialities and mingle with the elite at lavish coming-out party in RKO Radios comedy, "The Big Shot," co-featuring Guy Kibbee, Cora Witherspoon, Gordon Jones and Dorothy Moore.
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ToMoRRoW's MENU

BREAKFAST: Sliced bana- mas with raSpberries, dry ce- real, bacon, cinnamon rolls, coffee, milk.
 LUNCHEON: Scalloped ham on toast, chopped green salad bowl, French dressing, choco- late gingerbread. tea, milk.
 DINNER: Chilled canned clam broth, kidney saute on toast, hot potato chips, sliced tomatoes, blueberry pie, cof- fee, milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21
DEAR MISS cHATFIELD:

old drank considerably and bled didn't tendency skirt chasing gave After months in which he drank fused quit drinking quit coming to completely although his family and able induce him He Is perfect sweetheart kind polite with his money My merely putting act and that after marriage he will begin his dissipation again. Should hold his past against marry him? that he has wil-power What shall do2 DOUBTFUL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21

The love of two men for ono wo- man, with Basil Rathbone, Ralph Forbes and Marion Claire forming the triangle, introduces unforeseen complications in Make a Wish, J Principal Productions RKO picture starring Bobby Breen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21

about naw whose bad2 You can't tell her that they bad It would only bring on criminaons recmnaonS both sides Your hus- satisfied with matters they stand and he isn't going to in it. So there saddled with an irritating sister -n-aW accepting the situation weey stir ring @ storm that you can't quell
 CAROLINE CHATF1ELD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21
ANSWER:

If you are paying family for the which theirs isn't fair for the sister to make free with living rent free then she has help of which is that her manners gracious What knows this that housewok in tsel nothing of caring for garden and anybody that the house feeds out garden sits dinner table should lend helping hand pay for helping hand
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HELEN WELSHIMER SAYS: Marriage BLike Murder
 M ThiS: 1t WILL Out

world like love. Conceal 1t, If you want to, but don't say Mae West didn't warn you. Husbands-when you least want them--usually show up.
 (Copyright, 1887. NEA Service, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21

The perfect sweetheart won't make perfect husband because adult animal but who courteous and knd gentle quartet of virtues that should make girl think twice before turning him down.
 CAROLINE CHATFIELD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21

courng might angel his girl months the dcaons that his actually spoutng Nothing will make sprou him said with compliments None Of likes to let down the dear who be- strong male female meet the expectons of those love.
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DEAR MISS cHATF1ELD:

much in and husband thinks we altogether but not My fathernaw died leaving his eight children All married and home with when she isn't lived here with her brother housewok look after the chick en pigs garden vegeablesa of which enjoy But eats sleeps and makes herself at home she had the perfect right do She doesn't raise her hand the doesn't contribute to expenses and gasoline and oil Is this fair and If not how Shall I ret 1t over to my husband?
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ANSWER:

months Q probationary pcriod why not string aut make and then take the plunge As the will and something else quite important w happiness real desire to please his hghtolove at cost to himself These good for . future
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Latest Styles
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By DR. WILLIAM BRADY, MD.

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ToDAY's FASHION TIP

This seasons beach coats are made like formal evening wraps but are of washable cotton or pique in bright prints.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21
CAROLINE CHATFIELD.

Problems of
 
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Caroline Chatfield
Says To-day

The In-law Who Sleeps in a Free Bed and Eats Three
 Free Meals Should Lend a Helping Hand to the Housekeeper or Hire Maid to Work in Her
 Stead.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-08-12
Editorials
WE DARE TO BE DIFFERENT

All N life we've heard about the Southern dlfferen-
tial, in living, the idea being that the difference IN hvng
costs in the south and north are so vastly, dl1lereht "a
southern labor can live much more cheaply than can north
ern.
In all. our years we've never heard one speaker or one
writer utter a word to the contrary. There seems u o. a
firm. fixed idea that there is a great difference in living
costs in the two sections.
We r not an economist nor can we solve the great
nroblems confronting labor but we would ike 10 Suggest a.
anyone would care to listen that there isn't, after all, a ereas
deal Of difference in the cost of living here IN the south IN
in the east.
Take the fundamental necessities of life: food, clothing
and shelter. Food costs Just as much or perhaps more IN te
ANAL towns Of the south as it does in the east. There they
pet the benefit of low food prices due to close competltlon.
Ask any housewife that has lived a number OF years IN tne
north and see.
As for clothes any standard brand Of merchandise is
priced the same the world over whether 1t be IN Detro1,
jackson or Durant. And a Palm Beach Suit or a Mary Lane
coat will cost you just as much IN Durant as "oulo III =
York, maybe more.
Where the difference in living costs comes in is IN the
matter Of shelter. Due to climatic conditions the resident IN
does the easterner. His house perhaps doesn't cost hin quite
as much to build or rent. But did you ever try to rent a
house anywhere in the south?
IF Won have You know that the same amount OF rent you
paw for a very unsatisfactory dwelling place in the south
would paw for large. comfortable living quarters IN another
section of the country.
AS for the luxuries of life-automobiles, pianos, books,
motion pictures, radios and the lke-they are the same the
country over. the difference being that in a large city the
shopper has the advantage of shopping around and getting
the best bargain possible whereas IN a small town the puser
has to take what is handed him.
Is there. after all, such a great difference in living costs
of southern labor7
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-08-12
WASHINGTON PARADE

Washington, ID. C.-Much of
the remainder Of the once ambi-
lions program President Roose-
welt had hoped to put through at
this session Of Congress will
have to be je~ttisoned. Majority
leaders, after a White House con-
ference, have decided on a min
imum program of major legisla-
tive detectives to be left on The
Unjust" List. 1t includes only
passage of the Stun Clearance
and Housing Bill, reform OF the
lower Federal Courts and the
much discussed wages ard hours
bill, The reason for cutting he
program SO d~rastically is simply
that a FESTIVE Congress "Musi
bolt for home. That is ono
Must" that did not emala-e
from the White House. Congress
men should be entitled to sonv
breathing spell considering ;hc
dog days in Washington The
hottest spot on earth during
Eugust-At least we think so!
When vice president Garner
told the President that what the
country needed now was to be
"Let Alone" so that it could
enjoy the returning prosperity,
he probably spoke the fervent
hope of every American, What
Mr.. Roosevelt is reported to have
answered is that the venerable
Texan is twenty years behind
the times in expressing his views
There's a lot of truth in both
these expressions-So say all of
u.s.
Things European cannot be as