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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-26

Editor Tall Tower Topics I wish everybody could be able to witness every day The place South Main Street. just below the bridge near Wash ington Hill Involved is eghtyearold girl who could make lot of parents ashamed of ourselves once be- are plenty of others who would not buy skates for their children Now converted. Believe me- if these other people could this tot they'd certainly change their She the last person the world you would ever picture skates Whoever responsible for her being skates should be congratulated for their spunk The little girl come handicap and becoming good skater as oh CT children She enjoys pleasure which otherwise would have been denied her. Now wouldn't that make parents with stronglegged children feel ashamed of themselves? It does me. Mother
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-26

Iris modern age indeed friend was discussing the merits of the modern-day automatic razors that operate electrically and require father on the heaviest bearded individuals countenance. It brought DacK memories of the days when When every gent" in Waterbury had his voe barber and there were dozens of them right here in Waterbury, and every barbershop catered to it's regular clientele by providing certain spot it's shelves for the shaving mug and sometimes for the razor harbrush and comb Some of those early day shaving cups marvellous to behold and the little boy who ventured into his dads avore barbershop for haircut usually pop-eyed with amazement. Every man had his own trade or profession identified In some manner by picture the shaving cup. For in- stance, the butcher might have the head of cow the blacksmith would have anvil on his. And there were of these cups oo with just the name of the owner in gold silver letters. And said above some customers insisted the barber having razor for them as well personal har-brush and comb. Many of these shaving mugs today may be found in collections of the same Some of the old time tonsoria emporiums recall offhand without thinking too deeply are Eddie Landers East Main and of course John Dreschers on Grand street. Landers in the Brown Block East Main street. while around the in the Brown Block basement was Hills. Then there were Kleebers on Bank street and also Greenburgs the street, Hodsons was in Exchange Place; P J. Cavanaughs was way out Fast Main. Down on South Main there were George Lambert and Billy Dillon. couple more on East Main were Martinellis and Siricas. Over in Brooklyn you could find Rocco Diorios. And we've probably only skinned the list of oldtimers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-26

'Struth, so help me. While some of the Demo
 crat plant boys were enjoying their weekly bowling league tilt Tuesday afternoon, they got eyeful of how it's done in the "big leagues" to speak. going to bowl off his three games for certain Tuesday night league He asked Gene to mark his scores up for him. but the latter stated he too busy to attend to it. Then the fun started His first box was an S
 his second g. but no r appeared on the sheet
 Next he knocked off spare. That went into the first box . . Before the bowler was finished he had the Denny boys green with envy at his perfect apomb as
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-26

Mrs. George Giggin of Hunting
 don avenue was again hostess at a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-26

Abolish Judicial Review
 4 Abolition of judicial review.
 f' This proposal is based on belief that Congress has the power to de- fine and regulate the Jurisdiction Of
The Washington times., 1937-01-07

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The Washington times., 1937-01-07
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Evening star., 1937-11-24
"king Jean iii. -

France, which dearly loves its "af-
faires." is reveling this week in one that
must warm the cookies of every heart on
the Paris bouleVards, whether it beats in
sympathy for the lost cause of the
Bourbons or in invincible loyalty to the
republic. Not only is the Surete Ma
tionale, the French equivalent of our
Secret Service, engaged in a full dress,
nationwide probe of Rightist revolu-
tlonary plot, but the Duke of Guise, pre-
tender to the throne of France, yester-
day proclaimed his decision" to re
conquer the crown of my fathers"
In a terse public manifesto of five
thousand words, the 63-year-old pre-
tender, who seeks to rule as King Jean
III. appealed to my fellow Frenchmen
and countrymen' to restore the mon
archy, in the name of good common
sense" as the one means of preserving
France from the evils of party strife
and the corroding influence alike of
Communism, Fascism and constitu-
tional republic. Assailing the parlia-
mentary systems 'irresponsibility and
instability the son of the Duke of
Chartres, who considers himself the
rightful heir of the Kings and Emperors
of France, calls upon the nation to
plight its faith anew in the virtues of
royalty as the one avenue of escape
from dangers threatening from within
as we'll as from without
The sleuths of the Surete assure
Frenchmen that so far no connection
between the monarchists and the Ma
tional Committee Of the Revolution" has
been unearthed. The Rightist plot, with
which the name of Col de la ROGUE,
the discredted Croix de Fen Fascist
leader, was promptly linked, is evidently
taken seriously by the government,
which claims that raids have already
uncovered enough weapons and ammuni-
ton to equip small army. Even if
such an army enlisted every royalist in
France, it would be puny affair, for
in the whole country there are said to
be fewer than fifty thousand persons
who favor re-enthronement of the dy-
nasty overthrown in 1870 at the end of
the Franco-Prussian War.
So, though the boulevardiers are
doubtless quafing their aperitifs today in
an atmosphere of political excitement as
indigenous to Paris as the surging Seine
itself, it is gratifying to feel assured
that "Vive la France" still means the
democratic France of liberty, equality
and fraternity and not the effete France
of the Bonapartes or the Bourbons.
Evening star., 1937-11-24
Campaign Continues.

The annual Community Chest cam
paign was scheduled to close last night.
But it did not terminate. Nor can it
stop until the complete budget of $685.
600 has been raised. The amount still
lacking is s297214
To some residents of washington it
might seem that the difference is small
and that it could be negotiated" by
further economies on the part of each
of the sixty-nine agencies and institu-
tions of social welfare represented in the
drive. But the goal set at the beginning
OF the drive was minimum objective.
1t was pruned and pared before it was
announced. Further reductions simply
were not feasible
The difference, then. is the difference
between success and failure. For five
consecutive years the city has fallen short
OF the imperative quota. Perhaps, defeat
has become habit. If so, all the more
reason for its correction. Washington
simply cannot afford to remain even
partially blind to the tragic handicap of
the poor, the sick, the distressed
majority of the people of the District
Of Columbia understand the problem and
cheerfully have done all that properly
could be expected of them toward its
solution. This is conceded by every
solicitor who has shared in the campaign.
Generous men and women who have
given their time and strength to the
work are agreed that the community in
general has responded magnifcently.
The shortage traces back to the difficulty
periodically encountered in dramatizing
the appeal of the Chest to one single
class-the so-called middle group of
citizens who, if they are to bear their
equitable portion of the burden, should
double or treble their subscriptions
Careful study has shown that this
minority does not comprehend its duty.
The rich and the small wage earners
cooperate fully. It is the relatively
well-to-do merchants, professional prac-
titioners and business and Government
executives who pass by on the other
side"-subscribe less than they should.
But further effort is to be made to
reach the hearts of those who as vet
have not been persuaded. The alternative
is continued decline of the forces of
civilization in Westinghouse gradual
retreat to disaster. In 1887, conditions
being what they are, the Chest drive
must be complete and uncompromising
victory.
Evening star., 1937-11-24
Parking and Progress.

Since the days when stage coaches
and peasant carts made "a stable yard
Of the kings highway"-to repeat q
phrase used by the United States Court
of Appeals the other day-the problem
of what to do about parking of private
vehicles on public thoroughfares has
been recurrently vexatious.
AS crossroads settlements grew into
towns and towns grew into cities, streets
became more and more congested and
municipal officials gradually were forced
to clear main highways of standing
vehicles that impeded free use of the
arteries for the purpose for which they
were built-transportation.
Our forefathers of the horse-and-
buggy era were annoyed by the prob
lem. They resented being compelled by
Evening star., 1937-11-24

ment against the wages and hours bill
1t may be true that increased living
standards for the country as a whole
must come from an increased volume of
work. not from provisions in the pending
bill for shorter work day and shorter
work week, as demanded by Mr.. Green.
But the fact remains that he, speaking
for the Federation, has gone on record
against it. This, coupled with the I'M
enthusiastic support of the C. I. O.,
should OF itself be enough to convince
the House that the majority of the Rules
Committee has acted wisely in refusing to
report the bill out at this time.
Evening star., 1937-11-24
Downfall of the IL. O."

A policeman should be gentleman.
He should be gentleman with good
muscles, good health stability of char
acter, physical courage. He should be
a gentleman with profound knowledge
of human nature, fine sense of values
and excellent judgment. He should be
able to outwit the craftiest criminals.
He should be able to comfort the grimi-
est urchin who has wandered from
home. He should be sufficiently versed
in the law to keep himself and his de-
partment out of trouble. He should be
combination of better-than- average
soldier, doctor, lawyer, priest, social
worker, psychiatrist. politician, salesman
and business executive.
Not all policemen, of course, meet
these qualifications. A few policemen
meet none of them. The degree to
which man does meet them, as shown
by his record, should be the measure
of his eligibility for promotion But in
the District of Columbia, it seems there
has been a further demand. The can
didate for promotion has had to pass an
intelligence test and has been rated on
his II. G."
The Civil Service Commission prodded
by the District Commissioners, finally
has done away with this requirement.
1t is now sufficient if the man has done
his job well. Offhand this would seem
to be logical change-and a just one.
But ever since the war the I. @. has
had in some circles something of the
status of a tooth of Buddha or a toe
nail of Mahomet
1t may be that policeman who has
met. for some years, all the qualifica-
tions outlined above to a superlative
degree, but who has low I. O., is stupid.
1t may be, on the other hand, that the
successful performance of the duties of
policeman is a better intelligence test
than any set of brain twisters ever put
on paper. That, at least, seems to be
the view of the Civil Service Commits
sion and the Commissioners, and al
though the sacred I. @. has been dealt
something of blow, the Police Depart
ment probably will be able to struggle
along somehow without it.
Evening star., 1937-11-24
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.
One wonders about some of the old

One wonders about some of the old
sayings.
Familiarity breeds contempt" for in
stance
No, 1t isn't contempt familiarity breeds,
so much as familiarity.
That's what familiarity breeds, famil-
iarity, naturally enough.
If smart-alec tramples your pride, or
bores you, it isn't any particular contempt
for your precious ego he shows, but simply
familiarity enough with you to voice his
thoughts
The only practical system to hold these
bores at bay is to never let them get close
to you.
This is easy enough for two types Of
man-the hermit, and the rich.
The former uses cave, the second his
money, to secure the same results.
Thoreau used his hut and Walden
Pond
1t really isn't familiarity, after ALL
which causes so much of the needless
trouble in life, as half familiarity, or less.
When people are thoroughly familiar
with others, they come in time to see good
points, and overlook lesser traits.
They are tolerant, in other words.
But the half-familiar person, or any
lesser fraction, knows only enough to be
a-nusance
Contempt, fortunately enough, scarcely
enters the picture.
The person with some cute little remark
to make, or some wholly boresome re-
action to foist upon the innocent, will
only know enough to feel at ease, whereas
If he did not know one he would make no
remarks
Persons with enough money to do ex-
actly as they please surround themselves
with ante-rooms. secretaries and door,
men, to fend off familiarity, or the half
familiarity which is worse
Contempt is too sounding
word.
Those famous filings and arrows of
outrageous fortune, of which the poet
spoke, if simmered down to essentials
are found to be nothing more than quips
and jests made to men who like them
not.
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Part of this not liking hinges squarely
on the fact that the person who must
endure them, from time to time, realizes
only too we'll, in time that he has sold
mess of popular pottage.
He yearned to be a good fellow, let us
say, and thought to practice in the city
what he had learned in country town.
1t won't work any longer, of course.
Even big city of today is not what
big city was ten years ago.
A decade ago the modest fellow who
minded his own business and expected
others to do the same had a comparatively
easy time of it.
Some may be cynical enough to say
that any one who expected others to
mind their own business, ten years ago.
Or hundred years ago. or a hundred
years from now, was and will be lacking
in intelligence.
Perhaps so, in, a sense. In a higher
sense there can be little doubt that such
man was land will be- no such innocent
as he seemed
He was basing his life solidly on Amer
lean customs.
He had his folklore down pat.
He knew, in those happy village days
why. even Washington was just a big
Evening star., 1937-11-24

the town constable to tie their steeds to
hitching posts on corner lot instead
of leaving their wagons on the roadway.
Eventually. however, they learned they
must bow to the march Of progress.
Sometimes the knowledge dawned only
when they were hailed into court and
confronted with a stern edict from the
magistrate.
Today Washington is confronted with
new phase of the age-old parking
problem. THAT is, the phase is new to
Washington, comparatively speaking.
1t concerns all-night parking of auto
mobiles-the use by private automobiles
Of public streets for garage purposes.
Washington has grown up, but rela-
lively few motorists seem to realize it.,
or want to realize it. Repeated efforts
OF forward looking city officials to
convince the automobile owners that
Washington no longer is a cross roads
settlement, where cars may, be parked
indiscriminately along Main street."
have met stanch resistance.
In that respect Washington is far be-
hind Baltimore, Philadelphia and other
cities, where all-night parking and, in
some zones, daytime parking are under
rigid bans.
Washingtonians may as we'll face the
inevitable. All-night parking-even day.
time parking-on traffic-laden thorough
fares is on the way out, despite the fact
that its exit may be slow and perhaps
painful to some.
Evening star., 1937-11-24

village, twenty years ago-that little
acquaintance with all sorts of men was
not bad thing.
Life wasn't SO complicated then.
There weren't innumerable signs all
along blocks, and lights at corners
There weren't complicated systems of
all sorts, mostly built on the strictly
modern idea of the "build-up"
Life grows unnecessarily complicated
when, instead of doing the job in hand,
men think only of how much they can
get and how little they can do to get it.
That is where the "build-up" comes in
1t is seen everywhere. No sooner one
takes over "a job, than two things are
necessary, evidently: Talk about how long
one works, and how we'll one works
This soon results in the publicised fact,
so-called, that more help is needed, that
two, three, four persons must be used to
do what one did before.
The first thing anybody knows, there
is the "build-up" in full operation.
Along with this strictly modern
phenomenon comes the urge of authority
for change, any kind of change, just so
long as it is something new. The new
Aidy UC ldl NUlSc lIldll lilc Olll, UuG lSll /
it change, and somehow isn't change
wonderful?
These complications, unnecessary and
really brainless Except for the Rabbits,
of course), make it impossible for any
body really to know everybody.
Acquaintance degenerates into back
slapping, and in the place of cordial rela-
tions many find suspicion and jealousy
eating at the core of harmony.
The honest person who tries to be
familiar with all and sundry, in the old
fashioned way, finds himself met with
deep distrust.
Familiarity breeds no contempt, but
certain flip familiarity. based on no real
understanding, nor even attempt at un-
derStanding.
Nobody understands the problems of
others, nor makes any particular attempt
to understand them, in any really basic
way.
The result is, for many, that all that
being familiar, in the old natural demo-
cratic way, means to the person who tries
1t is that he will open himself to unwel-
coined and unnecessary repartee.
Look around on all sides, and see many
examples of well meaning persons who,
In middle-age, have succumbed at last to
an inevitable 'freeze-up"
1t isn't so much age creeping upon
them, as they have grown mighty tired
OF listening to senseleSs remarks from
people who ought to know better.
These arise solely because of the paucity
OF the great average mind as to conversa-
tlonal subjects, and because a little
familiarity breeds more Of the same
That the person sensitive to this sort
of thing is partly responsible for it him
self does not lessen the burden of it to
him in the least
He sees that this is a problem that
people always have faced only it is lust
little worse in this age than in the past.
The smart-alec is downed in one guise
to crop up in another. The "on-your-
toes" boys are knocked to their knees
by the depression, to arise again blatantly
telling us how to win friends by being
servlle with smile. Is it any wonder
sensible men retire into their own souls
while there is yet time?
Evening star., 1937-11-24
Recovery VS.. Reform.

The stated obJectiveS of the wages and
hours bill remain as praiseworthy as
ever but few tears will be shed if the
measure now begged down in the House
Rules Committee is placed on the shelf
until other and more important legis-
lative matters have been disposed of.
That this will be its fate seems more
than likely in view of the strong stand
against it that has been taken by the
American Federation of Labor, and the
refusal OF the committee to report the
measure out despite the insistence of
House leaders that it be brought to the
floor
In the first place. it should be reeog-
nized that the pending bill has never
really satisfied any one, and its labor
proponents have been lukeWarm at best.
Stripped of all pretense, it is an expert
ment in this field of social legislation.
So many classes of labor were excluded
from its essential provisions-authority
to fix maximum work week of not less
oAAoAi AoA eJ AlOuAo anu pay IlOJ
in excess of forty cents an hour-that
Government statisticians estimated it
could not reach more than from 2,O00, 900
to 100000 workers. In most of these
cases the reductions in hours and the
increases in pay, should the bill be
passed, would be slight. 1t seems clear
that whatever benefits might result to
underprivileged workers would be more
than offset by the Disadvantages certain
to flow from the injection of an element
of uncertainty into e.employer- employe
relationship at time when business and
industry are struggling against the dan
gers of serious depression.
John L. Lewis, chairman of the Com
mittee for Industrial Organization, has
urged enactment of the bill at this time,
but it by no means has his unqualified
Endorsement. During the last session of
Congress President William Green of the
Federation said the bill was reasonably
acceptable and fairly satisfactory" to
labor Now even this faint support has
been withdrawn. It may well be that MIR.
Green's citation of his hostility toward
the National Labor Relations Board is
Irrelevant and mconclusiye as an argu-
Evening star., 1937-11-24

The Dionne infants do not understand
why they are remarkable They have
done nothing, but their number renders
them unusual and they have only to
be worthy of the surprise they have
created in order to hold its influence.
The loss of one of their number is likely
to reduce them to the commonplace un-
less exceptional conditions bring them
rearing of extraordinary advantage.
They provide new tests for a strange
world
Evening star., 1937-11-24
Shooting Stars.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
Improbable Prophecy.


Once more the turkey-handsome bird
Is strutting in the sun.
Important news he has not heard
OF what must soon be done.
He preens himself in colors bright
And feels that he was made
The general public to delight,
When he goes on parade.
His is the fieeting happiness
Where ignorance is bliss
The solemn facts which cause distress
He manages to miss.
Let's all give thanks for blessings rich
And have some thanks to spare
For any lack of knowledge which
Will leave us free from care.
Evening star., 1937-11-24
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Evening star., 1937-11-24

The japanese are delivering messages
advising General Chang to yield, yet new
preparations are announced by Chinese
forces. What the end will be there is no
saying, but it appears that there can be
no generosity that will not be inter-
preted as weakness.
Evening star., 1937-11-24

Opinions diverge strangely in differ
ent parts Of the world. Even the word
''iynching," originally filled with horror,
may take on special signi1cances which
seem to modify its meaning as the provo
undertaken by human authority the re-
sponsibility becomes heavy indeed.
Evening star., 1937-11-24
Johnny Would Like Holland

From The Lowell Courlef-C1tlzen.
We Americans, it is said, use Is pounds
Of soap per person per annum, while the
cleanly Hollanders use only "a pounds.
We beat them by neck, evidently
perhaps little Johnny's.
Evening star., 1937-11-24
Defnitive Title.

From the Columbus (Oh1o) Dispatch.
The man at the next desk, remember
ing he has still another installment to
pay on his 1897 income tax, thinks the
name should be changed to eternal"
revenue.