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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-16
CHAPTER xxx

Patient Frank Osborn, who in fifty-odd years had accomplished only the holding of a mediocre job the maintenance of a modest home and the rearing to rebellious wom- anhood of one child-oh, yes! and had, in spite of his failings some- how managed to earn and keep the thorough devotion of Mrs. Osborn to whom he was equally devoted this Frank Osborn apprehensively watched the contents of a collec- ton of pots on the stove and a roasting pan in the oven.
 Mir. Osborn was not a cook --- he earned his living as book-keeper but a bookkeeper who at flfty-odd has never provided his wife with a servant must, for his failure, have learned during the years to be help full in all the household duties. And tonight MT. Osborn had been left with the responsibility for keeping dinner just this side of done, pend- ing the return of Mrs. Osborn and Dorothy and guest-a man guest.
 He wished they'd hurry; to his tirne-accustomed, yet still inexpert eye, dinner appeared ready to serve, and he didn't want to be blamed for any nishaps. They had left Dorothy and her mother--almost an hour ago, and the trip should not have taken more than 90 minutes. With that final spurt by which food in process of cooking becomes in an instant overcooked, the things on the stove were in danger. and Mir osborn turned off the burners. con- iltlent that the folks would be along any minute.
 ffs Valked into the living room and gazcd at what Dorothy had ac- eofnplisheo, Inc new slip covers, toe c,irtails , repaired furniture, ths ianip shades Right good, he mused the poog -id hadn't had much I> work qtth i.a sighed re- gretfully; he uad not given his family many 3i lhe p!casal things. But, heaven! He'd ocen iackv to hold his job, in Isc riRss uf ms " layoffs; there had bes salary cuts. too, when his salary ne r had been large. We'll
 He heard the car crunch ugh the snow in the driveway. A mo- mer' later the back door opened; Dorothy and Mrs. Osborn came in. Funny, bringing guest in the back way.
 But there was no guest.
 There's been the most awful &C., cidentl" Mrs. Osborn said, going to the stove at once, despite the news she mad to tell.
 Something happen to young Mi.-?" her husband began.
 "Mr. McDougall? No. he's all all right. My land, you can't ir,as.ne! Bank robberies. wrecks, police in commandeered carl guess I'll never be the same again. Here, wait till get my things of and we'll tell you all about it at dinner. Frank, you let that roast get . mite overdone-$2.40 worth of mea; there, not a cent less. But, goodness, we were gone lots long CT @:ian we though we'd be! You did all right. You should have seen Here. Dorothy, we can sit righS down to dinner"
 T can't cat, Mother" Dorothy re Ted from the stairs.
 Dorothy did not turn on the light, but sat on her bed and looked out a VI ldow at the night, at the pools which the street lamps made on the snow. No dinner partyl
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Brain TwizzIers By Prot. ,. D. Flint

During a Kidnapping epidemic a few years ago wealthy lawyer was held for ransom in an old barn far from any town. The only accessible exit from his loft cell was a narrow window which the lawyer could crawl through because he was very small but 1t was about thirty feet above the ground. In moving about the room the lawyer discovered a rope coiled in one corner. He threw the rope cut the window after tying one end but discovered that 1t was short of the ground by fifteen feet. He was timid about dropping that far SO he pulled back the rope and gave the matter much thought. Finally he hit upon q solution. He halved the rope. tied the two pieces together and found that he could slide down and reach the ground without q drop. How did he do t?
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to come near 1t. There is only one case of it's yer b c i n 6 tanned.
 Australia has pictured this bird on a stamp issued in 1882, a n d s h o W n here.
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(Copyright, 1887. EEA Service. Inc )
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-16

PROBABLY the gayest dcceiver ~ in the bird kingdom is the ap. propriately named Tyre bird of Australia. Its tail feathers curv. ing upward in the form of a Gre. clan Tyre, this unus'eaI bird is one of the most deceptive and elusive creatures on earth. As a mimic it has few equals, and as such it has lured strangers deep into the forests, when they thought they had found way out.
 The reason for that is the birds mimicry of such common sounds as the bark of a dog, an ax cutting into a tree, a train whistle, the saving of wood, and the calls of other birds. In addition, the bird is an accomplished actor. It will stand on a mound of earth and wait until all is quiet, then begin to dance. It will alternate its dancing with limitations ot other birds. and various sounds, and at no time will it permit a person
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1937-03-19
Krestnf imeno "Lenin."

Pred Is lety Sc jednomu ko-
munistovi ma Ustecku narodil
synek. Dial MT jake kfestni
jmeno zapsat do matriky ma
rozenych "Lenin". Marine MI
tehdy znami vymlouvali toto
jmeno. Chlapec zat1m dorostl
a uci sc Temeslu. KTestni jme-
no mu della jen same nepTfjem-
nosti. Nyn1 81 podal k okresn1-
mu 1radu zadost O zmenu sve-
no krestniho jmena.
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PIsTE ONES:

Pro znacnou zkusebni lahev
GA uncf) ORA. Petra Hoboko,
postovne vyplaceno, poslete
dnes $1.O0 DR.. Peter Fahrney
& Sons Co., Dept. D 80311,
2501 Washington Blvd, Chica-
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Pc slave.

V Beverly Hills, Kalifornie,
Alice Lake, hvezda v nemych
byla souzena pro opil-
stvf. Soudce il nadiktoval
500 pokuty, jez Alice memo
hla zaplatitit. Musila do 20
dennfho vezenf. Alice je dole
ia.
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z Prahy psala Ancka "a ne
kolik dnf, re uz Marco nasla
sluzbu a re Sc j postestilo ma
jiti il dobre misto u prfbuz-
nych svych pant. S listen dee
rinym dostali Samkovi take do
pis cd Oborskeho.
(Pokracovani.)
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pokojfku pana inzenyra je mi
sta dost a o koc1ho a o kone uz
jsem Sc postaral."
"Diky, pane mistfe, "a vasi
laskavost," rekla PAM. "Pre-
SPIN tedy u vas. Ale prosfm,
ably slecna Anicka byla mi pro
dnesni noe spolecnici."
"Ze srdce rada. milostiva
panf," ozvala Sc divka.
"Nejdrfve vas budu prositi,
abyste mne a Jenfkovi opatfila
veceTi," rekla stara PAM s L.
smevem a Ancka hned "a nj
vstoupila do pTfstenku.
Veceri potion prinesla Mar
ka z hostince. Byl toho plny
kos, PAM radova pozvala vse-
chny cleny Samkovy rodiny a
tax veceTeli v pTfstenku vsich-
nj. Ranenemu podavala jfdlo
Ancka a tn PAM radova znovu
Sc rozplakala, vidouc, re jej1
syn, nesmeje Sc pohnouti, musf
byti vlastne krmen.
Zaroven spfnajic ruce fekla:
Zach, dobrf Tide, co jste asi s
mym ubohym hochem zkusili!"
"No, nebylo to hrozn6," re-
XII Samek. "Pan inzenyr je tr-
pelivy pacient. Ostatne byla
u neho skoro jen nase Ancka."
Pc veceTi zGstaly u nemoc-
neho pant radova S Anckou,
povfdaly 81, nez Oborsky usnul,
potion pant ulehla ma druhe
I1zko a Ancka leila ma lavici u
okna, kdyz Oborsky byl slfbil,
re je zavola, kdyby neco chtel.
Rano Samek dobehl pro plu-
kovniho lekaTe, ably obstaral,
echo tTeba k doprave Oborske-
no.
Prapornf velitelstvi svolilo,
ably PAM radova dopravila sve-
no syna do vojenske nemocni-
ce v Praze a tax jiz O devate
Oborsky odjfzdel re Lhoty.
Lekar S dvema vojaky zdravot-
n1ho sboru umistil Oborskeho
ma polnf nosftka, ia ulozili do
kocaru, PAM radova sedla k sy
novi, desatnfk zdravotn1ho sbo
ru ma kozlfk Ike kocfmu, jeden
vojak k ranenemu do kocaru,
a jiz nastalo louceni.
ia vsecko YAM, dobTi Tide,
dekuji, CO jste pro meho syna
udelali," rekla PAM radova po-
davajfc Samkovi ruku.
"Vsak to ami "a rec nestoji",
branil Sc mistr."
"Anicko, nev1m, jak sc yam
kdy odmen1m", pravil Oborsky
"Jen Sc brzy uzdravte!" re-
kla stoupnuvsi ma stupatko ko-
caru, ably Sc naposledy ma ne
no podfvala.
Podaval j ruku a Tekl do
jat: "Vzpomenete 81 ma mne
nekdy?"
Neodpovedela, ale ruku mu
podala. Cftila, re il neobycej-
ne slime stiskl, fka: "Budu ma
vas, Anicko, stale vzpominati".
Kone trhli a Samkovi divali
Sc, az kocar zmizel jejich IRA
kun v zahybu silnice.
Ancka klidne vesla do pTf-
stenku, ably uklidila pc nemoc-
mem. Zdalo Sc il tam nejak pu-
sto, a take stara Samkova Sc
proslovila, re Sc jim Dude pc
panu inzenyrovi styskat. TAX
nejak nahle mu zvykli "a ty
tri dni. = Diva dny pc odjezdu
Oborskeho odtahlo vojsko re
Lhoty, a sousede 81 sli pro pla-
ty "a ubytovan1.
Kdyz doslo ma Samka, rekl
mu starosta: "Za ubytovani
jednoho nemocneho vojfna ma
lei 25 krejcard. Dostanete
tedy rs krejcarG "a tri dni.
TAX to ii PAM vojenstf vypoci-
tall Poole pfedpisu."
Samek wal pen1ze a odesel.
"To stojl "a to-" divila Sc
Samkova. "Ani's to nemel
brat"
Gale, manu-, vzdyt jsme pa
ma Oborskeho neosetTovali k
Will platu," ozvala Sc Ancka.
"Ancka ma pravdu," souhla
sill Samek. "Za plat jsem to
a kdybych ten paka-
tel nevzal, nikomu bych mic ne
Tyden potion dostala Ancka
psan1 cd svych pant z Prahy,
re Sc vratili z letnfho bytu, a.
by nastoupila sluzbu.
Odjfzdela do Prahy We SVEN
modernfm kloboucku, odvaze-
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Pak-li vlada kupuje chladnicky pro PWA tabory, a
zoruhodno. Nabidky jsou stanoveny "a knn nj low pv-
nou cenu. Ma zaklade toho, Westinghouse ziskal Oh
!%ednavku pro 1857 ~lednicek, vice nez kterekoliv
a Shiny Insulation a o~statnfch vyhodnych podrob-
nost1, Westinghouse proto NIUE nabfdnouti sve led
nlcky "a pomerne ~pfimerene ceny. Pak-li Westing-
house lednicky usetf1 penez Wade, tax tez vam,
'Jest to desitleta sluzba ktera noe{t5, y,
Evening star., 1937-08-29
SHORE AND MOUNTAINS
COMBINED IN JAMAICA

KINGSTON, Jamaica, British West
Indies, August 2s.-The dual per-
sonallty" If this island In the heart
OF the Caribbean is something which
visitors from Northern countries find
hard to believe until they have seen
with their own eyes.
Jamaica has the unique distinction
OF being a beach playground, circled
by broad and glistening coral strands,
on the one hand, and land of tow
ering mountains on the other. OF
the mountains, comparatively little
OF their attractiveness has been pub
llclzed and some Of them are almost
inaccessible.
With hotels and guest houses at
attitudes as high as 1000 feet, ia
maica has the most developed noun
tain resorts in the West Indies. A
military cantonment, Newcastle, Is
also situated high in the mountains,
which offer exquisite scenery and a
remarkably equable climate. The
mean temperature varies only slightly
throughout the year at attitudes of
1000 and 5000 feet, and at 1000 feet
the mean Is 70 degrees Fahrenheit
while that Of 5000 feet is only 62.4
degrees. Blue Mountain Peak, the
highest in Jamaica, is 1888 feet
above sea level.
Evening star., 1937-08-29
Air.C0nditiOni,,g
Changes Style. in
Trarel Clothes
Whites Now Practical.
Coming Through Trip
Spotlessly Clean.

CHICAGO, August 28.-Taking time
out from preparing itineraries and
selling tickets to the hordes of travel
ers bound for the West this year, rail-
road traffic men recently found time
to offer some fashion hints" to pro-
spective patrons on the fast stream
liners in the West as well as the de
luxe standard-type trains
With every car operating in regu-
lar routes beyond Chicago air condi-
toned - standard sleepers, diners,
lounge cars, tourist sleepers, coaches
and chair carS-White clothes have
now become the customary habili-
ments of travellers Whether it be
on the sleek Zephyr-type of stream
lined trains from Chicago to the Twin
Cities or to Denver: the luxurious
Empire Builder to Glacier Park and
the Northwest, or the feet of trains
to California, including the stream
lined City Of San Francisco and the
Forty-Niner. the standard-tvpe Over
land Limited and Golden State Linz
tied, or the tourist-coach special
the Californian-the informal earb of
city and resorts Is now de rigeur.
White fannels. linen suits or light
dresses are worn by the travellers as
they board the trains at Chicago, and
with air conditioning in every car
excluding not only heat. but dust,
smoke and cinders as we'll, the light
clothing is as spotless upon arrival
in the West Coast cities as when the
journey was commenced. But travel
erS to California, the national parks
and the Northwest would be wise to
carry heavier clothing and topcoats
also, the railroad men advise.
Evening star., 1937-08-29
Bermuda Famous
Bargain Counter
For Glassware
English Chinas and
Silrer Escape High
y. S. Duties.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, August 28.-
Collectors are enjoying an especial
advantage in picking up unusual
pieces Of English china, glassware
and silver in island shops. Imported
from the continent to the United
States, these articles demand an ex-
tremely high duty, while Bermuda,
as British colony, imports them at
a small cost, and the sympathetic
island merchants pass the saving on
to visitors.
The various shops here present a
fascinating display Of the finest Eng
lish ch.nas. including Coalport, Min
ton. Crown Ducal, Spode, Wedge
wood, Royal Worcester, Royal Doul-
ton, Crown Staffordshire and many
others without which no collection
is complete, Sheffield plate in beau
tifully wrought designs and finely
etched glassware, strikingly decora-
tive, attract the eye of the most
casual shopper.
OF special interest to veteran COL
lectors Is the Bermuda china which
one shop has made in England. The
pattern depicts tropical fish in an
unusual design, is exclusive with
Bermuda and can be purchased no
where else. The china itself Is as
fine grade as any of the WE'LL
known makes and is worth while
addition to any collection.
Evening star., 1937-08-29
TELEGRAPH WIRES CUT
TO BRING AID IN DESERT

MELBOURNE, August 2s.-strsne,
as 1t may seem, cutting the telegraph
wire Is the recognized 8 o S signal
for lonely settlers who live along tn,
telegraph in the Australian desert AND
for travellers who find themselves ip
difficulty. 1t is Just like pulling tho
communication cord in a railway train
but 1t happens more frequently.
There are penalties for imprope,
use. Last year two motorists were
nned for cutting the wire. It proved
the motorists were only 4 miles sway
from the water they needed and they
were guilty OF starting the hazardous
trip without sufficient preparation.
The linemen know Immediately wher
the wire is cut. They set out at once
to locate the break, carrying food
water and firstIaid outfit. The long
est line stretches for 1900 miles across
Central Australia. Along this line are
900 miles where man is isolated, with
only the arrival of an individual, iron.
ically known AS the postman, who has
round" Of 1000 miles and who
carries food, supplies and medicine in
addition to mail.
Evening star., 1937-08-29
CLIMATE EXTENDS
MEXICAN SEASON
Market Places and Floating
Gardens Win Interest
of Travellers.

MEXICO CITY. August 28-The
eQuable climate of its capital city, as
well as the utterly foreign flavor of
both its Spanish and Indian life,
have added a new name to the grow
Ing list of Autumn vacation lands
Mexico.
To give visitors an insight into
kisurely life south of the Rio Grande
escorted tours usually devote the first
two days to exploring Mexico City,
one of the most beautiful capitals in
the world. Both the city that Cortez
knew and the modern one with its
fne buildings, its cathedral, its re-
Gently completed National Theater,
are included in the sightseeing.
In order to visit the historic and
picturesque sites for which Mexico
City is the hub, daily motor trips are
made, first. perhaps, to Xochimilco
and the famous Floating Gardens,
which were originally made of mats
Of twigs covered with earth. Native
huts were built on them and the
whole propelled along the water by
oars. Eucalyptus trees, shrubs and
other plant life later took root on
them and in the end anchored the
gardens in the lake. where travellers
see them today. Many canals still
remain in this vicinity, and on Sun
days and holidays their surface is
covered with large boats resembling
the gondolas of Venice.
On the trip to Cuernavaca modern
and ancient modes of transportation
share the same road The latest
models in automobiles speed along
the highway while Indians plod SLOW
ly to market, carrying on their backs
pottery, lumber and other produce
they hope to sell In the market
place itself BOYS and girls offer strings
Of beads made of seeds which they
call the tears Of Job. They also sell
another seed. variouslv known rs
beans of St. Igna thus and dynamite
seeds They are so named because
the ripe pods burst with a great noise
II they are kept in a warm place
The Rome of Mexico" as Puebla
Is called because of its many beauti-
full churches, is another of the high
lights of the excursions. Its arChi-
lecture shows the influence of old
Spain, and the colored glazed tiles
which grace many Of its buildings
are sold throughout the country 10
decorate churches and other buildings.
Other trips include to Cholula, Toluca,
Guadalupe and Taxco.
Evening star., 1937-08-29
The Travellers Notebook
Photographer Who Helped Confirm Existence of
Fable Returns to Find Pleasure in Spec.
tdcular Scenes
tdcnlar Scenes.

become eiamese twin. A new OPEN
ing appeared suddenly this Summer
and In few months has about at
tanned the size Of the vent that has
been there for years.
DR.. G. Max Bauer also reports a
change in the schedules Of several
famous geysers. On August 8, after
sleeping two years, Fan Geyser, In
the Norris Basin. suddenly erupted
Topping Old Faithful's l5O-foot tower
OF water by so feet. Splendid Geyser
staged spectacular displays until sew
eral years ago, then ceased. It started
again in July and upset the regularity
Of Daisy Geyser for two weeks, mar
ring a record OF clocklike eruptions
second only to Old Faithful. Faithful
itself still declines to become eccen-
trio. Biologists estimate that this
world-famous spouter has at approxi-
mately every SO minutes shot from 10
to IL thousand gallons Of water into
the air for 10000 years.
60 NATURE changes its face. The
Interior Department is reluctant
to do so. 1t replaces Fishing Bridge
it Is true, and will continue the pres
ent road improvement program deter
mined upon some time ago. But no
new roads are to be built. First As
sstant Secretary Walters is authority
for the statement that points now
inaccessible to auto trafic will remain
So" The goal, he said. Is to maintain
the park in its natural state, not the
creation Of city park.
Pioneer Photographer Jackson can
pass on to heavenly scenes with the
assurance that the hand OF man vii,
not deface the glory of Yellowstone
will not cheaper it with civilization.
Evening star., 1937-08-29
DRESS FAD GROWS

VIENNA, August 28-The Austrian
dirndl or dress of colored print with
short pufed muslin sleeves and an
apron, has taken Hungary by storm,
and all ages in Hungary are now
sporting this popular costume. 1t is
even croWding out the Magyar style
of d1esr and is being worn by every
one, frcsA the maid to the debutante.
Some ffort has also been made to
Introduce the masculine counterpart
of the di:ndl to Hungary, but leder-
hosen, or leather shorts with fancy
braces, and the befeathered cap
which accompanies them, are not
proving popular. Stylists attribute
the cool reception to the fact that
lederhosen nften reveal rather than
conceal shs weak points of masculine
physique
Evening star., 1937-08-29
Plays of Horror
Are Specially of
Theater in Paris

PARIS, August 28.-Paris Is
today q city Of experimental ton
in the drama, and no less than
four theaters here can be def
nitely counted In the advance
guard Of the theater world. The
classics, however, are not neglect
ed, for the Coincide Francaise
and the Odeon, both subsidized
by the state. present them, and
the Opera and the Opera Com
ique offer the best Of great musi-
cal dramas.
One Of the most unusual Of
the small theaters Of Paris Is the
Grand-Guignol, which specializes
in plays Of terror and fright and
is frequented only by audiences
with steady nerves.
Evening star., 1937-08-29
BY JACQUES FUrRELLr. 1p

BY JACQUES FUTRELLE, JR.
~ NCE upon a time there was
fable about wild region in
America where, surely, the
Devil lived. Pouring forth
from earthen cauldrons were streams
OF smoking water; gazing with unsee-
ing eyes were satanic figures, frozen
in rock, as If the Prince of Darkness
had suddenly caught his aide spying
on forbidden magic and doomed him
to hold his agonized face forever to-
ward weird plateau; and again, sud-
denly, towering column of water
would burst forth from the earth, hiss
ing like some dragon that could petri-
fy man with the gleam of an evil
eye: and all about were splashed
blends and contrasts OF colors that
some bewitched genius might pattern.
Tales of men who had seen such
land in the West trickled across the
continent in the nineteenth century,
intriguing and exasperating the popu-
lace. Like the famous mongoose, Con-
gress decided to run and fnd out"
and in 1871 sent the Hayden expedi-
ton into the fabulous section. The
fable was verified. The Yellowstone
country was a reality, and became Z
national park in 1872.
Playing no small part in confirming
the existence of such an amazing land
was w. H. Jackson, 26-year old ON
cial photographer OF the expedition,
whose pictures told what the descrip-
tive art of words could not. A New
Yorker for the past half century, he
returned to the park again this year.
His observations are interesting. There
have been changes, but no major
catastrophe has occurred to alter the
spectacular features OF this exciting
land.
I EAVING Mammoth Hot Springs,
jackson, whose memory seems to
retain details with the precisenes OF
his Photographic plates in spite Of his
s5 years, traversed by auto the ribbon
OF road that is essentially the trail
the expedition blazed. One Of the
animated features OF the park, a
show the present-day. visitor cannot
miss, was absent then-not black
| bear was sighted. Now they hail auto
mobiles and beg for food. The expe-
| dition did see elk and mountain sheep,
and their descendants still roam the
wilds of the parks 100000 acres.
At Tower Falls. Jackson looked Gu
| riously to learn if one of the oddities
remained. 1t still was there, although
there is no telling when it will crash
into oblivion. 1t is great boulder,
balanced precariously on the brink of
l40-foot drop. He recalled that
members OF the expedition wondered
how long 1t would remain perched
there under the slow wear of nature
"a year or a month. And that was
66 years ago.
But there have been changes. Ma
| ture. in fact, remodeled the Mud Gey-
ser region just this Summer, the park
geologist reports. The mysterious un-
derground forces stepped up thermal
| activity on the surface, carrying to-
ward completion five new mud pots
that three years ago were only small
escape holes for steam. Now they are
about 5 feet square and gases are
| killing nearby trees. Mud Volcano has