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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30
BY WILLIAM E. GILROY, d. d.
Editor Of Advance

Editor Of Advance
Every nation of people has its
traditional giant or strong man-the
man who accomplishes amazing
feats far beyond the capacity Of or
binary men. The remarkable thing
about the story of Israel's strong
man, Samson, Is that 1t is so hui
man, so close to fact, and so little
affected by a tendency of other
mythical nand traditional stories to
glorify utterly immoral or evil &C
tons as If they were virtuous.
A remarkable quality Of the Old
Testament Scriptures Is the way in
which even national heroes are
shown up for what they were, both
good and evil, with no purpose to
minimize their defects of character
and conduct. 1t is qality that makes
these Old Testament stories-be-
cause of their enthusiastically
moral tales, very striking in their
teaching and in their application to
life.
The story of Samson is a great
dramatic tragedy. 1t begins with the
strength and opportunity of the man
"a giant in physical proves with
measure of devotion to his peo-
pie and willingness to serve them,
but with elements OF weakness In
him, even from the beginning. There
Is disposition to take life lightly
and to use his strength for other
than serious ends. He appears In
some respects as great Joker rather
than a great hero; although his
pranks, such as sending the foxes
with their lighted tails into the
standing grain of the Philistines,
served the cause OF hsi own peo-
pie.
But the real weakness Of Samson
appeared in his lack Of complete de-
votio nto high ideal. With all his
physical strength, he was lacking in
moral discipline and purpose; and
in this way, he became an easy VIC
tim to dalliance and to the wiles
of a designing woman.
Delilah stands in history as the
symbol of the temptress, Turing
strong men into evil and shearing
them OF their strength. Perhaps
history has been a little too hard
on her. After all, she was more In
the nature OF a spy, serving the
cause of her own people. and the
history of spying is full OF the sort
OF allurements with which Delilah
deceived Samson and brought him
TO destruction.
The real lesson Of the story is
in the course Of Samson himself.
He Is a pathetic figure, shorn OF his
strength and blinded. Yet there Is
remnant Of the old Samson that
comes into evidence once more as
his strength returns and he feels
] for the pillars Of the House Of Dagon
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30

Where do the denominat ions
using instruments of music In
their services to God obtain their
authority?
The essence Of worship through
music Is finely given in Ephesians
5:19--"psalms and hymn and
spiritual songs, singing and max
ing melody in your hearts to the
Lord"
The authority for musical in
struments as Accomplishments for
singing, Is found in Psalm 150--
where 1t says: Praise the Lord
with instruments and organs"
When do Catholics consider
that mans soul Is saved?
A Catholic authority answers:
We cannot consider the soul of
any living person saved, inasmuch
as every living person possess in
telligence and free will, and may,
sometime during life, fall into
grievous sin, and die unrepentant.
This is possible, even in the case
Of those who live good lives, al
though good living person is
more likely to be aware Of danger
Of sin and thus avoid IL, than is a
person who does ont live a good
life.
According to the teachings OF
the Council Of Trent, no man Is
permitted to believe certainly and
absolutely that he will perserve to
his death In virtue; that u. no
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30
MAGICIAN SHOWS
YOUNGSTERS HOW
Y Campers Now Sleight-
of-Hand Experts; Jen=
tOch Pleases Audience

Adam Jentoch, well-known local
amateur magician, last night thrill
ed the boys at the Y camp In Wa
tertown with an exhibition of some
of the tricks III his repertoire. Des-
pite the fact that he has perform
ed before great many different
audiences, Mr.. Jentoch said last
night that he had never before had
such enthusiastic applause as he
received from the campers. All his
sleight-of -hand and illusion tricks
evoked great interest, and at the
end Of the performance he was CIV
en- enthusiastic cheers and urged
to come again.
The boys decided that the best
tricks Of the evening were chang
ing a glass Of confetti into a glass
full of candy, and producing frank
forts from raw hamburger. Mr.
Jentoch also delighted the boys by
showing them how to do one or two
of his tricks. Before the entertain
ment began, the boys had a group
sing in the DINING hall.
During the next few days, those
of the campers who went on the
trip to the garnet and iron mines
of Roxbury will be busy cataloguing
and mounting the specimens they
brought back with them, under the
direction OF Stanley Borden, the
nature director.
The boys on the tour were Louis
Johnson, William ana Robert Deir-
up. Robert Baldwin, Robert Ham
mond, Bruce Drill, Morton Swetzer,
George Reichenbach, Brace Foster,
Thomas Calvin, Edmund Bleich,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30

man, at any one time in his life,
can say with certainty that
henceforth he is absolutely certain
Of being saved.
In regard to dead persons, 1t
is an article of faith among
Catholics to believe that those per-
sons named as saints by the
Catholic Church has certainly,
and without, haved their souls. It
Is pious tradition among many
people to believe that certain
loved ones, who lived virtuous
lives, are among the saved in
heaven, However, they cannot be-
lieve this as an absolute fact, and
1t Is the teaching Of the Church
that we should pray for the re-
pose Of the souls of the dead.
What Is the Jewish attitude to-
ward proselytes?
Judaism is not proSelytizing
faith. Non-Jews are accepted only
II they apply for Jewish fellowship
OF their own free will and accord.
Every conversion presupposes not
only instruction In the principles
and ceremonials institutions OF
Judaism but also the discussion
Of the prospective convert from
his step. He must be acquainted
with the sad lot Of persecution
which Israel has endured; and
only after the promise Of willing
ness to share that lot with his
newly adopted brethren can the
convert hope 10 be accepted.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30
GLEN MILLER AT
PLEASURE BEACH
Popular Swing Band to
Fill Engagement T0mOr.
row Evening

Glen Miller and his Swing Four
teen will be the feature attraction
at the Pleasure Beach Ballroom
Sunday night, having Just con-
cluded engagements at the Playland
Casino and the Paradise restaurant.
New York. Miller has been versa :
tile In his musical career. having
played with Victor Young, Paul
Whiteman, Red Nichols and arrang-
er for Ray Noble and the Dorsey
brothers. He also arranged the
music for the dance routir1es In the
pictures Girl Crazy" and Strike
Up the Band. Many liken his
swing style to Larry Clinton's, who
Is no small bones in the dance bus
mess. An ace recorder for Bruns-
wick, many of his discs have been
top sellers, and recently released
DOM the 1--WE" and a swing YER
sion Of "Humoresque". Gail Reese
is the vocalist and adds to the pop
ularity of this orchestra. Saturday
night a Indy Hop contest will be
held with Newell Hartley,s orchestra
with Music Designed to Please"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30
SCRIBES STUDY
ART OF WRITING
Noted Figures in Literary
World to Gather at Bread
Loaf Inn

Middlebury, VT, July 30.-Novel-
lists, essayists, dramatists and poets
will gather for the thirteenth an
nual two week session Of the Bread
Loaf Writer'S Conference on August
II at Bread Loaf Inn. Over sixty
writer's, would-be writer's, and teach
ers Of English will meet for confer
ences, lectures, and discussions on
the art Of writing.
AS In former years, special en-
phasis is being placed on evening
lecturers which include Robert
Frost, Louis Untermeyer, Paul
Green, and Alice Duer Miller.
The staff will be divided into four
the conferees In one form OF writ
ing both for criticism and open dis
sections, each specializing among
cussions. Fiction will be handled
by DR.. Bernard Devote, former edi-
tor of the Saturday Review of Lit
erature; Merritt Hulburd, associate
editor Of the Saturday Evening Post;
Herschel Brickell, literary editor OF
the New York Post; and Fletcher
Pratt, author of Hail CaesarW.
Plays will be read and discussed
by John w. Gassner, head of the
playreading department of the New
York Theater Guild and dramatic
critic for the Forum. Theodore
Morrison, director of the confer
ence and author of two volumes of
poetry will handle verse. Gorham
B. Munson, editor, biographer, and
lecturer, will treat articles and
criticism.
Six young authors will hold fell
lowships at the conference this
year. They include: Harriet Has
sell, author of "Rachel's Children;
Charles Ford, author of Death
Sails with Magellan; Josephine
Niggli of Monterrey, Mexico; Wei
lington Roe, author of THE Tree
Falls South; Arthur B. Tourtellot,
author of study Of the life of
Fanny Burney, BE Loved No
More; and Theodore Strauss, au-
thor of Might at Hogwallow."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30

The story of Evangeline and the tragic expulsion of
the French Acadans from the little town of Grand Pre-
in 1755 which lures thousands of motorists every
year to Nova Scotia Grand Pre- itself RACED by the
British at the time of the Punishment and is longer
standing The object of the Motorists pilgrimage there
FORE the Acadian Memorial Park situated the site
Of the village ten miles from the CORVALLIS Inn at Kent
Vile The park contains many fascinating relics, but
is interesting than the inspiring statue OF
Evangelne done by Henri Hebert of Canadas fore
most scuptors and direct descendant of the Grand
Pre- French. Like the Mona Lisa the expression on
the countenance of this monument provides something
of enigma Looking at it from side, the visitor
the face of young and beautiful girl. But walk
ing the other side of the statue notices that the
expression of the face gradually changes growing older
and lined with the result that the opposite profile
is that of old 1t is believed that Heber did
this purposey order to portray Evangelnes life from
her happy grhood at Grand Pre- to her sorrowing old
age when she searched far and wide for lost lover
Gabriel The statue is remarkable evidence of Heberts
skill since there nothing ncongruous in the dextrous
blending OF the two lagos" of Evangeline. The
tive poem OF Evangeline written by Henry Wadsworth
Longfeow yet Longfellow never saw the diked fields
and the forest prmeva which he described so beautifully
and accurately The poet first heard the story of the
Punishment Nova Scotian in Boston, Delighted with
the possibilities he begged to be allowed to use it, and
thus, in 1S47 this famous piece of literature brought
into being.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30
KELLY APPEALS
INCLIS RULING
Official Papers Filed With
Clerk of Superior Court
Yesterday

Formal entry of papers in the ap-
peal to the supreme court of Alder
man Thomas p. Kelly from the dis
missal of his quo warranto attack
on the appointment of Special Pros
ecutor Hugh M. Alcorn was reported
late yesterday afternoon in superior
court. A general assignment Of err
rors and a request for a finding are
expected to be made soon by Attor-
ney Thomas F. McDonough, counsel
for Mr.. Kelly, in connection with
the appeal.
Arguments on the appeal are ex-
pected to take place during the Oc-
tober term of the supreme court. AL
derman Kelly contended that Alcorn
was illegally appointed and that
Samuel E. Hoyt, states attorney at
New Haven should have been named
to direct the local investigation.
Kelly is one of the q men charged
with conspiring to defraud the city.
Judge Inglis dismissed the action
abruptly.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30
6-Year Old Girl
Painfully Bitten
By Homeless Cat

Sybil Coe, six year old
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. John
s. Coe Of las Pennington ave-
nue. was bitten about the arm
by a stray cat Thursday after
noon, 1t was learned today.
The cat, which had been in
the vicinity Of the house for the
preceding week, was captured
by Dog Warden Coleman o.
L0ughlin, who was today await
ing q report from the Hartford
laboratories with regard to its
possible rabies condition.
The cats head was sent to
the laboratory Immediately af-
ter Its capture. The girl was
treated by DIR. Albert Herr
mann. Her father Is John s.
Coe, sales manager Of the
Chase Brass g. Copper COM
pany.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30
SCHOOL TO PAY
INJURED WOMAN
Commissioner Orders Con-
tinuance of Weekly Sum
for Former Employee

Compensation Com mis- Toner
James M. Lynch today ordered the
Taft School Corporation to continue
paying compensation Of 1898 weekly
to Nellie Crowley Of Manila street.
Oakyil1e. The award also provides
that the claimant shall continue to|
live at the home Of Mrs. Mabelle|
Ramm, Oakville for which board
and treatment the Taft School Cor
poration shall pay $18 weekly.
The petitioner sustained tract
ured left leg while working at TafH
school about August 2, 1887 and was
confined to the Waterbury Hospital
from that date until Feb. /, 1881
In voluntary agreement recorded
September 16, 1887, the Taft School
agreed to pay the women $8.9d
weekly during the term of her dis
ability, as well as medical expensesI
She was removed to the home Of
Mrs Ramm February /, 1888.
The school recently contended
that the treatment was no longer
necessary. Commissioner Lynch
overrules this contention and orders
it to continue during the dis
ability, which according to statute
can only continue for $40 weeks
uring that time the 1898 must alsd
be paid weekly.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30
US COUNTY FARMS
APPROVE PROGRAM

The number Of farms enrolled il
the 1888 Agricultural Conservation
Program on July LIST was 5,535. Pay|
ments were made on 4,931 farms il
1887 and 1852 farms in 1886.
Hartford County leads with 1861
farms. New Haven Is second will
778, followed by Litchfield with 7S4
New London - 568, Fairfield - 561
Holland = 400, Windham - 361 AMI
Middlesex - BAT.
Approximately one-third OF TIL
5,535 will receive payments on po|
tatoes and tobacco. Two-thirds will
receive payments for soil-buildin
practices only.
The total payments are expecte
to be about $4,000, which will
twenty percent above the payment
Of 1887.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30

Mirabie dictu . Fishermans luck narrowly averted
an international incident at French River, Ontario
recently when O. L. Hocomb visiting the French River
editor of the Huntington W. Va, HeradAdvertser, was
fishing of the nearby lakes with Charlie Missaby as
his guide He using his casting rod and his fy ROD
water. He was playing 4-pound snall-mouth bass,
when suddenly his fly rod went Kiss and he snatched it
his freedom With rod in each hand and two scrappy
fish going in opposite directions he naturally turned
to the acturn guide for assistance What do do now
Charlie?" he demanded Charlie quiet Indian that he
is lust grnned and said Eyes, Had either fish escaped
states Mr. Holcomb, something unpleasant would almost
certainly have followed.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Samson: Strength and Weakness
Text: Judges 14:5, 8; 15:11-14; 1s:15-21

and pulls down the great structure,
destroying thousands of the Phil
istines along with himself.
But even at that, what an ending
for a man who started out with
such strength and with such great
opportunity! 1t is so much less to
give death to ones enemies than to
give life an dstrength and service
to ones own people.
The life of Samson was mega
tive and destructive, where 1t might
have been positive and constructive.
He stands In the record with ele-
ments Of greatness, but as tragic
figure rather than a hero, whose
life is a record Of warning rather
than of inspiration.
Let the strong man beware of
his strength and make sure that
the true strength is not In sinew
and in music-important as that
may be-but in the moral firmness
of will and vision and character.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30
Nangatuck Church
Directory
CONGREGATIONAL

There will be morning worship at
II a. m. tomorrow with Rev. Ed
ward r. Hance, pastor, delivering
the sermon, 1.-THE Shortest Word in
the Bible" 1t will be the last serv-
ice in the church until Sunday, Sep
TENDER II.
Hillside Congregational
Fridolf Anderson will conduct the
English service tomorrow morning
at II o'clock. Rev. Arthur Johnson,
who Is vacationing at present, will
resume his duties on August 10.
Emmanuel Lutheran
Rev. Harold Lucas, pastor
Gunday school will be held at 8
a. m. tomorrow, this being final ses-
sion for the summer. There will be
an English service at 10 o'clock and
a German service at II a. m. Tues
day night the Sunday school teach
ers will meet at 8 o'clock.
Methodist Episcopal
DR.. William Nesbit, pastor.
There will be morning service
az IL q. 11l dllS ItCN. 4NCoblt
will talk on the topic: What Jesus
Began. Sunday school sessions in
the church have been discontinued
for this summer.
st. MichaePs Episcopal
Rev. Arthur F. Lewis, rector.
The services In st. Michaels
church tomorrow, Seventh Sunday
after Trinity will be as follows: Gel
ebration of the holy communion at
1880 a. m. Morning prayer and SER
mon at II a. m. Sermon subject:
Christian Tree.
Thursday: p. m. Junior choir re-
hearsal in choir room.
Everybody in the parish has been
invited to a corporate communion
at 7:30 a. m. on Sunday morning
July 81. This has been an annual
custom for several years and the
rector takes advantage of it to shake
hands with many of his parishion-
ers before leaving on his vacation.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30
'LEARY RETURNS.
FROM C. SCHOOL
Completes His Retaining
Course; Meets Veteran
of Scotland Yard

Capt. John Leary, Bertillioi1 ex-
pert of the Waterbury Police De-
partment has just returned from
the FBI school at Washington
where he completed a retraining
course Of ten days. It Is the GUS
tom Of the FBI school to recall their
graduates every year for a ten day
period to instruct them In the new
er methods Of crime detection and
prevention.
While at the National Police
Academy Captain Leary met Henry
Arthur Leslie, a detective inspector
from the famed Scotland Yard. Mr..
Leslie Is the first veteran Of this
organization to enroll in the Fed
eral Bureau Of Investigation School.
Detective Inspector Leslie, a
twenty-year veteran OF Scotland
Yard, stated to Captain Leary when
asked by him to compare the &C.
Mems" methods with those Of the
detective division of the London
Police Department, that the prob
lens of the two police agencies
were so entirely different that lit
tie comparison could be made. I'VE
deal with a population among which
crimes such as murder and kidnap-
ping and other crimes of physical
violence on large scale are COM
paratively rare. Burglars and pet
ty thieves are our greatest proh-
lem. On the other hand, you have
a country of vast distances ana
mixed populations. There just isn't
any comparison"
The police academy from which
Captain graduated in 1887 was es-
tablished by J. Edgar Hoover Ii
1885 to provide means for mem
bers Of local, county and state DO
lice agencies to obtain training In
up-to-date law enforcement meth
DDS.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30
Today's Answers TO
URANIUM CRACKERS

Problems on Comic Page.
1. Arteries carry blood away
from the heart.
2. Bolivia Is south Of Ecuador.
3. A chaparral is a thicket OF
small trees or bushes.
4. Dichotomy means division.
5. The husband OF Empress
Eugene was Napoleon III.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30

James Thompson, Stephen Austill,
Edward Plat, Bruce Raymond,
Ralph Keller, Forest johnson and
Earl Gay.
Two groups of boys left the camp
yesterday-one for an overnight
hike to Black Rock, and the other
for a three-day trip to Lake Can
dlewood.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30
HOi
By THE MAN IN THE TOWER

Now this Is true,
You can't say it's not,
No matter how you slice 1t
The weather's been hot
Despite gin coolers
Swallowed with your lunch,
or a mid-afternoon
Long rum punch
Despite Ice cream sodas,
Or ice cream cones,
Despite waves splashing
Over nice round stones-
Despite air-cooled rooms,
Dirndls and Stacks,
Brief and briefer bathing suits
Or even ice packs
Despite swim
For all of an hour
In the salt water,
Or at home shower.
Despite cold cuts
or cold consomme,
Despite iced coffee
Or a sail In the bay
There's no denying,
No there is not,
No matter how you slice 1t
The weather's been hot.
En-. En-.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30

Memorabilia =. Il. Reading of the tragic death of
John Ward who leaped from hotel window ledge in
New York to his death Tuesday brought back to Roger
Walsh and Pat Winters of this city memories of visit
they made to the same hostelry the Hotel Gotham,
year ago this past spring They were in New York to
visit with Thomas Woodlock noted economist lecturer,
and financial journal editor Their purpose was to
invite him to speak at the annual banquet of the Mt
Manresa retreatants which he did in May of 1887 Mr.
Woodlock at that time lived in his apartment the
18th floor of the Hotel Gotham two floors below that
from which the fatal leap was made this week.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30

Checklist. Margaret Downey, petite three
old appeared at the Tower sanctum Friday to
deliver batch of tnfoil for which our hearty thank
Margaret appropriately CARRIED in Scotch plaid
sunsut and her blonde curly hair fairly dazzled
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Foster and Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Howard planning to leave for Maine Monday in an
effort to escape the heat and humidity of
.. One of Henry Ford's monthly Home Almanacs was
deposited in the Tower mailbox the other day. just in
time for to wish Henry happy birthday IS years
old today
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30

ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN


Services tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock at st. Johns Evangelical
Lutheran church will be in English
with Rev. John N. G. Mohrmann,
pastor, speaking on Jesus Feeds H.
900 Men,
The order of the services will be
as follows:
Organ prelude-by Mrs. F. Munter.
Opening Hymn
Kyrie-
Gloria in excelsis-
Epostle lesson, Roman 6, verses 10.
Hymn
Gospel lesson, Mark 8, verses 1-9.
Reciting of the Apostles Greed.
Hymn
Sermon
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30

Dead at 76. ). Sad was the news that James Thorn
ton was dead Here oldtmer of the stage whose
and loved Jimmy Thornton at least those of us did who
remember him from the dear, dim days of vaudeville He
played in this city many occasions and every of
them was triumph even his last when there
brief run of highclass vaudeville at Jacques Theater
just before it sputtered and died out in the scks"
Thornton more than mere performer, fine mon
that he presented many of them remembered to this
day. included in albums of favorite numbers and often
one that sticks in my memory the most "The Irish
Jubilee" Others preferred, when You Were Sweet
Sixteen" or my Sweethearts the Man in the Noon but
not for us. For years Thornton and Frank LaWlor,
who wrote 1.-THE Sidewalks of New York; teamed together
His last stage appearance in 1929 when he had a
brief part in Arthur Hammerseins "Sweet Adeline",
which starred Helen Morgan but which gave Thornton
last fleeing moment before the public he loved so
we'll and which always regarded him as its favorite.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-07-30
RELIGIOUS QUESTION BOX

Readers OF The Democrat questions
regarding the Protestant Catholic Questions
be answered In this column promptly possible
be accompanied by the
De addressed this to The National
Jews Christians City Where
personal reply 10 requested 4 should be 80 stated