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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-06

How good a dancer are you? When the orchestra slides from a poppy swing tune to a graceful slow fox-trot, do your feet follow the music smoothly and confidently?
 Play safe and polish your steps at home with aid of clever footprint diagrams. Thy the popular Balance Step in our photograph:
 1-Step forward on left foot. 2- Step forward on right foot. 3-Shift weight back to left foot, keeping right foot in place but allowing right toe to rise slightly off floor. A. Shift weight forward to right foot.
 Repeat, beginning on the right foot.
 While shifting your weight from one foot to another on counts 3 and 4 be careful not to move your feet from place.
 Brush up on your dancing with the help of the clear step-by-step directions and diagrams in our 32- page booklet. Shag, foX-trot, waltz, tango, rumba.
 Send 10c for your copy of HOME COURSE IN NEW BALLROOM DANCES to Waterbury Democrat Home Service, 635 Sixth Ave-, New
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IMAGINARY PERSONS
 ARE REAL TO CHILD
They Help Build Up the Youngsters Ego

his inventor does or says. Thus they bolster up ego in the child who needs it so much, and allow him, or her, to expand prodigiously without one word of dissent.
 There is more. The lone child is more likely to invent company than the one too busy with real play- fellows, although it does not follow that the more occupied child will skip this weaving. In fact. he may do it all the more if his chums are unkind or patronizing, or the family bothers him too much. If he cannot find happiness in company that ex- ists, he will search elsewhere, in his mind, at least, for shooting friends who don't exist.
 Don't Scoff, Dad
 Father usually calls such goingS- on the bunk. Please don't daddy. Children are so easily hurt through their dream children. Be nice to the elephant, or to Tottynail. Take them by the hand, or the trunk, and put on your best manners. You are ally ing yourself to the child's mood, thereby, and you will not lose. The respect for your good judgment will remain long after the imaginary guest has bowed himself out into the limbo from whence he came. -
 NEXT: Concentration. -
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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS Add to Calcium Cures

One thing I noticed you did not includqe in the list of ailments help ed by calcium. Pimples. I tried all sorts of remedies and treatments but nothing did any good until l began taking calcium and vitamln D. Within week my face was al most clear and now it is clear, but I'm still taking it. (L. L. M)
 Answer-I'd mention that a good many similar reports have been made, only I'm afraid the list is already so long that many readers won't believe it. Let's see, there are -Migraine, hay fever, asthma, hives, angioneurotic edema, allergy. adult tetany leg cramps at night), hot flashes of the menopause, facial neuralgia, hyperesthetic rhinitis.
 Glad to mail instructions for talk ing calcium with vitamin D to any reader who asks for it in writing (do not send clipping) and incloSes stamped envelope bearing his ad- dress.
 Copyright 1888, John F. Dille Go.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-06

Sally? Perhaps Jackie will ask you to give cake to the nice elephant he has invited to your party. May be it is only bunny, or a nice little dog, he has undertaken to create out of his imagination. But so often there is someone, or something very real to this child of ours.
 Child Is Boss"
 It is a phase, and will pass. My advice is to take the inventor quite seriously and let his interest wane when it will. And it will.s Be kind and cooperative when asked to serve tea to Jumbo"
 As for reasons, there are many. I think we know now, pretty well, why little children make up play company, often in preference to real ones of flesh and blood.
 If you have noticed, these leg endary figures are always kind" Moreover, they are treated with the greatest courtesy by their small hosts. Thus they answer two pur- poses, to begin with; one being that these wrath people receive, without criticism, or talk, all the attention lavished upon them. "Mrs. Lollocute" presents an admiring audience to the small mind that creates her. '"Tottynail' never answers back, and is in entire sympathy with anything
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Household Hints -:- WOMANS REALM -- Latest Styles
.8EAUTY~- Glorjying
 Yourself
By Alicia Hart
NEA Service Staff Writer

It's always 8 little saddening to meet woman who spends great deal of time bemoaning the shape of her mouth, her height, the size of her hands and other physical characteristics not likely to be able to do anything about.
 No one likes a girl who is thor oughly conceited about her looks, but it's mistake to have such a narrow idea of what constitutes beauty that you never are pleased with yourself. Keep in mind that everyone can be attractive. Not beautiful, perhaps, but attractive. Furthermore, it's just possible that, as in the case of the fabled Ugly Duckling, several features which you think are ugly really aren't ugly at all.
 When, for example, did that old bromide, "all feet are hcmely," get under way? All feet aren't homely. Only those which are misshapen with corns and bunions are. The rest are pretty nice-as nice as hands anyway. So if you have corns or other foot ailments, get rid of them, then learn to groom your feet carefully. The lines of a foot are just naturally pretty. If the nails of that foot are neatly shaped and carefully polished and the skin soft, white and smooth, then the foot is beautiful.
 The fact that your ears do not lie close to your head doesn't neces- sarily mean that you have ugly ears. They may be quite large and still be worth showing. The way they are formed counts more than their size.
 Speaking of size, large mouth just isn't anything to worry about. Stop thinking that only tiny, rose- bud mouths are really pretty, and learn to get lipstick on in such a way as to dramatize your lips.
 If you are tall, be glad. Because being tall means taht it's fairly simple matter to find becoming clothes that make for true chic. And if you are very short, watch your weight and be glad. The tiny woman can keep that appealing quality which distinguishes the very young much longer than one who is tall. In other words, be proud of the characteristics which make you Always strive to look like a lovelier version of yourself-not like anyone else.
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Modern Menus
BY MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX
 NEA Service Staff Writer


 Tongue speaks for itself. But brisket of beef needs the encour- agement of sauerkraut. You'll like these high life plain eating" reci- pes. They were tested in the home service department of an electric company eager to impress house. wives.
 Baked Tongue with Raisins
 and Almonds
 (Serves 6)
 One-half tongue, onion, salt, 2 tablespoons flour, 4 tablespoons chicken fat, 1 cup brown sugar, 2-3 cup vinegar or lemon juice, 1-2 cup water, 1-2 cup blanched almonds, 1-2 cup seedless raisins, 3 or ginger-snaps.
 Place tongue in lower case - add onion, seasoning, and cover with water. Steam three hours or until tender. Remove from water. Slice in 1-4-inch slices. Place in acaser- ole. Make a sauce by mixing fat and flour together, add sugar, then add vinegar and water slowly, stirring constantly. Cook for ten minutes, remove and add blanched almonds and raisins. Pour over tongue. Sprinkle with gingersnap crumbs and bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.) for thirty minutes. Brisket of Beef with Sauerkraut
 (Serves 6)
 r1I,ron %zn,,y,Ic 1HricLynf nf hnnf cubed, 3 large onions, sliced, ] large can sauerkraut and juice, 1 table spoon paprika, teaspoon pepper, l small can tomatoes, salt.
 Place brisket of beef in a skillet and allow to brown on all sides. Add onion and brown. Pour into heavy aluminium kettle having steam valve in tight fitting cover. Add sauerkraut, juice and tomatoes. Sea- son to taste. When steam appears from kettle, turn to low, or low fire. and steam 3 hours. This can be relocated as often as desired. Store in a glass jar in refrigerator.
 Frozen Orange-Peanut Cream
 (Serves 6)
 One cup orange sections. 1-2 cup l cup heavy cream, l cup peanut brittle crushed finely.
 Cover the orange sections with the sugar and stir until sugar dis solves. Place in freezing tray of your refrigerator and allow to freeze to the consistency of mush. Whip the cream and fold in peanut brit tie. Remove the frozen oranges from the regrigerator and fold into the whipped cream mixture. Place in tray and freeze.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-06

I have missed 6 poin t tn a t is worrying tn e m, let me hurry to mention 1t. Does your little boy or girl see people who are not there? Do, they talk to other children or to in- visible grown-ups with the queerest names? Is there 8 "T 0 t t y n ail" for instance, who has to have 8 place set for her at the table beside Fred dy? Or 8 Mrs. Lollocute," W h o
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OIL VARNISHED FLOORS

Frequent dusting with a slightly oiled cloth or mop will keep var nished floors in good condition. If there are soiled spots, clean quickly with a cloth wrung as dry as pos sible in mild warm soapsuds. Work quickly, since water is not good for vanished surfaces, unless the var nish is a special water-repellant type. Dry with clean cloth and then rub with a good floor polish or an oiled cloth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-06
WE, THE WOMEN-
 Literary Butler Sees The "Servant Problem" As an Employer Problem"
WE, THE WOMEN.
BY RUTH MILLETT

The servant problem is to women's conversation what politics is to mems.
 Get four leisure-class wives to- gether and the talk inevitably gets, around to the impossibility of find ing good help" or "good servants" according to the term of the com- munity. Women might not cry aloud
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-06
TRANSPARENT COVERS

Food that need not be kept in the ice box will stay fresh and moist longer if kept covered. Light, trans parent covers of glass-like com- position with chronic bands and handles are good looking, come in various sizes and protect food from dust and flies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-06

dDOuI GuelT Qll- faculties if they ever listened to a frank discus sion in which they rather than the s cry a Il ts, were taking it on the chin.
 Just to get an idea of Wom- ems great prob lem from a lead- CT on the other side of the fence I t lk c d to Charles Moody, editor of the IS t a fl" the
 IaHn
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TELEPHONE JACKET

The newest informal jacket, popu- lar on college campuses, is of white cotton printed with bright red or blue telephone motifs. It is wash able and has plenty of space for the signatures and telephone numbers
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TOmOrrOW'S S Menu

BREAKFAST: Sliced pine apple, rice griddle cakes, honey, bacon, coffee, milk.
 LUNCHEON: Green pep pers stuffed with minced ham, soft rolls, fresh rhubarb tarts, tea, milk.
 DINNER: Brisket of beef with sauerkraut, new potatoes, broccoli with lemon butter, one crust apple pie, cheese, coffee, milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-06
Caroline Chatfield Says To-day
Young Folks Are Entitled to Freedom but They Shouldn't Forget the Obligations of Affection ir Their Wild Scramble for Independnece.
DEAR MISS GARFIELD:

DEAR MISS CHATF1EID:
 mother and have always the Father left amply provided for and mother has opposed getting because didn't need the money and
 
 a approved of it. I've known childhood who's fond of and am getting to be quite His family good position will time Mother head that likes seeing anything of that single forever because supported think not letting think motives Any advice you give will be gratefully received. NN ANSWER:
 Child, your succumbng temptation that mother succumbing She's had motherhood with all its She had for to block the she has had Yet unless th will continue hold down for Shes 8 monopoliic mother.
  the life to her be patient and tender with possible Don't rush into marriage tune to a competent to life Instead pushing her out of your plans, draw her in with you, if she'll come
 Everybody agreed that young should what they shall do afraid that of them in the mad
 
 After all it's pathetic mother fighting hold her only child She the foresight for the day of separation and of thats gently rather than jerk loose with a rude wrench?
 viii De discussed |. S 1s%e. .@s hea this
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 ted to the staffs of "homes, estates and yachts"
 Moody, Fifth avenue butler, who along with editing the Staff also writes books in his spare time,' knows something about the servant situation. He doesn't think it is a problem. And he isn't looking at It solely in the light of households that employ staff of servants. He has worked in many American homes since he came here from EneIand, from small houses that en- nloy one servant to the households of the Melons and the John Hay Whitneys.
 Inefficient Employers
 He doesn't see why a wife has any more trouble with servants than her husband has with business em- ployes. ,o Any woman, he thinks, should De able to tell in a weeks time wheth. CT the servant who has hired out to her is capable of doing what she asks. And has a personality that makes the household more pleasant rather than less.
 If the servant doesn't fulfill these two requirements, then the employer is simply inefficient if she doesn't try again-and again, if necessary. The butler-Writer says that an ideal employer-from the servant point of view-is one who lives up to the letter of her bargain, doesn't meddle in the servants private life, doesn't ask him to perform services outside his regular duties, except Ill emergencies, and doesn't ask him to work miracles with stingy supplies. The employer who breaks several of these rules can be certain that she is referred to as "a devll' Ill private-Whether she is called Ma dame" or Mrs. Jones in the line of duty.
 And she is invariably the woman who cries the loudest about the servant problem (Copyright, 1888, NEA Service, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-06
RAISING A FAMILY-NO. 54
 By Olive Roberts Barton
# # <

Yesterday we spent some time on imagination and the child's love of pretense, his pride in being some one or something else, and his made up tales about things that never happen.
 Today, lest mothers think that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-06

public a great benefit if I can cor rect the theory cherished by thous- ands of, CT, dentists.
 Well, I am merely ploddlng medical man. I can only teach the public what is and what is not good surgery or good medicine or good hygiene.
 If had a painful. infiamed or possibly abscessed root I'd have surgical treatment immediately. II my dentor hesitated about treating it while it was all swollen, I'd fire him instantly and go to an up-to- date dentOr.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-06
-HEALTH-
HozV To Keep WeU
By DR. WILLIAM BRADY, MD.

health hysene' o  fin a in No William
  OF of Wa
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York, N. Y. Be sure to write plainly your NAME, ADDRESS, and the NAME of booklet.
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Claire Tilden PATTERN 532

In addition to smart lines this Pattern 532 brings you new slender ness and grace that's because Claire Tilden has made special study of the figure requirements of larger women and knows just how they like their dresses to fit. Bene- fit by her experience and make yourself this very good looking af-
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TODAY'S FASHION TIP

Be classic or romantic for eve- ming in full-skirted tulle or draped silk jersey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-06

nitwt Isabel the best educated the has scholastic honos from England France Switzerland starred London made four English pictures American first of Claude Rains five wives together occasionally married for 15 Gilbert Wakefield attorney does petit point would earn her living designer admits can't
 likes bacon and chicken and horse racing also Gary Cooper has cat that swms in the bathub and parrot that a tall weighs eight 12 hair supeitiOn-niXes a match LondOn Sept 16
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of your friends in the white back ground.
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ternoon dress. You'll be delighted to discover how quickly it can be stitched up and how very success fully that full length front panel and skirt pleat give you new youth and figure charm. Choose lace for the collar if you like extra fiattery near your face and make the dress itself of silk or synthetic crepe with a small spaced print. Detailed Sew ing Guide included.
 Pattern 532 is cut in women's sizes 34, 36, 38, 40. 42, A, 46 and 48. Size 36 requires 3ss yards S9 inch fabric, E yard lace for collar.
 Send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in coins or stamps (preferably coins) for this pattern. WRITE CLEARLY SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS AND STYLE NXMBER.
 Send orders to Waterbury Demo- crat, Pattern Department.
 Tomorrow: Kiddie FrOck
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-06
ULCERATED TOOTH AGAIN

In February an article entitled "The Dentors Pull a Boner" brought a large number of letters from prac- titioners in that field or specially of medicine and surgery. Some of them even referred to themselves as dentors. At this rate the next edition of Webster is going to con- tain the word cri even if dentor doesn't quite make it.
 In the article I developed propa- ganda of the Dental Institute of America, whatever that may be, which encouraged waiting a few days" to treat what is popularly known as "ulcerated tooth," alve- olar abscess, putrescent pulp, infect ed root canal. etc. I endeavored to point out that such policy is bad surgery. Immediate treatment is al- ways best in such cases-whether this means opening down through the root canal to drain the abscesS or infected area; or extraction of the tooth. if in the dentor's opinion it is damaged beyond hope of re- stroation; or incision through the gum to release the pus and estab- fish drainage.
 Either of these procedures will give immediate relief to pain and lessen the risk or danger of gen. eral systemic infection-septicemia, blood poisoning. The fate of the tooth, if not determined immediate ly, can be determined later. These points are emphasized by one of my good dentor friends, who fears I did not make it quite clear.
 Another dentor says it is too bad that every dentor (the dentor says "dentorD in the country cannot 1 read the article "The Dentor Pulls a Boner' and rid himself of the false impression that an abScessed tooth should not be removed until the sufferer has endured tortures :. to say nothing about the dis figuration and loss of time from work. But we do not need to go back to old time dental quacks, this dentor declares, for only in the past few months several articles in the dental magazines, by men ranking high in the profession. have advo- cated precsiely the policy of delay which we deplored
 During twenty-five years of prac- tice this last dentor Gas he calls himself) has never hesitated to ex- tract an abscessed tooth in any stage, and ill every instance he has had a grateful patient-a patient who was immediately relieved and began to get well. He urges that I will be doing the long suffering
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-17
Students Are Convinced
Slot Machines Don't Pay
Try Associated Press,

OMAHA, Neb., Dec, lin
structor P. M. Rickabaugh of the
Omaha Technical High School
borrowed a confiscated slot ma
chine from the sheriff, took it
apart to expose its inner work
ings and had his pupils play it
to prove they could NOT win
Eighty-four pupils tried their
luck with the "one-armed BAN
dit, by using slugs-and not
one broke even"
Rickabaugh said the machine
was a "super-Shyster" because
its pay ratio was 40 per cent
compared with the average ma
chimes 80.
He pointed out that each wheel
had 20 pictures but only 10 stops
thus reducing winning chances
SO per cent.
Of four combinations of bars
(the jackpot combination) only
one could work. Carriage wheel
holes in the other three had been
soldered, making it impossible
for them to click.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-17
BUCKET OF WATER
HITS RIGHT SPOT
BUT WRONG PARTY

HELENA, Mont, Dec. IL
Prankster trouble is making Fred
Jorgenson, chef, unhappy.
First the jokesters let the air
out of Jorgenson's automobile
tircs-with an ice pick. Jorken-
son parked his car in the same
spot, at the rear of the club
where he is employed, and sat
down to watch.
Along came a gang of boys
who went to work soaping win
doWs on the car. Jorgenson
dashed into the kitchen, grabbed
a bucket of ice water he was
keeping for just such an emerg-
ency, and splashed it out of the
window.
When he peered out to see a
dripping gang of boys he saw in
stead Tony Hames, Helena peace
officer, douSed from head to foot.
Tony came along just as the boys
had fled.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-17
ARMY NEEDS GUNS

One of the needs of the Army,
according to Louis Johnson, As
sistant Secretary of War, is ar
tillery, which in the World War
accounted for more than seventy
per cent of the gunShot casual
ties. In 1917, as most readers
recall, the United States had to
scrap its guns and use those of
foreign nations. Just now, ac-
cording to Mr.. johnson, our field
artillery has gun carriages, de-
signed more than forty years ago,
with a maximum range of 5000
yards. The modern type has a
range of 1880 yards, but the
Army has only ll2. Moreover,
the Army has no 105-millimeter
howitzer, with double the fire
power of the rs. Although the
Ordnance Department has de-
veloped two improved heavy
calibre guns. equal to any in the
world, there are but four of them
in the Army. Moreover, there is
need for an anti-tank gun of
greater power than that supplied
the infantry by present field ar
tillery.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-17
HOPES TO ESCORT
DEANNA TO 1910
ROSE BOWL GAME
nx Assoeinted Pressl

NORMA, Okla, Dec. Tits a
little early but Roy Henderson,
student at the University of Ok
lahoma, thinks he has a date
with Deanna Durbin, movie star,
for the Rose Bowl game of 1910.
After seeing a recent Durbin
picture Henderson rang. her up
even though it was 2 a. M.
Miss Durbin couldn't be dis
turbed but she called back-day
rate collect from Hollywood-the
next day.
II hear you go with one of my
fraternity brothers at University
of Southern California" said
Henderson. I'm a member of
the chapter here. How about a
date for the Rose Bowl?"
Other fraternity brothers lis
tening in on the fraternity house
telephone extensions reported
Deanna informed Henderson she
was dated" but that if he cared
to write her she would take his
proposal under consideration if
1t was good for the 1910 game.