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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09

If you're young, and have a flair for fashion-here'S the jumper dress you'll set your heart on mak- ing! You can stitch it up in a hur- " too-in the evenings and on Sat- urday mornings-for there is little sewing to do besides a few long seams. And there's Sewing Guide that gives you all the extra help you need, even if you've never made a dress beforel Just watch your "boy friend" beam when you appear in this new frockl The jumper is so debonair and different, with its "bracelet" straps and heart-shaped top. Then too, the upSwinging waist slenderizes the midriff so prettily-the hem flares into such gay nipples! Sew both long and short sleeved blouses, to make your jumper more versatile and useful!
 Pattern 7S0 is cut in junior and misses sizes 10, 12, IA, 16 and 18. Size IA, jumper, requires 1-2 yards 39 inch fabric and blouse, 1 3-4 yards contrast.
 Send FIFTEEN CENTS n5c) in coins for this pattern. WRITE CLEARLY SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS AND STYLE NUMBER.
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 Saturday: Matron's At Home FrOck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
WE, THE WOMEN
.--- WE, THE WOMEN Married Women Can Rescue Teachers From The Status
 Of Social SharecrOpper"

Never is she allowed to Shrug out of her work. A 22-year-old steno- grapher is girl-attractive, or un- attractive. But a 22-year-old school teacher is treated like 8 school teacher. No wonder so many of them pretend to be in other kinds of work when they go on vacations.
 What is the remedy for the situa- ton? Surely there must be one. There is. But school teachers can't reach it alone. If they are to be admitted freely into the life and fun of a community, the married women must open the doors.
 How about every married woman who reads this article inviting a school teacher (and 8 young man for her) to her next evening party?
 And when she gets there, treating her as though she were visiting belle-not the overseer of young Johnny's morals.
 She won't spoil the party not if she knows you won't criticize her for the things you and your friends do. She'll be as much fun as any, one. More than many. After all, it's a cinch she's fairly intelligent.
 Give her a chance to have fun and act the way she feels.
 It's the married women of the community who have made social sharecroppers of teachers. For it is the married women who rule the social plantation.
 Copyright, 1898, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
|Of Interest To Women

Have you . household problem to salve? Write your question clearly, sign your name and ad- dress, enclose a three-cent post age stamp and mail to The W0man's Editor, Washington Service B.:reau, The Democrat, 1913 18th Street, Washington. D. C., for a personal reply.
 @. How can vinegar mother be prevented from starting?
 A. Put the vinegar in a glass bot tie (preferably with 8 screw top) and fill it to within one or two inches from the top. Immerse the bottle in lukewarm water and when the water starts to simmer remove the bottle and store it in cool place. Be sure that the bottle is en- tirely covered with water.
 e. Is there government publica- ton that tells how to raise bulbs from seed?
 A. Bulbs from Seed" Circular S11, is 6 publication of the Q. s. Depart ment of Agriculture, obtainable- from the superintendent of documents, Government Printing once, Wash- ington. D. C., price 5 cents.
 e. How may I remove 8 foggy appearance from highly polished furniture?
 A. Dampen piece of clean cheese cloth with a solution made from one quart of clear water to which has been added q tablespoon of vinegar, and apply 1t to the surface, rubbing with the grain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
RAISING A FAMILY
Let Child Put Pride And Pence
 Into Selecting Gifts Himself
By Olive Roberts Ba fton

money to go shopping. The amount depends, of course, on what you can afford to risk. A few pennies, a dime or any small change.
 From this age on up, depending on circumstances, every child is capable of selecting modest gifts for his friends. A top for Matt, bub- ble-pipe for Betty, a funny balloon for the baby. A cup for mother and an ash tray for daddy. It is excel lent experience and still better fun. It sets fellow up considerably to be able to pick and choose what he gives. And besides it is half of all Christmas thrill. Secrets are such an important item just now.
 It is also a splendid idea to put still more self" into the small red- wrapped packages to be presented. This can be done by allowing the children to earn their Christmas money. It is one thing to be hand ed dime or a quarter or even a dollar, and another to shake the bank each day to see how the treas ury is fattening up.
 Don't Laugh at Them
 Maybe Tommy should sweep the pavement anyway, as it is part of his daily chores. And perhaps Joan should wash her usual quota of dishes. But in December, it might be brilliant idea to put such tasks on a commercial basis. Especially if we intend to fork oy- CT some loose change, anyway. It gives these young shoppers a feel ing of importance if their gifts are not only self-chosen but self earned.
 Whatever you do, mother, try to approve the things they buy. If Tommy brings home a pair of magenta socks for his father, large enough for mail bags, or Joan shows you proudly the pair of earrings she bought for nine- year-old Doris, I believe it worth all the fortitude and diplomacy you possess. Don't laugh, for goodness sake. Take your sense of humor out and tie it in the dog house. To laugh at thoughtful and serious effort is to hurt pride beyond repair.
 Copyright, 1888, NEA Service, Inc. )
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
BABIES ARE CHILDREN

BABIES ARE CHILDREN
 In my professional youth I did apply for commission in the army medical corps, for in those days soldering looked pretty soft to g one-nag country doctor. The army looked me over, discovered I thought Mt Shasta was in Russia and that Napoleon spent a week. end there on his way thiter and hither, and decided the people back home needed me more than the army did. Perhaps I didn't hear very distinctly what the examiner whispered across the room when my good ear was plugged, but l have always heard all I needed to hear, being deaf and dumb mainly at tea parties.
 Fifteen years later, the govern ment, having kept close surveil- lance over my work in the interim, I was practically dragged in by the seat of my pants, 8 commission thrust upon me regardless of the tin ear and my abysmal ignorance of French history and American geography, for couldn't treat the flu or dress 8 wound although not at all suited for service at tea parties? Yet vagrant Mt. Shasta still stuck in my crop, so when ] saw marching orders coming l de- veloped a great bellyache and was rushed of to the hospital for an operation. Good old appendix-.Ae one and only time I ever had so much as a reasonable doubt of my own. There is a divinity that shapes our ends. With Dr. John B. Murphy, pioneer in the surgery of acute appendicitis and Dr. Reginald Fitz, pathologist, who taught phy- sicians how to diagnose the trouble in time to save the victim, we (editorially speaking) owe much to gangrenous appendicitis - it kept us out of war. Nowadays, every time we whiz past snow-capped Shasta we stop for while and gaze at her cold splendor and wonder what her game was.
 One of the solidly established specialties in medical practice is pediatrics - healing sick children. In the gay nineties the field em- braced only well-to-do infants from the instant the cord was severed up to the time the tots entered kindergarten. Later, as more and more doctors who couldn't, wouldn't or needn't make a living as honest family physicians crowded into a speciality where the pickings were better, the limitations of the Aeld were expanded to include children up to the early teens. Still later practically all practitioners grew tired of trying to serve people on the pay-if-you-like plan and it be- came necessary to designate as the proper prey of the pediatrician all who were sick or well and still credulous enough to vote a straight ticket. Snobbish untutored young parents now found it necessary to step lively in order to procure a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
1@l8kAUxx GlorUing
 Yourself
By Alicia Hart
NEA Service Staff Writer

NEA Service Staff Writer
 Beauty preparations make perfect gifts for friends who are going to have to spend Christmas in . hos- pital. From the arreSting array of new items and old favorites in new and gay wrappings it. ought to be a fairly simple matter to pick sorne- thing that will bring real holiday cheer to the invalid.
 Consider, for example, a shirl- ing satin case in old rose or blue or burgundy, which is designed to be pinned to the mattress under the corner of the bed pillow and hang down over the side of the bed. These have sachet pillows in any odor you choose in the Innings and one of them will hold her handkerchief, hpstick, let- ters, a book, pencils and 50 on. in its compartments. Anyone who knows how much trouble 1t is to keep track of small belongings while lying abed in the hospital will appreciate how handy this gift would be.
 1O LldJC11 bklC &HOtCB MAS&S oAS beautiful satin hot water bottle covers. Nurse as well as patient will like this idea.
 Plain cologne if she's very i'll and light scented cologne if she's be- ginning to feel better are sure to be appreciated, of course. She will use the tinted or unscented variety to cool her aching head and as sub- stitute for the plain rubbing alcohol the nurse uses on her back.
 A new lipstick will lift her spir- its more than you probably im- agine. And, if she's able to sit up a great deal, two or three bottles of nail polish in new and exciting shades will make her happy.
 Since skin has tendency to become very dry during serious illness. how about sending the in- valid 8 large jar of her favorite night cream and some hand lotion and special hand cream, too, while you're about it9
 And, of course, about the incest thing you can do for the hospital patient is to send competent hair. dresser to her berside to wash and set her hair.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09

that he has given a vase or any, thing else. He loses so much this way, and if all his gifts are bought and sent by proxy so to speak, he loses half the fun of Christmas.
 One way, in purchasing the high er-priced present to be given in the child's name, is to take him tor her) along. Let him have some say-So in choosing. And let him write his own card and make up his own greetings.
 The child of six or seven may be trusted with 8 small amount of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
Modern Menus
By MRS. GAYNoR MADDOX

NEA Service Stan Writer
 Make Christmas merry with your own hands. Turn out Q batch of individual fruit cakes, wrap each in shiny transparent paper, tie with red ribbon and a sprig of holly. Pack in an attractive pox or basket, and let Santa Claus do the rest.
 Many women like to steam fruit cake and serve with hard sauce in- stead of plum pudding. For them. add jar of your best creamy hard sauce tucked into your Christmas package.
 Individual Fruit Cakes
 About 20 small cakeS)
 Two cups butter, 2 cups sugar, one 6-ounce glass grape jelly, 12 eggs well beaten, 4 1-2 cups flour, 2 pounds entrants, 2 pounds seed- ed raisins, 1-2 pound cryStalized pineapple diced, 2 tablespoons van- fila extract, Ia pound cherries cut in halves, pound citron shredded, 1 pound almonds blanched, l 1-2 pounds oceans broken up 2 cup sherry or grape juice, 1 tablespoon cinnamon, 2 teaspoon allspice, 1-2 teaspoon nutmeg, 2 teaspoons cloves.
 Prepare fruits, mix and place in large crock. Soak overnight with sherry or grape juice. Sift spices and flour together 3 times. Cream butter, add sugar, beat until sugar is dissolved. Add jelly and mix thoroughly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Stimulant
 You said coffee contains caffeine, tea ,theine and cocoa theobromine. Please tell me what stimulant-(a cereal beverage) contains to take the place of these. co. s. Al.
 Answer-It contains no such al- kaloid. There is nothing in it of a stimulant character.
 Tuberculosis
 Is 1t advisable for a tuberculosis patient to have an operation for can- cer of the breast? Would there be great risk of pneumonia from the effects of ether in such 8 case? (R. F.).
 Answer-The operation is advis- able if the tuberculosis is not too far advanced, even though there may be greater risk of pneumonia.
 Milk
 I drink a quart of milk a day. M. told that if if one has not got har- dening of the arteries, drinking milk will bring it on, as there is Q lot of calcium in milk, and if you have it the milk VIII nelp 10 make II worse. GA. L. J0
 Answer-There is no ground for the notion. Most people, get insuf- ficient calcium to maintain health and longevity.
 Achondr0plastic Dwarf
 Four years ago our first child was born with achcondroplasia. No his tory of any development defect ei- ther side of family. Wassermann tests negative. Child lived only short time. Second child born last Janu- ary, same type, only more marked Answer-Some congenital defi- ciency in development of cartilage whereby bones of legs and arms are very short, but trunk is normal head and brain and mind normal Fingers short, about equal length Sometimes the condition runs irl family. Cause unknown. Syphili: has nothing to do with it. Better adopt a baby-you1l come to love your adopted child as your own. Copyright, 1888, John F. Dille Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09

ie6 the honest need of them all.
 Teachers ARE social sharecrop- pers No one takes the trouble to sec that a school teacher Is in- vited to parties that are fun-to parties where she will have Q chance Go meet men-a chance to dress up and sparkle like any other att tractive woman-a chance to meet someone besides other teachers. 1 An the invitations she receives from townspeople are to dull then parties" and even those invitations aren't plentiful.
 1 When she is asked to . married Woman's house, the fact that she is @ school teacher is rudely emphas- fzed by such remarks as, Don't for- get, we have @ school teacher with as" and no one does forget.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09

his friends or re- latiolns won't be real to him at all.
 It has always been a mistake, I think, for par ents who mis- trust their young ster's judgment, to buy, wrap an d send gifts in their names. Grandma may say, Thank you so much for the beautiful vase, James," and this is the first time .IaneS Uyill knOW
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
CHOOSE APPROPRIATE BACKGROUND

Generally speaking, stylists in in- terior decoration prefer plain rugs or carpets extending from wall to wall and wallpapers of distinct, rather large figures with predomi- nantly dark backgrounds. Both furnish distinctive bases for the simple, smooth and graceful lines of modern furniture, particularly the handsome blond woods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
HAS ANTS WORKING

Several thousand ants in Utah are working for Cecil B. De Mile. They are cleaning the bones of blf- falo skeletons to be used in Para. mounts Union Pacific" starring Joel McCrea and Barbara Stan. wyck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09

Add eggs and flour alternately carefully mixing after each addi- tion. Add nuts gradually, dis tributing them well through the batter. Add fruits, small amount at a time, and mix well. Add flavoring. This makes approximately IS pounds of very stiff batter.
 Bake individual cakes in small containers @ 1-2 inches by 4 inches) for 1 hour in a slow oven (3OO degrees F). Bake longer for large cakes, depending on their size.
 To decorate your Christmas bas- ket, fill bottom with white crepe paper moss. Line sides with a brisk looking five-inch ruffle of red cellophane. Pack your individual fruit cakes and jar of hard sauce in basket and then decorate handle with white and green cellophane bows and 8 cluster of holly tied with silver ribbon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
By RUTH MILLETT

Teachers don't want to go on being social sharecroppers, getting just enough social return to keep chem alive after tilling the educa- ti0ual soil for years. They want a better share in community life
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09

BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON
 Every child, boy or girl, likes to put "self' into his Christmas pre- Sents. Not selishness, but self. The things he gives must represent his own personality, choice and energy. Otherwise the things he gives to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
HAD TO END

Pittsburgh-Merlin Condit, Car negie Tech halfback, kicked 50 con- secutive points after touchdown in high school, and then missed his first attempt in college.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
Sundays Menu

Breakfast: Orange juice, oat- meal, broiled larmb kidneys, johnny-cake, tart jelly, maple syrup, coffee, milk.
 Dinner: Roast duck, orange sauce, Drowned potatoes, Brussell sprouts, lettuce, celery root and green pepper salad, steamed in dividual fruit cake, creamy hard sauce, assorted cheeses, coffee, milk
 Supper: Cream of Brussels sprouts in cups, salted crackers. devilled duck sandwiches, water cress sandwiches, compete of plum sponge cake, tea milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
Latest Styles
WOMAN,S REALM =
HO1g To Keeb Well
By DR. WILLIAM BRADY, MD.

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
EGG COATING PREVENTS
 SOGGY CRUST

One way to prevent the bottom crust of custard or pumpkin pie from becoming soggy is to brush it all over lightly with beaten egg white before adding the filling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
ANSWER:

Frankly think that's chmerical dream which would 0t to be nightmare before through with mite, TINT and all sorts of potential scheme. While alruism credit r0 with practicahty.
 CAROLINE CHATFELD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09

not c share set aside for teachers but . generous human share" "
 That is the cry of an annonymous American s c hoo teacher presented by Margaret Gull kin Banning in 8 ec ent magazine article.
 Anyone who has ever heard school teachers lei down their hair as they do occas- acnany knows it
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
Caroline Chatfield Sqw To-day
The Many Virtues of Her Predecessor Is the Las Thing Second Wife Wishes to Hear From He1 Husbands Lips.
DEAR MISS cHATFIELD:

heard epmoter who didn't start out with with husbands chl exception thought would be his children had objection remayng prepared to take in Since the first time table together life has been long heart including husband talk about what number They sigh for this dish ready of the dining Same thing about detail the homefe haunted by family wife for dig and t reminds that their daughter has been here before Please tell me what to do and how to do 1t.
 SECOND WIFE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
CAROLINE CHATFIELD.

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09

contract whereby they could take the unhappy child every week or every month to the racketeer's in- pressively appointed office to find out just which kind of cracker and whose brand of fancy sugar to feed him and whether to let him play about with bare knees or dress him with regard for the specialists peculiar notions about exposure to the weather.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
DEAR MISS CHATFIELD:

What would think taking and renting to lonely people who companonsp it. cOud manage to this paying philanthropy
 JK.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-09
ANSWER:

cruelty stupidity the experience having couldn't be topped Any with of tenderness in his should that wife spends her life trying to stood in that closest of all relation husband that comparison he might make would painfu-O nothing of the bad taste he exhibits
 would suggest that have the question out with number actually dread sit down to the mealtabe knowing that either he the children will out the ghost benefit Of he will that he had idea how felt that he wouldn't have wounded anything that he will offend the tell will the children tn-laws too, which is than he should do
 nsensitve bunder through everybody a They they bright live with them spend life finchng for they to step the sensitive points CAROLINE CHATFIELD
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-28
HOSPITAL NOTES

Joe Burlovick, a medical patient at St. Ann's Hospital, was dismissed today.
 Gus Messerschmidt. a patient at St. Anr1's Hospital, suffered a slight stroke last evening.
 Mrs. Sigrid Walther underwent a major operation at St. Ann's Hos pital this morning.
 A baby boy, weighing six pounds thirteen ounces, was born to MT. and Mrs. T. J. Akers at 1:25 o'clock this morning in St. Ann's Hospital. Both mother and baby are doing nicely. Mir Akers is on the staff of the Signal Corps, U. S. Army, in Juneau
 Mrs. John Hoggins, who has been receiving medical treatment at St. Ann's Hospital, was dismissed to- day. Charles Brown, who underwent a minor operation at the Government Hospital, was dismissed today.
 Clarence Weaver, a patient at the Government Hospital, was dismissed today
 Mable Sumdum was dismissed from the Government Hospital to- day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-28
''DEAD END" AT
 CAPITOL NEXT
 THREE NIGHTS
| Powerful Drama of Life in a City Street Co-stars
 Sidney, McCrea

Dead End" Samuel Goldwyn's film production based on the Broad way stage hit by Sidney Kingsley, comes to the Capitol Theatre Sun Jay for three days, starting Sunday, with Sylvia Sidney and Joel Mc- Crea in the starring roles.
 This powerful drama of a day in the lives of a handful of humans who inhabit dead endp city street. where fashionable apart ments rub elbows with the squalid tenements of the waterfront which set records in its Broadway run and was cheered from Coast to Coast, reaches even greater heights in the film version.
 Sylvia is seen as Drina, the slum girl who is battling desperately to raise herself and her small brother Tommy to a better life; McCrea plays Dave, the poor architect she loves, who, in turn, loves Kay (Wendy Barrie), who has found a way out of the slums into luxury and won't return even for love; Humphrey Bogart is seen as Baby Face Martin, the gangster with a price on his head, who braves death in the slum where he was spawned only to find that his own mother hates him and that Francey (Claire Trevor). his boyhood sweetheart, has taken life the easiest way. Allen Jenkins is seen as Hunk, Baby Faces" henchman, and the Dead End kids from the original New York stage cast, Billy Halop, Ga- briel Dell, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey and Bernard Pun sley, relive their famous characteri- zations of Tommy, "TB," Angel, 7" ''Dippy," Spit" and Milty.
 Dead End' was directed by Will liam Wyler from screenplay by Lillian Hellman. The production is released through United Artists
 Tonight for the last time will be seen Forty Naughty Girls" starring James Gleason and Zasu Pitts; plus Sea Racketeers." Also the second episode of Jungle Jim," will be shown