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The Washington times., 1938-01-04
BOULLETTES OF LIVER

Cut one pound of liver into
thin slices; put into a saucepan
and cover with boiling water.
Allow to simmer gently for 20
minutes. Drain and chop very
fine. Put a cup OF milk in a
double-boiler rub together well
two tablespoonstul of butter
and four of flour. Stir this INTO
the milk. and when a thick
paste is formed, add the liver
Cook for at least IS minutes;
add two tablespoonsful OF
minced parsley, two teaspoons
full of salt. half a teaspoonful OF
white pepper. and a dash OF
CAYENNE. If this mixture IS
very thick. add the yolk of an
egg. Mix well, and turn out
to cool. Form into alls, dip
In egg. then ir breadcrumoS,
and fry in hot tat.
The Washington times., 1938-01-04
SOUP

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
Will you please settle a dis
pute. Of course it is not correct
to tilt your soup bowl. but when
you are at home or with good
friends, and want to do it, is it
proper to tilt the bowl from you
or toward you? Several have
voiced different opinions on the
subject. G.
Better to tilt the soup plate
from you, as you direct the soup
spoon from you.
The Washington times., 1938-01-04
AdUiCe to LOUeIOrn

1dSC1naClOn 1Or q man zU years
older than you are for real love.
And when a man acts IS years
younger than he, really is, it's
a moot question whether this
assumed juvenility may not
stand for arrested development.
TOOK AWAY FRIEND
Dear Miss Fairfax:
had to stop school on &C
count of illness, and when I re-
turned for the second semester,
I found out that another girl
had taken my boy friend. and
he was going STEADY" with
her. He seems to like her very
much, too. I've tried hard to
get him to go with me again, but
I guess it's impossible. The
other girl comes from, a wealth
ier family, and the boy seems
to love her. But I still care lots
for him; do you think my case
hopeless? FRIENDLESS.
The world is just full Of we'll
to-do, elderly, Semi-elderly and
even moderately young women
who would be glad to give all
their possessions in exchange
for your disappointment over the
boy friend. Being young enough
to be still in high school would
be happiness enough for them.
My dear, your youth is a gold
mine, whether you realize 1t or
not. You've made good use Of
what schooling you've had; your
letter was intelligent and quite
perfect as to spelling. So. don't
lose your courage. make your
capital of youth tell. Keep on
with your studies, and when
you're ready, get a good job. I'm
sure you'll make good and be
happy.
(Copyright. 1887, by King Features
Syndicate. 1ne.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-04

We have seen fine examples OF photog-
raphy since the day Of New Englands
greatest catastrophe resulting from the
mad elements. Each day state papers
added new groups OF realistic pictures;
some taken from the air; others from In
trepid camera men who followed along IN
the paths Of disaster While the pictures
are excellent photography they are dis
heartening to look upon. We, In this
4. corner Of the country, are more accus-
toned to looking at pictures depicting
elemental disasters In other sections; the
earthquakes on the west coast the
Florida tropical storms and hurricanes,
and the midwest tornadoes. But the
latest in such disasters visited our own
state, and while many OF us have not yet
seen the shanbles In other communities,
we can appreciate from the pictures In
our state and New York papers how
awful the whole thing was; more awful
now that the storms have subsidized than
II seemed, observed from the sidelines, at
the time OF happening. Because all the
time, the hurricane, and the floods and
the tidal wave were upon us, we were
stu thinking In vague fashion - 1t
can't happen here.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-04
Small Town Elections

A check today Of the small town elec'
tions held yesterday throughout Con-
necticut In some one hundred or more
communities shows slight Republican
comeback over the larger Democratic
gains Of a year ago. A summary OF the
vote finds the Republicans strongly
entrenched in about eight out OF one
hundred and eight towns. The switch
from Democratic to Republican complex
ion was ten, while on the contrary only
six towns switched from Republican to
Democratic. All in all the change was
slight.
Perhaps the outstanding victory for
the Republican party IN yesterdays eieC-
tions was the capturing OF the long-stano-
ing Democratic stronghold OF Stamto ns,:
This was about the only sizeable victory
for either side with the exception OF
Middletown, which remained Democratic,
thereby more or less offSetting each other.
The biggest gain was In Western Con-
necticut, where all but three towns
registered In the Republican column.
However, aside from the strictly loca!
significance accompanying the annual
small town elections 1t Is doubtful II any
thing in the way OF an accurate predic-
ton as 10 the outcome OF the state
eiection In November can be drawn. AS
TIE small towns have gone, especially IN
recent years, Connecticut has not gone
In state and national elections. So as far
as Yesterdays results are concerned there
Il very little nourishment for either
major parties In Connecticut The state
electiorl Is yet O month off and will be
won or lost by either side only on the
presentation OF issues or the repercusSions
arising from the happenings Of the past
two years. The arguments are many pro
and con and will not be decided until the
last ballot has been cast on November 3.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-04
Fatal Trio

Key speakers at the national Catecnetl'
cal Congress In session for TOUR Gays IA
Hartford attacked the three most SUD
versive influences" of the day, FaScism,
Communism and Nazlism, In opening
addresses of the Catholic Congress. Cath.
ole and Protestant clergy and important
lavmen who do not distort facts have
been hammering on this triumvirate for
a matter of years. Warnings have been
issued concerning the return, IN what
should be an enlightened age, TO pagan
ism. The world Is supposedly an !nteln'
gent world, but the drift to paganism Is,
nonetheless, fast and furious. For THIS
reason one welcomes such gatneTng IN
the capital Of our state. II IS OF vital I'M
portance, not Just to the Catholic, but 70
ali Christian peoples who would avoid
as a pestilence, any one Of the triumvi-
rates. each of which has been the under.
mining OF the moral stability OF several
great nations.
We read with attention the words OF
Michael williams, former newspaperman,
and former editor of Commonweal, Cath.
Ollie periodical He says: "Fascism,
Communism and Naziisn, that fatal trio,
spring from common root. Today. we
are witnessing q resurgance OF paganisn.
The pagan gods ride again to make all
men slaves, poisoning their souls with
the vilest OF poisons Without God and
the worship Of God, mankind would be
slaves, even In this land OF the free and
the home Of the brave"
Another speaker at the Congress
pointed out that his university Is starting
this year to train groups Of boys in philo-
sophy that they may be instrumental In
combating subversive PHILOSOPHERS. We
have noted In the past weeks that other
Catholic colleges are introducing courses
In Americanism In an effort to combat
Ubiquitous isms. II more colleges and
universities would come to the front In
forcing out the fatal trio" the institu-
tons would be benefited and the coun-
try as well.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-04

The Republicans OF the state are evil
Aanlv going 10 make much Of the situa-
tion In Waterbury which finds city Off
Gals among ~ accused OF conSpiring TO
defraud the city. We have had evidence
OF this right along for the past month or
more but Dr. James L. McConaughy OF
Wesleyan University, Middletown, was
the latest to loose barb at the Brass
city. In q campaign speech last week
(he's running for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
on the @. O. P. slate) he said among other
things that the office he seeks right now
sis q disgrace TO the state.
He further stated that Hayes has
been permitted to remain IN Office ana
thereby creates stencil In our nostrils,"
DR.. McConaughy Is one OF those, eVi.
IDENTIFY, who have convicted the accused
officials before giving them their gay IN
court. There are many others IN Con
necticut who assume like attitude. II Is
most unfair and time may prove that
remarks made as q result OF Just such
EInnd we're somewhat ridiculous. We
have endeavored to avoid trying the
accused In the columns OF this newspaper
I wa dOnt think It's bad idea to let the
aalfgis 10 this In the proper manner.
We could say the same, too, with regard
TO some unkind remarks that have been
made with regard to the selection OF a
iury list for this city. It was drawn up
as Il probably has been done for good
many years There never were any COM
plaifits before about 1t, but this year it's
different. And the inference seems to be
that accused city officials have prepared
4 list from which could be drawn only
Jurors who might be sympathetic with
their cause. II this is so, and we don't
see how 1t can be proved when the list has
not been made public, then perhaps the
officials thought they were returning like
for like.
II was pointed out, as many will recall,
when the grand jury was selected that
placing local residents on 1t might be
regarded as slightly preiudiced, particu-
larly II the selections had been politically
Inclined. This claim, however, was
tossed aside, but right now when asper-
sions are being cast on city officials select
Ing a Jury list the first claim looms large
In front OF us.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-04
A Book a Day
A Baron Dreamed
OF Asiatic Glory
BY BRUCE CATION


Writing Of the turbulent period
after the fall Of the Roman empire.
Charles Kingsley remarked that the
warriors and marauding chieftains
Of that time looked remote and I'M
real from such distance; each one
proved his humanity only by leaving
q drop Of blood on history's pages.
Something Of that sort Is true
Of the counter-revolutlonary period
In Russia Just after the way. The
leading actors prove that they were
human only by staining the page
with blood.
One Of the most bizarre OF all
these people was Baron Ungern-
Sternberg, the petty Baltic noble
man who led Q division Of White
troops against the Reds In Siberia
ct the time Of Kolchaks inva-
sion; and this man Is dealt with
In Vladimir PIONEERS moving BIZ
ography, Bloody Baron" IRAN
dom House: $2.5O).
As MIR. Pozner admits, it IS
hard to get the Baron In focus.
He was almost certainly q mad
man, he was Q killer incarnate,
cruel beyond belief, and he
dreamed Of reviving q Mongol en-
pire in Asia and becoming 3 sort
Of latter-day 0enghis Khan.
In tho end his command fell
apart and the Reds shot him. He
left q more than ordinarily large
drop Of blood on the page. but the
page has been turned.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-04
Belonging to veterans and foresteri

belonging TO veterans and foreSterS
alike.
ION the field Of combat he made
the supreme sacrifice as o patriot;
In "Trees" he has bequeathed 10
humanity one OF It's rarest gems OF
human expression"
There are at least two books that
I am familiar with In the local high
school English course where this
horror" Ia being taught 10 our chill.
drcn as an example Of simplicity Of
thought and expression. There are
very few children OF school age who
do not know the poem, the numbers
OF gTown.ups OF oil classes and con-
ditions In life who recognize II are
legion, because II talks any mans
language. A poem with o prepond.
erance Of one syllable words, whose
longest word, intimately, consists
OF four syiiables, that clothes an
intimate tree In such an understand
Ing description, that after twenty
I'VE years (pubiished hrst In 1879
shows no signs OF age or diminishing
favor, I think, 10 far from being q
horror.
I have read that French school
children In the vicinity Of 0ise.Aisne
cemetery IN France where the sol.
dier-poet Sgt. Joyce Kilmer lies bur.
led mark his grave with special de.
votion, not as an American soldier
who died on foreign soil, but as the
author Of the poem Trees, whose
familiar lines they chant In their
own language.
Last week we were certainly
knocked topsy- turvy with critical
war news and with New England In
the throes Of It's first real hurricane.
A trip even TO close-by Middletown
and Wesleyan campus showed US
some OF our finest trees leveled In
defeat ct the hands Of natures
forces on q rampage. What person
was not shocked at the almost per.
nanent destruction Of. some Of our
beauty spots, how many thousands
OF persons were especially saddened
at the loss Of trees. How many
could express the loss only by quot
ing O little verse that somewhere
during the last quarter Of @ century
has run across the paths Of their
busy lives,
"only God can make q tree"
Certainly last Monday after q
week end trip through the shambles
the words horror and horrible were
uppermost IN everyone's mind. Per-
haps they were used so often that
they unwittingly crcpt into other
judgments and comments that we
were compelled to make that day.
Yours truly,
GEORGE v. GRADY.
10 Waterville st.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-04

ana girl printers for rs little as $3.50 .
week.
gwen IN this depression" he concludes,
"the great middle class, which Is, after
all, the working class, white-collared and
bllie-overalled, lives In better houses, eats
more food In q wider dietary range, and
wears more attractive clothing, than any
other people on the globe" AL very likely
truel And yet, with one-third OF our
workers idle, are we doing IS well rs We
should with all our heritage and natural
opportunities?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-04
JOYCE KILMER's TREES"
STILL HELD IN
HIGHEST RE-
GARD

Oct, ~ AVoo'
Editor, Waterbury Democrat,
My attention was attracted 10 q
short editorial comment from
Pennsd and Clipped appearing In
the waterbury American Of septem-
Der 20. II was headed Escape" and
read % follows;
"If Joyce Kilmer were alive, OBJ
serves The Meriden Record. "he'd
probably write another poem on
trees" Let Us be devoutly thankful
that at least We are safe from that
horror.
I assume that the sentence not
reinforced with quotation marks
represents the opinion OF some
member Of the American stan.
Since I have read the editorial
pages OF the Waterbury American
Tor many moons, I confess that
the above comment still has me
blinking IN amazement. To steady
myself I reach for my personal
scrap book and read again an AS
ISOLATED Press dispatch Of July 80,
1895 (the anniversary OF Joyce Kill
mer's death In Ffance) from Rob-
binsvilie, North Carolina reporting
the dedication OF O 3840-acre tract
OF forest 10 be known as the Joyce
Kiimer Memorial Forest. II was
hailed as @ fitting tribute TO- the
poet who wrote,
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make O tree.
In honor Of this occasion, PreSi-
ident Roosevelt sent q message say
Ing:
ut Is particularly fitting that o
poet who will always be remembered
for the tribute he embodies In Trees
should find this living monument"
In q prepared address q. A. shcr-
man, assistant chief OF the U. 8.
Forest Service, said:
I'VE may Justly claim Kilmer rs
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-04
|PressCOrnnent|
TOO BIG A HELPING
New Haven Resisterl

| NANEW AAeNSAe eS~0@~N@F
A state plank in the platform
adopted by the recent Connecticut
Democratic convention called for a
state constitutional convention In
1910 and one at least every decade
thereafter. That proposal was In adj
dition TO specific amendment propo-
Sitions for earlier consideration.
While considering that proposal
Connecticut people to whom 1t Is ad-
dressed might note the task laid be-
fore New York voters by that states
constitutional convention Of the past
summer.
The prop osed constitutional
changes have been published In the
press, and will be, according to am
nouncement, reprinted several times
before election day. They stretch
into yards Of solid print. There Is
o question Of whether as many as
two out of ten average voters will
take the time and the pains to read
them from start to finish and at
tempt to digest the technicalitieS 50
as to be In q position to vote in
telligently upon them.
In some states. submitting mass
Of constitutional amendment pro-
posals to the voters Is . habit. Even
In q presidential election year, with
congressional and state candidates
to be voted on besides, as many as
a score or more separate proposals
have been submitted for voter &C
ton. But even that sort Of direct
legislating hardly compares with
this amending on the grand scale.
The urge to change exhibited by
such gatherings seems to know no
bounds, and to recognize no iiinita-
lions upon the voters digestive ca
pacity. One tendency Of the stuffing
may be the absorption by the pub
lie system Of much that voters real-
ly do not want. Another may be
the disgorging Of material Of great
value.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-04
Progress

william Allen White, veteran editor
and author Of Emporia, Kan, thinks
we're getting ahead in spite of appear
ances. That is, If you take the long view.
Noticing a suit of clothes in mems store
selling for $18, he does some remember
ing and figuring and emerges with the
conclusion that printer in his plant
could buy that suit plus good overcoat
today for weeks wages but printer
haIf a century ago would have worked
Jour to six weeks for them. IN 1895, when
IL bought the Gazette, journeyman
printers were hired for 80 or ~ Q week
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-04
Daily Almanac
loon sets l:O5 Q. m,

MU0n SctS I.VO D. NJ.
Sun rises $3.50 a. m: sets 5:S1 p. m.
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
Country-fair daysl Scarcely week passes
In New England now without some hamlet
playing host to its annual country fair. There
are still many fairs which carry ON the ira
ditions Of bygone years, but too many Of them
are suffering from the modern trend. The
purely-local exhibits are pushed to the back
ground by the midway along which flourish
all kinds Of games Of chance. You have to
look for the huge pumpkins, the poultry. the
vegetables.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-04
Selected Poem
INVASION

David Morton In the New York Sun
The wind pushed In the door,
With q clustering word,
And we who were two, before,
Were aware Of q third
Whose way It was 70 stand
With hands on hips,
Astride q wild, dark land,
Initiating his lips
And shouldering mountains In
Under the ceiling,
And where the ceiling had been,
Stars were Keeling.
He was not like friend.
He stood there Still
His words were at an end
When he crossed the Sill
But stood there with his shrllnken
Mountains around him,
And over hts head the drunken
stars that crowned him
He's gone-but we are much
Shamed that our house
Should be the scene Of such
Montrous carousei
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-04

Write a letter. This Is the week when
you should, as they used to say In the
long ago, take your pen In hand. For we
are observing letter-writing week to help
out the postal deficit. So, take your pen
In hand and epistolize your Uncle Henry
In Australia, or your cousin Lucy In Iowa.
They'll be surprised to hear from you
after all these years.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-04
Questions and
Answers

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reply when addressing any guess
ton Of fact or information 70 che
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THE EDITOR
G, Is the earth shifting on IN
axis 10 as TO cause changes IN the
climates OF particular regionsS
A. The United states Weather
Bureau says that there 10 no eyi'
dence 10 support this theory.
q. what 10 the current appropri.
alton for national defense In the U
g.?
L. lAsa
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-04

what was happening.
On one important point the
President accepted the lead OF
the British. This was the private
appeal 10 Mussolini, which was
sent after receiving 0 transatlans
tic phone call from Ambassador
Joe Kennedy In London.
The suggested psychology was
20 pat II Duce ON che back, ap.
peal 10 his vanity, return him 70
the llmellght whence Hitler had
showed him, make him the
saviour OF che world.
state Department boys indicate
that the telegram 10 Mussoiini
was not made public because u
was 80 fiattering that the public
reaction In the United States
would have been disastrous.
ANYWAY THE FLATTERY
WORKED
Mysterious Cache
"Five thousand Dollars IN Every
Dresser Drawer" may DO the rec
election platform Of Senator Ger
aid Nye, he 10 telling friends. In.
spiratlon for the novel slogan
comes from Nye's bitter Zoe In
North Dakota, Governor Dill
LANCER.
Taking o weekend motor trip
with his family, LANCER left the
executive mansion In charge Of q
,aa,alkAVatia ~, hxasakxP Ma naAsaaa MAS
the governor out OF sight than
the trusty helped himself 10 81
600 lying In q dresser drawer, char
tered q taxicab for Q 200.mile joy
ride 10 Fargo, N. D., there pro-
ceeded 10 make big whoopee.
Finally arrested, che tFusty
confessed this theft and was
sent back 10 the pen. After he
was safely locked up, q news.
paper reporter revealed that the
exstrusty had taken only part
Of the money In the dresser
DEMONSTRATING untouched sS,0Oo
In bills.
N0TE-After Nye announced
his endorsement OF the Town
send old-age pension plan, Lang.
or, not 10 be outdone, came out
for q e40.a.month Social Security
pension instead Of tho present
$50. The fact that North Dakota
hasn't been able 10 raise It's half
Of the present funds for the pres.
ent pension did not discourage
LANCER from advocating o 80
increase. ''
Mail Bag
W. 3, San Antenlo, Texas.--
Mexican Ambassador Castillo Ma.
jera emphaticaliy denies that Mex.
lean soldiers are being trained
by German, italian, and Japanese
oficcrs. He states there Is only
one foreign officer In the Mexican
army--a Spaniard r.. L. o..
Chattanooga, Tenn.-Department
Of Commerce oficials state that
chair strengthening" pomades sold
to the Negro trade are made Of
vaseline, liquid resin, and perfume.
They have no more Strengthening
effect than any oil substance on
the hair, but are sold In tremen-
dous quantities, have made for
tunes for manufacturers. There
are n large establishments In this
business, plus innumerable fly.by-
night pomade mixers q. l..
H., New Yerk-The only major
Latin.American country TO declare
war against Germany in iei4-a9i6
was Brazil. Peru, Bolivia, and
Uruguay broke off diplomatic re-
lations with Germany; Argentina
and Chile maintained strict neu-
trality. Mexico was strongly pro-
German, became the center Of an
efficient German espionage sys.
tenn. President Carranga was per-
suaded 10 believe that In the
event Of German victory, Texas
and southern California would be
returned to Mexico.
Copyright, 1898, by United
Waaks,rA qvfafiaatA Incl
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these test questions? Turn %
last page for the answers.
I. What Is the name Of the sate-
lite Of the earth?
2. Name the principal river OF
Idaho.
3. which is correct. II suffer with
q disease" or II suffer from . dis
ease?"
4. What important sport event
did Count Theodore Rossi recently
win, on the Detroit River courseS
5. What Is q parsec?
s. What compounds have the pro-
perty Of neutralizing acids7
z. Which country owns the island
Of Jamaican
Q. How Is 1917 written n Roman
numerals2
Q. Name the capital Of the re-
public Of Colombia.
10. DO Ministers and Ambassa-
doris have the same diplomatic
rnuk7