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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-02

There's ice on them thar roads down Wilton (Connectcut) way and baritone Tibbett took fall near his the other day which resulted in stitches and his nOnappearance at the Metro politan Sunday night He expects, however, to make Tannhauser" Thursday afternoon, so hold onto your stubbs and you lucky enough to have what takes to get in to the matinee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-02

I'm nerspectye In the February Atlantic Monthly Alexander WoOlcott writes entertainngly and informatively of Civil War incident that should occasion some interest locally The anecdote he tells Sedgwick Guards The story is that on September ls of every year that he spent in Washington as jus tice of the Supreme Court the late Oliver w. Holmes visited Arlington National Cemetery and deposited flowers on the grave of Major General John Sedgwick
 Major General Sedgwick commanded the division in which Holmes's regiment served in the Civil War;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-02

Things do travel They say news travels fast, Look how the nation sweeps them from end of the country to the other. But here's one moving just bit slowly Remember when Waterbury was in the throeS of the "Card Shark Sure you remember it. Your party was at its height when guest would start to talk about the "card shark visiting in town Just by calling him the phone and holding card from an orolnaIy name the card correctly. There would be much doubt until someone decided to test the claim. card was picked say the three of hearts The who knew the card shark then told the victim to call Charlie Holding at such-and-such-a number Charlie" would promptly respond with the right card And so the evening would be success. Well, the famous stunt is now making the rounds of Dallas Texas and the natives are just looking for victims which to pull the stunt It's good all right the first time pulled The next time the crowd to be entirely different the trick consists of nothing nor less than identify ing the card selected by initials the first ones of the "card shark who can anyone at designated number in Waterbury at the height of the games popular tavern.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04
RABBI BROWNE
 RETURNS HERE
Social Affairs Interpreter Second Church Forum
 Guest March 20

What Makes a Jew? will be the subject of an address by Dr. Lewis Browne, distinguished author and brilliant and authoritative interpre- ter of social affairs. at the Second Congregational Church Forum Sun day evening, March 20. Dr. Browne is former rabbi at Temple Israel, this city.
 Next Sunday night at 7:30 o'clock a Union Service of four of the down town churches will b. held at the First Methodist Episcopal church. The speaker will be Rabbi Jacob Rudin of Temple Beth-El, Great Neck, Long Island. His subject will be Men of Good Will.'
 Dr. Ernest Sutherland Bates, au- thor and editor of The Bible, will be the Second Congregational Church Forum speaker. His topic will be The Bible As Living Liter ature".
 Armory H. White, Jr., radio oper- ator and electrician of the Ice Party at Little America, will be the Second Church formum speaker Sunday, March 27. His subject will be With Admiral Byrd at Little America. He will illustrate his talk with 120 stereopticon slides.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04

1 enormous piece of dried fish. You couldn't possibly chew through it because it's so tough, so you just fasten your teeth on a corner, and the Eskimo cuts off the rest close to your lips"
 Aside from the airline now con- meeting Fort Smith with the outside world, there are the dog-sleds, the old standbys of the frozen north. The dogs are never taken indoors, summer or winter. When a blizzard blows up, they are cut loose from their traces so that the drifting snow won't smother them and they can find their own shelter. People stay indoors when the dogs are loose. While one dog will not attack a man, two or more might.
 The only law of the land is that provided by the rowing Royal North west Mounted Police. They are greatly feared by the Indians, who respect their swift justice.
 Caribou Is Meat Staple
 Our bodies, our minds and our soul," says Mrs. Champagne, "are cared for by hospitals, schools and churches operated by the Roman Catholic and Anglican faiths. The Dominion government helps them with subsidies. Everybody - white, Indian, Eskimo and halfbreed -i is given equal privileges"
 The long Arctic day and night are relieved by radio, programs, many of them picked up on wavelength from New York. The sets are bat tery-o operated, of course, since there is no juice" Reception is excellent except when the Northern Lights are on.
 Caribou is the meat staple in the northern diet. Butter and milk are canned, eggs are fresh. Vegetables come out of cans for the most part because corn and tomatoes will not ripen during the short summer and others have only one crop. Bread is fifty cents loaf further north and twenty-five in Fort Smith.
 Wed like to have steak, of course," sighs Mrs. Champagne, but it would be too expensive. It would have to be bought in Edmon- ton for thirty five cents a pound and flown in and that would cost an- other thirty-five cents. So we do with caribou, which is very good.'z
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04
Welch Circle Plans
 Banquet For Troupe
Cast of Recent Musical Comedy to Be Feted Next
 Tuesday-EIection of Officers March IS
w AT ERV

Waterville, March 1.-The Pride of Welch Circle will give a ban quet Tuesday night at Foresters hall on Hanover street, at 7:30 O. clock for members of the cast of the musical comedy which was suc- cessfully produced February l7th.
 Plans for this were discussed at meeting Tuesday n.gnt. The con- mittee in charge of the affair in- cludeS Mrs. Louis Dadario, general chairlady, Mrs. Francis Whalen Mrs. Thomas Buckley and Mrs. Will liam Rooney.
 The next meeting of the Circle will be held Tuesday evening March IS, when election of officers will take place.
 F. T. A. to Meet
 Mrs. Ralph w. Darlington, preSi- dent of the Parent-Teacher Asso- citation of WaterVille, has called an executive board meeting for Tues day afternoon at Sprague school gymnasium, at l 80 o'clock. The monthly business meeting will fol- low at 2:30 o'clock at which time all parents arc invited to attend. The Casper s. Davis, American Legion Junior Auxiliary. will hold monthly business meeting to- night at o'clock at Fraternity hall on Boyden street. Mrs. Clifford Northrop will be in charge.
 Bible Farley
 A large delega ton from the Everymans Bible class of Water vile attended the March meeting of the Waterbury Federation of Mems Bible Glasses Wednesday evening at the Salvation Army cita- del on Cherry street in Waterbury. The meeting was open to women. Approximately 180 persons at tended. Charles Reitdyke, president was i'll charge.
 Plans were made for rally of all Christian men in Waterbury and nearby towns April 9th, at the First Baptist church in Water bury, at which time the Oxford Conference, held last year, will be discussed.
 Nationally known speakers on the conference will be secured to ad- dress the meeting which will be held with the assistance of the Waterbury Y. M. c. A. and the Waterbury Ministers association.
 The guest speaker Wednesday night was Rev. Dr. John c. Walker. pastor of the Second Congrega- tlonal church. Other talks were given by David R. Bristol, of Meri- den, state federation president; Daniel Rowland of Norwalk, state vice president; George A. Trow- bridge, of West Haven, president of the New England Federation; Frederick Book, of Waterville, state vice president; and Arthur l.. Pur- inton of the adult training depart ment of the Council of Churches.
 Others present were: Rev. Axel I Peterson of the Swedish Baptist Tabernacle, Rev. Samuel Johnson of St. Paul's Methodist church, Rev
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04
CHURCH SOCIETY STAGES OPERETTA
At a Tourist Camp" Is Pleasing to Attendance,
 Mrs. Shinn, Director

The First Baptist church school committee will meet at 5:30 o'clock this afternoon ill the church office to make plans for the present month. Each superintendent and officer will share in the discussion and planning.
 Supper will be served at 6:3O o'clock to the Workers Conference by members of the parish Girl Scouts. At 7:30 o'clock teachers of the First Congregational church will join the assembly in the Ladies parlor where Dr. A. J. w. Myers of Hartford Seminary Foundation will speak on 'The Meaning of Easter" MOslem Lands
 Mrs. Leroy Foote will be the speaker at the high school depart ment meeting in its study of Mos- lem lands at the Baptist church next Sunday. Her subject will be Around the Clock in Turkey" She will show many curios in connection with her talk. The study period will be preceded by short Lenten mediation which will begin promptly at 9:45 o'clock.
 The Baptist B. Y. P. U. will hold an open forum Sunday evening. Rev. David P. Gaines, pastor, will answer questions which have arisen in the minds of the young people as a rueslt of their study of Boy and Girl Relationships.
 The Lords Supper will be observed at the morning worship next Sun day at the Baptist church at Il o'clock.
 Mission Preacher
 Dr. Herbert White will conduct the preaching mission which will open at the Baptist church Sunday, March 13, and continue until March 20.
 The Northern Baptist convention has designated next Sunday at Bet ter Church Sunday.
 Next Wednesday the Baptist Phil athea class will have a covered dish supper and the regular meeting at the home of Mrs. Perry Borden, 21 First avenue, at 6:30 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04
PLANS ADVANCING FOR NEW REPUBLIC
Mrs. Victoria Schaack of Liberia Addresses Zion
 Baptist Women

The need of a "black republic" was outlined in 8 talk given last evening by Mrs. Victoria Schaack of Liberia before members of the Zion Baptist church. Mrs. Schaack for the past two years has been study ing piano at the New England Con- servatory of Music and she will sail cn Sunday from New York to re- turn to Liberia.
 In her talk the speaker explained the efforts now in effect to educate the people of Liberia and told of the progress made by the indus trial training school of which she is ill charge.
 Mrs. Schaack is the daughter of the late Chief Justice Frederick R. Johnson of Liberia and great grand daughter of Gov. Elijah Johnson and her grandfather was Hilary Johnson, first native born president of Liberia. She received her edu- cation at Monrovia College, Li- beria, Neuchatel, Switzerland, ksh- let's College, Altringham, England and Brahms Conservatory, Ham, burg, Germany.
 Following her discourse, Mr.. Schaak rendered several folk songS of her country in I1ative dialect
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04
Gen-Hugh Johnson Lists Industrial
 Big Twelve

New York, March 4.-There arc dozen men in the United States who have more influence in the guidance of industry than all the rest combined, according to Gen. Hugh $. Johnson, who today lists in Golfers his selections for Tn dustry's All-America."
 "This influence is not at all by reason of financial control or sinister conspiracy" he explains. Ut is simply because, by reason of judgment and experience, they are looked to by their cOntempO- raries for opinions and leader ship"
 The twelve men listed by Gen cral Johnson follow:
 Bernard M. Baruch, Walter $. Clifford, David Sarnoff, John D. Rockefeller, Owen D. Young, Jackson E. Reynolds, Walter P.
 Chrysler, Lammot du POnt,
 Eugene G. Grace, Donald R. McLennan, James ID. Francis, and Lewis H. Brown.
 "1f the group I have named" General Johnson says, "cOuld be induced to come to this admins tratiOn with g sincere and specific program in an effort to aid it to aims with the last possible harm to business, and the greatest pos sible speed in advancing recovery, our trouble could be over tomOr- row. Of course, it never could be done without desire to cooperate on both sides.
 q am assuming that, with my fingers mere tightly crossed with every passing day"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04
On Committee

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 dresses will be delivered by Rabbi Moses D. Sheinkopf, adviser and founder of the group.
 During the years since it's organ ization, Young Israel has grown in membership and has sponsored a varied program of activities. Its members conduct special religious services regularly, and support a program of social and educational activities.
 At the monthly meeting Thursday night, the organization will make plans for taking part in the celebra- tion of Purim.
 Lawrence Matzkin was chairman of the general committee at meet ing last night. Other committees were announced as follows: Ar engagements and reception, Dr. liar ry G. Levin, chairman; Miss Celia Rubinstein, Abe RosenWeig, Hyman Helfand, Jack Feitelson and Mau- rice Sirkin; tickets. Hyman Kastel- man, chairman; Miss Jean Guto- witz, Miss Florence Madnick; din- ner, Abe Rosenzweig, chairman; Miss Rose ISunofsky. co-chairman entertainment. Milton Seligson, chairman; Miss Jacqueline Spearo; publicity, Sidney s. 3urAer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04

read a newspaper by it, Mrs. N. Wilfrid Champagne, wife, of a Can adian government official ill far away Fort Smith, reports.
 We have one of your chief tor ments," she says, Mosquitoes. Prob ably because their lives are shorter, they are much more perniciorls. Our summer reaches a temperature of eighty degrees and they breed by the millions in the bogs. We have to sleep with netting around our beds but even then, the hungry creatures get through"
 In the winter each member of the family is tucked into an cider down sleeping bag and dipped snug by the last one to go to bed. But then the good samaritan has the job of dipping himself into place.
 Live In Frame Houses
 Seven white families at Fort Smith live in wooden frame houses. TepeeS still serve the Indian as his place of shelter. When these become too dirty, the Indians do not clean them. They just uproot them and transfer to a new location.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04
CHURCH GROUP
 TO MEET TONIGHT
Parish Girl Scouts to Serve Supper at Gen.
 eral Conference

A comic operetta At Tourist Camp" was presented before large crowd at the West Side Methodist Episcopal church last night by the Young Peoples society of the parish.
 Mrs. Ridgway F. Shinn, wife of the pastor, directed the operetta. Included in the cast were Betty Bossell, Robert Shumway, Alice Shumway, Elinor Shumway, Jean nette Shinn, Dorothy Thomas, Ridgway Shinn, John Cole, Don- aid Davis. William Olander, Kath- ryn Linhard and Robert Allen. SpecialtieS were contributed by Leonard Balcom who played trombone solo, Donald Linhard who played guitar and a harmonica, and the Young Peoples society glee club.
 Irene Perkins was property man. ager and publicity was handled by Richard Thorpe. Mrs. Shinn played the accompaniments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04
YOUNG ISRAELS
 TO HOLD DINNER
Plan Formal Observance on Fifth Anniversary
 of Organization

A dinner at the Waterbury He brew institute March 27 will mark the fifth anniversary of the found- ing of the Young Israel organiza- tion of Waterbury. Plans are being made to secure national officer of the organization as one of the speakers.
 State and local officers will also speak. One of the principal ad-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04

group of youngsters arrested over the weekend for tearing west end house apart turned over to Pro- baton Officer Kathleen Crowley She called the lads to- geher in her tidy city hall office and had Detective Lieu tenant Joseph Bendler mpart some real fahery advice to them Joe scored decided hit with each of the lads who were made to feel though'th conversing with their elder brothers When the lads were dismissed several of them stepped up to Joe and presented little white cards asking him to sign the dotted line The cards were applications for membership ill junior de- tectve organization and signature of police official was essential before the became member in good standing obliged and the future Sherlock Homeses left happy lot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04

Our Indians are a pretty sad lot, as a whole, says Mrs. Cham pagne. "They seldom undress. A squaw buying new dress will put it on right over her old ones, so that sometimes she wears six or seven. They skin their animals by gnawing at the pelt with their teeth
 "Eskimos on the other hand, are very clean. They undress each night and wrap themselves in furs. When you go to visit an Eskimo he makes you welcome by offering you an
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04

This is the second of two in- terviewS with Mrs. N. Wilfrid Champagne, wife of a Canadian government official, who has just made the 3500- mile trek to New York from her home at Fort Smith, in Canada's still primi- tive Northwest Territories. She is one of seven white women c0mba ting the rigOrs of the land of the midnight sun to weave into their tabloid town some of the features of home life "in civilization"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04
By BETTY JANE FERGUSON NEA Service Staff Correspondent

New York, March 4- Everybody knows that this Arctic is the Hand of the midnight sun" but few realize it is also the land of the all-day moon. Just as the sun shines for six months skimming the horizon at midnight and rising immediately to begin a new day, so the moon shines steadily the other six months. Its light is so strong that one can
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04

Nurse Mary Crane doesn't get day off very often, but when she she certainly goes to town Last We'd nesday being of her idle days she took trip to New York City to see what made Billy Roses Casa Manana nitery so popular with members of the younger ee-
 ent She was satisfied to the nth degree after hearing Abe Lyman put his Californians through danceable arrangements, Morton Downey wowing lem with his Wabash Moon vocal interpolations and Sally Rand bubbing lem with joy. Then too, Win Shaw, The Lady in Red was on the program. Waterbury's Hindu Wassu just finished curtaled engagement at the Casa Manana.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04
IF THE SHOE FITS
BY THE MAN IN THE ToWEl

When mother was very young She had the smallest foot, In fact so many ladies then Were fitted to size three boot. Most females of that day, My goodness sakes alive! Would hang their heads low in shame If they wore size five. How the shoeman pulled and tugged, There's no doubt of 1t, A foot was squeezed into size two or three Regardless of the fit. When mother was very young It was a disgrace to wear big shoe, Everybody wore two or three But wear seven, l do.
 FEM EM.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04

Cross-town traffic In his interesting book-"The Horse and Buggy Age in New England"-EdWin V. Nit che remarks that late 1913 the automobile had not become sufficiently popular in Hartford the site of one of the earlier automobile factories-he memorable Pope Hartford with it's huge wheels-to have displaced the horse and carriage for funerals He recalls that when the late elder Pierpon Morgan brought back to his native Hartford for burial the funeral cortege made up entirely of horse-drawn vehicles Particular mention is made of the drawn hearse from the Charles Dill lon funeral establishment . . We recall that "hacks' were used for funerals in Waterbury much later than 1913 and in fact it wasn't until during the World War that funeral coaches motorized Incidentally hack and barouche not and the same vehicle, although bearing a resemblance. hack was always vehicle for hre whereas barouche tour-Wheeled vehicle with the driver seating in front of the body on
 seat the body comprising two cross seats on which you either sat facing forward backwards The top con- vertble that of the hack stationary but we do re- call that barouches used hacks for the memory of riding an open "hack" is still strong with us these thirty years or more It surely open barouche, such as only museum could only produce today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04

Edgar Jackson of the Methodist church of Thomaston, and Rev, Alison J. Smith of the Grace Metho- dist church, Waterville.
 Devotions at 7:30 o'clock this evening at St. Michaeps church will be Stations of the Cross and Bene- diction
 Special Lenten services will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal church beginning Friday, March 11th, at 3:30, o'clock in the afternoon and at 8 o'clock in the evening. No service will be held tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04
Todays Answers to
 CRANlUM CRACKER $
Problem on Comic Page

The court knew the will produced by Duke Atwood's widow was forgery because it was dated Ridge City, July 2, 1884, and Duke was in Mill Center that day with the base ball team.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04

Soul Upturned" is the title of an opera produced in Moscow, Rus Sia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04
MAD MARCH

Mad. mad March, your tempo never wanes 1t waxes Month of high winds and @i Income taxes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04

The suggestion that St. Patrick should be repre- sented shorn of his beard to show him as "a young and vigorous man. has started spirited controversy among Irish leaders in Newark N J. who preparing for the annual St. Patricks Day parade Seumas OBrien, noted Irish playwright poet and artist of Montclar N J. made the suggestion to the parade committee Discussion arose out of plans for the design of new banner depict ing the patron saint of the Irish OBren urged that St. in early middle age. His suggestion met with disavor from several of the Irish leaders One of them sad S Patrick, have known him for all these years beard and all, is good enough for me-"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04
40 days of prayer and fasting

40 days of prayer and fasting Lent is with us once again the period of pentance for those who solid minded enough realize that in the of the year there should time when ones thoughts should be turned away from the material to the spr tual things of life Yet no matter how often one has heard the expression-Lent-few know whence the name and why this forty-day period of fast and prayer is named Lent is derived from wOrd-rOOts that gradually to spring thus the forty day pentential of members of religious bodies to be known by the word which actually denotes not prayer and fasting, but period of time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04

Between puffs. . . Frances Green celebrated he 2st birthday Monday but says she feels different Betty Mellon is postcarding from Miami, Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Francis H. Grffths of Torrngton and daugh ter Edith, are registered at the Whitman Hotel in Miami '. :. MT and Mrs. Alfred L. Hart three week-ing-t at Sea Island Georgia. George Beach of this city and Mr. and Mrs Francis Holey of Torrngton are vacationing in St. Petersburg, Florida Dick Burns of the Sas Bronson Library staff guest of honor at party at Barney Rapp's recently When Dicks birth days roll around he certainly celebrates in style
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-04

Helpful Hattie says she reads where experts say yitamns are essential to health, but she feels she should cut down few during the Lenten season.
The Washington times., 1938-03-24

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The Washington times., 1938-03-24

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The Washington times., 1938-03-24

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The Washington times., 1938-03-24

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The Washington times., 1938-03-24

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