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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30

In bridge there are number of plays which are described as coups, by means of which apparently safe trump tricks are picked up from op- ponents. Today's hand illustrates an unusual type of play. The declarer, playing a slam contract, faced an trump break, but found a way to make his bid through a rather remarkable variation of this theme.
 Of course, six is easy if hearts break normally and diamonds split evenly. Even one trump trick can be given up without risking the contract. The king of clubs won the first trick, and the ace of trumpS was laid down-bad news for South. A trump must be lost, and there were other potential losers. However, there was still
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(dummy): hearts jack-eight; dia- monds ten-eight-five; club ace; East: spades queen-ten; hearts queen-ten-fo -four; club ten; South (declarer) spades nine-f1ve, hearts king-nine, clubs eight-five; West: spades ing-jack, clubs, jack e-six-four.
 Declarer led a spade which was ruffed with the heart eight. The ace of clubs was cashed and a diamond led. East ruffed with the ten of trumps, but declarer won with the king, and led another spade which dummy ruffed. Now diamond was returned, and East could not prevent South from win ming a trick with the nine of trumps and fulfilling his contract to take all of the tricks save one, which he cheerfully surrendered.
 Copyright, 1888, NEA Service, Incl
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M The Local T'heaters

she's weak in philosophy and math. ematics, she knows her romance.
 Many song hits of the day are in- cluded in the film. Among them are College Swing, the theme song of the picture, T Fall In Love Witk You Every Day., Moments Like This" and You're a Natural"
 The new dance IS put across by the screens pair of newest newly Weds, Jackie Coogan, the boy star who made his comeback and Betty Grable. Plan to attend before the closing performance Monday night.
 The program. is completed with the second smash hit Scandal Street. co-starring Lew Ayres and Louise Campbell. The action of the film moves swiftly and is filled with all the gaiety, politics and humor of small town life that you're sure to enjoy. Included in the cast are Ros- COG Karns, Porter Hall and Edgar Kennedy.
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when unexpected things happen, and they always do with our un- practicable children, then please al- low for nature.
 Who can help admiring the little boy or girl who speaks out honestly? Yet, while they are still quite young we expect these children to know what to say in meeting and what not to say.
 Spontaneity can be guided but should be allowed to live. It is one thing to condition or discipline a child, but another to squeeze out all his responses to life, which, once he learns to conceal them, makes him an actor playing an ar- tificial part that is not his real self.
 NEXT: Sense of humOr.
 Copyright. 1888, NEA Service, Incl
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back and becomes repreSSed.
 Naturally there are certain things he is learning with each days ex- perience, that warn against re- beating. His own good sense and ideas of fairness, however, tell him that he must not be too utterly at large. He rather likes to know what is allowed and what is not allowed, as long as it leaves him wide range for happiness.
 Spirit Is Precious
 This spontaneity in childern is a precious thing and should be cher ished. There is no beauty in the over-regulation of too perfect dis cipline. It robs our little folk of their natural birthright-frankness. The child who can look us squarely in the eye and utter his inmoSt thoughts is treasure indeed. Why do we hush him so often? Why do we have to look behind his hon. esty and criticize? I believe that our over-anxiety to teach politeness and correctness, superficially, l mean, often accounts for certain loss of honesty.
 Mother, the brash conduct over which you Shudder is merely "spontaneity," much of the time.
 The child who fondles her baby dolls curls may hate her own straight hair and get the scissors one day and do a little barber ing on her own head. She is not being deliberately naughty, but just acting on quick impulse to change her appearance. Why punish her?
 Children Are Honest
 It requires great deal of sort ing to be able to tell when child is being merely impulsive or mo- tivated by planned thought. But
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foot back to START, flexes right knee, and slides left foot forward no weight on left.
 And If he says, DO you truck?" remember it's right shoulder down, right index finger up. Single file, you toe in as you step forward on left foot, toe out as you sway left hip and kick right foot back. Re- peat with right foot.
 Our 32-page booklet gives step- by-step directions and diagrams for shaffi truckin', Suzy-Q. Fox-trot, waltz, rumba.
 Send 10c for your copy of SELF INSTRUCTION IN BALLROOM DANCING to the Waterbury Demo- crat Home Service, 635 Sixth Ave, New York. N. Y. Be sure to write plainly your NAME, ADDRESS. and the NAME of booklet
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30

Paris, (UP)-It's an ill rain that brings nobody good, for rainy weather togs take on the appear ance of almost anything but tra- ditional raincoats when they come from Paris. New fabrics have left the ranks of "rubberized" cloth so far behind that it's hard to re- member the days when raincoats stuck, melted, rustled and tore. [
 Take, for instance, the exciting black satin impermeable which Leda, leading waterproofer and rain-clothes authority, is showing. The satin looks fine enough to be an evening dress but it's water proof. The coat, made on pose
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30
POLI'S

A motion picture now tells the story of the test pilot, the most daring heroes who wager their lives against the strength of an untried airplane.
 'Test Pilot" opening this after noon at the Loew Poli theater for a four day run, is the story of man whose life is 8 constant gamble with death. It is strong drama, but so realistic and so authentic in all flying sequences that every avia- tor in the land will undoubtedly point to milestone in the progress of motion pictures.
 Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy and Lionel Barrymore head the cast. Metro -Goldwyn- Mayer in bringing their first aviation picture ir more than two years to the screen, spared nothing to make it the story of modern aviation. That 1t contains thrills, dangerous dives and spectacular flying is due to the very nature of man W-lose life is daily bout with death.
 Gable handles his part superbly, returning to the type of character ization which has made him the number one star of the world. Myrna Loy, as an unsophiSticated yet brilliant country girl, is the cen- tral figure of an unusual triangle. Spencer Tracy, as Gables bosom pal and severest critic, has another powerful and dramatic role. Lionel Barrymore, here given his biggest role in years, once again proves an artistry which has made the screen history.
 The director producer team of Victor Fleming and Louis D. Ligh- ton, so successful with Captains Courageous" has been reunited for the air-thriller. To insure authetic- ity in every detail, Paul Mantz, former co-pilot and naviator for Amelia Earhart, was retained as technical adviser.
 The startlingly realistic air scenes were made possible by newly-per- fected device for aerial photography making "Test Pilot" tie most spec tacular aviation picture ever pro- duced. The thrills kept the audi ence on the edge of their seats from the opening title to the final fade out.
 The story, by Lieutenant-Com- mander Frank Wead, is the factual relation of test pilots life. uncen- sored, unemphasized. It tells of the aviator who marries an unsophisti- cated girl, against his pas advice, who takes this girl with him into the maelstrom of life which follows his path as the weaker oddities are drawn in by strong currents. | The relation of her fight to win him away from the mysterious "lady of the sky" the love of dar- ing death. makes for some of the simplest, yet most powerful drama I that has been seen on the screen in many years.
 A baffling mystery, surrounded ty thrills and excitement, "The Black Doll" with Edgar Kennedy, is the second big hit on this outstanding program.
 Again this Wednesday evening, the Bass City" will be treated to an- other giant vaudeville bill-of head line acts straight from Broadway
 Betty Bcop," long time favorite of stage, screen and radio will be on the stage of the Loew Poli thea ter, as the feature attraction of this big time stage presentation.
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nasaI Harrison igs Hollywood
By PAUL HARRISON NEA Service Staff Correspondent


 Hollywood Tt is an astonishing fact, but fact nevertheless, that the men who make motion pictures cannot go into a projection room and look at a new picture and know whether it is any good, or what should be done to improve it.
 This condition is more surprising in the flicker industry than on the stage, because on Broadway there are relatively few people involved in producing play, and they work on it and see it in rehearsalS until they lose all their critical perspec- tive. But in Holly wood each studio has lot of executives who have not been much concerned with the actual filming and who should be able to judge film with fairly open minds.
 Unregistered clowning
 Sometimes, of course, bad gueSses are justified by unusual circum- stances and an example is Fools for Scandal" the current Carole Lombard -Fernand Gravel picture.
 Everybody had lot of fun mak- ing this comedy, and when anyone visited the set he almost always found the company in mysteries over some remark by Miss Lombard or some prank engineered by Director Mervyn LeRoy.
 It is my guess that all of them were so amused during production that they didn't realize until too late that the funniest incidents had not occurred in front of the camera, but behind it. The events recorded on celluloid seemed sour and dull to me, at least, and apparently to the preview audience.
 By that time, there were no re- medial steps to be taken, because MT. Gravel had returned to Paris This was only his second American film, and his box-off1ce popularity probably will suffer for it. Which is too bad, because Gravel is a good actor and an ingratiating personal ity-given half chance. Miss Lom- bard is we'll enough established to weather a small setback. Indeed, her home studio, Paramount, is secretly chuchling over her experience. It seems that the star had been grumb- ling over some of the stories for her Paramount pictures, and had made some cracks about how happy she was going to be on loan to Warner Brothers.
 Sneak" Previews
 Generally, before picture is re- leased, it is submitted to several audiences of amateur critics. These showings are previews. There are two kinds of previews-the formal. final ones to which newspaper and trade critics are invited, and the sneak previews" which are sand wiched into the bills of suburban
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with older peo- pie. The child lives in t h e moment, lik e s things quickly, and is as quick to reject. He enjoys to the full e s t every thing he sees or does. He only
 loses his spon- taneity when he is too constantly rebufed. Then he begins to c a l c u l ate and weigh. He holds
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theaters without previous announce ment.
 The former are the current equiv- alent of premieres, because they are advertised in the newspapers and are made conspicuous by batteries of flood lights and throngs of police and autograph hunters.
 Sneak previews are more import ant to the studios. They are ar- ranged in absolute secrecy and are attended by typical audiences and squads of trained observers of au- dience reactions.
 Laughs are timed with stopwatch- es. and eavesdroppers mingle with outgoing customers to hear their comments. Postage-paid cards are distributed to the audience, which is invited to submit its opinions and suggestions.
 Almost everybody welcomes this chance to display his talents as a critic. The returned comments are studied closely. From them, produc- CTS get the answer to the question, What's wrong with this picture?" Change That
 Drastic changes often are made as a result of these reactions. Having Wonderful Time" was rolled out for Pomona preview audience, which compared it to 8 rug, 1t being that flat. They also protested that Gin ger Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., didn't meet soon enough in the picture. The production now has been practically remade.
 When Romance in the Dark" was eak-previewed, many of the customers protested Gladys Swarth- out being plastered in the eye with tomato. They considered the se- uuence in bad taste, and 1t was cut from the picture.
 Columbia spent lot of money rounding up speciality acts for "Start Cheering" only to have Inglewood preview critics conl- plain that the vaudeville obscured the story. So seven of the original twelve variety acts were elimi- mated. Glendale fans sad they didn't like Fred MacMurray's mustache in "True Confession" Of course the picture wasn't scrapped in deference to their opinion, but MacMurray always will be seen sans brush hereafter.
 Those are just a few examples. But next time pictNre displeases you, blame the amateur critics of suburban Los Angeles.
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Caroline Chatfield
Correspondent Would Bar Wives from Business, Which Wouldn't Bother the Wives Whose Illus bands Could Provide the Butter to Spread the Bread.
Says Today

indignant protest against working wives; He believes that married fired from her job the world would be better there would be people financial the that selfish and want for xres their hem because they find the office less dull than the kitchen
 Isn't he indung aims at a mile? There be wives that the of the and that work for the uxuries the could without that the morning their toll eight hours and then dash to market and home again prepare than love of excitement It's likely to be grim necessity that gears them to this pace
 Being no economist things in they're in but do increasingly number of families have lost their education and what not which the grow ing family demands Result have urgent into the bacon getting bs despite that most of them would have preferred to have husbands bring 1t n
 There of good who can't make living though they when they get married There are scads Of good loafng working but they dont let out There others who have bad judgment bad luck and lose what they earn Nobody can the wives of these to do but piece the bills be paid the mortgages lift e the future provided for unless they piece out?
 Surely it's not ideal a home, family to spread most of us do many things for the expdncy and the working wife understands what that G who recently being subjected psychological Asked if she was in business for replied Don't be silly no woman wants to "ork work for her. only necessity dres her to It and makes her lie about It.
 Tn the meantme here's sympathy admiration for the woman and character and ability to do quadupe hos mean enough while back turned attending t what is tradonay his business is citn be- longing family None knows better than he '"''o " CAROLINE CHATFIELD.
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chance, which South decided to play for. A low diamond was won by the ace in dummy. A diamond was ruffed, and losing club dis carded on the spade ace. Then a low spade was ruffed in dummy, and diamond returned.
 East and West followed, and the cards remaining were: North
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30
GrgatCharM1 OfChidhood Is FrunkneSS
By Olive Roberts Barton

RAISING A FAMILY-NO. 76
 The most beautiful thing about childhood is it's spontaneousness. This means the uncontrived and unpremediated art of living.
 Reactions now are quick and genuine, and behavior is not care fully planned ahead as happens
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STATE

College Swing, the new college musical that gives you everything including ten top stars, seven new hit tunes besides the latest dance craze the College Swing, opened its four day engagement yesterday to capacity audiences as Warner Brothers State theater.
 The ace cast of favorites is head ed by George Burns and Oracle AL len, of radio fame; Martha Kaye and Bop Hope while other notables include Betty Grable and Jackie Coogan, Florence George, the new blonde film find, Ben Blue, famous comedian, and many others who turn in excellent performances making this picture one that every ardent movie-goer should sec over the weekend.
 The dizzy antics that take place on great college campus when the school dumbell inherits the univer- sity and makes over the place in her own image. form the plot back ground, with Oracle the happy-go- lucky educator" and Bob Hope the sly student who shows her how to get by with minimum of brains and maximum of nerve.
 Because she is the first member of her family to pass an examina- tion in two hundred years, Oracle comes into possession of Alden Col lege. She believes that revolution in educational methods has long been overdue in America and so proceeds to set one in motion. After making herself Dean of Men" Martha Rave a professor, and Ben Blue director of physical education. she makes applied romance the one and only required subject and puts Bob Hope in charge of this depart ment.
 The resulting pandemonium gives the willing students the gayest time of their lives, but proves too much for the hard-headed trustees, who are headed by a woman hating multi-millionaire, played to perfec- tion by Edward Everett Horton. They expose the trickery used by Oracle and Hope to achieve their power and take the college away from the pair before further dam age is done. In rollicking climax Oracle turns the tables on the trus- tees, by showing them that although
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30

Be in popular demand at spring parties. Pep up your dancing with smooth variations of shaggin' truckin'. SuZy-Q.
 Big kick to know every step per- fectly. And you don't need to tell you learned with diagrams. Fol- low your partner easily in the Shag Dip in our photograph:
 On Counts 1 and 2, he springs lightly to left foot, flexes left knee, and slides right foot forward-no weight on right.
 On Counts 3 and 4, he slides right
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30
PEws TO PICTURES

Cecil Cunningham, versatile char acter actresses now supporting Joan Fontaine and Derrick de Marney in RKO,s "The Muddled Deal" began her career as . church singer.
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Household Hints -:- WOMANS REALM -:- Latest Styles
.HEALTH-
HOzv To Keep WeU
Bv DIR. WILLIAM BRADY, MD,

halh ana nE'sns .na1 1 enclosed Letters should be ge
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30

| NATALIE SCHAFER'S first
 IN stage engagement was
 with a stock company in At
 lanta, Ga. They asked her the date of her birth, compared it with an astrological map, and awarded her seasons contract without any more
 questions. She has appeared in many stage productions since then and was recently added to the cast of Rachel Crother's comedy Susan and God" A native New Yorker,
 she graduated from the Mer- Till School at MamarOneck. Miss Schafer has soft, curly, light brown hair, and blue
 eyes-a lovely combination
 with her olive complexion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30
CONTRACT BRIDGE
 By VIM. E. MCKINNEY Secretary of the American Bridge League

Unusual Coup Decarer Facing Bad Trump Break Finds Way to Make His Bid Through Remark
 able Variation
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artist taken about 10000 falls stage and won't consider using mat to 14-minue single Pantages circuit when old sold goldfish in dime store vaudeville (SD Wills in 1883 they months later daughter, Beverly picture comedy short Way Up Thar most recent picture Sally Mary" likes humorous stories and passion for chow eats it twice placed parlay $443 has
 a 12-voIume file of and comedy situations
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 this unsuitable for publication Will nc 1"nnsverea in Write Miss Ch"thed fin care of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-30

NEXT-Coiffures and hats |.
La gaceta., 1938-04-13
La bora es grave, pefo 81 Ejercito Popular resiste
Ahora mas que nunca es necesario
ell apoyo material

parte del peri6dico, la Internal
Obrera Socialista y la Fedora
ci6n Sindical international,
comprendiendo la veraci5ad DE
10 que exponemos e interpretan-
do la necesidad de actuaci6n RAJ
pida que demanda la bora que
vivimos, han adoptado acuerdos
interesantes y que seran efica-
ces 81 sc ponen EN- practica in
tegra y eficientemente.
iCompaneros, ahora mas que
nunca, vuesbro apoyo material,
vuestra solidaridah total es in
dispensable!
Los adherentes a nueStros Co
mites, no Sc dejaran inflt enciar
-estamos SECURES de clio, por
as noticias alarmantes que cir
,ulan por ahi. Por ell contrarlo,
enemoS la certeza de que redo
,laran sus e~sfuerzos para incie
entar los envios de where's que
levames a eabo. Ante los dsses-
lerados ataques del enemigo,
multipaiquemos nj esd'as aIti-
lidades!
Las organizations obreras
'rancesas toman energieas me-
iidas para ayudar eficazmente
al pueblo espanol. Ell pueblo in
,les, (que convene no confun-
dir con ell senor Chamberlain,
lefensor de la alta finanza) EN-
pieza a interesarse y propone
nedidas adecuadas para apoyar
a la Espana lead. Aun no es tar
lie para salvar al mundo de las
peores catastrofes!
Nosotros, como espanoles y
como hombres libres, hemos de
ontinuar dando ell ejemplo de
salidaridad. Nuestros hermanos
0 reclaman asi. Madres espano-
las! iMujeres del mundol iAyu-
dad al pueblo espanol por todos
los medios! Obrando asi. libra
reis a vuestros propios hijos de
una muerte atroz.
iAbajo ell fascismo criminal!
iPrestemos nuestra ayuda al
espanoii
Por la Federation de Comit9s
de Acci6n Antifascis-
"a en- Francia. (Perpignan)
H COmite Ndct0nal.
La gaceta., 1938-04-13
LOS CLUBS HEBREOS APRO
BARON UN BOYCOTT EN-
CONTRA DE AUSTRIA

New York, abril 13.-La Fe-
deraci6n Nacional de Clubs He
breos. reunida en- el Hotel Aston,
acord6 un boycott contra todos
los productos de procedencia
a~ustriaca, condenando asi la nue.
va "monstruosidad" def nazis-
mo. Votaron a favor de la me-
ida los Delegates de Is clubs.
Comprar mercancias austria
cas-, dice ell acuerdo, seria ayu-
dar al programa def gobierno ma
ii, enemigo de la verdad, la cul-
tura y la inteligencia.
Los clubs aceptaron una Pc
tici6n del Consejo Federal de
lgiesias para que judfos y cris-
tianos sc unan en- una base ETH
ca y com1n para luchar contra
la amenaza del fascismo en- A.
merica.
La Liga Anti-Nazi No Secta-
ria, rernida tambien en- Ell AS
tor, acord6 combatir 'Ia organi-
zada amenaza del fascismo en-
los Estados Unidos".
La gaceta., 1938-04-13

LIE piden all DIR. Grau San
Martin que regrese a Cuba.
Sc 10 piden, entire otros, algu-
nos que lie atacaron aaui por su-
poner que Grau iba a regresar.
Grau mantiene sus puntos dc
vista de aver, con admirable fir
meza; pero no asi los otros.
Por suponer que regresarfa,
lie atacaron y lie insultaron--.-
Ahora, cuando menos convie-
ne su regreso, opinan ellos, los
que lie atacaban, que debe regre-
sar.
Nosotros seguimos pensando
como entonces, que Ell ilustre GU
bano no debe volver a la Haba-
ma mientras todos los resortes
del Gobierno sean manei ADDS
por Batista Y los 'jefes" que le
secundan.
Grau, en- Miami, significa la
protesta del pueblo cubano con-
ira los usurpadores y bandidos
de la politica.
La gaceta., 1938-04-13
Los JEFES LEALES ESTAN
SECUROS DE SoSTENER LA
.CARRETERA DE TORTOSA
La brecha en- direction de vi
naroz es peligrosa para los
Republicanos

Barcelona, Abril 13.-El ca
mino hacia Tortosa esta "cosi-
do" en- forma tai que los jefes
leales opinan que podran man
tenerlo, y toda la secci6n Nor
tie hasta Mora, contra cual-
quier ataque que los facciosos
puedan lamar. Claro estA que
no hay g~arantias de que pue-
DIN sostenerlo; pero los Wales
al frente facilitan Ell medic de
comprobar que los leales tie
men ahora confianza.
Dentro de las normales in
certidumbes que acompahan Q
la guerra, ell canine de la COS
ia, por ese tramo, Sc mantle
ne y IN nuevo aspecto Sc ha
dado a la guerra.
Hace una semana Sc hacian
preparativos para ell case de
que Ia c~arretera pudiera ser
cortada; ahora todos los es-