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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-22

other stations were lost" Power failed at co offices. but they will be able to operate on batteries for 24 hours,
 Crippled transportation service in the hufricafie-stgicketl area was be- ing resumed as emergency crews cleared streets and railroad tracks of upraeted trees and other debris. Telephone lines to many connnuili- ties still were down, however.
 A landslide carried 22 cars of freight tram Into the Deerfield river at Soapstone, just east of the Ho0sac tunnel in western Massachusetts. The lOc0nlntive and first three ears passed safely before the slide 0c- cured. No one was injured.
 At Boston Navy Yard, the Q. g. S. Constitution, historic "Old Irnn- sides, for . time threatened to csp- size.
 Gey. Hurley Calls Council
 Governor Hurley convened his ex- ecutive council in special session shortly after the hurricane reached its height He appointed Labor Commissioner James T. Moriafty and Director Richard Olney of the state division of the ileeessaries of life as emergency fuel and food Ad- ministrators.
 Finance Commissioners Patric J. Moynihan, adjutant- General Cole and Public Works Commissioner William E. Callahan were iiamed to arrange immediate relief. The coun- ell apportioned t25, ,00O for their use,
 The coast guard asked amateur radio operators to assist in the ein- ergency.
 Commuters Stranded
 Thousands of commuters were stranded in Boston as the Boston & Maine, New Haven and Boston & Albany railrads cancelled service because of tracks either washed out or blocked by trees and other debris. Both North and South Stations were packed with fretting commuters.
 At Worcester, over 90 persons were cut as signs and store windows were shattered. The first Unitarian church steeple crashed to the ground. Hundreds of trees were felled. Two unidentified men were injured severely, one when tree toppled on a parked automobile and the other when the roof of the Adams Slipper company collapsed.
 Frightened by the storm and the rising Connecticut river, 200 inmates riOted at Hampden county jail in Springfield, but the outbreak was quelled quickly by a Sprinefield police riot squad and state troop CTS. Preparations were made to evacuate the prisoners.
 Four persons were hurt when a covered grandstand collapsed or1 the Eastern States Exposition grounds. Scores more were injured as a stampede started among the 10000 spectators.
 Grandstand Crashed
 A $20,000 grandstand and & $3O,- 900 totaliSator at Crescent Kennel club in West Springfield were de- stroyed by the gale.
 Marlboro police estimated hurri- cane damage at $200,0O0. The spires of the Immaculate Conception Catholic church, the First Congre- gational church, the Methodist church and the First Parish Uni tarian church were blown to the ground.
 Thirty persons were hospitalized for minor injuries suffered in the hurricane at Fall River. Telephone service was disrupted for 10 hours. A large section of the City Hall roof was blown of. A 200-foot chimney at e textile mill was demolished.
 Sche0l Children Hurt
 Shattered windows cut children
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-22

The funeral of Archibald s. Pat terson was held yesterday after- noon at the Alderson funeral home, 70 Central avenue, Rev. Matthew c. Madden officiating, Burial was iii old Pine Grove cemetery. Bear CTS were Carl Jacobson, Alvin Leonard, Leslie Cowley, Harry Dews, Donald Steer and Frank Lockhart.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-22
OBITUARY

AMBRAZAITIs-peter Ambrazai- tis, 58, of 400 Country Club road died suddenly last evening. He had been employed by Riverside cemetery.
 MT. Amhrazaitis is survived by his wife, Mary; one son, John; one daughter, Mrs. Anna Crocatt; four brothers and two sisters in Lithua- mia: and three grandchildren.
 He was a member of the Lithuan- ian Citizens Political club.
 The funeral will be held from the home Saturday morning to St. Jo- sephs church where 6 mass of re- quiem will be celebrated at time to be announced later. Friends may call at the home after 3:30 o'clock today.
 pr GIOVANNI - Mrs. Filomena DiGiovanni, 77, wife of Antonio Di0iovanni, died this morning after a brief illness at her home, 86 Mo. Namara street. She came to this city from Italy 38 years ago. Mrs DiGiovanni was a devout cominuni' can of Our Lady of Lourdes church and was member of the Sacred Heart League and the Third Order of St. Francis of the parish.
 She Is survived by her husband; two sons, Angelo of this city and Modespino of San Diego; one daughter. Mrs. David Marochi oi this city and twelve srand- children.
 The funeral will be held from the Maiorano Funeral Home, 95 Willow street, on Saturday morning at o:3c o'clock to Our Lady of Lourdes church where 6 solemn mass of requiem will be celebrated at 10:30 o'clock. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.
 sHEA--James Bartholomew Shea, three months old son of Hatholo- new and Helen Butterworth Shes of 80 South street, died today after Q brief illness.
 The funeral will be held at Il e, m. tomorrow from the Mulville flu. neral home, 270 West Main street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-22

DI GIOvANNI-rIn this city, Sept. vnnni,. of S6 McNamara St. Funeral saturday morning, at e:SO o'clock, from Maiorano Funeral Home, .eb Willow St., to Our Lady of LoufdeH Church. Burial in Calvary cefne- tery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-22
Police Chief

Police Chiet the A. D. Little building in the bus iness district collapsed.
 A crowd of T,5OO stampeded q Rockingham race track in Salem N. H., when the grandstand rCoi gave way, but no one was injured severely. A jockey was blown of a race horse.
 Five Salem, N. H., barn roofs were swept of and valuable race horses were concentrated in the Brick street railway terminal. Canubie Lake Park was in ruins.
 National guardsmer were called out in Bennington, Vt, as the Wal loomsac river surged over its banks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-22
DIED

AMBRAEAITIg---fn this city, Sept. 2lst, iesS, Peter Anbrasaitis, 'of 400 Country Club Road. Funeral Saturday morning, time later, from 400 Country .Ciub Road, to St. Jo- seph's Church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-22

The funeral of Cornelius J. Leahy will be held Saturday morning at 8:l6 o'clock from the home, 1901 South Main street to St. Francis xavier's church, where a solemn high Mass will be celebrated at g o'clock. Burial will be in Chico. pee, Mass.
Evening star., 1938-02-27

he, too. must have liked smooth pic.
lures best.
Johnny was doing a pencil sketch
sitting on the curb with his own
gallery leaning over him, standing In
front and milling about. I thought:
AT least pencil sketch is smooth;
he's one up on me-"
An OLD man who looked as if he
= had just arisen from a park bench
was installed in the place of honor
behind me, and finally he said:
Say, Doc, kin I talk to you while
you work."
Sure, go ahead" I agreed.
"All right, tf1en," he began. "Why
don't you build them windows out
with tin and plaster and make the
shutters out Of wood, and then they
would open and shut and would look
like the real Mccoy"
That's an idea," I said.
Sure" he continued. II know q
guy who painted . picture OF . man
fishing. He stuck little wooden pole
Evening star., 1938-02-27

Say, mister, is that something like
painting?"
This is painting replied.
well, what are you using that thing
for?" he inquired.
That's palette knife and I'm using
a palette knife technique" explained,
feeling like a demonstrator in q food
show.
%. K.," he said "but I still think
that you could do a darn sight better
job with a brush"
Another man wanted to know.if I
sandpapered the picture down and
made it smooth after I got home. He
said that he had seen pictures so
smooth that not brush mark showed,
and what's more he liked them best.
I think I told him that 1T takes
all kinds Of people and pictures to
make a world" I couldn't think Of
anything else to say at the time.
The old man who owned the house,
or at least lived in it, appeared to
take look at . safe distance. Judg-
ing from the expression on his face
Evening star., 1938-02-27

Advice From Citizenry
Has Merit of Originality
as Work Goes On.
By R0wland Lyon.

~ HE public at large has very def
mite ideas about art and is not
loath to express them at
L length. 1t is only small
group of the citizenry, who have had a
smattering Of art education or appre-
citation and are doubtful of their own
judgment, who remain silent.
OF the two classes like the former
best, because at least they are frank
and the artist knows where he stands.
They begin by saying: Il don't know
nothing about art. but know what I
like" and they usually end by the
statement that all artists Of today are
crazy
The best place to receive unbiased
and vigorous criticism is while paint
ing on the street, or rather in the
street Well do I remember the time
that Johnny De Witt and went over
to Georgetown to paint a sketch OF
George Washington's headquarters on
M street. When we arrived everything
was quiet and normal and we located
on a corner diagonally across the street
from the little yellow house.
had barely set up my easel and
started to paint when business once
employing about 50 girls located across
the street let out for lunch. The
young ladies had spotted US from the
windows before the noon whistle blew
and rushed over with their lunches IN
paper bags to take in the show.
Most Of the girls were eating apples,
which made Juicy and cracking
sound next to my ear. They did mucn
whispering and giggling among them
selves, but were too shy to ask any
questions or make any suggestions.
Soon the whistle blew or the gong rang
and they had to return to work.
l. RUT as SNOWFALL that is rolled
gathers more snow, SO this crowd
Of girls had attracted q fair sized crowd
OF casual passers-by, who. seemingly,
had plenty of time to kill.
was doing an oil and putting on the
paint with wide palette knife. One
man who stood directly behind me
and chewed tobacco in my ear and
spat noisily at regular intervals, seemed
amazed at the palette knife. After a
while, between spits he made bold to
ren1arkS
Evening star., 1938-02-27
CHILDREN IN MASTERPIECES
Exhibition Opens in Washington Gallery of Modern Museum With
Great Artists Represented ed-American Folk Art.
Works Shown at Arts Club

AZ in number, many are still-life
subjects, painted in water color, in q
manner not unlike that which con-
temporary abstract painters employ
today. They were done, however, with
complete innocence, the painters be-
lievtng that they were representing
reality and bringing to their task
their full measure Of ability. Such
paintings of baskets of fruit, punches
of flowers, often vignetted, were priced
by the artists families, framed and
hung on the walls Of the best par
lor." They have certain beauty of
color in some instances and charm
because Of their naivete, also they are
not undecorative It is works of this
sort which lend interest, variety and
color to the present showing.
OF the works set forth in this COL
lection the majority were produced be-
tween .8C0 and 1840 in New York
State, New Jersey, Connecticut, Mas
sachusetts-for the most part in rural
districts. Quite number reflect the
fashionable melancholy of that time
when children were given statements
concerning death and sin to write in
their copybooks and to embroider on
samplers-a melancholy which found
its way into the best literature of the
Victorian period. Included in this ex-
hibition are several paintings Of me-
mortal themeS-Such as a monument
tai tomb, shadowed by weeping will
lows.
Most extra ordinary of all, however,
is an elaborate needlewo-k picture,
produced by Mary Ann Etheridge,
aged 10 years, which shows a family
monument inscribed with the birth
and death Of Etheridges and re-
| minds, by inscription on the base,
that "the grass withereth. the flower
fadeth and the hopes of man is mot
are) destroyed" To the right stand a
man and woman of mature years; 10
the left. young girl and a small boy.
The former have flowers to lay at the
base of the monument; the latter are
softly dropping tears on the turf. Poor
Mary Ann, what can her outlook have
Evening star., 1938-02-27

sion on the part of rural citizens.
Pride and Prejudice" is no more be-
hind the times than these quaint,
crude paintings by people who had no
illustrated monthlies, no picture post
cards and even few engravings to in
spire them to produce pictorial works.
But, obviously, these are not folk
art. Those who established the Col
onies in this country, and later our
Republic, were the product Of Euro
pean civilization, and, though many
were simple yeomen, they brought
with them knowledge OF European
culture. The only folk art that We
can properly call American is that
produced by the several tribes OF
Indians. or the craft work of the
early settlers, which was brought
forth through human necessity. But
for such art as this exhibition en-
braces it is difficult to find title,
and, inasmuch as it reflects an atti-
tude of mind of large number Of
people during certain period of
development, it has its place and
Interest in our American art history.
Philip Bell Makes
Varied and Interesting
Shouting at Arts Club.
pAINTINGS and drawings by Philip
Bell of this city constitute an
exhibition in the gallery of the Arts
Club at this time. Chief prominence,
and with excellent reason. has been
given herein to Mr.. Bells carefully
studied cartoon for his mural in the
library of the Mckinley High School
a most elaborate and distinguished
work. OF somewhat similar interest
is his study for mural painting, en-
titled Irrigation" showing the on
rush, from opposite directions. of
bodies of water; beyond lay the fields,
irrigated and fruitful, which other
wise would be desert and bare. Side
panels show the waterfall in the
mountains, and the machinery by
which the life-giving streams are con-
veyed to their scene of benefcent
service.
Further evidencing Mr.. Bells feeling
for decoration is his painting entitled
Europa ideal in theme and presen-
tation, which was included in the
Corcoran Gallery's biennial. and pur-
chased therefrom by the present
lender, Miss Patricia Cassidy.
Included in this collection are three
portraits, two in oil-one of Mr.. James
w. Adams, one of Hindu Girl
and one in black and white OF Mr..
ID" Lending color and interest is
still-life study of jar of black
eyed susans on chair, which is in
OIL The rest Of the % exhibits are
water colors, some of which are of
Washington and vicinity. others rep
Evening star., 1938-02-27

through the canvas 80 that it looked
like a man was holding it and had q
tin fish hanging by a thread from
the end Of 1t. Boy, it was swell!'
Must have been pretty tricky" !
remarked.
Then he went on to tell me Of
other realistic achievements of his
friend-flags that went up and down
on fagpoles, lights that flashed in
street lamps and doors that opened
and shut. Also he offered to give me
the address of q restaurant which
had one of these creations hanging
on the wall.
Thsi was before the surrealist show
in New York, or might have listened
to him with more profit to myself.
His parting words were: We'll, I
guess you amt painted much, bu:
you'll get better"
Johnny came up and said that he
was ready to 60, and I thought he
was probably right. As Q popular
painter was q dop.
Evening star., 1938-02-27

a stout, hearty male citizen sleeping,
in apparent comfort and ease. on a
wooden bench. The last was painted
by Washington Hood of the United
States Army lin the academy of R.
Gibson. artist, Washington. D. c." in
1888 Perhaps, after all, We have i'm
proved.
This may be the moral of the cur
rent exhibition, which certainly re-
fleets an astounding ignorance cou-
pied with desire for artistic express
Evening star., 1938-02-27

resenting as far afield as the Adiron-
dacks and Quebec, Canada. In his
water colors, Mr.. Bell is inclined to
get away as far as possible from
reality, and TO express his theme in
symbolic forms taken. it is true, from
Nature-in which practice he is fol-
lowing the trend Of the time-and If
he succeeds, as he does in some in
stances, in making his meaning clear
there is no reason why he should not
so digress. It is interesting, however,
that one who could be as exact and
precise as he in the matter of mural
painting and decoration, could also
go so far to the opposite extreme in
Interpretation of Nature through the
medium Of water color 1t is thought
provoking exhibition which he sets
before us.
Water Co1ors
Produced Under and Lent
By Treasury Art Project.
IN THE reception room. dining room
and hall Of the Arts Club, at pres
ent, may be seen water colors by va
rious artists done under the Treasury
Art Project. a relief measure con-
Quoted, until quite recently. by Olin
Dows. There are some excellent works
by Mitchell Jameson, Milford Zornes,
Avery Johnston and others. There
are also good many works which
would seem to have little reason for
being However, they all are a part
Of the great experiment which the
Government has been trying, and
which will eventually stand or fall as
record of achievement through the
harvest in later years of good grain
or tares, whichever it may be.
important
Exhibition OF Sculpture
By Anna Hyatt Huntington.
THE Corcoran Gallery Of Art has is
sued invitations to a preview of
an exhibition of sculpture by Anna
Hyatt Huntington which opens in the
gallery of special exhibitions next Sat-
Evening star., 1938-02-27

Woodville of Beacon, N. Y, tn 1880,
each with its obvious moral. The
Yankee Peddler" is. presumably.
gay deceiver. The Peaceable King
dom" shows a rather terrified group
of male citizens at one side and an
assembly of wild beasts at the other.
held in check by formidable looking
female. THE Curse of Drink" shows
Evening star., 1938-02-27

been on life! But her needlework is
excellent.
Occupying the place of distinction,
opposite the doorway, is large paint
ing of a landscape, with a runaway
horse graphically shown in the fore
ground There are two portraits. one
of a man with a book; the other of a
New Jersey squire. signed H. c.,
1920" very primitive. There are sew
eral genre pictures, such as the
Yankee Peddler," painted by r. c.
Evening star., 1938-01-13
MORE FUNDS TO MAKE
MAIL BAGS REQUESTED
Equipment Plant Here Also Plans
to Manufacture 5O4 500 Locks,
subcommittee Told.
Subcom mittee Told.

Because Of shortage Of mail sacks
and locks during the Christmas rush.
which resulted in shipment Of parcel
post mail unlocked, an incraese of
$4,000 has been requested for the
Post ONCE equipment shop at Fifth
and w streets.
John B. Cady, assistant director of
the equipment and supplies branch of
the Post ONCE Department., explained
to the House subcommittee considering
the postal service budget that 1t Is
proposed to manufacture in this plant
during 1899. 252. 1900 more mail bags
and 504. 500 more mail locks than in
1898. This is the Governments only
mail equipment plant In the country,
he explained.
Mail sacks cost $l73 each to manu-
facture, while pouches for first-class
mail cost 78 cents. During the last
four years condemnations exceeded
bags manufactured by approximately
100000 bags. There are about 49,
100000 bags in the service and the
condemnations have been running
100000 to 100000 annually.
An inventory taken at the close of
August, 1895, disclosed q shortage of
1,64S,s37 bags that were supposed to
be in service. It was explained that
~ years had elapsed since the last
inventory, and during that time hum
dreds Of thousands of mail bags were
scattered throughout foreign countries.
Evening star., 1938-01-13
Treasury Local Meets TONIGHT.

Representative Coffee, Democrat of
washington will address Treasury
Local II, United Government Workers,
at headquarters, 532 Seventeenth
street, at 3 o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1938-01-13
the Ulster people" against fusion with
the southern counties.
Union ParIey Obstacle.

OhhVA aHAcy ODStACics
LONDON, Jan. 13 P.-Ihe question:
OF united ireland may be the stum-
bling block in historic conversations
OF British and Irish statesmen to be-
gin here Monday.
Prime Minister canon de Valera Is
expected to raise the quetion. Uni
fication Of ireland formerly the Irish
Free State) and Ulster (Northern
1reland) long has been De ValeraS~
ambition.
The conversations are to deal
mainly with questions of defense and
trade.
Ulster reaction today emphatically
let De Valera know that any attempt
to fuse the six Ulster counties with
ireland would be resisted strongly.
The Irish Free State became Ireland
in English and Fire in Gaelic under.
the new constitution adopted last
summer and effective December 20.
The dominions Office announced
yesterday that De Valera would head
the Irish delegation to confer with
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
and key British ministers.
The talks will be the first official
meeting of important delegations Of
the two governments in many years.
Evening star., 1938-01-13

partment toward the numbers racket
admittedly Is one of harassing the
little fellows, the writer's and an oc-
casional pickup man.
Members Of the gambling squad con-
cede this is not effective and the biz
shots virtually are immune. If they
could hold the go-betweens even long
enough to uncover information, they
say, it might be a different story
some Of Washington's millionaire
racketeers might be wearing numbers
instead Of selling them.
Maj. Brown does not favor a policy
Of petty harassing," feeling it il
ineffective, futile. He would like to
get the higher-ups, he says, but how
he asks, can you, under the present
law?
New York has 4 law making pos
session Of any gambling paraphernalia
in which policy (numbers) slips are
specifically 1ncluded-a misdemeanor,
and District Attorney Thomas E. Dew
ey found this of great help in driving
the Dutch Schultz mob from the num-
berS business.
1t Was Jail or Talk.
His Investigators started by rounding
up writer's. These racket statesmen
were told that they could 60 to jail
for six months or longer or they could
talk-the choice was theirs. Most of
them became quite voluble Few Of
them knew who the big boss was but
they could and did name the men
with whom they had contact, the pick
up fellows.
Pickup men similarly were taken
to the prosecutors ONCE. The detec-
tives took care. to catch them with
plenty of policy tickets. They did
some eloquent talking, too. From
these go-betweens Dewey learned the
identity of controllers. A controller
grade between banker and pickup
men not yet known in Washington
had charge of certain territory. The
controllers implicated the bankers. And
some of the bankers-willing enough
to talk when they could be persuaded
they were safe from shotguns and
pineapples-revealed that they were
working for the Schultz mob, whether
they liked 1t or not. ,..
The ultimate result was that last
summer the remnants Of the late
Dutch Schultx's mob were indicted ON
l3 felony counts, carrying . possible
maximum Of IS years for each de-
fendant.
Without the stringent gambling
law, say the New York police, they
might have blasted the mob out of the
racket, but it would have been an
infinitely more dificult task. And, a
it was, the assignment was plenty
tough.
The mob was indicted under Q law
similar to the Districts lottery statute.
but the possession law, = mere mis-
demeanor. was used effectively to take
apart The racket and ~ what naada
II, tieb. l.s