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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

How proud Brown is when the hostess says, Your wife is so charming" And Mary Brown is charming! Her cordial speech, her gracious phrases win many friends for her husband and herself.
 Pleased as punch are the young JamesonS when Mary greetS them with a cheery, How nice to see you here tonight!'
 A stranger at the party? Mary makes him feel at ease with a friendly, Why haven't we met be- fore? Are you from out of town?"
 And when others talk to her she doesn't listen with a blank stare, but says Do go on," What happened then?'-phrases that show she's in- terested.
 Mary always has a kindly word, too, for the friend who's had a loss. You've been in my thoughts" she says sincerely. How shocked we all were by the sad news!"
 And in everyday chatter, chuckles reward her bright descriptive phrases, "busy as a hen with one chick" plump as a partridge"
 Add to your charm, confidence. Our 32-page booklet gives effective phrases for social, business occa- sions. Lists lively descriptive phrases helpful word combinations that give sparkle to your speech.
 Send 10c in coin for your copy oi EFFECTIVE PHRASES FOR ALI OCCASIONS to Waterbury Demo- crat, Home Service, 635 Sixth Ave, New York, NY. Be sure to write plainly your NAME, ADDRESS, and the NAME of booklet.
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on scotch cap type of hat Of al- ternating bands of shiny and dull straw. Mrs. Sherman Downey, wife of the California senator, wore a shallow crowned sailor with black yelling and interesting appliqued trimming.
 NOTED MODISTE
 LIKES LONG WELLS
 In New York, vivacious, striking looking Juliette Nicole went to a luncheon in one of her own pretty" creations. It's small mushroom of shiny black straw, laden with roses in three shades, and finished with yards of chenille dotted veil- ing. Madame Nicole wears it far down over one eye.
 Also in New York, one of Amer ica's top ranking career women was seen in pretty" brimmed hat of rough straw in deep hyacinth with a dutsy pink, silk jersey Snood. She is Mrs. Ethel Kremer, executive di- rector of the Fashion Group, an im- portant, non- commercial organiza- ton of leading women of the fashion business. Mrs. Kremer likes pretty hats and smart hats, and hats that are both smart and pretty = but she obviously does not like just plain crazy ones. At least, nobody ever saw her in a bonnet which was any, thing but flattering and essentially becoming to her.
 Pearl Buck, prolific writer of short stories and novels, who recently was awarded the Nobel Prize for Litera- ture, likes soft variations of the tricorne. Rather recently, Mrs Buck was photographed in an es- pecially flattering hat of this type with the merest suggestion of veil- ing across the shallow crown and a long narrow feather fancy stitched 1 flat at the side.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
Of Interest To Women

Nave you household problem to solve? Write your question clearly, sign your name and ad- dress, enclose three-cent postage stamp and mail to The Woman's Editor, Washington Service Bu- reau, The Democrat, 1913 18th Street, Washington, D. C., for personal reply.
 o. How may the lime, which is sometimes deposited by hard water, be removed from porcelain and por- celain-lin fixtures?
 A. Use hydrochloric acid. AS the acid is very poisonous and injurious to the skin and to many materials, including the metals used in plun1b- ing, it must be handled with ex. treme care. Rubber gloves should be worn when using it.
 o. Give a formula for furniture cleaner and polisher that may be made at home at small expense. A. Mix together 1-2 cup powder. ed rottenstone, 1-2 cup of cold. drawn li1seed oil, 1-2 cup turpen. tine, 1-2 cup naptha, 1-2 cup strong solution of oxalic acid, Ia cup wood alcohol, and 1-2 cup cold water to which has been added l tablespoon of sulphuric acid. These ingredients should be put into quart bottle. e. Are raw greens richer in vit- amins than cooked greens?
 A. Yes. because cooking tends to destroy two vitamins, B and c, and because the juices, which contain the water-soluble mineral salts, can. not escape when the leaves are. eaten raw.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

For niatrons planning a happy summer of social events comes Pat tern 826, a new Claire Tilden style to be greatly admired for slender ized smartness and easy making. Stitch up this festive, gored-skirt frock in a print with light yet sub- dued colorings that soften mature curves. An all-white sheer is an- other good idea for fabric. We know you1l be glad a jacket is in- cluded, since there's nothing more useful on the duller days of sum- mer. The step-by-step Sewing
 Guide will inform you that the front
 ''yokes" of the dress are really part of the bodice back. It's most useful, too, in showing how to manage the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
TWO YEARS FOR EVERY TOOTH

TWO YEARS FOR EVERY TOOTH
 Somewhere in my flies, no doubt is the copy of an item or two pub- lished in this column within the past five years telling of the con- clusion reached by statisticianS, economists or maybe just doctors or hygienists, that every inch in girth over the normal for age and height after thirty means one year, or is it two years? deducted from ones life expectancy.
 Now. for Pete's sake if your girth rate is high don't blame me for reminding you that your life line shrinks as your equator ex- bands. If you still have enough il- terest in health, vite and longevity to read stuff like this you will not resent a warning given before 1t is too late to heed 1t. Anyway, there it is. Personally I believe it is as true as any principle of health or hygiene can be. Moreover, find 1t comforting thought or reassur- ance that one can stretch ones life expectancy beyond the average by simply practicing reasonable regula-- ton of diet and doing few rather enjoyable exercises every day.
 Somehow I rate life highly, per- haps appraise health too highly, too, but not unless all the maxims and sayings of pets and philoso- pherS are hooey.
 People are rarely even casually interested in building or maintain ing health until they are no longer able to deceive themselves that their health is all right. In Yam keeland (D few healthy laymen really believe it is good sense or good economy to have a periodic physician, on consequently (2) physician, and consequently CD few physicians are qualified by training and experience to render such service.
 Conservation of the teeth is another key to vite, in my judg-
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Caroline Chatfield
Double Date Good Insurance for Boy Who Wants tc
 Keep Things Impersonal Between Him and Girl
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 Keep Things Impersonal Between Him and Girl DEAR MISS CHATFIE1D:
 the this because I'm sumped My Pytas Pyhas hasn't but he has girl Pythas will have entertain his g which would be all right the girl and congnia She loves sit joints drink public drink don't like that friend doesn't others much because don't to offend anybody What real dates can't figure them PEC ANSWER:
 the private dates Pythias first in with than with pleasing the other pair of the X you'll lose place the front seat
 dealt fine hand; but must play well the against When circumstances make soft drink bottle and the others qua All the while will building reputation that raises the friends tmaon much the evening they have for the girls do not ndudge in rough stuff
 Furthermore you refrain showing wouldn't there didn't agreeable you've there will further question double dates and accord x ing to her pleasure
 terrific girl to impersonal with the boy believes loaded gs with sentiment quiverng with excitement hoping trusting another naturally dmayed she stand the strain and bde time? Well she'd better because push him faster than peas him to
 CAROLINE CHATF1ELD.
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immense we had to stretch on tip -toe to see, to touch and feel? The scale of houses is not adap- ted to anything like children re. Chairs, tables, beds and bureaus all tower above like Alps. And even though they can manage very well to look out of windows and reach for the sugar bowl, still the very bulk of things must be bit over whelning.
 They are conditioned to it so they are not conscious of their linita- tions, as such; but surely they must sense that world too heavy and big for them goes about it business above the floor where they play. Roth Boys And Girls
 Like Playhouses
 always wanted a playhouse. It never happened. Not many play houses happen, do they? For one
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
Latest Styles
GlOriting Yourself
By Alicia Hart
NEA Service Staff Write

NEA service StaKk WFlteE
 'Tt has been said that pointed finpertips denote an ilnpulsive na- ture, but they're the envy of every woman who doesn't own them" says a famous nail lacquer expert.
 However, if your fingertips are pointed. it's mistake to file your nails to sharp, claw-like points. Sharply pointed nails are DO longer considered chic, anyway, but, chic or no, they are not for fingers which are naturally point ed. So let the shape of your nails be almond Like and don't forget to wipe your polish off the tip of each one"
 She went on to discuss spatu- late fingertips, generally thought to denote practical capability.
 MAKING STUBBY FINGERS
 LOOK MORE SLENDER
 "Such fingertips are broad and unless the nails are shaped cor rectly, the hands will seem too short, too chunky looking. If nails are filed reasonably short at sides, with the center portions left long but not pointed, the fingers will ap- pear to be longer and more slender than they actually are. Polish ought to be started at the edge of the
 moon and carried downward the full length of the nail with only hair- line at the tip removed" The nail of a comic fingertip- not too pointed, and alleged to signify creative artistic tempera-
 ment-should be filed into an oval
 shape with the faintest sugges-
 tion of point Polish ought to ex- tend from moon to tip, with only 8 line Chair width) removed. The best way to make sure that your nails are the correct shape and your polish the right shade is to do
 a little experimenting.
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other details such as the dainty tie ends drawn through two slashes at the V neck.
 Pattern 826 is cut in women's sizes 34. 36. 38. 40, 42, A, 46 and 48. Size 36, entire ensemble, re- quires 4 7-8 yards 38 inch fabric, IA yard contrast and 7-8 yard lace edg- ing.
 Send FIFTEEN CENTS (l5c) in coins for this pattern. WRITE CLEARLY SIZE, NAME, AID. DRESS AND STYLE NUMBER
 Send orders to Waterbury Demo- crat Pattern Department.
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ment. Perhaps due largely to bias in popular education Commercial interest," but also in part to the confusingly indefinite attitude ot the dental profession, a great many people have vague notion that a clean tooth never decays" and hence one best conserves the teeth by keeping them clean.
 Newer klowledgeS of nutrition and plain common sense or general observation have compelled us to recognize these facts:
 First, general nutrition deter mines the condition of the teeth. Second, only by regular exam- ination and treatment by the den- tor can one avoid dental carries or cavity formation and its conse- quences.
 Third, for every tooth lost and note immediately replaced by Q Intentionally satisfactory denture, one must deduct two yaers from ones life expectancy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

childhood looking up at things over its heads. Maybe we are the better for our reaching, maybe taller phy- sically and more inclined to reach farther mentally.
 It must have had, and still has, no doubt, some thing to do with inferiority. What would we be if we lived in a Gargantuan world
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Making Faces to Hear Better

 have a clipping of your delight full article on making faces to im- prove hearing. It is so different from a usual suited style of medi- cal journals .. would like to re- print it in our little magazine for the hard of hearing. (Mrs. M. B. Answer-You should ask permis- sion of National Newspaper Service and of the publisher of this paper. Instructions for the exercises given in monograph, on Deafness and Head Noises, for copy of which send stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress.
 Never Mind the Show
 When there is a shadow on an x-ray plate does that mean there is infection, or might it be from recent pleurisy? (Mrs. M. s.
 Ariswer-If were the patient I'd leave the interpretation of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
ToMORROw's MENU

BREAKFAST: Sliced bana- mas, dry cereal, half-bran muf- fins, orange marmalade, coffee, milk.
 LUNCHEON: Minced lamb in potato ring, rolls, stewed rhu- barb, cup cakes, tea, milk.
 DINNER: Swiss steak, mac- aroni and cheese, green beans. mixed green salad, lemon mer- ingue rie, coffee, milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
A FAMILY
RAISING A FAMILY Child Is At Home" Most
 In a House His Own Size
By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

Dy OLIVE hObENIS D bAhION
 I often wonder just how different small children would be if they lived in world of things as little as they are.
 From time immemorial the human race has done its growing in early
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Modern Menus
BY MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX NEA Service Staff Writer

BY MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX 1 NEA Service Staff Writer
 "Oh, what can I do with leftove, lamb?" That's a long and contin- uing lament.
 Minced Lamb in Potato Ring (According to size of family) Chop leftover lamb very fine. Mix with 8 little brown gravy. Season with minced chives, a little parsley, Worcestershire sauce, a dash of nutmeg and shake of catsup. Heat thoroughly but do not cook.
 Using an oven-proof platter, ar- range ring of freshly mashed po- tatoes on it. With a fork, score the top of the ring, then dot with but ter. Run under flame until top of ring is beautifully Drowned, or stand in hot oven until Drowned. minced lamb into the center of the
 Just before serving, pour the ring. Garnish with springs of wa tercress. It's a cheerful answer to the leftover blues.
 Swiss Steak (Serves 4 to 6)
 Others keep asking for recipes for Swiss steak. Though you may have heard this, one before, it al- ways pleases.
 One and one quarter pounds bottom round or chuck steak, salt, pepper, dry mustard, 2 1-2 cups canned tomatoes, medium onions.
 Have steak cut 1 inch thick. Cut piece of fat from steak and with it grease a heavy iron skillet. Rub meat with salt, peper and a little dry mustard, then rub with flour. Brown on both sides in hot, greased skillet. Add tomatoes and onions, sliced. Cover skillet and bake in slow oven (325 degrees F.) for about 2 Ia hours. A delicious variation of this Swiss steak recipe is to use 9 1-2 cups mushroom stock with minced mush- rooms in 1t, or else 1 can mush- room soup with enough water or clear vegetable stock added to give the right consistency. While the Swiss steak is baking, use the oven for baked potatoes or macaroni and cheese to serve with it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
Ho1c To Keep WeU
By DR. WILLIAM BRADY, MD.

health and eygsns encosed should De
  this column ne Address William West nr rcurAn Of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

A-ray 0VIuellCt 10 my pNySICIHH ana the technician.
 Cottage Cheese Does cottage cheese have the same effect in the colon as buttermilk, sour milk or acidophilus milk? (Mrs. J. T)
 Answer-It has a similar effect, but not quite the. same. Cottage cheese is made from skim milk, and is highly desirable daily item in the diet. It favors normal bacterial activity in the colon. It is an ex- cellent source of calcium and phos- phorus and Is as nourishing as chicken.
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looking women turned up in equally good-looking hats-a black, all in tune with the current mode, but each exactly right for its wearer.
 Mrs. Sherman Minton, wife of the Indiana Senator, wore shiny black straw model flower and veil trim med. The small chic hat Mrs Claude Pepper wife of the Florida Senator also trimmed with yelling
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

SeFVlCe
 New York - Smart, flattering, pretty a picture but in no way "crazy" or too extreme, the hats that important American women choose and wear. This season. on mature women who occupy fairly inn portant niches in their respective fields hats that are feminine without being silly distinctive with out being obvious.
 At Washington tea for Mrs. Garner, four good-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
Cottage Cheese

x-ray evidence to my physician and the technician.
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ENDS THURs. John GarneI.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
DEAR MISS CHATFIELD:

 In  held confidence Write Miss Chnhed this neEI EINnm
The Washington times., 1939-01-19
D. A. V. Auxilidru
To Present
Reports

Quarterly reports on activities
conducted by the Women's Aux
iliary Of the Disabled American
Veterans which were recently
sent to national headquarters,
will be presented at a meeting
Of the auxiliary tomorrow at 8
p. m. at the meeting rooms, 800
block Twentieth st. N. W.
An unusual activity in hos
pital, rehabilitation and child
welfare wO'k is indicated In the
reports. Chairman Of these
respective committees are Mrs.
Mary Hargraves, Mrs. Mabel
Howard and Mrs. E. F. Hogue.
The annual open dance of the
Iota Chapter Of Zeta Tau Ma
tional Sorority will take place
tomorrow night at the Almas
Temple. Reservations may be
made through Peggy Smith, on
the dance committee, or Eliza
beth Finnegan, president Of the
chapter.
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"a surge of rage. He tried to ham
mer with his fist at the huge bulk
of Carlos but that worthy pushed
him aside.
What Carlos says is true, my
little crawling bug" said Tia
Maria herself arriving on the
scene. "I have caught you two
creeping off by yourselves once too
often. Luz has gone away to my
sisters this night and you shall
not see her more"
Ten days later he returned to
his studio.
Come here to me. little one, "
cried Don Guzman, and receive
the reward due to your genius.
The artist, ladies and gentlemen,
in person, he has returned, he will
greet you and with incompatible
skill will make your portraits for
ten dollars apiece. Come forward,
Pedrito Mio."
~Ten dollars apiece? why
II have searched everywhere for
you, my Pedro" cried Don Gu1.
man. "Girolamo has even burned
candles for your return-hiS own
candles, for which he will charge
you, no doubt. Now get to work
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Daily Short Story

dollars to take it away. Where
upon another Americana gentle
man observed your work and wept
with joy, demanding to know its
creator.
The caballero caused many
copies to be struck off which he
sold at a great profit. The Gre
alton then came to the attention
Of a most distinguished and
famous caballero of the cinema
who has been searching for you
the entire week and who has COM
missioned me. as your protector,
to offer you the grand contract.
Pedro, your fortune is made"
And - and - Tia Maria - Car
loS?"
"Carlos!" Don Guzman spat
disgustedly. "A cheap squawker
Of ballads. My wife, Tia Maria, Is
waiting to clasp you to her bosom.
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THE CABALLERO OF OLVERA ST.

while I fetch your affianced bride.
Luz, hither, and Tia Maria, who
has wept bitterly for your return" "
Don Guzman showed a crayon
into his hand. Pedro protested !:
But, most illustrious caballero, I
must know what miracle has been
wrought. And Luz - where is
she?"
Seat yourself and will reveal
all. It is the picture that accom-
plished the miracle?"
1.-THE picture2 What picture?"
"The portrait Of Senor Mickey
Mouse throwing the sweetmeat at
Sonora Minnie Mouse, my boy. ]
took it to Juan Rivera, the tequila
merchant, who purchased it for a
small demijohn of stimulant and
hung it over his bar. An Amer
icano gentleman was charmed by
it and paid Juan Rivera twenty
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Mouse, the renowned cinema &C.
tor, throwing the pie at his wife,
Minnie
And If I am not mistaken" :"
said Don Guzman, "the counte-
nance Of Sonora Minnie very
closely resembles that Of my es-
teemed wife, Tia Maria, the for
tune-teller, is it not SOP"
who am I to dispute with one
far more learned than myself?"
Pedro bowed courteously. II see
that my poor work has taken
your eye. senor. Pray accept it as
your own with my humble com
plimentS."
Pedro saw no more Of Don Guz
man that night. After closing his
shop he wandered toward the cafe
El Cielo Azul, which means The
Blue Heaven, hoping to meet his
inamorata. He was doomed to
bitter disappointment. She was
nowhere about. From the cafe he
heard the sound Of merry talk
and laughter and the rich tenor OF
Carlos lifted in songs of love.
At closing time the handsome
fellow himself accosted Pedro with
a sneer and a superior smile.
PEDRO IN DESPAIR
"That snip Of a Luz" he taunt-
ed, "She is not for you. She has
gone away to San Diego and you
are not to see her more. And
next month we shall be married.
she and I, for Tia Maria has
stamped down the foot and said it
shall be so. What does she want
of a poor timid drawer Of pictures
for nephew-inlaw?"
DOG. you ne!" Pedro cried IN
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Mrs. Dunbar will make her own
report.
The afternoon session will be
conducted at the Mayflower
Hotel as will the evening seS-
sion, which will be the final
meeting. Speakers tomorrow
night are DR.. Martha M. Eliot.
assistant chief, Children'S Bu-
reau, Department Of Labor: DR..
Beatrice Mcconnell, director,
Industrial Division, Children's
Bureau, Department Of Labor:
Mrs. Elwood Street, chairman
of the National Council for
Mothers and Babies; Dr..
Thomas Parran, surgeon gen.
eral, United States Public
Health Service, and Assistant;
Secretary Of the interior oscar
L. Chapman.
Mrs. Edwin BevenS, Of Helena,
Ark, chairman Of the Depart.
ment of Public Welfare, will
lead the open forum.
FIRST LADY HEARD
Mrs. Roosevelt addressed last
nights board session at the
Mayflower Hotel. She told the
group that wcmen's greatest
responsibility is to help youth.
"I haven't much patience with
those who are afraid Of youth
either as individuals or in or
ganized groups" she said.
Mrs. Roosevelt warned that
youth organizations report an
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Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar,
president Of the General Fedora
ticn, and Mrs. John L. White
hurst, Of Baltimore, first vice
president. presided jointly at to-
days morning session in the
headquarters, 1700 block N st.
N. W. The featured speaker at
this session was Senator Arthur
Capper, Of Kansas, who voiced
Q plea for national representa-
tion in the District Of Colum-
hia,
In her report, Mrs. Gustav
Ketterer, Of Philadelphia, Pa,
chairman Of the department OF
legislation, told the group that
"the Federation has long had q
prominent part in the war for
peace and is on record in sup
port Of the sanctity Of treaty
obligations and Of discrimina-
ton against offenders"
"IntensiOe Study"
Mrs. Ketterer also said: can
intensive study of the tax queS-
ton is being made by the State
Federations which will be fol-
lowed by uniform action on
tax revision in their States.
This would obviate the pyra-
miding Of debt services and cor
rect the system Of hidden taxes
which retardS the purchasing
power Of citizens.
1--WE are also committed to
uniform State narcotic legisla-
ticn, including the provisions
designed to control the traffic
In and use Of Marihuana: and
to legislation to conquer the
plague Of syphilis in this coun-
try.
Mrs. Ketterer also said that
another hope and aim OF the
General Federation Is uniform
marriage and divorce laws and
complete uniformity Of vehicle
and traffic laws.
Another report today included
that from Mrs. Carl L. Schrao, :.
of Boston, Mass, chairman OF
the Department Of Fine Arts.
Mrs. Sctrader declared:
1T is only through the history
Of the arts that one may sense
cause and effect from one gen
Grafton to another" Because Of
the federation'S penny art
fund" which purchases paint
ings of contemporary artists.
each State is becoming more
Art-conscious, according to Mrs.
Echrader.
Others who made reports to
day were Mrs. w. w. Husband,