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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02

Another thtnG--the taken for
granted attitude that the man Ia
the pursuer II foolish one. In q
great many cases Z conniving fe-
male BY means Of coquetry and
other feminine wilea. manages to
b the aggreasor and before he
knows Il, she has some poor help
Len male hooked" II her wiles
don't get him, she finally takes
matters into her own hands and
1oee the proposing.
Let me say this--if the Whip
cracker u, a. che Of his feminine
critics terms him. adolescent--then
! only regret that in my Adde'S
cence l did not have his good judy
ment- A. ]. B.
Indignant
Dear Miss Grey: Please print
this article In the near future. II
IL something every man should
think about before he spouts off
that all women are A. he THINKS
they are. This concerns the article
written by q male mental giant
who signed himself NJ. n. NJ. and
was called by you "Whipcracker.'
To "Whipcracter"
There's . saying that we've all
learned
That must also apply to love.
Play with fire and you'll be burned.
You know what Tn thinking Of.
You never thought I'd upset ".
It didn't figure out that way,
But ! made up my mind when my
heart started doing tricks.
Your heart would fan like . ton
You ASKED FOR IT If you
GOT IT!
How else could II be. and now that
you're mine I'll bet va
You'll never get away from me.
Here's my handkerchief. dry your
tears,
Here's my handkerchief. I'll be all
ears,
I'll LISTEN to your tale Of woe,
I'll listen but you'd ought to know
YOU ASKED FOR IT AND YOU
GOT IT. c. c. c.
Mrs. Post
Dear Cynthia: Why can't q per-
con get 4 personal reply from EN-
Ny Postg ! have written to her
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
Answers 10 Test Questions

l. Carbon.
2. Spain.
3. 1910.
4. Utah.
g. Measurement of time.
9. Examination of a body to de-
termine the cause of death.
7. George Metaxas.
8. They are appointed by the
president with the advice and APP
prevail of the u. &. senate.
o. Roman dant': not kom-man'-
dant.
10. Italy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
RECIPES
Mustard Butter

Mustard Butter
I. cup butter
| teaspoon prepared mustard
/, teaspoon onion salt
Cream butter. add remaining in
gradients and beat until fluffy.
Store In refrigerator in covered
glass jar until ready to use. Re-
cream before using. Substitute for
butter in making egg salad, cottage
cheese and pickle, lettuce, and
tomato. tuna fish. sardlne. sliced
cold meat. or minced meat sand
witches. Or serve on broiled meat
patties, hroiled ham. broiled fish.
broccoli. cauliflower, beets, hroiled
tomatoes, or baked potatoes. APP
proximate yield: 1 cup butter
Pickle Butter
Il cup butter
Q tablespoons finely minced
sweet pickles
2 tablespoons drained horseradish
teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Dash of pepper
Cream butter, add remaining in
gradients and beat until fluffy.
Store in refrigerator in covered
glass jar until ready TO use. Re-
cream before using. Substitute for
butter in making sliced cold meat,
minced meats. cottage cheese,
shrimp, or egg salad sandwiches.
Or serve with broiled ham, broiled
steak, meat patties, beets. spinach,
or broiled tomatoes. Approximate
yield: Is cup butter.
Worcestershire Butter
4 cup butter
tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
Dash of salt
Cream butter, add remaining in
gradients and beat until fluffy.
Store in refrigerator in covered
glass jar until ready to use. Re-
cream before using. Substitute for
butter in making sliced cold meat,
minced meat, egg salad, peanut
butter and pickle, or tuna fish sand
witches. Or serve on broiled steak,
lamb chops, broiled fish. cauli-
flower. broccoli, carrots, spinach,
broiled tomatoes. or baked pota-
toes. Approximate yield: 4 cup
butter
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-26
FAREWELL TO TROLLEYS
(New York Sun)

It is a curious fact that towns either too small or too new ever to have heard the rattle of the trolley car have as a matter of course long enjoyed whatever bless ingS the modern bus bestows. Here in New York we are still afflicted with the vestigial remains of our early enterprise. This was the first city in America to install regular street transit. In 1882 John Stephen sons original horse car, tastefully decorated with designs of fruit and flowers. began trundling along the 3owery leach fair day exceut Sum- day." Tn due course came such mod- ern Improvements as the elevated, the trolley car and the subway, all putting out firm roots as vested in- terests. The trolley lines, protected by their franchises, have fingered as anachronisms long past their useful ness. The one on Forty-second Street which speeds it's cars briskly through traffic at an average walk ing pace is striking example of how an essential service can become a public annoyance.
 Now this line and all the trolleys of the Third Avenue System north of Forty-second Street in Manhat- tan and the Bronx are to go to the scrap-heap if the Mayors plans are accepted. The map shows with what a network they still cover New York. This will be gradually replaced by an integrated service of Diesel buses which have uat the nrohlana af
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-26
1000 Outlets

steady increase in the number of establishments through which liquor may be dispensed in this seate is noted in recent report of the State Liquor Com- mission. There are 1000 regularly licensed businesses that sell liquor and beer. This is only few more, however, than were in existence just year ago, glance at the figures reveals, Taverns head the list with 1,265 of the 7,010 per- mits issued
 From the viewpoint of total abstainers or temperance enthusiasts, this may seem like large number of permittees for a state as small as Connecticut. However, we wonder if perhaps we aren't nearing a peak and that once reached we may see slight decline in the number of licenses until fixed and determined figure is reached. That would naturally not take into consideration any change in the present liquor laws of the state.
 number of liquor establishments by set ting up laws restricting the number here and there. More than that we should see that current laws are lived up to as strictly as is possible. In this way the better class of establishments is bound to survive. You will find that the in- duStry will be willing to police itself and thus insure its own safe continuation.
 While those in the liquor business don't want to be legislated out of existence again, they do realize that without re- Straints and proper bounds all will suffer from the transgreSsionS of few. The 1889 license figures don't show, to this writer, anything more startling than that the industry approaches the point where it is rapidly becoming stabilized.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-26
First Place in Chemistry

Back in the days of the World War, the United States was pretty far behind in the chemical world. The cutting off of German dyestuffs, and similar material was quickly felt when the war began, and when the great transatlantic submarine Deutschland made her historic trip to Baltimore, she carried valuable dyestuffs and chemicals as large part of her pre- cious cargo. Faced with this situation, it became necessary to develop the chem ical technique for which the country had formerly depended on Germany So it was done.
 And so we'll was it done that world leadership in chemistry has now, it is be- lieved, shifted from Germany to the United States Certain statistics as- sembled by the American Chemical So- ciety indicate this, and Professor E. J. Crane of Ohio State University believes that the United States now outranks all countries both in research and industry in this field.
 The United States was the only major country to show gain in the number of chemical patents issued during the past five years, the study indicated. Inci- dentally, this shift has had other effects, for with 40 per cent of all scientific peri odicals published coming from either the United States or England, the English language is well on the way to becoming the worlds predominating scientific lan- guage. U. s. chemists produce the great est volume of published research, with Great Britain second. Germany, easily first at the time of the World War ("Oh, you must know German if you're going to study science!") has dropped to third place, while Russia and Japan are mov- ing up sharply.
 The rise of the chemical industry, both from the practical and the research standpoint, has been one of the out standing phenomena of the industrial history of the past 20 years. In that time a small and relatively unimportant in- dustry has risen to place among the giants of that field. This is all especially significant because chemistry is pre-emi- nently the science of the future. It is good to see that the English-speaking peoples have maintained their place in the vanguard of adavnce into the fields of the future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-26

With only five weeks left before voters of this city go to the polls to decide on what kind of government they want, the average voter if asked today might not know just what course of action he's go- ing to take on October 3. There will be a lot of voters who won't even get to the polls; referendums are always that way. Rarely does one bring out heavy vote. Of course there are exceptions and this might be one, but on the basis of past ex- perience the vote - yes or no - will be small compared to what it was two years ago at the municipal election. So far as the actual machinery of the October election is concerned, nothing is being said or done one way or the other.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-26
MID-AUGUST MEMORANDUM (NeW York Herald Tribunel

Of all the forlorn figures in base oakland in such game there must by mathematics be as many goats" as heroes-the St.. Louis Browns hold the all-time record. The Brownies are the only team in either league that has never won pennant. With the superb assistance of the great George Sisler, the Browns of 1922 came within one game of a pennant, one little game that the Yankees won and St. Louis lost in the last gasp of the campaign. Since then the Browns have been door mats, and they now have virtually no fol- lowing in a notoriously bad baseball town. The persistent rumor that by 1940 the St. Louis Browns will be in Milwaukee seems to have been given big shove toward reality this week. For, as a sort of mid-August memorandum, we wish to point out that as of this date the St. Louis Browns cannot now mathematically win the 1889 American league pen- nant if they win all their remain ing gAmes and the Yankees lose all of theirs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-26
Bigger Big Business

For 40 years there has been an almost constant hue and cry about Big Busi- ness" Yet today Big Business" is bigger than ever. In 1919 only six U. S. corpor- ations counted their assets in the billion dollar class. By the end of the prosper ity period in 1929 there were 20. And by the end of 1888, there were 26 financial and commercial enterprises in the coun- try with assets of more than billion dollars each. On December 31, 1888, their assets totaled $51 64l ,999617, accord inR to compilation made by the United Press.
 The fact that big businesses get bigger in periods both of prosperity and of depression suggests that there is some- fhinr inevitable that connects modern fechi1oloey and bieness. In Russia, bus ines is s'bieger" than anywhere else. II is not '.biRness' itself, but who shall wlcla fine power that goes with bigness and how, that is the modern problem
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-26
It's a Thick Fog

The Bridgeport Times-Star accuses the Hartford Times of being in an editorial fog when it writes that tolls collected on the Merritt Parkway will be used in part "to meet interest on bonds" issued to defray the cost of this Fairfield County roadway "It's true that this isn't so; the tolls won't be used for that purpose, as funds are provided for the parkway construction specifically through bonds. But The Times is not so far wrong when it says tolls will pay for extending the Merritt Parkway.
 No matter how much residents and officials of Fairfield County sputter over where the Merritt Pathways begins and ends, the fact remains that the rest of the state regards it as matter of few years only before this parkway will have been extended into New Haven and Hartford counties. The name of the parkway may be different once it gets out of Fairfield County, but it'll be an extension of this new route just the same. And if motor ist gets on fine parkway and continues along it indefinitely how is he to know when or if he rides on a section that bears a different name?
 With this statement of The TimeS-Star we totally disagree "The motorists who pay their dimes on the Merritt Parkway are contributing to pay for road they are not using and which most are not even likely to use or even to see. -" At that rate the rest of the state has con- tributed towards road that is peculiarly Fairfield County's alone and which is not designed for the entire state, but for the more or less exclusive use of resi- dents of the county and in particular those commuters who go back and forth into New York state every day.
 We believe that fair majority of mo- torists who come onto the Merritt Park way from Westchester County will con- tinue along it over the Housatonic River and along its extension to Hartford and points beyond Similarly we believe that New Haven, Hartford and other counties will contribute their fair share of motor traffic to the Wilbur L. Cross Parkway and it will continue right along the Mer- ritt Parkway to it's western terminus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-26

A number of state executives are plan- ming at the present time to observe Thanksgiving Day on November 30 in- stead of November 23. We hope that by the time the gubernatorial proclamations are due, better judgment will have pre- vailed and the entire country will be united in it's observance of the old cus- tom of giving thanks. There's no ques- tion but what we should follow the ex- ample of President Roosevelt and observe the day that he proclaims - November 23 Let all partisan feeling vanish in this instance and let common-Sense reign. If the last Thursday of November fell on November "A this year. there'd be noth- ing said about observing Thanksgiving so early in the month. The last Thursday of November is late this year, so be glad that we can give our general thanks a week earlier. It's the day that counts and not the date.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-26
. HIGHLlGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
Election Critical For Mexico

Up- to- the minute, highly topical,
 is "The Mexican Challenge"
 (Dcubleday-Doran: $2.50) by
 Frank Kluckhohn, New York
 Times correspondent, recently
 expelled from that country by
 it's government. His comment
 on next years election in Mex
 ico is highly interesting.
 Having completed a large part of the declared program of the Rev. olution, Mexico seems definitely to be at the crossroads. For any na- tion, that is a dangerous position.
 Personalities add to the dangers of the moment. Former Secretary of War Avila Comacho appears to be well out in front as a candidate to succeed President Cardenas, and, if the Cardenas blessing is given him finally, other candidates are bound to be jealous. They may attempt to start trouble. And if, by some quirk, Avila Comacho is passed over, is he going to sit quietly back and take 1t? MeXicans with no great interest in politics are always more afraid of a revolution during the period of presidential elections" than at any other time.
 Outstanding politicians are in- clined to sit back in the interim between elections, hoping that the lightning of official choice will strike them. They play their cards with this end in view. But when the lightning passes them by, they and their personal followers are incensed and angry. They may act by direct means, depending on what they think their chances are. Such matters are in the lap of the gods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-26
Selected Poem
FIXING FENCE IN AUGUST
Gansing Christman in the Christian
 Science Monitor)

 In spring, frosts push the fence posts from the heaving ground And tumble rocks from the stone walls. We fx them in April; We pound in the unsteady posts, replace the stones And stretch new wire where the old has broken. Drought has scared the summer pasture. The COWS seek The more succulent grass and leaves of low bushes On the other side they strain the fence, the posts weaken again This is August. The hills are rich in goldenrod, and meadows Are white with the wild carrot grown since the summer harvest second crop the thin hills yield after timothy is cut. I was here yesterday it seems, when robins pulled worms From the April-soaked earth and fox sparrows sang From the ledge where the witch hazel grows. That was yesterday; That was spring with her hepaticas and wood anemone. This is today: swallows gather on power lines High over the flats; bluejays call from the pasture hickory, For and her hills of gold are sweeping into
 fall
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-26

in front of the chubby little Tosca- mini. All the notes were in his head and you would have felt that the slightest dissonance from the flute sector surely must have caught his ear.
 MIDGET MAESTRO
 PLAYS, TOO
 Brought here by his parents-his father, Lincoln, is singer-he has convinced skeptical folk that he knows three difficult symphonies wholly by heart and that he has memorized many another lengthy and difficult musical work. He plays the piano and violin like veteran, but he is prodigal with those two in- struments, not a prodigy. He is a wonder, however, with baton. A fantastic sight 1t is to see 6 g. year -old chamber up to the pile of crates hastily erected for a podium and take command of huge or- chestra. Grizzled maestros com mand no more respect than he when he lightly taps the table with his stick and poises 1t.
 HAS AVERAGE
 BOYS INTERESTS
 of the conductors stand, how ever, Lorin is like a million other kids under stern parental discipline. After finishing with the Marche Slave, the other evening, his mother rushed him off to the rest room to exchange his white linen suit for warmer garments. On the way he compared notes with his father.
 "You saw, daddy" he exclaimed. T just took it easy. didn't want to tire them!"
 His curly locks blew in an ener- getic breeze and he looked like a lad who had just been dragged off the sandlot by a harassed parent.
 Unlike many another prodigy who closets himself with his divinely rem dered gift in a world of his own and is stranger to other children, Lorin Maezel has a variety of healthy, ado- leScent interests.
 For example, his remarkable mem- ory not only holds symphonic scores. but baseball scores and he can tell you just as quickly as he can accent a beat, what the Cincinnati Reds did the other day in that double header. He plays badminton and clamors to be taken to the movies during spare hours.
 These outside diversions don't make his parents angry. They like them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-26

Former Tammanyite Con- gressman .Lanzetta, now drawing $10,000 a year as executive as- sistant" to the governor of Puerto Rico, lobbied in the House last session for a bill to exclude em- ployers of the insular possessions from the jurisdiction of the wage hour law Communications Commissioner Frederick Thompson is one of the most courtly officials in Washington, but no one to trifle with. Once, at the age of 57, the former Alabama publish CT floored a utility official with ons punch for challenging hi veracity.
 RELATED REWARD
 Four years after the enactment of the Frazier-Lemke farm mort gage moratorium act, one of its authors received an unusual ex- pression of gratitude.
 Just before the adjournment of congress Rufus Baker, a Monroe, Md, farmer, strode into the office of freckled, cap-wearing Represen- tative Bill Lemke of North Da- kota and demanded to see him right away.
 Ushered into Lemke's private of- flee by his secretary, Bill Skeelys, Baker grasped the surprised con- gressman's hand and shook it warmly.
 You don't know me-" Baker said, but I owe you a big debt of thanks. You made it possible for me to save my farm from foreclosure -Four years ago they had me against the wall. But I'm okay now and when your act expires this November, I'll be in a position to take care of financing my farm debt.
 "I'm kind of awkward at speech making, congressman, but there's a big chicken dinner with all the fixin's waiting for you at my place whenever you care to come down."
 That's a date," beamed I.emke, 'I'l be there and be sure to have lots of chicken"
 Copyright, 1889, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-26
SEAL LEATHER SHOES
(Boston Post)

New and profitable by-products for the New England fishing indus try are envisioned as the result Of Maine's move to exterminate fish, eating seals by offering bounties to hunters. Experiments which are being conducted by the Maine de- partment of sea and shore fishsxies and other experts have developed that the hides are suitable for man. ufacture of shoes and that oil from the blubber is readily marketable in Boston at 24 cents a gallon. TLe tests are being continued to find ohter uses for the bodies and skins. It is entirely possible that large.scale sealing operations along the coas. may provide the state with . nev business not fully contemplated b, the officials whose chief aim vas [. conserve Ash when the bounty lav was uassAd.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-26
Current Comment

The guards have been let down, many of the constitutional limits have been obliterated. Frank J. Hogan, president, the American Bar Association.
 We are having something of a constitutional renaissance at this time-a rediscovery of the Constitu- tion. We are really back to the Constitution. Robert H. Jackson, United States solicitor-general.
 
 Hitler rose to power with the hard times and unemployment that burst on the world from America. Clarence Streit, author of the In- stitute of Public Affairs.
 Havelock's work was done. We mustn't grudge him his rest. The new generation must carry on. -G. Bernard Shaw at the death of his friend Havelock Ellis.
 Where there is no opportunity, seek 1t. Where there are barriers. break them; where there is opposi- tion, besiege 1t. Up and at 1t. wo- men of today. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. suf- frase leader appealing for greater rights for women.
 
 Parallel In birth. ideals and aspira- tons; parallel in growth and culture, Argentina has SO much in common with the United States that the two nations may be truly called sister republics.
 -commissiouer Juan dc Marvai. at the New York W0rldb FaiF ob- servance of Argentine Independ- ence Day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-26
Daily Almanac

Moon sets 3:l2 a. m. daylight time).
 Sun rises 6:l2 a. nn.; sets 7:36 p. m (day- light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 High water at Milford. Sunday, Aug. 27 ii:l4; low water. 5:26 daylight itme).
 Bird life is still on the wing in this climate but it's a subdued bird life. No longer are the early morning or evening hours made cheery by the calls and cries of many birds There is luli right now in bird-songs. per. haps not to be resumed here again until an- other spring arrivea